This happened during the war-torn period ruled by the chiefs, when the Central Plains was constantly fighting, and the tribes were everywhere to grab strong men to replenish their troops.

At that time, the old man was still a young man in his twenties, and he was the only seedling at home, so in order not to be caught, the old man often had to hide in Tibet.

Finally one day, the old man wandered around and was discovered, so the one who caught the strong man chased him to death, the old man panicked, he didn't want to run, he didn't run, he couldn't run, he was caught to fight, and there was almost no chance of surviving.

It is impossible to run the road, so you can only choose to run through the forest, so one person runs in front, and more than ten people behind keep scolding and chasing.

I don't know how long it took, the old man really couldn't run, so he had to stop and take a breath, and when he looked back, the person who caught the strong man was long gone, and he let out a sigh of relief.

It turned out that he was in a forest, a few hundred meters in front of the lake, a very large lake, giving people the feeling that there was no end in sight, and the lake seemed to be surrounded by forests, endless and endless.

"Where is this messing around?, how far have I run?" the old man looked at the rippling blue lake, and was a little worried that he would not find his way home.

Seeing that it was getting late, the old man was unwilling, and he had to wait until tomorrow to return along the road, so he found a big tree with many branches, and planned to spend the night on it tonight.

Taking advantage of the fact that it was not dark, I went to find some wild fruits to fill my stomach and pulled a few banana leaves, afraid that it would rain at night.

Leaning on the big tree, he fell asleep in a daze, and then he faintly heard the thunder rolling, the heavy rain poured down, and the explosion of lightning woke the old man directly from his sleep.

The old man was so frightened that he almost fell from the tree, and when he opened his eyes while holding the trunk, the old man gasped as he looked at the lake.

The sky thundered and rolled, the dark clouds rolled, countless lightning fell to the lake, the whole sky became silvery white, dense lightning exploded on the surface of the lake, the lake water was windless and automatic, violently rolling, the rain fell, and even the lake was covered with a layer of white fog.

"Oh my God, if a lightning bolt strikes here, it won't kill me!" the old man was so frightened that he clung to the trunk of the tree.

Just as the old man sighed, a more terrifying picture came out, a fish slowly rose on the surface of the lake, there kept shaking its head and tail, as it rose higher and higher, the fish actually got bigger and bigger, and when it grew to a few meters in size, it stopped.

The old man secretly looked at it, and it turned out to be a carp, and this carp was a sperm!

A golden tail, constantly flapping, a golden fish scale, glowing with golden light, a mouth open and closed, with several whiskers more than a meter long, and two walnut-sized eyes staring at the sky.

As soon as the carp left the water, the lightning swarmed as if attracted by a magnet, and struck the carp, and the lightning swam away, when the thunder became louder, and larger and thicker lightning fell from the dark clouds.

The carp rolled in pain, but the carp's body began to change, the original fat belly began to shrink, the flat body slowly became smooth, the fins under the stomach disappeared, replaced by two claws, the carp let out a painful moan, and slowly two bloody claws grew behind it.

The old man finally understood that this carp was actually turning into a dragon, and it was just a head, as long as the carp's head became a dragon's head, it would be.

The carp seemed to be running out of strength, and its originally deep eyes became a little dull, and as a dragon swung its tail, the carp's head began to change, turning into a dragon's head inch by inch.

The carp has been tumbling all the time, as if it has endured great pain, when the whole fish head becomes a dragon's head, the carp that "roars" into a dragon let out an unwilling roar, and then almost stopped swinging, its eyes are completely dimmed, and it almost closes its eyes, and its huge body, shining with golden scales, gives people a heavy breath.

The old man thought that he had succeeded in turning into a dragon, but when he looked at the dragon, he felt that something was wrong, and after thinking for a while, he slapped his thigh, and the dragon horns were missing, no wonder it was different from the legend.

The carp doesn't seem to be able to grow horns.

"Alas, it's a pity......," the old man lamented in the tree.

The lightning still kept falling on the carp's body, but the carp was no longer moving, and its whole body was covered in blood, revealing a sense of grief and indignation.

At last the rain stopped, and in a moment the thunder and lightning disappeared, and the sky became dark again, except for the chirping of insects.

"I don't know if the carp is dead, it's just the last step!" the old man couldn't calm down for a long time.

As soon as the second day dawned, the old man got down from the tree and prepared to return home the way he came.

As soon as he walked a distance, the old man saw a carp the size of a bucket lying on the leaves in front of him, and he was startled.

"Could it be that last night's lightning had electrocuted the other fish in the lake, and some of the fish jumped onto the shore?" the old man never thought that the carp would survive last night.

Looking at this dying carp, the old man actually wanted to kill the one who filled his stomach, and he was silent for a long time, and the old man felt that it was not easy for this carp to grow so big, and he was not running for his life.

"Alas, they are also the end of the world!" said the old man, and then he walked over and picked up the carp, and then went to the lake and gently put it into the water.

The carp seemed to regain some strength when it entered the water, took a deep look at the old man, and slowly swam away.

After the old man went back, he continued to hide, living a life of fear, and finally ushered in the great unification of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, and the old man put down his hanging heart, and forgot about saving a carp.

Nine years later, there was a serious shortage of food due to the medium-cause disaster, and many people had eaten the last meal without the next, and famine broke out, and the elderly were no exception.

One morning, the old man found a grass carp several catties in the water tank, and the hungry family ate it directly without thinking so much, but the next day he found a fish, and he still ate it out of curiosity.

In an environment without food, there was a fish at home every day for no reason, and the old man's family did not dare to say it to the outside world, so they secretly ate it every night, so the family persevered until two years later.

Until one night, the old man had a dream of an old man in a golden robe.

"Benefactor, I'm leaving, thank you for saving my life, fortunately you saved me, I can ascend to heaven. Thank you for saying goodbye today. Before the old man came back to his senses, the old man turned into a golden dragon and flew away.

At this time, the old man woke up and remembered that he had saved a carp, and that carp turned out to be the one that turned into a dragon, and the difference in size was too big.

At this point, the old man's family was in harmony, free of illness and disaster, until the old man was a hundred years old and did not tell this story until he died.

Finally he said that he had dreamed of the carp again, and had taken the form of a dragon and told him to be ready to come and fetch him.

"Tao Jing" cloud: "The so-called good people, everyone respects the heavens and blesses them, and blessings follow." All evils are far away, the gods defend them, what they do will be done, and the gods can hope for it. ”

The ancients said, "The house of goodness must have afterglow". This is true. It is also said that "saving a life is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter". These words also show that saving people's lives will accumulate great yin virtue, so as to get the true opportunity of God to protect the good people and get the blessings.

The Taoist door saves people's lives for the merit, and the "Sutra" says: Immortals are noble, and there is no measure of people.

Taoism is the religion of noble beings, and in its purpose of helping the world and saving people's lives, saving people's lives has a prominent position.

Taishang Laojun persuaded the world to be kind, and the most exciting quote is: "Heaven has no relatives, and you are always with good people." ”

He exhorted others to do good, especially to those who have the ability and opportunity, and to plant the seeds of good deeds in their hearts, so that they will receive more good deeds, which can be described as a merit.

Continue to do good deeds, do good deeds, accumulate good deeds, form good relationships, accumulate good deeds, and merit is immeasurable!