話說神術士韓祺用子母陰魂絛將金風和尚拿住，正要結果性命，只見由山坡來了一位武生公子。
话说神术士韩祺用子母阴魂绦将金风和尚拿住，正要结果性命，只见由山坡来了一位武生公子。
Now, Han Qi, the Divine Magician, had caught the monk Jinfeng with the Mother-and-Child Soul Cord and was just about to put an end to him, when a young gentleman of martial training came down from the hillside.
書 中交代：來者這人，乃是人魔桂林樵夫王九峰的門婿。此人姓石名成瑞，外號人稱飛天鬼。原籍鎮江人，也在玉山縣三十六友之內，學會了一身工夫，長拳短打，刀槍棍棒，樣樣精通，飛檐走壁之能。天生來的秉性，好游山玩景，勿論哪裡有名山勝境，非身臨切近去看看不可。
书 中交代：来者这人，乃是人魔桂林樵夫王九峰的门婿。此人姓石名成瑞，外号人称飞天鬼。原籍镇江人，也在玉山县三十六友之内，学会了一身工夫，长拳短打，刀枪棍棒，样样精通，飞檐走壁之能。天生来的秉性，好游山玩景，勿论哪里有名山胜境，非身临切近去看看不可。
A word of explanation: the man who had come was the son-in-law of Wang Jiufeng, the Woodcutter of Guilin, the Human Demon. His surname was Shi and his given name Chengrui, and people called him the Flying Ghost. He came from Zhenjiang, and he too was one of the Thirty-Six Heroes of Yushan County. He had mastered the fighting arts in full — long-range boxing and close-in fighting, saber, spear, staff and cudgel, he was expert in every one — and he could leap onto eaves and run along walls. He was born with a love of roaming the mountains and taking in the sights: wherever there was a famous mountain or a fine view, he simply had to go and see it up close.
這天他帶著乾糧去游山，一看山連山，山套山，不知套出有多遠去。石成瑞自己一想：「倒要找找這座山，哪裡是到頭。」腳程又快，直走了十幾天，還是亂山環繞之中，大峰俯視小峰，前嶺高接後嶺。自己帶著吃食也吃完了，還思念要找找這山有頭沒有，沒吃的在山裡吃果子草根，見有果子就吃果子。
这天他带着干粮去游山，一看山连山，山套山，不知套出有多远去。石成瑞自己一想：「倒要找找这座山，哪里是到头。」脚程又快，直走了十几天，还是乱山环绕之中，大峰俯视小峰，前岭高接后岭。自己带着吃食也吃完了，还思念要找找这山有头没有，没吃的在山里吃果子草根，见有果子就吃果子。
One day he took some dry rations and went off to roam the mountains. He saw mountain joined to mountain, mountain folded within mountain, stretching on who knew how far. Shi Chengrui thought to himself, “I’d like to find out where this range comes to an end.” He was quick on his feet, and he walked on for more than ten days, and still he was in the midst of a tangle of mountains: great peaks looking down on small ones, the ridges ahead joined high to the ridges behind. The food he had brought was all eaten, but he still had his heart set on finding out whether these mountains had an end. With nothing to eat, he lived in the mountains on fruit and roots; whenever he saw fruit, he ate fruit.