Chapter 627 - 273: Hundred Beasts Mountain
Leaving the main hall, Chu Ning and Shi Xuerong arrived at a small courtyard arranged by Xie Xianhai.
Both Chu Ning and Shi Xuerong looked troubled.
After Xie Xianhai mentioned the Beast Mountain Forbidden Land, Chu Ning immediately inquired about its details.
However, he found out that the other party knew very little about that place.
It was only known that this forbidden land was located in a corner of the island, about a hundred miles away.
All year round, a strange wind flowed around the periphery of this mountain, extremely powerful, and just approaching it could tear one apart.
Approximately every half to one year, a violent storm would erupt.
After the storm, some demon beasts would appear on the island.
And the strange wind on the perimeter would temporarily disappear.
In the past, some body cultivators on the island attempted to enter during the brief disappearance of the strange wind.
But none returned.
Some even had their white bones blown out during the subsequent storm.
Eventually, no one dared to enter again.
Upon hearing this, Chu Ning and Shi Xuerong’s first reaction was to wonder if the mountain contained spatial rifts.
And whether the so-called storm might actually be a spatial storm.
But the people of the Donglin Tribe knew nothing about spatial rifts or spatial storms.
No matter how they inquired, they couldn’t find out anything.
"Brother Chu, what should we do now?"
Shi Xuerong looked at Chu Ning, her face filled with worry.
Unlike Chu Ning, she did not practice body refinement. As a Golden Core cultivator, she found her abilities ineffective in this place.
So she felt even more anxious.
Chu Ning appeared relatively calm.
"There must be secrets hidden in that Beast Mountain Forbidden Land, and eventually, we have to explore it.
However, they did say that the storm only just broke out today, which might indeed have some relation to our being teleported here.
The next storm won’t occur for at least six months.
Chu Ning paused and then continued:
"But before then, we can first go to the outskirts of the Beast Mountain Forbidden Land to investigate.
To see if it really is a spatial rift or something else strange.
Then we can search for anything left behind by the cultivator who came here a thousand years ago.
This person stayed here for over a hundred years; I doubt he had no understanding of this place."
Shi Xuerong nodded slightly upon hearing this.
"Brother Chu, the chieftain just said that the tribe where that cultivator lived was destroyed seven hundred years ago.
The place has long been occupied by the current largest tribe on No-Spirit Island, the Giant Stone Tribe.
Are you planning to visit the Giant Stone Tribe?"
"Besides that, there are no better options." Chu Ning slightly furrowed his brows.
"I think since this person was the only outer island cultivator to come here in a thousand years, the Giant Stone Tribe, even if they occupied the predecessor’s territory,
should have protected the cultivator’s possessions."
Recalling Xie Xianhai’s expression when he heard he was a cultivator, Chu Ning continued,
"The people here are not so willing to stay trapped on this island.
They must have studied the outsider’s belongings."
"That’s true." Shi Xuerong agreed, though her eyes reflected concern as she said,
"But I heard that the chieftain of the Giant Stone Tribe is in the Sixth Realm of Body Refining.
Brother Chu, you..."
"Body Refining Sixth Layer." Chu Ning softly repeated, not paying much attention.
By Body Refining Realm division, the sixth layer is equivalent to Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
But Chu Ning had already cultivated to the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique’s Volume Two, Second Derivation.
According to the division of the Body Refining Ninth Layer, he had already stepped into the Seventh Realm of Body Refining.
Even against a Sixth Layer, he would be overwhelmingly superior in realm.
What worried Chu Ning was that his opponent was the leader of the largest tribe here, and forcibly visiting them seemed challenging.
After all, two fists are no match for four hands.
Chu Ning voiced his concerns while his gaze landed on the fiery red beast crystal in his hand.
He had specially asked Xie Xianhai for this to study it.
From his words, Chu Ning learned that this beast crystal was highly useful to the people on No-Spirit Island.
There was actually an artifact refining technique on this island that created heavy attack weapons, utilizing the demon power on the beast crystal for attacks.
Additionally, the demon power on this beast crystal greatly benefits body refinement as well.
"Since this beast crystal is so useful to them, if we can find more of these, we might have a way to convince them without force."
Chu Ning said to Shi Xuerong.
Intrigued, Shi Xuerong asked Chu Ning,
"Brother Chu, could you let me see the beast crystal?"
Thinking she was merely curious, Chu Ning handed the crystal over without hesitation.
Shi Xuerong held the beast crystal thoughtfully, then suddenly turned around.
As Chu Ning found this odd, he vaguely saw Shi Xuerong take a necklace-like item from her neck.
Shi Xuerong turned around and said:
"Brother Chu, does this object look similar to this?"
With these words, Shi Xuerong offered Chu Ning a necklace.
The necklace was set with stones of various colors, and one fiery red crystal was strikingly similar to the Red Wolf beast crystal in his hand.
Chu Ning gingerly accepted the necklace, still warm from Shi Xuerong’s touch.
He asked in surprise,
"Miss Shi, what is this item?"