Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

"Dian, Uncle Zhi is right. We have paid a lot to eradicate the Nian beast, and the cave master even sacrificed his life for it. Now we are like chopping down a big tree. The outer part of the tree has been cut out, and only the middle is left. If we stop here, won't all our previous efforts be wasted? So no matter what, we have to persevere, and victory will surely come!" Xiaoxing followed with earnest words to counsel Xiaodian and cheer him up.

"Uncle Zhi, Brother Xing, I understand! I will definitely stick with you to the end. We will head to the pigsty tomorrow." Dianda was encouraged and his confidence was rekindled.

The others were also inspired by Zhi and Xiaoxing, and they shouted slogans: "We swear to destroy the Nian beast, and we will not return until we die!"

Seeing that everyone's morale was high, Zhi nodded with satisfaction and announced the end of the meeting for a break.

After breakfast the next day, under the guidance of Goutou, Zhi led Dong, Xiaoxing and others towards the pigsty.

Then Pighead, Emperor Nian, Big Bad Wolf and their group traveled day and night, heading south for about ten days, and finally arrived at the muddy pig nest.

"Emperor Nian, Big Bad Wolf, look, the old pig's pigsty is right in front of us!" Pighead introduced excitedly.

Emperor Nian and the wolf looked up and saw that this was a large swamp with a radius of dozens of miles. Because it was close to the south, although it was December, it was still very warm and humid, and there were still lush vegetation and abundant water plants everywhere.

"Pighead, your place is indeed wide and flat, much more comfortable than Doghead's cave of confusion." Emperor Nian looked at it for a while and praised it with satisfaction.

"Emperor Nian, King Pig, your place looks nice, but it stinks. It makes me want to vomit." The Big Bad Wolf said with a sniff.

"My king, this smell is really unpleasant." The wolves frowned.

"Wolf King, why do I, an old pig, smell so good? You guys are too delicate." The pig head glared at the big bad wolf unreasonably.

"This smell should be the smell of pig manure and pig urine in your pig sty. Of course you can't smell it." The big bad wolf retorted.

"Emperor Nian, please give me some advice. Can this be called stinky?" Pighead asked Emperor Nian.

"It stinks a bit, but I don't care." Emperor Nian answered, and then cursed: "I say you two idiots, stop arguing. Humans will catch up soon. Let's go quickly."

"Yes, yes, Emperor Nian." The pig-headed man hummed and replied, "We only need to go a few miles further and we will reach my pig den."

The closer they got to the pigsty, the stronger the stench became. The big bad wolf couldn't stand it anymore and started to dry heave. The other wolves also vomited and vomited, and the whole place was stinking.

"Emperor Nian, how come you are okay? Look at the Big Bad Wolf and the others, haha, they are so useless!" Pighead looked at the Big Bad Wolf and the others and laughed.

"This emperor is immune to all poisons. Even poison gas can't do anything to me." Emperor Nian raised his head and answered.

"Emperor Nian, you are fine, but we are almost suffocated to death. I won't go to the pigsty anymore." The big bad wolf shouted in intolerance.

"Well, Big Bad Wolf, if you can't stand it, just go somewhere else. After humans retreat, I will come to summon you again." Emperor Nian said.

"Yes, sir." The big bad wolf was eager to be exiled, so he quickly turned back with the pack.

Since the Lost Cave had been occupied by humans, the wolf did not dare to return to the kennel and lived a wandering life in the wild. From then on, dogs and wolves were divided into two different species of animals.

Let's talk about Pighead again. He continued to move forward with Emperor Nian and soon came to the muddy swamp in the center of the swamp. There were no big trees here, but some low willow trees and some banana trees scattered around. The ground was full of mud, two feet deep, and full of pig manure. The stench was overwhelming. It was really dirty and smelly. Pighead not only didn't mind the dirtiness and stench, but ran into it excitedly, shouting "My people, the king is back!"

"Hmph—" Suddenly, two fat pigs, one black and one white, heard the noise and ran over, shouting, "Stop! Which stray pig dares to break into our territory?"

"You two stupid pigs, are you blind? Don't you even recognize me?" The Pighead was immediately furious.

"Our king is sleeping in the pigsty. Where did you come from, you crazy pig? How dare you pretend to be our king?" the white pig demon said sarcastically.

"I was summoned by the Emperor last year to serve in Tianshan, and have only returned now. How could a great king pretend to be me and sleep in the pigsty?" The Pighead was extremely surprised when he heard this.

"Our king came back half a year ago and has been leading us people ever since. You are the fake king." said the black pig demon.

"You two blind men, I am your real king. If you don't believe me, Emperor Nian is here, you can ask him." Pighead was anxious, and hurriedly called Emperor Nian who was lagging behind to catch up: "Emperor Nian, come quickly, tell me, am I real or fake?"

"You idiot, are you crazy? You actually doubt that you are not the Pig King?" Emperor Nian asked in confusion.

"Emperor Nian, I have been following you all the time and have only just returned. But these two idiots actually said that their pig king has already returned and is sleeping in his nest. How do you think that is possible?" said the Pighead angrily.

"Hey, there is another Pig King?" Emperor Nian was also very surprised. He touched his head and continued, "I remember that when I was touring the world, I came to your pig sty by chance. At that time, I was drooling at your fat and chubby bodies, so I ran into the pig sty to catch you. You and the pigs wanted to resist, but I killed more than ten of them and ate them with great pleasure. You and the pigs hurriedly ran away. After I caught up with you, you begged for mercy from me because you were afraid of death, and expressed your willingness to be my subject and slave. Because I was too full at that time, I promised to spare your life and ordered you to be the king of pigs and follow me as a guard until now. How come there is another Pig King?"

