Wu Longzi urgently notified Shi Sheng that White Deer had arrived.
Shi Sheng came out and saw a Black Dog Nail embedded in White Deer's hip. Startled, he said, "Someone's hunting him down."
Wu Longzi told him to watch over White Deer, then flew into the air to patrol the surroundings. In moments, he had inspected the forests and ravines on both banks of the Yuan River, but found no suspicious figures.
Shi Sheng pulled out the Black Dog Nail. An evil curse clung to it, so he broke the Evil Technique, drew out the poison, encouraged new flesh to grow, and applied medicinal herbs.
Throughout the treatment, White Deer lay there without struggling at all. Seeing how well-behaved he was, Shi Sheng's heart ached for him, and he kept murmuring words of comfort.
The Black Dog Nail had been refined with the exceptionally vicious and insidious Evil Technique. Fortunately, White Deer had found his way here. Once he had been treated, his flesh began knitting together, and he recovered completely in less than half a day.
This time, White Deer truly accepted Shi Sheng as his master. He bounded around him on all four hooves, then motioned for Shi Sheng to climb onto his back so he could carry him for a run.
Space within the nunnery was limited. Seeing that he wanted to go outside, Shi Sheng said, "Go wherever you like. With me here, we'll see just what sort of creature dared hurt you. If we really run into him, I'll help you get revenge!"
Bai Deer carried Shi Sheng out of Ku Zhu Nunnery and down Great Bear Ridge, racing through the forest.
He ran swiftly all the way to a hollow on the Jiangnan bank of the Yuan River, where he found five ganoderma mushrooms,