Mushroom Man

Chapter 6: Dangerous Situation, Gambling on Stones in a Wine Shop

"Ah sneeze!!!"

Wu Liang was walking in the busy town when he sneezed violently.

"It looks like autumn is coming..."

He tightened his coarse linen clothes and couldn't help but quicken his pace.

However, before he reached the market, he saw a large group of people gathered in front of him.

Wu Liang became curious and asked an old man who was watching the fun.

"Old man, what happened up ahead?"

Upon hearing this, the old man said cheerfully, "Hey, young man, you don't know yet, do you?"

"Our Zhaodi Town's living Bodhisattva, Master Wen, has returned!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Wu Liang's expression changed slightly.

"Oh no, how come this guy came back so soon..."

His heart sank and he quickly looked ahead at the crowded crowd.

I saw a nun, about forty or fifty years old, wearing monk's robes, surrounded by a crowd of people.

Her eyebrows drooped slantingly, and her face looked strange, somewhat like a hanged ghost on the stage.

And this person is Abbot Shanren, Master Wen among his civil and military disciples!

Nun Wen is a fourth-level Taoist mushroom master who hates evil and is upright.

Because he often stood up for ordinary people, even weak mushroom masters, he was quite popular among the people.

If there is any unsolved injustice in Zhaodi Town, people will first ask Master Wen for help.

To the common people, Master Wen is the great judge in heaven and a living Bodhisattva!

But this is definitely not good news for Wu Liang.

"Why come back at this time, not earlier or later?"

"I can still handle martial artists, but this Master Wen is a Taoist mushroom master."

"If Abbot Shanren lets him find that lewd monk, I'm afraid I'll be in danger..."

Wu Liang looked at Nun Wen who was serving porridge to the people in front of him, and thought about something.

"It seems we need to find a way to quickly resolve this problem of the lecherous monk."

He sighed and left quietly.

Along the way, Wu Liang had been thinking about how to get rid of the lecherous monk without anyone knowing.

Before he knew it, he arrived at the town's market.

There are mushroom chefs coming and going here.

Perhaps it is because the tide of the Cimu River is rising, and the annual autumn fish breeding season is about to begin.

As a result, many mushroom chefs from other places gathered here because of its reputation.

Of course, the reason why these mushroom masters came from afar is not just to enjoy the amazing sight of the fish returning home.

The main reason is that at this time every year, the Songzi Temple will hold a Pudu Dharma Assembly to worship the Pudu Tianzun who gives great wisdom to all living beings.

At this time, all young talents who meet the age requirements can participate in the competition.

Those with outstanding talents will be rewarded by the Songzi Temple and have the opportunity to enter the temple, be ordained as a monk, and become a Buddhist mushroom master.

As a result, Zhaodi Town has become extremely prosperous today.

But it is obvious that these have little to do with Wu Liang.

Even if he was beaten to death, he would never worship in the Temple of Childbirth and become involved with those beastly monks.

"Boss, give me two jars of the best wine in your store."

"Please give me the remaining silver coins to exchange for a gambling stone."

Wu Liang walked into the wine shop in the market town and put all the change he had on the counter.

"Oh, it's you, boy..."

"You're already a mushroom master, why are you still spending small change?"

"With this little change, you can only get scraps from gambling on stones. What good things can you get?" The wine shop owner shook his head when he heard this.

While asking the waiter to bring some wine, he brought Wu Liang to a table of stones.

It is obvious that his wine shop not only sells wine, but also runs a gambling stone business.

In this world, if mushrooms do not receive nourishment for a long time, they will become half-dead, withered, and turned into hard stones buried deep underground.

If a mushroom master gets this kind of stone, he might soar to the sky and produce rare mushrooms.

But if you are unlucky, you will only get a dead mushroom, which will cost you everything.

"Hasn't this just happened to me, I'm so strapped for cash, I only have small change to spend?"

"Scraps are just scraps. If you're lucky, you might even get mushrooms."

Wu Liang smiled and picked up a stone of extremely poor quality.

In his early years, he had bought a stone containing a fifth-level ordinary mushroom from this wine shop through Jianshouqing.

And it was precisely because of that fifth-level mortal mushroom that Wu Liang was able to avenge his sister and imprison the lecherous monk.

From then on, whenever he had time, he would basically use the money he had saved to come here to gamble on stones.

It's a pity that he really has no luck. Except for that time when he relied on Jianshouqing to cheat, he has never harvested mushrooms in all these years.

"I really don't know how to say hello..."

"Oh, by the way, we won't sell these scraps anymore."

"Since you've been coming here so often over the years, you can take all these leftover scraps."

The owner of the wine shop picked out all the stones of extremely poor quality from the table.

About seven or eight of them were given to Wu Liang.

"what's the situation?"

“Why aren’t you selling it yet?”

Wu Liang took the stone and asked immediately.

Looking around the entire market, only the owner of this wine shop sells this kind of gambling stone that can be purchased with small amounts of silver.

His fifth-level ordinary mushroom was also opened from this kind of stone.

Now that the shopkeeper doesn’t want to sell it anymore, if he wants to gamble on the stones in the future, won’t he have to buy them with silver?
"These scraps are all found in the swamp outside the town."

"Recently, the guys who went quarrying have been disappearing inexplicably. Maybe some mushroom beast is causing trouble."

"It's not worth risking lives for a rock that can't even be opened."

"From now on, just save your change. I'm not selling it anyway..."

The owner of the wine shop waved his hand and didn't care much about it.

Seeing this, Wu Liang didn't know what to say and had to accept the reality helplessly.

"Alas, it seems I have to quit gambling in the future..."

He sighed, chatted with the shopkeeper for a few words, and then left the market with the wine and stones.

At this time, he was penniless and had to go back home.

On the way, Wu Liang used the stone-cutting knife given by the shopkeeper to cut the stones.

And this time, for the first time ever, he actually found a mushroom!
"Is this... a Level 2 diarrhea mushroom?"

Wu Liang pinched the wilted mushroom, recalling the knowledge taught in the tribe's school, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

The main effect of this mushroom is to cause diarrhea, and many doctors use this mushroom to detoxify others.

However, for Wu Liang, this mushroom is really useless and completely useless.

"I never thought that my last gambling on stones would actually result in me getting mushrooms."

"It's a shame it's a Level 2 Diarrhea Mushroom, but it's better than nothing."

"Then I'll find an opportunity to sell it to other mushroom farmers. I think I can make a killing..."

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