Douluo, my martial soul is a mushroom

Chapter 10 The Master's Assistant

The room was not big, about 30 square meters. The things inside were also very simple. Apart from the furniture, the most conspicuous thing was a bookshelf filled with various books that occupied two walls.

Chi Ping was envious of this bookshelf.

Yu Xiaogang took a bottle of potion from the desk next to him and handed it to Chi Ping: "This is a potion for reducing swelling and dissolving blood stasis. It is of higher quality than those sold in ordinary pharmacies. Use it to treat your injuries. You are young and your muscles and bones are still developing. Don't let these minor injuries affect your body."

"Thank you, Master." Chi Ping thanked Yu Xiaogang, but did not take the potion.

Yu Xiaogang was not angry. He put the potion aside and brought a chair to Chi Ping.

After Chi Ping sat down, Yu Xiaogang walked to the desk and sat down.

"You are 7 years old this year, your soul power is level , and your innate soul power is level . If you really don't have twin spirits, then either your fluorescent mushroom spirit is a mutant spirit, or you accidentally ate some rare treasure before entering school."

Chi Ping shook his head. "What you said before is all correct, but I don't think my martial soul has mutated, and I haven't eaten any weird plants."

"Can you let me see your martial spirit?"

There is nothing wrong with Chi Ping.

He extended his right hand, and dozens of milky white hyphae stretched out in the milky white soul light. In an instant, a fat white fluorescent mushroom grew out of the hyphae.

"This is……"

After watching the whole process of Chi Ping summoning his martial spirit, Yu Xiaogang frowned and asked, "Isn't your martial spirit a fluorescent mushroom? What are those milky white threads?"

"It's mycelium." Chi Ping explained, "Mushrooms grow from mycelium. Just like grass has grass roots and trees have tree roots, mushrooms also have mushroom roots. I call it mycelium."

"The seeds germinate, grow roots, and then the entire plant grows from the roots. Is this what you mean?" Yu Xiaogang asked.

Ikehira nodded, "Pretty much. Spores grow into hyphae, and mushrooms grow from the hyphae."

"What are spores?"

"It's the seeds of the mushroom. They're tiny, but they're there."

"Can you tell me a little bit?"

"Master, give me a piece of black paper."

The thing Yu Xiaogang had the most was paper, so he took one out from under the desk.

Chi Ping took the fluorescent mushroom and input soul power into it. Not long after, a light brown mist spurted out from under the cap. When the mist fell on the paper, it was found to be dust-like particles.

Chi Ping maintained his soul power output, and the particles split and grew, turning into white mycelium after a few minutes.

The mycelium grows and mushrooms begin to sprout.

"Interesting, really interesting! Plant-type martial spirits can actually be like this..."

Yu Xiaogang leaned back in his chair and couldn't help but sigh.

He took out a pen and paper and started writing and drawing on it.

After a long while, Yu Xiaogang asked, "When you awakened your martial spirit, was it summoned for the first time like now, with fluorescent mushrooms growing from the mycelium?"

“Mushrooms appeared directly at that time.”

"Then how do you summon the mycelium first and then the fluorescent mushrooms? Did you develop it yourself?" Yu Xiaogang asked curiously.

"Yes. I once observed the fungi in the corner of my house out of curiosity and found hyphae and spores. Later, I awakened the spirit of the fluorescent mushroom and wondered if I could make it grow spores and hyphae. It actually worked."

Chi Ping's words made Yu Xiaogang fall into deep thought, "According to what you said, mycelium and spores are part of the fluorescent mushroom martial spirit. You just discovered the part that most people haven't discovered."

"Did your extraordinary soul power training and recovery speed also appear after you discovered the hyphae and spore forms of the fluorescent mushroom?"

Ikehira nodded.

Yu Xiaogang seemed to have figured something out, and murmured in a low voice: "Developing the martial soul in depth, stimulating the martial soul's potential, and thus improving the martial soul's talent, that makes sense. Is this an exception or a common phenomenon..."

This time, Yu Xiaogang thought for a longer time. Chi Ping sat quietly in the chair and cultivated his soul power. He didn't plan to leave until Yu Xiaogang said something.

