After years of development, the art of controlling insects had evolved into two distinctly different schools, one tending toward stability and the other toward mutation. If Fang Qianyuan made up his mind to focus on either one, he could still accomplish a great deal.
Qi Tian and the others even possessed numerous combined refinement formulas derived from their predecessors' experience. They knew roughly what would result when particular varieties of scorpion bugs fought and devoured one another.
However, even with the art of controlling insects developed to its present level, no method had emerged that offered the best of both worlds and resolved the contradiction between stability and mutation.
Fang Qianyuan pondered for a long time before finally making up his mind. "Let him mutate again and develop a new innate gift!"
Qi Tian and the others were startled. This gu worm had already evolved into a high-grade spirit creature, yet Fang Qianyuan still was not satisfied.
Such boldness was certainly beyond an ordinary rogue cultivator.
In truth, ordinary rogue cultivators could also refine gu worms of this caliber through luck. But with limited funds and resources, they often had no choice but to fix their gu worms' forms and stabilize them completely.
Fang Qianyuan had previously refined him into a spirit creature. Now, he was willing to risk destroying him by attempting another mutation, all in pursuit of perfection.
Qi Tian and the others could not refuse. They could only do as instructed.
"Let's hope we succeed in one stroke this time! A supreme-grade spirit creature usually costs only a few thousand, but Young Master Fang has already spent over ten thousand spirit jade on the combined refinement of these gu worms!"
"Even if we fail, we'd better get a reasonably satisfactory innate gift out of the evolution. At