Soaring Serpent Became a Bear to Fight Wukong; Gungun Met an Unlucky Bear in the Far North (Two Chapters in One...)

Jieyin and Zhunti agreed to let me take full charge of the scripture pilgrimage and make A Bei the pilgrim. Everything will be much easier now. I, the great god Gungun, am about to reap another sizable helping of merit.

Gungun roared with laughter inwardly, then bade farewell to Houtu and All Saints and set off back to the Primordial World.

What Gungun did not know was that, at the very moment of departure, a white bear eating grilled fish in the far north of the Primordial World suddenly sneezed, wiped its nose, and thought, I feel like someone is plotting against me behind my back. Who could it be?

Meanwhile, on Flower-Fruit Mountain.

After carrying little Bai Suzhen into a cave, the monkey who had burst out of the stone scratched his ears and cheeks in distress, with no idea how to treat her injuries. Finally, Soaring Serpent could no longer bear to watch and tossed out a shimmering immortal herb for the monkey to stumble upon "by accident." Only then did his eyes dart about as he decided to crush the herb and feed it to Bai Suzhen.

After eating the immortal herb and resting for another day, Bai Suzhen finally opened her eyes slowly and gazed around the dimly lit cave.

"You finally woke up!" a voice said beside her. Bai Suzhen turned and saw a monkey with leaves wrapped around his lower body. He scratched himself as he spoke-or perhaps he was not scratching an itch, but merely making the habitual movements of a monkey.

Having studied under Holy Mother Wudang for ten years, Bai Suzhen did know a thing or two. She looked at the monkey and asked, "Were you the one who saved me?"

"Ah, yes, yes! I saved you!" The monkey nodded