"That doesn't matter. All you need to know is that if you agree, this Immortal Herb is yours."
A faint smile lifted the corners of Su Ge's lips as he coaxed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
Among the Immortal Herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, this one had relatively little effect on humans. Though rich in ice energy, it was ill-suited for the human body to absorb.
Its vast energy was, on the contrary, far more suitable for Soul Beasts to absorb.
For the vast majority of ice-attribute Soul Beasts, then, it was a rare treasure born of heaven and earth.
"No!"
Yet the moment Su Ge finished speaking, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm rejected him without hesitation, shaking his head like a rattle drum.
He forcibly suppressed the longing in his eyes, then watched Su Ge with undisguised wariness as he backed away.
"I'm alive and well. Why should I sacrifice myself to you?"
"Besides, why you're here and how you found me are both extremely suspicious. So forget about any sacrifice!"
The smile slowly faded from Su Ge's face. He straightened and simply watched the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in silence.
It seemed he had been too naive. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had yet to become a million-year Soul Beast, and had yet to experience the despair of knowing that Soul Beasts could never become gods.
Nor had he developed abilities such as becoming a Wisdom Soul Ring or sealing his own energy.
Without that knowledge or those abilities, the one thing the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm currently had in abundance was confidence. Getting him to sacrifice himself was all but impossible.
"Why don't we just kill him? The energy inside him may be terrifying, but an Ice Silkworm isn't necessarily a match for