Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

At this time, Chun came over. Although she was only in her thirties, she looked trembling. Chun came to Xiaoxing, took her son's hand, and said, "Xing'er, this time we are going to find the fire, and the journey is long and arduous. You must be careful and cautious along the way, work hard to complete the task, bring back the fire, and win glory for everyone."

"I know, mother. I will do my best and live up to everyone's expectations." Xiaoxing looked at his mother. He seemed to have a bad feeling about this separation. He continued in a soft voice, "Mother, when I'm not in the cave, you must take good care of yourself and don't overwork yourself."

Chun looked at her son again and again. His sturdy figure and angular face showed determination and strength. She only had this one son in her life. Since her husband's death, all her hopes were placed on Xiaoxing. Although she was very reluctant to let him go far away, she understood the righteousness of the matter and did not stop him. She also reminded him: "Xing'er, mother doesn't need you to worry. Take care of yourselves, I am waiting for your triumphant return."

"Yeah. Mom, don't worry!" Xiaoxing said, and then whistled again. The eagle heard the sound and immediately landed beside him.

"Big Eagle, I want to go to Yanshan with everyone to look for fire. You must be lonely in the cave, so why don't you come with us!" Xiaoxing said, touching the Big Eagle's back.

The eagle nodded and called "coo", indicating that it was willing to go with them.

Dong's wife Li came out with her two children. She looked at Dong and said with tears in her eyes, "Dong, please be careful on your way back and come back safely as soon as possible. Otherwise, what will we do?"

Dong stroked the child's head and answered irritably: "Why are you crying, woman? Isn't it just a trip to get fire? Can it be more dangerous than going out hunting? In just ten days, we will return with fire. You should go back to the cave quickly!"

After everyone else had said goodbye to their loved ones, Zhi announced to everyone, "Dong, Xing, all the fire-taking warriors, let's go!"

Qiu patted Zhi on the shoulder and reminded him again: "Zhi, the old people always say: It's good to stay at home for a thousand days, but it's hard to go out for a moment. This time, I have to rely on you!"

"Master of the cave, with my more than fifty years of hunting experience, I will surely be successful in everything I do. Just wait for good news in the cave." Zhi replied, patting his chest.

"Okay." Qiu nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "I wish you a safe journey and complete the task as soon as possible!"

After saying goodbye, Zhi led the group on their way westward with great strides, and the eagles followed closely behind, sometimes flying and sometimes resting.

There was a road at the beginning, but there was no road at the end. All that appeared before us were dense vines and tall trees and deep forests. Everyone wielded stone knives, cleared the forest and made a road, waded through mountains and rivers, and advanced westward. When thirsty, they drank spring water, and when hungry, they ate dry food. After walking for a day, they advanced about a hundred miles.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Zhi said to Dong, Xiaoxing and others, "My fellow warriors, the sun is about to set. Let's stop here for today. Based on my hunting experience of more than fifty years, there may be wild beasts in this wilderness. Let's find an open place first to prepare for the night."

"Uncle Zhi is right. We are tired after a whole day's journey. It would be better to rest early." Dong nodded in agreement.

Everyone looked up and around. In the afterglow of the setting sun, Xiaoxing spotted a small hill not far ahead. He pointed and said, "Look at the hill ahead. There are few trees and grass, and the view is wide. It's perfect for camping."

Everyone looked in the direction of Xiaoxing's finger and saw that it was true. Zhi happily waved his sword and shouted, "Okay! Warriors, we will go to that hill to camp tonight."

So, they cut through the thorns and took the road to the hill. It didn't take long to climb the hill. The top of the hill was covered with bare rocks, and there were only two big pine trees and some grass. Everyone picked a flat and open place, put down the dry food, bows and arrows they were carrying, and sat down on the ground to rest.

Zhi looked around. In the distance were rolling mountains, and nearby was a plain with lush vegetation. From time to time, a flock of birds suddenly flew up from the trees, chirping as if frightened by something. Zhi looked for a while and said, "My fellow warriors, based on my hunting experience of more than fifty years, I suggest that we must assign people to take turns to guard at night to prevent wild animals from attacking."

"Uncle Zhi, you are really worrying too much. Where did the wild beast come from on the top of this hill?" Dong said disapprovingly.

"Brother Dong, I think Uncle Zhi's suggestion makes sense." Xiao Xing retorted: "If we fall asleep together, we won't know if a wild animal comes. For safety reasons, we must be on duty."