"Yes, Emperor Nian, that's what I said. But I'm so angry that those two stupid pigs insisted that there was a king in the den, and even said that I was a fake, which confused me." The pig head said angrily.

"This is ridiculous. Since they say there is another pig king, we can call it out for a while and then we will know whether it is true or not." Emperor Nian said.

"What the Emperor said makes sense." The pig-head nodded and turned to the black and white pig spirit and said, "You two stupid pigs, go back and ask your king to come out and tell me what's true."

"Yes, yes. Let's go report to the king right away." After the black and white pig demon said this, he turned around and left happily.

In less than half an hour, the black and white pig demon came with a large pig demon, followed by thousands of pig demons and monsters.

Pighead looked carefully at the fake pig king in front of him, but saw that it was as tall as himself, like an elephant. The two tusks in its mouth were also like those of an elephant, three feet long. Pighead was secretly shocked after seeing this.

"My king, look, there's another one claiming to be my king back there!" The black and white pig demon pointed at the pig's head and said to the fake pig king.

The pig head couldn't hold back his anger, and rushed over to question: "Where did you come from, a stray pig? How dare you pretend to be the king, occupy my people, and live in my pig sty?"

Although the fake pig king felt a little guilty, he still argued: "You say you are the real king, what evidence do you have?"

"I have been serving Emperor Nian in Tianshan since last year and have been with Emperor Nian all the time. Emperor Nian can testify for me." Pighead pointed at Emperor Nian and said.

"Emperor Nian, who is Emperor Nian?" The fake Pig King did not know Emperor Nian and asked in confusion.

"You fake, you don't even know Emperor Nian? - Emperor Nian is the king of animals in the world." Pighead replied.

"This - hehe -" The fake pig king was speechless for a moment, shaking his big ears and raising his long mouth and said: "Since you say you are the pig king, let me ask you, why are your fangs not as long as mine?"

"That's right, that's right. Whoever has the longer fangs is older and is the real king." The black and white pig demon shouted.

It turns out that the fangs of these pig spirits grow longer as they age. Although the pig head is more than 1,600 years old, its fangs are only about two feet long, about one foot shorter than the fake pig king. This is why the pig head was surprised when he saw it.

"This - hum -" This time it was Pighead's turn to be speechless. He hummed and hawed for a long time before saying, "Although my fangs are not as long as yours, I am sure that I am real and you are fake."

"I am the real one, you are fake!" the fake pig king shouted without showing any weakness.

"I am real and you are fake."

"You are fake, and I am real."

The real and fake pig kings argued for a long time, which made Emperor Nian very anxious. He shouted at the pig head: "You two stupid pigs, if you keep arguing like this, you will never understand even if you argue from today to tomorrow and from tomorrow to the day after tomorrow. If you both follow my words, you two can just fight. The winner is the real one and the loser is the fake one."

At first, the pig head was afraid because the opponent's fangs were longer, but now that Emperor Nian was instigated, he roared and rushed towards the fake pig king without hesitation: "You fake, I will fight you to the death!"

The fake pig king saw that the pig heads were really going to fight, so he could only go forward helplessly. The two pig spirits roared and opened their mouths wide to bite each other.

"Brother Black Pig, the battle for the king is now underway. This is sure to be an incomparably exciting match. It's really rare to see such a rare event. Who do you guess will win?" asked the White Pig Spirit excitedly.

"I guess our king will win. After all, his fangs are much longer and he's more powerful in a fight." The black pig demon sat on the ground and commented.

"Wow, the stray pig later was so ferocious that it bit our king. Oh! What's going on? It's incredible!" The white pig spirit was so frightened that his jaw almost dropped.

"Our king's fangs have fallen off, ah! Those two long fangs are actually fake!" The black pig demon shouted.

"Our king was defeated by a stray pig so quickly. It turns out that it was the fake one." The white pig demon shouted again.

In the fighting arena, the two pig kings only met, and the pig head knocked the fake pig king's long fangs to the ground, revealing the real fangs that were less than two feet long. After all, the fake one is not as good as the real one. Not only was the fake pig king inferior in strength, but he was also guilty, so he soon fell behind and was knocked to the ground by the pig head, screaming.

"My king, I give up. I am a fake. Please forgive me!" The fake pig king was defeated and begged for mercy.

"Humph! You fake thing, now you know how powerful I am!" The victorious pig head stepped on the fake pig king and asked, "Tell me, where are you from and why are you pretending to be me?"

"King, don't you remember me? I am a brother you drove away a long time ago. I have been wandering outside until last year when I saw you leave the pigsty, and then I thought of pretending to be you, your king. My fake fangs are just ivory I picked up in the forest." The fake pig king confessed everything.

"Humph! So that's how it is." The Pig Head turned around and said loudly to the black and white pig demon and the pigs behind him: "My brothers and sisters, my subjects, did you all hear that? This guy is a fake pig king, and the real pig king is me. Now I want this shameless guy to get out of here and never come back."

"Yes, yes, my king, I will get out of here right now." The fake pig king was pardoned, got up and fled in a panic.

"A fake is a fake. No matter how similar it looks, no matter how high-end it is, it is vulnerable when compared with the real thing. The difference is immediately apparent and its true colors are revealed. Hehehehehe!" Emperor Nian laughed.

“King! King…!” When the black and white pig demon and the other pigs saw that the real king had won, they surrounded the pig’s head and shouted wildly.

"My people, everyone please be quiet." The pig head signaled the pigs to calm down, pointed at the Nian Emperor beside him and introduced him, "My people, this is the Nian Emperor. He once captured me and wanted to eat me, but he spared my life after my desperate pleas. The reason why the Nian Emperor came to the pigpen with me again is because he is being hunted by humans, so he fled to my pigpen for refuge."