In ancient times, there was a merchant named Feng Yuanshan who often went overseas on merchant ships, sold silk and satin, and bought some spices to earn a profit. Although this kind of business was profitable, it was also extremely dangerous. Once the merchant ship encountered strong winds and waves at sea, it would be buried at the bottom of the sea, and it would often be robbed by sea bandits and killed by bandits.

Therefore, no one else could do this kind of business for a long time, but Feng Yuanshan did it for three years. Because he liked luxury and was greedy for wealth, he usually spent a lot of money, and he couldn't do that hard work, so he had to use his life to make money.

On this day, Feng Yuanshan crossed the ocean on the merchant ship, but encountered sea bandits on the way. After being slashed, he played dead at the loss of wit, and took advantage of the sea bandits' lack of attention to put down the boat for emergency escape, only to escape and escape. However, the boat had no water for drinking and no food. Feng Yuanshan drifted in the sea for three days, and his hunger and thirst were unbearable. Coupled with the festering wound, he could not support it and passed out.

He didn't know how long had passed before he regained consciousness. However, when Feng Yuanshan woke up, he found himself floating lightly in the air, surrounded by trees.

At this time, a person hurried over, and the onlookers hurriedly flashed a path. That person came to "himself" and put a fruit the size of a red date into "his" mouth. Feng Yuanshan only felt a strange force coming, and involuntarily fell towards his body.

At first I felt weak and weak, and the wound was extremely painful. However, as the fruit in my mouth gradually turned into sweet juice, it slipped into my stomach, and I suddenly felt that my whole body was transparent. All my limbs and bones were comfortable, and the wound was actually healed.

Feng Yuanshan opened his eyes, sat up, and looked around. He realized that what he saw in the air was actually real. There were people around him, and he immediately understood that he should have died when his soul left his body.

Feng Yuanshan stood up and thanked everyone. After talking, he realized that he didn't understand what everyone was saying. It was similar to an ancient saying.

It turned out that after Feng Yuanshan passed out, the boat was swaying in the sea, and was discovered by the people here, who brought him up the mountain, because he had not received a drop of water for many days, and he was injured and untreated. He was already on the verge of death, and his soul was said to be hopeless. However, fortunately, there is a longevity tree in the mountains here, which bears longevity fruit, which can bring the newly dead back to life. Ordinary people eat it, but it can increase their lives. Jiazi ate the longevity fruit, and Feng Yuanshan saved his life.

After Feng Yuanshan heard it, he felt it was incredible. He didn't want there to be such a miraculous fairy fruit in the world. If such a fairy fruit was sold to dignitaries or even the emperor, he didn't know how much money he could get in exchange, so he couldn't help but be greedy.

However, he said that the people here were kind and friendly. He invited Feng Yuanshan to rest here for a few days. Feng Yuanshan couldn't ask for it, so he happily agreed.

After living for a few days, Feng Yuanshan learned from the mouths of the mountain people that this mountain was called Zhongshan, with a radius of hundreds of miles. Miraculously, this mountain was actually suspended in the sea, and the sun and moon were not visible in the mountain. Looking into the sky, the sky was gray, and the alternation between day and night was irregular. Sometimes the days were long and the nights were short, sometimes the days were short and the nights were long, and sometimes the days and nights were frequent.

After living here for a few days, I learned that the longevity tree was on the top of the mountain, and someone took special care of it and guarded it. The mountain people will eat a long-lived fruit every sixty years, so everyone will live forever.

Feng Yuanshan decided to steal the longevity fruit. This long-lived fruit is also extremely precious to mountain people. If you ask for it directly, you may not be willing to give it to yourself.

At night, Feng Yuanshan took advantage of the people's deep sleep and climbed to the top of the mountain. There was an altar on the top of the mountain, which was used by the sacrificial person. There was a tree next to the altar, which was very thick and could not be hugged by several people, but it was not very tall.

Feng Yuanshan reached out to pick one, and was about to pick another, when night and day suddenly changed, the sky suddenly brightened, and a voice came, "Who are you? Why do you want to pick this longevity fruit?"

