Mushroom Man

Chapter 344 Orc Father, Wei Dai's Flaw

Dragon Palace.

Peach Blossom Residence.

"Crash-"

The golden river of true energy, like a golden dragon, meandered and coiled, rushing towards the 'shackles'.

The boundless mist outside the dantian gradually dissipated under the scouring of the river of true qi.

Today is the day to expand our territory!
Wu Liang pressed on with renewed vigor, like a general issuing orders, and his mind immediately stirred.

The next moment, the fertile land, which had grown to nineteen acres in size after more than a month of nurturing, was seen to grow even larger.

The moment his dantian swelled to the size of twenty acres, the aura surrounding Wu Liang suddenly trembled!
The intermediate stage of the third transformation is complete...

Wu Liang opened his eyes, but was not moved by the sight; his eyes were filled with a calm and undisturbed expression.

A mere intermediate level three is easily mastered; it's all about practice.

"Om-"

The familiar tinnitus sound arrived as expected.

The ever-diligent Bodhi seed, which has been working harder these days, has once again radiated a deep blue glow.

Wu Liang's eyes flickered slightly, and the scenery before him gradually became dreamlike and illusory.

The coral grew arms and legs and began to dance with great joy.

The stone bowl that held the Soul-Nourishing Soup spoke, telling him to change his taste.

One after another, bizarre and fantastical hallucinations came into view.

If someone else had witnessed this scene, they would probably have been terrified and completely lost their composure.

Wu Liang, however, remained indifferent, looking completely unperturbed.

Having long been accustomed to it, he even had the mind to carefully observe these strange sights, trying to discern something from them.

Just then, the little figure arrived as promised, gathering from all directions and circling around him.

Wu Liang then turned his attention back to the noisy little figures.

"I wonder what kind of fairy mushroom the 'See Hand Blue' belongs to."

"Even with the memories of the Blood River Ancestor, there was no information about the See-Hand Blue."

Wu Liang's thoughts flashed by, and he quickly suppressed them back into his mind.

He casually grabbed a small figure.

Then the little figure began to chatter away, shaking its head and talking animatedly.

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

"Wei Dai, a fifth-level demonic cultivator, harbors a secret that no one knows."

"Nobody knew that he was actually a bastard."

"The so-called hybrid is the offspring of a human and a person of different races."

"These people are often born with defects and usually die before reaching adulthood."

"Only a very few can be no different from ordinary people, and are also exceptionally talented, possessing one kind of gift or another."

"And Wei Dai's father was a pig-headed, human-bodied orc mushroom master."

"Wei Dai was born with a defect, never knowing what it meant to be full, and was always plagued by hunger."

"Once he falls into hunger, he loses his mind and goes mad, eating anything in sight."

"When he was young, he almost ate himself to death because of this."

"Fortunately, his orc father chose to sacrifice himself, cutting open his own stomach and replacing it with a large stomach."

"After Wei Dai had a big stomach, he no longer had to worry about stuffing himself to death, no longer had to endure hunger, and could eat whatever he wanted."

"However, the large stomach only prevents it from bursting from eating too much food."

“Wei Dai’s congenital defects were not improved as a result.”

"As he eats and gets fatter, he will eventually die from obesity."

"Wei Dai's mother saw this and was very worried."

"In order to completely cure Wei Dai's defect, her mother chose to pass on her husband's esophageal skills to Wei Dai little by little."

"Although Wei Dai had a congenital defect, he was fortunate to inherit his pig-man father's talent for eating."

"He can use all kinds of esophageal fungi and all kinds of esophageal killers with ease."

"And the food inheritance left by his pig-man father is a direct inheritance that points to the level of a sixth-level mushroom immortal."

"Wei Dai's future is bright, and his ascension to immortality is just around the corner."

"However, unforeseen events can happen..."

"One day, Wei Dai was so hungry that he had the idea of ​​eating his mother."

"It just so happened that on that day, my mother came to pass on her culinary skills to him at the level of a mushroom immortal."

"Wei Dai was overcome by lust and could not resist, so he ate his mother who loved him deeply."

"When he came to his senses, his mother had already become food in his belly."

"Wei Dai was filled with remorse, but not for his mother. He regretted not being able to obtain the food inheritance at the level of the Mushroom Immortal."

“Since that day, Wei Dai’s personality has changed drastically, and he has fallen in love with the smell of people.”

"In just ten years, he achieved the fifth level of the esophagus and earned the terrifying title of 'cannibal'."

"However, because of a moment of craving, he lost the culinary inheritance at the level of a mushroom immortal, which has caused him to remain stuck at the fifth level, unable to even glimpse the wonders of ascending to immortality..."

The little figure shook its head and, after speaking, vanished without a trace, like a dream or a bubble.

The strange noises and sights around us receded like the tide.

Wu Liang blinked, quickly regaining his senses. He frowned, his face full of confusion.

"Weidai? A bastard? An orc?"

"What is all this? Who is this person? I've never heard of him before."

