"Actually, these evolved mutant bugs already count as genuine gu worms. If converted into spirit creatures through a spirit formation, they would be usable too."
Seeing this outcome, Qi Tian and the others all tried to console Fang Qianyuan.
Fang Qianyuan did not mind. "It's all right. Keep going."
He had made up his mind, spending several thousand spirit jade to buy Scorpion Bugs as materials. At one point, he had even prepared a deposit, ready to spend tens of thousands of spirit jade!
That resolve was certainly not something the waste of a mere few hundred spirit jade could shake.
Besides, this batch of evolved mutant bugs was not entirely useless. At the very least, once they refined the Blood Dao gu worm Fang Qianyuan wanted, these could potentially serve as food or opponents to hone its abilities.
Seeing that the failure had not affected Fang Qianyuan, Qi Tian, Wang Wei, Lin Baiyang, and Chang He secretly admired him. Following his instructions, they began another round of Combined Refinement.
"Hiss!"
On another day, a piercing hiss rang out from the fighting basin.
A mutant snake bug, golden all over as though cast from solid gold, flashed like a streak of light into the body of the Golden Flower Spider before it.
The Golden Flower Spider convulsed, then suddenly shriveled all over, collapsing as though every drop of moisture had been drained from it.
Then its skin wriggled, and the golden snake bug slowly crawled out.
After this battle, its appearance underwent a strange transformation. The golden color faded away, replaced by dark red, with only gold markings remaining.
"Hm?" Qi Tian, who had been watching the two gu worms fight closely, ready to separate them before both suffered serious injuries, gave a soft exclamation at the sight, drawing everyone's