Chapter 76: Heavenly Silkworm

After eating the cafeteria’s large-pot dishes for so long, Lan Mo was starting to feel a bit tired of them. She closed the door and took her meal directly into the space.

She went to the kitchen, picked up a frying pan, and cooked herself a Spirit Beef Steak, enjoying it with great relish.

She noticed that every time she ate food containing spiritual power, her perception abilities were slowly improving.

It seemed that if she wanted to live a long life, she still had to find a way to cling tightly to that Little Useless.

After finishing dinner, she changed the mulberry leaves for the silkworm babies and collected the silkworm sand by color.

She never expected that the silkworm sand from these Colorful Silkworms could sell for a thousand Gold Coins per pound—more expensive than the vegetables she grew.

After taking care of the Colorful Silkworms, Lan Mo went straight to chat with “Little Useless in the Cultivation World” about painless acupuncture and the Flying Needle Acupoint Technique.

[Miss, do you have any manuals for the Flying Needle Acupoint Technique?]

[Yes, but do you have internal energy? If you don’t have a foundation in internal energy, you’ll need to train your wrist strength for several years just to learn the basic version of flying needles into acupoints for mortals like you.

For us cultivators, we only need to gently channel spiritual power, and we can shoot silver needles into various acupoints from a great distance.

But for mortals like you, it’s either zero-distance or short-distance flying needles, relying on wrist strength and quick finger movements to flick the silver needles into the acupoints. Honestly, there’s not much technical skill involved—it’s all about diligent practice.]

Zero-distance flying needles into acupoints are fast, and patients don’t feel any pain.

[Yes, I understand all that. But may I ask, can I train in internal energy?]

[Are you thinking of practicing with a manual on your own, teaching yourself? Mortals here who learn martial arts and train internal energy start from a young age.

You’re already twenty years old—it’s too late for martial arts training. But you want to master internal energy to perform the Flying Needle Acupoint Technique, right? I can give you a Xuanling Pill that boosts internal energy by twenty. Do you have any rare treasures you could show me?]

What rare treasures could she possibly have now? She had already scavenged everything, hadn’t she?

Wait, what about those Colorful Silkworms? Maybe she doesn’t have them? How about sending her one of each?

Lan Mo ran over to the bamboo trays, picked one silkworm of each color, placed them in a Gift Box, and stuffed in a few handfuls of colorful mulberry leaves before clicking send.

[Miss, I’ve sent you a few silkworms. Take a look first.]

This poor little thing—what’s so special about mortal silkworms?

She opened the box and was instantly amazed!

Blue Ice Silkworm, Red Blood Silkworm, Yellow Gold Silkworm, Purple Netherworld Silkworm, Green Vitality Silkworm, Pink Illusion Silkworm.

Why was she calling her a poor little thing? If she was considered pitiful, then all the fools in the Cultivation World must be complete wretches.

Could this person be a Child of Fortune? How does she have all these good things?

“Little Useless in the Cultivation World” fawned: [Little sister, where did you get these silkworms? Could you send me one more of each? I’ll give you some elixirs to nourish your body—elixirs infused with Spiritual Energy.]

Why was this Little Useless suddenly being so kind? She had ten large bamboo trays of each type of Colorful Silkworm. Sending her one more of each was nothing.

Lan Mo cheerfully pulled a mulberry leaf from each of the six different-colored silkworm trays. She didn’t count how many silkworms were on the leaves and sent them all over.

“Little Useless in the Cultivation World” watched as Lan Mo suddenly sent her so many Heavenly Silkworms, her heart pounding wildly.

[“Little sister, you really are my good little sister! I like you so much! I’ve decided, I’ll give you an extra hundred catties of Spirit Rice later, along with some beautifying and nourishing Spirit Fruits.”]

Lan Mo wasn’t a fool; she finally realized something was off. What were these “Colorful Silkworms”?

The ones she was raising definitely weren’t ordinary Colorful Silkworms. Otherwise, how could their silkworm sand sell for a thousand Gold Coins per catty so casually?

Lan Mo asked nervously, [“Miss, what kind of silkworms exactly did I send you?”]

[“So you didn’t know? The blue ones are called Frost Silkworms, the red ones are Blood Silkworms, also known as Flame Silkworms, the yellow ones are Golden Silkworms, the green ones are Vitality Silkworms, the pink ones are Illusion Silkworms, and the purple ones are Netherworld Silkworms.

