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Zhang San, please behave yourself!

Chapter 866: 801 - The 1st Zodiac Sign - Rat!

Author: Luoxiu Rice Method
updatedAt: 2025-08-06

Chapter 866: Chapter 801 – The 1st Zodiac Sign – Rat!

After the Candle Dragon left, the Thousand-Eyed Rat King sent his rat demons to deliver a message.

Similarly, it was still not a very good message.

The news was that those three lost cubs were still missing.

However, the direction could still be roughly sensed by the rat demons, and they were actively searching.

After all, the Rat Race was inherently weak and could not survive in many places.

Moreover, some areas were occupied by powerful demon clans, so although the Thousand-Eyed Rat King could gather all intel on Longyou Road, there were indeed many loopholes in the extensive information network.

Zhang San was asked to wait a little longer.

Thus, for the next month or so, Zhang San spent his time helping the third senior build the framework for Dominion over the Six Paths, refining his body alongside Baili Niezhen, and finding ways to strengthen himself.

Only after experiencing the Sixth Sea Tribulation in the three Seas of Wheels did Zhang San realize that he could no longer endure any more Sea Tribulations.

“Could it be that six Sea Tribulations is the limit?”

At this moment, Zhang San slowly opened his eyes outside Julong Pass, having just gone through his sixth Sea Tribulation. He looked at the fragmented mountain peak crushed by his sea tribulation aura and began to feel puzzled.

“A maximum of nine Sea Tribulations can be endured.”

Zhang San turned to the source of the sound behind him and found it was the Thousand-Eyed Rat King who had arrived.

“Ah, it’s the Thousand-Eyed Rat King. Do you bring any good news?”

Upon hearing this, the Thousand-Eyed Rat King couldn’t help but blush a little.

“To be honest, those three cubs, we can now only confirm that the half-man, half-sheep one has escaped to the Western Regions, but many of my offspring are thoroughly investigating over there. Another one should be hiding somewhere on Longyou Road, but since they have completely concealed their aura, it’s still vague for now. However, they haven’t left, so sooner or later, they can be found. Only the milky white one remains unfound.”

Zhang San knew that the Thousand-Eyed Rat King had done his best.

“This matter, Rat King, I’ll have to trouble you with again.”

“It’s only normal to feel troubled. I did say I would pursue them, yet I couldn’t catch any, let alone find them now. To be honest, I even feel a bit ashamed of bearing the title of head of the Twelve Zodiacs.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang San realized that the Thousand-Eyed Rat King was hinting at him.

“Hahaha… Rat King, don’t worry. Just recently, the Kaihuang’s imperial edict was dispatched, announcing you as the head of the Twelve Zodiacs under Great Sui. It just hasn’t been announced to the demon clans of Longyou Road yet.”

Hearing this, the Thousand-Eyed Rat King was overjoyed.

After all, he was someone who cared about face.

“Moreover, tracing those three Outer God Incarnations, actually, your Rat Race is the most suitable. So, you being the head of the Twelve Zodiacs is even more convincing.”

The Thousand-Eyed Rat King naturally knew that even if a member of the Dragon Clan were to be the head, it would still be convincing, but since he had helped Zhang San in the past, and Zhang San had promised him, it wouldn’t be right to backtrack.

If one were to feel everything is secure and not work diligently, then it would spell trouble.

“Zhang San, don’t worry. I will definitely solve all rat infestations within the Great Sui for you!”

That day, many places within Great Sui received such a proclamation, officially announcing this year as the Year of the Rat.

The rat is the zodiac sign for this year and also for all those born this year.

It’s said that those born under the Rat sign can be as clever and smart as rats; some even say that because rats steal from the grain storages, those born under the Rat sign will be blessed with wealth.

But since this was a relatively new concept, many people found it hard to accept for a while.

For one’s child to be a Dragon or a Phoenix sign was undoubtedly good.

But to end up with a rat was something some people couldn’t comprehend, and in many places, there were even protests.

Especially in Great King Village.

Here, a story had been passed down through generations.

It was said that many years ago, at the entrance of the village, there was a parasol tree, and an injured phoenix landed here, bleeding.

The phoenix’s blood dripped to the ground, giving rise to a clear spring.

A woman happened by, drank from the spring water, and became pregnant and gave birth to a child.

This was how Great King Village came to be.

No one knows when this story began circulating.

Perhaps later generations wanted to embellish their ancestry, claiming to have Phoenix blood in their veins.

Or perhaps the girl once stole a forbidden fruit and had to rely on tales of ghosts, gods, and demons to explain the origins of the child she bore.

But regardless, people in Great King Village firmly believed they had some connection with the Phoenix, a creature that sounded extremely powerful.

As a result, the idea of children born this year being under the Rat sign was not well-received by everyone.

However, something miraculous happened.

The poorest family in the village, Wang Gensheng’s family, had just given birth to a boy the night before. The villagers playfully called the baby “Little Mouse.”

The next morning, Wang Gensheng’s family woke up to find their courtyard filled with all sorts of grains and scattered gold beans.

The poorest family in Great King Village became the wealthiest overnight.

Rumors spread that the ground around these items was covered with tiny footprints.

It was said that the Rat King had distributed wealth specifically for impoverished families who had children in the Year of the Rat.

Instantly, opinions about being born under the Rat sign shifted dramatically.

More miraculous still, starting from last year, many areas in the South of Great Sui had been plagued with disasters.

With these disasters, it was naturally the common folk who suffered.

Many were displaced, and there were quite a few who couldn’t even get food.

At that time, numerous areas also suffered from rat infestations, with large numbers of rats appearing, further straining the already limited food supply.

Yet, following the announcement by the Imperial Court that the head of the Twelve Zodiacs was the Rat, the rats began to leave in droves.

Although not all of the rats left, most did.

With their departure, many people no longer had to worry about their grain being devoured by rats at home.

Even the local officials felt an instant reduction in the weight on their shoulders.

Particularly, merchants on the road noticed that rats from all directions gathered together, as if guided by some unseen force, and marched collectively northward.

Thus, many places began putting up portraits of the Thousand-Eyed Rat King, and among the common people, some even started carving statues of the Thousand-Eyed Rat King to worship at home.

Some even felt that the local earth temples were useless, not as effective as the Thousand-Eyed Rat King, and actually tore down the earth temples to erect a Zodiac Shrine in its place specifically to offer tribute to the Thousand-Eyed Rat King.

Meanwhile, the rat demons whom the Thousand-Eyed Rat King had dispatched across Great Sui relayed the change in local attitudes towards the Rat Race back to him, filling him with joy.

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