Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

"Cave Master, if that's the case, dragons are not that powerful. If they really dare to come, I will break the dragon king's spine and suck out its dragon marrow." Dong Jian said that the dragon's attack power was very average, and he couldn't help but speak arrogantly.

"Dong, after all, dragons have never been seen in actual combat, so it's still unknown how powerful they are. If you meet one, you must not underestimate the enemy." Qiu warned Dong and everyone.

"Yes, Cave Master!" Everyone nodded in response.

After the speeches were finished, everyone started singing and dancing as usual to celebrate.

Without mentioning how the humans celebrated, let’s talk about the rooster king who was watching from the ancient pine hill. Since he parted with the rabbit king that night, he has been watching from the ancient pine hill. The two previous times he saw humans holding weapons and heading to the rat-catching hill to look for rabbits, he was terrified and broke into a cold sweat for the rabbit king. When he saw humans heading straight to the rat-catching hill again today, he knew something was wrong. Sure enough, the humans set fire to the rat-catching hill, smoked the rabbit den, and finally captured the rabbit king. The rooster was horrified, flapped his wings and quickly flew back to Tianshan to report to Emperor Nian.

In the Tianshan Cave, Emperor Nian was discussing the expedition against the Rabbit King with his dog-headed military advisor and pig-headed guard. Emperor Nian complained, "Damn that rabbit, it's been almost a month, why hasn't it come back yet?"

"Yes!" The pig-headed guard shook his head and analyzed, "Emperor Nian, rabbits are very cunning. Will they disobey orders and escape?"

"You idiot." The dog-headed military advisor glanced at the pig-headed one and said, "The rabbit knows how cruel the Nian Emperor is—"

"Hmm..." Emperor Nian snorted and glared at Doghead. Doghead realized that he had let the cat out of the bag and quickly corrected himself: "Oh, no, the rabbits know how cruel Emperor Nian is. Oh, that's not right. The rabbits know how cruel Emperor Nian is." Doghead carefully looked at Emperor Nian's face and fortunately he didn't get angry. He continued: "How dare it escape? I guess it's not easy for the rabbits to poison all the humans. It must be done in multiple times, so it's reasonable that it takes a long time."

"Then according to what Dog-Head said, the rabbits must have wiped out humans?" Emperor Nian looked excited.

"Well. That's possible." The dog-headed military advisor said proudly, shaking his tail.

At this moment, a rooster cried out from outside the cave: "Report, report to the Emperor Nian!"

Emperor Nian bowed and asked, "You dead chicken, you cry all day long. Is this good news or bad news?"

The rooster did not dare to hide anything and quickly reported the truth: "When the rabbit first encountered humans, it poisoned dozens of people. Later, it sneaked into the cave at night and poisoned another person. Later, it was discovered by humans, chased out, and besieged in a cave on the hill. As a result, people burned the hill and smoked the rabbit cave. The rabbit was finally forced to surrender."

"You are a jinx, you always bring bad news." Emperor Nian was furious, twisted his body, stretched out his long tail, rolled up the chicken king, and threw it three feet away. It seemed that the defeat of those beast kings was caused by the rooster.

The rooster cried out in grievance: "Emperor Nian, I have already told you that humans are too powerful. You should just give up."

"Tsk!" The dog-head sneered and said, "Brother Rooster, humans are so powerful, you won't surrender to them, will you? You just keep saying such depressing words."

"You dead chicken, is what the dog-head said true? Tell the truth now, otherwise I will not be polite to you!" Emperor Nian glanced at the rooster and said coldly.

"Emperor Nian! You are so powerful, how dare I betray you?" The rooster was so frightened that his face turned pale and he trembled as he hurriedly defended himself.

"Hmph! One moment you say that humans are powerful, and the next moment you say that I, the emperor, am powerful. Who is the most powerful?" Emperor Nian was very dissatisfied with the rooster's words.

The rooster rolled his eyes and quickly said in a flattering manner: "Although humans are powerful, compared to Emperor Nian, of course you are more powerful!"

"Humph!" Emperor Nian glared at the rooster with his one eye. It seemed that it had forgotten how its other eye became blind.

"Since you now admit that Emperor Nian is more powerful than humans, then stop saying those disappointing words about giving up. If you are afraid, get out of the way." The dog-headed military advisor scolded loudly.

