Xu Taiping quickly took out the finger bone.
He placed it on the table.
Immediately, wisps of blood flew out of the jade-like finger bone and wound around it bit by bit.
In mere moments, the finger bone became a ball of flesh half the size of the table.
Just as Xu Taiping was wondering why the finger bone had become a ball of flesh, Old Daoist Huang's familiar voice, unheard for so long, actually came from within it:
"Xu Taiping, Xu Taiping, are you there? Xu Taiping!"
Xu Taiping immediately replied:
"Elder Huang, I'm right beside you."
Old Daoist Huang's excited voice came from the ball of flesh:
"Xu Taiping, quick, tell me what I look like now!"
Xu Taiping looked at the ball of flesh on the table. After a brief hesitation, he ultimately answered truthfully:
"At the moment, you're a strange ball of flesh half the size of the table."
Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Old Daoist Huang showed neither surprise nor displeasure. Instead, he said with immense excitement:
"A flesh embryo! It's a flesh embryo! My luck is incredible! Not only did I escape the great calamity of the Dao Integration Realm, but I even formed a flesh embryo!"
Somewhat puzzled, Xu Taiping asked:
"Elder Huang, what exactly is going on? Could you explain in more detail?"
Xu Taiping had always been lost in a fog over how Old Daoist Huang had used the Earth Fruit's power to transcend his tribulation and break through to the Dao Integration Realm.
In excellent spirits, Old Daoist Huang had no intention of hiding anything from Xu Taiping and answered excitedly:
"Xu Taiping, aside from requiring a divine treasure like the Earth Fruit, which can only be encountered by chance, not sought out, this method of transcending tribulation and breaking through..."