Time flew by.
Several months later, Aaron expressionlessly opened the bamboo basket, took out a venomous scorpion, and tossed it into the formation to feed the Golden Silkworm Gu.
The scorpion was blackish-purple all over, with a pearl growing from its head that emitted strange light. It was clearly an exceptionally formidable venomous creature.
Yet before the Golden Silkworm Gu, it cowered in extreme fear, not even daring to move.
Flapping its pair of cicada-wing-thin wings, the Golden Silkworm Gu turned into a streak of light and arrived before the Venom Pearl Scorpion. It bit off the scorpion's venom pearl in one mouthful and swallowed it.
The scorpion's tail drooped, and it died at once.
But the Golden Silkworm Gu could no longer be bothered to devour the corpse. Instead, Aaron saw an extremely humanlike emotion on its body. It even seemed to spit a few times, like a picky child—or as if it were saying, "This old master disdains such coarse fare!"
Golden Daoist had his disciples offer up creatures of the five poisons every day. Some were used to refine the Mysterious Female Pearl, while the rest were used to feed the Golden Silkworm Gu.
The Golden Silkworm Gu was the king of a hundred poisons!
As for how it was refined? Golden Daoist knew, but Xin Chen did not.
After moving into Golden Daoist's cave abode, Aaron's daily duties, aside from tending the furnace, included feeding the Golden Silkworm Gu.
Under the watchful eye of an evil cultivator in the Killing Intent Condensation realm, he did not dare make the slightest unnecessary move. He simply kept his head down, cultivating every day and handling Golden Daoist's miscellaneous affairs.
Squeak, squeak!
Having swallowed the scorpion pearl, the Golden Silkworm Gu's ferocious aura grew another degree stronger. With a