The little silkworm is not very big, quite plump and cute, with large eyes full of spiritual nature. But perhaps because it had been asleep for too long, as soon as it emerged from the cocoon, its shiny big eyes showed some confusion.
Clearly, it still isn't aware of its current situation.
"What is this thing?"
"It looks somewhat like a fairly common spirit beast, the Ice Silkworm from the Northern Plains?"
"It doesn't seem to have any destructive power, nor pose any threat?"
Mu Jinyu and the Barbarian King exchanged glances, the look in their eyes shifting from extremely cautious to very cautious as they communicated through spiritual thought.
"Gurgle gurgle..."
While the ice silkworm was in a daze, it looked up and saw Mu Jinyu, then its big eyes brightened, and it swiftly lunged toward the storage bag hanging on Mu Jinyu's waist.
"Hmm?!"
Mu Jinyu sensed its movement the moment the ice silkworm reacted and instinctively tried to dodge it.
But to his astonishment, he couldn't evade this seemingly cultivation-less ice silkworm, and his storage bag's spiritual thought mark couldn't defend against the silkworm's invasion, allowing it to drill right in.
"That's impossible, isn't a storage bag unable to hold living creatures? How did it get in?"
A wave of disbelief surged through Mu Jinyu's heart as he found it hard to believe that the little ice silkworm could enter his storage bag.
And then, what followed filled him with heartache.
Because the storage bag the little ice silkworm drilled into was the one he used to store the Phoenix Tree Spirit Wood.
Moreover, this little ice silkworm had a huge appetite, swallowing a hundred-meter-long segment of the Phoenix Tree Wood in one gulp.
Even after swallowing the Phoenix Tree Wood, its form didn't expand to a hundred meters, remaining the size of a pinky finger.
I really don't know how it managed to eat it; perhaps its stomach is akin to a storage bag, capable of containing vast amounts?
And then, the little ice silkworm, having devoured one segment of Phoenix Tree Wood, didn't seem satisfied, and began to continue devouring another segment.
Seeing this, Mu Jinyu felt heartbreakingly pained, constantly trying to drive it out of the storage bag.
But no matter how he tried, he couldn't expel it, as if the storage bag no longer belonged to him.
Thus, Mu Jinyu could only attempt to retrieve the spiritual medicine and materials from the storage bag, but similarly, he could no longer affect the storage bag; he couldn't take out even a single strand.
Mu Jinyu's expression changed drastically; from the reaction of the storage bag, it was apparent this ice silkworm had a significant origin, though it appeared to have no cultivation, it was surely very terrifying.
Mu Jinyu suddenly felt a bit relieved that the first storage bag the ice silkworm entered only contained some Phoenix Tree Wood and other spiritual medicines and not the six spiritual medicines needed to cure the after-effects of soul seizing.
Otherwise, he might have cried to death.
Consequently, taking advantage as the ice silkworm was devouring the Phoenix Tree Wood and spiritual medicines, Mu Jinyu quickly moved the contents of his other storage bags into the Bi Fang Cauldron, then stored the Bi Fang Cauldron into his Dantian for nurturing.
Although he wasn't certain if the ice silkworm could enter his Dantian, it was better than keeping his items in the storage bag, waiting for it to eat them one by one.
Just as Mu Jinyu stored the Bi Fang Cauldron into his Dantian, the ice silkworm was also just finishing consuming everything in that storage bag.
Then, it climbed out of this storage bag and instinctively drilled into another storage bag on Mu Jinyu's waist, truly coming and going freely.
But after entering another storage bag, it saw the entirely empty interior of the storage bag and froze along with its expression.
It clearly didn't expect that the stuffed warehouse of spiritual medicines it had just seen could suddenly become empty?
Then, the little creature wandered dazedly into the remaining storage bags, but found none of the things it was looking for, finally wandering out confusedly.
Seeing this, Mu Jinyu exhaled slightly, his heart both anxious and relieved it didn't discover the Bi Fang Cauldron within his Dantian.
The Barbarian King had clearly already deduced what had happened from Mu Jinyu's reaction and the little ice silkworm's free movement in and out of storage bags. He was instantly as agitated as an ant on a hot pan, continuously trying to gather his storage bag's items and hide them away.
But unfortunately, he lacked a magic treasure like Mu Jinyu's cauldron, bell, furnace, or tower for storing items, ultimately only able to watch helplessly as the little ice silkworm emerged from Mu Jinyu's storage bag and darted straight toward his storage bag.
"Damn!"
The Barbarian King couldn't help but curse loudly, his face turning furious, and he slapped at the little ice silkworm.
This slap invoked the power of the Heaven and Earth Laws; although it seemed harmless, a mountain blocking the front would be destroyed, forcefully creating a path!
However, an unexpected scene occurred.
His slap accompanied by the surging Heaven and Earth Laws materialized, yet the little ice silkworm remained unhindered by the power of laws, able to move freely rather than awaiting slaughter, and it opened its mouth to suck, devouring all the surging power of laws.
"This… How is this possible?!"
The Barbarian King froze in shock.
Taking advantage of this moment, the little ice silkworm zipped into his storage bag.
"Ah!"
"You damn little thing, stop it now!"
Quickly, the Barbarian King recovered, his divine sense probing into the storage bag to see the little ice silkworm frantically stealing the items within, eliciting a pig-slaughtering howl.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa… stop, stop, we can discuss this properly, you can eat other things but leave the body of my Hanchi Guardian God ancestor!"
"Damn it, you damned thing, stop it, don't forget who saved you from the ice seal!"
"Ugh ugh ugh..."
The Barbarian King's cries went from frantic, panicked, and unwilling, to despairing and resigned, then finally bursting into helpless tears.
It was truly a scene to make even a tough man cry, pulling heartstrings of those who saw.
Witnessing this scene, Mu Jinyu's emotions were also very mixed.
There was regret, distress, and a bit of relief.
Luckily, he transferred the items out of the storage bag in time, leaving only one irrelevant storage bag to suffer while preserving everything else.
Unfortunately for the Barbarian King, he didn't even have time to help him transfer the contents of his storage bag too.
"Gurgle gurgle!"
Soon, the little ice silkworm, amidst the Barbarian King's crying, emerged from his storage bag, ignoring his sobbing, and gazed eagerly at Mu Jinyu before landing on his shoulder, rubbing its head affectionately against his earlobe.
Initially, Mu Jinyu didn't understand why, but soon guessed it might have sensed something good in the Bi Fang Cauldron yet perhaps couldn't enter his Dantian, thus acting this way?
"I'm sorry, the items inside are very important to me, I can't let you eat them."
Mu Jinyu was very wary of this little creature; it could swallow the power of the Heaven and Earth Laws whole. If it became ferocious, neither he nor the Barbarian King were enough for its appetite.
Thus his refusal appeared both amicable and weak.