Chapter 25

"Hey, that's a lighter. Look at the metal piece on top. Hit it hard and hold it down..." Tang Sen shouted.

Sun Wukong held the lighter and studied it for a long time. Finally, following Tang Sen's instructions, she found the mechanism and managed to ignite it with a "snap." She laughed triumphantly, "Hahaha, I, the great Sun Wukong, am so smart. I can learn new things from 500 years later in no time. I'm a genius."

After laughing, she slowly turned around and shouted, "Hey, Hugbear, quickly return my clothes. I'll let you go if you do. Otherwise, you'll taste the power of fire."

But there was no one behind her. The plush black bear had already disappeared while Sun Wukong was studying the lighter.

"Wow, what a shameless black bear spirit! Running away without a fight! No honor at all," Sun Wukong cursed, jumping around.

Tang Sen and Bai Longma jumped onto the roof and looked around, but it was deep into the night, and with the darkness, it was hard to spot the black bear. Even Sun Wukong, using her fiery eyes, couldn't find anything.

The three of them gathered together. Bai Longma said, "It's just a piece of clothing. It's not a big loss."

But Sun Wukong wouldn't agree. She shouted, "Those are my clothes, not yours. Of course, you say it's not a big loss. But for me, it's a huge loss... Wearing that makes me sexy and more popular. No one will say I look like a kid anymore."

Tang Sen and Bai Longma couldn't help but comment together, "No, no... wearing that won't change anything."

"Anyway, I don't care. I have to find her and get my clothes back." Sun Wukong jumped up and ran off, disappearing into the night with a somersault.

Seeing how anxious she was, Tang Sen pulled Bai Longma and said, "Let's help her look. We can't let her do it alone."

Bai Longma nodded, transformed into a dragon, and Tang Sen jumped onto the dragon's back, grabbing the dragon's horns. They slowly rose into the air, gliding quietly in the night sky. Riding a dragon felt pretty good, unlike an airplane, which has noise. Bai Longma, the lady dragon, flew without making a sound, showing her noble demeanor... or rather, her noble dragon nature.

"Hey, Brother Tang Sen, grabbing my horns feels ticklish..." Bai Longma said pitifully, "Can you grab something else?"

Tang Sen looked left and right but found nothing to grab, so he had to wrap his arms around the dragon's neck.

"Hey... men and women should keep their distance. Don't be so intimate..."

"Hey, get real!" Tang Sen said, sweating, "When you turned into a bicycle, I was on you, and you didn't say anything."

"Because... because you wouldn't have any evil thoughts about a bicycle, so I let you touch me..."

Tang Sen covered his face, "My dear lady, I can't even masturbate to a bicycle, let alone a dragon. I'm not into bestiality."

This was a bit crude, and a lady of high birth couldn't stand such talk. She was so embarrassed that she couldn't fly and fell softly from the sky. Tang Sen screamed, "Plane crash... plane crash!"

Just as they were about to hit the ground, Bai Longma regained her composure and floated back up. Tang Sen sighed in relief, "Fly more steadily. Your ups and downs are too much for my heart."

Bai Longma blushed and said, "Please watch your words. A lady... hearing such words is too much for my heart."

"Sure, sure, I won't do it again," Tang Sen said with a bitter smile.

"Hey? There's some movement ahead!" Bai Longma suddenly lowered her voice.

Tang Sen also stopped joking, held his breath, and they flew silently through the sky, making no sound. They flew over a cliff and a thicket, and saw two shadows talking in the bushes below. They were too far to hear clearly.

Bai Longma slowly descended and hovered above the two shadows in the treetops.

At this close distance, Tang Sen could see clearly. One of the shadows was the plush black bear spirit, and the other was a woman in white with a long face, not very pretty, with yellow eyes, clearly not human, but some kind of spirit in human form.

The plush Hugbear held the leopard print dress she had just stolen and said happily, "Xiao Bai, I got a treasure that will make me popular. I heard that as long as I wear this, everyone will love me and pay attention to me."

The woman in white, named Xiao Bai, asked curiously, "There's such a treasure?" Her voice was a bit hoarse, with a hissing sound, not as pleasant as the plush black bear's.

The plush black bear spirit said cutely, "The Great Sage who caused chaos in Heaven 500 years ago said it, so it must be true."

The woman in white nodded, "If the Great Sage said it, it must be true."

Tang Sen and Bai Longma, who were eavesdropping, couldn't help but cover their faces: Wrong, so wrong. Believing anyone's words is a mistake, especially a woman of unknown origin.

Bai Longma whispered in Tang Sen's ear, "Brother Tang Sen, should we jump out and take back the clothes now? The woman in white doesn't seem very strong. I should be able to handle her, and as for the black bear, you can use the lighter to win easily."

Tang Sen shook his head, "Not yet. Let's listen more. Knowing the enemy and knowing yourself ensures victory."

The plush black bear spirit held up the leopard print dress, tried it on, and said happily, "It seems to fit me. Although I'm a bit fat, I'm very flexible. I can compress myself to wear it. Xiao Bai, help me."

The woman in white helped the black bear spirit put on the dress. A plush toy bear in a tight leopard print dress, with no figure, round in front and back, looked like a cylinder. The scene was too beautiful, and Tang Sen covered his eyes, while Bai Longma almost screamed and fell.

But the black bear spirit was very happy, patted her round belly, and said, "I'm dressed. I must look cute now. My owner will definitely like me again."

The woman in white's eyes showed a hint of sadness, "Yes, yes, your owner will definitely like you again. Keep it up." She clearly didn't mean it and avoided looking the black bear spirit in the eye.

"I'll go back to my owner now," the black bear spirit said happily. "I look so beautiful. She will definitely hug me to sleep and talk to me about many intimate things. She loves me the most."

The woman in white whispered, "Keep it up! You must keep it up!"

She waved to the black bear spirit, looking a bit sad. The black bear spirit walked westward confidently. Tang Sen checked the GPS map and saw a small town to the west. The "owner" she mentioned was likely in that town.

Bai Longma asked softly, "Brother Tang Sen, what should we do now? Should we continue following the black bear spirit?"

Tang Sen shook his head, "The black bear is walking slowly. We don't need to chase her urgently. Let's capture the woman in white first and ask her about the details."

Bai Longma nodded. They waited quietly until the black bear spirit was out of sight, then suddenly swooped down from the sky. The woman in white was about to turn back into the mountains when she saw a snow-white dragon appear in front of her, with a handsome man on its back.

The woman in white was terrified, her body trembling, "A dragon... actually a dragon... May I ask which celestial beings you are?"

Bai Longma was about to speak, but Tang Sen gently patted her head and whispered, "Don't speak. Your voice will ruin the intimidation. You won't scare anyone and won't get useful information."

He raised his head, his face dark and fierce, and said to the woman in white, "What kind of mountain spirit or ghost are you? Quickly show your true form, or I will send you to the eighteenth level of hell, never to be reborn." Tang Sen was good at playing the bad cop. In the past, when some girls at the imperial university pursued him relentlessly, he would use this act to scare them away. He was quite skilled at it and was indeed a bit scary.

The woman in white was indeed frightened by Tang Sen. She shrank, curled up, and slowly shrank, finally turning into a small white snake. She said in a crying voice, "Please calm down, Great Immortal. I am a white snake who has practiced for 500 years and just learned to transform into a human. I have never harmed anyone, only eating mountain rats, rabbits, and foxes, never violating the natural order. Please, Great Immortal, consider my hard practice and spare me."