Chapter 342: The Medicinal Value Of Mushrooms
The advantage is that, like Zhou Qi’s Netherworld Fierce Beast, it can advance and improve by devouring.
The disadvantage is also obvious: it leaves no materials.
“Small Monsters are for you, but Large Monsters should still be left to the Laurel Branch.”
He collected the Blood-colored Zhu Yu into Scroll Painting Form, stepped on his Flying Sword, and headed toward the subjugation location according to the Special Grade Expedition standard position and the guidance provided by the Sky Green Tree King.
The Flying Sword probed downward along the way, and surrounding Small Monsters always appeared and disappeared mysteriously.
Completely unknown where they came from.
For this, Wu Xian deliberately probed carefully, only then discovering that the air was filled with various dense tiny Spores.
After detecting life breath, these Spores would rapidly develop into all sorts of bizarre Mushroom Creatures.
However, these Spores did not come from the same Fungus; only a portion of the Spores were hostile to Wu Xian.
If not for the automatic protection mechanism of Aura of Wealth Protection, he would probably have already breathed in many Spores.
“Little Di Ting, come out and check what’s going on.”
Ting appeared in response, tilting its ear to listen, instantly finding the source of the problem.
“There’s a Commander-level Monster nearby, Level Thirty-Eight. You’re just within its Mycelium detection range,” Little Di Ting said calmly. “Now that This Seat has appeared, that Fungus has clearly restrained itself quite a bit.”
“How much do you know about the Green Abyss?” Wu Xian inquired.
“About as much as you,” Little Di Ting said, slightly embarrassed. “You know, This Seat is still very young and hasn’t seen much of the world.”
Wu Xian chuckled speechlessly. After probing downward for a moment, he indeed saw a cluster of Mushrooms.
“Is this the main body of that Mushroom Monster?” Wu Xian asked in surprise.
“No, no, no. The intricate Mycelium below is its main body.”
Hearing this, Wu Xian slapped his forehead, silently apologizing in his heart to his biology teacher from his previous life.
After living here for so long, he had almost forgotten the basic science education from his previous life.
No helping it; he was an art student.
In his shallow scientific cognition from his previous life, Fungus strictly speaking wasn’t considered a plant, but in most Extraordinary worldviews, Fungus would be classified as plants.
Of course, this was just a matter of species classification in different worlds; no need to be pedantic.
So the question was, how to eliminate this Fungal Monster?
After all, the subjugation target this time was a Lord-level Fungal Monster. Getting familiar with it in advance was good practice.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
He tried condensing more than ten Laurel Branch Sword Qi Phantoms around him, dispersing them to stab into the Mushroom cluster.
The power of Laurel Tree Sword Qi was beyond doubt.
After taking root on the ground, they exploded into deep pits. In the Humus Soil, the dense Mycelium fled extremely quickly.
Immediately after, large patches of Mushrooms began to stir, transforming into peculiar blue Mushroom Monsters one by one.
Compared to the Mycelium, dealing with these Mushrooms was obviously much easier.
The Laurel Tree Sword Qi Phantoms poked the Mushroom Monsters like popping balloons, bursting them one by one and dropping broken pieces of Fungus everywhere.
Borrowing again from his shallow scientific cognition from his previous life: the law of conservation of energy and the law of conservation of mass.
Mushroom Monsters, as part of the Fungal Monster’s power, could not be infinite.
So theoretically, as long as enough Mushroom Monsters were killed, that Fungal Monster could be worn down to death. As long as even a strand of Mycelium remained, this thing could regrow.
In short, it was very disgusting.
“Use fire attack, let the Lou Jin Dog handle it,” Little Di Ting suggested. “It can also seal off the vicinity at the same time.”
Wu Xian nodded in understanding, and the Lou Jin Star Lord took the stage accordingly.
As soon as Heavenly Prison Burning Degree activated, the intricate dark environment around was instantly illuminated. Scorching Molten Iron turned into a cage, strictly sealing off a large area nearby.
