Seeing Song Wen appear, Mutu hurriedly spoke.
"Fellow Daoist Feng, I am willing to resolve your troubles with the Gu Worm. I ask only that you leave an opening in your net and give me a chance to possess a body and be reborn."
Before Song Wen could respond, Bi Xiaoyu's voice rang out first.
"Mutu, stop indulging in wishful thinking. You've witnessed such an enormous secret of his. How could he possibly let you go?" Bi Xiaoyu said disdainfully.
The secret Bi Xiaoyu mentioned clearly referred to the black hole in Song Wen's Sea of Consciousness and Shadow Void, who stood nearby.
Song Wen's expression darkened, and a cold smile curled his lips.
"Fellow Daoist Bi, do you consider yourself exceptionally clever?"
A mass of molten gold slowly coalesced before Song Wen.
As the golden liquid churned, it released billowing waves of heat. Mutu and Bi Xiaoyu felt their souls ache, as though they were being roasted over a raging fire.
"Please wait, Fellow Daoist." Bi Xiaoyu swallowed, her expression terrified. "I can resolve your troubles with the Gu Worm. I ask only that you grant me a quick death."
Song Wen waved his hand, dispersing the molten gold, then explained the Gu Worm's problem to them in detail.
Mutu rushed to answer. "Fellow Daoist Feng, I did not deceive you earlier. Your Gu Worm's condition should indeed stem from an inadequate innate foundation. Forcing it to advance to the fifth tier caused its soul to fall into disorder. The only way to resolve this is to remedy its innate deficiencies."
"Oh?" Song Wen raised an eyebrow, his interest immediately stirred. "Innate deficiencies can be remedied?"
As Song Wen understood it, a Gu Worm's innate deficiencies were equivalent to a cultivator having poor Spiritual Root aptitude.
The fact that