Mushroom Man

"Alright, let's get down to business."

"We cannot linger in the Dragon Palace Treasure Vault. Young friend Wu, please select the mushrooms needed for the mushroom recipe as soon as possible."

Seeing Wu Liang's sincere smile, the Silver Dragon King couldn't help but feel even more satisfied with him.

Honest and grateful, such a good child couldn't possibly have any bad intentions.

"Senior Silver Dragon King, I have already prepared a design, please take a look."

As soon as Wu Liang finished speaking, he took out a list from his sleeve and respectfully handed it to the Silver Dragon King.

The Silver Dragon King took the list, glanced at it, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

When he first saw the list, he thought this brat was going to ask for an exorbitant amount again.

Looking at it now, at least this kid has some sense of propriety. Most of the mushrooms he needs are second or third-grade mushrooms, which is acceptable.

The Silver Dragon King unfolded the list, on which was recorded a third-stage killing move called "Diligent Study and Hard Practice".

This killing move is a composite style killing move created by the complementary relationship between the Way of Wisdom and the Way of Refinement.

Its main function is to allow one to gradually deduce mushroom recipes through continuous and diligent study, practice, and trial and error.

It requires three Wisdom Mushrooms and three Refinement Mushrooms.

Zhidao mushrooms are known as diligent learning mushrooms, growth-promoting mushrooms, and inspiration mushrooms.

The Refining Dao Mushrooms are categorized as Hard-Practice Mushrooms, Skilled Mushrooms, and Prodigy Mushrooms.

With diligent study and practice as the core and supplementary growth mushroom as the branches, the killer move is endowed with the wonderful use of diligence to make up for lack of talent and compensate for the lack of wisdom of the mushroom master.

The "Skilled Mushroom" and "Proficient Mushroom" further enhance the killer moves, enabling mushroom masters to become proficient in refining mushrooms and developing mushroom recipes through practice.

The Inspiration Mushroom, when taken out of context, is merely meant to provide mushroom growers with a source of inspiration.

However, if combined with a killer move, this mushroom can be reused repeatedly, and every time the mushroom master becomes skilled, it can inspire creativity.

It can be said that this is a killer move that will reward mushroom growers as long as they are willing to work hard.

With Wu Liang's talent in both alchemy and wisdom, he naturally couldn't have devised such a deadly move.

Moreover, this deadly move wasn't prepared for him.

The true mastermind behind this brilliant and ingenious killing move was actually Yan Zhaodi.

As a genius in the Yan family's cultivation path, Yan Zhaodi had once possessed such a deadly move.

Unfortunately, after being reduced to a beast, the fungi on its body had already starved to death because they could not be fed.

Wu Liang is now asking the Silver Dragon King for these Dao-refining mushrooms so that he can fully utilize Yan Zhaodi's mushroom-refining talent.

Normally……

A master alchemist is already capable of refining fifth-grade mushrooms.

However, Yan Zhaodi now finds it extremely difficult to refine even a single three-stage mushroom.

Ultimately, it's because they don't have suitable cultivation fungi on their bodies.

Now Wu Liang has filled the gap left by Yan Zhaodi.

Even though the beast's body might slightly affect the success rate of mushroom refining, it would still be enough for Yan Zhaodi to unleash seventy to eighty percent of her refining talent.

"What a fine example of diligent study and hard work!"

"Young friend Wu truly lives up to his reputation as a near-master of alchemy, having devised such an ingenious combined killing move."

A fleeting look of admiration crossed the Silver Dragon King's eyes as he looked at Wu Liang.

This scene is increasingly resembling a father-in-law looking at his future son-in-law.

Without lingering, the Silver Dragon King summoned several stars that converged upon him.

There were exactly six stars, no more and no less.

Clearly, the Dragon Palace Treasury possesses some kind of retrieval capability.

Otherwise, in this vast sea of ​​stars, finding the mushrooms on the list would take forever.

With a wave of his hand, the Silver Dragon King removed the six mushrooms and handed them to Wu Liang. "Take them. Young friend Wu, remember to deduce the mushroom recipe as quickly as possible."

Wu Liang took the mushroom, nodded earnestly, and said, "Please rest assured, Senior Silver Dragon King, I will certainly not let you down."

“Miss Miaoyin has treated me well. Even if I have to risk my life and work day and night, I will save Miss Miaoyin.”

Having received the promise, the Silver Dragon King smiled and patted Wu Liang's head.

"Then I'll be waiting for your good news."

"For the time being, you will stay with me in the West Palace."

"Firstly, it will allow you to lay low for a while, so you don't offend that Golden Dragon King again."

"Secondly, you can deduce the mushroom formula in your bedroom without being disturbed by anyone."

"Thirdly, Miaoyin is a girl who cannot be separated from her. I have important matters to attend to and cannot watch over her all the time."

“If I hand it over to those maids, I’m worried that villains might take advantage of the situation.”

"After much thought, only when young friend Wu stays in the palace, deduce the prescription, and take care of that girl Miaoyin, can I feel at ease..."

Is the Silver Dragon King worried that I'll take the mushrooms and not do the job, so he wants to keep me by his side to keep track of the mushroom plot's progress?
Wu Liang smiled to himself, not caring about it.

With the three Formless Tokens as the core, his ability to create the Human Face Without Change was already enough to deceive the Silver Dragon King.

As long as the Silver Dragon King doesn't keep a close eye on him, he still has a chance to enter the Demon Suppression Tower.

In this way, whether one is in the palace or back in Peach Blossom Residence, there is not much difference.

Upon hearing this, Wu Liangsi immediately bowed respectfully.

"Then this junior will respectfully comply."

"It just so happens that I also want to take care of Miss Miaoyin at all times."

“With this junior here, any villain who wants to harm Miss Miaoyin will have to step over this junior’s dead body.”

The Silver Dragon King nodded slightly and said nothing more.

With a wave of his hand, he teleported the two of them out of the Dragon Palace Treasury, and his figure disappeared from the spot.

……

A few days passed in a flash.

Wu Liang moved into the West Palace.

His residence was right next to the princess's boudoir.

Fortunately, the Silver Dragon King had given prior instructions not to let anyone divulge this information.

Otherwise, countless Dragon Mushroom Masters who care about Ao Miaoyin would hold a grudge against Wu Liang because of this.

During this period, Wu Liang did not cause any trouble; on the contrary, he was very well-behaved.

During the day, he pretended to deduce the mushroom recipe, and at night he would go to the princess's boudoir to take over the care of Miaoyin from the Silver Dragon King.

He would occasionally cook medicinal meals himself and feed the patient medicine to help him maintain his health.

He was clearly a complete devil, but he ended up becoming a devoted young man who spent his days going back and forth between two points.

The Silver Dragon King saw all of this.

He used to come every day to check on the progress of the mushroom cultivation and secretly monitor Wu Liang to see if he did anything inappropriate.

Now, after several covert probes, they have completely relaxed and have gradually reduced the number of times they are monitored.

Furthermore, Wu Liang's performance during this period convinced the Silver Dragon King that this boy was someone worthy of entrusting his affairs to.

He had made up his mind that once the divination was completed and Miaoyin's condition improved, he would entrust his daughter to Wu Liang and risk his life to send the two of them out of the palace.

Therefore, during this time, the Silver Dragon King was looking for a good opportunity, waiting for a suitable chance for the Golden Dragon King to dispel the mirage.

Wu Liang was completely unaware of all of this.

At this moment, he was gently feeding Miaoyin her medicine... (End of Chapter)