Chapter 785 - Remnant Dao Crystal (1/2)

Lin Mu learned a bit more about the Great Island Turtles from Senior Xukong and understood that they were often used as mounts by many cultivators. The only problem was that they were rather slow.

But this didn't matter when they could carry massive amounts of weight on their bodies. Since they were impervious to most kinds of damages, these beasts were basically mobile forts.

The cultivators would set up different structures on the backs of these turtles and turn them into mobile fortresses. They could be taken into a war and serve as as a camp for the soldiers.

Of course, this was something done only in higher level worlds as the low leveled worlds would either not have such beasts in them, or would not have cultivators that could tame beasts as these.

Kong Hutao could be said to be a lucky person, as he actually managed to find an infant Great Island turtle before. It is lucky because these beasts are hard to distinguish from other common turtle beasts before they reach a certain size.

”What do you think the cultivation base of this beast was senior?” Lin Mu questioned.

”There is a chance that it may have reached the Dao Treading realm, seeing how long it managed to live and the sea around it.” Xukong answered.

Lin Mu nodded his head and finally reached the interior of the shell.

”Whoa!” Lin Mu exclaimed upon seeing the interior.

He could see long and wide pillars supporting the top of the shell and beams extending from it spreading across the roof of the shell.

”Are those… his bones and spine?” Lin Mu questioned in awe.

”They are indeed.” Xukong answered.

Since the beast had been dead a long time, the flesh had long since decayed, leaving behind only the shell and bones. This hollow space would have once been filled with the flesh of the Great Island Turtle, whose name was Bao.

It was now that Lin Mu discovered something he had missed.

”Wait, why can I see things? Where's the glow coming from?” Lin Mu turned his eyes towards the bottom and saw a small blue spot.

It was faintly glowing, yet its glow was able to reach the bones and the shell. This was of course, very weak and normal humans would not be able to see anything. But for Lin Mu, it was still enough to see.

Lin Mu quickly dropped to where the blue glow was coming from and slowed down his descent when he was close enough.

”Huh… what is this? A Gemstone?” Lin Mu questioned.

In front of Lin Mu, there was a small blue gemstone floating. It was six-sided, but two of its sides were longer than the other four.

”This… the Dao Embryo actually condensed into a remnant Dao crystal?!” Xukong said with shock.

”This is a Dao Embryo?!” Lin Mu questioned, feeling stunned.

”Not exactly. After the death of a creature, their Dao Embryo would fade away and dissipate. But in certain rare cases, instead of dissipating like that, they would condense into crystals such as these.