Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

Chapter 136: Chapter 36: World Tree? World Mushroom!

“Lawrence?”

As Richard saw the figure emerging from the Mushroom Forest, a shock ran through him.

At this moment, Lawrence’s entire body was composed of white mycelium, which rhythmically bent and stretched as he moved, appearing incredibly natural.

“Don’t be nervous, this body is a puppet controlled by Undead Witchcraft,” Lawrence explained.

Richard looked at him warily.

“What deal are you planning to make?”

After the Warrior Worm had told him entering the Mushroom Land required a sacrifice, Richard had given up on Lawrence and instead set his target on the treasure of the Mother Worm God.

Now, that treasure had been destroyed by the fungal creatures, yet Lawrence still lived.

Fate truly was wonderful.

“I offer one piece of information, plus five hundred thousand Magic Stones for one body,” Lawrence stated his terms, then added, “The information is related to the amber.”

Upon hearing this, Ulysses suddenly trembled.

“Information about the amber?”

Richard immediately grew interested. Given that Lawrence had been taken by this group of insects for so long, it was indeed possible he had uncovered some information.

“What kind of body do you need?”

“Any normal Level 1 Creature will do, I just need it to leave this cursed place.”

As he spoke, Lawrence pointed to his fungal body, “This body can’t step away from this cursed place.”

“That’s easy to handle.”

After a moment of thought, Richard pulled out the Warrior Worm and Spider Knight from the Slave Pocket.

Whether it was the five hundred thousand Magic Stones or the treasure’s information, both were far more valuable than these two slaves.

“Which one of these do you want?”

Lawrence was somewhat surprised by the sight of the Spider Knight; he had fought with it before. Killing the Spider Knight was not an issue for him, but capturing it alive was something he couldn’t manage.

“I’ll take this half-spider,” Lawrence chose.

Since the money was already spent, naturally, he wanted a better body.

Without saying much more upon hearing this, Richard immediately threw the Spider Knight over to Lawrence.

Lawrence took out a contract from his pocket, wrote down the terms, and after signing it, he handed it to Richard.

Richard glanced at the terms and then signed his name.

Contracts were an indispensable ritual in wizard transactions and also the foundation of the Wizard Society’s laws.

Once the contract was completed, Lawrence immediately used Undead Magic to transfer bodies. Although the Spider Knight’s nerves were still severed, the Undead Magic controlling the body didn’t need nerves and resembled more of a puppet on strings.

Then he pointed at Ulysses and said,

“This amber, the thing sealed inside it was taken by this crow. That crow was deceiving you just now!”

Upon hearing this, Ulysses became agitated.

“Squawk! This is slander, pure slander! Richard, don’t listen to his nonsense. Just look at him; he’s definitely been turned into a puppet and is now trying to drive a wedge between us!”

Richard paused. Although Ulysses sounded somewhat frantic, his words did carry some reason.

Lawrence’s state just now was indeed a bit odd.

But suddenly, Richard noticed that Ulysses’s abdomen seemed somewhat distended and was slowly growing larger.

“Ulysses, what’s with your belly?” Richard asked with a cold smirk.

“Squawk? My belly? What’s wrong with it?” Ulysses said nervously.

But before it could make any more excuses, a strand of blue mycelium stretched out of its mouth.

The Mushroom Land trembled again.

“Ulysses, every time I think you’re one of us, you always stir up trouble.”

Richard glanced at him and then reopened the rift into the Secret Realm.

“Lawrence, go in and take shelter.”

Richard called out to Lawrence and grabbed Ulysses, whose stomach had swelled up like a balloon, and entered the Secret Realm.

Although he didn’t know what those blue mycelium were, judging from the reaction of the Mushroom Land, they definitely weren’t ordinary.

Lawrence looked at the Space Rift with a hint of surprise on his face.

Secret Realm Fragments were quite expensive.

It was Richard’s first time participating in the Plane War, how could he afford such things?

But when he entered the Secret Realm Fragment, the surprise on his face instantly turned to shock.

“This… this… where did you get this Secret Realm fragment!” Lawrence exclaimed incoherently, “This concentration of Magic Power, this environment, this harmony of rules, how… how could a One Ring Wizard possess such a thing?

Aren’t you participating in the Plane War for the first time?”

Faced with Lawrence’s astonishment, Richard shrugged.

“Our dean is quite generous; this is a reward he gave to us.”

“…A reward?” Lawrence felt his worldview being shaken, “Are you his student?”

“No.”

“Then why would he reward you?”

“This thing is a reward for an exam, it doesn’t matter whether I’m his student or not. If you’re talking about a student,” Richard gestured towards Ali, “this wizard is our dean’s grandpupil.”

Lawrence turned his head to look at Ali, his eyes wide as if they were bells.

“You’re the grandpupil of the Black Tower Great Wizard?”

Ali nodded indifferently and said:

“Hmm, the dean is indeed my mentor, but usually, I can’t even see my own teacher, so this connection isn’t very useful.”

Upon hearing this, Lawrence said with a stern face,

“No, no, no, this connection is very important. With this connection, this war will be much easier for us.”

Lawrence had never imagined that the rookie wizard he was fighting alongside had such a formidable connection.

