Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

After praying three times, sincerity can move metal and stone. The firebird is also a spiritual animal, and it was finally moved. It raised its long and sharp beak and pecked at the firewood branch. With the sound of "dang, dang" pecking, sparks really started again. Zhi took some dry grass and put it close to the sparks, trying to ignite it. After countless pecks, the wood branch gradually began to smoke. He pecked again and finally ignited the dry grass for ignition.

It had been a long time since we had seen fire. When we first saw the small flame, we couldn't help but shout excitedly: "Great! It's on fire! It's on fire." When the firebird saw the flame, it stopped pecking at the wood. Zhi carefully added flammable dry firewood and other things to the flame. Soon, the flame grew bigger and bigger and burned more and more vigorously.

Zhi hurriedly asked everyone to add more dry firewood and light a big fire. After getting the fire, Zhi wanted to untie the firebird and release it. Leaf looked at the prey in his hand and said reluctantly: "It's been a long time since we had roasted meat. In my opinion, it's better to kill it with a knife and roast it to satisfy our cravings."

"Leaf, the Firebird has helped us a lot. How can we repay kindness with evil? Besides, eating it is just a temporary treat, but what if the fire is extinguished in the future?" Zhi glared at Leaf and released the Firebird into the sky.

"Now that we have fire, why should we worry about not having prey?" Dong scolded the leaves unhappily, and then said to Zhi: "Uncle Zhi, now that we have fire, let's quickly get the fire and return to the cave."

"Yes. Let's quickly get the fire and go back. My mother must be waiting for me so long!" Xiaoxing stared at the dancing flames and couldn't help but miss his mother again.

"Yes, let's go back quickly and hunt some wild animals to roast. I haven't eaten barbecue for a long time and I am so tired." The tree root said. He couldn't help drooling when he thought of the delicious barbecue.

Everyone was eager to return, and Zhi was no exception. He looked around at everyone, and with undisguised joy, he announced loudly: "Okay. Each of us will bring a big torch and head back to the cave."

So, everyone took a big branch and made a torch. Xiaoxing looked at the magical fire tree and cut a few more branches and carried them on his back to bring it back. After everyone had packed up, the group returned triumphantly with torches in hand and the eagle.

On the way back, everyone walked very briskly, and the journey in one day was more than the two days of the journey. After walking through the desert and crossing the river, at night, everyone built a campfire and rested around it. Finally, they no longer had to stay in the trees for fear of being chased by wolves. After another day of walking, they crossed the steep mountains and arrived at the vast grassland. Everyone was eager to return home and did not feel tired. In two days, they had walked more than half of the way back.

On this day, the group was crossing the grassland. When they reached the middle of the grassland, the originally clear sky suddenly became overcast and the wind blew violently. It looked like a heavy rain was about to fall. The strong wind blew everyone's torches and they were about to go out. Zhi hurriedly shouted to everyone, "Everyone stop moving forward. Based on my hunting experience of more than fifty years, when the wind rises, there will be clouds, and when there are clouds, there will be rain. Everyone, be careful to protect your torches and don't let them be blown out by the wind or rain."

"Uncle Zhi, in order to prevent the fire from going out, I suggest that everyone gather together and put the torches together so that they will not go out easily." Xiaoxing said as he looked at the torches in his hand that flickered in the wind.

"Xing, you are absolutely right." Zhi nodded, then called everyone: "Everyone come together."

Everyone gathered in a circle and put the torches together. Although the fire became bigger, it was still blown out by the wind. Dong shouted, "Uncle Zhi, this won't work. If it rains, the fire will definitely go out."

"Yes, Uncle Zhi, we have to find a place to shelter from the rain." Xia followed.

"Dong, Xia, there is not even a big tree in this vast grassland. Where can we shelter from the rain?" Zhi looked around and shook his head helplessly.

"Oh, what a damn bad weather! How unlucky!" Dong cursed angrily.

Xi and the others also started to complain. Zhi frowned and said in a deep voice: "Dong, Xi, stop complaining. God will not suddenly clear up the weather just because he has mercy on us. No matter what, we should do our best to protect the fire and prevent it from being extinguished by wind and rain."

At this moment, the wind was getting stronger and stronger, the clouds were getting lower and lower, and with a loud thunder, heavy rain began to pour down. The grass was tossed by the strong wind, and the vision of the people in the heavy rain was blurred.

"Oh my God! It's raining so hard, we're going to get soaked to death." He shouted as he watched the sudden downpour.

The heavy rain poured down on everyone, and soon everyone was soaked. They didn't care about protecting themselves, and took off their animal skins to protect the fire from the wind and rain. But even so, the rain still soaked them through, and everyone watched helplessly as the fire became smaller and weaker in the wind and rain, and finally went out completely.

Dong Da shouted, "It's over, it's over. The fire has been extinguished."

"Brother Dong, it seems like we have made this trip in vain and worked in vain." Xi said dejectedly.

The leaves could not help but roar to the sky: "Damn you, God! You are so blind! We worked so hard to get the fire here, and just when we were about to return to the cave, you extinguished it with a rain. How annoying and hateful!"

Except for Zhi, everyone else followed suit and cursed the heavens and the earth, and a thousand grass mud horses burst out. Zhi suddenly waved his hand at everyone and said loudly: "Everyone stop blaming the heavens and the earth, pack up, and we will go to Yanshan again."

After saying that, he turned around and led the way. Although everyone was depressed, they could do nothing about it.

