Mushroom Man

Chapter 284 Out and in, a desperate escape
"Um……"

"Just as I told you, it's exactly the same."

Wu Liang took the Wuxiang Token out of his dantian once again.

He stroked the Wuxiang Token, his eyes darting around, lost in thought.

Besides being used to store mushrooms in the dantian, the Two-Faced Formless Order has three other important uses.

They are: opening, entering, and exiting.

The so-called "opening" actually refers to launching a "scam".

The man with a thousand faces, Hua Youque, took advantage of this to launch a 'scam'.

Once the 'scam' is launched, the consciousness of other inheritors of the Formless Order will inevitably be drawn into it.

The essence of the artificial wonder 'hoax' is that it was created by the Formless Celestial Venerable using the complete Deception Mushroom, combined with some other means.

These were the inheritors of the Wuxiang Order, who were partly the ones who deceived the Immortal Mushroom.

In a way, they are also part of this 'scam'.

Therefore, the 'scam' will cause these people, as part of the scheme, to involuntarily appear in the 'scam'.

The process by which the successor of the Formless lineage collected the Formless Decree and gradually completed the deception of the Immortal Mushroom was actually a process of gradually taking control of this man-made wonder, the 'deception'.

However, since there is no dual-faced command, the degree of control over the 'scam' is not high, and it cannot do whatever it wants; it can only be used to some extent.

The scam is perpetrated by incomplete deception of the fairy mushroom, and each time it takes a year to complete.

Only a complete Deception Fairy Mushroom can mobilize the 'deception' at any time without any restrictions.

Of course, for Wu Liang, the purpose of holding a scam was completely dispensable, like a chicken rib.

After all, the whole thing was just a bunch of Wuxiang disciples scheming against each other.

At this critical juncture, Wu Liang's mind is not on those Wu Xiang successors at all, so naturally he wouldn't think of taking the initiative to hold any scam.

What Wu Liang really cared about were the uses of entering and exiting the game.

If these two uses can be combined, it will bring his escape plan to a perfect conclusion.

The first step is to get involved.

The so-called "entering the game" actually means that people can use the Formless Order to enter the "scam" in their true form.

That's right!

Previously, these people who were called "Successors of Formlessness" gathered together in a "deception," but in reality, they were all using false bodies formed by consciousness.

That's why, when they're caught up in a scam, they become confused and can't tell who's who.

Compared to a fake player entering the game, a real player entering the game has both advantages and disadvantages.

The downside is that once the true form enters the game, the mist will no longer conceal it, and its true appearance will be exposed to other successors of the Formless lineage.

At the same time, those who actually enter the scheme may become dull-witted and suffer a severe intellectual decline due to being deeply trapped in the deception.

As the saying goes, the authorities are confused but the bystanders are clear.

When you get involved, what you see is only partial, making it difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and it's easy to get lost in it.

Bystanders, on the other hand, can keep their minds clear and not be misled by the scam.

This is the difference between a real person entering the game and a fake person entering the game.

This shows that 'deception' actually has a considerable influence on the Way of Wisdom, and also exerts a great deal of restraint on the Way of Wisdom.

Wu Liang strongly suspects that the artificial wonder 'deception' created by Wuxiang Tianzun was likely a ploy to target Pudu Tianzun.

However, although both Pudu Tianzun and Wuxiang Tianzun were Venerables of the Middle Ages, they were from different periods, one from the early Middle Ages and the other from the late Middle Ages, separated by at least 20,000 to 30,000 years.

Based on this, it shouldn't be that it was aimed at Pudu Tianzun.

Now, back to the point…

In fact, for Wu Liang, the downsides of his true self entering the game can be completely ignored.

Whether losing his disguise would expose his true form or affect his thinking, causing him to suffer a mental breakdown, it would have no impact on him.

If he were to actually enter the game at that time, he would definitely do so before the 'deception' began and before any other successors of the Wuxiang lineage existed.

At that point, there would be no question of one person's 'scam' being exposed.

As for the risk of becoming mentally dulled and getting lost in a 'scam', there's even less to worry about.

Wu Liang merely used the 'scam' as a stepping stone.

He probably only got into the 'scam' and his thinking started to slow down before he was already out of it.

In this situation, there is naturally no question of any impact.

Now that we've discussed the downsides, it's time to talk about the benefits of getting involved directly.

As we all know, man-made wonders are 'hoaxes' everywhere, existing in every corner of the world where lies and deception exist.

By entering the scheme in their true form, one can take advantage of the fact that scams are everywhere and appear wherever a scam exists.

And this is the third use of the Formless Order... elimination!

If Wu Liang can make good use of his elimination, it may not be impossible for him to escape from Zhuge Huowang's clutches.

only……

The Two-Faced Order is only one part of deceiving the Fairy Mushroom, not the complete deception.

The effect of the Two-Faced Order is not enough to allow Wu Liang to appear in every corner of the world where deception exists through a 'deception'.

Of course, even a complete deception of the fairy mushroom couldn't possibly achieve this.

