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Chapitre 7

"Damn it, if that monster gets the artifact, my Anfeng Talisman will never be able to subdue him!" Professor Lin thought with a chill.

He put his right hand in his mouth and bit down hard again, then quickly drew a "Summon Six Ding Soldiers Talisman" in the air with his finger while shouting: "Where is the Great General? Where are the Golden Boy and Jade Girl? Linghua, appear!"

The whisk abruptly stopped, hovering in mid-air before slowly flying back towards Professor Lin. The monster followed, its speed increasing as the whisk accelerated. In a flash, white smoke also arrived in pursuit. All three objects simultaneously struck Professor Lin's body.

A brilliant light shone forth, and the strange sounds ceased abruptly. No one knew what had happened within the eye of light. Only dying breaths and Professor Lin's shout could be heard. When someone tentatively opened their eyes, a thick white mist still shrouded the center of the altar.

Everyone looked at each other, forgetting to continue reciting the purification mantra. They just stared blankly at the cloud of mist.

A dark figure slowly emerged from the mist. His feather cloak was tattered, and his wounds were bleeding profusely. He was exhausted and carried a copper willow whisk in his left hand. His right hand tightly gripped a dark red piece of flesh with three fingers. The flesh still bore the "Anfeng Symbol" drawn in his blood.

It's Professor Lin!

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Reply [30]: Postscript: China News Service report: "Tai Sui" descends upon Zhaoqing, Guangdong

(2003-02-25)

Currently, on Sun Island in Seven Star Crags, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, tourists flock every day to catch a glimpse of the "Tai Sui".

At the exhibition area below the Bafang Tianshu Pavilion on the island's Golden Summit, a piece of flesh weighing about 150 kilograms, which is still slowly growing, is immersed in an octagonal glass vessel that is 80 centimeters high and 1 meter in diameter and contains brown nutrient solution. It is slightly floating, with the part in the water being white, like a piece of "fatty meat" that is about to drip with juice. From time to time, tiny bubbles rise from the nutrient solution, and the resulting water vapor adheres to the glass wall.

Staff explained that the fleshy mass is the legendary "Tai Sui" or "meat Ganoderma," scientifically known as "extra-large rare slime mold complex." It is said that this is the first time "Tai Sui" has been displayed in Guangdong.

According to information from the island, Du Zhanmeng, a farmer from Zhouzhi County, Shaanxi Province, first discovered the "meat-like fungus" in 1992. At the time, it was called an "unidentified organism" or "strange meat," attracting attention from various media outlets in mainland China. After years of historical research and scientific investigation by biological scientists, it has been confirmed that the "strange meat" is the same as the "Shi Rou," "Ju Rou," "Feng," "Tai Sui," and "meat-like fungus" recorded in the mythological historical book "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" by Li Shizhen, a physician of the Ming Dynasty. Modern medicine has named it a large slime mold complex.

Reishi mushroom, resembling a fleshy body, comes in various colors. Its shapes include coral-like, fleshy, fatty, and liver-like. Its surface is smooth and porous, like solid ice, with distinct layers. The texture is delicate and elastic; eating it raw feels like eating jellyfish. It retains its vitality even after being frozen at -18 degrees Celsius. After being removed from the nutrient solution, it does not spoil even after being placed under high temperature and direct sunlight for many days. Li Shizhen, in his *Compendium of Materia Medica*, classified Reishi mushroom under the "Vegetables" category, calling it a "superior medicine" with special effects on some intractable diseases. Long-term consumption can lead to a light body, longevity, and even immortality.

The Tai Sui, as a living organism, truly exists. Ancient people hypothesized that the Tai Sui was a celestial body that moved at the same speed as Jupiter, but in the opposite direction. Legend has it that wherever the Tai Sui went, a fleshy object would appear underground in that corresponding location; this object was the embodiment of the Tai Sui. Disturbing the earth in that location would disturb the Tai Sui, a practice known as "disturbing the Tai Sui."

The Classic of Mountains and Seas from the pre-Qin period records, "There is a piece of flesh in the sea, black in color, five inches long, as big as a child's arm, with a belly, no mouth or eyes, and thirty feet. It can be roasted and eaten." Tian Rucheng of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the Records of West Lake that Dong Biaoyi dug up a piece of flesh while dismantling a house, and the sorcerer said it was "the Grand Duke Jupiter".

Historical records indicate that after unifying the six kingdoms, Qin Shi Huang heard of a miraculous elixir in the east that could grant immortality and ascension to immortality. In the 28th year of his reign, he personally led an army eastward to search for this elixir. He also ordered Xu Fu, a renowned physician from Shandong, to lead three thousand young boys and girls from Langya Town in Shandong to Penglai, then eastward across to Japan, reaching the Fangzhang area of Yingzhou in search of the elixir. Research suggests that the miraculous elixir of immortality that Qin Shi Huang ordered Xu Fu to find was the "flesh-like spirit mushroom" (肉灵芝).

When Dr. Tsung-Dao Lee visited the Ganoderma lucidum plant, he praised it as having great development value. Some biologists believe that the Ganoderma lucidum is an ancient organism or fossil left by nature, dating back to the Cretaceous period. It is the oldest living specimen of an ancient organism discovered on Earth to date. Some American biologists, after studying it, believe that it is the ancestor of humans and all animals and plants, calling it the "biological He Shi Bi".

Mainland experts believe that *Ganoderma lucidum* is a living organism that feeds on bacteria, yeast, mold spores, and other microorganisms, and uses cellulose, chitin, and chitin as nutrients. Its body contains 50% protein and nucleic acid, as well as yeast and mold. Professor Li Guangmin, a biologist, believes that *Ganoderma lucidum* is an ancient protozoan capable of peristalsis, exhibiting characteristics of both protozoa and fungi. Microscopic observation reveals its motile cells with two flagella, and the flagella at one end of the motile cells can be seen non-selectively ingesting food particles. (End)