The Turtle Spirit Earth Essence was a supreme treasure capable of remaking one's very foundation for Nascent Soul-level cultivators with earth spiritual roots. The buried earth essence within it could very well mutate an earth-element spiritual root, making one's Nascent Soul more complete.
Though the grade of such a heavenly treasure was not particularly high, it was a genuine treasure that could not be bought at any price.
After all, the conditions for a Turtle Spirit Earth Essence to grow were exceedingly harsh. Not only was it easily damaged during its growth, but its demands on terrain and environment were exacting to the extreme!
Generally speaking, a thousand-year Turtle Spirit Earth Essence was already enough to make Nascent Soul-level cultivators fight until their heads bled.
Yet this stalactite appeared to be more than thirty thousand years old. By the saying that a ten-thousand-year bamboo shoot stone yielded a thousand years of essence, the Turtle Spirit Earth Essence beneath it was likely three thousand years old.
At that thought, Bai Yu took out his bronze sword and slowly dug around the stalactite's pointed tip. As the mud and sand below were cleared away, the surrounding earth spiritual energy grew increasingly dense.
Zhao Yun, standing to one side, trembled upon sensing that aura. The next moment, she rapidly absorbed the dense earth energy.
After digging for a full hour, Bai Yu's bronze sword struck something hard. A flash of delight lit his eyes. He put away the sword and slowly brushed aside the mud with his hands. Before long, he unearthed a palm-sized earth essence shaped like a mysterious turtle.
Seeing the five turtle-shell-like markings on the earth essence, Bai Yu felt that this Turtle Spirit Earth Essence had given him an enormous surprise.
Five markings meant that the earth essence in