Mushroom Man

Chapter 288 The time has come, compete for freedom!
Tomb Village, a blessed land.

A sea of ​​red spider lilies, a chilling wind blows, and the howling of ghosts and wolves echoes through the air.

One after another, the dead wander around, and at first glance, it looks as if one is in the underworld.

A towering banner of ten thousand souls swayed in the wind, billowing black smoke.

Suddenly, it trembled violently, and countless souls rushed back, all disappearing into the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.

With his soul returning to his body, Zhuge Huowang slowly opened his eyes, his aura even stronger than before.

"It's almost time..."

Zhuge Huowang muttered to himself, then his gaze shifted and fell upon Xiaohun Ridge.

Soon, he saw Wu Liang sitting cross-legged under the White Bone Tree, closing his eyes to strengthen his soul.

"Oh?"

"A thousand souls already?"

"Indeed, it seems that once I return from the birthday celebration, I can begin refining this child and turning him into a fragment of his soul."

Zhuge Huowang was quite satisfied with this and nodded repeatedly.

This little guy's pragmatism saved him a lot of unnecessary trouble.

He was confident that he had everything under control, and on a whim, he left the blessed place to go and offer birthday wishes.

The moment it left the blessed land, the entire blessed land trembled.

The flow of time, which was originally in sync with the outside world, slowly accelerated at this moment.

Clearly, Zhuge Huowang has taken back the blessed land that he had entrusted to the world.

At the same time, Wu Liang immediately noticed the changes in the blessed land.

He possessed the memories of the Blood River Ancestor's two lifetimes as an immortal, so he naturally knew what this change in the blessed land truly meant.

"They're finally gone..."

"If he doesn't leave soon, my lifespan won't be able to hold on."

Wu Liang opened his eyes and slowly rose from under the bone tree.

He murmured softly as he hunched over and headed towards the edge of Xiaohun Ridge.

"A dragon stranded in shallow waters is mocked by shrimp; a tiger fallen to the plains is bullied by dogs."

"Everyone has their downfall; I'll rise again when the winds of change blow."

"When the dragon gets water one day, I will make the Yangtze River flow backward."

"If the tiger returns to the mountain one day, it will surely stain half the sky with blood."

"Tigers lie in the deep mountains listening to the wind howling, dragons lie on the shallows waiting for the tide."

"The time has come to prepare for war; the hidden dragon breaks free and strives for freedom."

Wu Liang's figure gradually disappeared into Xiaohun Ridge.

The time has come, so seize freedom!
……

outside world.

Shura Island.

Blood-red clouds filled the sky, obscuring the sun, and occasionally flashes of crimson lightning appeared and disappeared.

This scene truly resembles a living hell.

The island of Shura is covered with blood-red soil; if you squeeze it, it seems you could draw blood.

A foul, fishy stench permeated the air.

Blood rained down from the sky, and a bloody wind swept across the island.

Such a terrifying place must be inhabited by a great demon.

as predicted……

At the highest point of Shura Island flows a 6th-level Immortal Mushroom House called the 'Blood River'.

This Immortal Mushroom House was specially built by the Old Ancestor Yuan Tu to 'commemorate' his master.

At the source of the 'Blood River' stands a temple with the three large characters "Yuan Tu Temple" inscribed on it.

Outside the Yuan Tu Temple, there is a man and a woman on each side, two mushroom fairies guarding the gate.

These two mushroom fairies, one male and one female, were both exceptionally beautiful and talented.

Without exception, they all looked to be no more than ten years old.

Of course, their actual age is definitely more than ten years old.

The boy had an eerie appearance and carried a long sword.

This person was named Abi, and claimed to be a servant of the Yuan Tu Laozu.

The boy who had previously frightened away the sword monk and saved Zhuge Huowang was this person.

The girl was stunningly beautiful, with a beauty mark on her face.

This person is named Rakshasa, and he is also a servant of the Yuan Tu Patriarch.

The two were childhood sweethearts and were once quite well-known in Jiangtian.

They all recently came to Beihai from Jiangtian and suddenly announced that they had joined the ranks of Yuan Tu Laozu.

"Haha, fellow Daoists, I'm not late, am I?"

Before I saw the person, I heard his voice first.

Then a cold wind blew in and fell along the 'blood river' to the temple.

Zhuge Huowang, dressed in a black robe embroidered with gold thread from the Holy Church, then revealed his figure.

As a renowned seventh-rank mushroom immortal of the Holy Sect, who was at the height of his fame across the Four Continents and Nine Heavens, he behaved with great courtesy in front of two sixth-rank mushroom immortals.

The address "fellow Daoist" already placed him below Ancestor Yuan Tu.

Abi and Rakshasa unconsciously smiled, seemingly quite pleased with the gesture.

They exchanged a glance, and then Abi bowed respectfully before speaking.

"Senior Zhuge is joking."

"You are a distinguished guest of my master, how can you address us fellow Daoists as such?"

“My master has now awakened and is drinking wine in the temple. Many guests have already arrived before you.”

"Senior Zhuge, please join the banquet and share a drink with my master."

Zhuge Huowang raised an eyebrow when he heard that quite a few guests had arrived.

However, he quickly chuckled and his expression returned to normal.

"Then I shall respectfully comply."

"My two young friends, please go ahead with your business. I won't bother you any longer." After saying this, Zhuge Huowang immediately stepped into the Yuantu Temple.

The Yuan Tu Temple is small on the outside but large on the inside, with several spacious rooms inside.

Candles were lit all around, and the flickering candlelight created a charming atmosphere.

Inside the temple, both sides were filled with bluestone chairs.

At the same time, there is a stone table with a dazzling array of fine wines and dishes to satisfy one's appetite.