The rooster lowered its head and shrank its neck, hiding away in shame. Emperor Nian turned to ask the dog-headed military advisor, "Dog-head, now that the rabbit has been defeated, who should we send to fight next?"

The dog-headed military advisor thought for a moment and replied, "Emperor Nian, in fact, the Tiger King, Cat King and Rabbit King were defeated because of the powerful fire of humans. However, water is the nemesis of fire. I remember once a sky fire burned a mountain, but it was extinguished after a rain. Therefore, as long as there is water, humans will definitely be defeated and annihilated."

"If we have water, we can defeat humans. Doesn't the Dragon King know how to spit water? Then just send the Dragon King." The pig-headed guard said, shaking his big ears.

"Hmm, that's right!" Emperor Nian's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "The Dragon King can spit water and has the power to turn rivers and seas upside down. Send it to conquer humans and keep the dragons until they succeed."

Emperor Nian turned around and praised the Pig King, saying that he had become smart and thought of the Dragon King from the water.

Once the pig-headed guard was praised, he boasted: "I am not stupid to begin with, it is you who are suppressing me and preventing me from being smart."

This sentence made Emperor Nian and the Dog King laugh uncontrollably. Pighead asked in confusion, "What are you laughing at?"

"Since you are smart, how about sending you to conquer humans?" Emperor Nian stopped laughing and asked.

"No, that won't work!" The pig-headed guard quickly shook his head and refused: "I, an old pig, have no other abilities except eating. How can I possibly defeat cunning humans?"

"Pighead, don't you think you are smart? Now I give you the opportunity to use your intelligence, but you don't want to go." Doghead said sarcastically.

"Well, forget it. I'd better admit that I'm stupid. I don't want to be stabbed in the butt again." After saying this, Pighead staggered away to cool off.

After the pig-head left, the dog-headed military advisor continued, "Then please ask Emperor Nian to give the order and summon the Dragon King quickly!"

"Well, rabbit -, rabbit -" Emperor Nian shouted.

"Emperor Nian, why are you calling the rabbit? The rabbit has already surrendered to humans." The rooster asked curiously.

"Oh, by the way, look at my memory." Emperor Nian patted his head in annoyance and continued, "Rooster, quickly fly to the Wanzhang Pond and summon the Dragon King."

"Yes, Emperor Nian." The rooster agreed and immediately flew towards the Wanzhang Pond.

In less than half a day, the rooster arrived at the Wanzhang Pond. It called out the Dragon King and conveyed the order of Emperor Nian. Although the Dragon King was unwilling to conquer humans, he was afraid of the tyranny of Emperor Nian and still came to Tianshan Cave with the rooster.

"Report, report to Emperor Nian, the Dragon King has come here as ordered." After the rooster finished reporting, he hid aside.

"Emperor Nian, are you in such a hurry to call me here because you want to drink water or eat seafood?" The Dragon King pretended not to know.

Emperor Nian straightened his body and replied, "I summoned you here today not to drink water or eat seafood. It is because humans refuse to submit to me, so I order you to lead the troops to conquer them."

"Emperor Nian, humans are much stronger than us. Rats, buffaloes, tiger kings, cat kings, and rabbits have all failed and surrendered. I'm afraid I am no match for humans!"

"In fact, the tiger king, cat king and rabbit were trapped by humans using fire and forced to surrender. And you are good at spitting water, which happens to overcome fire with water, so humans will definitely lose." Emperor Nian said this and encouraged the Dragon King, "As long as you defeat and annihilate humans, I will exempt you from your job and will not need your offerings."

"In addition to fire, humans have other weapons. Bows and arrows, knives, and guns are also very lethal. If I get shot in the eye like you did and become blind, I won't be able to find food and will starve to death."

"Don't you know how to move rivers and seas? If you just spit out sea water, wouldn't that drown all the human beings?" Emperor Nian suggested.

“But I…” The Dragon King wanted to refuse, but Emperor Nian lost his patience and said angrily, “Dragon King, you don’t have to refuse anymore. I’m telling you, you have to go whether you want to or not, otherwise I will be rude to you!”

The Dragon King knew that Emperor Nian would do what he said, so he didn't dare to disobey. He twisted his body and agreed: "Yes, Emperor Nian! I will go to attack humans right away."