Just hearing their names tells you what they do, right? That’s right. The ice silk spun by Frost Silkworms can’t be burned by ordinary flames. Illusion Silkworms can cause hallucinations. Vitality Silkworms can provide vitality to people. Flame Silkworms have fire attributes. Netherworld Silkworms are poisonous and can kill you…”]

Lan Mo didn’t pay attention to anything else; she only saw the words “Netherworld Silkworms are poisonous.” If that was the case, why hadn’t she been poisoned to death after raising them for so long?

These silkworm babies had only molted once. Those tiny Flame Silkworms—once she accidentally touched them and felt they were extremely hot. At first, she thought it was an illusion. So they really weren’t ordinary silkworms!

[“Miss, are these Netherworld Silkworms really poisonous? Why haven’t I been affected while raising them?”]

[“That’s because the fragrance emitted by the purple mulberry leaves they eat has detoxified the poison you were exposed to. Silkworm raisers generally don’t get poisoned. Also, their silkworm sand is a sacred detoxifying medicine.

Blood Silkworm sand can cure cold toxins. Frost Silkworm sand can cure fire toxins. Vitality Silkworm sand can cure love toxins. Illusion Silkworm sand can cure snake venom…

Their bodies are treasures, the silk they spin is a treasure, and even the droppings they produce are treasures. In short, their entire bodies are treasures.”]

Damn, that big shot behind the scenes was deliberately tricking her, making her secretly help him raise Heavenly Silkworms.

She had always thought they were just ordinary Colorful Silkworms. She never expected each type of silkworm to be so extraordinary.

She struck it rich, struck it rich! That big winnowing basket was full of treasures!

Fortunately, she had previously bought two million Gold Coins’ worth of Rainbow Mulberry Tree Seeds. The space, seeing her buy so many at once, directly delisted the seeds the next day.

That promised one-month availability was also a lie. So these things were this precious after all!

If she had known they were so precious, she would have bought more and raised silkworms for a couple more years.

Lan Mo asked again, [“Miss, these Heavenly Silkworms spin silk. How should I weave it into cloth?”]

If she used their silk to weave cloth and make clothes to wear, she should become impervious to water and fire, invulnerable to swords and spears, and immune to all poisons, right?

“Little Useless in the Cultivation World” fired three soul-crushing questions at Lan Mo: [“Do you have spiritual power? Have you reached the Nascent Soul stage? You, a mere mortal, still want to refine these Heavenly Silkworm threads?”]

This “Little Useless in the Cultivation World” really knew how to hit where it hurt!

Lan Mo retorted defiantly, [“You might know how to refine Heavenly Silkworm threads, but with just those few silkworms you have, how much silk can they possibly produce?”]

If we’re going to get angry, let’s get angry together! Let’s see who annoys whom. Even though she couldn’t cultivate immortality, she had plenty of Heavenly Silkworms. Hmph!

[“I only need two of each type of Heavenly Silkworm. Once they form cocoons, break out as moths, and mate, they can produce thousands of little eggs. Then, once those little eggs grow up and form cocoons again, why worry about not having Heavenly Silkworm threads to weave cloth?”]

When the time comes, I’ll refine the Heavenly Silkworm silk into fabric and make clothes from it. If there’s extra fabric, I’ll make you a pair of gloves and a face scarf, how about that? By the way, do you have any extra Rainbow Mulberry Tree Seeds?

How about I trade you a thousand-year-old Purple Spirit Ginseng for them? Purple Spirit Ginseng contains Spiritual Energy—as long as a person still has a breath left, placing a slice of it in their mouth can save them.]

To show sincerity, “Little Useless in the Cultivation World” quickly sent over all the promised items: the Xuanling Pill for enhancing internal energy, a hundred catties of Spirit Rice, a basket of top-grade beauty and skincare fruits, a thousand-year-old Purple Spirit Ginseng, and various nourishing elixirs.

Lan Mo sent back half a catty of Rainbow Mulberry Tree Seeds in return. As for the Colorful Silkworm cocoons, she planned to sell half to the big shot behind the space—otherwise, she was truly afraid that the big shot behind it might kill her again.

She felt that her transmigration might very well have been caused by that big shot.

Moreover, opening the Ranch required at least twenty million Gold Coins, and her space only had a few million. She had to sell a batch of Colorful Silkworm cocoons to make it happen.

Right now, her farm was only at level seventeen, and leveling up was becoming increasingly difficult and slow.

Before returning to Haishi, she wondered if she would even be able to open the Ranch.