Legend of the White Serpent -part III
On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Xǔ Xiān(許仙) prepared the wine, hid the talisman inside of his shirt. He tells his wife to come and share a drink with him. She does exactly that so her husband would not be suspicious. She thinks she is powerful enough that a bit of the wine would not hurt her. Boy was she wrong. Minutes after, she collapses onto the floor and turns into a snowy white serpent with a pair of ruby eyes.
Xiǎo Qīng(小青) walks into the room and sees her beloved mentor suffers in agony. She shouted at Xǔ Xiān "How could you! How could you do such a thing! She did nothing wrong." "She is a serpent demon, there is no way of knowing what she could have done to me!" yelled Xǔ Xiān. "I love the woman, but not THIS CREATURE."
Xǔ Xiān left the city and entered the temple. Not knowing that Bái Sù Zhēn(白素貞) is with child. He became a monk. Bái Sù Zhēn was devastated. However, she thinks that once Xǔ Xiān sees that she is with his child he would have come home. Off she goes to the temple, where Xǔ Xiān lives, and asks him to come and talk.
Xǔ Xiān wants to go and meet with Bái Sù Zhēn, but his mentor- Fǎ Hǎi(法海) would not agree to it. So Bái Sù Zhēn uses her power unleashing the force of water onto the temple. The temple is soon flooded. Fǎ Hǎi comes with his instruments before lives are lost. With a hard-fought battle, he seals Bái Sù Zhēn and Xiǎo Qīng under the Leifeng Pagoda(雷峰塔) where she gives birth to a beautiful baby boy.
When the boy came of age, he reunited his family once again. They lived happily ever after.
(The End)
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