Earth Root Mushroom

"No one will die today," Uncle Bei Shen replied firmly after gently placing Uncle Cang Yan down.

While embracing him, Uncle Cang Yan was able to sit up properly.

The five of them looked pityingly at the terrible condition of Cang Yan's uncle, withering eyes, a weak pale body, and heavy and slow breathing, that was how Cang Yan's uncle's body was now, his face adorned with his big nose with characteristic narrow eyes and a mouth that originally contained a cowardly impression of soul, now turned into a dying soul.

His soul was now thrashing in agonizing pain, the distinctive odor of his body gradually turned into a pungent fishy smell.

"ohh no, uncle has earth root mushroom seeds"

"What is Hei Xing?" said uncle Bei Shen, followed by another uncle who also glanced at Hei Xing who was beside his right uncle Cang Yan who was sitting helplessly in a terrible condition.

"It's a rare mushroom, it often attacks animals, the mushroom is quite rare, I've met less than 5 times for this mushroom, that time I've seen a white dot red mushroom wolf, the uncles must know that it's the most familiar type of wolf, but the wolf was then accidentally exposed to its seed and eventually became like uncle Cang Yan now."

"Earth root mushroom? But why is it up there?"

"Uncle, usually the young seed will grow up into a small ball, then fall down, then it will grow into a mature mushroom while hanging on to the roots of a nearby tree, then it takes its seed from the tree and keeps repeating, that's how I observed it, and this is the 6th tree I've seen it on."

"Will he die?"

"Uncle I don't really know what the antidote is, because only the wolf I told you about, which I myself saw the process of death."

Uncle Cang Yan who was sitting limply leaning against a tree near Bei Shen, he glanced at Hei Xing, his sick body and face were significantly weakened and unable to even speak, in his mind now he was pleading to nature to save himself.

("Please, ancestors, blessings of ancestors, or whatever deity, save me, I can't suffer like this, even sitting down hurts so much")

"Damn, after we helped him down, even now he is become like this" Yong Chun complained.

"Yong Chun, why are you like this huh? If you were him, would you do the same thing you are doing now huh?" shouted uncle Bei Shen in annoyance because of Yong Chun's unstable attitude.

"Hey Xing, can't you really think of a small solution, or at least to suppress the mushroom seeds infection?" asked Uncle Feng Ge.

"Uncle, I know one way but it is very risky and painful" said Hei Xing firmly.

"oh just explain" said uncle Feng Ge.

"We have to cut off both of his arms, and his legs, and for his abdomen, we have to slice his skin, but it will be very painful and make uncle Cang Yan suffer for life, I believe it is because of the too much mushroom seeds on his body that causes him to limp because his vitality is absorbed" said Hei Xing.

They all immediately looked at Cang Yan who was sitting, with her weak body she was breathing heavily and with difficulty, Cang Yan felt very scared in her heart, she then tried to blink her eyes slowly.

"He blinks!, does that mean he agrees?" said Uncle Hong Ling curiously.

Uncle Cang Yan who heard that felt angry, very angry, but unable to do anything about it, he then tried to widen his eyes.

"oh he responded?"

"Cang Yan if you agree with the plan to cut off your infected limbs, blink if you dou, and don't blink if you don't want, I give you 10 breaths, your choice determines your life in the future" said uncle Bei Shen firmly.

Hei Xing and Uncle Feng Ge looked at Uncle Cang Yan's condition with their hearts full of compassion, both of them almost shedding tears with their eyes full of tears.

While Uncle Yong Chun watched from his place, while biting and rubbing his lips with his teeth, he looked at Cang Yan with eyes that portrayed fear, worry, as well as other strangely mixed feelings.

Uncle Hong Ling was the same, only he was more curious about what would happen in the future but still with a hard gloomy face, he stood up while crossing his legs and leaning on his spear, with both hands crossed on the spear.

Wu Cang Yan, the lone uncle who was orphaned when he was the same age as Wu Liang now, as both his parents died of the icy night flu.

He didn't receive much guidance from the elders and spent the rest of his life just helping forage for herbs in the first forest, sometimes helping Hei Tai cut down trees, sometimes helping uncle Zhou harvest his share of wheat grass.

