"... In the Dongsheng Shen Province, there is a country called Aolai, situated near the sea. In the sea is a mountain named Flower-Fruit Mountain. On the mountain, there is a huge Immortal Stone, three zhang and six chi tall, two zhang and four chi wide, containing an immortal fetus... The Immortal Stone underwent lengthy cultivation and one day cracked open to produce a stone egg, which turned into a Stone Monkey the moment it felt the wind..."
The storyteller was a young girl, not yet twenty, dressed in playful clothes, with a mischievous glint in her eyes and brows.
However, what truly caught He Lienuo's attention wasn't the girl's appearance or demeanor, but rather the story she was telling.
A monkey could actually spring from a stone?
This was truly a tale! Just making things up!
He Lienuo's smile had a trace of disdain, yet inexplicably, his footsteps changed direction, and he found an empty table near the edge of the first-floor hall to sit down.
