Qi Xuan came to Qin Weiyang's side, took out an old handkerchief from her sleeve, and handed it to Qin Weiyang without making a sound.

Qin Weiyang took the handkerchief and tucked it into her sleeve. She quietly lifted a jade box that was only two widths wide and draped the handkerchief over a black worm about the thickness of a toothpick inside the box.

The black insect was suddenly awakened by a handkerchief draped over it. Its scarlet head nudged against the handkerchief, and its round, black body rolled around on the handkerchief a few times before crawling out of the jade box, wriggling along.

The black insect slipped out of Qin Weiyang's sleeve, crawled under the table, raised its scarlet head, looked around the banquet hall, and silently crawled towards Ji Fengyao's direction.

The insect was very small, and everyone present was preoccupied with their own thoughts, so no one noticed that a small insect had appeared on the ground.

Just because others didn't notice doesn't mean Ji Fengyao was completely oblivious.

Most people probably didn't tell Qin Weiyang that the reason there were no insect cultivators in the cultivation world was because insects were extremely unintelligent and would follow whoever offered them food. If an insect cultivator encountered a cultivator with a higher cultivation level, all of the insects in that insect cultivator's army would be doing all the work for the other's benefit, with a 99% chance of being devoured. The remaining 1% would probably be killed on the spot.

Ji Fengyao glanced sideways at Qin Weiyang, who was pretending to be fine and giving a confident, cold laugh across the street.

Why did you have to raise insects of all things?

Since no one taught you how to raise insects, I'll give you a free lesson.

As the black insect approached her skirt, Ji Fengyao gathered a bit of spiritual energy at her fingertips and poured it into a piece of amethyst agate, which she then placed on the ground.

The black worm was originally heading straight for Ji Fengyao, but suddenly a purple agate brimming with spiritual energy appeared in front of it. The worm was immediately excited and plunged into the purple agate, quickly gnawing its way through it.

Upon discovering that its head had been pierced by the amethyst agate, the insect turned around and twisted back to continue eating with great relish, completely forgetting about the mission objective that was now within reach.

Ji Fengyao calmly picked up the amethyst agate and held it high, then suddenly stood up and exclaimed, "Oh dear, this year's amethyst agate seems a bit unclean, there are bugs in it!"

The Empress Dowager, who was sitting at the main table, had just swallowed a piece of amethyst agate that Princess Zhaoping had fed her. Seeing this, she half-covered her mouth, not knowing whether to chew or spit it out, and her face looked as ugly as if she had swallowed a green-headed fly.

Several officials' wives who were eating amethyst agate saw the lively black worms crawling around inside the amethyst agate in Ji Fengyao's hand, and they almost vomited on the spot.

"Empress Dowager" Aunt Sun held a brocade handkerchief to the Empress Dowager's mouth, catching the amethyst agate that she had just swallowed.

Princess Zhaoping was so embarrassed and aggrieved that her eyes were filled with tears, and she was almost crying.

The Empress Dowager was disgusted, but after calming herself down, she gently patted Princess Zhaoping's back and said softly, "Good child, don't be sad, it's not your fault."

Qin Weiyang and Qixuan were shocked when they saw what Ji Fengyao was holding.

What's going on? Can anyone tell her why her Gu worms aren't biting the mission target, but instead going to gnaw on a piece of amethyst agate?

She fed it blood and meat every day, and it actually went to eat vegetarian food right before the battle?!

Qin Weiyang raised her hand to rub her eyes in disbelief, wondering if her vision was blurred because of her serious illness.

But that's just the truth!

The Heart-Piercing Gu she nurtured with her own flesh and blood was now like an insatiable glutton in Ji Fengyao's hands.