The Golden Rooster and the Gray Dragon Surrender...

4.The Golden Rooster and the Gray Dragon Surrendering Monsters

After the big black dragon had colluded with the crab,the turtle,the rhinoceros and the tiger,they gathered together and began to make a big rake in the evening.This rake was made of gold and was about a hundred feet wide.After they made the rake,they moved it to a hill not far from the Gray-Dragon Mountain in the west.The rhinoceros,the tiger and the crab were dragging in front,while the big black dragon was standing on the rake.Just as they were going to pull the rake,they heard a loud crow in the direction of the Gray-Dragon Mountain.Then,all the roosters in the world crowed together.

The big black dragon said,“Listen,the roosters are crowing,and it's almost dawn.If people find us,none of us will be able to escape.Hide the rake quickly and come again tomorrow night!”

After hearing this,the rhinoceros and the tiger were trembling with fear.They quickly pulled up the rake and ran to the deep mountain.Then they breathed a sigh of relief.The place where the rake dragged left traces.Later,people called this mountain“Rake Teeth Mountain”,which was in the west of Binchuan,and there are footprints of the rhinoceros and the tiger in the middle.Seeing his companions running away,the black dragon felt a little frightened.He drove up a dark cloud and flew back to Jianshan Mountain.

The following day,the big black dragon was still in his dream when he heard a voice of challenge from outside.Thinking of the event last night,he was very angry and called the rhinoceros,the tiger,the crab and the turtle.He asked them,“Who dares to challenge me here?”

The tiger said,“It may be your brother,a gray dragon.”

Hearing this,the big black dragon became even angrier and scolded,“This damned evil,it was he who drove me away from my home.What is he doing here today?I'll fight to death against him!”

The big black dragon leaped into the sky.Seeing the little gray dragon glowering at him,he thought of the past and felt a guilty conscience.Then he choked back his anger and asked,“Brother Gray Dragon,I used to make you angry,but now why are you...”

The little gray dragon interrupted him and scolded him,“You are not bashful to call me brother today.Now you want to take over my land,and turn Binchuan Bazi into a sea to drown all living beings.Where is your conscience?Surrender quickly or I'll wield a sword.”

The big black dragon realized his intention was exposed and did not say anything.He waved his double swords and chopped at the little gray dragon.Then the two dragons fought fiercely in the air.Just as they were fighting with each other,the golden rooster appeared in the sky,pretending to come to stop the fight.The big black dragon felt guilty and did not dare to fight any more.He wanted to slip back to his cave hurriedly.The golden rooster did what the little gray dragon had told him and said to the big black dragon,“Well,since you two are vying for the position of king,I have a way to find out who will do it in the future.”

“What can I do?”asked the little gray dragon.

The golden rooster said,“Idon't know whether the black dragon likes to hear it or not.”

The big black dragon nodded repeatedly and said,“I like to hear it!I like to hear it!”

The golden rooster said,“Each of you has a mountain.Whoever has the mountain that I can stand on will be the king.Do you agree with it?”

The little gray dragon knew the plan fairly well and immediately nodded his head.

The big black dragon thought to himself,“How can such a big mountain be crushed?He must have scared me!”He also nodded,“Yes!”

The golden rooster asked,“Whose mountain should I step on first?”

The big black dragon,who was eager to be the king,rushed to say,“Step on my mountain first!”

Then the golden rooster shook his wings and set up a foot on Jianshan Mountain,which flew down and pressed the black dragon against the mountain.Seeing that the golden rooster was not a common creature,the big black dragon hurriedly said,“Golden Rooster Spirit,don't step on it.I give up!I'd rather let Brother Gray Dragon be the king!”The golden rooster said,“Big black dragon,you have done so much evil that you should die!”With a loud roar,the mountain shook and the earth moved,and the Jianshan Mountain collapsed.The big black dragon died in the belly of the mountain.The blood had been flowing for seven days and seven nights and dyed the earth at the foot of the Jianshan Mountain red.Therefore,people call the hillside at the foot of the Jianshan Mountain“Red Clay Slope”and“Dragon Blood Slope”,the Jianshan Mountain“Laolai Mountain”and the mountain cave where the big black dragon lived as“Stuffy Dragon Cave”.

Seeing that things were not going well,the crab king wanted to run away secretly.But he was detected by the golden rooster and was turned into a stone lying down in the mountain valley,which was named as“Crab Valley”.

The turtle king also wanted to run away,but it was too late.The golden rooster turned him into a mountain.Because the mountain looked like a turtle,people called it“Turtle Mountain”.

The tiger started to run too.The golden rooster did not run after him,and he pointed the tiger with one finger.The tiger immediately fell to the ground,curled up to death and turned into a mountain.Because this mountain looked like a tiger,the local people called it“Cat Mountain”,which means Tiger Mountain.

The rhinoceros was running away,but he ran slowly.The golden rooster intended to let him run a little longer.After he climbed over the Rake Tooth Mountain,the golden rooster turned him into a pond and became“Rhinoceros Pond”.

After surrendering the evil monsters,the golden rooster returned to Gray-Dragon Mountain with the gray dragon.The mountain was magnificent with green pines and cypresses,so the golden rooster decided to build it into a Buddhist Holy Mountain.He was extremely satisfied with standing at the top of Tianzhu Peak,looking at the red sun in the east,the Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake in the west,the lingering clouds in the south,and the Yulong Snow Mountain in the north.The golden rooster was unwilling to depart from such a good friend as the gray dragon and said to him,“You'd better not go to other places and live here with me!”

The gray dragon happily agreed and took a spring to settle down.People call this spring“Gray-Dragon Spring”.The golden rooster also lived on Gray-Dragon Mountain,and the place where he stood became a miracle:He stretched his three toes forward and pedaled his one toe back,just like a rooster's foot.Later,people changed the name of Gray-Dragon Mountain to“Jizu Mountain”(Jizu means a rooster's foot in Chinese).