Rustling and whooshing.
The roaring currents scatter the fish and shrimp.
The Fat Catfish brings its fins together, swaying its tail, carefully navigating through the Underground River. As the daylight emerges at the end of the river, its body gradually shrinks until it surfaces as a black, plump-headed fish.
The pondside is lush with vegetation, with the Little Shen Dragon twirling in the sky. The Chief River Otter disassembles the completed ship model, sort it and packs it away, then submerges the pieces into the pond.
Aside from the ship model, a young monk with a somewhat handsome appearance but entirely unfamiliar, holds an alms bowl in one hand and a pen in the other. He dips the pen into the glittering golden liquid hanging on the bowl's wall, carefully scribing dense words on the ground as he recites, full of conviction.
Scratching his beard, Ze Cauldron ponders then has a realization.
The Fat Catfish's eyes light up.
Has the old monk become younger?