At this moment, seven or eight 'guests' had already taken up the stone chair.

Without exception, all of these guests are mushroom connoisseurs!
Most of them were mushroom immortals from the North Sea, some were rogue cultivators, and some came from demonic forces; none of them were kind-hearted.

If outsiders were to witness this scene, they would surely be so shocked that they would lose sleep over it.

Do you want to know where this place is?
This is the North Sea, one of the four continents!
Logically speaking, the Mushroom Fairy usually stays active in the Nine Heavens and rarely travels to the Four Continents.

However, this small Shura Island has now gathered seven or eight Mushroom Immortals!
Moreover, most of these mushroom fairies are demonic mushroom fairies.

If the righteous forces knew this, they would be restless and unable to sleep soundly.

After all, in this situation, anyone who saw it would mistakenly think that these demonic mushroom immortals were plotting something filthy that would bring chaos to the world.

However, the truth is...

These demonic mushroom fairies gathered together, but they didn't talk about anything or chat about anything.

They simply drank and chatted, thoroughly enjoying themselves.

"Holy Immortal, Zhuge Huowang has arrived!"

The sound of Abi reached the temple.

The next moment, Zhuge Huowang walked in.

In an instant, the mushroom fairies who were drinking, laughing and chatting all looked over.

The joyful atmosphere in the room came to an abrupt end.

Everyone stopped talking at the same time, and subconsciously frowned.

Clearly, these mushroom immortals recognized Zhuge Huowang, the Holy Sect's prodigy who had ascended to the Hun Tian realm in recent years.

Of course, this is normal.

After all, who doesn't know Zhuge Huowang's reputation?

It is known that his story of ascending to immortality has been written into books and circulated widely.

In the Western Regions, Zhuge Huowang's legendary status is in no way inferior to that of the young Venerable One, or even to those legendary immortals throughout history.

If one day Zhuge Huowang can advance triumphantly and achieve the eighth level, or even the quasi-ninth level, of the Heavenly Venerable.

Who knows, he might actually become a legendary immortal in the eyes of the world.

However, the difficulty of achieving this is self-evident.

Throughout history, there have been very few beings who can be called legendary immortals.

Most of them were only recognized as legendary immortals after their deaths.

Aside from the two from Huang Ting and the Buddhist sect, there are no other legendary immortals who are suspected of still being alive today.

'Why are people from the Holy Church here too?'

All the mushroom fairies present simultaneously had this thought in their minds.

Clearly, the people did not have a good impression of the Holy Church.

To be precise, it's not just the general public; in today's world, whether it's the righteous path or the demonic path, people generally dislike the Holy Cult.

As is widely known, the Holy Sect is a powerful force that spans the four continents and nine heavens, independent of both the righteous and demonic paths.

Most of the members of the Holy Church are extremely fanatical believers.

They spread the doctrine of purifying the world everywhere, regarding the nine celestial beings who created the nine heavens as villains and the culprits who caused the defilement of heaven and earth.

This action is tantamount to offending all the righteous and demonic immortals in the Nine Heavens.

Only Hun Tian was relatively tolerant of the Holy Sect; the other eight heavenly mushroom immortals were intolerant of it.

The righteous path views the Holy Teachings as the demonic path, claiming that in the name of purifying the world, they are actually carrying out acts of world destruction.

The Demonic Path views the Holy Cult as traitors because members of the Holy Cult often waver and betray the Demonic Path.

For this reason, almost everyone in the Holy Church condemns it.

Now that Zhuge Huowang, a celestial being from the Holy Sect, has suddenly appeared here, it naturally arouses the resentment of everyone.

In the eyes of the demonic mushroom fairy present...

Yuan Tu Laozu, this senior, was once one of the Eight Banners of Beihai.

Although the concept of the Eight Banners no longer exists in Beihai today, and there are only three leaders standing side by side, they should still be considered members of the Beihai Demonic Path regardless.

What is the meaning of the Holy Church's meddling now?
Are they trying to take advantage of the fact that the Northern Sea Demonic Path has no one to rely on?
Upon hearing this, more than one of the demonic mushroom immortals in the arena cast slightly hostile glances at Zhuge Huowang.

Zhuge Huowang, sensing the gazes of the crowd, smiled slightly and didn't take these guys seriously.

His gaze shifted, gradually moving upwards until it finally settled on the highest position in the temple.

At the very top of the Yuan Tu Temple, a blood lotus flower was placed.

An old man lies on his side on a blood-red lotus.

The old man, with white hair and dressed in a bright red robe, was raising a cup to drink.

His body was hunched over, his skin withered, and his whole being exuded an extremely strong sense of decay.

His appearance seemed no different from that of ordinary people who were old and frail.

Moreover, his eyes were covered with a layer of grayish-white.

Clearly, this old man, also known as the Yuan Tu Ancestor, was completely blind.

Even so, no one dared to underestimate this Yuan Tu Ancestor.

Just by lying there without uttering a word and revealing not a trace of the aura of a mushroom immortal, it naturally exudes a dangerous aura that commands respect without anger.

Ancestor Yuan Tu was a being who survived the dark and turbulent era of the Middle Ages.

Having traversed mountains of corpses and seas of blood, his hands are stained with the blood of countless lives.

Even now, though he is old and frail, he can still be like a lion in its twilight years, killing any hyena that doesn't know its own mortality.

When Zhuge Huowang met this living fossil who has lived from the Middle Ages to the present day, he felt a deep respect for him.

He smiled slightly and bowed respectfully.

"Junior Zhuge Huowang pays respects to Ancestor Yuan Tu."

"I have come here for only one thing."

"Then, we earnestly request that Ancestor Yuan Tu leave the mountain, join our Holy Sect, and spread the prestige of our sect!"

(End of this chapter)