A woodcutter named Luo Yuanqi lives at the foot of Rouqu Mountain. He is short and ugly, and has an honest and submissive personality. People in the village look down on him.
On this day, Luo Yuanqi went up the mountain to chop wood and saw a female beggar with broken legs in the mountain. She was dressed in rags and emitted a strong sour smell. Her messy hair half covered her squinting eyes. Her nose was flat and her mouth was full of buck teeth, which made people feel ugly.
Luo Yuanqi saw that she was alone and had lost her legs, and felt that she was very pitiful, so he stepped forward to ask if she needed help.
The female beggar is not polite. She said that her home is on the other side of the mountain and wanted Luo Yuanqi to help carry her home.
Luo Yuanqi did not dislike the dirty smell of the female beggar. He carried her up properly, walked around the mountain road a long way, and finally sent her home in the evening.
The female beggar asked Luo Yuanqi to put her down at the door, and then said to him, "I think you are a kind person, so I will give you a reminder, go home and prepare the coffin, and you will be able to use it in a few days."
Luo Yuanqi was shocked when he heard this and hurriedly asked the female beggar what she said. What does it mean? The female beggar replied, "I am actually a ghost messenger. You are nearing your life and can only live for another three days. Your name has appeared on my list of soul-catching people. Come home quickly and prepare for your funeral."
Luo Yuanqi returned home in dismay. He lay on the bed and looked back on his life. He found that although he had done a lot of good things, those were also trivial things in his eyes. Thinking that he had three days left to live, he decided to use the final value of his life before he died.
Rouqu Mountain has been drought in the past two years, and water has become a scarce existence. Not to mention it, Luo Yuanqi has not washed his face in two years, because a sip of water here may save a life.
There has always been a legend in the village that tells the story of an endless spring in Rouqu Mountain. If that spring can be found, it can solve the drought at the foot of Rouqu Mountain. In the past two years, many people have also gone up the mountain to look for springs, but none of them have been able to come back.
Thinking of this, Luo Yuanqi immediately got up from the bed. He decided not to waste this last time and set out immediately to find the spring. He thought to himself that since death has become an inevitable thing, try to make his death more valuable.
Luo Yuanqi searched in the mountains and forests for two days and two nights. Seeing that the sun had risen on the third day, he felt powerless, but this powerlessness made him speed up the search, because he deeply realized that there was not much time left for himself.
At noon on the third day, Luo Yuanqi accidentally looked up and saw strands of white mist rising in the mountains not far away. He walked in that direction and soon heard the drizzle of water.
Luo Yuanqi was ecstatic. He walked through the woods and found that a clear mountain spring appeared in front of him. However, before he could walk to the mountain spring, four or five human-shaped ghosts with green faces and fangs appeared near the mountain spring. When Luo Yuanqi saw them, he quickly retracted himself back into the mountains and forests and quietly hid.
He heard one of the demons say, "This mountain spring is the nemesis of Drop Bahru . If someone stole it and hurt lord Bahru, none of us will have good fruits."
Listening to the ghosts' chat, Luo Yuanqi learned that the drought in the past two years was because of a drought in Rouqu Mountain. If you want to eliminate the drought, you must pour the spring water on its forehead and chest. What surprised Luo Yuanqi the most was that the demons actually said that the drought bar turned into a beautiful woman named Rouchan and hid at the foot of Rouqu Mountain.
Rou Cicada is the village flower of Luo Yuanqi and his village. It counts the time, and it happened to be moved here two years ago.
Looking at the demon guarding the mountain spring, Luo Yuanqi had a plan in his mind. He quietly retreated to the mountain and hit two rabbits. Then he cut the rabbit open and stuffed the cinnabar he carried with him into the rabbit's body.
These cinnabars were originally prepared by Luo Yuanqi for himself. He heard that people who exposed corpses in the wilderness are most likely to become zombies, so he originally planned to stuff these cinnabars into his mouth before he died in case he became evil after he died, but he didn't expect that they would come in handy here now.
Luo Yuanqi threw the dead rabbit in the direction of the mountain spring. The demons smelled the bloody smell and couldn't help it. They grabbed the rabbit and started to bite it. After a few bites, they started to wail. After a while, they disappeared. Luo Yuanqi walked up and looked and found that they had all fallen to the ground and died.
At this time, it was getting late. Luo Yuanqi hurriedly filled the water bag with water, and then hurried back to the village and called everyone in the village together. He raised the water bag in his hand to signal, and then told him what he saw in the mountains, pointing out that soft cicada was the drought-harm that harmed people.
Rouchan was stared at by everyone. She did not defend herself, but shed tears silently. The villagers looked at Rouchan's pitiful appearance and Luo Yuanqi's ugly face. They were all half-believing and half-doubted about Luo Yuanqi's words, and some even muttered, suspecting that Luo Yuanqi wanted to take advantage of Rouchan.
At this time, the sun was about to set. Luo Yuanqi knew that he might be dying soon. He looked at the suspicious gazes that the villagers cast at him, and felt a little sad. He clenched his teeth, suddenly unscrewed the water bag, and then rushed towards Rou Chan.
Rouchan screamed in surprise, her face suddenly turned blue and sharp nails grew on her ten fingers. Her nails penetrated Luo Yuanqi's body, and Luo Yuanqi lost his breath on the spot.
Before her death, Luo Yuanqi poured all the water in his hand on Hanba. He saw it howl in pain, and then fell to the ground. Her body gradually decayed and eventually turned into a pile of black bones.
Everyone was stunned by this sudden change. Before they could react, a female beggar suddenly appeared in the air. She was shockingly ugly and her legs were broken.
The villagers saw her reaching out and a golden figure floated out of Luo Yuanqi's body. After a closer look, it was Luo Yuanqi's soul.
The female beggar said to Luo Yuanqi's soul, "I came here by the will of heaven. You will get rid of the drought and benefit the people. Now, your life span on the book of life and death has changed. You will be free from illness and disasters, and live a hundred years of long life."
After saying this, the female beggar transformed into a beautiful fairy. She flew into the sky and disappeared in a short while. Luo Yuanqi's soul returned to his body. He came to live with his chest covering his chest and found that the injuries on his body were gone.
Everyone in the village felt guilty for their attitude towards Luo Yuanqi just now, and they apologized to him, and Luo Yuanqi generously forgave them. Later, Luo Yuanqi never married in his life. He did many good deeds when he was alive. After his death, the villagers buried him in glory and erected a monument for him to tell him about his merits in this life.
