Chapter 658 Heavenly Reward

However, the soul-calling talisman was indeed a magical talisman. More rune threads fell from it and stuck to the body of the divine-winged demon bird.

The shadow of the divine-winged demon bird continued to struggle.

These rune threads were like maggots attached to the bones, pulling the phantom of the divine-winged demon bird towards the soul-calling talisman.

The phantom of the divine-winged demon bird let out a roar.

However, the huge body was still being pulled closer and closer to the soul-calling talisman by one huge rune thread after another.

At this time, the soul-calling talisman was already several dozen feet high, like a dark mirror.

Soon, the head of the phantom of the divine-winged demon bird was pulled into the soul-calling talisman.

At this moment, the Winged Demon Bird seemed to have seen some horrifying scene, and its exposed body struggled desperately.

The entire soul-calling talisman was shaking.

However, no matter how unwilling the Divine-Winged Demon Bird was, its remaining soul was still devoured by the Soul-Calling Talisman, leaving only a drop of blood sparkling with golden light.

"After devouring this remnant soul, only this drop of the Divine Winged Demon Bird's blood remains!"

Zhang Xuan was overjoyed and quickly collected the drop of blood from the Divine Winged Demon Bird.

The soul-calling talisman digested the remaining soul of the Divine-Winged Demon Bird.

The runes emitted purple light.

Zhang Xuan took the soul-summoning talisman in his hand and was surprised to find that after devouring the residual soul of the Divine-Winged Demon Bird, it actually evolved into a fourth-level talisman.

This means that after using this soul-calling talisman, he can unleash the strength of a fourth-level monster.

"This is truly a blessing in disguise!" Zhang Xuan sighed in his heart.

The one who lamented even more deeply was Cao Xu, who was dozens of miles away.

He finally succeeded in breaking through the infant stage and successfully advanced to the Nascent Soul stage.

"I thought it was a deadly situation, but I didn't expect it to happen by chance. It must be Brother Zhang. No matter what, I have to thank him!"

Soon, Cao Xu arrived in front of Zhang Xuan's residence.

"Brother Zhang, are you still there?" Cao Xu shouted.

Henry Zhang opened the door.

Cao Xu saw that the courtyard was like a ruin, and all the medicinal herbs planted in the yard had withered and died.

Zhang Xuan looked even more embarrassed. He laughed and said, "I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Brother Cao... No... Senior Cao, congratulations to Senior Cao for successfully advancing to the Nascent Soul stage!"

"You and I can just be friends as equals. If it weren't for Brother Zhang's help this time, I would be dead!"

“I’ll help…” Zhang Xuan was also puzzled.

"The evil spirit of the five elements that is dozens of miles around Xihong Street, isn't it absorbed by Brother Zhang?"

Zhang Xuan knew that the phantom of the Divine Winged Demon Bird had made such a big noise that he couldn't stop it, so he nodded and said, "Yes...but what does this have to do with Brother Cao's advancement to the Nascent Soul stage?"

"It's a big deal. Although my Cao family prepared many backup plans for my advancement to the Nascent Soul stage, the evil spirit of the Five Elements still broke in. My life was at stake, and it was all thanks to Brother Zhang!"

"Oh, so that's how it is. No problem, no problem..."

The smile on Zhang Xuan’s face became even more intense.

At that time, he indeed failed to control himself, causing the phantom of the divine-winged demon bird to almost be reborn with blood, madly absorbing the five elements of evil energy around it.

Unexpectedly, this unintentional action actually saved Cao Xu.

"Brother Zhang has been so kind, I have no way to repay you, so I will give you this fruit. I also have something important to ask of you."

As he spoke, Cao Xu took out a jade box.

When Zhang Xuan heard what kind of spiritual fruit it was, he immediately lost interest.

In this underground mine, spiritual medicines are scarce, and spiritual fruits are even less.

Although the Cao family has a rich foundation, no matter how high the quality of the spiritual fruit is, it is only the lower third grade.

It is not of much help to Zhang Xuan now.

