Feng Jun placed all the lured-out gu worms, including the mother worm, into jade boxes for storage and did not let Huahua devour them for the time being.
He felt it would be best to wait until they returned to the Blue Star Realm. Huahua was very likely to advance, and if it cultivated here, someone might notice.
Huahua agreed. Though it had bargained fiercely with Feng Jun, it was instinctively wary of this Small World where "Golden Cores were as common as dogs and Nascent Souls roamed everywhere."
Although it had not seen a single Golden Core, it had seen more than one Emergence from Dust Adept and had heard of people like Busheng the Real Person. That was enough to make it believe Feng Jun.
As a tiny Qi Refining Stage gu worm, the pressure was truly mountain-sized.
Still, there was good news. The ninth hatching had ended, producing nine young Thousand-Mechanism Worms. One had been congenitally deficient and had suffocated alive inside Liang Huan while breaking out of its shell. The Heavenheart Platform cultivators had no choice but to cut him open and remove the dead gu worm.
When it came to professional expertise, the Heavenheart Platform cultivators truly admired Feng Jun. With a casual point, he could precisely identify the dead worm's location, saving them a great deal of trouble.
Luo Shuchen was also convinced by that skill. However, after naturally selecting five young gu worms, he once again made a request of Feng Jun, hoping to observe the Azureglow Thousand-Mechanism Worm's growth.
What growth was there to observe? Feng Jun knew perfectly well that they simply wanted Huahua to have another feast.
Just as he was wondering how to refuse, Huangfu Wuxia returned to Pacify Arms Mountain.
This time, she brought a new request. She