Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

Emperor Nian would have been fine if he hadn't listened, but once he heard it, he was furious and cursed: "This damned Rat King actually dared to surrender to humans and rebel against me. If he falls into my hands next time, I will eat him alive."

After scolding the rats, he scolded humans. The four beasts, the dog, pig, chicken, and horse, were so frightened that they kept silent, fearing that they would be burned. After scolding, Emperor Nian had no choice but to wait for the beast kings to come to pay homage.

The Rabbit King was ordered to tell other beast kings, so he first ran to the home of the Bull King on the Glacier Plateau. On a green plateau, the Bull King was leisurely nibbling on the grass. The Rabbit King ran up to the Bull King and shouted, "Brother Bull, the Nian Emperor has returned from his expedition against humans! He ordered me to tell you to go to the Tianshan Cave for a meeting."

"This old monster is so ferocious and cruel. I wonder what it wants us to do?" The Bull King asked, shaking his head.

"Hush..." The Rabbit King made a gesture to keep quiet and said, "You dare to insult Emperor Nian. If he finds out, you will be in big trouble."

"You little bastard, we work under Emperor Nian and it's really frustrating to let him order us around. So I'm just cursing a few times to vent my anger. Don't report to Emperor Nian." Upon hearing this, the Bull King lowered his proud head and hurried to explain.

"Brother Niu, actually I feel as aggrieved as you. But Emperor Nian not only has long horns, but also sharp fangs, a long tail, and is immune to all poisons. He is the most powerful animal in the world. What can we do if we don't obey him?" The Rabbit King complained.

"Well, you are right. For a weakling to face a strong man, he either dies or obeys." The Bull King shook his head and asked, "Little bastard, you haven't answered my question yet. Did Emperor Nian conquer humans? Why did he summon us to the meeting?"

"Brother Niu, I didn't dare to ask this. Anyway, Emperor Nian was very angry when he came back, and he said he wanted to beat me. If I hadn't begged for mercy, I would have become a cripple. Humans didn't come to surrender, and even the Rat King didn't come back to the cave. But I saw that Emperor Nian was blind in one eye, and I guessed that Emperor Nian must have been defeated by humans. Calling all the beast kings to hold a meeting must be no good thing." The Rabbit King replied.

"What? How could Emperor Nian be defeated and injured by a monkey-like two-legged beast?" The Bull King jumped up and asked in disbelief.

"Brother Niu, what's so strange about this? Can you defeat humans?" asked the Rabbit King puzzled.

"I'm not bragging, except for Emperor Nian, how can other animals in the world be my opponent?"

"Brother Niu, are you that powerful? Aren't you afraid of tigers?"

"What's a tiger?" The Bull King raised his long horn and said proudly, "I can send a tiger flying with just one horn."

"Brother Niu is so powerful. When Emperor Nian dies, you will be the number one in the world, the emperor of the world." said the Rabbit King.

"You little bastard, you are absolutely right." Upon hearing this, the Bull King shouted excitedly.

"Brother Niu, it's too early for you to be happy. Emperor Nian is not dead yet. You should go to Tianshan for the meeting." The Rabbit King urged.

Although the Bull King was not happy to go, he had no reason to refuse, so he had to agree: "Okay then! I will go with you to see the Nian Emperor now."

"Boss Ox, you go first! I still have to tell the six kings, Sheep, Tiger, Cat, Monkey, Dragon and Snake, about this." After the Rabbit King said goodbye to the Ox King, he ran away.

The Sheep King lived in the Upside-Down Mountain, which was an upside-down mountain with cliffs everywhere. At this moment, the Sheep King was sitting on the top of the mountain, watching two young sheep duel. The place was very steep and rugged, and if you were not careful, you might fall off the cliff and be smashed into a meat paste. The Rabbit King came to the bottom of the cliff, but he didn't dare to climb the cliff, so he had to shout to the Sheep King from the bottom of the mountain: "Old Sheep, Old Sheep! Emperor Nian is back, and he specially ordered me to summon you to a meeting."

Upon hearing this, the Sheep King hurriedly climbed down from the leaky hole in the middle of the mountain to the Rabbit King and asked, "Little rabbit, Emperor Nian is back? I wonder if he has persuaded the humans to surrender?"

"Don't mention it!" The Rabbit King said angrily, "When Emperor Nian came back and saw that I was not in the cave, he sent Brother Ma to fetch me. As soon as I entered the cave, Emperor Nian accused me of deserting my post and grabbed me to beat me. After I begged for mercy, Emperor Nian let me go. He was blinded in one eye and was very angry, so I didn't dare to ask him those questions."

