"Well, well! You're actually shameless enough to steal my spells?" Coming to his senses, Soaring Serpent hurriedly scrambled up from the ground, turned around, and shouted at Gungun.
Gungun, who had also climbed to his feet, shouted back at Soaring Serpent, "The wicked god files his complaint first-that's you to a tee!"
"Outrageous!" Soaring Serpent rolled up his sleeves and strode straight toward Gungun, bristling with fury.
"I'm a bear, and you're a snake. Do you really think I'm afraid of you?" Gungun rolled... brushed up the fur on his two arms and walked toward Soaring Serpent as well.
Then...
"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." Both struck at once. One threw a punch, the other delivered a kick; one pulled hair, the other pinched ears. The snake and bear plunged straight into a brawl, until finally...
Both lay on the ground, each refusing to let go of the other.
"Fat bear, let go!"
"No! Let go of my ears first."
"No! You let go of my hair first."
"Do you think I'm stupid?"
"Looking at that stupid face of yours, it's hard not to."
"Bullshit!"
"Hahaha! Amusing, truly amusing!" Suddenly, a burst of hearty laughter rang out.
Hearing that laughter, Gungun and Soaring Serpent immediately looked toward its source together and shouted, "Who are you laughing at?"
"You two. What, got a problem with that?" Tongtian raised his chin and asked the snake and bear. Beside him stood Yuanshi and an old man with graying hair, holding a fly-whisk. Needless to say, he had to be the foremost of the Three Pure Ones, Grand Pure One Laozi.
Seeing these three arrive, Gungun and Soaring Serpent hastily released each other, stood up, and straightened their rumpled clothes and fur. Then they bowed with clasped hands to the three mighty figures, saying respectfully, "Greetings,