Mushroom Man

Chapter 341 Dragon Soul and Dragon Blood, Wu Liang's Ruthlessness

"good very good."

"At least I don't have to listen to these insects chirping in my ear anymore."

Feeling his soul recovering to its most partial state, Wu Liang nodded slightly.

Even so, it still didn't satisfy him.

Now, his soul has lost its potential due to the large number of souls he has devoured and the subsequent forced possession of other souls.

Don't be fooled by his ghostly appearance; he may look scary and powerful, but he's actually just a deformed child.

Compared to the souls of a thousand people at the same level, Wu Liang's soul was like something that was forced to grow by pulling up seedlings, pieced together from various sources, and produced by taking drugs.

Its potential has been completely exhausted, and there is no room for further growth.

Even if Wu Liang disregards the consequences and continues to use Soul-Eating Mushrooms to devour other people's souls, he still cannot strengthen his own soul.

Doing this will only lead to one consequence: the collapse of the soul, resulting in immediate death.

His soul had reached its limit.

Without any special measures, there is no hope of recovery.

With such a dangerously hidden soul, if Wu Liang were to encounter a Soul Master, his fate would likely be grim.

Therefore, Wu Liang was determined to find a way to resolve this hidden danger and restore the potential of his soul.

For someone with the foundation of a mushroom immortal, this was actually not a difficult task.

Wu Liang could come up with dozens of solutions in a matter of a moment's thought.

"Um……"

"Now, it is meaningless for my soul to continue to be nourished."

"In order for the soul to restore its potential, it is necessary to refine the soul."

Wu Liang narrowed his eyes, seemingly lost in thought.

In the cultivation of the soul, strengthening the soul, refining the soul, and nourishing the soul are all indispensable.

His process of strengthening his own soul through bitter fruits and devouring the souls of the dead is called "strengthening the soul".

Repairing damage to the soul with a soul-nourishing soup is called soul nourishment.

The reason why his soul potential is currently exhausted is that there are too many impurities.

At this point, soul refining is necessary!
If he were still in Zhuge Huowang's blessed land of Tomb Village at this moment, refining his soul would be a piece of cake.

After all, the best soul-refining holy land in the world, Soul-Destroying Ridge, exists within the Blessed Land of Tomb Village.

Unfortunately, Wu Liang at that time had no time to refine his soul.

It is a great pity to have a treasure mountain but not be able to enter it.

"For me, the best and simplest method of refining the soul is to transform the soul into a different soul."

"And these strange souls..."

Wu Liang stroked his chin, his eyes deep and unfathomable.

The so-called "other souls" are actually special souls other than human souls.

Examples include the souls of Wu clan chief and the ten thousand soul banner of Zhuge Huowang.

He possesses the memories of the Blood River Ancestor, and naturally has many methods at his disposal for refining different souls.

"If my plan to transform into a dragon goes smoothly, I will definitely find a way to transform from a human into a dragon, abandon my human identity, and become a dragon."

"Then the most suitable alien soul for me is undoubtedly the dragon soul."

"However, if we want to refine Dragon Soul Mushroom, the mushroom materials might be a bit difficult to obtain..."

Wu Liang frowned slightly, feeling a sense of unease.

The Dragon Soul Mushroom is also at the fourth level, so you can imagine how difficult it is to refine.

With his current cultivation level, he is not yet capable of easily refining fourth-grade mushrooms.

As for Zhao Di, she was even worse than him.

Yan Zhaodi's cultivation level was sufficient, but because she lacked a human body and mushrooms, she could only possess the level but had no way to utilize it.

In this situation, both the Dragon Soul Mushroom and the Righteous Qi Mushroom that will be refined later present enormous challenges.

Of course, this is not the biggest problem.

The biggest problem in refining Dragon Soul Mushroom lies in the mushroom material.

As the name suggests, the mushroom material for Dragon Soul Mushroom requires something called a Dragon Soul.

Dragon Souls can be extracted from dragon-type mushroom beasts, and even dragon-human mushroom masters.

However, the Dragon Palace is now impregnable, and the risk of secretly extracting souls from a few dragons is too great.

Especially with the Golden Dragon King returning to the palace and having him in charge, Wu Liang dared not make any rash moves.

If he slips up, that guy will really slap him to death without saying a word.

"The Dragon Palace is still too comfortable..."

“Under these circumstances, if anything happens, it’s easy for people to suspect me.”

"We must find a way to throw the Dragon Palace into chaos and create some turmoil and waves."

"Only in this way can I have more room to maneuver."

"Otherwise, neither Dragon Soul Mushroom nor Dragon Blood Mushroom can be refined."

Wu Liang's mind raced, his expression shifting between light and shadow.

If the Dragon Palace doesn't descend into chaos, it will be impossible to obtain a large quantity of Blood Path Mushroom Material and Dragonman Mushroom Material.

Without dragon people as the mushroom material, neither Dragon Soul Mushroom nor Dragon Blood Mushroom can be refined.

That's right!

Like Dragon Soul Mushroom, Dragon Blood Mushroom also requires Dragon People as its substrate.

In fact, Wu Liang knew very well that the effects of dragon blood mushrooms were related to the mushroom recipe.

Contrary to what he told the Silver Dragon King, he did not only know a fragment of the formula.

The Blood River Ancestor, a dignified Blood Dao Mushroom Immortal, had lived for two lifetimes.

How could he possibly not have a recipe for Dragon Blood Mushroom, a fourth-tier mortal mushroom, in his memory? Wu Liang's deception of the Silver Dragon King, claiming ignorance of the Dragon Blood Mushroom recipe, was merely an attempt to create some trouble.

As the saying goes, the easier something is to obtain, the less it is valued.

If he were to directly hand over the recipe for the Dragon Blood Mushroom to the Silver Dragon King, that would truly be doing charity.

