Spirit-Devouring Mother Worm 3! Thanks to [Three Thousand Fleeting Worlds of Shattered Dreams] for the character summon!

Xu Zixiao's fingertips twitched slightly as he put away the three insect eggs and the ancient book.

Then his gaze fell upon the patch of dark-red Blood Soil.

He instinctively felt that there was something wrong with this stuff.

He immediately bent down to inspect it, and when his fingertips touched the soil, he sensed a faint disturbance.

Beneath the Blood Soil was not solid rock, but something hidden within.

With a light flick of his sword, the surface layer of Blood Soil was slowly brushed aside, soon revealing a palm-sized cicada shell, white and lustrous all over.

The shell was as thin as a cicada's wing and shimmered with a faint pearly glow. Fine spiral patterns were carved across its surface.

They resembled insect markings, yet seemed to conceal some sort of pattern.

Spiritual Qi faintly circulated through those markings.

It formed a subtle resonance with the surrounding Blood Soil and Spirit Vein node.

Xu Zixiao reported truthfully, "Master, there is a cicada shell hidden beneath the Blood Soil."

Xu Changqing saw the object clearly through their shared vision, confusion flashing through his eyes. "A cicada shell?

It seems to be no ordinary object. Take it as well and bring everything back to me!"

"Yes."

Xu Zixiao acknowledged the order, then carefully put away the cicada shell.

But he did not stop there. He even dug out every bit of the Blood Soil intact.

He did not even spare the luminous pearls in the secret passage.

Only after taking everything did he turn and leave.

Wang Han had been waiting at the entrance for quite some time. The moment Xu Zixiao appeared, his gaze immediately swept over him, curiosity flickering in his eyes.

Clearly, there had to be something down there.

Perhaps some heavenly treasure.

Or perhaps some kind