Mushroom Man

Chapter 273 Discovering the Secret, Mid-Stage of the Third Rank

"good very good."

Wu Liang wiped away the bloodstains, completely unconcerned.

His desire to destroy the blue-eyed jasmine was certainly not due to some kind of madness.

He already knew that the mushroom master wouldn't destroy the fairy mushroom with a single thought, which was why he dared to try.

He did this simply to intimidate the blue-haired boy.

Wu Liang possesses the memories of the Blood River Ancestor, and his understanding of the Immortal Mushroom is now vastly different from before.

As far as he knew, some of the world's "fairy mushrooms" were not actually inanimate objects, but living things.

This can be seen from the story of the mushroom man.

It's worth noting that the mushrooms in the legend of the mushroom people can even communicate with humans.

However, that's just a legend; mushrooms in the mushroom world are certainly not that exaggerated.

Whether it's a type of mushroom or a fairy mushroom, although they can't communicate with humans, they do possess certain instincts.

That is why those mushrooms and fairy mushrooms, because they love the corresponding Dao traces, instinctively want to get close to those wonders and mushroom beasts.

This is one of the reasons why natural wonders attract mushrooms of corresponding schools, and why mushroom beasts naturally attract wild mushrooms to parasitize them.

Since mushrooms have almost instinctive preferences, they should also have the instinct to fear death.

Wu Liang was using this instinct to provoke Jian Shouqing.

And the result is obvious...

Although the blue boar didn't obediently comply, its unusual behavior suggests that the attempt wasn't ineffective; it was just that the stimulation wasn't enough.

Upon thinking of this, Wu Liang let out a cold snort.

The next moment, his mind stirred, and his entire dantian began to tremble slightly, as if it were about to collapse at any moment.

"Since you are not of my use, then I will destroy you."

"I wonder if my dantian were to shatter, would I be able to harm you?"

That's right!

In an attempt to provoke Jian Shouqing, Wu Liang actually began to activate his dantian and destroy himself.

His actions were tantamount to suicide!

However, Wu Liang didn't care at all.

He inherited the ruthless nature of the Blood River Ancestor, willing to destroy himself at any cost.

In any case, if he fails to find a way to break this deadlock, he will still die here.

If that's the case, it's better to gamble with your life in advance and see if you're truly destined to survive.

"Boom——"

The dantian vibrates, indicating an unstable foundation.

The mushrooms in Wu Liang's dantian were affected one by one, and thus became dull.

The same applies to the herb *Botrytis cinerea*.

No matter how noble it may seem, the Bodhi seed mushroom is still just a magical mushroom.

Moreover, it was a refined immortal mushroom, its interior filled with Wu Liang's will.

In this situation, if the dantian collapses and shatters, there is a very high probability that the ginseng will also be reduced to ashes along with the dantian.

Seeing that Wu Liang was getting serious and his dantian was about to collapse, the blue aura finally shook again, its indigo halo dreamlike and illusory.

"Om-"

When the familiar tinnitus sounded.

Wu Liang then stopped his self-destructive actions and a cold smile appeared on his face.

Clearly, this time, this reckless madman won his gamble.

In the end, Jian Shouqing compromised.

However, Wu Liang was well aware that this method of forcing mushrooms would only work once or twice, and would not work again.

After all, once is never enough. If I provoke Jian Shouqing like this again, I'm afraid I'll really explode at him.

If the blue-haired man were to be destroyed like this, his loss would be enormous.

You should know that the "Jian Shou Qing" is a magical mushroom that even he, who inherited the memories of the Blood River Ancestor, could not recognize.

This shows that this mushroom is definitely not simple, even among the most extraordinary mushrooms!
"We must find an opportunity to properly develop the 'Jianshouqing' (a type of herb) in the future."

"At the very least, we need to figure out what exactly triggered the reason that Kanshouqing revealed the secret..."

Wu Liang collected his thoughts and immediately focused his attention on the familiar, bizarre scenes.

The surroundings suddenly became dreamlike, bizarre, and fantastical.

Everything before his eyes was like a colorful kaleidoscope, constantly spinning.

He had witnessed such a dreamlike scene several times, but each time he saw it, he still couldn't help but feel a sense of novelty.

At that very moment, Wu Liang's "old friends," one by one, "little people," emerged from all directions.

The little ones hopped and skipped around, chattering away.

Wu Liang grabbed one at random, and heard the 'little person' shake its head and say, "Listen to me, listen to me..."

“In the blessed land of Zhongxiang, there is a mountain called Jinji Mountain.”

"There is a chicken on Golden Rooster Mountain, named the Soul-Leading Chicken."

"This chicken is a sixth-level immortal soul beast, which was subdued by the Holy Sect immortal Zhuge Huowang in his early years."

"The Soul-Leading Chicken usually appears on the Road to the Underworld and has the ability to walk through the Underworld and guide the souls of the dead."

"The road to the underworld is intricate and complex; a wandering soul may easily get lost in it."

"The crowing of the soul-leading rooster can keep the soul of the deceased awake, so that it will not get lost on the road to the underworld in a daze."

"Zhuge Huowang raised a rooster to lead the soul, hoping that one day it could go to the Yellow Springs for a visit."

"However, once you enter the Yellow Springs, it is like entering a deep sea, and there is no turning back. Entering the Yellow Springs is easy, but getting out of the Yellow Springs is difficult."

"The closer the soul gets to the underworld, the faster its consciousness dissipates."