Not only might you not gain any benefits, but you might also attract trouble.

It should be noted that his publicly revealed identity is merely that of a highly talented third-level mushroom master.

How can a level 3 mushroom master possess the recipe for level 4 mushrooms?

The recipe for four-stage mushrooms is not some common cabbage.

Even a simple recipe for a level 4 mushroom is enough to tempt a level 5 mushroom master.

Mushrooms symbolize inheritance, and in most cases, their value surpasses that of the mushrooms themselves.

Ordinary mushroom growers can't get mushroom recipes at all; they can only find someone to make the mushrooms or buy them on the market.

As a quasi-master of alchemy, it's perfectly normal for Wu Liang to have mushroom recipes on hand.

However, if one possesses a four-turn mushroom recipe, and it happens to be the Dragon Blood Mushroom recipe that the Silver Dragon King has been dreaming of, then that would be quite unusual.

This will inevitably arouse the Silver Dragon King's suspicion, or even covet it.

Although given the Silver Dragon King's character, it's unlikely he would covet the inheritance Wu Liang possesses, one can't be too afraid of the unexpected.

You can know a person's face but not their heart. Wu Liang never cared about judging a gentleman by the standards of a petty person.

If Wu Liang were to 'derive' this mushroom recipe using his talent, there would be no need to worry about it attracting any covetousness.

Moreover, his value will be greatly enhanced in the eyes of the Silver Dragon King.

At the same time, there were actually two very important reasons why Wu Liang kept the recipe for Dragon Blood Mushroom.

Firstly, as mentioned earlier, rashly handing over the mushroom recipe could easily lead to trouble.

This trouble is not only because it easily arouses suspicion and covetousness.

The real reason is that the recipe for Dragon Blood Mushroom could easily bring Wu Liang to his death.

The process of refining Dragon Blood Mushrooms is extremely cruel, requiring the use of dragon people as mushroom substrate to bleed and extract their marrow.

If the Silver Dragon King knew this, would he still refine it or not?
If he didn't practice, he would only be able to watch helplessly as his old friend's daughter died in agony because of the so-called incurable disease.

If he were to practice alchemy, his hands would inevitably be stained with the blood of his own kind.

As the leader of the dragon people, the Silver Dragon King would never leave any survivors once he committed such a horrifying act.

At that time, Wu Liang, who offered this mushroom recipe, might also be killed to silence him.

Although the possibility is slim, Wu Liang dares not gamble on the Silver Dragon King's conscience.

Therefore, even if we were to offer this mushroom recipe, we would have to wait for the right opportunity.

An opportunity that would maximize his profits with minimal risk.

The second reason is related to the timing.

As the saying goes, adding flowers to brocade can never compare to providing charcoal in the snow.

To maximize his profits, Wu Liang must wait until the Silver Dragon King urgently needs the mushroom recipe to save Ao Miaoyin before he decides to use it.

Only then will the Silver Dragon King be free from so many concerns.

At that time, the Silver Dragon King will be so desperate that he will try anything and have no time to spare.

Wu Liang could then take advantage of the situation, protecting himself while trying to obtain the Dragon Transformation Technique.

How could the Silver Dragon King be driven to this point in just three months?
It should be noted that the Silver Dragon King still has a few Dragon Blood Mushrooms on hand, for unforeseen circumstances.

According to him, the remaining dragon blood mushrooms would be enough to keep Ao Miaoyin alive for three months.

This was naturally unacceptable to Wu Liang.

Therefore, Wu Liang had to take the initiative to intervene and make sure that Ao Miaoyin couldn't survive these three months!

"As a dragon princess, if Ao Miaoyin suddenly falls seriously ill, her life will be in imminent danger..."

"This should be enough to stir up some waves and cause some chaos in the Dragon Palace."

Wu Liang remained calm, his eyes filled with cold indifference.

Ao Miaoyin has a congenital ailment that, according to her, prevents her from experiencing great joy or sorrow, or from letting her emotions run wild.

Therefore, it's actually quite simple to make her not last more than three months.

It was nothing more than trying to constantly provoke Ao Miaoyin's emotions.

The goal is simply to inflict severe pain on her within these three short months, triggering her chronic illness until the Dragon Blood Mushrooms are completely consumed.

Wu Liang actually had a plan for this, and had even made a preliminary move.

That's right...

What no one knew was that Wu Liang had already devised these insidious schemes in a very short time after learning about the Dragon Blood Mushroom.

He deliberately took the Dragon Blood Mushroom from the Silver Dragon King to examine and play with it, just to secretly lay a trap.

At that time, he was completely unaware of the Silver Dragon King's presence, his mind preoccupied with the Dragon Blood Mushroom...

The poison of the Lonely Mushroom has already been planted on that Dragon Blood Mushroom.

As long as Ao Miaoyin takes that Dragon Blood Mushroom, she will definitely be infected with loneliness.

At that time, Wu Liang will be able to influence Ao Miaoyin through loneliness, causing her unbearable pain, making her chronic illness worse and worse, until she is critically ill.

However, all of this is contingent on Ao Miaoyin consuming the Dragon Blood Mushroom.

This requires a trigger.

A catalyst that caused Ao Miaoyin great joy and sorrow, stirred her inner fire, aggravated her chronic illness, and forced the Silver Dragon King to give her the Dragon Blood Mushroom.

Wu Liang already had someone in mind for this role.

A cold glint flashed across his face, his eyes were deep and unfathomable, and he murmured to himself almost imperceptibly.

"Miss Miaoyin, can you really sever the bond of master and servant that has lasted for so many years?"

"I simply cannot believe that such a gentle and kind girl like you could be so heartless."

"So I'd really like to see if you'll be saddened by Huang'er's tragic death..."

(End of this chapter)