282: Huang Yuan Stone

“This…”

It seemed that this black gorilla was too wild and primitive, as Qiu Lingsu and Yu Chuyue both turned their heads away in shyness, as if they had both thought of something.

“Fellow Daoist Chu, please deal with it quickly…”

Yu Chuyue said with a flushed face.

“Why do you all have such expressions?”

Chu Ying looked a little strange, and then he realized that the black gorilla was indeed wild enough that its fur couldn't cover some things.

This made Chu Ying speechless; no wonder Qiu Lingsu and Yu Chuyue showed such expressions.

“Roar!”

The black gorilla, realizing it was ignored, thumped its chest and charged over. Chu Ying directly threw a punch, sending it to the Yellow Springs.

“Without further ado, I’ll take you two and we’ll advance quickly.”

Chu Ying said, wrapping his arms around them, one on the left and one on the right, holding Qiu Lingsu and Yu Chuyue at his waist, and swiftly moved through this miasma-filled mountain range.

His physical strength had reached an unimaginable intensity, almost capable of tearing space and ignoring spatial resistance, thus allowing his speed to reach an absolute peak.

Various Evil Fiends and ancient beasts hidden in the mountain range appeared, but they couldn't stop Chu Ying’s steps at all.

In less than half an hour, Chu Ying directly sped through the entire mountain range.

What came into view was indeed a dark red bloodstone area, resembling a beach!

As for beyond this area…

Darkness!

Chu Ying only saw endless darkness, unfathomable and unobservable. If one were to fall, they would plunge into an endless abyss.

“These stones, the color of dried blood, should be the so-called wild origin stone.”

Chu Ying put down the two women, walked over, and picked up a stone. He found it was about the size of an entire palm, like an oval, rhomboid crystal, with distinct edges and texture.

Chu Ying put down the dragon binding tablet on his back, pondering what to use to hold these stones.

“Oh… wait, Chu Dage! This stone…”

Qiu Lingsu also walked over and picked up a stone, but the next second, her face showed surprise.

“What’s wrong?” Chu Ying asked.

“We can absorb the stone’s power to restore our cultivation!” Qiu Lingsu said, her face full of pleasant surprise.

Originally, she had just felt a slight urge and tried it out of curiosity, only to find that she could successfully absorb it, and she had vaguely sensed her own cultivation, though it was still very blurry.

It was like a wooden bucket that was originally full of water, but inexplicably became empty, needing to be refilled with water, and using this newly filled water to replace the original water in the bucket.

“It really works!”

Yu Chuyue also discovered the strangeness of the stone, and immediately her beautiful face was ecstatic.

If she could recover her cultivation, then she would still be that noble Yin Yang Saintess, possessing powerful cultivation and confidence, without needing to live in fear in the No Return Land.

“Is that so? Let me try.” Chu Ying picked up a stone and began to absorb it; it indeed had an effect.

However, Chu Ying soon discovered that his absorption of the stone’s energy seemed to be restricted, progressing very slowly, always only able to absorb a portion, and then No Method to absorb any more.

Of course, he did indeed sense his own cultivation, but he still couldn't use it.

He could even clearly perceive that his cultivation was as if covered by layers of shackles, dense, block-like Restrictions.

To unlock them was almost impossible; the energy of the dark red stones only allowed him to sense the existence of his cultivation.

“How can this be? Can’t we keep absorbing it?”

Yu Chuyue became disappointed after discovering this situation.

Chu Ying smiled and said, “At least it proves that our cultivation is indeed present, just that it cannot be used in the No Return Land.”

“Could it be because this is the Outer Region?”

Suddenly, Qiu Lingsu said.

“That old man needs wild origin stone. Obviously, that old man isn't from the Outer Region; he's either from the Inner Region, or he's truly guarding there like a Puppet.”

“Clearly, wild origin stone is useful in the Inner Region.”

Listening to Qiu Lingsu’s analysis, Chu Ying nodded, and then began to try and perceive if his storage ring could be opened.

But obviously, he couldn't.

“I need to find a way to take some wild origin stone with me; my feeling is the more, the better.”

Since the storage ring couldn't be opened, there was No Method to pack these stones away. The only way was the simplest: just carry them directly.

“I’ll go kill two demonic beasts.”

As Chu Ying spoke, he had already turned and walked into the mountain range.

Qiu Lingsu and Yu Chuyue continued to try, and after finding no success, they searched this blood-colored stone area for other special items.

Before long, Chu Ying returned, carrying several cleaned, enormous beast hides.

“Chu Dage, isn’t this a bit too much?”

Looking at the several-zhang long beast hides Chu Ying was carrying, Qiu Lingsu blinked her beautiful eyes, somewhat surprised.

“The more of these stones, the better. They will definitely be of great use when brought into the Inner Region.”

“But I don’t know if that old man only accepts wild origin stone as a ‘toll fee,’ or if he just confirms whether we have wild origin stone, and won’t let us in if we don’t.”

Chu Ying sighed.

Then he started to pack the stones.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the three of them had packed a full four large bags of blood-colored stones, wrapped in beast hides, which were almost comparable to a small hill.

Looking at the hill-sized packages, Yu Chuyue swallowed, unable to help but say:

“Fellow Daoist Chu, can you carry such a large burden?”

She had forgotten that Chu Ying’s Physical Body was incredibly strong, but she was simply too astonished by such a mountain-like burden.

After all, if they were in the outside world, almost every Cultivator would have a storage ring or other storage space treasures, and there would be No Method to drag along such a large quantity of items.

Take basic Spirit Stones, for example; if there were no storage rings, wouldn't many people have to carry bags filled with large amounts of Spirit Stones when they went out?

“No problem.”

Chu Ying glanced at it; it wasn't much of a difficulty.

It might just be a bit inconvenient when carrying Qiu Lingsu and Yu Chuyue again.

Mainly, while Chu Ying could climb walls and roofs, he couldn’t truly fly; he merely used his powerful physique to step on air.

Even after taking away many wild origin stone, this dark red stone area still looked unchanged.

It was still the color of dried bloodstains.

At this moment, Chu Ying carried the huge, hill-like package, which contained at least tens of thousands of wild origin stone.

“How many stones did you pack? Do you have an estimate?”

Chu Ying hadn't really counted, but given that each stone was about the size of a palm, the number was at least ten thousand.

“Around thirty thousand,” Yu Chuyue said.

“If these stones are very scarce in the Inner Region, then we will probably become tycoons as soon as we enter the Inner Region, and we will also be coveted, or even besieged and robbed, by the people of the Inner Region.”

Chu Ying grinned, but there was no worry on his face.

Qiu Lingsu and Yu Chuyue were stunned, but it sounded very reasonable.

The bags made from the hides of these ancient, fierce beasts were extremely sturdy, so there was absolutely no need to worry about them being scratched or torn by the stones.