As Wu Liang digested the secret revealed by Jian Shouqing, his expression of doubt deepened, and he couldn't understand it at all.

As far as he knows...

Jian Shouqing never speaks without a purpose.

When Jian Shouqing reveals secrets, they are always closely related to him, and the scope is limited to the place where he is.

For example, when he was in Zhaodi Town, he would only reveal the Cimu River and the Wuxiang lineage, which were closely related to him and included within the scope of Zhaodi Town.

Whether it was Bajiaoshan or Zhongxiang Fudi later on, it was the same, without exception.

Logically speaking, the secret revealed by the blue-handed one this time should also be a secret related to the Dragon Palace.

Why is this Wei Dai suddenly appearing out of nowhere?
Whether Wei Dai is an orc or a human, it is impossible for him to appear in the Dragon Palace.

He was the only human mushroom master in the Dragon Palace.

If there really was a guy named Wei Dai, it's impossible that he wouldn't have heard any news about him.

For a moment, Wu Liang thought and thought, but couldn't figure out what connection he had with this person.

"Fifth-level Esophageal Mushroom Master..."

“A being who cultivates the Dao of Food is certainly not an unknown person; if I knew him, I would not be completely unaware of him.”

"So, on what basis did Shouqing suddenly reveal a stranger's secret to me?"

Wu Liang stroked his chin, thinking about this.

Just then, as if remembering something, he narrowed his eyes.

"If we're talking about any other human mushroom masters in this Dragon Palace besides myself, it seems like only..."

Wu Liang murmured to himself, his eyes flickering slightly.

The next moment, his gaze slowly fell on the gruesome corpse in the courtyard.

This corpse was none other than the Golden Dragon King, and the 'mushroom money' he paid was to humiliate him.

Wu Liang had never met Wei Dai, and there was no fifth-level esophagus master named Wei Dai in the Dragon Palace.

So the only factor that could connect with this Wei Dai seems to be this corpse that the Golden Dragon King just sent to his door.

Could this guy be the cannibalistic guard Dai that Jian Shouqing mentioned?
"No, that's not right..."

Upon realizing this, Wu Liang immediately rejected the conjecture.

This corpse had only undergone four stages of cultivation in its lifetime, and it practiced the strength-based style.

Although he is physically robust, he is not obese and does not have a large stomach.

From any perspective, it is clearly inconsistent with that guy named Wei Dai.

Therefore, this corpse could not possibly be Wei Dai; at most, it could be related to Wei Dai in some way, which is why Jian Shouqing revealed the relevant secrets.

After Wu Liang figured this out, he shook his head with little interest, looking disappointed.

"It seems that the secrets we obtained this time are of no use at all; we can only treat them as interesting tidbits to hear."

"That's enough. We've already obtained enough secrets. There's no need to be anxious about losing them."

"Anyway, once I continue to refine my true energy with the Seven Fragrance Wine Mushroom, I estimate that it won't be long before I break through to the advanced third stage."

"At that time, this can also stimulate the young master, thereby obtaining the secret..."

Wu Liang was not swayed by this, nor did it spoil his mood.

Although the secret he obtained was now useless, it reminded him of the corpse and prevented it from continuing to gather dust.

This corpse was a fourth-level strength mushroom master in life, with extremely rich blood and qi, and its flesh and blood were very suitable as blood-eating mushroom material.

Of course, converting it into blood food is undoubtedly the worst choice.

After pondering for a moment, Wu Liang came up with two ways to deal with the corpse in order to maximize his profits.

First of all, the corpse of a level 4 Strength Mushroom Master, if it can be used to transform into a zombie, will undoubtedly be of great help to him.

The Mushroom Master Li Dao used most of his skills on his own body.

Unlike other schools of mushroom masters, whose dantian collapses after death and whose corpses are no different from ordinary people.

Using the power of a mushroom master to refine a corpse can preserve its strength to a great extent.

If Wu Liang could obtain a zombie-type mushroom, he might gain another fourth-tier subordinate.

The second method involves using the blood pool to directly refine the blood.

This man is so robust and burly; he must have used a lot of modified fungi on his body.

If he could extract the modified fungi from his body using blood refining techniques, it would undoubtedly be a profitable deal for him.

Even if he can't use the extracted power mushrooms, he can choose to give them to the Iron Slave.

Iron Slave is also a Strength Master, and he already has a third-level cultivation.

With proper training, he could potentially reach the fourth level and become a major force under his command.

And it's also worth mentioning that...

Wu Liang has already given the White Elephant Giant Strength Mushroom, which he extracted from his old body, and the River-Turning Dragon Strength Mushroom, which he did not refine, to Tie Nu.

Wu Liang himself did not intend to follow the old path and go on to cultivate any kind of power.

The old body was caused by the White Elephant Giant Mushroom, which led to the mutual repulsion of Dao traces and went astray.

This time, having been reborn through possession, he naturally wouldn't repeat the mistakes he made before.

(End of this chapter)