The other uncles wanted to teach him but because of his weak mentality, he often stopped at the halfway, but it was only recently that he had the courage to do so.

Uncle Cang Yan then tried to hold back his eyes, but he himself could not stand his current condition, suddenly his tears fell and made him almost close his eyes.

"ah he blinked" Yong Chun said groggily.

"Well, if that's what you want, where's that iron blade?" asked Uncle Bei Shen, then he gripped the iron blade of his sword tightly in his hand.

("Shit!!, it's not like that, urghh bastard!! I didn't ask for such a fucking, bastard, asshole argh, I'm going to die like that")

"Cang Yan, I hope you won't die in the future, your life might not be the same as before, but h-hey... at least you're still alive right" said uncle Bei Shen groggily and his heart trembled deeply.

("Your ass, better kill me now, you damn Yong Chun, damn tears, all of you bastards are scum!!!") Uncle Cang Yan cursed in his mind.

"gahh!!!" shuut, the next moment Uncle Bei Shen swung his slightly stacked iron word from above then came down hard to slice through Uncle Cang Yan's infected right arm.

The fishy-smelling blood came out abundantly and stung the nose, the slightly dark blood mixed with dark green slightly spurted everywhere, the tendon fibers broke off one by one revealing the bones that had been cracked by uncle Bei Shen, then afterwards uncle Bei Shen swung again a few times and shattered the arm bones and cut off the infected arm completely, as a result there was a network of roots growing along uncle Cang Yan's flesh.

"That means it's true, humans and animals do have more vitality than plants so they can grow quickly". Hei Xing said while covering his nose and mouth.

Then Uncle Bei Shen cut off the rest of the infected part of his body, and now his stomach was left.

Uncle Cang Yan then shook his head slowly and glanced at his stomach, vaguely telling him not to take care of his stomach.

Everyone realized and stopped for a moment.

"Arghh I hate to say this but if he really doesn't want to, then let it go" said Yong Chun's uncle.

"Yong Chun, that's enough, you should learn something from this" Bei Shen's uncle shouted with an annoyed and angry face.

"I'm sorry, but that's the reality of what's happening now" Yong Chun's uncle said sorry but his face only showed a faintly annoyed expression.

"Your fickle nature please fix it, your actions are not much help now" Uncle Bei Shen said kindly to Uncle Yong Chun, Uncle Yong Chun himself was not too different from Uncle Cang Yan, it was just that he had a very free mind in his early youth.

"Never mind you two, the most important thing now, let's take this Cang Yan to Huang's physician" said uncle Feng Ge trying to break up the dispute from the two.

"Alright, let's forget about this, Hong Ling please dispose of the meat with Yong Chun, I will bandage Cang Yan's hands and feet."

After that Hei Xing went back to the front to check the situation for safe passage, Uncle Feng Ge helped Uncle Bei Shen bandage the severed body parts with his blue clothes, leaving a white underwear set that was wet with sweat, as well as Uncle Bei Shen who also bandaged Uncle Cang Yan.

"uh... there's nothing we can do now to deal with his stomach, I hope Huang's physician has a cure" said uncle Bei Shen while bandaging uncle Cang Yan's right arm and right calf leaving the thigh to the tip of the knee.

"It's good that it will be like that, lucky is not very helpful, but at least hope is better" replied uncle Feng Ge.

Uncle Bei Shen glanced at Uncle Feng Ge because of his words just now, he was stunned for a moment and then nodded lightly in response, while then going back to continue repairing the wound dressing loop made from their blue set of clothes.

"Alright we've thrown away a lot and we planted" Hong Ling's uncle said steadily.

"We have to advance further than them, and it happens to be raining today, what a Bad Luck situation" Uncle Bei Shen said casually.

After that, Uncle Feng Ge helped Uncle Bei Shen carry Uncle Cang Yan on his back body, Uncle Cang Yan was now unable to do anything, just resigned to his situation, his face which was originally deathly pale, returned a little fresh, but the expression on his face and eyes became even more gloomy.

"Let's go now" Uncle Bei Shen said firmly.