Perhaps realizing there was no escape, the Fungal Monster began a full counterattack.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle…
Countless Mycelium began gathering frantically, and at a speed visible to the naked eye, transformed into a Mushroom Monster resembling a grass chicken. It let out a sharp screech toward Wu Xian, its body surrounded by dark green Mycelium emitting high-strength Poison Gas.
Unfortunately, for Wu Xian, it was completely useless.
The Lou Jin Star Lord transformed into the Golden Divine Dog, pouncing fiercely to pin it down and tear at it savagely.
A Level Thirty-Eight Commander Monster still had some strength after all. It fought back and forth with the Lou Jin Dog, while Mushroom Small Monsters kept emerging nearby to draw Wu Xian’s firepower.
Unfortunately, with a casual sweep of Laurel Branch Sword Qi, Wu Xian cleared the Mushroom Small Monsters completely clean.
Then, he placed the 【Blood-colored Zhu Yu】 on the ground. Transforming into a Fungus meat grinder, it soon shredded and devoured the subsequently spawned Mushroom Small Monsters with its dense Blood-colored Zhu Yu stems and leaves.
Wu Xian controlled the Laurel Branch Flying Sword, continuously firing and poking more than a dozen holes in that Fungal Monster.
However, this thing had no clear weak points. What looked like a neck was still just Mushroom, and the same for the heart or whatever.
Essentially, it was just a simple mimetic Mushroom Creature.
In the end, the Lou Jin Dog’s fire attack proved most effective. Accompanied by the contraction of Heavenly Prison Burning Degree, it forcibly burned it into an iron-plate Fungus, finally killing it.
“Looks like the upcoming Special Grade Expedition won’t be easy either.”
Just a small Commander was this hard to kill; how tough would the subsequent Abyss King Mushroom—Lord Level 50—be.
One had to know, the higher the level of Fungal Monsters, the larger the area covered by their Mycelium. Everywhere the Mycelium reached was its territory.
“Huh, this Mushroom Monster’s Spiritual Structure…”
While picking up materials, Wu Xian subconsciously probed the Mushroom Monster’s Spiritual Structure and spiritual value.
The Spiritual Components didn’t seem special at first glance; the key was some of the unique Spiritual Structures among them.
“It has pretty high medicinal value~!”
Sure enough, were Fungus creatures generally quite nutritious? Like Lingzhi or whatever.
In his view, the materials from the Green Abyss’s Mushroom Monsters could completely substitute for the medicinal properties of many Spiritual Grass and Herbs.
“Looks like I have to push through the teleportation channel here no matter what.”
Nothing else, just for this medicinal value, he had to take this Special Grade Expedition.
During the subsequent approach to the subjugation area, he killed various Mushroom Monsters along the way, growing more and more excited the more he killed.
Not sure if it was due to superior genes or what, but the materials from the Green Abyss’s Mushroom Monsters all had excellent medicinal value, and different Mushroom types had slightly different medicinal values.
“Little Di Ting, do you think this thing could be raised? No, it should be cultivated.”
Wu Xian’s eyes gleamed. Thinking of the Fungal Monster’s various tricky characteristics, after shifting his mindset, they suddenly all turned into advantages.
“Tsk~ You humans are truly terrifying.”
Little Di Ting expressed contempt and disdain for Wu Xian’s evil idea.
“What are you saying? What if it willingly lets me raise it?” Wu Xian joked.
“Impossible,” Little Di Ting said without hesitation. “We Otherworldly Beings have our own pride. In the Upper Research Institute, with so many beings from various worlds, which one cooperated willingly?”
“That might not be certain.”
Wu Xian smiled faintly and said no more.
Throughout history, there were countless animals and plants domesticated by humans.
As long as it was mutual benefit, good for both sides, they would naturally be willing to cooperate ongoing.
As for the Upper Research Institute, that was a different situation.
After all, no one would willingly be a lab rat.
With that, Wu Xian silently took out a Second Grade Spirit Gathering Pill from his Qiankun Bag.