"Yes, yes! We must be on duty." Everyone nodded when they heard it.

Dong saw that everyone spoke in unison and had no choice but to give up.

"Uncle Zhi, Xing, I will be the first guard. You all should go to sleep first." The lower one volunteered, "I'm afraid the wild beast won't dare to come. If it really dares to come, I will kill it with one knife."

"Sir, at night, human vision is far inferior to those wild beasts. If they find anything happening, they should not rush to attack, but wake us up first." Zhi warned seriously.

"Got it, Uncle Zhi!" He replied, touching the back of his head.

"Brother Xia, you are brave and careful. With you as our guard, we can rest assured." Xiaoxing said with a smile: "When you want to sleep, call me and I will be your second guard."

"Xing, you are second, and I am third." Chen said unwilling to fall behind.

Soon after, the brothers Feng, Yun, Lei and Dian also expressed their willingness to join the duty. After Zhi arranged the duty personnel, the sun had already set in the west and the surroundings suddenly became dark. Except for the bottom, everyone else lay down to sleep.

Less than half an hour later, they heard shouting, "Uncle Zhi, Xing, fellow warriors, look over there, there's a green glow, isn't that the fire from Yanshan?"

When everyone heard this, they immediately got up and looked in the direction indicated, and indeed saw many bright green lights. However, this green light was not fixed, but moved quickly towards the hill.

"Not good! Everyone, get up quickly and prepare for battle!" Zhi jumped up and said in shock: "Based on my hunting experience of more than fifty years, this is the green light from the eyes of a group of wolves. They are already running towards this side."

"Ah? So many wolves!" The youngest boy asked tremblingly, "Uncle Zhi, shall we run quickly?"

"Run?" Zhi shook his head and replied, "Electricity, not to mention it's night, even in the daytime, we can't outrun them."

"Since we can't run away, won't we be eaten by the wolves?" Dian almost cried.

"Dian, don't be afraid!" Zhi comforted him, "There are so many of us. As long as we unite as one, we will definitely be able to defeat the wolves."

Dong took the opportunity to teach Dian a lesson: "Dian, if you want to be a real hunter, you must defeat a wolf alone."

"Dong, even a good tiger can't stand up to a pack of wolves, let alone humans?" Zhi refuted Dong, and then turned to order everyone: "Warriors, everyone pick up your weapons, form a circle, and prepare to meet the enemy."

"Yes, Uncle Zhi!" Everyone agreed, and hurriedly put on their bows and arrows again, holding stone knives, stone axes and other weapons to prepare for the battle. Xiaoxing looked around, and in the dim moonlight, he saw the two big pine trees standing on the top of the hill. His eyes turned and he said to Zhi: "Uncle Zhi, the light is not good at night. Fighting with the wolves will inevitably lead to casualties. According to my suggestion, it is better to quickly climb up the tree to hide."

Zhi was also thinking the same thing, so he nodded in agreement: "Xing, you are absolutely right." Then he ordered everyone: "Dear warriors, for the sake of safety, everyone should quickly hide in the trees."

The green lights were moving closer and closer. Everyone received the order and came to the two pine trees. They climbed up impatiently and then sat down on the branches of the two trees respectively.

Before I could catch my breath, the green lights had already reached the top of the hill. As expected, it was a pack of wolves. Judging from the number, there were no less than 60 or 70 of them. Wolves are ferocious, but they can't climb trees. Seeing people staying on the tree, the wolves were helpless. They howled and wandered around under the tree, looking up at the people from time to time. They were all experienced hunters. Although they were not very afraid, they were also very uneasy. Looking at the wolves, he shouted, "Oh my God! So many wolves!"

"Tigers and leopards walk alone; jackals and wolves walk in packs. If we were on the ground, it would definitely be a big battle." Zhi said.

"Uncle Zhi, hiding in the trees is not a long-term solution. Let's just shoot arrows and kill all these wolves, and then go back to the ground to sleep." Dong bent his bow, drew his arrow, and shot at those pairs of green eyes.

"Brother Dong is right! Let's shoot him with arrows." Xi also shot an arrow.

There were two "bang bang" sounds of bows being hit, and two wolves were shot and fell to the ground, howling and twitching. Seeing this, everyone took out their arrows and shot at them. Soon, several more wolves were shot and fell to the ground. The other wolves were terrified and retreated in a hurry. The leader wolf and the other wolves discussed for a while, and then retreated down the hill.

