Chapter 1016 The Fungus Palace

"Ha! What a strange interest!"

The king of bacteria shrugged at Qiao An, and immediately showed a considerate smile.

"But having said that, considering that you are a mage, it's understandable to have such weird hobbies. After all, mages are a group of weird people with excess curiosity, and they get nervous at every turn."

"Your old man is very wrong to think so! Learning and scientific research are noble careers. How can you say 'crazy'?" Qiao An was very unconvinced.

"You little nerd, you are really brainless! Forget it, I don't want to argue with you, isn't it just for scientific research, why can't my old man fully support you?"

Joan was still a little angry, so he became cruel, pointed at the spore monitor lizard, and made an additional request.

"I'm going to collect all the supernatural spores that myconids can produce, including the green spores that your old man used to manipulate the corpses of monitor lizards, okay?"

"Hey! You little sorcerer, how come you are so insatiable, even dare to covet the old man's exclusive secret skills, isn't it too much?" The bacteria king blew his beard and stared.

Qiao An was not afraid of him, and argued with a straight face: "You said just now that you fully support my research, and it's only a blink of an eye, and you want to go back on your word?"

"It's only now that I realize that you little nerd is more troublesome than that little money fan!"

The fungus king sighed, pretending to be annoyed, and finally reluctantly agreed to Joan's request, providing him with various spores for free, including the green fluorescent spores used to control the corpses of monitor lizards, and giving him some , as research material.

This was the first time in Joan's life that in a face-to-face negotiation, he used his eloquence and persistence to force his negotiating opponent to bow his head and give in.

For a person like him who always dislikes bargaining, this is really a major historic breakthrough, and he can't help but feel a little elated.

Now that all the requirements he set out have been met, Joan readily agreed to accept the employment of King Fungus and promised to help him eliminate the two major invasive species that threatened the mushroom people.

Joan and the others have been working hard all day, and they had a fierce conflict with the fungus not long ago. They are already very tired, and they really can't get up the energy to fight "Phantom Fungus" and "Eye of Air Spores".

The Fungus King also understood their hard work, and did not urge them to do it immediately, but invited them to eat something in his "Palace", rest for a night, and after recharging their energy, they will join forces tomorrow to fight against "Phantom Mushroom" and "Eye of Air Spores" "Not too late.

Joan and his party accepted the kind invitation of the fungus king, followed him to the tallest and most magnificent "mushroom building", and climbed up along the mycelium cable hanging to the surface.

The palace of the king of bacteria is located on the top floor of the "mushroom building". The ceiling of the palace is the mushroom cap, and a very large skylight is opened for ventilation. The skylight is covered with a translucent bacteria film to block the dust , like a veil.

In the underground world, there is no bad weather such as rain and snow, so there is no need to worry about the veil being blown away by the wind and snow.

A spacious cave is dug out directly under the skylight, which is the banquet hall for entertaining guests.

In the center of the banquet hall, there is a large round table that is polished and smooth. It looks like a wooden product, but it is actually a woody mushroom seed.

This mushroom round table and the round stools around the round table are actually fruiting bodies dug out when the room was excavated on the "Mushroom Building".

"Mushroom Building" is a giant fungus that has grown for more than a hundred years. Its tissue fibers have been lignified. The materials excavated from its fungus can be used as dry wood for processing various furniture and decorations. Even handicrafts are one of the most important building and crafting materials in the mushroomman society, and their status is even higher than stone and relatively rare ironware.

Joan and the others sat around the table, looking forward to the banquet with curiosity.

There was a bell carved from topaz on the dining table, King Jun picked up the bell and shook it, and the jade bell made a crisp tinkling sound.

The servants in the palace heard the sound and came to serve King Jun and the distinguished guests, and brought trays of food and fine wine to the table.

The nutrients that mushroom people need to survive mainly come from the soil.

As long as they take root in the soil, they can continuously absorb water and fertilizer from the ground under their feet, and obtain the nutrients needed for daily life.

In addition, the mouth of the mushroom people is just a small decoration, it does not have the function of chewing and eating, and there is no supporting digestive system, so the food on the table, the mushroom people themselves have no chance to enjoy it, it is completely used for entertaining A feast for distinguished guests of different races.

The food on the dining table looked like peanuts the size of a fist. When the shell was peeled off, there were two to three white fruits inside, exuding an attractive fragrance.

Fungus King introduced to Qiao An and the others that this is a saprophytic rhizome called "Xiangshi", which can be used directly and tastes very good.

Joan picked up a fruit and tried to take a bite. The crispy taste was indeed like fresh peanuts, the juice was rich, and the sweet taste was a bit like apples, which was indeed delicious.

On the table is also the delicious wine brewed by the mushroom people, which is also made from "Xiangshi" through fermentation and purification, which is called "Xiangshi wine".

Mushroommen can't eat solid food, but they can absorb wine through their roots, especially Mushroom King himself, who is an out-and-out old alcoholic, repeatedly persuading young guests to taste his life's favorite wine.

Joan refused, so he picked up the wine glass carved from real mushrooms, and took a sip of the light green wine. The taste is slightly spicy, and the aftertaste is sweet. It's a bit like the "cider" in the surface world. It's exactly what King Fungus said So refreshing and delicious.

After the full meal, the Mushroom King invited Joan and the others to participate in the "Meditation Gathering" of the Mushroom Clan. He also said that this is the most important social event for the Mushroom People. The customs, traditions and thinking concepts of Chinese people should not miss this grand event.

Young explorers all have a curiosity to learn more about the unknown.

After listening to Mushroom King's introduction, Qiao An and the others were all very interested in Fungiman's "meditation gathering" and decided to go to tonight's meditation together.

Jun Wang is very happy to have newcomers to the meditation assembly, and also revealed to them that newcomers are always very popular at the assembly, because they can bring new stories and new ideas to the assembly.

In the conservative mushroom man society, few people dare to leave their homeland and travel abroad. Inviting outside visitors to participate in meditation gatherings is the only way for locals to understand the outside world.

Qiao An and the others followed the Mushroom King to the meditation hall located in the center of the "Mushroom Building". As soon as they entered the door, they found that the spacious hall was already filled with mushroom figures of all sizes, and there were no less than a hundred people by visual inspection.