While Fang Qianyuan was cultivating his new finishing move, the "Seven-Kill Style," Qi Tian and the others had not been idle either.
They were not free-spirited True Disciples, but merely ordinary inner disciples.
Since they were employed by someone, they naturally had to work diligently and fulfill their duties.
In effect, Fang Qianyuan had paid to buy the time they could otherwise have spent cultivating and advancing, using it to research a reliable Evolution Method.
This was quite important to Fang Qianyuan, because he wanted to maintain his Golden-Wing Grub properly and even have it follow him into Earth Rank while preserving its original gifts.
After all the effort he had put in over this period, Fang Qianyuan had come to believe Jin Lu's original warning more and more.
Refining gu was indeed an undertaking with high costs and low returns. Setting out to obtain particular attributes and successfully refining them was practically a gamble.
Refining a heap of Gu Worms with unwanted attributes, or even losing one's entire investment, was the norm.
Yet life was full of surprises. Among those other Gu Worms of little apparent use, there was actually an unusual existence like the spellcasting gu.
Fang Qianyuan had discovered its potential and even derived a new finishing move from it. That truly counted as an unexpected gain.
This unexpected gain had even dispelled his original desire for a supreme-grade Blood Dao Gu Worm. He no longer felt those were particularly important.
"Young master, the sect's Administrative Affairs Institute has sent an invitation to watch the grand tournament. If you have time, you can go and watch."
During this period, his steward, Uncle Fu, also reminded him of something.
"Oh? Is another Sect Grand Tournament about to begin?" Fang Qianyuan asked with considerable interest.
"Yes. It's already early