Adam was still underage in America, but he could drink in China if he wanted to. And it wasn't like he previously truly cared about the law, it was just that drinking never appealed to him.
Even in his darkest and most painful moments, drinking and doing drugs to forget about the pain was something that never once crossed his mind.
He would rather do anything else than allow his mind to be influenced by an external substance and lose control of himself, while also damaging his body.
But now at his level of strength and with his unbelievably powerful body, the mental and harmful of alcohol wouldn't affect him.
Although he could intentionally slow down his metabolism so that the drunken effect lasts longer, or he could take super concentrated alcohol that was made for cultivators, which many would opt to do, he didn't want to feel drunk.
