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It turned out that the Desert King was from Shadeng Village in Yingshanpu，Eryuan County.

One day，dark clouds were thick，the thunder rumbled and the lightning flashed over Yingshanpu.People were scared and hid in the house.All of a sudden，a mass of black flying sand drifted down to Shadeng Village.Flying sands and walking stones suddenly gathered into a sand mountain.After the thunder and lightning stopped，people came out to look at the sand pile and heard a baby crying in the middle of it.They hurriedly pulled the sand pile apart with hands，and saw a prodigy standing inside.The prodigy had two earlobes to shoulders and two hands touching the ground.He grew up at a fantastic speed，and grew up to be a boy of seventeen or eighteen within a few days.Because he was covered with a thick layer of sand，people called him“the Desert Man”.

The Desert Man was born with high skills.He hunted up mountains every day and lived by capturing wild animals.One day，he walked down the southeast of Eryuan Mountain，passed by Dengchuan Bazi，bypassed the northern head of Erhai Lake and headed east to Huoshan Village of Shuanglang.Looking to the southeast，he saw mountains full of peaches and plums，fruits hanging from branches with a fragrant aroma.Under the fruit forest there were many mountain roes and red deer jumping up and down.He liked this place very much and lived here.In autumn，he went to the mountain forest to pick ripe fruits and buried endless fruits in the ground，so that the mountains and valleys grew dense fruit forests.In spring，he set up shacks and domesticated the wild animals he had captured.Within a few years，this area was cultivated into a good place with fruit trees everywhere and livestock thriving.There were two brothers，Li Da and Li Er，who lived here earlier than the Desert Man.The brothers said that the Desert Man had invaded their territory and often found faults with him and tried to get rid of him.The Desert Man had to go down the mountain again and came to Luchuan.The climate here was mild，and the Bazi was flat with flowing water and fertile land，so he settled down here.The farmers in the neighborhood treated him well.They often went up the mountain together to cut firewood，worked together in the fields and played together day and night.He taught them to plant grains and domesticate wild animals.Over the years，everyone liked him and respected him.With the help of the Desert Man，they built a desert city in the desert temple，and then made a desert kingdom and elected him the King.

After the Desert Man established the country and became the King，the country grew stronger day by day.He personally led the warriors to the eastern expedition to various tribes in Binchuan，and soon conquered the tribes in Jizu Mountain，extending the territory of the Desert State to Jizu Mountain.He also taught the people to dig ditches to divert water，relieve the drought，and made them live a happy life.After he died，he was worshipped as the Village God by the villagers of Mengzhou and Jizu Mountain.