At this very moment, in a valley on the eastern side of White Tiger Ridge.
Tang Sanzang watched the woman in front of him with a blank expression, and the woman likewise stared back with the same blank expression. The little skeleton, acting as the land spirit beside the woman, was shivering with fear and sent a message to the woman, "Ma'am, wasn't it agreed that he would go west while we head east? Why have we run into each other again?"
The White Bone Lady was also dumbfounded, her body weak and trembling, as she communicated back, "I have no idea... Could it be we've gotten lost? But, I'm directionally challenged, you're not, right?"
The skeleton land spirit replied, "Could it be he is the one who's directionally challenged? Going around in circles and ending up back here? Ma'am, look at his muscles, he seems even stronger now."
Cold sweat was streaming down the White Bone Lady's forehead...