Between Beast And Buddha: A Drunken Monkey's Journey to Immortality

Orange-crestisamonkeywithsimpledesires.Helikeswarmsummerdayslazingaboutwithhisbrothersandsisters,samplingthevarietyoffruitandgrubsMountYueluprovidesit'ssimianinhabitants.Hedoesnotliketigers,orthatonegreenfruitthatmakesone'sshitswhiteandrunny.Unlikehisbrothersthough,orange-crestisendlesslycurious.Andnosubjectarousesthatcuriositymorethanthemanymysteriesoffermentation.Onefatefulnight,hefindshimselfenjoyinganexperimentalbrewalittlemorepotentthanhisusualwork.DaoistScouringMedicineisamandisgraced.Caughtbetweenthepressuresofavisionforpillrefininghewillnotcompromise,andthepoliticsofaworldthatdiscardsitsidealsthemomenttheystandinthewayofprofit;hisoncerisingstarhaslongsincestagnated.Afteradisciplefromaprestigiousandwealthyfamilycrippleshimselfbymisusingthedaoist'swork,hefindshimselfwanderingtheslopesofanunfamiliarmountain,hittingthegourdalittleharderthananyself-respectingdaoistshould,cursingtheHeavensandtheZhangfamilyalike.Fromapairofpoorlyconsidereddrunkendecisions,asequenceofeventsaresetintomotionthatwillonedayshaketheveryheavens.UpdatesonceaweekonSundays.