Chapter 1136: Chapter 644: Above the Mushroom World Is...
Yang Genshuo admitted, he had selfish motives in asking Yang Zhu to collect [Entangling Mushrooms], because these Mushroom Spirits are quite rare in the Mushroom World, and every single one is difficult to handle.
After Yang Zhu subdued the Rushing Mushrooms, he encountered two Mushroom Spirits, but their abilities were too monstrous and extremely hard to capture, even with Yang Genshuo’s help it was impossible, so he always had just one Rushing Mushroom as a companion.
Yang Genshuo’s plan to bring a Mushroom Spirit back to Blue Star also fell through.
Today, he finally encountered so many weak Mushroom Spirits, how could he not capture a few?
By next year’s ancestor worship, Yang Genshuo should be able to bring some [Entangling Mushrooms] over, then he can experiment a bit to see if these Mushroom Spirits are indeed life forms like Spirit Beasts, or some special existence...
In the Immortal Cultivation World, creatures with souls cannot be offered, but Spirit Trees with life force can be offered, and if cultivated correctly, they will continue to grow.
In the manor on Jiuhua Mountain, Cheng Bo planted many Spirit Plants for Yang Genshuo, aiding the entire Jiuhua Mountain Spiritual Energy ecosystem.
The manor was filled with drifting Spiritual Energy, inseparable from these Spirit Plants.
They absorbed Spiritual Power from the underground Micro Spirit Veins, constantly emitting it into the air, forming an ecological environment similar to the Immortal Cultivation World...
Spirit Beasts and Spirit Trees both have life, but...Spirit Beasts possess souls, whereas Spirit Trees do not.
Things with souls cannot be offered.
For example, a Spiritual Artifact, even though it’s a weapon, cannot be offered if it contains an Artifact Spirit.
And Mushroom Spirits...belong to a special existence.
Judging by their base, they are a type of mushroom, seemingly belonging to the Spirit Plant category, but...Mushroom Spirits have their own logic and can be tamed like Spirit Beasts, somewhat resembling a living being.
But Mushroom Spirits have no independent thought, only executing the master’s orders, as if they have no soul...
This thing is too peculiar, Yang Genshuo really wants to study it.
Furthermore, if by any chance...he could bring a living Mushroom Spirit here, his strength would advance by leaps and bounds!
Even if it’s just these [Entangling Mushrooms], planting them around Jiuhua Mountain would create a top-notch defense net, entangling whoever comes.
"But I never expected...this thing has Combination Skills too!?"
After subduing 20 [Entangling Mushrooms], the [Entangling Mushrooms] behind Yang Zhu unexpectedly combined, forming eight grasshopper-like legs, directly catapulting Yang Zhu into the air!
"Ah~~~"
Yang Zhu was dumbfounded in the air.
He just complained about the [Entangling Mushrooms] behind him, and was directly launched! In a physical sense.
The legs twisted from the [Entangling Mushrooms] behind him lifted him ten meters high, bounding towards the mountain top, while the [Entangling Mushrooms] behind him couldn’t lock onto him, repeatedly bouncing onto the mountain, only to retreat helplessly.
Yang Zhu successfully passed this obstacle, quickly climbing toward the mountaintop.
"So this is what it feels like to fly~ So refreshing!"
Yang Zhu gradually adapted to the bouncing ability of the [Entangling Mushrooms], and with a thought, the Mushroom Silks behind him retracted and lay flat on his back, allowing him to stand at ease halfway up the mountain.
"So that’s how it is... No wonder the ancestors had me collect these Mushroom Spirits."
"Live and learn from the ancestors."
Yang Zhu was sincerely convinced.
He felt a bit embarrassed for underestimating the [Entangling Mushrooms] earlier.
This bouncing speed was not inferior to the Rushing Mushrooms at all.
Yang Zhu felt that... the [Entangling Mushrooms] could even assist him in battle.
"If, during a fight, a few hands emerged from behind to entangle the opponent, it would create favorable conditions for me."
For instance, when capturing Rushing Mushrooms, this group of [Entangling Mushrooms] could really showcase their skills.
At this moment, the fire set below had already gone out, after a large number of [Entangling Mushrooms] died or were injured, the remaining ones slowly retreated underground, leaving only a pile of charred mushroom husks.
Targeted attacks on Yang Zhu had ceased.
Yang Zhu acquired 20 Entangling Mushrooms, and his strength increased another level.
At this moment, a ray of light shot down from the sky, descending on Yang Zhu like a pillar.
Warmth and power.
"Ah~~~ so comfortable."
It was the first time Yang Zhu bathed in sunlight in days, and the circulation of his Spiritual Power accelerated, subtly changing his aura.
He looked up to see, above the towering mountain, within the thick clouds, a tiny crack—the source of this light.
The light seemed like a catalyst, constantly elevating Yang Zhu’s presence, the surrounding Spiritual Power continuously transforming into Light Spiritual Power, automatically absorbed into his Dantian.
The Holy-level Talent [Light Child] was beginning to show its power!
A determined smile appeared on Yang Zhu’s small face.
"Ancestor, I’m going to start climbing!"
"Charge!"
The mountain in the Mushroom World, though towering into the clouds, was climbed extremely quickly with the help of the bouncing [Entangling Mushrooms].
In this terrain, even the Rushing Mushrooms had a hard time keeping up with Yang Zhu.
After a full day’s climb...Yang Zhu finally reached the mountain top.
Rumble~~~
Thunder roiled above the clouds, blue thunder snakes flowed through the thick clouds, carrying supreme majesty.
Gulp~
Yang Zhu swallowed hard.
"Ancestor...will this thunder strike me dead?"
"Rest assured, this level of thunder...you shouldn’t feel any pain."
"???"
Just as Yang Zhu was about to reach for the crack of light, he heard the ancestor’s words, and he immediately withdrew his hand in fear.
Yang Genshuo chuckled at the sight.
"Just teasing you."
"Oh...that’s good, I thought I was really going to die..."
"This level of thunder is like an axe splitting your head and soul in two, painfully."
"....Ancestor, I want to go down."
Yang Zhu was speechless at the ancestor’s hellish joke.
He felt like his doom was certain.
Actually, while Yang Genshuo was teasing Yang Zhu, he was continuously searching from various angles to investigate the world above, but unfortunately within a hundred-mile radius, there was not a single crack that could allow his sight to penetrate, above was just a gray void, like the void itself.
’Will I suffocate and die entering space turbulence directly after going up?’ Or...
’After going up, will there be a tombstone with a line that reads: Ascension is a scam!’
Yang Genshuo pondered various possibilities but had no way of verifying.
Eventually, Yang Genshuo sighed.
"Child, even though I have become an Immortal, I am not all-knowing, and many things in your world...are beyond my sight. Whether it is opportunity or trap above, danger or reward, only you can find out by going yourself."
"Your path, only you can choose."
Yang Zhu glanced at the nearby crack of light and his mother tied to the Rushing Mushroom behind, his eyes turned resolute.
"Ancestor, I must leave here, find my family, and cure my mother!"
"I have to try!"
"I trust my own instincts, the light outside...is very bright!"
Yang Zhu’s anticipation of danger showed him the opportunity outside, the blazing light was somewhat painful but surely contained the path he sought!
The Mushroom World wasn’t really dangerous, the aggression of mushrooms was not high, and most mushrooms were slow movers, making them easy to detect, and the ancestor could help him deal with other Mushroom Spirits just like with the Entangling Mushrooms.
