Above a nameless mountain, a spatial passage formed to reveal four figures, two men and two women. This was naturally Lu Zheng's group.
"Here he is" Lu Zheng muttered to himself as he walked towards the man lying on the ground. A golden thread bound him in place.
"Took you long enough" Immortal Star groaned as he spoke.
"How does lying on the ground like some helpless worm feel like, Immortal Star?" Lu Zheng chuckled to himself.
"Idiot! Do you think I wished this upon myself?!" Immortal Star's voice was deep as he rebuked Lu Zheng.
Lu Zheng shook his head and used his wind path methods. The golden thread was cut apart and Immortal Star was freed. The moment Lu Zheng cut the golden thread apart, it coiled together to became a small animal the size of an adult's thumb.
Despite his extensive knowledge, Lu Zheng could not recognise the small animal. It was golden in colour and was like a worm. Two antennae extended from its head as the last of the golden threads merged into its body.
"What are you?" Lu Zheng picked up the small animal. "Ouch"
The golden worm bit Lu Zheng's finger and fresh crimson Vermillion Blood flowed from it. The golden worm drank Lu Zheng's blood till it was satisfied.
"This thing" Lu Zheng felt perplexed. Every drop of Vermillion Blood was important to his battle strength and whenever he could, Lu Zheng tried not to expend it. Yet, a small worm had stolen his blood.
But Lu Zheng showed appreciation to the worm. For it to have been able to bypass his body's defence, it showed that its rank was definitely not low.
Immortal Star stood on his feet and dusted his body. His face was covered in dirt from lying on the ground for a whole night.
Lu Zheng stored the worm in his pocket and faced Immortal Star: "Tell me what happened"
Immortal Star explained how he had been cultivating during the night and a certain man with dark tattoos appeared and bound him for no reason. All he said was that karma was beginning to move and that he wanted to accelerate it.
For some reason, Immortal Star felt like something was moving in the undercurrents of what he could see.
"Just attacked for no reason?" Lu Zheng asked.
"Hmm"
"Friend, this must be the action of those demonic path martial warriors. You can never tell what they are thinking" Cangxiang Zihan said.
Lu Zheng compared Immortal Star's words with what he knew but eventually, he only shook his head. In this lifetime, he did not know anyone that had dark tattoos.
"I understand. Let us leave"
Lu Zheng was done with his original plan of saving Immortal Star. He did not understand why a person would have attacked him without harming him or stealing anything but he did not wish to dwell too much on the matter.
He put his hands in his pocket and felt around for the worm. When he found it, he pressed his fingers around it. He wanted to kill it.
"Wait!" A tiny voice sounded in Lu Zheng's mind. "I am a rank seven golden silkworm. I have many metal path and karma path dao imprints. I can serve you properly. See, I've already formed a beast contract with your blood. So, I am your beast pet now. Please don't kill me"
Lu Zheng's eyebrows furrowed as he walked unto the cloud that Cangxiang Zihan formed. His thoughts were still transmitted to the golden silkworm.
"Karma path? What is that?" Lu Zheng was confused. He had never heard of any path like that.
The golden silkworm was overjoyed to see that Lu Zheng needed something from it. It was more than overjoyed to speak: "Karma path is a Dao that entails the invisible bonds between all lifeforms. Every action you do accumulates karma, either good or bad and the people you interact with form bonds of karma with you. No matter what you do, you will accumulate karma"