"He's so angry that he must have failed to persuade us to surrender and suffered a defeat. I'm afraid there's nothing good about calling us to hold a meeting this time." The Sheep King said worriedly.

"Yes! Not only did the humans not surrender, but even the rats didn't return to their holes. Emperor Nian must have suffered a defeat."

"Then let's go to Tianshan Cave for a meeting now!" said the Sheep King.

"Old Sheep, you go first. I still have to call on the other kings!" After saying goodbye to the Goat, the Rabbit King went to find the Tiger King.

Tiger King and Cat King lived together in a cave in Tiger King Mountain. Rabbit King came to the cave entrance of Tiger King Mountain with trepidation. It was a place of blood and gore, with piles of dead bones. Rabbit King stood outside the cave and shouted, "Tiger King, Tiger King, Emperor Nian ordered me to summon you to a meeting."

After shouting several times, the cat king came out with a few kittens. The cat king dragged a deer leg and gnawed it while asking the rabbit king: "Little rabbits, why are you making so much noise? My big brother tiger just ate a fat deer and wants to sleep."

"Emperor Nian is back, and he asked all the kings to go to a meeting immediately!" The Rabbit King's legs couldn't stop shaking.

"What's the point of having a meeting? What's the big deal?" Elvis asked, throwing away the leg bone with the meat eaten clean.

"I haven't asked Emperor Nian about this, nor do I dare to ask him. In short, you and King Tiger should go to the meeting as soon as possible!" After King Rabbit said this, he ran away in a hurry.

After passing Tiger King Mountain, the Rabbit King came to Flower and Fruit Mountain. Before he went up the mountain, he heard countless monkeys shouting, laughing, fighting and cursing. After climbing up the mountain, he saw the monkeys climbing trees and pulling vines, jumping around. The Rabbit King said to one of the monkeys, "Hey, little monkey, let me tell you that the Nian Emperor has returned and ordered him to go to Tianshan Cave for a meeting."

The little monkey heard this and immediately jumped over. The Monkey King was swinging on the thick vines of a big old tree, enjoying himself. The little monkey came forward and told the Monkey King what the Rabbit King said. The Monkey King quickly jumped down the tree and followed the little monkey to the Rabbit King.

As soon as they met, the Monkey King asked the same question: "Has Emperor Nian persuaded humans to surrender? What is the purpose of the meeting?"

The Rabbit King had no choice but to repeat what he had said to the Sheep King to the Monkey King, and finally said, "You should go to the meeting right away. I still have to tell other kings."

The Monkey King had no choice but to set off with the two monkey spirits.

The Rabbit King ran all the way to the Dragon King's hometown in Wanzhangtan. The Wanzhangtan is only a hundred feet wide, but ten thousand feet deep. The bottom of the pond can connect to the Yellow River and the sea. The Dragon King was hiding at the bottom of the pond, cultivating his body and mind. The Rabbit King stood by the pond and shouted: "Dragon King, Dragon King, Emperor Nian ordered you to attend a meeting!"

He shouted dozens of times, but the Dragon King didn't hear him at all. The Rabbit King moved a few large rocks and threw them into the pond with a "thump, thump". This frightened the Dragon King, who quickly surfaced. Seeing that it was the Rabbit King, he angrily scolded him, "Little rabbit, I'm practicing, why are you making such a fuss? For the sake of Emperor Nian, I'll eat you up in one gulp."

"Emperor Nian ordered me to summon you to a meeting. I called you for a long time, but you didn't show up, so I had to throw a few stones down." The Rabbit King explained with an apologetic smile.

"Hold a meeting, hold a meeting. Why hold a meeting when there is nothing to do? This old monster Emperor Nian is really troublesome. He disturbs my practice." The Dragon King seemed impatient.

"I don't know what happened, but Emperor Nian came back very angry this time."

"I guess Emperor Nian might have encountered difficulties in persuading humans to surrender, so he summoned us to a meeting. I think Emperor Nian is too concerned about too many things. There are so many different kinds of creatures in this world, why must he conquer them all? He is really asking for trouble." The Dragon King said very dissatisfiedly.

"The Dragon King is absolutely right! But Emperor Nian has a stubborn temper and will not give up easily. We have no choice but to obey his control." The Rabbit King advised.

The Dragon King sighed and left the Wanzhang Pond to go to Tianshan Cave. The Rabbit King finally ran to the Snake King's lair - Bird Never Land Island. Although it is called an island, it is actually only surrounded by water on three sides, and the other side is connected to the land. There are poisonous snakes everywhere on this island, and even birds dare not land, so it is named Bird Never Land.

The Rabbit King was standing outside the island when he saw a cobra on the island raising its head and spitting its tongue out at him. The Rabbit King trembled and shouted, "Cobra, go and tell your Snake King that Emperor Nian has summoned him to a meeting!"

