Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

"You ungrateful humans, I am so angry, I am so angry!" The cat king was speechless, and turned to the tiger king and said, "Brother Tiger, these people are just like the people in the cave, they refuse to surrender. Should we order an attack and tear them into pieces?"

The tiger king nodded slightly, then stood up, shook his head, opened his bloody mouth, and suddenly roared "Awooo" like a thunderclap, which made everyone's ears buzz, their hearts tremble, and even the leaves tremble. The timid ones almost fell down from the tree.

After the tiger king roared, he acted as if he was treating me as a sick cat and said to everyone in the tree: "I have eaten all kinds of meat, except human flesh. Since you guys are determined to resist to the end, we will have no choice but to try something new." After the tiger king finished speaking, he signaled the tiger generals and cat soldiers to start attacking.

"Uncle Zhi, Brother Dong, the vicious tigers and cats have started to attack. What should we do?" Heizi asked timidly.

"Who has arrows left? Give them a few more rockets to try." Dong asked.

"Brother Dong, I have arrows. Give them to you." Heizi handed his bow and a few arrows to Dong.

"Brother Dong, we have them too." The people from the rivers, lakes, and seas above also passed the arrows to Dong.

Then someone handed Xi a torch. Dong drew his bow and aimed at the tiger king, shouting, "To catch a thief, we must first catch the king. You evil tiger, take my arrow first."

Xi used a torch to light the arrow head, and shot it straight at the tiger king. The tiger king was smart and quickly retreated far away. Dong then shot at the tiger spirits, who also quickly retreated and were far out of range.

Dong shot for a while, and soon all his arrows were used up. He didn't hit any of the tiger spirit cat soldiers.

"Damn it, there are no arrows left." Dong waved his hand and threw the bow away.

The tiger king and cat king laughed even more recklessly when they saw that the people had no arrows. Then, the tiger king ordered the tiger generals and cat soldiers to rush forward. The tiger could not climb the tree, so it jumped around the tree. The cat spirit was an expert at climbing trees, and its claws and teeth were sharp. Compared with the tiger, it was just a little smaller, but its attack power was enough to kill or injure people.

Xiaoxing and his men, who were guarding the two branches at the bottom of the tree, borrowed stone knives and stone axes from other warriors and stared at the evil cats. At this time, a yellow cat spirit climbed up quickly. Dong aimed at its neck and raised his axe to chop it. With a "meow", the first cat spirit was chopped and fell to the ground under the tree with blood dripping. The other evil cats were not afraid at all and attacked crazily one after another.

The four fought desperately, and soon they injured and killed more than ten cat spirits. However, there were too many cats, and the four were too busy to handle them. A cat spirit jumped out from the shadow of the swords and sticks, and bit Xi's neck.

"Ouch!" Xi yelled, dropped the stone knife with his right hand, loosened his grip on the branch with his left hand, and grabbed the cat spirit's neck with both hands, pulling hard. The cat spirit was pinched by Feng's powerful hands, and his eyes rolled back and he died! Xi dropped the cat spirit, and blood gushed out of his neck. Because he didn't hold on to the branch, Xi suddenly lost his balance, tilted, and fell down the tree.

"Brother Xi." At the critical moment, Bei, who was staying on the upper branch, jumped down without hesitation and grabbed Xi's feet in the air.

Seeing Xi hanging under the tree, a tiger spirit immediately roared and jumped up to pounce. Bei shouted loudly, exerted all his strength to pull upwards, and pulled the 200-pound Xi back to the branch with one hand.

Everyone was stunned by this thrilling scene and shouted: "Brother Xi, Brother Bei, be careful!"

West was injured, so he climbed to a higher place to rest, and North temporarily took his place below.

"There are too many cat spirits. Dong Hexing and the others can't hold on any longer. Chen, Shugen, Feng, and Yun, everyone please think of ways to help!" Zhi saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly ordered everyone.

"Yes, Uncle Zhi." Chen, Shugen and others received the order, waved their sticks and spears, and helped to hit.