"Uncle Zhi, brothers, the wolves have retreated. Let's get down from the tree and go to sleep." Dong saw that the wolves had retreated and was about to get down from the tree.

"Brother Dong, don't be impatient. Be careful of traps." Xiaoxing shouted.

"A trick?" Dong laughed and said, "Xing, you are too timid. These wolves ran away because they were afraid of our arrows. What trick could there be?"

After saying that, he immediately slid down the tree, and Xi, Nan, Bei, Zhong and others followed suit.

Dong came to the dead wolves and kicked them one by one, cursing as he kicked them: "Damn you wolves, you made it impossible for us to rest, why don't you bite us now?"

He kicked several dead wolves but there was no movement. Just when he was about to kick the last big bad wolf, the big bad wolf suddenly turned over and bit Dong's calf, while crying loudly.

Dong was suddenly attacked and couldn't dodge in time, grimacing in pain. He raised his stone axe and smashed it hard on the wolf's head, cursing: "Ouch! You dare to pretend to be dead?"

At this time, another long howl was heard, and the wolves that had just retreated from the top of the hill suddenly jumped up again and pounced on the people including Dong and Xi.

It turned out that the leader wolf saw that the arrows of the others were too powerful, so he left a big gray wolf on the top of the hill pretending to be dead and watching everyone. The other wolves pretended to evacuate, but actually hid under the hill. Once they heard the big gray wolf calling from above, they would immediately return.

Dong fought hard and killed the wolf. He limped back to the tree with Xi, Nan, Bei and others. The other wolves followed closely behind him. The leader of the wolves leaped into the air, its long fangs flashing white, and pounced on the back of Dong's neck. Just when everyone thought Dong was doomed, there was a "bang" sound of a bow. The leader of the wolves was shot through the neck by an arrow and fell to the ground with a "thump".

The one who shot the arrow was Zhi. He heard Xiaoxing say that he was worried about a trick, so he drew his bow and was ready at all times, so he saved Dong with one arrow.

Zhi shot several more arrows, knocking down the nearest few wolves. The rest of the wolves dared not to chase them anymore, and watched Dong, Xi and the others climb up the tree again.

"Brothers, shoot quickly, shoot them all to death." Dong shouted angrily, sat down on the branch again, raised his arrows and shot at the wolves.

When the wolves saw that their leader was dead and the people had climbed up the trees, they realized that their attack was hopeless, so they retreated in a panic with their tails between their legs.

Although everyone saw the wolves leave again, they were still worried about a trap and did not dare to go down. They had to take a nap on the tree for the night.

When the next day dawned, Zhi was sure that the wolves had already fled, so he ordered everyone to climb down the tree. Everyone looked at the wolf corpses lying in all directions, and they were still a little scared. The tree root picked up a wolf corpse and said regretfully: "It's a pity that there is no fire, otherwise, we can have a delicious meal of roasted wolf meat."

"It's been many days since I had barbecue, ever since the evil bull trampled out the fire. I really miss it!" When the leaves heard about barbecue, they couldn't help drooling.

"Brothers, stop sighing. Once we get the fire back, we can fulfill your wish." Dong said with a smile.

"Dong is right. Let's get on the road quickly. The sooner we get the fire back, the sooner we can eat barbecue again." Zhi said.

So, everyone packed up all the dry food and weapons, picked up their swords and started walking west again. Because they were disturbed by the wolves last night, everyone did not get enough rest, and after walking for half a day, everyone was exhausted.

"Uncle Zhi, let's find a place to rest. I'm really tired." Dong said, waving the stone knife.

"Okay, everyone, look around and see if there is a place suitable for us to rest." Zhi nodded in agreement.

It turned out that this place was a flat area with tall and deep weeds. It was not easy to find a wide place to rest. Everyone walked and searched, and suddenly Lei, who was walking in the front, shouted: "Come on, there is a tree trunk here, just right for sitting down and resting!"

After saying that, Lei pushed aside the grass, came to the fallen tree trunk, and sat down without thinking.

Everyone was tired from walking, and when they saw a tree trunk as thick as an arm's length that they could sit on, they sat down one by one to rest.

When Yun sat down, the tree trunk swayed, causing Yun to fall to the ground. Yun was furious and asked Dian next to him, "Dian, I haven't sat down yet, why are you shaking me and making me fall?"

"Brother, I've been sitting here without moving. You didn't sit properly, but you blame me." Dian argued.