Mushroom Man

Chapter 98: Telling the truth, the beast is a human (please subscribe)
"Ok?"

"what happened?"

Wu Liang took a sudden glance at her and raised his eyebrows when he saw her like this.

Yan Zhaodi hesitated and said, "Um, Master..."

"As the saying goes, when you're ahead, know when to quit, and be content."

"You've already made quite a bit of money, so why not go up there?"

"It's very dangerous up there, much more dangerous than here."

"Master, your cultivation is only at the second level. If you're not careful, you could die!"

When Wu Liang heard this, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

However, he did not appreciate it, and instead said with a cold face: "For me, danger is everywhere, and the Wuxiang inheritance is actually the safest."

“As the saying goes, if you don’t advance, you will retreat. Those who are hesitant and timid will never achieve great things.”

When he said this, he glanced at Yan Zhaodi and scolded her without any politeness.

"Yan Zhaodi, you talk too much."

"From now on, talk less and do more. It's not your turn to worry about my affairs."

Yan Zhaodi's kindness was taken for granted, and she was so angry that her cheeks puffed up.

"Humph!"

"How can you be so ungrateful? I care about you!"

"If you weren't a good person who saved my life and gave me candy, I wouldn't want to nag you about this!"

"Just wait, you'll regret it later..."

Yan Zhaodi felt embarrassed and turned her head away angrily.

But at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded from the bottom of its heart.

"Are you stupid?"

"You don't know what to say and what not to say?"

"You're trying to persuade me to leave. If that person finds out, you'll be in big trouble..."

When Yan Zhaodi heard this, she was suddenly shocked.

But it quickly reacted and realized that it was Wu Liang's voice.

There was a flash of surprise in its eyes, and it looked back at Wu Liang cautiously.

Wu Liang simply closed his eyes, pretending to rest and recover his energy.

Seeing this, Yan Zhaodi smiled inwardly and said, "Hehe, I'm afraid that a good person like you will lose your life without knowing why..."

"By the way, will that guy hear you communicating with me like this?"

"Of course not." Wu Liang said firmly.

"This is the Heart Voice Mushroom I asked someone to buy. It allows you and I to communicate using our voices within a certain range."

"That guy can't hear what's in our hearts..."

Upon hearing this, Yan Zhaodi became curious and quickly asked, "How do you know he can't hear our voices?"

Wu Liang sneered in his heart and did not avoid it at all.

"Of course I tested it beforehand."

"I had already cursed him in my heart a full eight hundred times before."

"If he could really hear it, he would have been unable to hold it in."

When Yan Zhaodi heard this, she was immediately shocked by her beauty.

It really didn't expect that its master would be so bold!

It was the first time it had seen someone dare to insult the Wuxiang Will in the Wuxiang inheritance.

If he heard this, the consequences would be disastrous...

That's right!

The guy they are talking about is actually the formless will!

Looking at the entire Wuxiang inheritance, the only existence that can make them so fearful that they dare not even speak out loudly is the Wuxiang Will.

"Okay, now you can tell me why you don't want me to continue climbing the tower."

"Could it be that it's just because of some so-called danger?"

Wu Liang was multitasking, recovering his true energy while conveying his thoughts.

As a false beast, Yan Zhaodi is a drama queen herself.

It pretended to be sad and depressed on the surface, pouting its mouth, but it was actually smiling in its heart.

"Hehe, didn't the master just say that if you don't advance, you will retreat? I thought you didn't care."

"To tell you the truth, I don't really know how dangerous it is up there."

"But I know that many people have gone up there before, but not one has ever come down."

"They must be dead, or like me..."

Many people have been there?
Wu Liang couldn't help but open his eyes, and at the same time noticed the details in Yan Zhaodi's words.

"You mean, someone has entered the Wuxiang inheritance before?"

"Also, you just said the same as you, what did you mean?"

Yan Zhaodi hummed twice before continuing in her mind, "This is a long story!"

"Since the master knows that I am a genius in the Dao Refining Sect, he must have discovered something outside."

"Then the master should know that I was actually a human before, right?"

"And this all started from the time I was sacrificed to the Mother River..."

A long time ago, Zhaodi Town was not called Zhaodi Town.

At that time, Zhaodi Town was called Cimu Town and was famous for its Cimu River.

In addition, there are mountains and water here, which makes it particularly livable in the Western Regions, which is full of grasslands. It has attracted many outsiders to settle here.

But unfortunately, later on, for some reason... the people here gradually discovered that any woman who lived here for a long time seemed to be affected by the Mother River and gradually lost her fertility.

Since then, the number of outsiders who used to come in an endless stream has gradually decreased, and they have taken away the prosperity of Cimu Town.

The people of Cimu Town were ignorant and blamed the outsiders, believing that they were the ones who caused all this and angered the Cimu River.

As a result, they became extremely xenophobic and did not want outsiders to pollute the Mother River on which they depended for survival.

