"Last night, the Abbot said he had to go out and asked me to guard that kasaya in his room. But my uncle the Abbot didn't come back, and I was so sleepy that I soon drifted off."
"When I woke up, the Abbot still hadn't returned, but there was someone else in the room. I didn't dare get up, so I only peeked through narrowed eyes. To my surprise, it was the Black Bear Spirit, who was usually on good terms with the Abbot."
"The Black Bear Spirit and the Abbot had a good relationship. He often came to the temple to discuss the Dao with the Abbot, and we knew him too. So I wasn't afraid at the time. I was just puzzled about why he was in the Abbot's room."
"Then I saw the Black Bear Spirit staring at the kasaya, lost in thought. He seemed especially fond of the kasaya the Abbot had asked me to guard. But before I could say a word, the Black Bear Spirit took it and left the room."
"I got up and ran after him, but he had already turned into a gust of black wind and headed toward his lair on Black Wind Mountain. I couldn't catch up, and when I saw the temple was on fire, I hurried to find somewhere to hide."
After hearing the Young Monk's account, Ye Chen and Sun Wukong exchanged a look. They could now be sure that the Black Bear Spirit had stolen the kasaya.
"Little Master, do you know where the Black Bear Spirit is now?" Sun Wukong thought for a moment, then asked where the Black Bear Spirit was hiding.
"He's cultivating in Black Wind Cave, on Black Wind Mountain, twenty li southeast of Guanyin Temple. The Abbot once asked