Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

Dong heard this and sneered, "Hey, you evil dragon, you just now were so arrogant that you wanted to drown humans, and now you want to surrender because you can't win the fight. Humph! I'm telling you, it's impossible. Get ready to die!"

"Powerful humans, we were sent by Emperor Nian to conquer you, and we had no choice but to obey his orders. As long as you spare my life, I am willing to serve humans as my emperor and do anything for you." In order to survive, the Dragon King did everything he could, just like the Ox King.

"Evil dragon, you caused us to be flooded, hungry and cold, and we are suffering terribly. How can you spare us now?" Dong refused coldly, and then ordered the beast to attack again.

Xiao Xing raised his hand to stop Dong and said, "Brother Dong, please stop for now. The cave master once said that if humans want to grow and develop, they still need the help of various beast kings. Since the Dragon King has sincerely surrendered, we will take it to see the cave master. Whether it lives or dies, it will be decided by the cave master."

"It's fine to catch it and hand it over to the cave master." Dong nodded in agreement.

Xiao Xing persuaded Dong to stop, and then turned to the Dragon King and said, "Evil dragon, I will sit on you and take you to see the cave master."

After saying this, he ordered the King of Qi to fly over to the Dragon King, then he jumped onto the Dragon King's neck, grabbed the dragon's horn with one hand, held the stone knife with the other, and said, "You evil dragon, if you dare to do evil again, I will smash your eyes with this knife."

The Dragon King nodded and said, "Since I have already admitted defeat and surrendered, I will not dare to do it again."

So Xiaoxing escorted the Dragon King, while Dong, Xi and Xia rode on their beasts and flew straight down to Huanghuagang.

At this time, the top of Huanghuagang was flooded and in danger. Qiu Hezhi and the others looked up and watched the dragons fighting. At first, they were overjoyed to see one dragon defeated, but then they were extremely worried to see the dragons besieging them. When they finally saw Xiaoxing capture the Dragon King, they finally let go of their worries.

Xiao Xing brought the Dragon King to Qiu and said to him loudly, "Master, we have united with the Qiong beasts to fight against the Dragon King and finally defeated him. Now the Dragon King has expressed his willingness to surrender to humans. Whether to allow him or not is up to you, Master."

"Xing, Dong, Xia, Xi, you defeated and captured the Dragon King. You did a great job." Qiu praised the four people and then continued, "I have said that if humans want to grow and develop, they also need the help of various beast kings. Therefore, we will not change our original intention of accepting the surrender of the beast king. Now that the Dragon King is no longer an enemy of humans and has surrendered to me sincerely, I declare: I agree with the Dragon King's decision to abandon darkness and join the light, and I will spare his life."

"Great humans, thank you for your magnanimity and for not killing me. Humans are so kind and great." The Dragon King was pardoned and burst into tears of gratitude.

Qiu promised to spare the Dragon King, so he ordered the Dragon King: "You evil dragon, since you have surrendered, why don't you quickly make the other dragons surrender together, then push away the dark clouds, stop the rain, and drive away the flood!"

The Dragon King obeyed the order and shouted to the dragon spirits and dragon army that were still attacking in the air: "Moo - listen to my orders, my people, I have descended to the human race, you must retreat immediately, stop the rain and help drain the flood to save my life."

When the dragon spirits and dragon soldiers heard this, they realized that the Dragon King had been captured by humans, so they stopped fighting with the herd of 犲, fell into the water together, and swam downstream to drain the water. As soon as the dragon soldiers withdrew, the dark clouds dissipated, the heavy rain stopped immediately, and it became a sunny day. The water level also dropped rapidly. In just one hour, it retreated from the top of the hill to the middle of the hill. Gradually, the treetops were visible again, and after another hour, the entrance of Tianju Cave slowly appeared. The group of dragons was leaderless, and the dragon spirits and dragon soldiers returned to Wanzhang Pond.

The battle was won, Qiu Hezhi, Xiaoxing, Dong, Xia and others thanked the beast and let it go. They waited until the evening, when the flood finally receded. They tied up the Dragon King and put him in the dungeon like the other beast kings.

