After some debate, most of the team agreed to go and take a look. They weren't afraid of monsters, so it would be embarrassing if they were scared by ghosts!

The gentlemen who were secretly protecting the children noticed the children's discussion and started talking about it as well.

Mr. A said, "What are they talking about? I didn't notice anything unusual just now."

Mr. C: "Should we go and investigate?"

Mr. A: "It shouldn't be anything dangerous. If it were, that child would have been in trouble already."

Mr. B suggested, "Let's go check it out first, just in case there's any real danger."

Before the group decided to go, Mr. A and Mr. B went to scout out the situation.

Based on Da Bao's description of the black mushroom, they quickly found their target.

The two observed from a distance but found no signs of the spirits appearing, which puzzled them. They approached to investigate and found several black mushrooms scattered around. The mushrooms were about the size of a palm and were pure black. Normally, they wouldn't have paid much attention to mushrooms with such a muted color, but Erbao had mentioned them, so they squatted down to examine them closely.

Mr. A said, "No phenomenon of soul parasitism was found. Could it be that Young Master Qi is mistaken?"

Mr. B was silent for a moment, then looked at it carefully again and said, "Can you associate this mushroom with any species? I don't seem to have ever seen such a mushroom in any book."

Mr. A shook his head: "I've never seen this kind of mushroom before." However, he had seen many species before, so he didn't find it particularly strange.

He thought for a moment and then said, "This mushroom doesn't have any spiritual energy, so it must be an ordinary species. It's not surprising that you haven't seen it before."

Mr. B agreed somewhat: "You're not wrong. But... but, if this is an ordinary species, it's quite strange that we haven't seen it before."

Mr. A: "This mushroom is so inconspicuous that even if you've seen it before, you might not remember it. You might have seen it a long time ago, but you just didn't bother to remember it."

Mr. B covered his hands with spiritual energy and walked towards one of the small mushrooms. He tried to pick it and examined it carefully, but found nothing unusual.

Mr. A said, "See? I told you there was no problem. Let's go back; those kids are about to come over." Mr. B interrupted, "Wait a minute. Didn't Young Master Qi just say that he urinated on this black mushroom and discovered the anomaly? Why don't we try it too?"

The two men exchanged a glance, and the atmosphere fell silent for a moment.

Mr. A coughed twice and spoke first: "Since you have such a plan, why don't you give it a try?"

Mr. B was a little embarrassed, but still agreed to his request: "Then turn around."

"We're all men, what are you so ashamed of?" Mr. A said this, but still turned away.

A moment later, Mr. A heard the sound of water, and then there were no other sounds. Somewhat anxiously, he asked, "How is it? Is there any reaction?"

Mr. B said, "Wait a minute, I'm not ready to pee yet!"

Mr. A said somewhat sarcastically, "Your aim is terrible; you can't even match a five-year-old's."

Mr. B, somewhat unconvinced, adjusted his aim and poured the water onto a black mushroom, shouting, "It hit! It hit!"

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"Is there a response?" Mr. A asked again.

Mr. B initially thought it was because he hadn't watered it long enough, but even after he had urinated on it all, the black mushrooms still didn't react.

The two gentlemen were somewhat puzzled. The second gentleman said, "Perhaps I am overthinking it."

"Over there, right over there!" Erbao's voice carried from afar.

Mr. A said, "They're here, let's go."

The two figures immediately disappeared.

Erbao had already led most of the children in the group over, and everyone was gathered around the few black mushrooms.

Bei Xiao covered his nose and said, "Qi Boyue, what did you eat? Your pee smells awful!"

Erbao also smelled the odor, frowned, and covered his nose: "My pee doesn't smell bad!" Erbao was really wronged. Qi Zhiheng fed him spiritual food with extremely pure spiritual energy, so even his pee wouldn't have a strong smell. This smell was created by Mr. Yi just now.

Da Bao said, "Let's take care of the important business first!"

Bei Xiao didn't press the issue further. He called out to Er Bao, "Didn't you say this mushroom would emit black smoke and scream? Why is there nothing here?"

Erbao took two more steps closer and said, "This is what happened. After I poured pee on it, I saw it start to smoke, and there was a scream."

Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian stood not far away, not showing themselves for the time being. They had heard what Erbao had said, but neither of them noticed anything unusual. They suspected that Erbao was making a fuss over nothing.

The children looked at the mushrooms for a while, and Bei Xiao suggested, "Since the strange things happened because they were splashed with pee, why don't we try it again!" As he spoke, he touched his waistband, looking eager to try.