The cobra seemed to understand, and immediately swam outside the snake king's cave and said to the snake spirit guarding the snake king: "Report to the guards, there is a bastard outside who spread the rumor that the Emperor Nian wants the snake king to attend a meeting."

The snake spirit then entered the snake king's cave and said to the snake king: "A bunny said that Emperor Nian invited the snake king to a meeting."

The snake king twisted his body and said, "It's rare for the little rabbit to come here, please invite it in to talk."

"Yes, I will obey your command." The snake demon agreed, left the snake cave, and went to invite the rabbit king.

The rabbit king heard that he was invited to the snake cave, so he had to follow the snake spirit into the island. But he saw that the island was full of poisonous snakes, big snakes, small snakes, long and short snakes. When the snakes saw the rabbit king, they raised their heads, spit out their tongues, and the sound of "hissing" continued. The rabbit king followed the snake spirit to the snake king's snake cave with fear and said to the snake king: "Emperor Nian has returned and asked me to summon the snake king to the Tianshan Cave for a meeting."

The Snake King twisted his body again and asked, "Emperor Nian went to subdue humans. What was the result?"

"I don't know about that. They just asked me to call all the kings to a meeting." The Rabbit King was in the snake cave, where the stench was unbearable. He answered casually and just wanted to get out quickly.

"Emperor Nian claims to be the most powerful in the world and wants to control all living things. However, he does not realize how tyrannical and cruel he is, which often terrifies other animals. Who would be willing to submit to such an emperor and who would support him? We have no choice but to worship him as emperor." said the Snake King.

"What the Snake King said is absolutely true. It speaks for the thoughts of us animals. Emperor Nian is cruel and brutal, and we have no choice but to obey him." The Rabbit King echoed.

"I wonder why Emperor Nian has summoned us to hold this meeting?" the Snake King asked again.

"I really don't know about this. Emperor Nian just came back and asked me to inform the kings, but he didn't specify what it was. The Snake King will know once he goes there." The Rabbit King replied.

The snake king twisted his huge body and had to follow the rabbit king out of the snake cave and go to Tianshan Cave for a meeting.

Half a month later, the beast kings gathered in the Tianshan Cave, arguing and discussing non-stop. Emperor Nian was sitting on a high slope. Before he could speak, the beast kings noticed that he was blind in one eye. They came forward and asked, "Emperor Nian, have you succeeded in persuading humans to surrender? Why are you blind?"

"Hey!" Emperor Nian got angry when he was asked, and replied: "My fellow beast kings, those monkey-like humans really don't obey me, and would rather die than surrender. How can they be my opponent when I fight with humans? My skin is harder than stone, and humans can't do anything to me no matter how they chop with knives and axes. Later, I swept three people away with my tail, and beat them to a pulp, and they were defeated. Unexpectedly, an arrow shot into my eye, so I was injured. After being injured, I can only let the humans go for the time being and come back to recover. Today I have called you to a meeting to discuss the matter of conquering humans."

"Isn't Emperor Nian the best in the world? How come he is injured by this monkey-like human now? Are humans really that powerful?" The Bull King asked curiously.

"You stupid cow, how dare you laugh at me? Although humans are small and weak and vulnerable, they can shoot arrows. I was careless for a moment, so I was shot in the eye." Emperor Nian hurriedly explained.

"Emperor Nian is right. Although humans do not look impressive, their bows and arrows are very powerful and should not be underestimated." The Dog-Headed Military Advisor hurriedly helped to smooth things over.

“In fact, as long as you don’t shoot the eyes, you old and thick-skinned people with a thousand-year history have nothing to worry about. Apart from bows and arrows, there is really nothing to be afraid of about humans, and it is easy to eliminate them…” Emperor Nian summed up his experience and talked eloquently.

At this time, the pig head interrupted and said, "Oh my god! In addition to bows and arrows, humans also have very powerful swords, guns, sticks and clubs. Although I was not shot by an arrow, I was stabbed in the butt by them. It hurt so much that I am still bleeding now."

Emperor Nian glared at the pig head and shouted angrily: "Why are you, a stupid pig, butting in on what I am saying? Do you want to get beaten again?"

The pig-head shrank his neck in fear and said hurriedly, "Stop interrupting, stop interrupting!"

Emperor Nian snorted, and then continued, "After I retreated, the Rat King was captured by humans. I never thought that this damned rat would rebel against me and surrender to humans. Now, I am injured and cannot go out to fight against humans again. I invite all the beast kings to come here to discuss conquering humans. If anyone can surrender humans, I will exempt him from military service and give him a generous reward."