"Young Master Fang, we are ashamed!"
The four, including Qi Tian, were deeply dejected by the result and spoke helplessly.
Fang Qianyuan had paid to hire them, spent money purchasing Scorpion Bug materials, and toiled at Combined Refinement for over a month.
Yet after paying such a great price, all he had refined were Gu Worms fit only to give away.
Fang Qianyuan did not mind, however, and instead reassured them. "It's all right. You've already done more than enough for me these past few weeks."
Before the four could apologize again, Fang Qianyuan waved a hand to stop them and continued, "There are still plenty of things I'll need to trouble you four with. Don't feel pressured. Just do your best."
What Fang Qianyuan needed Qi Tian and the others to work on was, naturally, how to preserve the Gu Worms' innate nature while continuously refining them to grow stronger, ultimately achieving advancement.
There were certainly past experiences they could draw upon, but luck played a part as well.
Fang Qianyuan intended to have them research the matter to improve his chances of success.
Qi Tian and the others did not think much of it when they heard this. They merely assumed that Fang Qianyuan was very optimistic about the results of Combined Refinement and believed that sooner or later, he would obtain the supreme-grade Gu Worm he wanted. When that happened, advancing it to earth rank would indeed become an issue.
Come to think of it, nature's handiwork was truly wondrous.
Tiny insect creatures began far below ordinary living beings, yet they could mutate and evolve more easily, even advancing to earth rank or heaven tier.
They achieved this through brutal competition and elimination. Their sheer reproductive numbers proved everything.
After reassuring the four, Fang Qianyuan continued deepening