I May Be a Monkey, But You...

I May Be a Monkey, But You...

As for what had happened between Wuzhiqi, Da Yu, and Ying Long back then, Adam was full of gossip and curiosity.

But he and Wuzhiqi had only just met. Asking that earlier question had already been somewhat presumptuous; probing any deeper would truly be impolite.

Wuzhiqi, on the other hand, seemed to have had his conversational floodgates opened by food he had not tasted in a long time. He finally began talking with Adam. Since it was their first meeting, their initial topic inevitably turned toward their mutual connection—Zhenwu.

Adam also learned how Zhenwu had first met Wuzhiqi, as well as the specific events through which he had won a jar of Huai Wine from Wuzhiqi in a wager.

At first, entirely unsurprisingly, Zhenwu had chased a Demonic Beast until it had nowhere to flee in heaven or earth. Perhaps deciding to take a gamble, the beast plunged headfirst into the Huai River.

As for Wuzhiqi, the Huai God, the entire Three Realms had only heard his name, while his actual temperament and other details were always spoken of vaguely. All anyone knew was that he was an ancient strange beast that had once brought disaster upon one region, and that there was a saying in the world: the Huai River was not to be entered.

If Zhenwu had feared the rumors and not pursued it into the Huai River, the beast might have escaped with its life. But if the rumors were true and Zhenwu had followed it in, then they would have perished together.

As for the final outcome, naturally, Zhenwu pursued the beast into the Huai River and killed it on the spot.

After killing the beast, Zhenwu also discovered the unusual nature of the place. The area beneath the