Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

After the rooster and the goose and duck kings went to resist the enemy, Emperor Nian was still worried and said to the dog-headed pig-headed: "Dog-headed pig-headed, humans have attacked again and again, will they succeed?"

"Emperor Nian, with the rooster, the goose king and the duck king to resist, humans will definitely fail again like last time. Who knows, we may drown a few more this time so that we can taste human flesh!" Dog Head analyzed, shaking his head.

"Yes! Emperor Nian, there are roosters and waterfowl guarding the river, so don't worry and just sleep together!" Pighead comforted.

The three beasts were talking when they suddenly saw the chicken spirits flying back. The pig-headed man shouted, "Haha, Emperor Nian, I told you not to worry. Look, the chicken spirits are flying back. Humans were defeated so quickly."

"Emperor Nian, something doesn't seem right?" Doghead said, "These chicken spirits are in a panic, as if they have failed and are escaping."

"Doghead, you're talking nonsense. The chicken spirits came back only after they won." Pighead argued.

"You idiot, why don't you report your victory to Emperor Nian? You must have failed and escaped back." said Dog Head.

The two generals, the pig and the dog, argued endlessly, which annoyed Emperor Nian. He stretched out his tail and knocked each of the two beasts on the head, cursing: "You two are so annoying! Your argument is giving me a headache. If we win or lose, why don't we ask a chicken spirit to tell us?"

The dog-headed pig-headed were knocked so hard that they staggered and almost fell. Seeing that Emperor Nian was angry, the dog-headed one wisely dodged to the side and shouted at the messy chicken spirits that flew back: "Woof, why are those chicken spirits back? Those who know what's going on, come down quickly and report to Emperor Nian."

The chicken spirits were only concerned with escaping, so they ignored it. The dog-headed man called out three times in a row, and finally caught a chicken spirit that was flying very low. The chicken spirit could not break free, so it could only reply, "Report to the Nian Emperor, something bad has happened. Our rooster king was fighting with the roc, and at first the roc had only the upper hand. Later the roc asked humans for help and shot our king to death with an arrow. So we all fled."

"Oh! This is terrible!" Doghead brought the chicken spirit in front of Emperor Nian and said, "Emperor Nian, I was right. This time the rooster was defeated and shot to death by humans. What should we do now?"

"What? The rooster is dead?" Emperor Nian was shocked and wailed, "Poor rooster, I didn't expect that you were not killed by me but were killed by humans. Woo woo--"

He wailed for a long time and even squeezed out a few tears.

"Emperor Nian, don't be sad. Now that the rooster is dead, humans will attack us soon. What should we do?" The dog head was so anxious that he couldn't help jumping.

"Hey, hey..." The pig head was also afraid when he heard it, "Emperor Nian, if we lose the protection of the rooster, the humans will march straight in, so we should run away quickly."

"Escape? There's water all around, there's no way to escape?" Emperor Nian was so anxious that he was spinning around.

Just when they were at their wits' end, they heard a commotion on the riverside, shouting, "Kill! Don't let the Nian beast escape!"

"Emperor Nian, humans are coming to kill us. If we don't run away, we will die!" the dog-head shouted.

"Emperor Nian, we don't care about so many things. Just jump into the river!" After saying that, Pighead ran to the east first, and then jumped into the river with a "splash".

With no other options left, Nian Di and Gou Tou had no choice but to follow Zhu Tou into the river and then swam desperately to the other side.

By the time Xiaoxing and the others arrived at Emperor Nian's lair, they had already swam away.

"Oh! The Nian beasts ran away again." Xiaoxing looked at the river and sighed repeatedly.

"Xing, the Nian beasts shouldn't have escaped far. Let's carry the raft over and continue chasing them." Dong said.

"Brother Dong, this river is so vast that we can't be sure where they are escaping to. How can we chase them?" Xi asked in confusion.

"Brother Xi is right." Xiao Xing nodded and said, "Brother Dong, why don't we go back to the camp and discuss the long-term plan with Uncle Zhi and the others."

After everyone finished discussing, they took the Chicken King on a raft across the river and returned to the camp.

