First Conversation with the Black Hand

[You flew for a long time in the direction Wang Mingbai pointed.]

[You felt that you had already approached the edge of the Human World plane.]

[A towering mountain stood ahead, rising from the sea.]

[This mountain was incredibly high. What lay above the sea was merely a tiny fraction; beneath the surface, it reached all the way to the seabed.]

[Your Spiritual Sense swept over it, giving you a crystal-clear view of every inch of the mountain.]

[This mountain was no ordinary thing. The rocks composing it were brimming with spirituality, as though they were some rare material.]

[In the depths of the seabed, you saw the Fire-Eyed Golden Monkey being suppressed beneath the mountain.]

[Strangely, there was another person inside the mountain.]

[When you saw who it was, you cried out in shock.]

["Chen Four?!"]

[It was Chen Four, the avatar you had left behind in the Human World!]

[Half of the Fire-Eyed Golden Monkey's body was outside the mountain, while Chen Four was completely sealed within its belly. The two were not far apart.]

[Chen Four was speaking.]

["Monkey Brother, I'm hungry."]

["Heh heh! Old man, that's just your imagination."]

["I'm really hungry..."]

["Inside this Chuangyang Stone, the Spiritual Qi contained in the mountain itself is enough to keep you alive. You only feel hungry. In reality, you can't die."]

["Isn't that so... By rights, I should have died of old age long ago. Thanks to this mountain... Ah, ptooey! This mountain trapped me for decades—what do I have to thank it for?! I might as well die!"]

[You jumped into the water, sank to the seabed, and came before the Fire-Eyed Golden Monkey.]

["Fire-Eyed Golden Monkey! Time to go home!"]

[The Fire-Eyed Golden Monkey looked up at you, utterly astonished.]

[Before he could speak, you answered