At Long Life Mountain the Great Immortal detains his old friend; At Five Villages Abbey, Pilgrim steals the ginseng fruit.
In which the disciples crave the fruit.
“Sha Monk, however, could not bear to look at him; he put down the luggage and went forward to untie the ropes”: This man seems so king.
“Eros is a sword injurious:
Live by it and you will be slain.”: As always, don’t get carried away by passions.
“Its root joins the Kunlun ranges”:
Kunlun Mountains 
Seems like they’re on the Tibetan Plateau now. “None of the other places has scenery like this mountain, which is extraordinarily beautiful.”
“The shape of the fruit was exactly that of a newborn infant not yet three days old, complete with the four limbs and the five senses”: Reminds me of these pears grown in China.
“We belong to the Mysterious Fold of the Great Monad”: The Great Monad is the Yin/Yang symbol. This phrase means that they are taoists, basically.
“The monkey, you see, was an expert in climbing trees and stealing fruits”: No need to remind us…
Finally! A chapter where nobody fights and it’s just the shenanigans of the disciples. Anyone else loves fruit?