| | Xi Fu was a native of Yong, Nanjun. He lived in the mountains, and there was an immortal who often stayed at his home. Following him to buy melons, he taught him how to refine melon seeds, which were stored together with cassia seed and angelica root, and then divided equally for consumption. After more than twenty years, he was able to fly and run, ascending mountains and entering water. More than a hundred years later, he lived on the summit of an isolated mountain, calling down to the elders and fathers in the valley below, telling them about events from his life.
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