Ch 93: Grey Robe Mushroom
“But…what kind of Gu Insect is this?”
“Gu Cultivator, wicked ways. Those who cultivate Gu are cruel and ruthless, despised by the Orthodox Path. Gu Cultivation is the only cultivation method explicitly forbidden by the Daoist Alliance.”
“But precisely because of this, I don’t understand Gu…who planted this Gu? It seems to be afraid of my Thunder Method.”
Zhang Buran was full of doubts, watching the Gu Insect struggling to escape in his hand, a purple electric arc faintly appearing.
The slender Gu Insect, wanting to escape, was instantly frightened by the purple electric arc and curled up in the center of Zhang Buran’s palm, not daring to move.
Gu, this extremely Yin and evil thing, its Yin Evil energy is already comparable to that of an Evil Ghost.
In fact, many Gu require ghosts as a medium for refinement, so it’s normal for them to fear the purest and most Yang Thunder Method.
But among the various Daoist cultivation systems—Cultivation, Body Cultivation, Talisman Cultivation, Elixir Cultivation, and Sword Cultivation—Zhang Buran understood Gu Cultivation the least.
Because only Gu Cultivation is explicitly forbidden by the Daoist Alliance for all Daoists, and only those of the Wicked Ways cultivate Gu.
The only Gu Cultivator Zhang Buran had ever encountered was Bei Mingjie, who originally came from a Gu-cultivating family in Southern Xinjiang.
“Wicked ways!”
Zhang Buran still disliked Gu.
That is an Yin Evil thing cultivated by defying the Heavenly Dao and Human Ethics!
“Uh…ah!”
Wang Tianxun’s expression was contorted, clutching his head, and collapsed to the ground in excruciating pain, writhing.
It seems that even if the Gu Insect is forcibly removed, some aftereffects will remain.
After all, removing the Gu Insect from Wang Tianxun’s body will inevitably cause it to rampage, and this will cause a certain degree of damage to Wang Tianxun’s physical body.
“It seems this Gu Insect is quite powerful…”
Zhang Buran crouched down, placing one hand on Wang Tianxun’s forehead, and began to infuse him with Spiritual Power.
Spiritual Power can strengthen the body and protect vital organs from damage.
Ordinary people do not have Spiritual Power, even ordinary people with Spiritual Power but no Magical Power cannot use Spiritual Power to strengthen their bodies.
Previously, Wen Chuhan was in a car accident, suffering severe injuries and was nearly dead.
It was Zhang Buran who injected powerful Spiritual Power into her body, forcibly prolonging her life.
Otherwise, given Wen Chuhan’s injuries at the time…if Zhang Buran had arrived half a minute later, she would have likely died.
After continuously outputting Spiritual Power to Wang Tianxun for two minutes, his expression finally improved, and his rapid breathing began to stabilize.
Zhang Buran then withdrew his hand, stopping the infusion of Spiritual Power.
The Spiritual Power infused in those two minutes would be unbearable for other Daoists.
But Zhang Buran’s Spiritual Power is immense, so it’s basically negligible.
The Spiritual Power in each person’s body is innately 70%, and 30% is cultivated later.
Most Daoists have to carefully use their Spiritual Power.
If they directly infused it into another person’s body like Zhang Buran did, they might be drained in half a minute.
However, directly using Spiritual Power to heal injuries is too inefficient.
There are also specialized Healing Spells used to convert Spiritual Power into Magical Power, and then use Healing Spells to achieve the maximum healing effect with the least amount of Spiritual Power.
But that’s too troublesome.
Zhang Buran still prefers to use Spiritual Power directly for healing, because he has an inexhaustible supply of Spiritual Power.
In addition, very few things can harm him, so Zhang Buran has not learned any Healing Spells.
“Thank you, Daoist Zhang! Thank you, Daoist Zhang!”
Feeling himself recovering, Wang Tianxun was overjoyed.
Although his head was still a little dizzy, Wang Tianxun hurriedly kowtowed in gratitude.
“No need for thanks. You need to tell me everything about Wang Bufan, and any strange things about him…” Zhang Buran said.
Wang Tianxun began to stroke his chin in recollection:
“Wang Bufan…speaking of strange things, he has many strange things about him.”
“Wang Bufan was like me before, a typical wastrel Young Master, basically just someone who only squanders his family’s fortune.”
“But two years ago, he suddenly seemed to have awakened, his commercial acumen skyrocketed, his methods ruthless…it was around that time that I started becoming muddleheaded. Could it be that he stole my talent?!”
Wang Tianxun suddenly had a wild idea and blurted out.
“Don’t be delusional. Stealing talent doesn’t exist, don’t overthink it, this Gu Insect is what caused you to become stupid. Continue.”
Zhang Buran shook the slender Gu Insect in his hand.
“Haha…Daoist Zhang, I just read too many novels, thinking that stealing talent is something that could exist…”
Wang Tianxun smiled awkwardly and continued:
“After Wang Bufan’s miraculous awakening, his strength and methods quickly gained the recognition of the Family Head, my uncle, who planned to pass the position of Wang Family Head to Wang Bufan.”
“But Wang Bufan repeatedly refused, and often didn’t return to the Wang Family for several days or even a month, not even showing his face, only saying that he was going abroad to do business.”
“And once, Wang Bufan brought back two very strange bodyguards, these two bodyguards rarely communicated or spoke with us, only communicating with Wang Bufan.”
“Oh, two bodyguards? What do they look like?” Zhang Buran asked.
“One is a bald man, his face is covered in tattoos.”
“The other man is very thin and tall, always wearing a strange braid. They both rarely appear, only occasionally seen together with Wang Bufan.”
After hearing Wang’s words, Zhang Buran fell into thought.
Wang’s tattooed bald man should be the one Zhang Buran had just dealt with.
Then the other “bodyguard” Wang Tianxun mentioned should be the bald man’s Black Pine.
The three of them form a Wicked Ways team.
This Black Pine has not yet appeared, he is a hidden threat.
The bald man said that Black Pine was hiding at the banquet, Zhang Buran had already told Xia Yun, she should be on guard.
Wang Tianxun suddenly remembered something and said, “Also, Wang Bufan brought back a kind of mushroom a few days ago, called…Gray Robe Mushroom, it’s said to be a very rare edible mushroom, it tastes delicious, and he seems to be planning to serve it to all the guests at the banquet.”
“Gray Robe Mushroom?”
Zhang Buran frowned.
He had never heard of this mushroom.
“It’s this mushroom, I thought it tasted good, so I took a picture.”
Wang Tianxun pulled out a picture from his mobile phone to show Zhang Buran.
The picture showed a cooked mushroom, but the color of the mushroom was very strange, it was dark gray, and the stem was a light yellow.
“This is the Gray Robe Mushroom?”
“Yes! It’s delicious, the taste is unique, it’s the first time I’ve eaten such a delicious mushroom!”
“This mushroom…do you have a sample?”
“I don’t. But at tonight’s banquet, Wang Bufan prepared a lot of Gray Robe Mushrooms, to be served to everyone.” Wang Tianxun truthfully said.
Zhang Buran’s brows were tightly furrowed.
He directly understood that this matter was not simple, and this Gray Robe Mushroom was definitely not simple.
To have all the guests eat it…
Combining what the bald man had said before, their goal—was to have all the invited Powerful Figures possessed by ghosts.
Zhang Buran immediately connected that this Gray Robe Mushroom was likely related to Possession!
After all, it’s too troublesome for ghosts to possess ordinary people one by one, and it’s easy to be detected and exposed.
This Gray Robe Mushroom might be a medium for mass Possession!
