347: The upper class is coming

Chapter 347: The Upper Realm People Attack

Wu Xian's eyes sparkled, "So, the independent strains that differentiate naturally possess perfect medicinal value?"

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

"It's fine, as long as they can survive with me," Wu Xian said indifferently. "Is there any cost to this method?"

"Of course," the Great King Fungus replied without hesitation. "Generally, it's only when development goes awry and becomes too unwieldy, and regressing is too troublesome, that we choose to sacrifice some Origin to differentiate and reproduce."

Wu Xian understood. "Don't worry, you can differentiate freely in the future. I'll cover the reproduction loss and postpartum subsidies."

"Reproduction loss? Postpartum subsidies?"

"It means I will compensate you for the losses from your differentiation. If you can differentiate any excellent medicinal offspring, there will be extra rewards!" Wu Xian said excitedly, somewhat like enticing a respectable woman into trouble.

"If that's the case, it's a very cost-effective deal," the Great King Fungus analyzed.

"By the way," Wu Xian took out a fragment of Great King Fungus mushroom he had picked up during the chaotic battle, stripping away the spiritual structure within it that prolonged life. "Later, first give me... uh... differentiate this medicinal property. When you do, I'll compensate you with one jin of Laurel Branch leaves."

Although the content of this medicinal property was not much, if it could be mass-produced, it would still be quite substantial.

In a word, if the quality is not enough, the quantity makes up for it.

However, the Great King Fungus's response poured cold water on him: "This won't work."

"Why?"

"It's already at my Origin, how can I differentiate it?" the Great King Fungus complained.

"Origin?" Wu Xian was half-understanding.

"This True God grew step by step from the rudimentary form of this series of Law Veins."

Wu Xian was stunned, "So you were a medicinal fungus from the very beginning? Didn't you say that this kind of fungus can't survive a day in your region?"

"I just said that developmental errors in us fungi can often lead to a delayed realization," the Great King Fungus calmly explained. "Evidently, the mother body that differentiated me back then differentiated me from this point. However, further along this Law Veins, there were still some slightly useful Law Veins.

This True God relied on those slightly useful Law Veins to gradually grow and strengthen from a single strain.

Recalling this True God's long life, it has been like treading on thin ice. It was truly not easy to grow to this point."

It was only then that Wu Xian completely understood.

Simply put, the mother body of the Great King Fungus had a delayed realization that this segment of "gene" was useless and a burden. So, it severed it from this gene node, differentiating into the later Great King Fungus.

And this small segment of gene was the "longevity" medicinal property that Wu Xian needed.

As the genetic Origin of the Great King Fungus, the Great King Fungus could not differentiate from this point.

He could only go back himself, pick up this small segment of gene again, and develop this small segment of gene.

"So you also had a mother body?" Wu Xian couldn't help but be surprised.

"What kind of talk is that? Except for the primordial archetypal strains, who isn't differentiated from a mother strain?"

Wu Xian was speechless.

That's right, who doesn't have a mother?

Except for the primordial beings at the beginning of creation, who isn't born of a mother?

How many are born from a rock?

"Later, pick up this part of the Law Veins again and refine its development," Wu Xian said directly. "The higher the subsequent medicinal property, the higher the price we will trade at in the future."

"Understood," the Great King Fungus readily agreed.

Although for their fungus race, developing such useless genes was a waste of time and life.

But now, following Wu Xian, Wu Xian could make up for the time and life wasted, and even compensate more than what was wasted. It was an absolutely profitable deal.

"Moreover, in my opinion, this part of the Law Veins is not necessarily useless. Perhaps there was a deviation in the subsequent development path, or perhaps its value will only manifest after developing to a certain extent."

Upon hearing this, the Great King Fungus fell into contemplation.

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

At each node of the Law Veins, there are countless development paths. The reason it might seem useless is very likely that the development path was chosen incorrectly.

Or, by continuing along this incorrect path, could an unexpected result still be achieved?

... Returning from the dimensional rift to the Green Desert.

Looking at the ground full of tender and delicious green plants, the Great King Fungus drooled.

However, upon seeing the Azure Tree King, he immediately retreated into the humus soil of the Pocket Farm, not daring to move an inch.

"Done?" the Azure Tree King asked with a calm smile.

"Sort of."

Wu Xian smiled ambiguously and followed the Azure Tree King to the Insect World dimensional Fusion zone.

After returning to the Insect World, he made a detour to the Pansi Cave Outpost to chat with Second Sister-in-law and ask Zhou Qi about the recent development of the Insect World Outpost.

However, the Pansi Cave Outpost was empty, with only various insects.

"Where is Her Majesty?" Wu Xian quickly found the Jing Shen Xiao Huo Centipede Demon Cultivating in the Pansi Cave.

"I don't know, it seems something happened on your side, and she went to help my human brother-in-Law," the Centipede Demon explained.

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

After all, even Zhou Qi and the Club members stationed at the Outpost were gone.

Something significant had clearly happened in Yaoyang City.

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

Wu Xian was worried and quickly rushed to the Outpost teleportation point, teleporting back to the Club.

As space twisted and he found himself in the Club, Wu Xian immediately sensed an intense atmosphere of crisis.

Inside the Club, Shifu-jie and others were absent, only some ordinary staff remained.

"What's going on? What exactly happened?" Wu Xian hurriedly stopped a staff member to ask.

"I don't know. The President suddenly ordered us to temporarily settle some work and then go to the Underworld Outpost for refuge."

"Refuge?"

Wu Xian's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately called Shifu-jie.

The call connected quickly. "Good disciple, come quickly! Everyone is ready to fight to the death."

"Fight to the death?" Wu Xian rose on his sword and headed towards the Association. "What's the situation?"

"It seems to be the Upper Realm people behind the Wang Family. They haven't even arrived yet, but they're making quite a scene," Xue Lingling explained in a deep voice. "Even Governor Yang of Tianfeng Province has been alarmed."

"Upper Realm people?" Wu Xian's heart jumped.

Amidst his shock, he inexplicably felt a surge of adrenaline.

At the Association, all the powerful experts from within the city had arrived. The Association's top experts, led by Cui Wenxuan, were all "welcoming" them at the Association's entrance.

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

"What are you doing, welcoming those Upper Realm people?" Wu Xian asked, puzzled.

"Since we finally lured one down, of course we have to give them a good welcome," Cui Wenxuan said with a smile. "Of course, the main reason is to welcome Governor Yang."

Wu Xian understood. The so-called Governor was the Scroll Master's term for a "high official."

And Governor Yang was the administrative head of Tianfeng Province, often seen in news and newspapers.

A provincial Governor personally accompanying them could only mean that this Upper Realm person had quite a grand demeanor.

"Are they coming for me?" Wu Xian asked, frowning.

"From what it looks like, finding you is just a side matter," Mayor Chen Shilong analyzed. "There should be a more important objective."