The stone monkey born from the immortal stone was an Intelligent Stone Monkey, one of the Four Primordial Monkeys of Chaos. Born with an innate Dao body, its cultivation speed was beyond comparison with ordinary people.
More importantly, the stone monkey had yet to ingest any mortal food and was in the optimal state for cultivation, making the results even better.
In the original story, after the stone monkey was born, it ingested mundane acquired food. Turbid qi entered its body and affected it, quickly turning its appearance into that of an ordinary monkey.
Though it possessed a stronger body, a sharper mind, and still retained its potential compared to ordinary monkeys,
it had ultimately shifted from innate to acquired before cultivating. Its future cultivation speed would be far inferior to what it could have been in its innate state.
That was why George had been in such a hurry to teach the stone monkey a cultivation method.
He wanted it to cultivate while it was still in its innate state.
As long as it successfully reached Foundation Establishment and stabilized its innate state, ingesting acquired mortal food afterward would have no effect.
Of course, with the Intelligent Stone Monkey's talent and the energy contained within its body, it could not possibly stop at mere Foundation Establishment.
For three full days and nights, the stone monkey advanced all the way from Qi Refining through Foundation Establishment, Golden Elixir, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Void Refining, Mahayana, and Earth Immortal before finally stopping at Heavenly Immortal.
It had not even undergone a heavenly tribulation upon becoming an immortal.
It could only be said that it truly deserved to be an innate spiritual being beloved by heaven and earth.
"Not bad, not bad. Your master shall grant you a magical treasure. Cultivate well