"Master?"

Chen Shi's heart tightened, "Godmother said the Fusang Tree had no master... Ah, but she never said the Heavenly Silkworm had no master!"

Regardless of anything else, he swiftly held up the mulberry leaf, as large as a hundred acres, and flew toward the Willow Leaf Boat where Lady Houtu was.

"Was I stolen from?"

The little girl with white hair and white clothes blinked, "So, should I shout out to show my loyalty to my master? Would my master treat me better if he knew I was shouting?"

Thinking of this, she decided not to shout.

"Changing a master won't be worse than before," she thought to herself.

Chen Shi held the mulberry leaf high and landed on the boat.

"Lady, is this the Heavenly Silkworm?" he asked.

Lady Houtu looked over the little girl with white hair and smiled, "Indeed, this is the Heavenly Silkworm."

Chen Shi placed the mulberry leaf on the sea surface and rushed towards the Fusang Tree, his voice carrying from afar, "Lady, take care of her first, I'll be right back!"

Lady Houtu and the little girl with white hair were quite surprised. Moments later, Chen Shi returned like a storm, carrying a thick bundle of mulberry leaves, all newly sprouted tender leaves.

He came onto the Willow Leaf Boat, smiling, "Since I stole her, I'm afraid she'll go hungry, so I picked extra leaves."

The little girl with white hair looked at him, quite astonished, "This person stole from me, but he's got a kind heart."

Lady Houtu picked up one mulberry leaf, which immediately shrunk rapidly until it became a normal-sized mulberry leaf, landing in her palm. She said, "The Fusang Leaf is too big. Just one Fusang Leaf is enough to raise her, no need for so many."

Chen Shi glanced at the mulberry leaf in her palm, and saw there was a miniature hut on the leaf, with the little girl with white hair standing before it. She looked up at them angrily, as if annoyed with Lady Houtu saying she had a small appetite.

"Let's leave quickly! The theft of the Heavenly Silkworm will surely be noticed by its master."

Lady Houtu tossed the mulberry leaf to him, and Chen Shi hurriedly caught it, fearing the little girl with white hair would fall into the sea. Now she was so tiny that if she fell into the sea, it would be harder than finding a needle in a haystack.

Lady Houtu urged the Willow Leaf Boat, and the boat shot forward like the wind, heading back the way they came.

Just as they left, there was a commotion from the Fusang Tree. Two fairies dressed in white flew out from a palace at the top of the tree, smiling as they headed toward the mulberry leaf where the Heavenly Silkworm was.

Suddenly, one of the women screamed, "Where did the mulberry leaf and the Heavenly Silkworm go?"

The two women frantically searched everywhere, but could not find anything, cold sweat breaking out.

"So many mulberry leaves have been stolen too!"

"This Heavenly Silkworm is the Immortal Monarch's treasure for surviving the Opening Tribulation, now that it's stolen, what should we do?"

The two women were panicked and after a brief discussion, they flew into the palace to burn incense and pray.

Before long, a handsome Immortal Monarch descended, arriving inside the Jade True Palace on the Fusang Tree. The two women hurriedly knelt and recounted everything to the Immortal Monarch: "While we were cultivating in the palace, we were careless for a moment, and the Heavenly Silkworm was stolen. Please, Immortal Monarch, punish us!"

The Immortal Monarch was quite surprised and said, "This place is the site where the Golden Crow fell, where the Fusang Tree grew. I found this Treasure Tree and also found the Heavenly Silkworm, raising the silkworm with this tree, hoping to pass the Opening Tribulation with this treasure. This matter was supposed to be extremely secretive. Who would know of such a treasure in this remote place? Who would target me?"

The more he spoke, the angrier he became, with a face filled with evil qi, and sneered, "Stealing my Heavenly Silkworm, it's clear they want me to perish during the Opening Tribulation! Such deep hatred cannot be forgiven!"

He calculated it with his fingers, but couldn't figure anything out, slightly furrowing his brows, "Could someone have confused the Heavenly Mechanism? Or is it that the Opening Tribulation is approaching, causing chaos in causality?"

He calculated some more, but still couldn't figure anything out and instructed the two women, "The Heavenly Silkworm is about to transform, and its appetite will grow; whoever stole the Heavenly Silkworm won't be able to feed her. They'll definitely come back to pick more mulberry leaves. Be diligent, it's been quite unstable lately in the Xuanhuang Sea, and many people don't follow the rules. I heard the Immortal of Wither and Prosperity has an Immortal Tree that got targeted; a Qing Yang somehow emerged and chewed it bare under everyone's watch."

The two women were appalled and asked, "Was it found out who did it?"

The Immortal Monarch shook his head, "No. For some reason, that Qing Yang was able to enter the realm of the Immortal of Wither and Prosperity and chew the Immortal Tree bare in front of everyone. That Immortal Tree is also a treasure for surviving the Opening Tribulation and is extraordinary. My Heavenly Silkworm is the same. It seems someone is targeting us, robbing our treasures for their Tribulation Crossing."

A hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes, "The one who stole my treasure silkworm will undoubtedly come back for the mulberry leaves. When you encounter that person, immediately inform me, I must see what grudge or enmity I have with them!"

The two women agreed.

The Immortal Monarch departed.

On the Willow Leaf Boat, Chen Shi stared at the mulberry leaf, seeing the white-haired little girl now showing her true body, which was a chubby little white silkworm baby, with a collar around her neck, dragging a chain, she moved to the edge of the mulberry leaf and started eating.

She seemed stimulated by Lady Houtu's words, trying her best to eat the mulberry leaf, as if to prove to Lady Houtu that her appetite was large.

Lady Houtu coughed, and Chen Shi, lost in watching, looked up to find Lady Houtu smiling, without any signs of illness.

Chen Shi returned his gaze to the Heavenly Silkworm, continuing to watch.

Lady Houtu coughed once more, and during Chen Shi's observation of the Heavenly Silkworm, her coughing didn't stop.

Chen Shi blinked and suddenly realized, expressing concern, "Godmother, are you feeling unwell? By the way, godmother, didn't you say the Fusang Tree was unowned? I clearly heard the Heavenly Silkworm say she has a master!"

Lady Houtu immediately stopped coughing, and with a somewhat smug smile, she said, "I said the Fusang Tree was unowned, but I never said the Heavenly Silkworm was unowned. Your Majesty shouldn't wrong me."

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