Zhi, Hong'er, Lan'er and others had been waiting by the river. When they saw everyone returning victoriously, they asked, "Xing, Dong, have you conquered Qinwang Island? Has the Nian beast been destroyed?"

"Reporting to Uncle Zhi, the rooster really lived up to everyone's expectations and persuaded all the Goose King, Duck King and Chicken Spirits who were causing trouble to surrender. Then we sailed on the raft and went straight to the Bird King Island. Unfortunately, we were still a step too late, and the Nian Beast and the Dog-Headed and Pig-Headed jumped into the river and escaped." Xiaoxing replied with regret.

"Uncle Zhi, the Nian beast must not have run far. Should we chase it or not?" Dong asked.

"Of course we have to chase it." Zhi looked at the vast river and continued, "Based on my hunting experience of more than fifty years, chasing it blindly will definitely be fruitless. We don't even know where the Nian beast has fled to, so how can we chase it?"

"This..." Dong shook his head, bewilderedly saying, "What should we do? Should we just let them escape and give up chasing them?"

"Giving up is of course impossible." Zhi said firmly: "I think the rooster may know where the Nian beast will hide next."

After that, he ordered the rooster to be brought over and asked it, "Rooster, the Nian beasts have escaped again. Do you know where they will flee to?"

"Powerful human, Emperor Nian must have escaped with the Dog King and the Pig King, but I don't know which family he will go to." The rooster replied.

Zhi shook his head, then looked at Xiaoxing and said, "Xing, you always guess right. Now guess where the Nian beast will escape to?"

"Uncle Zhi, I guess the Nian beast has gone to the Racing Dog King." Xiaoxing replied.

"Well, let's go chase the Dog King." Zhi nodded, and then asked the rooster: "Rooster, do you know where the Dog King lives?"

"Powerful human, the Dog King lives in the Soul-confusing Cave in Beehive Mountain, about a thousand miles away in the south." The Chicken King replied.

"In that case, can you lead the way for us to find them?" Zhi asked.

"Since I have surrendered, I can certainly help you." The rooster replied, "But the Beehive Mountain is far away, and it may be difficult to conquer it."

"In order to exterminate the Nian beast, we will not retreat even if we have to travel ten thousand miles, let alone a thousand miles?" He said to the rooster with unwavering determination.

"Amazing humans, you are so determined. I believe that Emperor Nian will be wiped out and the world will belong to you." The rooster said with admiration.

Dong immediately suggested: "Uncle Zhi, let's set off now and march to the Soul-confusing Cave in Beehive Mountain!"

"Dong, I think it's getting late today, let's set off tomorrow." After Zhi said this, he ordered his men to lock up the rooster and the other beast kings together.

Although they did not annihilate Emperor Nian, they did subdue the rooster, which was also a great victory. So, after dinner, they held a celebration meeting as usual.

Next to the campfire, Zhi pulled Xiaoxing to stand in front of everyone and said to them, "Dear warriors: Today, we finally defeated and subdued the rooster, the goose king and the duck king, and then took advantage of the victory to attack the Bird King Island. Although the Nian beast escaped again, it can be regarded as a phased victory." At this point, he stroked Xiaoxing's shoulder and praised him in public, "This time we were able to win, all thanks to Xing's sincere prayers to Bai Ling, receiving enlightenment, and then asking Dapeng for help, so that we defeated the rooster and won. Xing, you have once again made a great contribution to everyone, and now please applaud Xing."

"Wow——" As soon as Zhi finished speaking, everyone burst into thunderous applause.

"Uncle Zhi, actually this victory is not the result of my own efforts. It is the result of everyone's efforts. So the credit should belong to everyone." Faced with the praise, Xing remained very humble.

"Xing, if it weren't for your persistence, perhaps we would have changed our route like Dong. Without your sincerity, perhaps Bai Ling would not have appeared. So you are our true hero." Zhi praised with admiration.

"Xing, you are our great hero, great hero!" Chen shouted loudly in the crowd.

"Great hero! Great hero!..." Everyone followed suit and cheered enthusiastically.

