Mushroom Man

"What are you waiting for?"

Seeing this, Wu Liang knew perfectly well that he had aroused the suspicion of Brother Zhou.

Without hesitation, he immediately channeled his inner energy, causing the human heart to become unpredictable.

Before the burly man surnamed Zhou could even speak, his tense and solemn expression visibly relaxed.

His eyes were slightly vacant, clearly showing that he had fallen for the unpredictable nature of human nature.

The burly man was merely a beginner-level mushroom master at the third stage. Using human resources to deal with him was unpredictable and even like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

Normally, one Deception Mushroom would be enough to appease this person.

However, just in case, Wu Liang still did not hesitate to consume eighty or ninety percent of his true energy, forcibly taking advantage of the unpredictable nature of human nature to distort the strong man's perception.

“Foolish child, I am a special envoy of the Holy Church, and you are a hidden pawn planted by my church on Chaotic Star Island.”

"If not now, when?"

When Wu Liang arrived, he had already ascertained that there were no other people in the hall besides this person, so he had no scruples and immediately shouted out coldly.

Upon hearing this, the blank look in the eyes of the burly man surnamed Zhou vanished instantly.

He suddenly realized and said, "Oh, so I am a mushroom master of the Holy Church."

"Zhou Zilun, the mushroom master of the Holy Church, greets Your Excellency the Special Envoy!"

Zhou Zilun's face lit up with fervor, and he immediately rose to pay homage.

One second they were strangers, the next they became fanatical believers.

This demonstrates just how terrifying the human mind's unpredictable ability to distort cognition, change people's minds, alter memories, and reshape personalities can be.

Even though he is only at the fourth level now, one can still vaguely see the mystery of the Venerable's killing move.

"No need to be polite..."

Wu Liang remained expressionless and raised his hand to interrupt him.

"Now I'll ask you questions, and you'll answer them. Any objections?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zilun replied without hesitation, "Absolutely no objection. Please ask, Your Excellency, and I will answer without reservation."

Wu Liang nodded, quite satisfied with the effect of the unpredictable nature of human nature.

With such a deadly move at his disposal, even immortals wouldn't dare to challenge him; he could probably thrive anywhere.

Unfortunately, he has not yet advanced to the fourth level, and his true energy can only barely activate the unpredictable nature of human hearts once.

If he can advance to the fourth level and transform his true energy, he can use the unpredictable nature of human nature as a common tactic.

At that time, the Chaotic Star Island, with only one fifth-level mushroom master in charge, will definitely not be able to threaten him.

He could even use this opportunity to secretly take over the entire Chaotic Star Island, turn all the Mushroom Masters into his own people, and sideline the Star River Elder.

"Explain the situation of the one-man rule in detail..."

Wu Liang temporarily collected his thoughts and began to ask for the information he wanted to know.

Zhou Zilun considered himself a disciple of the Holy Church, and dared not be negligent in the face of the special envoy's inquiry.

He spoke for the duration of half an incense stick, revealing everything about the one-man show without holding anything back.

The whole process went extremely smoothly; someone who didn't know the situation would probably think that Zhou Zilun was a member of the Holy Sect.

During this process, Wu Liang finally learned the true nature of this one-man show.

More than a month ago, Zhou Zilun met a fourth-level Taoist master named Yan Bixing.

Yan Bixing wanted to open a silver shop and took Zhou Zilun as his subordinate.

Normally, Zhou Zilun would take charge of managing the affairs of the household and entertaining the mushroom masters.

As for Yan Bixing, he acts as the behind-the-scenes manager, only responsible for confirming loans and signing contracts with the mushroom growers.

He has a killer move called "A Promise Is a Promise".

This killer move makes it impossible for others to change their promises, and they will never go back on their word.

The "one-man show" used this method to control mushroom growers and to make loans.

Zhou Zilun didn't know much about Yan Bixing, only that the man was mysterious and seemed to be an outsider mushroom master, not a local one from Luanxing Island. Furthermore, regarding the original owner of Wu Liang's face, Zhuo Buqun, he had indeed borrowed some silver here.

According to Zhou Zilun, Zhuo Buqun had borrowed silver water from this place more than once.

He borrowed from almost every silver shop on the island that he could.

The borrowed silver was usually squandered at the Chaotic Star Casino.

Unable to repay his loans, Zhuo Buqun often resorted to borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.

When a normal person activates a credit mushroom, most of them can emit a burst of light.

As for Zhuo Buqun activating the credit mushroom, he would be grateful if even three inches of light could be emitted.

This shows just how low Zhuo Buqun's credibility was on Chaotic Star Island.

For this reason, most silver shops no longer borrow Zhuo Buqun's silver.

If the forum hadn't just opened recently and needed a certain level of popularity, they wouldn't have done business with Zhuo Buqun...

After learning all this, Wu Liang couldn't help but twitch his lips.

I never imagined that the identity I casually assumed would turn out to be that of a gambling addict and a deadbeat.

That's why he's a mushroom master from the Star Palace; otherwise, he probably would have been confronted by debt collectors long ago, had his hands and feet broken, and been forced to sell himself to pay off his debts.

Wu Liang shook his head, deciding to stop thinking about these irrelevant things.

"I see……"

"So that person who always keeps his word is not usually in the hall."

"I thought Zhou Zilun was Yan Bixing, calling him Brother Yan all the time, which directly exposed his identity."

"It's a deal. This killing move sounds familiar; I feel like I've heard it somewhere before."

Wu Liang's eyes flickered slightly, as if he were deep in thought.

He thought about it carefully and quickly remembered that the Yan family in Zhaodi Town seemed to have a killer move called "A Word is a Deal".

What a coincidence, what a coincidence.

The mushroom master surnamed Yan is a specialist in Taoism and also possesses a deadly move with the same name as the Yan family.

When there are too many coincidences, they are no longer coincidences.

Wu Liang is now 80-90% certain that Yan Bixing is very likely a member of the Yan family.

The Yan family, which should have been wiped out and whose bloodline had no descendants left, suddenly produced a mushroom master.

Wu Liang was genuinely curious about this and wanted to meet this man who always kept his word.

If this man who speaks his mind is truly a mushroom master from the Yan family with the blood of the Yan family flowing through his veins, then he probably wouldn't be able to help but laugh out loud.

As the saying goes, "You can search high and low without finding it, but then it comes to you effortlessly."

A mushroom master from the Yan family, and a woman at that, who in the world could be more suitable to serve as the body of Yan Zhaodi?
Wu Liang had not forgotten that he still needed to find a way for Yan Zhaodi to escape, so that she could regain her human form and get rid of the Demon Suppression Tower.

Now that he knows this place is very likely to house the Yan family mushroom master, how could he let it go?

As the ancestor of the Yan family, it was perfectly fitting for Yan Zhaodi to borrow the body of a descendant.

Since there is a descendant's physical body available, there is no need to consider having that person possess Ao Miaoyin's body.

However, before that, Wu Liang still needs to confirm one issue.

With a thought, he focused his mind on the Demon-Suppressing Tower, communicating with Yan Zhaodi and inquiring about the solution to the "one-word agreement" problem.

If he wants to deal with someone who always keeps his word, he must know that nowadays, promises are broken; otherwise, if he falls into a trap, he'll be in trouble.

As the ancestor of the Yan family, Yan Zhaodi was naturally well aware of this.

Before long, Yan Zhaodi responded amidst her busy schedule.

It turns out that breaking the "a promise is a promise" killer move is very simple; all you need to do is activate the Yan family's unique mushroom when making the promise.

And that unique mushroom of the Yan family was none other than… the Lie Mushroom! (End of Chapter)