As soon as the monster reached the foot of the mountain there suddenly blew from the mountain a gust of the strange scent of the cornel and the smell of the chrysanthemum wine, which made him stop abruptly and change colors immediately.

Huanjing came down the mountain with the vanquishing sword in hand. And only after few rounds of fight he killed the monster with his sword. From then on the area near Ruhe River was never haunted by the plague. And the custom of climbing the mountain avoid the plague on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month was thus handed down year after year.

Editor: Shi Liwei