"Hey, main body! How are you?" Dressed in a splendid kasaya, the Black Bear Ancestor whom Houtu had summoned raised a paw and greeted Gungun.
"What's with those clothes?" Gungun asked him, rather baffled.
The Black Bear Ancestor glanced down at his kasaya, then raised his head and said with a smile, "I made it myself. I'll have to wear one sooner or later anyway, so better sooner than later. Besides, it looks pretty handsome."
As he spoke, he pressed his palms together and chanted devoutly, "The Ancestral Bear is merciful."
Gungun: "..."
"Enough! Stop fooling around!" Houtu spoke up. "Xiong Er, set out immediately. Help Hou Yi and Xingtian kill Kunpeng before the Demon Race does, then escort his primordial spirit into the Netherworld!"
Xiong Er was the code name Houtu had given the Black Bear Ancestor.
Gungun was the Ancestral Bear. A Bei was the first corpse he had severed, so he was called Xiong Da. The Black Bear Ancestor was the second corpse, so he was called Xiong Er.
Hearing Houtu's orders, the Black Bear Ancestor pressed his paws together and bowed to her. "This little bear obeys. Homage to the greatly compassionate and merciful Ancestral Bear."
With that, he straightened up, turned into a beam of divine light, and vanished.
Gungun took two steps forward and stared in the direction that fellow had left. He opened his mouth and raised a paw to say something, but after dithering for ages, he finally lowered his arm and swallowed.
This guy... wants to be Buddha Lord even more than I do.
"Over the years, he's come to me repeatedly to draw his salary in advance. He now owes ten million years' worth, so I detained him in the Underworld and made him work overtime to repay it. Still,