Yandang Mountain housed Yan Lake, spanning thousands of acres, beneath which sealed a mythical creature from over four thousand years ago.

The reason why Shi Feiyang chose this place as his first stop for treasure hunting in Central Earth was because Emperor Yu had left behind a Treasure Tripod here.

The Mana of King Yu in this world was exceptionally strong. In bygone days, the Five Elements Essence Qi from the five regions of the world each gave birth to conscious elves. Guided by the principle of the Five Elements generating and overcoming each other, they colluded, leading to chaos across the land, resulting in various world-level natural disasters, making life miserable and leaving corpses strewn across the fields.

Emperor Yu forged the ultimate treasure to suppress the Earth Axis and then enforced the return of the Five Elements to their rightful places. The Black Yin Water Elf born from Gui Water, after losing a fierce battle with Emperor Yu, furiously ran to the Western region, seeking an alliance with the God of Geng Metal. They planned to enrich their sources through the method of Metal and Water fostering each other, striving to return the world to chaos.

Emperor Yu went to the West, forced the Black Yin Water Elf back to her place, and thus stopped the source of the great floods.

At that time, many monsters took advantage of the flood to cause havoc, and the Flood Dragon was one of them. It had already reached a considerable Dao Level four thousand years ago. Emperor Yu could have killed it easily, but since the Flood Dragon had some past connection with Yu's father, Emperor Yu didn't want to lay hands on it. Instead, he sealed it under Yan Lake, within the Red Valley Stone Prison, using the Taiyin Earth Net to imprison it from below and the Yu Ding to suppress it from above, leaving a Yu Golden Talisman attached to the tripod.

Until now, the power of the Golden Talisman had weakened, and the Flood Dragon gradually penetrated the mysteries of the Yu Ding. Not only did its range of movement increase, but it could also exploit the power of the Yu Ding to attack enemies who dared to intrude.

Shi Feiyang intended to obtain the Yu Ding and Yu Golden Talisman, both treasures left by the ancient Human King, while the guardian here was just a monster, which didn't involve any sect's cause and effect.

He flew from afar and could see from the sky above Yan Lake that dark clouds churned, torrential rain poured, and hail the size of bowls fell chaotically from the sky. Three Flood Dragons were frolicking and dancing between the clouds and waters, having jointly generated this storm, now besieging a Sword Immortal altogether.

The Sword Immortal they were dueling was a young man dressed in white, tall and handsome. Each movement and shout revealed a strong aura of heroism. He wielded a yellow Flying Sword, darting up and down. His swordsmanship was quite extraordinary and he fought the three Flood Dragons to a stalemate.

Shi Feiyang did not immediately descend but hid among the clouds to quietly observe.

After more than four hours, the white-clad swordsman gradually lost his stamina, his True Qi insufficient, and the light on his sword began to dim. The three Flood Dragons, with their bodies covered in green scales and mouths spewing a deadly cold Dan Qi, relentlessly bombarded the enemy with a relentless attack, sensing the enemy's weakening state. They cleverly coordinated their attacks and surrounded the swordsman in a '品' formation, gathering dark clouds overhead and raining down hailstones from all directions.

The young swordsman could not withstand the assault and tried to break through, but each time he was repelled by the Green Flood Dragons' Dan Qi.

Not wanting to see him die at the jaws of the Flood Dragons, Shi Feiyang reached down from the air, grabbed the dark clouds summoned by the Green Flood Dragon out of the sky, and pulled them into his Mica Tent.

The dark clouds had originally enveloped several miles around, with the three Flood Dragons below, making it difficult to see in the pouring rain and chaotic hail. Once the clouds were removed, the daylight brightened, the rain stopped, and the hail ceased. Both the Flood Dragons and the swordsman were stunned and looked up in unison.

Shi Feiyang descended gracefully from the sky. Seeing a more formidable Immortal arriving, the young swordsman was overjoyed and greatly encouraged. He regained his spirits, expelled a breath of True Qi onto his sword, and urged it to transform into a several-zhang-long streak of yellow light, aiming to bisect a Green Flood Dragon on the spot.

Shi Feiyang didn't want to see either party die, so once again, he extended his hand and snatched the flying sword through the air, captured it momentarily, and forcefully pulled it with an irresistible massive force, directing it upwards before landing it directly in his own hand.