Dong quietly left the crowd and grabbed the wine gourd and gulped down the wine. Thinking back to the competition with Xiaoxing, although he lost unfairly, he had nowhere to appeal, so he had to obey Xiaoxing. Dong drank for a while and swore silently in his heart: "Now if I want to win the position of cave master, I can only defeat and kill the Nian beast by myself."

The next day, at dawn, under the guidance of the rooster, Zhi led everyone to the Beehive Mountain Confusion Cave in Goutou.

Then Emperor Nian, Dog-Head and Pig-Head jumped into the river and swam towards the east bank. Unexpectedly, the water was turbulent and the waves were surging. Although the three beasts could swim and did not drown, swimming was not their specialty and they were soon washed downstream.

The river was so wide and deep that Emperor Nian could neither sink to the bottom nor go to the shore, and could only drift with the current like a leaf.

"You dead pig, you gave me this stupid idea to jump into the river. Now I'm in trouble. I can neither find a place to stay nor reach the shore. If this goes on, even if I don't drown, I will be washed into the Pacific Ocean." Emperor Nian scolded the pig.

"Emperor Nian, the humans are already charging here. If we don't jump into the river we will be barbecued. At least we can keep our lives now!" Pighead retorted with a grunt.

"Emperor Nian, Pighead is right. We have no choice but to jump into the river." In order to avoid drowning, Doghead raised his head hard.

"You two cowards, can't you just have a big fight with humans and defeat them?" Emperor Nian cursed angrily.

"Emperor Nian, forget it. We have all seen how powerful humans are. How can we possibly win?" said the dog head.

"You two idiots, you dare to talk back." Emperor Nian was furious, his tail stretched out, and he rolled up the dog's head and was about to throw it to the side. Unexpectedly, as soon as he lifted it up, it sank by itself, and choked on several mouthfuls of water. So he quickly let go of the dog's head and cursed: "You two dead things, wait until you get ashore and see how I will teach you a lesson."

"Emperor Nian, let me say that whether or not we can get ashore this time depends entirely on luck!" said Dog Head helplessly.

The three beasts drifted downstream for six or seven days, covering a total distance of thousands of miles, and finally, they came ashore at a whirlpool bay.

Seeing that they had reached the shore, Emperor Nian was overjoyed. He stretched out his long tail, wrapped it around a tree on the shore, and climbed up to the shore.

Emperor Nian fell to the ground with his buttocks, panted for a while, and shouted with relief: "Thank God, I finally made it to the shore."

"Pighead, doghead, come ashore quickly." Emperor Nian shouted behind him.

After shouting several times, there was no response. He stood up and looked at the river. He found that there were only rolling waves in the river, but no trace of the dog-headed pig-headed. Emperor Nian sighed: "Dog-headed pig-headed, I never thought that you would die in the river. Alas, I am the only one left now."

After lamenting for a long time, he felt his stomach growling with hunger. "I have to find something to eat to fill my stomach," Emperor Nian said to himself.

There was a forest on the bank, and there were also many fresh grasses. Although this was not its favorite, it was so hungry that it ate them. While eating, it was still groaning.

Just when he was alone and despairing, he suddenly heard a pig snorting and cursing. Nian Di was curious and followed the sound. It turned out that Pighead had also drifted to this whirlpool. Pighead wanted to go ashore, but because the river bank was too high and steep, he couldn't climb up after several attempts. He was so angry that he cursed: "This damn bank, why is it so steep that I can't get up for a long time."

After crawling for a long time, he was at his wit's end when Emperor Nian came. He was overjoyed when he saw Pighead and said to him, "Pighead, you were floating behind me. I thought you were dead!"

"Emperor Nian, let's not talk about that for now, just pull me ashore!" Pighead said impatiently.

"You stupid pig, you are so stupid!" Emperor Nian cursed as he put the pig's tail into the river, rolled up the pig's head and pulled it ashore.

Pighead came ashore, took a breath, and asked, "Emperor Nian, why are you the only one here? Where's Doghead?"

"Doghead?" Emperor Nian replied sadly, "Doghead must be dead."

"Ah! Doghead is dead?" Pighead was shocked and shook his head and said, "Emperor Nian, this is impossible, right?"