Morning.
Liu Jun opened his eyes, a hint of amazement in his gaze.
Thought, reading.
He has done this countless times in his life.
This is the daily practice of a scholar. Previously, Liu Jun's memory cloud had downloaded various books, ancient books, modern books, sea-themed books...
But this night, this particular book... brought him an unprecedented special reading experience.
"Truly, it was a dream of millet porridge full of character."
Liu Jun smiled.
This world somewhat overlaps with previous historical records, and it even includes the "Pillow Book."
In the story, Lu Sheng meets the Saint Lv Weng at an inn in Handan and laments his poverty.
"Money is nothing but dirt."
Lv Weng took a blue porcelain pillow and let Lu Sheng sleep, covering him with a force field, bringing him into a thoughtful dream as the innkeeper was cooking millet rice.
In the dream, Lu Sheng enjoyed all the luxuries and achieved great success. When he woke, the innkeeper's millet rice wasn't yet cooked.
Lu Sheng also gained enlightenment overnight and left to learn the ways of the Immortals.
Later generations summarized this story into the idiom "A Dream of Millet Porridge," also a famous tale of a Great Scholar receiving the blessing of longevity with a touch on the crown.
"Unfortunately, such a beautiful era of reading, with valiant Confucian Scholars, poetry and discussions on law, how has it become like this now?"
Liu Jun drew the curtains and opened the window.
In Rehe City, known as the fog city, the day was as usual, with raindrops pattering down outside the window.
Rain falls on the window flowers.
Freshly red window flowers pasted by his parents during the past Year of the Ox had long been corroded by acid rain beyond recognition.
"The Amber Swallowtail Butterfly of the Low Wisdom Mushroom didn't absorb the With Light and Dust Mushroom but only brought it back to the tribe; I wonder if it's unable to absorb it or if it needs certain conditions?"
"Is it possible that only I, the Fungus Lord, can bear multiple mushroom talents?"
Liu Jun pondered.
To be honest, the gains from this experiment were quite significant.
Third stage!
He unexpectedly advanced to the third-stage Intelligent Brain in one go.
Is this the talent of an Innate Saint?
No, perhaps it also involves some kind of power from the mushrooms.
Although he didn't know the hidden information about the Innate Saints from the higher-ups, he instinctively felt that the cultivation speed of an Innate Saint was not that fast.
Listening to the wind and rain while reading all night, the sunrise thunder cuts through thousands of troops.
Entering the third stage in one night, throughout ancient history, only one person has created such a shocking legend.
However, scholars are usually idealists, with realizations from dragon fields and enlightenment under bodhi trees. A single realization surpassing reading thousands of books is not impossible.
Anyway, entering the third stage in one night of reading, this butterfly indeed shocked Liu Jun!
"The value of 'Low Wisdom' is still rising."
"But many talents have hidden side effects. Perhaps, like now, I can first find a test subject to observe in the Mushroom Soup, then extract it once it's qualified."
Through this spiritual thought, Liu Jun observed the future path for himself and discovered various uses for the Talent Mushroom.
It's important to know.
Every time he accumulates 100% energy, he can perform a selection from three talents.
The two-thirds of the mushroom talents he can't extract, as backups, float in the sandbox world of the Mushroom Soup—isn't that a waste?
Similar situations like the Amber Swallowtail Butterfly would likely occur more often in the future!
What will this structure specifically develop into in the future?
A new vision emerged in Liu Jun's mind.
Each divine authority descending from the skies in the world of Mushroom Soup!
Each time taking one, leaving two!
If the remaining mushrooms also gain wisdom in the future, wouldn't they also be other deities? Becoming the Light God? Wind God? Radiation God?
And, in some sense, the Phoenix Butterfly rules over wisdom, bestowing the root of wisdom to all things?
Obviously, they are just cute little mushrooms with (•́へ•́╬) expressions!
Liu Jun chuckled, closed the window, lay back on the bed, stared blanks at the ceiling, gradually calming his excitement, returning to a normal state.
"This big pot of Mushroom Soup is full of potential, should I add more sand, water, and clay to make it a small paradise?"
"Mushroom farmers always build mushroom rooms."
"What I have here is entirely similar, a pot of Mushroom Soup, without materials, how can I cook talents out of it?"