Erbao swallowed hard. He had been genuinely startled by that piercing scream, but now, with so many people around, he had mustered his courage.

"Let's give it a try!"

Several boys stayed behind, while the girls shyly avoided them.

As soon as the bright yellow liquid was poured onto the mushrooms, plumes of black smoke rose up again, followed by a piercing scream! The situation was just like what Erbao had experienced before.

The combined screams created an even more terrifying effect. Although the children had prepared themselves mentally, they were still frightened by the sound and took a few steps back.

"There really is a ghost!" some of the more timid people shouted.

Qi Zhiheng, Yang Yitian, and several other teachers immediately rushed out upon seeing the commotion. Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian each carried a few children and moved a little further away from the mushroom field.

Several men also took their children and moved away.

The mushrooms on the ground were still emitting black smoke, which continued to rise and gradually formed a sticky, struggling head.

Erbao excitedly pointed to the black smoke that formed the skull: "That's it! That's what I just saw!"

Qi Zhiheng was speechless. His son really didn't know how to read the situation. He dared to shout like that even though the situation was unclear.

However, Qi Zhiheng did not perceive any threat at the moment, presumably because the skulls in the black smoke were not very powerful.

The three gentlemen breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian appear. Although they didn't understand how the two got here, they had never seen these black mushrooms before and didn't know what to do with them.

Qi Zhiheng said to the men holding children, "Let's leave here first." He was still holding several children and it wasn't convenient for him to go over and check on the situation.

After the group moved a few hundred meters away and put the child down, Qi Zhiheng said, "You all wait here for a while. I'll go check on the situation and then come back."

Yang Yitian said, "I'll stay here and keep watch. You can go without worry."

Qi Zhiheng nodded and went to check on the mushrooms.

"Greetings, Senior Yang!" The three gentlemen stepped forward and bowed.

Yang Yitian glanced at the group, recognizing them as the teachers sent to protect the children, and nodded to them, saying, "No need for formalities."

99

When Sanbao saw Yang Yitian, he ran over and hugged his leg, saying, "Daddy, did you come along because you were worried about us?"

Yang Yitian pinched Sanbao's cheek: "You wish! Your father brought his disciple here for training, and I just came along to check it out." As parents, it would seem like they didn't trust the academy to come along for training, so Yang Yitian naturally wouldn't admit to that.

Sanbao didn't dwell on it much, but Erbao believed Yang Yitian's words. He said, "I knew it, otherwise Father and Daddy would have come out when I first encountered this situation."

Yang Yi gently rubbed Erbao's head. What nonsense is this guy talking about? The reason he didn't react at that time was because he hadn't arrived yet, right?

When Qi Zhiheng returned to the location of the black mushroom, the black smoke there had disappeared, presumably dissipating into the air.

A pungent odor filled the air. Qi Zhiheng fanned the air around his nose; it was the sound of several people's urination coming from all directions! It would be strange if it didn't stink!

He cast a spell to disperse the surrounding air before approaching. There were two or three black mushrooms around, but those that had been killed by the urine were damaged, as if they had been corroded by strong acid. They were almost completely rotten, with only half of their white mushroom stems standing on the ground.

These mushrooms were probably sprayed with the slime, while the remaining few were unaffected.

Qi Zhiheng covered his hands with spiritual power and picked a fruit that was not affected. It looked normal from the outside. When he probed into it with his soul power, a faint demonic energy rushed into his sea of ​​consciousness along with his soul power!

Qi Zhiheng immediately enveloped the wisp of demonic energy with the power of gray mist! This feeling was extremely familiar; it was exactly the feeling he had when that person from Tianyuan Sect transferred demonic energy to him.

This demonic energy came very secretly; if it were anyone else, they would probably have been invaded by it long ago.

Qi Zhiheng held the black mushroom in his hand and fell into deep thought.

He returned to the children's midst, and Mr. A, somewhat anxious, stepped forward and asked, "Master Qi! Is there something wrong with these black mushrooms?"

Qi Zhiheng glanced at Mr. Jia and asked, "I saw you checked this mushroom earlier. Did you use your soul power to examine it?"

Mr. B stepped forward and said, "Master Qi, it was I who investigated, but my skills are not good enough and I did not see anything strange."

Qi Zhiheng said, "It's understandable that you can't see it. The things inside are hidden very well. Even if you are a Golden Core cultivator, you might not be able to figure out what's inside."