Zhunti did not keep him in suspense. He raised a hand and pointed east, toward that vast, boundless East Sea.
"Fellow Daoist, do you still remember Treasure Distribution Rock?"
"Back then, on Mount Sumeru, Fellow Daoist casually threw that Treasure Distribution Rock out, and it landed atop Flower-Fruit Mountain on the shores of the East Sea."
Zhou Ming's expression shifted slightly.
Treasure Distribution Rock.
Back then, he had disdained that stone as useless, and had also wanted to throw a bit of obstruction into the future Tribulation, so he had casually tossed it onto Flower-Fruit Mountain.
It was the placenta that nurtured the Spiritual Stone Monkey.
It was also the foundation for that monkey's birth.
"Naturally, I remember."
"It seems the final Dao Protector you have chosen is the living being nurtured within it?"
Jieyin nodded, a trace of solemnity appearing on his gaunt face.
"Precisely."
"After countless Kalpas, that Treasure Distribution Rock has been nourished day after day by the essence of the sun and the splendor of the moon, gaining the creation of heaven and earth. Within it, a stone monkey was long ago nurtured, and spiritual wisdom has already been born."
"In a few more years, the immortal fetus nurtured within that immortal stone will break the stone and undergo transformation."
"My senior brother and I have discussed this for a long time. The final Dao Protector we seek is the living being nurtured by this immortal stone."
"This child's roots are extraordinary, and he also shares a bond of incense and affection with Fellow Daoist."
"Letting him serve as the final Dao Protector both completes the number for Scripture Seeking and fulfills a thread of fate between Fellow Daoist and that living being within the stone."
"I wonder, Fellow Daoist, whether you can part with what