"In fact, I can throw in more ancient existences from human history—Jurassic giant butterflies, ancient apes from the Ancient Ape Era, mummies from over ten thousand years ago, emperors from thousands of years ago..."
"It's a pity, I'm too poor, and the world's management is relatively strict. I also live in the city, otherwise, I would sneak some mud and materials, simulate mushrooms, cultivate Telekinesis..."
"But now, the entire pot of Mushroom Soup is just water, with only a floating mushroom dreaming... It's somewhat pitiful, like a brain in a vat dreaming of stories from its previous life."
He kept contemplating, thinking far ahead, considering various possibilities.
After all, without dreams, how are people different from assembly line Intelligent Brains petrified by carbon crystals?
In this scholar's world, now fiercely competitive even to the neurons, one must think a hundred steps ahead.
"Though my plan to sell this Amber Swallowtail Butterfly Intelligent Brain might fail, losing out on millions."
"However, as long as I break into the third stage and enter the Thunder Realm level, earning some small money through other channels is certainly not a problem."
He opened the internet, began gathering various information, looking for opportunities to earn money that suited him.
...
Two days passed by.
Significant changes occurred in the Mushroom Soup.
The size of the Phoenix Butterfly kept growing, now reaching the size of a dining table, with two soft butterfly wings enveloping its body in deep slumber, transforming into a butterfly egg, drifting in the chaotic Mushroom Soup,
Its aura gradually became more powerful.
Its cognitive waves continuously grew stronger.
Growing inch by inch, like a mysterious egg slumbering in chaos.
"Will the Phoenix Butterfly, like Lu Sheng in the 'Pillow Book,' discover in its dream that its world is false, and this Great Scholar Butterfly, achieving enlightenment in an instant, open up the skies and earth in the yet-formed chaos of this broth?"
Suddenly, Liu Jun's imagination ran wild.
This big pot indeed somewhat resembles the time before chaos was parted?
Now, as he no longer considers killing the Amber Swallowtail Butterfly, Liu Jun's concepts naturally shifted to another path.
Opening the Mushroom Soup.
The starry nebula-like wings of the Phoenix Butterfly quivered slightly with its breathing.
In its dreams, its thoughts stretched far and wide, as if waking, the instant it opens its eyes, it will create heaven and earth.
And the three talent mushrooms in the Mushroom Soup were also wrapped in the butterfly wings, turning into three treasures accompanying it into the dream.
Unfortunately.
Though powerful, the other three talent mushrooms lacked the Wisdom talent and didn't have intelligent brains; they were just ignorant Talent Mushrooms.
And in the dream, the Little Phoenix Butterfly was still silly, straightforward, just knowing how to eat and eat.
But in reality, it was already the most intelligent creature of the Jurassic Era.
After all, in the time of beasts, what mind wasn't preoccupied with food?
Following the instructions Liu Jun left, it underwent another trial, acquiring the Divine Object, 'Divine Wind Ear,' granting it the mysterious ability to wield Wind Energy.
Liu Jun specifically glanced at the absurd Historian.
'Butterfly Era Year 35: Divine Trial, the Royal History, achieving the path, the diary.'
Liu Jun: "..."
Immature, just a bunch of innocent little creatures, it's all food diaries.
Yet it became a true hero among the simple-minded butterfly group after completing two major trials.
A group of naive butterflies, the chronicles they were told to write by Liu Jun also became their chronicle of a food diary.
Under the loud clamoring of the Amber Swallowtail Butterfly, it even began to attack the delicious dinosaurs to expand territory.
The nation was expanding.
The group grew.
Liu Jun had them write a chronicle. Every time he read their chronicle, it was strangely heartwarming to some degree.
In the clamor of the Amber Swallowtail Butterfly, it began to attack the delicious dinosaurs, expanding its territory.
The kingdom expanded.
The group grew.
Liu Jun let them write the chronicle, which turned into a straightforward diary of gluttonous creatures, making him inexplicably amused every time he read it.
But he only hoped that in its dream, the butterfly would reach enlightenment, learn from past experiences, become wise, cleanse its soul, and eventually break through to the enlightenment known as the fourth level Telekinesis Master, the Electric Realm.
This is the realm of legends.