Although he had little interest, Zhang Xuan still expressed his gratitude.

Seeing Zhang Xuan like this, Cao Xu naturally understood what he was thinking.

It's just that I feel that the underground mine has scarce resources for cultivation and only one spiritual fruit.

Cao Xu laughed and continued, "Brother Zhang, you haven't opened it yet. Don't you want to see what kind of spiritual fruit is inside?"

Henry Zhang was stunned.

He looked at Cao Xu in front of him with suspicion in his heart.

If it is just an ordinary spiritual fruit, is it necessary to open it in public?

Is there really a treasure in here?

Otherwise, there would be no need for the other party, a Nascent Soul cultivator, to be so serious.

He opened the jade box.

A strange fragrance wafted.

After absorbing it into his body, the true energy in Zhang Xuan's golden elixir surged, and every part of his body was subdued.

"how come……"

Henry Zhang was shocked.

The spiritual fruit in front of him, which can cause a surge in the true energy in his body just by smelling it, is at least of the fourth grade, and may be higher.

What surprised Zhang Xuan even more was that on this spiritual fruit, he saw lines of ancient calamity.

"Impossible!" Zhang Xuan shouted.

Cao Xu waved his hand and closed the lid of the jade box.

"Don't let the fragrance run away." Cao Xu said slowly.

"The Cao family actually cultivated a fourth-level ancient spiritual fruit in the underground mine?" Zhang Xuan looked at the other party in surprise.

Cao Xu laughed and said, "Let alone the fourth-level ancient spiritual fruit, even the first-level ancient spiritual fruit cannot be cultivated by my Cao family. This world cannot cultivate ancient spiritual fruits."

Zhang Xuan naturally knew this.

Ancient elixirs and fruits are not tolerated by the laws of nature in this world and definitely cannot be cultivated.

He has a meditation space, so there is no problem in cultivating the ancient spiritual fruit.

Of course, in his meditation space, the highest level fruit now is still the second-level ancient spiritual fruit - Yuqing Fruit.

Henry Zhang asked doubtfully: "Where did you get this fourth-level ancient spiritual fruit?"

"This fourth-rank ancient spiritual fruit is the Mysterious Dao Fruit, one of the eight ancient exotic fruits. It has miraculous effects on cultivators' breakthrough into the Nascent Soul and improving the quality of the Nascent Soul. Naturally, it is not so easy to obtain. Brother Zhang, why don't you guess where it was obtained?"

"Since it wasn't cultivated by your Cao family, could it have been dug out from a mine?"

"Hahaha...Brother Zhang is really a joker. If it's not sealed for a month, the medicinal properties of the Xuandao Fruit would have been lost long ago, not to mention that it has to span a kalpa, millions of years."

"Then I really can't figure out where Brother Cao got this Xuan Dao Fruit from."

Cao Xu didn't keep the secret and said four words softly: "Heaven's reward."

"Heavenly rewards? I heard there were Heavenly rewards when I broke through in the ancient times, but why are there still Heavenly rewards now?"

"Of course there is no Heavenly Dao in this world, but there is still the Ancient Dao."

"How can we connect to the Ancient Great Road?"

"With this."

As he spoke, Cao Xu took out a stone as big as a millstone.

Henry Zhang was shocked: "Ancient Stone?!"

He was very familiar with the spiritual creature in front of him.

Remember that Fairy Cat Valley needs to pay a third-level spiritual object to the upper sect.

Zhang Xuan led his people into the Ancestral Witch Ruins, and the third-level spiritual object he obtained was this ancient stone.

The ancient stone he got at that time was only the size of a fist.

The ancient stone in front of me is as big as a millstone.

The ancient stone of Honghuang is the mother stone of the Great Dao that has been passed down from ancient times.

After the ancient catastrophe, the mother stone of the Great Dao was shattered.

Legend has it that if you collect enough mother stones of the avenue, you can still connect to the broken ancient avenue and get rewards from the avenue.

Zhang Xuan looked at the jade box in front of him. He didn't expect that the legend was true.