But even so, the evil cat still rushed forward and attacked everyone.

The cats kept attacking upwards. Xiao Xing frowned, and a plan came to his mind. He shouted, "Uncle Zhi, bring down some torches quickly."

"Okay, Xing." Zhi agreed and started looking for torches. Originally, everyone had a torch, but because of the accident, many people had thrown away their torches. Zhi looked at the people on the tree and saw that there were only ten torches left. Zhi hurriedly ordered people to pass down four torches, and then gave one torch to Xiaoxing.

Xiao Xing put away the stone knife, took the torch, and used it to resist the cat spirit's attack. A cat spirit saw the torch and rushed forward regardless of life or death. In an instant, its hair was burned by the fire, and it screamed and fell under the tree. After falling to the ground, the cat spirit rolled on the ground, but still failed to put out the fire, so it jumped up and ran wildly, but the fire became bigger and bigger, and it was burned to death.

"Brother Dong, brothers, torches are the most effective. Let's all use torches to stop the cat spirits from attacking." Xiaoxing shouted excitedly.

"This method really works." Seeing this, Dong, Xia, and Bei immediately took a torch each and waved it at the cat spirit that was climbing up.

Several more cat spirits were burned by the torches and fell down screaming, rolling and wailing on the ground. Soon, they were burned into black and smelly charred corpses. This frightened the cat spirits behind them and they retreated one after another.

A cat spirit stumbled and ran to report to the cat king: "My king, it's terrible. The humans used torches to fight against us, and several cat soldiers were burned to death. What should we do?"

"Ah? Brother Tiger, what should we do?" Elvis quickly turned to King Tiger and asked.

"Hmm..." The Tiger King scratched his head and thought for a long time, but couldn't think of any solution, so he said: "The torches are powerful, so let the cat soldiers and tiger generals stop attacking. We will trap them and prevent them from coming down. It won't be too late to attack again after the torches burn out."

"Got it, Brother Tiger." After receiving the order, the King Cat ordered the cat spirits to stop attacking and stay under the tree.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the cats retreat in fear. Beida cursed, "These desperate cats finally knew to retreat. Oh, they're really tiring me."

"Xing, it's a good thing you came up with the torch plan, otherwise everyone would be in trouble." The subordinate praised Xiaoxing.

"Yes! Yes! Although these cat spirits are not as ferocious as tiger spirits, they are also flexible and quick, and very powerful." Xi touched the scabbed wound and said with lingering fear.

"Brothers, even though we have temporarily defeated the cat spirits, I'm afraid we will be in trouble again once the torches burn out." Xiaoxing said worriedly as he looked at the torches that were only a foot long and had them left.

"Dong, Xing, fellow warriors, we are trapped in the tree. This is not the end. We must quickly find a way to get back to the cave." Zhi said to everyone.

"Uncle Zhi, there are so many tigers guarding below, it's hard to get down from the tree, let alone go back to the cave!" Dong said helplessly.

"Alas, once we get down from the tree, the tigers will swarm over us and we will definitely be killed." Xi sighed again.

So everyone talked about it, but no one knew what to do.

As the torches burned shorter and shorter and the sun moved further west, everyone became extremely anxious.

"Uncle Zhi, Brother Dong, I have come up with an idea!" Xiaoxing said, looking at the big poplar tree under which they were sitting.

"Xing, what solution have you come up with? Tell me quickly." Zhi asked happily.

"Uncle Zhi, let's cut down the branches of this tree and make them into torches. Each of us will take two torches and go down the tree. Then we will form a circle and surround the circle with torches to resist the cat and tiger spirits. Then we will slowly move towards Tianju Cave." Xiaoxing laid out the plan.

"There is no other solution except this one. Even if it's risky, we have to give it a try!" Zhi nodded helplessly in agreement, and then ordered everyone to act according to the plan.

The tree had many branches, and soon the people cut off many branches, made more than a hundred torches and lit them. Then, each of the sixty people got two torches.

