As to why the Ruyi Jingu Bang did not recognize the Six-Eared Macaque as its master, Zhang Chulan said he did not know, but was the Sui Xin iron staff really forged by Great Yu?
"Didn't Great Yu already have the Ruyi Jingu Bang? Why would he need to forge another one?" Zhang Chulan was puzzled.
"Originally, when Great Yu was controlling the waters, he needed a heavy plummet to measure the depths of the rivers and seas, and a large stone wouldn't do—it had to be something small yet heavy," the Six-Eared Macaque narrated the secret he knew, "Upon learning that the Supreme Elder could refine artifacts, he wanted to request an object that was both small in volume and extremely heavy."
"Coincidentally, the Supreme Elder had earlier refined a Ruyi Jingu Bang using Primordial Chaos Initial Judgment Pottery Patterned Iron, because it was too heavy, and as it possessed spirit, no god or general could wield it with ease, so he lent it to Great Yu."
