Mushroom Man

Chapter 60: True and False, Various Appearances

"Sekong!"

At the same time, the warrior on the other side became increasingly anxious when he saw that Sekong had not returned yet.

"Damn it! Could that guy go back on his word and imprison Sekong again?"

His brows were furrowed, and his expression darkened.

The abbot specifically instructed him to protect Sekong and not to make any mistakes.

However, now Sekong has disappeared again in his hands. How can he explain this to the abbot?

Perhaps due to his emotions, the warrior's voice was a little louder than usual.

Yan Wuxin and others in the distance also heard his shouts.

"Master Wu Xingzhe, what happened?"

Yan Wuxin frowned, put down the fake mushroom material in his hand, and responded in a hoarse voice.

Wu Xingzhe hesitated for a moment and opened his mouth to speak.

However, at this moment, Wu Liang's voice came from the darkness.

"Brother Wu, I'm here!"

"Brother Yan, don't worry. I was the one who got lost just now. Senior Brother Wu couldn't find me for a while and was a little worried."

As soon as these words were spoken, Wu Xingzhe's tense nerves finally relaxed.

He frowned, his tone accusing.

"Sekong, where did you go just now?"

"I've been calling for a long time, why are you responding now?"

Wu Liang hid in the darkness, keeping a distance of three to five feet from Wu Xingzhe, and responded in a low voice: "Brother, this place is a bit strange..."

"Just now I heard someone calling me, my head was dizzy, and I followed them unconsciously."

"As I walked, I didn't even know where I was."

"It wasn't until I heard your voice that I groped my way back."

Upon hearing this, Wu Xingzhe understood.

"It seems that Sekong has fallen into the trap of that Soul Dao Mushroom Master. No wonder there is no response."

"Sure enough, we can't underestimate these evil thieves..."

"He can come and go freely in the Wuxiang inheritance, and he can also lead away Sekong right under my nose."

"Doesn't this mean that if they wanted to, they could completely defeat us one by one here?"

When he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel apprehensive, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

At the same time, everyone had been in the inheritance for an hour.

Yan Wuxin found nothing, so he could only shout towards Wu Liang: "Master Sekong, have you and Master Wu Xingzhe found anything?"

"We checked the mushroom materials given by the Wuxiang Will. Without exception, they were all fake and could not be used to refine mushrooms."

It would be strange if you could gain anything.

Upon hearing this, Wu Liang shook his head.

If it were that simple, he would have passed the test long ago.

It seems that just as Wuxiang Yizhi said, relying on this group of people alone, it will probably take a long time before they can pass the second level of the test.

This group of people have never experienced the test of no form. Whether it is deceiving the world and stealing fame or the first level of the blind men touching the elephant, they know nothing about it.

In this case, it is indeed a bit unreasonable to ask them to directly participate in the second level test.

"Brother Yan, to be honest, I didn't find anything useful here."

Wu Liang sighed, with a hint of helplessness in his tone.

"The mushroom recipe is fake, the mushroom ingredients are fake. In this situation, how can we refine two mushrooms with various shapes and forms?"

"It seems we can't figure it out. Why don't we go back and rest and come back another day."

Hearing this, Yan Wuxin felt unhappy.

He frowned, racking his brain to think what he had missed.

"The mushroom recipe is fake, the mushroom ingredients are fake..."

"The Formless Will shouldn't give an unfinished test." "Could it be that refining the Thousand Forms Mushroom doesn't require any mushroom ingredients at all?"

"Or perhaps it requires us to collect mushroom materials ourselves, deduce mushroom recipes from scratch, and refine the two mushrooms in various forms?"

His words actually woke Wu Liang up.

Wu Liang suddenly remembered that when he asked the Ebeast about the mushroom recipe, the Ebeast had said, "Isn't it enough to just know the name?"

Now it seems that perhaps this is where the problem lies.

"There are so many different forms...why is it enough to just know the name?"

Wu Liang pondered for a moment, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.

It seems that I have reached a dead end just like Yan Wuxin and the others.

They have always been concerned about the authenticity of the mushroom materials, but have overlooked that in the Wuxiang inheritance, authenticity may not be important.

"Fake pearls are fake, and they are fake and can be mistaken for real ones."

"Everything this test offers is false. Only the name 'A Thousand Forms' is real."

"Perhaps the true purpose of this test is to allow us to use fake things to pass off the real thing and refine the mushrooms."

"Being too hung up on the authenticity of mushroom ingredients and recipes will only lead to failure and obsession."

Wu Liang seemed to be lost in thought, as if he had figured something out.

The key to passing off fake goods as genuine is to "cheat".

When a lie is true enough, it can be mistaken for the truth.

Even if something is fake, when everyone believes in it, the fake becomes real.

This test is about how to use fake mushroom materials to produce fungal mushrooms.

However, it is not easy to achieve this.

After all, how can a person make fungal mushrooms when he knows that the mushroom material in his hand is fake?
In ancient times, people had no mushroom recipes and could not distinguish between real and fake mushrooms. They could only make mistakes through trial and error, which led to the creation of various types of mushrooms.

People today, because of the experience of their predecessors, know what is right and no longer try the wrong path.

In this way, false things will no longer be tried, and the various forms of "truth" will have no way to appear.

"The false beast once said that some mushroom materials are real and some are fake. Maybe all of them are real, maybe all of them are fake."

"Now I see that it really didn't lie. It just misled me with the truth and achieved its purpose."

"The authenticity of mushroom materials depends on whether people can deceive themselves and believe that the 'fish eyes' in their hands are actually pearls."

After Wu Liang realized this, he immediately had an idea in his mind.

He doesn't have the fraud mushroom, so it's difficult for him to deceive himself.

But he can do it, deceive others into believing that the "fish eye" is a pearl.

Thinking of this, Wu Liang spoke out loudly, and there was even a hint of joy in his tone.

"Brother Yan! I figured it out!"

When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned.

Yan Wuxin had already made plans to return empty-handed.

When he heard this suddenly, he immediately raised his voice and asked.

"What did Master Sekong think of?"

Wu Liang didn't keep the secret and said confidently, "Brother Yan, we have all been deceived by Wuxiang Will!"

"If my guess is correct, this so-called 'mixing pearls with fakes' isn't really about distinguishing the authenticity of the mushroom ingredients."

"From the beginning to the end, these mushroom ingredients are actually all real!"

"Is it all true?" Yan Wuxin frowned, confused.

"Sekong, don't mess around. The abbot has already asked Master Liandao to look at these mushroom materials. How could they be real?"

Wu Xingzhe spoke in a deep voice, obviously thinking that Sekong, this uneducated guy, was making jokes again.

Wu Liang didn't care about it at all, and spoke loudly to himself: "Senior Wuxiang!"

"If my guess is correct, the so-called "Thousand Forms of Two Mushrooms" is actually "us," right?"

(End of this chapter)