Swallowing hard, he didn't care about the quantity and swept all the energy crystals in the stone chamber with a wave of his hand.

The gray rabbit tilted its head back, its eyes filled with confusion and curiosity. Where had the woman hidden the stone?

Returning to the stone bed, Zuo Ling gazed at the skeleton on it, clasped her hands together, and said:

"Senior, I have been fortunate enough to obtain so many of your treasures. I have no way to repay you, so I will collect your remains."

She dug a pit outside the cave and, while collecting the remains, touched a hand bone. A tremendous energy surged towards her along the hand bone.

The excruciating pain caused Zuo Ling's vision to go black, and she coughed up a mouthful of blood.

He gripped the stone bed tightly with both hands as if it were a lifeline, quickly absorbing its energy to relieve his discomfort.

The gray rabbit was startled and whimpered anxiously, circling around Zuo Ling and gently patting her with its little paws.

It took Zuo Ling a while to recover.

Looking at the corpse's hand bones, they were curled up, as if they were holding something.

Black and white companion stones!

The energy in the ancient village bodhisattva's eyeball and the black and white companion stone of the little boy was the same as the energy that had just impacted her.

Seeing that she had recovered, the gray rabbit hopped onto the stone bed, came over, and nudged her with its little head.

Zuo Ling didn't want to get hurt again, so she pointed to her hand bones and said to the gray rabbit, "He has something in his hand, can you help me take it out?"

She didn't expect the gray rabbit to understand; she was just giving it a try.

Gray Rabbit glanced at the hand bones, then at Zuo Ling.

Puzzled, Gray Rabbit tried to pry open the bones in his hand, but they were clenched tightly. He couldn't get them open, so he turned to look at Zuo Ling.

Zuo Ling tempted it with dried fruit: "If you take it out for me, I'll treat you to some dried fruit."

Gray Rabbit turned to Zuo Ling and asked for some dried fruit, but Zuo Ling refused. She pointed to the hand bone and repeated it several times until Gray Rabbit understood.

With its two little paws, it worked hard to pry open the hand bones, and after a long while, it finally managed to pry them open, and an irregular black and white cylinder rolled out.

Taking out a bag, Zuo Ling gestured to the gray rabbit to throw the black and white companion stones into the bag.

The gray rabbit obediently picked up the companion stone and threw it in.

Zuo Ling moved the stone into her spatial dimension, patted her chest, and exclaimed, "Fantastic! I've acquired another black and white companion stone!"

The senior must have been unable to withstand the immense energy of the black and white companion stones and died from his body exploding.

What a pity!

They buried the remains in the pit and searched the cave, hoping to find clues about the predecessor's background.

No clues were found, but several hundred rough stones of various sizes were discovered.

Hidden on the right side of the cave is a small stone chamber, several times larger than the one on the left, filled with raw stones.

The rough stones have all been cut open, and from the windows, the jade quality and color appear to be quite good.

Zuo Ling knew nothing about jade and did not know its value.

Could it be that the senior used this method to find so many energy crystals?

Since it was hidden in the stone chamber by the elder, it must be something good. With a wave of his hand, he left not a single stone behind.

Having received such a great favor, Zuo Ling sincerely bowed several times to her senior before leaving.

Back on the cliff, he asked the gray rabbit, "Are you coming with me or not?"

He took out dried fruit to lure the gray rabbit: "Follow me, and you'll have an endless supply of dried fruit."

Whether it was because it truly understood or it was just a coincidence, the gray rabbit bumped headfirst into Zuo Ling's arms.

Tugging its long ears, Zuo Ling looked smug:

"You bumped into me on your own, I didn't abduct you."