In ancient times, there was a lake village, and there was an ancient temple in the village. I don't know when it was built. After many years, it has long been dilapidated and broken.
The four temples were located next to Penghu Lake, which was originally a barren place. In addition, the surrounding area was covered with weeds, and the temple was dilapidated. Usually, few people come here, but recently, many people come to the four temples, and they keep digging in the courtyard of the temple with tools.
A few days ago, several children came here to play and accidentally dug out a few round beads from the soil. They took them home and were discovered by their parents to be pearls. The pearls were as big as night pearls and were of great value.
After digging for three or four days in a row, everyone harvested a lot, and many people became rich overnight. However, as more and more people came to dig, the soil under the temple was turned over again, and no pearls were found. Everyone dug deeper and deeper into the soil, and it was nearly half a foot.
If everyone had filled the pit by this time, it would have been fine, but unexpectedly, a villager in the pit dug into the deep pit again, and an iron shovel dug down, and the soil under his feet suddenly collapsed. The pit was full of water, like a dark river, like the ice surface cracked, and all the people in the pit fell into the water. The people above the pit heard the sound of struggle and hurriedly looked under the pit.
When everyone in the pit saw this, they were all terrified. They stared at the deep water under the pit in a daze, not knowing what to do.
The four temples were already in ruins, and there were many holes dug by everyone. Yesterday, a heavy rain moved the cornerstone under the temple, and it was shaking and falling. Now, after the roar of the earth shaking, they could no longer bear it and collapsed.
In the pit, with a roar, a demon dragon came out with the water, but the demon dragon body had no dragon horns, four limbs on the abdomen, and only three claws on each limb. His body was covered with turquoise dragon scales, and a dragon roar resounded throughout the world. When the demon dragon was born, it seemed to be very angry at people.
Afterwards, some good people inquired about the origin of the four temples and the evil dragon, and found the answer in an ancient book, the county annals. The book introduces the ancient temple and the origin of the evil dragon in great detail. According to the book, 800 years ago, there was a carp in Penghu Lake that turned into a dragon, often making waves and swallowing people who went fishing in the lake. At that time, there was a mountain near Penghu Lake called Pengshan, and there was a person in the mountain who had practiced for many years and had a profound way of doing things.
The Taoist came to the lake and used the technique of boiling the sea to force out the flood dragon, denouncing it for making waves and causing harm to people's lives. The crime can be punished, and today it is going to do justice for heaven, but the flood dragon said: "Fishermen can prey on water races, but I can't prey on fishermen. What is the reason for this?"
The Taoist was at a loss for words and was speechless. Then he thought that he was a human being after all, and he should put people first, so he fought with the flood dragon in the lake, but unexpectedly, the flood dragon was in the water, like a tiger, and the Taoist was helpless to the flood dragon. Instead, he was injured by the flood dragon. Seeing that there was no hope of victory in the lake, the Taoist had a plan in his heart, pretended to lose, and led the flood dragon out of the lake with agitation.
The flood dragon resisted the water of Wang Yang and chased after it, coming to the place where the four temples were built later. The Taoist used the skill of moving mountains to attract earth and stones, burying the flood, and the flood dragon was also pressed under the earth and stones. However, the flood dragon was indeed powerful, driving water and impacting the earth and stones. When he saw it, he was about to break out of the ground. The Taoist flew up and suppressed the flood dragon with his own way, and the flood dragon could not move. However, the Taoist knew that he had been injured by the flood dragon before, and used his great magic power to deplete his cultivation base. Now that he was at the end of the force, he couldn't last long, so he ordered the people in the village to build a Sanqing temple on the flood dragon.
When the Sanqing Temple was built, the Taoist also sat in front of the temple. Everyone was grateful for the Taoist's kindness and put the Taoist body next to Sanqing, and they were offered incense every day. However, as time passed and dynasties changed, people gradually forgot the Taoist's kindness, and they also forgot what terrifying monsters were under the pressure of the four temples.
After the survivors in the village learned about the origin of the demon dragon, they were all terrified and couldn't sleep day and night, for fear that the demon dragon would take revenge again. After a long time, the demon dragon did not appear again. Later, some people saw dark clouds over the lake, lightning flashing and thundering, and a flood dragon swaying up.
There were rumors in the village that the flood dragon wanted to transform into a dragon, but because of its many evils and killing too much, it was not allowed by the Tao of Heaven, so it could not survive the lightning disaster, and ended up being burned by lightning and wiped out in ashes.