The water ape's fur surged, and in just one night it understood everything, feeling as if enlightenment had dawned:
"No wonder a mere junior cultivator managed to steal away my treasure… I thought he was some ignorant brat from a Noble Family… But it was fate intertwined—from the moment I resolved to recover my treasure, I had already begun walking toward my demise."
This water ape's bloodline was rather unique; since childhood it had guarded the Water Mansion, then later went out to defend a stretch of the sea, yet its heart always clung to the old master. And now, reaching this low point, it pondered to itself:
"Since even master couldn't protect me, surely all roads are blocked now… Serves me right, ill-fated… these useless eyes, failing to recognize the hand of fate; so be it, so be it…"