Braving the heavy rain, everyone turned around and headed westwards towards Yanshan. In the evening, the clouds and rain had just dispersed. Everyone walked out of the grassland and were about to enter the forest. Suddenly, Zhi, the leader, staggered a few steps, and fell to the ground. Everyone was shocked. Xiaoxing and his subordinates rushed forward and helped Zhi up. They hurriedly asked, "Uncle Zhi, what happened to you? Is it serious?"

Zhi was pale and hot all over. He answered weakly, "Xing, my lord, with my hunting experience of more than fifty years, I think I have caught a cold. I am afraid I can't make it!"

It turned out that everyone had just been drenched by the rain, and the wind made them feel cold all over. Zhi was an elderly man after all, so he could not resist and fell ill.

"Uncle Zhi, you have always been in good health. You will get better as long as you rest." Xiaoxing hurriedly comforted him.

"Yes, Uncle Zhi, you are our captain. The mission has not been completed yet. You must hold on!" he followed.

"Alas!" Zhi shook his head helplessly and said, "Xing, Dong, the task of getting the fire is entirely up to you. I'm afraid I can't do it."

"Xing, Brother Xia, I think Uncle Zhi just got caught in a heavy rain and the cold attacked his heart, so he fell ill. If there is a big fire to warm him up, Uncle Zhi will definitely get better soon." Chen said.

"Chen, what nonsense are you talking about? The fire was just extinguished by the heavy rain. How could there be a fire?" Dong scratched his head.

Everyone looked at each other, at a loss as to what to do.

It was getting dark soon, and Zhi was ill and couldn't walk. In this barren mountain, there were many wild animals, and everything needed fire. The leaf murmured, "Oh, if I had known this, I shouldn't have let the fire bird go, but should have brought it back with the firewood. Even if the fire didn't go out on the way, I could kill it and eat it when I got back."

"Leaf, you glutton, is firebird meat really that delicious? Why are you still thinking about it?" Dong scolded unhappily.

The leaf shrank its neck after being scolded, and smiled foolishly. This word reminded the dreamer, and Xiaoxing suddenly realized: "We didn't bring back the firebird, but I brought two firewood branches. Why don't we try to make fire by drilling wood again?"

Thinking of this, Xiaoxing let go of Zhi, took the firewood, pulled Chen and said to him: "Chen, let's use the firewood to try to make fire again."

"Xing, forget it, your method doesn't work at all." Chen said with a sneer.

"Just help me try this one more time, and I won't bother you again in the future."

"Well, it's agreed, this is the last time." Chen agreed reluctantly.

The two came to the side, and like last time, they placed a large branch on the ground and stepped on it, then took a small stick and pushed it back and forth. Since the material of the fire wood is different from other woods, this time it really did not disappoint. Xiaoxing turned the stick vigorously, and after drilling for a while, the lower end of the stick began to smoke.

"Chen, there's smoke, there's smoke." Xiaoxing shouted excitedly. As he shouted, he drilled faster. Then, sparks appeared again, and finally flames were seen.

Xiaoxing picked up the stick, and a red flame burned at the top. Xiaoxing and Chen shouted excitedly: "It's on fire, it's on fire! We have fire again!"

Dong Hexia and the others were all surprised when they saw it. Xia quickly asked, "Xing, Chen, you are really amazing. How did you make the fire?"

"Brother Xia, we used firewood to drill two woods to make fire, and this time it actually worked." Xiaoxing replied excitedly.

"Drilling wood to make fire?" The man asked in disbelief, "You just drilled wood a few times and it started a fire?"

"That's right, brother." Chen replied, "Don't just stand there, help find some dry firewood, let's light the bonfire."

So everyone went to the forest to collect firewood, and soon they got a lot of dry firewood. Xiaoxing used the fire to ignite the dry firewood and built a big fire.

The fire was blazing, and everyone sat around it, chatting and laughing while drying their wet clothes. Xiaoxing helped Zhi sit down beside the fire as well, using the fire to keep away the cold.

Zhi warmed himself by the fire and immediately felt much better. He held Xiaoxing's hand and said, "Xing, in my fifty years of hunting experience, I have never seen anyone making fire by drilling wood together. You are really our wisdom star. You are so smart and amazing!"

"Uncle Zhi, you're too kind. How can I be that great?" Xiaoxing replied modestly.

"Xing, without you, I would probably have lost my life here. Xing, I sincerely thank you."

"Uncle Zhi, you are too polite. It is my duty to contribute to everyone!" Xiaoxing said humbly.

"Uncle Zhi, we know how to make fire by rubbing two sticks together. We don't have to worry about not having fire in the future." Chen said.

"Chen, you are right. Xing has made a huge contribution to our human race this time. When we return to the cave, the cave master will definitely reward him." Zhi said.

When Dong heard everyone praising Xiaoxing again, he felt as uncomfortable as if he was scratched by a cat. He turned his head away with a very unhappy look on his face.

As night slowly fell, everyone rested around the campfire, having no trouble all night.

The next day, Zhi had recovered. Xiaoxing took the two firewoods with him, held a torch, and led everyone back home.

After walking for another two days, Hongmeng was already in sight. We were almost home, and everyone's hearts became eager, walking harder and faster.

At noon that day, when they were less than two miles away from Tianju Cave, suddenly, a tiger with yellow and black stripes roared and ran towards the crowd. Everyone was shocked. Dong, who was walking in the front of the team, threw the torch in his hand at it without thinking, and then showed the stone axe in his hand and shouted: "Hey! You damn yellow tiger, are you looking for death?"

The yellow tiger turned around to avoid the torch, then suddenly jumped more than two meters high, opened its bloody mouth, and pounced to the east.