"Er..."
Zhao Yuan hesitated for a moment but decided not to tell the old village chief the Xiaoyang's true identity. After all, things like Mountain Spirits and Wild Monsters were too frightening, not to mention the incredibly bizarre Paper Mache Man from before. If he told the old village chief and the villagers all of this, it would scare them to death.
So, Zhao Yuan told a white lie: "It was a black bear!"
The night was dark anyway, and the villagers hadn't seen the Xiaoyang's strange appearance, only its massive body. Calling it a black bear was a plausible explanation.
"What? A black bear?" The old village chief was surprised, asking skeptically, "Where would a black bear come from on our mountain? Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"
