Zhunti was completely dumbfounded.
He even wondered whether he was hallucinating, or had fallen prey to some unknown illusion technique of Gu Changqing's.
Wuzhiqi!
The Red-Bottomed Horse Monkey!
Of course Zhunti knew that Gu Changqing had taken Wuzhiqi as his disciple. Back then, the news had caused an uproar throughout the Primordial World, stirring countless cultivators into heated discussion and envy.
However, Zhunti knew nothing of the secrets surrounding the Four Mischievous Monkeys.
Still less had he considered that Wuzhiqi and Sun Wukong could be said to share the same lineage and origin.
After all, for hundreds of years, Zhunti's thoughts had been focused entirely on Sun Wukong. He had had no time to concern himself with anything else.
Thus, it was even less likely to occur to him that Sun Wukong's destined opportunities and fate could also apply to Wuzhiqi.
At present, Zhunti believed only one thing.
That was... the Heavenly Mandate had decreed that the Sea-Calming Divine Iron was destined for Sun Wukong.
This was the conclusion he had personally divined. That karmic connection was so clear, that bond so close, that there could be no mistake.
Yet Gu Changqing claimed that Wuzhiqi could also be suited to this destined opportunity?
How was that possible?
How could a single destined opportunity fall to two living beings at once?
Throughout all the ages, nothing so absurd had ever happened.
Without even thinking it through, Zhunti instinctively spoke up, immediately refuting him.
"Hmph!"
He gave a heavy snort, his voice tinged with anger and disdain.
"Gu Changqing, stop spouting nonsense!"
Zhunti's gaze blazed like a torch as he stared straight at Gu Changqing's smiling face.
"Throughout all the ages, any Spirit Treasure, any destined opportunity, could belong to only one person!"
"The Heavenly Mandate is plain, and karma is clear.