The disaster was over, and everyone clapped their hands and celebrated, rejoicing. So they moved back to Tianju Cave from Huanghuagang, re-lit the bonfire, cleaned the cave, and set up sleeping quarters.

After dinner, a celebration meeting was held as usual. Everyone gathered under the stage. Qiu Qingzhi and Dong, Xiaoxing, Xia, Xi, Chen, Feng... 60 warriors stepped onto the stage and stood in front of the crowd. Qiu stroked his white beard, scanned the venue, coughed twice, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then began to speak: "Dear cave dwellers, this time the Dragon King and his army came to attack, flooding the primordial land. Although we moved to Huanghuagang in time, the evil dragon was able to change the weather and cause a flood that almost submerged Huanghuagang. At the critical moment when everyone was trapped and on the verge of despair, Bai Ling appeared and pointed out the way out. Then it was our 60 warriors who traveled through mountains and rivers, not afraid of difficulties, and asked the beast for help, and finally captured the Dragon King and stopped the flood. Now Qingzhi will tell you about the process of inviting the beast."

Zhi stepped out of the crowd and said to the audience, "Dear cave dwellers, we had just left Huanghuagang on the raft when the Dragon King dived into the water from the sky, creating waves and trying to overturn the raft and drown us. We couldn't even stand steadily at that time, let alone move forward. Dong was furious and wanted to fight the Dragon King, but he accidentally fell into his hands. Fortunately, everyone helped to rescue him. That scene was something I had never seen before in my fifty-year hunting experience. At this extremely dangerous moment, Xing ordered everyone to tie the raft with ropes, use spears as paddles, and protect the raft. We paddled slowly forward and finally reached the shore. After reaching the back mountain, we traveled day and night despite being tired, and finally found the beast this morning. Unexpectedly, when I asked the beast for help, it refused. In desperation, Xing agreed to repay them. It happened that a female beast had a broken leg, so Xing healed it. The king was very grateful and agreed to help us defeat the Dragon King. Xing should be the one who made the greatest contribution to asking the beast for help. It was all his credit. Let's applaud and thank Xing!"

After saying that, Zhi took the lead in applauding and congratulating, and then everyone on and off the stage followed suit and applauded.

Xiao Xing looked at the cheering crowd below the stage, scratched his head again in embarrassment, and said modestly: "Uncle Zhi, you flatter me. In fact, I just gave an idea. It still depends on everyone's strength!"

"Xing, in fact, the power of wisdom is above all else. The Nian beast and those beast kings are simple-minded but have strong limbs. It will be hard to win if we fight them with force. Therefore, if we want to defeat them, we must rely on our wisdom, use our clever minds, and find ways to defeat them. Xing, in times of difficulty, you can always come up with clever ideas to help everyone out of danger. You are not only our wisdom star, but also our savior. You have to work hard, and the important task of revitalizing mankind in the future will depend on you." Qiu couldn't help but praise him again and again, and hinted that the position of cave master would be passed to him.

"Thank you for the compliment, cave master. I will definitely work harder." Xiao Xingxun thanked him.

Everyone cheered and praised again. In contrast to the high spirits of the crowd, Dong felt lost and jealous. He angrily stepped down from the platform, left the crowd, and walked out of the cave alone. After sitting on a rock, he grabbed the wine gourd on his back and drank it in one gulp. While throwing stones, he roared angrily: "Damn it, in terms of archery and hunting, I am the best in the whole cave. Only I am worthy of being the successor of the cave master. Xing, you wait, I will not let you succeed."

At the end of the celebration party, Qiu solemnly warned everyone again: "Although the Dragon King has been captured, I think the Nian Beast will not give up and will definitely send its beast army to attack us again, so everyone should remain vigilant and not let down their guard."

"Cave Master, the Nian Beast has many minions, and we can't defend ourselves against it. Why not go and find the Nian Beast for a decisive battle directly?" He couldn't help but bring up the old idea again.

"Next, the old people always say: Don't cross a muddy river or travel a road in the dark. If you act blindly, you will either drown or fall to death. Going on an expedition against the Nian beast with an unknown enemy situation is a blind act. Although it can solve the problem once and for all, it can be said that there is no chance of winning." Qiu still shook his head in objection.

Seeing that he was rejected, he had no choice but to retreat.