If you had told me about this connection earlier, with it, he could have obtained many more resources from the logistic wizards, and even gotten firsthand information.

This would be a huge advantage in the war.

Even if this war bonded friendships, he might even be able to mix into the Black Tower Wizard Academy as a logistic wizard in the future.

Thinking of this, Lawrence’s mindset underwent some changes.

“Don’t look at me, the guy behind you has no small connections either; the head of the War Beast Department is his teacher,” Ali said, feeling uncomfortable under Lawrence’s gaze, and thus she divulged Richard’s information.

“Hmm?” Lawrence instantly turned around, “Your teacher is Jolod, the Master of the War Beast Department?”

Richard nodded, “What about it?”

“Nothing, just that if you two ever have a fight in the future, please make sure to call me to join. Fighting alongside you, I feel like the survival rate in this war is very high.”

With these two, he definitely wouldn’t have to worry about being sent by the command to carry out a suicidal mission.

…

After confirming that the changes in the Mushroom Land were caused by Ulysses stealing the blue mushroom seeds, Ali and Lawrence left the Secret Realm, leaving only their one person and one bird.

Richard held Ulysses in front of him and asked with a cold expression,

“Ulysses, do you have anything to say?”

At this moment, Ulysses’ body continued to sprout blue mycelium, swelling up like a ball.

If it were a normal creature, it would have died long ago. Only Ulysses, the World Master, could still barely survive.

“Gaah, my master! I was wrong, I was wrong!” Ulysses wailed.

Just before entering the Secret Realm, Richard had used his spiritual power to command Ulysses to stop resisting the blue mycelium.

Ulysses, knowing how to keep pace, realizing his behavior was inappropriate, naturally gave up resisting since the mycelium was harmless to his soul, and he couldn’t die anyway.

“Wrong?” Richard sneered coldly, “My lord Ulysses, if it weren’t for someone saying so, I might have really let it pass.

Could digesting this thing have restored quite a bit of your strength?”

“Gaah, no! Absolutely not! This thing is of no benefit to the soul at all, my mind was really clouded!” Ulysses screamed miserably.

This mushroom seed, when it first appeared, burst with amazing life energy, but when Ulysses swallowed it, it immediately showed its true nature.

It continuously absorbed Ulysses’ energy for nourishment, starting just a little at first but increasingly more later on, growing larger and larger until Ulysses eventually slipped up, by which time it had almost drained all of Ulysses’ energy.

“Not at all?”

Richard still sneered coldly, not believing a word Ulysses said.

“Gaah, my master, if you don’t act now, this body of mine will be destroyed, and then it’ll be your loss.”

Ulysses continued to wail miserably, knowing full well that Richard was not a sentimental person.

Compared to tormenting him, the potential losses were probably more significant.

But this time, Ulysses miscalculated.

Richard used the Levitation Skill to suspend Ulysses in the air:

“It’s okay, I have plenty of active flesh on hand, building you another body is no problem.”

“Gaah, no! Master! Richard…”

Faced with Ulysses’ participation, Richard unflinchingly levitated him into the sky of the Secret Realm, then added a soundproof magic shield.

Ulysses had been too greedy this time; he had to be punished.

…

An hour later, Ulysses’ body suddenly exploded, turning into a fungal sphere. A divine light flew out from the sphere, entering the crow body Richard had prepared.

“Ulysses, what on earth is this thing?”

Regaining a body, Ulysses landed on Richard’s shoulder and cooed obsequiously,

“Gaah, I guess this thing is the mushroom seed killed by the golden insect long ago, but it seems like it just awoke its soul. Master, you can communicate with it directly.”

No sooner had Ulysses finished speaking than the fungal sphere from the sky fell down.

“Mortal, I wish to make a deal with you.”

“Mortal?” Richard raised an eyebrow, this mushroom didn’t seem to understand its standing.

“Ulysses, can you kill it? If you kill it, this matter is settled, and I’ll prepare you a better body when we return.”

“Gaah, no problem! If it weren’t for you wanting to discipline me just now, I would have already killed it.”

As he spoke, Ulysses’ eyes gleamed with a hint of light. Though only a wounded World Master, the mushroom seed on the other side was merely an embryo.

Wasn’t it easy for a severely injured adult to defeat an embryo?

At this moment, the mushroom ball still hadn’t realized something was amiss and continued,

“Mortal, if you serve me, I will grant you power, strength, glory…”

The mushroom ball hadn’t finished speaking when Ulysses’ soul invaded it.

“Gaah, power? Strength? Does a mushroom like you deserve my master’s service?”

The mushroom ball’s spirit space lacked a Miracle Furnace, and in it, Ulysses was overwhelmingly dominant, convincing the mushroom ball of reality in a matter of seconds.

“Master! I surrender! I will serve you! I will serve you!”

Seeing the mushroom ball was so sensible, Ulysses withdrew from its spirit space and returned to his body to coo obsequiously at Richard:

“Gaah, my dear master, this mushroom wants to serve you.”

“Serve me?” Richard smirked slightly, “What are you, that you should serve me?”

“Master, I am the World Mushroom!”

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