The next day.

Desert underground, black city.

On the street corner.

A mortal looked at Su Xing with a hint of greed in his eyes: "Exalted Immortal, as long as I eat this 'crystal mushroom', will you really give me a spiritual stone?"

"Um."

Su Xing patted the storage bag on his waist, took out the 'blood mushroom' and the spirit stone together, and replied: "But let me tell you in advance, the mushroom I have is a new species, will anything happen if you eat it?

It’s easy to say, so this matter is risky.”

Is there any risk...?

The man glanced at the light red mushroom in Su Xing's hand, with a hint of hesitation in his eyes.

In fact, he knew very well that Su Xing would give him a spiritual stone to try, which meant that it was definitely not an ordinary mushroom.

The other party was looking for him to test poison.

But there is no way, the temptation of a spiritual stone is too great.

The mortal analyzed: "This is indeed a little different, but there are more than 100,000 people in the entire Black City eating these mushrooms basically every day, and no one has ever had an accident."

When this person said these words, he was not only responding to Su Xing, but also persuading himself.

After thinking about it for a long time.

Thinking that he still had a wife and children at home, the man gritted his teeth, took the 'blood mushroom' and dived in.

"How do you feel?" Su Xing looked expectant.

The mortal said timidly: "When I eat it, it seems to be a little harder than ordinary 'crystal mushrooms'..."

The 'blood mushroom' will crystallize when mature and gradually transform into spirit stone veins. It is normal for it to be a little harder than ordinary mushrooms.

Su Xing continued: "I'm not asking about your taste, I'm asking if you feel anything in your body?"

"Do you feel..."

The mortal thought for a moment and replied truthfully: "It seems that I haven't eaten much!"

"you...."

Hearing the mortal's answer, Su Xing was speechless.

He was about to continue saying something when he saw the mortal in front of him suddenly fell to his knees and his body began to twitch rapidly.

broken.

Is this mushroom really poisonous?

Su Xing hurriedly asked: "How are you now? Are the mushrooms poisonous?"

"It's not poison..."

The mortal had a twisted look on his face, as if he was trying his best to endure something.

After holding it in for a long time, he finally replied: "After I ate that mushroom, I heard a voice talking in my ear. I felt so uncomfortable."

there's noise?

Su Xing asked in confusion: "What is that sound? What is it saying in your head?"

"I only heard one word clearly." The mortal lay on the ground, covering his head, as if trying to drive out the voice.

"What word?" Su Xing asked.

"spirit!"

After the mortal said the word "spirit", he seemed to be possessed by a demon.

With a look of relief on his face, he laughed wildly for no reason: "Oh hey hey hey..."

"Why are you laughing suddenly?"

Su Xing took a step back, his face full of fear.

The mortal did not respond directly to Su Xing, but fell straight to the ground and murmured: "I can't describe it. I can obviously feel it, but I can't describe it..."

"I can't describe it!"

in the house.

After the mortal roared loudly, he tilted his head, showing a strange expression, and died suddenly on the spot.

A few seconds later, countless new 'flesh mushrooms' emerged from the opponent's body one after another.

This death...

Su Xing, who was observing the entire process from the sidelines, already had a rough understanding of the 'flesh and blood mushroom':

Not all deceased people will have ‘flesh and blood mushrooms’ sprouting from their bodies.

To achieve this, one needs to make a person swallow a 'flesh mushroom' in its infancy before death.

From this perspective, the human body is equivalent to a hotbed for growing these ‘flesh mushrooms’.

Swallowing mushrooms is equivalent to ‘planting mushroom seeds’.

As for why the gods are not affected...

Perhaps, this has something to do with the constitution of heavenly beings.

Or maybe the gods have mastered certain methods to avoid the negative effects of mushrooms.

On the street corner.

Su Xing looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he took away the spiritual stone from the mortal and left the place in a hurry.

In order to further test the characteristics of the 'flesh mushroom', Su Xing came to the mine again, planning to find a monk in the Qi training stage to try it.

He approached the monk who was shy and had very little life left, and lowered his voice: "Fellow Taoist, can you do me a favor?"

"No, I'm busy mining."

"It doesn't take much time."

As Su Xing said this, he took out the life-span medicine and the 'flesh and blood mushroom' from the storage bag.

He tempted: "As long as you are willing to eat this mushroom, I will give you the longevity medicine."

"ah?"

The poor monk looked suspicious, obviously not believing that such a good thing would happen.

He glanced at the mushroom in Su Xing's hand and said cautiously: "Why is your mushroom blood red?"

"This is a new variety. Eating it can enhance one's physical fitness."

Su Xing explained: "However, I can't guarantee whether this mushroom is poisonous yet, so I need someone to try it."

From the appearance, there is no difference between the 'blood mushrooms' and the 'crystal mushrooms' commonly eaten by Black City residents.

Therefore, the poor monk didn't think much about it: "If you want me to try it, you have to give me three more... no, four spiritual stones!"

"this...."

Su Xing pretended to be confused.

After a long while, he said reluctantly: "Okay, I'll add four more spiritual stones!"

"Don't regret it."

Seeing Su Xing take out the spirit stone from the storage bag, the poor monk immediately grabbed it and swallowed the 'flesh and blood mushroom' in one gulp.

Not long after.

Su Xing asked expectantly: "Do you feel anything?"

"not feeling well...."

The poor monk looked horrified: "After eating this mushroom, why do I feel like someone is always talking in my ear?"

Apparently, after the poor monk swallowed the 'flesh mushroom', he seemed to have the same symptoms as the mortal.

It's just that in comparison, monks are not as serious as ordinary people.

While the other person was still conscious, Su Xing hurriedly asked, "What was that person talking about?"

"I can not hear you."

The poor monk said: "I can't even describe who that person is. I can only hear one word clearly."

"It's 'spirit', right?"

"So you also ate this mushroom?"

Seeing that Su Xing revealed the content of the whisper in one sentence, the poor monk breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since you are fine until now, I am relieved."

Su Xing patted the other party's shoulder and said with a relaxed expression: "Don't worry, no matter how weird this mushroom is, it won't kill people. It's just a new species."

"So, this longevity medicine and spirit stone are mine?"
To be continued...