After the meeting, everyone went back to their dormitories to rest. Qiu waited for everyone to leave, then turned around and went to the bottom of the cave again, bowed down to the statue of Nuwa on the stone wall, and thanked her: "This time we were in trouble because of the flood, thanks to the appearance of Nuwa and Bai Ling, so we could ask the beast to help us defeat the Dragon King. Thank you, Nuwa, thank you Bai Ling."

We will not discuss for now how humans defeated the Dragon King and returned to living a peaceful and prosperous life.

Besides, the rooster who had been watching from Gusonggang, saw humans trapped in Huanghuagang by the flood at first, and thought that humans could not escape the disaster this time, and the Dragon King would definitely succeed. Unexpectedly, humans invited the beast to help them fight, and finally captured the Dragon King. In the end, the Dragon King also surrendered, and the dragon army withdrew to their hometown. The rooster sighed, flapped his wings, and quickly flew back to Tianshan to report to Emperor Nian.

After flying for several days, the rooster returned to the entrance of Tianshan Cave. Recalling that he was used as a punching bag by Emperor Nian because of his failure to report the Rabbit King last time, he hesitated and dared not enter the cave. At this time, a hissing sound came. The rooster turned around and saw that it was the Snake King. The Snake King was spitting out a forked core and crawling slowly with a swollen belly.

The rooster flashed aside and called out, "Brother Snake King, why are you here?"

"Oh, it's Brother Chicken?" The Snake King replied, spitting out the core: "I am here to deliver offerings to Emperor Nian. Let's go into the cave together!"

"Why did Emperor Nian ask you to offer sacrifices?" The rooster asked curiously as he followed the Snake King.

"Brother Chicken, don't you know? Now the Tiger King and the Cat King have surrendered to humans, and the Dragon King has gone out to conquer and has not returned yet. If Emperor Nian wants to eat some meat, he can only rely on himself and Dog Head to catch it. But Emperor Nian is unwilling to work, so he has no choice but to let me offer him offerings." said the Snake King.

"Then why don't I see your offerings?"

"You will know where it is soon." The Snake King said mysteriously.

The two beasts walked and talked, and soon they came to the foot of the high slope in the cave. Emperor Nian was lying on the high slope, and suddenly saw the Snake King come in. He said to the dog-headed military advisor and the pig-headed guard: "The Snake King just received an order to go out and offer me food, but he came back so quickly. He is really talented!"

The dog-head echoed the praise, "Well, Brother Snake is really amazing, hurry up and hand over the offerings."

Upon hearing this, the snake king opened his mouth and twisted his long abdomen. Soon, he vomited out a young elk, followed by a goat, a yellow cattle, and more than ten animals in total. After vomiting out the offerings, the snake king's swollen belly immediately deflated, and the food that had been swallowed raw was covered with mucus and smelled extremely fishy.

Emperor Nian didn't care whether it smelled bad or not. He praised the snake king for his ability and started to grab the food and eat it.

The snake king was praised, and he puffed up his body, and boasted smugly: "Emperor Nian, to be honest, catching these small animals is nothing. One drop of my venom can kill hundreds of these small animals, and it is effortless."

"It is recognized that the snake king is very poisonous. There is a saying that goes 'a heart as viperous as snakes and scorpions', which refers to the most venomous snakes." The pig-headed guard said, shaking his big ears.

"Hmph!" Emperor Nian glared at the pig-head, stopped his feast, and said calmly, "The venom is only effective against idiots like you, but for me, hmph, hmph, it has no effect at all."

The arrogant Snake King suddenly became deflated upon hearing this, and immediately groveled and said, "Yes, yes, yes. The Nian Emperor is the only one in the world who is not afraid of anything."

"Well. That's a smart move." Emperor Nian nodded in satisfaction. He turned his eyes and found the rooster behind him. He said sternly, "You dead chicken, you came back without saying a word. Do you want to be beaten again?"

"No, no." The cock trembled with fear and hurried forward to report: "Report to Emperor Nian, I was afraid of disturbing your meal just now, so I wanted to wait a while before reporting."

"Okay, okay, tell us quickly about the Dragon King's conquest. Has he wiped out all humans?" Emperor Nian asked impatiently.