Mythical Scroll Artist: Starting with the God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming

Chapter 347 The Upper Classes Attack

Wu Xian's eyes flashed with a sharp light, "So, the differentiated independent strains are inherently endowed with perfect medicinal value?"

“Theoretically, that’s correct,” said the King Fungus. “But these offspring are useless. They won’t survive a day in our Green Abyss and will soon be devoured by other fungi and plants.”

"It's alright, as long as you can survive here," Wu Xian said nonchalantly. "Is there any cost to this method?"

“Of course,” the giant fungus replied without hesitation, “generally, only when development is disordered and the tail is too big to fall off, and regression is too troublesome, will they choose to sacrifice some of their original essence to differentiate and reproduce.”

Wu Xian understood, "Don't worry, from now on you can relax your differentiation, and I will cover the losses from childbirth and postpartum care subsidies."

"Miscarriage losses? Postpartum care allowance?"

"I'll compensate you for the losses from your differentiation. If you can differentiate offspring with excellent medicinal properties, there will be an extra reward." Wu Xian said enthusiastically, somewhat implying that he was trying to drag the virtuous woman into this mess.

"If that's the case, it's a very worthwhile deal," Da Wangjun analyzed.

“By the way,” Wu Xian took out a piece of the King Mushroom he had picked up during the battle and separated out the longevity-enhancing spiritual structure from it. “Later, I’ll first separate this medicinal property from my life… uh… and then I’ll compensate you with a pound of laurel leaves.”

Although the amount of medicinal properties is not large, it would still be quite considerable if it could be mass-produced.

In short, if the quality isn't good enough, make up for it with quantity.

However, Da Wangjun's response poured cold water on his enthusiasm: "This won't work."

"Why?"

"They've already reached my source, how can they differentiate?" the King Fungus complained.

"The source?" Wu Xian was only half-understanding.

"I have grown from the rudimentary form of this series of laws to where I am today."

Wu Xian was stunned and speechless. "So you were a medicinal fungus from the beginning? Isn't it said that this kind of fungus can't survive a day in your area?"

“As I just mentioned, the developmental errors of our fungi can be discovered only after the fact,” the Great King Fungus calmly explained. “Obviously, the mother organism that differentiated me back then differentiated me from this one, but behind this line of laws, there are still some slightly more useful lines of laws.”

I grew from a single strain of bacteria by relying on those slightly useful laws and principles.

Looking back on my long life, it has been like walking on thin ice; to have grown to where I am today has truly been no easy feat.

Only then did Wu Xian finally understand.

Simply put, the parent organism of the giant fungus belatedly realized that this "gene" was useless and a burden, so it cut off from this gene node and differentiated into the later giant fungus.

This small section of gene contains the "longevity-enhancing" medicinal properties that Wu Xian needs.

As the genetic source of the giant fungus, it cannot differentiate from this source.

The only way is for him to turn back, pick up that small section of gene again, and grow and develop it.

"So you also have a mother body?" Wu Xian couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"What kind of talk is that? Apart from the original ancient strains, who isn't derived from the parent strain?"

Wu Xian was speechless.

That's true, everyone has a mother, right?
Apart from the original creatures at the beginning of creation, who wasn't born of a mother?
How many of them were born from stones?
“Let’s go back and revisit this part of the law framework, and refine its development,” Wu Xian said directly. “The higher the medicinal properties will be, the higher the price we can offer in the future.”

"Sure," the King Mushroom readily agreed.

Although for their fungal family, developing such a useless gene is a waste of time and life.

But now that he's following Wu Xian, Wu Xian can make up for the time and life he wasted, and even make up for more than he wasted. It's definitely a profitable deal.

"Moreover, in my opinion, this part of the law framework may not be useless. Perhaps the subsequent development path is deviated, or perhaps it needs to develop to a certain extent before its value can be realized."

Upon hearing this, the King Mushroom fell into deep thought.

Wu Xian's unconventional thinking also enlightened him to some extent.

Each node in the law's network has countless development paths. The reason why it seems useless is probably because the wrong development path has been chosen.

Or perhaps, by continuing down this wrong path, we might still encounter unexpected results?

...Returning to the green desert from the dimensional rift.

Looking at the fresh and delicious green plants covering the ground, Da Wangjun's mouth watered.

However, upon seeing the Azure Tree King, it immediately cowered in the humus soil of the Pocket Farm, not daring to move an inch.

"All done?" the Azure Tree King asked calmly with a smile.

"That's it."

Wu Xian smiled ambiguously and followed the Azure Tree King to the Insect Realm Dimensional Fusion Zone.

After returning to the Insect Realm, I'll stop by the Spider Cave outpost to chat with my second sister-in-law and ask Zhou Qi about the recent developments at the outpost.

However, the Pansidong outpost was empty, except for various insects.

"Where is Her Majesty the Empress?" Wu Xian quickly found the centipede spirit, a young man cultivating inside the Spider Cave.

"I don't know, it seems something happened on your side, and I went to help my human brother-in-law," the centipede demon explained.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xian suddenly had a bad feeling.

After all, even Zhou Qi and the club members stationed at the outpost were nowhere to be seen.

Something big has obviously happened in Yaoyang City.

"Could it be that Yaoyang City can't hold on any longer? Or has the Evil God Scroll Master invaded?"

Wu Xian was filled with worry and rushed to the outpost teleportation point to teleport back to the club.

As the space shifted and he found himself in the club, Wu Xian immediately sensed a strong atmosphere of crisis.

Inside the club, the mentors and other staff members were gone, leaving only some ordinary staff members.

"What happened? What exactly happened?" Wu Xian quickly stopped a staff member to ask.

"I don't know. The chairman suddenly ordered us to temporarily arrange some of our work and then go to the underworld outpost for refuge."

"Refuge?"

Wu Xian's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately called his master sister.

The call was answered quickly. "My good disciple, come quickly! Everyone is ready to fight to the death."

"A fight to the death?" Wu Xian leaped onto his sword and headed towards the association. "What's going on?"

"It seems to be someone from the upper echelons of the Wang family. They haven't even arrived yet, but they're making quite a scene," Xue Lingling explained in a deep voice. "Even the governor of Tianfeng Province has been alerted."

"The upper class?" Wu Xian was startled.

Shocked, I inexplicably felt a surge of adrenaline.

On the association's side, all the powerful figures from various factions within the city had arrived, and the association's experts, led by Cui Wenxuan, were "welcoming" them at the association's entrance.

Seeing Wu Xian approach, Cui Wenxuan gave him a reassuring smile, "I didn't expect you to come down so quickly. Could it be because of the series of chain reactions triggered by the Four True Gods?"

"What are you doing here, welcoming those high-ranking people?" Wu Xian asked, puzzled.

"We finally managed to bring one down, so of course we have to give him a proper welcome," Cui Wenxuan said with a smile. "Of course, the main focus is on welcoming Governor Yang."

Wu Xian understood that the term "ruling" was simply the title the scroll painter used for "high-ranking officials."

Yang, the governor, is the head of administration of Tianfeng Province and is frequently seen in the news and newspapers.

The fact that a provincial governor personally accompanied him only shows that this high-ranking person has a bit too much airs.

"They came for me?" Wu Xian asked, frowning.

"At present, looking for you is just a side effect," Mayor Chen Shilong analyzed, "There should be a more important purpose."

(End of this chapter)