In the wooden box, there are three spiritual silkworms in total, transparent all over, about the size of a thumb, looking withered, without a bit of vitality, in a half-dead state.
It was at the mont the wooden box was opened, as a large amount of air surged in, that the three little creatures showed a hint of vitality.
They blinked their eyes, slightly arched their bodies, and made an action as if they were going to spin silk.
However, they tried for a long ti but only wetted the area around their mouths slightly, without spinning any silk, and did not make any other movents.
Looking at these three small insects that seed about to die, Lu Ping’s gaze sharpened, and a hint of joy gradually arose in his heart.
"What kind of silkworms are these, half-dead, should we destroy them together?"
Lu Changfeng saw the three little creatures looking quite unappealing and close to death and casually said.
The others did not recognize this kind of spirit worm either, only thinking it was a regular spirit worm, and had no intention of refuting Lu Changfeng.
"Foolish!"
Lu Ping’s voice, at this mont, sounded in Lu Changfeng’s mind, startling him.
"Father, what exactly are these?"
Just a casual sentence led his father to scold him; even if Lu Changfeng were foolish, he could guess these three spiritual silkworms must be sothing special or precious.
"Golden Silk."
Lu Ping, no longer in the mood to swear, watched those silken threads gather together to form a very small golden cocoon, as if made of pure gold, and explained.
"These are Golden Silk Silkworms, also known as Puppet Silkworms, an ancient spirit insect that has long been extinct in the Lingxi State Cultivation Realm..."
To enlighten Lu Zhiwei as well, Lu Ping included her in the group chat, using communication to inform her of the origin of the Golden Silk Silkworms.
As a long-extinct ancient spirit insect, compared to those famous ancient demon beasts, the destructive power of Golden Silk Silkworms is not only weak, but they also inherently possess no power.
Even an ordinary bird could easily eliminate these three little creatures, pecking them effortlessly.
This fatal weakness of the Golden Silk Silkworm is the fundantal reason for its extinction.
But to say it is entirely useless is evidently impossible.
Its most powerful and famous ability is its lifebound divine technique.
The silk spun by them is impervious to water and fire, resistant to swords, elastic to an extre, and terrifyingly adhesive.
Once a Golden Silk Silkworm hides in the shadows, spinning silk to secretly attack the enemy, the almost invisible silk can instantly penetrate the body’s aperture, wander through the Eight Extraordinary ridians, extract the enemy’s essence and blood, causing the enemy to be unable to escape and gradually be consud.
Eventually, under the continuous consumption by the Golden Silk Silkworm, even the divine soul cannot escape the disaster, becoming a walking corpse without consciousness though with cultivation still present.
At this ti, the Golden Silk Silkworm can further exploit its lifebound divine technique, preserving the enemy’s body and entire dao practice, so its cultivation neither increases nor decreases, becoming a puppet it inhabits, used to rove the world, reproduce and thrive.
The na Puppet Silkworm for the Golden Silk Silkworm also originated from this.
With this defying-heaven lifebound divine technique, the longer the Golden Silk Silkworm lives, the stronger the puppet it inhabits becos.
Capturing a Nascent Soul Old Monster and inhabiting it as a controlled puppet is not surprising.
This ancient spirit insect would make even an ancient great divine power user retreat and evade when encountered, not daring to provoke in the slightest.
If Lu Ping encountered it, in line with his way of doing things, the first reaction would not be to capture but to flee imdiately.
One must admit defeat when necessary.
Upon learning of the origin of the Golden Silk Silkworm, possessing such defying-heaven divine techniques, Lu Zhiwei and Lu Changfeng’s expressions instantly changed.
At this mont, looking again at the three seemingly harmless Golden Silk Silkworms in the wooden box, they suddenly felt fear and instinctively took a step back.
Fortunately, fortunately looking at the situation, these three little creatures appear in a half-dead state, already extrely weak, unable to spin silk any ti soon, otherwise the consequences would be unthinkable.
"Alright, they need to rest for a year or two now, during which they absolutely cannot spin silk, so there is no need to worry too much."
Lu Ping said, "Do not mind them, keep them well in this wooden box. How to deal with them in the future will be thought out by , first take them back to the sect."
One must admire the luck of Gu Daoist, able to find such extinct ancient spirit insects in Lingxi State like these and carry three with him, his fortune is impressive indeed.
Looking at the current Lingxi State, these are likely the only remaining three Golden Silk Silkworms.
Lu Zhiwei nodded, carefully closed the wooden box, and put it into the Storage Bag.
Continuing to examine Gu Daoist’s Storage Bag, the last valuable item was the Shenxiao Decree.
Gu Daoist carried a total of two Shenxiao Decrees, having used one previously, now leaving this one untriggered, landing in the hands of Lu Zhiwei and the others.
Having witnessed the power of the Shenxiao Decree personally, such an exotic treasure must be kept as a trump card to carry around.
As for who to give it to?
Lu Ping imdiately gave the instruction to bring it back to the Cyan Mountain Sect, handing it to Lu Yuanshan.
This thing, Lu Ping decided to keep for three or four years, until the expedition against the Black Water Profound Snake to use it.
Regarding the spirit stones in the Storage Bag, Gu Daoist is truly poor, with only sixty or so, which will be deposited as funds into the sect’s treasury.
After taking stock of the haul, everyone finally took action, burning the treasure bottle along with all the gu insects inside.
The treasure bottle is rely a storage magical artifact, similar to a spirit beast bag, and having been tainted by the gu insect, it has beco an evil dao’s spiritual artifact, which righteous cultivators using might easily have their minds affected, destruction is the best choice.
Inside there are probably a thousand or more gu insects, of various kinds.
Most of these gu insects are highly poisonous; once released into Lushan County, it could easily cause harm to civilians not to ntion greatly disrupt the ecological balance, hence they cannot be kept.
After cleaning out these, during the subsequent conversation with Xu ngyuan, they learned about his injury status.
The situation is very grim.
Having tangled with Gu Daoist, having sustained damage to his vital energy, and impaired his dao body, Xu ngyuan now appears spiritually powerful, no different from a normal cultivator.
But the source of his life energy is already extrely unstable, showing symptoms of qi and blood decline.
A cultivator in Qi Cultivation state, right before reaching Foundation Establishnt, must ensure qi and blood are abundant and magical power is thick, so as to forge a Dao Foundation, elevating and refining the physical body.
Unless nearing the end of lifespan, showing aging or being severely injured damaging the dao body, these situations would cause qi and blood decline.
Xu ngyuan is an Eighth-Layer Qi Cultivation Cultivator, having practiced the Chang Chun Technique for many years to nurture the dao body, extending his lifespan, theoretically could still live for twenty or thirty more years without issue.
But now, forget twenty years, even one year has beco problematic.
The injuries left by Gu Daoist directly caused his life span to co close to its end, about to pass away in Guangde County.
Upon knowing Xu ngyuan’s condition, Lu Changfeng couldn’t help but feel his heart aching.
"Elder ng Yuan, why don’t you co back to the Cyan Mountain Sect with us to recuperate, the sect will try to find ways to prolong your life and treat you, the matter of overseeing Guangde County, the Sect Master will think of another way."
"Mm, please Elder ng Yuan return to the sect with us."
Lu Zhiwei also spoke, unable to bear seeing Xu ngyuan in such a condition.
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