Feeling ambushed, the Green Flood Dragon also became enraged. All at once, they opened their mouths and spewed out a stream of toxic Dan Qi towards the young swordsman who had lost his flying sword, unable to defend. If he were to be hit now, his death would be certain.

Shi Feiyang furrowed his brow and reached out to grab, inhaling all three strands of Dan Qi into the palm of his hand, condensing them into three pea-sized ice crystals.

"Do not make another move," Shi Feiyang warned them.

The Green Flood Dragon was very angry, its three massive heads simultaneously aimed at Shi Feiyang. It opened its fierce fangs-filled mouths to attack, knowing all too well how formidable Shi Feiyang was, it went as far as spewing out its inner cores!

Shi Feiyang stepped forward, employing the technique "Condensed Shadows within the Household Expanse," which within a short distance looked like instant teleportation. With one step, he moved several miles away. He flipped his wrist and the Cave Spirit Zither was already in his hand. He casually plucked the strings, and a series of crisp musical notes arose. The three Green Flood Dragons' Primordial Spirits instantly became disturbed, their hundred veins slackened.

With one pluck by Shi Feiyang, the Green Flood Dragon's Divine Soul faltered; with two, their Dan Qi dissipated; with three, their bones softened and tendons melted, each of them turning into snakes without bones, limply collapsing onto the muddy ground.

He caught the three inner cores rotating in the air, sealed them with a spell, and, along with the Cave Spirit Zither, tucked them away. He warned the Green Flood Dragons, "If you do not behave, I will tear you apart and turn you into jerky to eat."

The young swordsman hurried over and bowed deeply in great ceremony, "The junior, Situ Ding, pays respect to the senior. I am thankful to the senior for rescuing me from a perilous situation!"

"Situ Ding." The name felt all too familiar to Shi Feiyang, and he lifted the flying sword he had collected to take a closer look, "What is the name of this sword?"

Situ Ding respectfully answered, "This is the treasure sword passed down in my family, named Jukui."

A light flashed in Shi Feiyang's eyes. He had not expected to meet the grandfather of the miserable child Situ Ping, especially in his younger years.

He handed back the Jukui Sword and scrutinized Situ Ding, "Who did you learn your swordsmanship from?"

Situ Ding received his flying sword with both hands, a weight lifting from his heart. Confirming that Shi Feiyang was not evil nor covetous of his flying sword and that he wouldn't harm him on a whim, he replied joyfully, "My grandfather once met a mysterious person in the mountains and learned swordsmanship from him. Later, he taught it to my father, and my father to me. It really is laughable in front of the senior. May I inquire how the senior prefers to be addressed?"

"Why did you end up fighting these three Green Flood Dragons here?"

Situ Ding smiled, "I was transferred here by the higher-ups. Hearing that this lake harbored vicious flood dragons that not only devoured people but also frequently caused floods that submerged the downstream villages, I rode on my family's swordsmanship to come here to slay the dragons and rid the evil. I fought with them three times; during the previous encounters, I was nearly killed by the poison mist they spouted. This time, I took the antidote in advance and brought with me some arsenic sachets, hoping to kill them all at once. But it turns out they had just shed their skins, which is when they are weakest—only to grow stronger now. I was no match for them at all. If the senior hadn't timely intervened, I would have become their meal."

In the original story, Situ Ding was a General in the Ming Dynasty, who died in his post at the end of the Ming era. His son, Situ Xingming, was taken away by the maid You Yubing and became a disciple under the couple Bai Guyi and Ling Xuehong of Song Mountain.

Later on, a sect sister from the Wutai Sect, Jiang Sangu, took a fancy to Situ Xingming and loved him madly. She killed You Yubing to forcefully marry him. At first, Situ Xingming would rather die than comply and even wanted to avenge You Yubing. However, he gradually fell in love with Jiang Sangu, and that love also grew intense.

As a result, Situ Xingming betrayed his sect, and Jiang Sangu also defected from Wutai. The couple ran away to seclude themselves in the New River Bok slope, where they gave birth to the miserable child Situ Ping. He was born in the year, month, day, and hour of the Yin Tiger and was the only one who could resolve the tribulation during the Heavenly Fox Treasure Lady's Heavenly Demon era.

The present Situ Ding had yet to have children, nor had he been promoted to General, but he had already won favor from his superiors and became a Hundred Households officer at a young age.

Shi Feiyang then asked him who was currently the Emperor in the human world, only to find out that it was during the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty.

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