Mushroom Man

The Demon Suppression Tower, ninth floor.

The air was filled with a foul, fishy smell.

If an ordinary person were to set foot in this place, they would probably be knocked unconscious by the smell.

The extremely strong smell of blood made the place smell terrible.

The enormous pool of blood rippled continuously.

Faintly visible are the corpses of mushroom beasts of various shapes and colors rising and falling in the pool of blood.

Hundreds and thousands of demon-suppressing iron chains were even stained with blood.

This place is clearly meant to suppress demons, but now it looks more like their lair.

Wu Liang, dressed in blood-stained clothes and with disheveled hair, sat cross-legged beside the blood pool, his eyes closed as if he were asleep.

The burly iron slaves stood silently behind him like iron towers, giving him a great sense of security.

Anyone who saw this scene would exclaim, "What a devil!"

Just then, the blood pool began to gurgle and bubble.

The pool of blood resembled boiling water, causing the blood bubbles to burst open from time to time.

"Your Excellency, the time is almost right..."

The enormous white skeleton was carefully observing the pool of blood.

Now that the blood pool was boiling, the white bone skeleton, also known as the Bone Immortal, dared not delay and immediately reported it.

Wu Liang slowly opened his eyes, a flash of bloodlust in them.

He nodded slightly, then spoke softly, "Rise..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the blood pool trembled violently!
The next moment, two three-stage mushrooms, one black and one yellow, shot out instantly.

Wu Liang reached out and his bloody hand grabbed the two mushrooms.

He didn't rush to refine it, but instead held it in his hand and examined it carefully.

"Tiger back mushroom, bear waist mushroom, not bad, not bad..."

"If I remember correctly, refining these two mushrooms together will allow the mushroom master to develop a strong and powerful physique."

"It seems that the 30% of the blood pool used for refining that corpse was not wasted in vain."

Wu Liang stroked the tiger-back mushroom and the bear-waist mushroom, a slight smile playing on his lips, and nodded involuntarily.

That's right!

These two third-stage transformation mushrooms were extracted from the fourth-stage corpse by him using Blood Pool Mushroom and Blood Refining Mushroom.

Unexpectedly, despite being a fourth-level strength mushroom master, the mushrooms he extracted were actually modified mushrooms of the transformation path.

However, the physique that can be cultivated by both Tiger Back Mushroom and Bear Waist Mushroom is also very suitable for Mushroom Masters with Strength, so there is not much difference between them.

The so-called "broad back and thick waist" is actually not much different from the jade-like skin on Wu Liang's old body and the steel bones on Tie Nu's body. They are all physical constitutions.

Jade-like skin-nourishing products can make one's skin fair and beautiful, while also making the skin tough and thus enhancing its defense.

The steel-reinforced body greatly enhances the mushroom master's physical defense, making them invulnerable to swords and spears.

Both of these are physical constitutions that enhance physical defense.

A broad back and thick waist are physiques specifically designed to enhance strength, allowing mushroom masters to unleash greater power.

For this reason, a broad back and thick waist are very popular among mushroom masters, and many of them choose to sculpt their bodies to achieve this.

Of course, this type of physique created by mushrooms can result in more than just a broad back and thick waist; it can also include features like long arms and a wasp waist, and so on...

Such physical structures usually cannot coexist; one must choose one.

Fortunately, whether it's smooth, jade-like skin, or a body of steel and iron, or a head of bronze and arms of iron, none of these conflict much with a broad back and thick waist.

Therefore, these two stones were perfect for strengthening the Iron Slave's physical body.

"It's a pity that the Blood Pool Mushroom and Blood Refining Mushroom are only at the third stage."

"At best, you can only extract mushrooms of the same grade from others, and you only have one chance for blood refining."

"Otherwise, if we could extract all the third and fourth grade modified fungi from that corpse, it would surely greatly increase your strength, Iron Slave."

"Well, something is better than nothing."

"You should take these two mushrooms and refine them as soon as possible."

Wu Liang spoke calmly to the iron slave behind him.

Without a second thought, he handed over the tiger-back mushroom and the bear-waist mushroom to Tie Nu.

"Thank you, sir."

Iron Slave now speaks in no different from an ordinary person, except that his voice is somewhat muffled.

He accepted the tiger-back mushroom and the bear-waist mushroom, then bowed to Wu Liang.

Wu Liang waved his hand, not caring about it.

"No need to thank me verbally. Once you've grown stronger and more powerful, you can thank me with your actions."

Iron Slave lowered his head, a resolute glint in his eyes.

Wu Liang gave him a chance to start a new life and a path to continue rising in status.

Such kindness is truly as heavy as a mountain.

He will certainly remember this and will not let Wu Liang down.

"After being refined by blood, this corpse still has a body full of essence blood left."

"This essence of blood is the finest of the finest. Combined with some Blood Path Mushroom materials and Blood Path Fungus, it's enough to refine another Rank 3 Blood Path Fungus. We absolutely cannot waste it..."

Wu Liang shifted his gaze from Tie Nu to the blood pool.

He immediately had a thought, and a large amount of Blood Path Mushroom material extracted from the mushroom beast was thrown into the Blood Pool.

In addition, he took out two mushrooms, namely a second-stage Hidden Scale Mushroom and a second-stage Qi-Containing Mushroom.

