Actually, from the story of the White-Robed Scholar and the Black Bear Spirit, we can deduce that this hanged wolf monster was actually a close brother of the Black Bear Spirit and the former wolf monster boss of Black Wind Mountain, the Grey Wolf Spirit Lingxuzi.
However, didn't the earlier account say that Lingxuzi was beaten to death with a single stroke by the Great Sage centuries ago? How did he end up hanging here again? Who held such deep hatred and a bitter grudge to deny him peace in death, even digging up his corpse for a posthumous whipping? Such malice deserves execution!
In truth, the reality is this: the Grey Wolf Spirit was indeed beaten to death by the Great Sage back then. But didn't the Black Bear Spirit surrender to Bodhisattva Guanyin at that time to serve as the Mountain-Guarding Deity in the Purple Bamboo Grove?
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