Feng Yuanshan saw that it was the person guarding the Longevity Tree that had been stolen. Feng Yuanshan did not say a word, but was tied up by the tree watchers and escorted to the bottom of the mountain, waiting for the people to fall.

The mountain people gathered together and were all very angry, scaring Feng Yuanshan so much that he was trembling, afraid that the mountain people would kill him, but unexpectedly, the mountain people just decided to drive him away, not even take the longevity fruit he stole, took him to a small boat, threw some food at him, and told him to go straight south and reach the shore in a few days.

According to the guidance of the mountain people, Feng Yuanshan landed three days later, but the more he thought about it after landing, the angrier he became. Not only was the goods robbed by the sea bandits, but he lost his hand in stealing the longevity fruit.

Yi Ling didn't believe it, treating Feng Yuanshan as a crazy person and asking the officials to drive him away. Feng Yuanshan gritted his teeth, took out the longevity fruit from his arms, and handed it to Yi Ling, saying, "This is the longevity fruit. Ordinary people eat it, it can increase longevity.

Yi Ling happened to have an old lady who was seriously ill and had been bedridden for more than three years, so he put this fruit into her mouth. After a while, she really recovered.

Yi Ling immediately agreed to Feng Yuanshan, sent troops to snatch the longevity fruit, and promised to reward him with a thousand taels of gold when it was done.

That day, more than a hundred soldiers were led by Feng Yuanshan and sailed tosea on an official ship. Three days later, they came to the foot of Zhongshan. Feng Yuanshan led the soldiers ashore and was discovered by the mountain people. He asked why he came back again.

"Whoever dares to stop them will be killed without mercy." Feng Yuanshan said to the mountain people.

Feng Yuanshan also led his soldiers to the Longevity Tree at the top of the mountain. On the way, there were many mountain people who were unsure of the situation and came forward to stop them. They were all hacked and killed.

"The mountain people are pedantic, the sword is in front of you, and you actually hope for the protection of the gods, it's really ridiculous." Before Feng Yuanshan's voice fell, the ground shook and the mountains suddenly shook, the sky was bright and dark, and the thunder rumbled, and a roar came from the sky.

The dragon head slowly hung down from the clouds, and finally hung in front of Zhongshan, staring at the people on the top of the mountain. At this time, Feng Yuanshan could see that the dragon head was as big as a mountain, and the dragon body extended in the water, coiled under Zhongshan. This Zhongshan was actually cameled up by it.

The dragon's body coiled up into the water, and the dragon's head rose straight into the sky. How big was that dragon? Feng Yuanshan stared at the dragon in a daze, and the soldiers also stared at the dragon in a daze. No one dared to move.

The dragon moved, and it roared angrily at the soldiers. The soldiers affected by the roar could not bear it, and they bled from seven orifices and fell to the ground. More than a hundred soldiers died in an instant, and the rest were frightened and fled down the mountain.

Feng Yuanshan stood at the edge of the group of soldiers. Hearing the roar of the dragon, his qi and blood immediately surged, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. He almost fell.

There was another roar, the sky and the earth changed color, the sky was surging with wind and clouds, and thunder and lightning, "Is this... a dragon?" Feng Yuanshan said in his heart, "If I knew there were dragons, I'm afraid I wouldn't have come even if I killed myself."

When they finally arrived at the foot of the mountain, Feng Yuanshan and the soldiers got on the boat and untied the rope in a panic. As soon as the boat went out, they saw a behemoth shaking in the deep seabed.

The sky suddenly darkened, and Feng Yuanshan looked up, and was so frightened that he was out of his body, and the dragon held out the dragon head. It raised the head high, and then sucked hard at the sea, the sea water was mixed with the fragments of the ship, and all the soldiers were rolled up and flew towards the mouth of the dragon. Feng Yuanshan was also among them, and died in the belly of the dragon, and no one survived.

Three days later, Yi Ling saw that Feng Yuanshan and the soldiers had not returned, so he sent people to Zhongshan to look for Feng Yuanshan and the others, but found nothing. He did not find Zhongshan, but found some ship fragments in the sea. Finally, it was determined that Feng Yuanshan and the soldiers were all killed in the sea.

After that, the imperial court also sent troops to search for Zhongshan in the sea several times, but they were never found again.