The Dragon King and the rooster left the Tianshan Cave and returned to the Wanzhang Pond. They gathered thousands of dragon spirits and soldiers and, under the guidance of the rooster, headed towards Hongmeng by water. The Dragon King loves water and hates being exposed to the sun. After a long time, he would feel dry mouth and unbearable heat. Therefore, the Dragon King led his army downstream from the Wanzhang Pond, into the river, and then to the Yangtze River. Along the way, the Dragon King also complained to the rooster about Emperor Nian: "Humanity refuses to submit, but Emperor Nian insists on forcibly conquering. Why is that?"

"Yes!" The rooster said with deep sympathy, "In order to subdue mankind, Emperor Nian lost the Rat King, the Ox King, the Tiger King, the Cat King, and the Rabbit King. Now it all depends on you, Brother Long, to show your skills."

Upon hearing this, the Dragon King twisted his body and said, “Although I am not as ferocious as the Bull King and the Tiger King, if I can turn the tide, I will surely drown all humans.”

"Humanity always wins with fire. This time you use water to attack. You will definitely win."

“Of course. Once this dragon gets angry, humans will have no chance to escape.” The Dragon King was full of confidence.

"Brother Dragon King, I have come here five times to conquer humans. This time, you really subdued humans. Well, I can take a break now." said the rooster.

"Brother Rooster, just wait and see the show." The Dragon King said with a smile.

A few days later, one morning, the Dragon King led his dragon army to the Hongmeng River in the Hongmeng territory. The rooster pointed to the Tianju Cave and said to the Dragon King, "Brother Dragon King, that is the cave where humans live. You go and attack it. I will leave first."

After saying that, it flapped its wings and was about to leave. The Dragon King shouted, "Brother Rooster, don't be in a hurry to leave. I'm new here, you have to help me!"

"Brother Dragon King, to tell you the truth, it's not that I don't want to help you, but I'm afraid of human bows and arrows. If I get shot by them, my thousand-year life span will be over in an instant, so I have to get away first." After the rooster said this, it flew to Gusonggang to wait and see.

The Dragon King turned his body, looked back at the dragon spirits and soldiers, and warned: "I have heard that human bows and arrows are so powerful that they shot one of Emperor Nian's eyes blind. Everyone, if you see humans, don't get close to them. Be careful."

A blue dragon spirit raised half of its body, more than ten feet tall, and looked forward. It found many women washing clothes by the river, and quickly reported: "My king, there are many monkey-like animals playing in the water ahead."

The Dragon King heard this and leaned forward to look ahead. After looking for a long time, he said to the Azure Dragon Spirit, "I have never seen those animals before. I guess they must be humans."

"My king, Emperor Nian once said that humans are like monkeys, so this must be humans. Let's start the attack now." The Azure Dragon Spirit said impatiently.

"Yes." The Dragon King nodded and turned to the dragon army behind him and ordered: "All people, listen up. The humans are in front of us. We will launch the attack now."

The dragons received the order and swam over along with the women upstream of the Dragon Dynasty.

Those who were washing clothes by the river were Li, Mei, Tao, Xing, Sunflower, Chrysanthemum, etc. There were more than 20 women, including Li, Mei, Tao, Xing, Sunflower, Chrysanthemum, etc. While washing clothes, the women were talking and laughing, completely unaware that danger was slowly approaching.

Suddenly, they heard the sound of waves rolling downriver, and they all stopped to watch. After a while, they saw countless dragon heads swimming towards them quickly. Li was shocked and shouted: "Oh no, everyone run! The beast army is really attacking again!"

He didn't even bother to drop the clothes in his hands and ran towards the cave. The other women were also terrified and their legs went weak, so they hurriedly followed him.

The Dragon King saw people tumbling and crawling away, and he couldn't help laughing: "People say that humans are so powerful, but why are they so scared that they run away when they see me?"

"Woo woo woo - it turns out that humans are just cowards!" The dragon spirit and dragon soldiers laughed.

“Brothers, let’s chase after him and capture someone to have a taste of him first.” The Dragon King twisted his body, jumped up, and went ashore to chase after him.

The women ran and cried for help: "Help! The beast army is attacking again!"

As they were running, they happened to see two patrol teams, He Xiaoxing and others patrolling everywhere. Dong knew something must be wrong, and immediately led his men to rescue them.

"Dong, the beast army is attacking again, save us quickly!" Li Chong shouted to the patrol team members.

"Got it. Wifey, you guys hurry up and leave, wait for us to deal with the beast army." Dong quickly ran up to the women and said.