Mushroom Man

"My husband, come back quickly."

“Something’s not right on that island. I sense a lot of strange noises approaching you…”

Just then, Ao Miaoyin's urgent voice came from afar and quietly reached their ears.

Clearly, this is some kind of audio technique!
It turns out that when Wu Liang left the White Bone Warship and went to the island to deal with the Four-Armed Vajra Ape, Ao Miaoyin was not idle.

She used her own advantages to protect Wu Liang through audio-visual means.

She knew everything that happened on the island.

Now that Ao Miaoyin has discovered something amiss on the island, she immediately notified Wu Liang.

"A lot of strange noises..."

Upon hearing this, Wu Liang frowned slightly, and immediately began to rise step by step, walking on air.

He rose high into the sky and looked down.

However, once he looked, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

On the nameless island, a large number of mushroom beasts were found to be living!

These mushroom beasts are densely packed, and most of them are very ancient and nearly extinct rare mushroom beasts.

Such a large number can already be called a beast tide!

The commotion caused by Wu Liang's slaughter of the four-armed Vajra Ape attracted the attention of these mushroom beasts, which is why they rushed over here.

Without hesitation, Wu Liang immediately moved and returned to the bone warship.

He wasn't foolish enough to fight the beast tide alone!
The beast tide is extremely dangerous. Don't be fooled by the fact that mushroom beasts of the same level are not as easy to deal with as mushroom masters of the same level.

However, if the mushroom beasts gather together and form a beast tide, the situation will be different.

At that time, tens of thousands of mushroom beasts would be enough to destroy a force, and it would be impossible for a mushroom master to contend with them alone.

Wu Liang possesses the Demon Suppression Tower and the Jade Disc, which might allow him to remain invincible amidst the beast tide, but the cost would undoubtedly be staggering, making it a complete loss.

Unless he is willing to expend the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover once, he will have to retreat in the face of the beast tide.

And that is precisely what makes the Slave Master so terrifying.

So far, all the slave masters Wu Liang has encountered have been trash.

Either they didn't have any slave beasts with them, or their own methods were inadequate.

In reality, a truly powerful Slave Master can be equivalent to an entire force on their own.

With a mere flick of his finger, he could unleash a massive beast tide!
"Husband..."

When Ao Miaoyin saw Wu Liang return, she hurriedly went to greet him. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was not injured.

"Such a small, nameless island is hiding so many mushroom beasts; there must be something fishy going on here."

"My wife, I'm planning to sneak in and take a look tonight..."

Wu Liang nodded slightly and explained his plan.

Upon hearing this, Ao Miaoyin frowned slightly, as if she didn't want Wu Liang to take this unnecessary risk.

However, she pursed her lips and did not object to Wu Liang's decision. Instead, she suggested, "Then... I want to go with my husband too."

"You?" Wu Liang waved his hand in refusal without even thinking.

"My wife, you are still weak and have not fully recovered."

"You shouldn't go anywhere else, just stay on the bone warship."

Upon hearing this, Ao Miaoyin opened her mouth as if to say something.

However, Wu Liang smiled faintly and reassured her, "My lady, the White Bone Warship needs someone to guard it while it's docked here."

"What if the wind and waves are too big and blow the ship away? Besides, there are also pirates and sea bandits wandering around."

"Only with my wife guarding the Bone Warship can I go out with peace of mind."

"Moreover, my wife's vocal techniques are superb. Even on the ship, she can protect me and keep in touch at any time. What else could I possibly worry about?"

After Wu Liang's words, Ao Miaoyin was finally persuaded and nodded slightly. However, what she didn't know was...

The claim that the White Bone Warships needed guards is utter nonsense from Wu Liang!
The Bone Warship was essentially transformed from a Bone Man; how could it possibly be blown away by the wind and waves?

Moreover, if any foolish pirate master were to approach, Master Bone would have already slapped them to death.

In the blink of an eye...

That night.

Wu Liang quietly slipped away to an unnamed island.

Ao Miaoyin's voice echoed in his ears, helping him dodge hordes of mushroom beasts.

Wu Liang did not linger on the outskirts of the island, but headed straight for the center.

He had not forgotten the purpose of his trip.

Wu Liang's purpose this time was not to investigate the so-called beast tide, but to find the villain hiding on the island!
According to information revealed by Kanshouqing, these little people all live in a well.

Therefore, Wu Liang had been searching for that so-called well all along his journey.

However, instead of finding the well, he stumbled upon a rather peculiar place.

That was a peach grove near the center of the island!
The peach orchard was filled with a dazzling array of peaches, each the size of a human head.

If that were all, it wouldn't be enough to make Wu Liang care.

What really caught his attention was that all of these peaches had human faces on them, some old, some young, some male, and some female.

Most of the mushroom beasts on the island spontaneously settled here, waiting for these peaches to ripen.

"This is... a peach with a human face?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Wu Liang's eyes.

If he wasn't mistaken, these peaches should be a type of mushroom called "Human-faced Longevity Peach".

The fact that his name contains the character for "longevity" speaks volumes about his extraordinary nature.

The so-called "Human Face Longevity Peach" is a mushroom material cultivated by a seventh-level Peach Blossom Immortal in the era of the Blood River Ancestor.

This mushroom is made by hybridizing human and peach trees, and the resulting human-faced longevity peach can be used to make longevity mushrooms.

The "Longevity Mushroom" is extremely deceptive; although its name contains the character for "longevity," it cannot actually prolong a person's life.

On the contrary, consuming this mushroom can actually shorten one's lifespan.

The original idea of ​​that Peach Blossom Immortal was to create a longevity mushroom that could be artificially refined.

Unfortunately, he did not succeed; the Old Mushroom was just a failure.

Therefore, long ago, after the Human-Faced Longevity Peach was popular for a period of time, it disappeared and no one thought about cultivating this kind of mushroom anymore.

It's quite unexpected that there's still a batch of human-faced peaches on this nameless island.

However, this does explain why so many mushroom beasts can appear here!
The human-faced peach is useless to humans; eating it will not only not prolong life, but will actually shorten it.

However, it is different for mushroom beasts. Eating human-faced peaches will not shorten their lifespan, but will more or less increase it.

All I can say is, how unfair is the way of Heaven!

For humans, extending their lifespan is an insurmountable challenge.

However, these mushroom beasts with limited intelligence can live for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years!

Clearly, there must be some divine intervention at play here.

Fate does not allow humans to be a long-lived species, so even if a human mushroom master becomes a mushroom immortal, their lifespan is only a mere hundred years.

Wu Liang shook his head, just about to leave.

Just then, Ao Miaoyin's voice came from beside him.

"My lord, it seems there's someone over there..." (End of Chapter)