Only the Formless Celestial Venerable could possibly possess such power.

All Wu Liang could do was use a 'deception' to ensure that when he was eliminated, he would appear in a deception related to himself. This deception related to himself refers to the deceptions formed by the lies he had told others in the past.

For example, Wu Liang deceived Gu Zhenren by posing as a disciple of an immortal.

So when he's eliminated, he'll most likely appear next to Bone Master.

This process is entirely random and depends on luck.

The two-sided order was not enough for Wu Liang to control the 'deception'.

Therefore, this is undoubtedly a high-stakes gamble.

If Wu Liang really escapes using this method, and happens to appear next to Bone Master, the outcome is predictable.

And he only has one chance!
This is a man-made spectacle 'scam,' and each person only has one chance to truly enter and exit the game.

Entering the game means that people are deceived by the "deceived fairy mushroom" and thus fall into a scam.

Being eliminated simply means that the person has seen through the scam and naturally extricates themselves from it.

Now that the scam has been exposed, there is no possibility that the person will be deceived by the same scam again.

In this situation, the concept of "entering the game" and "exiting the game" naturally disappears.

In layman's terms...

Wu Liang used the Formless Command to enter the 'deception' process in his true form, which was actually deceiving the Immortal Mushroom into taking effect and deceiving him.

But this deception will only work once.

If Wu Liang wants to escape the 'scam,' he must take the initiative to see through this deception.

Once he sees through the deception, he will never again fall into a 'scam' because of it.

Only by collecting all the Formless Tokens and obtaining the complete Deception Mushroom can one completely control the man-made wonder, the 'deception'.

Only if Wu Liang's true identity is revealed can he re-enter the game.

Because at that time, he was already the mastermind behind the 'scam,' and naturally he could decide at will whether or not to participate.

"A gamble with your life?"

Wu Liang stroked the Wuxiang Token and couldn't help but shake his head.

Although this move is still a gamble with one's life, at least it is no longer a certain death sentence. There is now a great deal of hope, and the possibility of successfully escaping is not small.

After all, he told far too many lies throughout his life.

He couldn't believe he was really that unlucky to have ended up near Bone Master and even Yan Zhaodi.

If he's really that unlucky, then it's undoubtedly fate that's against him.

With his current strength, this is the most likely and successful way for him to escape.

Now, Wu Liang has obtained the two Formless Tokens.

Logically speaking, he should have been able to use the Formless Token to communicate the 'scam' and take a gamble.

However, for now, he is still in Zhuge Huowang's blessed land.

If the scam is communicated here, once Zhuge Huowang discovers it, he will definitely not have time to get involved and will be captured by him.

Therefore, before he could gamble his life using the 'scam,' he had to find a way to leave the blessed land of Tsukago.

Once he's outside, even in front of Zhuge Huowang...

Wu Liang was extremely confident that he could get in first and escape unscathed.

The opportunity for him to leave the blessed land of the tomb was during Zhuge Huowang's birthday celebration.

"We need to step up our efforts in the coming period."

"We must complete the soul-strengthening ceremony before Zhuge Huowang goes to offer birthday wishes to others."

"And we also need to use this time to refine all the mushrooms that will be needed later."

When Wu Liang thought of this, his mind moved.

The next moment, he took out the mushrooms he had refined over the past three days while simultaneously strengthening his soul and utilizing the memories of the Blood River Ancestor.

Perhaps it's because three days is too short.

Even with the knowledge of an immortal, Wu Liang only managed to refine two Blood Path Mushrooms.

One three-turn Bleeding Mushroom, and one three-turn Blood Eater Mushroom.

These two blood-path mushrooms were created by him using the second-tier blood-path mushrooms he had previously refined for the Third Young Master.

Now that the Third Young Master has become a blood corpse, these blood-path mushrooms are naturally no longer useful and can be left for him to refine mushrooms.

The third-stage Bleeding Mushroom is created by combining the Blood Donation Mushroom and the Bleeding Mushroom. As the name suggests, its effect is to cause people to bleed.

This mushroom was specially crafted by Wu Liang to optimize the Nine Clans Separation technique.

As for the Blood-Eating Mushroom, it was made by Wu Liang using a second-stage Blood-Sucking Mushroom, which consumed the entire Blood Pool.

The role of the blood mushroom is extremely important to him.

It resembles a mouth with a tongue, and all the flesh and blood it eats will turn into a kind of mushroom called blood food.

This type of blood-eating mushroom material can be used to refine most blood-derived mushrooms that do not have special requirements for mushroom materials.

Wu Liang refined the Blood-Eating Mushroom to solve the problem of the shortage of Blood Path Mushroom materials.

With the Blood-Eating Mushroom, he could process all the rotten flesh, skin, and internal organs left behind by the madmen who mutilated themselves in Soul-Destroying Ridge into Blood-Path Mushroom materials.

With these Blood Path Mushroom materials, he can then refine more Blood Path Mushrooms...

(End of this chapter)