Apart from the mycelium, he did not conceal any information. As for what conclusions Yu Xiaogang could draw from this information, Chi Ping did not know.

Although Yu Xiaogang looked unkempt, his dormitory was well tidy, his things were neatly arranged, and there was no strange smell in the air.

The dormitory is open from north to south, with excellent air circulation and a pleasant indoor temperature. The summer sun shines through the windows into the room and feels warm on the body, making people drowsy.

However, both Chi Ping and Yu Xiaogang are people with strong minds. One is thinking quietly, while the other is practicing with peace of mind, and they do not disturb each other.

When the crimson light fell on the paper on the desk, Yu Xiaogang suddenly woke up as if from a dream and stopped writing with the almost dried-up ink in his hand.

Sighing softly, Yu Xiaogang looked around blankly and found Chi Ping sitting quietly in a chair, with a milky white soul power glow lingering outside his body.

As if he noticed Yu Xiaogang's gaze, Chi Ping opened his eyes and stopped the circulation of his soul power before Yu Xiaogang spoke.

"Grandmaster?"

Yu Xiaogang nodded and said, "Are you willing to be my disciple?"

Chi Ping was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and said nothing.

Yu Xiaogang was not surprised and continued, "Don't want to? Then forget it. But I have another suggestion. Are you willing to listen to it?"

Ikehira nodded.

Yu Xiaogang smiled and said, "Your experience has given me a lot of inspiration, so I hope you can be my assistant and help me study the martial spirit theory. Are you willing?"

Chi Ping asked, "What kind of work does an assistant do and how much is the salary?"

Yu Xiaogang said, "I want to study your thinking on developing your martial soul. Plant-based martial souls may not only include individual plants, but also all states of plant life, aging, illness and death. The reason why your talent has changed may be because you accidentally completed the martial soul mutation while studying the growth of the fluorescent mushroom martial soul. These are two good topics, and you are the only successful case. I hope to use you as a control and conduct experiments."

"So I'm your experiment?" There was no emotion in Chi Ping's words.

Yu Xiaogang shook his head. "You are the only successful case. I can't use you as an experimental subject. But I will collect your experience in cultivation and enrich the theory. It will serve as a control for future experiments. In exchange, I will apply to the principal to give you a position as a teacher in the academy, so that you can enjoy the resources and treatment of a teacher. In addition, my bookstore will be open to you, and I will answer your doubts in cultivation without reservation and help you cultivate better."

"Master, why do you treat me so well?"

Yu Xiaogang sighed softly, as if with emotion or joy, "Because I see my hope in you."

"What do you hope for?"

"Yes, that's my hope."

"I originally came from a powerful soul master family, but my martial soul deteriorated and mutated when I awakened, causing me to never be able to surpass level 29. Because of this degraded martial soul, my life has been full of ups and downs, and in the end I could only devote myself to the theoretical research of martial souls."

"You want to solve the problem of martial spirits through theoretical research?"

Yu Xiaogang nodded, "You are very smart. Before I met you, I had already given up this idea and just wanted to find a suitable disciple to inherit my legacy and verify my previous theoretical results. My martial spirit is not worthy of the family's glory, but I hope my theory can add honor to the family. But your appearance gave me a glimmer of hope."

Yu Xiaogang's eyes were burning.

"Reverse the growth of the martial soul, trace the source, and develop it again. If the theory is true, my martial soul may have the possibility of developing again! Although at my age, I can no longer become a powerful soul master, but I hope to at least make up for that regret. If my martial soul is a family martial soul, or if it mutates in a good direction, my relationship with...her may not be broken..."

As he spoke, Yu Xiaogang became depressed, as if he was thinking of something from the past that he didn't want to recall.

But soon, he adjusted his mood and looked at Chi Ping, "How about it, are you willing to be my assistant?"

"it is good."

Ikehira said softly.

"But I hope to maintain my status as a working student. I don't need the treatment of a teacher or staff member. I just hope to get help from you and the academy when I obtain spirit rings in the future."

"no problem."

(End of this chapter)