And just at this time, a gust of wind blew from the grasslands of the Western Regions, bringing a group of strangers.

This group of outsiders has a surname...Yan.

They came from the distant East, and were a prominent family there. Among them was a mushroom fairy who served as an official in the Huangting.

What is Huangting?

Huangting exists in Huangtian above the Nine Heavens and was founded by the Venerable One of Humanity, Taiping Tianzun.

It is said that all under heaven belongs to the king.

Huang Ting is the leader of the righteous path, and all the righteous mushroom immortals obey his orders.

The Yan family is able to have a mushroom fairy serving as an official in Huangting, which shows how glorious it is.

It's just a pity that the mushroom fairy of their Yan family was killed by Huang Ting because of corruption, bribery, and collusion with the devil.

As a result, their Yan family was also implicated, and most of the members of the family died, leaving only a few hundred people to flee to the Western Regions.

It happened that the east, west, south, and north winds from the Western Regions blew them to Cimu Town, where they planned to start a family and spread out.

It’s just that because Cimu Town is too xenophobic, no matter how hard the Yan family’s ancestor tries, he can hardly gain a foothold here.

As luck would have it, they happened to arrive at a time when rumors were spreading in Cimu Town and it was popular for every household to sacrifice virgins in exchange for having many children.

In order to gain a foothold here, the ancestor of the Yan family took the initiative to take on the sacrifice.

He treated his daughter, who was over ten years old, as a virgin, changing her name to Yan Zhaodi.

Later, Yan Zhaodi was sacrificed to the Mother River.

However, Yan Zhaodi was not dead at that time.

For some unknown reason, Yan Zhaodi found herself in a nine-story bronze tower when she opened her eyes.

And in the bronze tower, there are many people like her who were once sacrificed to the Mother River or accidentally fell into the Mother River.

Those people told Yan Zhaodi that if she wanted to leave the bronze tower and reunite with her family, she could only find a way to complete the test of the formless will before she could leave here.

From then on, Yan Zhaodi began to work with everyone to conquer the Wuxiang inheritance.

They were making good progress at first, but for unknown reasons, they contracted a strange disease.

This strange disease can make people look strangely beautiful and have red eyes.

And as time goes by, people who are infected with the strange disease will grow white hair all over their bodies.

People regarded those who contracted this strange disease as ominous.

As luck would have it, Yan Zhaodi contracted this strange disease.

She was abandoned on the second floor by everyone and could only watch everyone go to the upper floors.

Yan Zhaodi was on the second floor, and no one could help her, no matter how much she cried out to the sky or the earth.

She gradually grew white hair and eventually turned into the horrible appearance she has today, becoming a monster.

However, she turned a disaster into a blessing and became a part of the Wuxiang inheritance, and was able to transform into a stone statue and survive to this day.

Only when the inheritance is activated can she regain consciousness.

And none of those people who went to higher levels have returned here.

He must have died there, or perhaps he was trapped on another floor like her, becoming a wicked beast...

"It's just as I expected..."

After listening to Yan Zhaodi's thoughts, Wu Liang seemed to be lost in thought.

No wonder the Frogmon seems so cunning and intelligent compared to most Mushroommons.

No wonder the evil beast knows how to refine mushrooms and knows killing moves.

It turned out that these evil beasts were all transformed from humans, just as he had previously thought.

Essentially, these monsters are not true mushroom monsters.

They are more like mushroom beasts transformed by mushroom masters using transformation mushrooms.

But this change is permanent, and these people can never change back to their human appearance.

Wu Liang shook his head. If his guess was correct, the rumors in Zhaodi Town were most likely spread by Wuxiang Will.

It is probably to attract people to explore the formless inheritance.

I just don't know what Wuxiang Yi is trying to achieve by doing this.

If you want to choose a successor, why do you have to turn people into beasts?

Wu Liang frowned slightly and suppressed his doubts for the time being.

His mind moved, and he realized another thing worth noting.

"Weird..."

"The Wuxiang inheritance should not have been opened at the beginning. I am the first person to officially open the inheritance."

"Logically speaking, Yan Zhaodi and the others shouldn't be able to enter the Bronze Tower if they haven't passed the test of deceiving the world and stealing their reputation."

"Could it be that the Formless Will is capable of forcibly pulling people into the inheritance?"

Wu Liang narrowed his eyes, but quickly ruled out this possibility.

After all, if Wuxiang Yishi really had this ability, why would he need to wait for others to start the inheritance? I'm afraid he would have forced the abbot to join the inheritance long ago.

"If that's the case, then can it be explained..."

"There is an unknown passage between the Motherly River and the Nine-story Bronze Tower. Can one enter the Bronze Tower without opening the inheritance?"

The more Wu Liang thought about this, the more he felt that this was possible.

After all, whether it was Yan Zhaodi or that group of people in the past.

They all have one thing in common, that is, they have all unfortunately fallen into the Mother River...

(End of this chapter)