These two mushrooms from Bajiaoshan are no longer of use to him and should have been replaced long ago.

Now is the perfect time to use the essence of a fourth-level mushroom master to refine a new bloodline mushroom.

Upon realizing this, Wu Liang immediately began refining the mushrooms with practiced ease. As a Blood Dao Master and a quasi-Master of Refining Dao, refining third-tier Blood Dao mushrooms was now effortless for him.

About an hour later...

The blood pool boiled again, and a faint, translucent blood-red mushroom flew out.

Wu Liang captured him and immediately refined him.

The whole process went smoothly and naturally.

A three-stage blood vessel mushroom, freshly prepared.

Clearly, Wu Liang's mushroom cultivation skills are growing rapidly at a visible pace.

"Three-stage Blood-Hidden Mushroom..."

Wu Liang narrowed his eyes, and with a thought, activated the mushroom.

The next moment, his figure vanished without a trace, and even his aura was concealed.

Neither Iron Slave nor Bone Immortal possessed any particularly powerful reconnaissance methods.

They were completely helpless in the face of Wu Liang's disappearance.

If Wu Liang were to pull out the Serrated Golden Centipede Mushroom at this moment, he could definitely catch them off guard.

It is estimated that only a Bone Immortal with a rank of four could survive Wu Liang's attack.

However, if Wu Liang goes all out and uses techniques such as the Asura Blood Handprint, even Bone Master might not be able to defeat him.

That's right!

Wu Liang has unknowingly developed the strength to stand up to a fourth-level mushroom master.

Of course, being able to directly confront a level 4 mushroom master does not mean that you can actually win in a life-or-death battle against a level 4 mushroom master.

If we had to put it in perspective, Wu Liang's current strength is roughly equivalent to that of Morobi during the Bajiaoshan period.

This is already terrifying; the speed of progress is nothing short of monstrous.

It should be noted that Wu Liang is currently only at the mid-stage of the third level of cultivation.

Even with the Heavenly Origin Spirit Mushroom and Seven-Fragrance Wine Mushroom, he could barely be considered a third-tier high-level mushroom master.

However, Morobi during the Bajiaoshan period was a genuine peak third-level mushroom master, and also possessed the True Martial Demon-Slaying Body.

Wu Liang's ability to catch up with Morobi with such cultivation and to make up for the gap in aptitude with his bloodline talent is truly outrageous.

"good……"

"With this Blood-Hiding Mushroom, if I'm careful, I think it would be enough for me to secretly plot something in the Dragon Palace."

Wu Liang put away the Blood-Hidden Mushroom, and his figure reappeared.

He was quite satisfied with the concealment effect of the Blood Mushroom.

Although this mushroom is only at level 3, when paired with the Specimen Mushroom and the False Mushroom, its stealth capabilities are comparable to those of level 4 mushrooms.

In this way, as long as the fourth-level mushroom masters don't deliberately use any reconnaissance tricks or powerful reconnaissance mushrooms, they shouldn't be able to see through the Bloodhide Mushroom's concealment.

However, all of this is just Wu Liang's conjecture, and it still needs to be tested in practice.

Now that corpse has been completely disposed of, there's no point in leaving it in the Demon Suppression Tower.

Now that we're out here, it'll be a good time to test the effects of the Blood-Hiding Mushroom.

Upon realizing this, Wu Liang did not hesitate and withdrew from the Demon Suppression Tower.

Peach Blossom Residence.

Wu Liang's figure moved and appeared.

He first looked around and, seeing nothing unusual, put away the Demon-Suppressing Tower.

And at that very moment, by sheer coincidence...

A series of noisy and chaotic sounds came from outside.

It seemed that many dragon people were shouting and yelling, but it was unclear what they were saying.

"What's that noise? It's so loud!"

Wu Liang frowned and immediately activated the eavesdropping mushroom, listening intently.

Soon, the noisy sounds outside became clear.

"The Golden Dragon King is mighty!"

"Kill them! Avenge my Dragon Palace warriors!"

"These filthy humans dared to trespass into the Dragon Palace and slaughter my dragon sons and daughters. They must be executed by slow slicing and sent to the Dragon Slicing Platform!"

One by one, the dragon-man mushroom masters shouted excitedly, and the entire Dragon Palace became lively and excited as a result.

It turned out to be the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King, who led Wei Dai and the others back to the Dragon Palace.

After learning of this, the dragons were celebrating the capture and execution of the villains, venting their anger.

Wu Liang heard most of what was going on, but still couldn't figure out what had happened.

What does it mean to trespass into the Dragon Palace?

Could it be that while he was inside the Demon Suppression Tower refining mushrooms, the Dragon Palace was invaded by outsiders?
"No way? Such a thing can happen?"

Wu Liang raised an eyebrow, seemingly surprised that such a major change had occurred in the Dragon Palace.

To find out exactly what happened.

After thinking it over, Wu Liang summoned the blood-sucking mosquitoes and flies.

He activated the Blood-Hiding Mushroom, the Appearance Mushroom, and the False Mushroom, giving the blood-sucking mosquitoes and flies an 'invisibility cloak'.

The dragons outside were furious, calling the human race filthy.

Under these circumstances, Wu Liang could not possibly go out rashly without understanding the specific situation.

So he decided to send the bloodsucking mosquitoes out to investigate for him...

(End of this chapter)