"Even with a soul-leading rooster, the soul cannot remain awake forever."

"That's why, even though Zhuge Huowang's soul was powerful, he didn't dare to try it easily and had to leave the Soul-Leading Chicken to roam freely in the blessed land." "It is said that the Soul-Leading Chicken loves to peck at the flowers of the other shore."

"Once, I ate more than a dozen spider lilies, which angered Zhuge Huowang so much that he almost skinned them and made soup from them."

"From then on, the Soul-Leading Rooster could only stay on Golden Rooster Mountain and could not go anywhere else..."

The little man chattered away, revealing a secret and amusing story between Zhuge Huowang and the Soul-Leading Chicken.

The so-called Soul-Leading Chicken was clearly the same Immortal Soul Beast that Zhuge Huowang and Wu Liang had seen on the summit of Golden Rooster Mountain.

Previously, Wu Liang did not know what the Immortal Soul Beast was called.

Now, after seeing the blue-haired creature's explanation, he finally learned that the immortal soul beast was actually called a Soul-Leading Chicken.

but……

What's the point of this?
He strongly suspected that Jian Shouqing was taking revenge on him, which was why he gave him a useless secret.

The soul-leading rooster can enter and leave the underworld and keep the soul awake.

Even if Wu Liang knew all this, there was no room for him to maneuver.

He can't just run straight to the underworld to escape from this blessed land, can he?

If he actually did that, it would be no different from committing suicide.

You should know that the Yellow Springs is a place that even Zhuge Huowang, a Soul Immortal, dares not set foot in.

Entering the Yellow Springs is tantamount to death.

In the mushroom world, apart from the Celestial Venerable of Obscure Moon, no one who has entered the Yellow Springs has ever come out alive.

Even if they did, they simply didn't actually enter the underworld; they merely embarked on the road to the underworld and then withdrew in time.

"That's all."

"It seems that I have no choice but to improve my cultivation level."

Wu Liang didn't dwell on it too much.

Since the secrecy didn't work this time, let's try again!
If that still doesn't work, then he can only rely on luck to figure out how to get out of this predicament.

Wu Liang made a decisive decision, and his personality became even more resolute than before.

Without hesitation, he sat down cross-legged and began to activate the Heavenly Origin Spirit Mushroom to refine the silver water.

About two days had passed since he obtained the Heavenly Origin Spirit Mushroom.

Now it has produced exactly one hundred drops of silver liquid for him.

With just this amount of silver liquid, it's clear that it's not enough to force one to reach the middle stage of the third rank in a short period of time.

Fortunately, Wu Liang has no shortage of silver water these days.

Inside his rich mushroom, there were still more than 85,000 drops of silver water that he had plundered from the leader of Blackhorn.

This amount of silver water is more than enough to break through to the middle stage of the third rank, and even to the fourth rank.

"Crash-"

As each drop of silver liquid was refined, the river of true energy began to overflow, filling every corner of the dantian.

Wu Liang snorted coldly and drove the river of true energy to continuously cleanse his dantian.

Perhaps it is because he possesses the memories of the Blood River Ancestor, who twice cultivated from a mushroom master to a mushroom immortal.

He then purified his dantian and broke through his cultivation level with unparalleled skill.

He knew perfectly well what changes each stage of the three-stage mushroom master's cultivation would bring: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and peak.

If it weren't for the fact that I didn't have suitable blood mushroom materials on hand.

Wu Liang could even manually rub several types of blood-path mushrooms to quickly improve his cultivation level, allowing him to directly possess fourth-level combat power in a short period of time.

That's right!

It's so exaggerated!

The vision and experience of a mushroom master are far superior to those of a mushroom connoisseur.

If Wu Liang could be reborn and return to Zhaodi Town at this moment...

He even had hundreds of ways to crush Abbot Shanren...

In the blink of an eye, a day has passed.

Wu Liang did not leave the Demon Suppression Tower for a full day and night.

Gu Zhenren stood guard outside, completely unaware of what had happened to Wu Liang.

Bored out of his mind, he buried himself on the spot, absorbing the death energy of Soul-Destroying Ridge while waiting for the special envoy.

But what Bone Immortal didn't know was...

When Wu Liang reappears, it will definitely take him by surprise.

At this very moment, inside the Demon Suppression Tower.

Wu Liang suddenly opened his eyes, and the aura of a mid-stage third-level cultivator instantly rippled outwards.

Having the memories of the Blood River Ancestor's two ascensions to immortality, breaking through to the mid-stage of the third rank, a level with no obstacles, couldn't be easier.

In just one day, Wu Liang consumed less than three or four hundred drops of silver water and broke through from the initial stage of the third rank to the middle stage of the third rank.

If others knew about this speed, they would be absolutely astonished.

Of course, Wu Liang's rapid breakthrough was largely due to the Seven-Fragrance Wine Mushroom.

"Om-"

As soon as Wu Liang broke through, the jade-like plant burst forth with a dazzling aura.

An indigo halo emanated from the body, transforming the surroundings once again into a dreamlike and fantastical scene.

The little one arrived as promised, chattering away and spouting all sorts of bizarre ramblings.

Wu Liang calmed himself down and listened intently.

A little figure jumped to his ear and started making babbling sounds.

"Listen to me, listen to me..."

"do you know?"

"In fact, the Formless Decree itself is a deception by the Formless Celestial Venerable!"

(End of this chapter)