During the Southern Dynasties, there was a small fishing village near Jiangzhou. There was a girl named Xie Liting.
Xie Liting held on to the wooden board and floated into the small river outside the village, where she was rescued by local fishermen. The villagers were very kind and took Xie Liting in and took turns taking care of her. Xie Liting only has one jade pendant on her body, which was left to her by her father before he was washed away by the water. When Xie Liting grew up, she relied on this jade pendant to find her grandparents and learn about her life experience, but this is all a story for another day.
Xie Liting, who grew up by the river, has excellent water skills and likes to go fishing in the river when she has nothing to do. With the help of neighbors, she will not starve. But in recent days, emergencies have occurred in the river outside the village.
On this day, the fishermen went out to fish as usual, but everyone did not return to the dock until midnight, and everyone was dejected. Xie Liting happened to be passing by the pier, and when she saw what was going on, she stepped forward to ask. Only then did she learn that the fishermen had been busy all day and hadn't caught a single fish.
Some people dived into the bottom of the river to check, and found that the river, which used to be rich in materials, was empty. Not to mention fish, even crab shells were missing. The water plants on the bottom of the river were also mixed up and floating around, looking as if someone had just made a scene.
Xie Liting was very surprised after hearing this, and immediately wanted to confirm it by the river. Seeing this, several fishermen hurriedly stopped her and explained: "Li Ting, this matter is too evil. It's better not to go near the river recently. We will find a Taoist to come back tomorrow and solve the matter. Let’s talk!”
Xie Liting was not interested, so she had no choice but to nod in agreement and go home obediently. But that night, Xie Liting heard a fluttering sound in her sleep, as if something was flapping its wings. At the same time, she heard a deer chirping. But in her impression, except for rabbits and pheasants , there were no deer at all in the woods near the village. Xie Liting was too sleepy, so she didn't think much and continued to fall asleep.
Early the next morning, the villagers actually found a Taoist priest. After wandering around the river, the Taoist priest said that the villagers had offended the Dragon King. The Dragon King had taken away all the water tribe , and now they could only make sacrifices to calm the Dragon King.
The villagers were shocked after hearing this and asked what to do. The Taoist priest narrowed his eyes slightly and rubbed his hands: "Of course it's money, the more the better. Only by making the Dragon King happy can this matter be solved!"
At this time, the villagers were all frightened and rushed in. Go home and get the money. Xie Liting, who was watching from the outside, saw this and sneered. She always felt that the Taoist priest was a charlatan. At the same time, she saw a dark shadow appear on the river. Out of curiosity, she ignored the fisherman's warning and secretly rowed a boat to get close to it.
But when she got closer, she realized that it was actually a huge bird with a fiery red body and a light yellow beak. It looked more like a mountain pheasant than a bird. The only difference is that the feathers on its butt are like a flame that is constantly beating, very dazzling.
At this time, the bird also noticed Xie Liting approaching, and suddenly opened its mouth and shouted. Strangely, the sound made by the bird turned out to be the roar of a deer. Before Xie Liting could react, her boat capsized and she accidentally fell into the water. At the same time, a group of water plants tightly entangled her and kept dragging her down.
At the critical moment, the villagers who came to collect money noticed the drowning Xie Liting and immediately carried out rescue, and Xie Liting escaped.
After this episode, when people returned to the shore, they found that the Taoist priest had taken the money and ran away, and they realized that they had been cheated. Everyone sent Xie Liting home and immediately reported the matter to the police to chase the liar.
After returning home, Xie Liting slept and had a strange dream. In the dream, she was standing on the bank of the river, and the strange bird she saw during the day appeared in front of her again. The strange bird was lying on a stone, as if it was chewing something. When Xie Liting got closer, she discovered that it was actually a dead fish.
At the same time, Xie Liting looked around and found that the bodies of dead fish were everywhere, and all of them had been disemboweled. They were obviously eaten by the strange bird in front of her.
Just when Xie Liting stepped forward to stop the strange bird, the strange bird made a roar and the whole earth began to tremble. She looked back and saw a huge wave rising into the sky. Before Xie Liting could react, she was directly sucked in. She opened her eyes with difficulty, only to find that all the villagers taking care of her were also sucked into the water, and they were no longer breathing.
At this time, a black shadow appeared in front of him, grabbed his hand, and pulled him out directly. Xie Liting opened her eyes in a daze and saw a man who looked very much like her. He was dressed in fine clothes and had an extraordinary temperament. He claimed to be Xie Liting's father. Xie Liting didn't believe it at first until she saw the two men hanging on their waists. I was convinced when I saw the exact same jade pendant.
It turns out that Xie Liting was born in a witchcraft family in the north, and her father was an excellent witchcraft. He is good at communicating with the gods through magic, bringing rain to the drought-stricken land and benefiting the suffering people. However, many years ago, due to his mistake, he failed to disperse the local villagers in time. Flash floods broke out and countless people died. He and his wife also died in the disaster. Fortunately, his daughter Xie Liting did not die.
After telling everything, Father Xie looked very anxious and urged: "Ting'er, when you wake up, take the villagers up the mountain quickly, it will be too late!"
It turns out that after Father Xie's death, his soul was river Bo accepted it and became He Bo's right-hand man. As for the bird that Xie Liting saw, it was actually Shengyu, a legendary beast that lived in Yushan. Shengyu liked to eat fish the most. Since arriving here, he has eaten almost all the fish in the river. Bo Xin was attached to the aquarium, so he ordered Xie's father to move all the fish and shrimps in the river.
However, in addition to liking to eat fish, Shengyu will also bring about a greater disaster - floods.
After learning everything, Xie Liting suddenly woke up from her dream. At this moment, there was thunder outside the window and heavy rain poured down. Xie Liting did not dare to delay, and rushed out immediately, notifying people from door to door, hoping that they could follow her to the mountains to take refuge.
Xie Liting has a good reputation in the village, and everyone is willing to believe her. In this way, everyone packed their luggage and headed towards the top of Houshan Mountain. Just when everyone was halfway up the mountain, there was a loud noise, followed by another tremor. Everyone looked back and saw that the huge waves soaring into the sky had submerged the entire village. If they had not left in time, they would all have died. Lost in this.
After the incident, Xie's father once again gave Xie Liting a dream, saying that Shengyu had been captured by the gods and taken back to Yushan, and could no longer cause trouble. The villagers were able to rebuild their homes, and the fish and shrimp in the river became rich again. Many years later, Xie Liting returned to her hometown according to her father's instructions, and successfully met her grandparents who were still alive, and was able to reunite with her relatives.