After the torches were made, Zhi ordered everyone: "Dong, Xing, down, all warriors, as long as we unite as one, we will definitely be able to successfully return to Tianju Cave. Now, everyone hold the torches and prepare to get down from the tree."

The tiger and cat spirits under the tree were still watching eagerly, ready to capture the people who came down from the tree at any time.

"Dear warriors, who will go down first?" Zhi asked.

Everyone looked at each other. Everyone knew that the first person to go down would be the one in the most danger.

"Damn it, I'll do it." Dong held two torches and answered without fear. Dong was seen holding the torches in both hands, head upside down, with his feet clamped on the tree trunk, sliding down backwards.

The tiger spirits and cat spirits under the tree saw the humans coming down, and they were all excited and eager to try. The leading yellow tiger spirit saw the opportunity and rushed towards Dong first. Dong was not afraid at all, waving the burning torch in both hands and facing the yellow tiger spirit. As soon as the yellow tiger spirit's claws touched the flames, its tiger hair was ignited and burned. The yellow tiger spirit screamed in pain and ran away with the fire. Dong took the opportunity to roll over and fell to the ground. Soon, several ignorant cat spirits surrounded him, and Dong used the torch to fight them off.

"Brother Dong, let me help you!" The tree root also held a torch and jumped down from a branch about three meters high, and then fought side by side with Dong.

The others followed suit and climbed down from the trees, using torches to help fight back, burning the tiger and cat spirits so that they jumped everywhere.

This frightened the tigers and cats again, and they only dared to watch and not attack. Seeing this, the cat king asked the tiger king anxiously: "Brother Tiger, although the humans have come down, they are holding torches to resist. Once they attack, their fur will be burned. What should we do?"

The Tiger King shook his head helplessly and replied: "This fur will catch fire if it comes into contact with fire. Even if I go into battle myself, I'm afraid I'll be burned into a flaming tiger. Let's wait and see."

After everyone got down from the tree, they immediately formed a circle. The people outside the circle waved torches to resist the attack of the tiger and cat spirits.

"My fellow warriors, we have all gotten down from the tree safely. Now let's move towards Tianju Cave together." Zhi shouted loudly.

"Yes, Uncle Zhi. Let's go." Everyone responded. Then they walked slowly towards Tianju Cave.

The torch circle was ablaze with flames. The tiger and cat spirits could only watch the crowd moving towards the Tianju Cave, but none of them dared to stop them. When the circle passed by the Tiger King and the Cat King, they were so scared that they quickly stepped aside and made way for the crowd to pass. Only after the circle passed did the beasts follow closely behind and also move towards the Tianju Cave.

About half an hour later, everyone finally returned to the entrance of Tianju Cave.

Qiu, who was guarding the cave gate day and night, was surprised and delighted to find Zhi and his party. He immediately shouted, "Thank God, Zhi, Dong, you are all finally back safely." Then he ordered, "Lao Zhu, Lao Zhang, quickly open the cave gate."

Lao Zhu and Lao Zhang received the order and hurriedly opened the middle cave door to welcome them.

Zhi Hedong led everyone into the cave, and Lao Zhu and Lao Zhang quickly closed the cave door again.

"Zhi, Dong, Xing, and fellow warriors, we were surrounded by tigers outside the cave, but you were able to successfully return to the cave with the fire. You are amazing!" When Qiu saw everyone, his eyes were filled with tears of excitement.

Lao Zhu, Lao Zhang, Ping, Tong, Yang, Liu, and other warriors guarding the cave gate also came forward to congratulate: "Zhi, fellow warriors, you really brought back the fire. You have worked so hard!"

At this time, all the men and women in the cave heard that Zhi and his party had returned, and they all ran to the cave entrance to see, shouting: "We have fire again! Oh, great!"

Everyone cried with joy and ran around to tell others.

"Zhi, Dong, Xing, Xia, and all the warriors, I and the people in the cave have been looking forward to your return day and night. Here, on behalf of everyone in the cave, I would like to thank you." Qiu once again bowed to Zhi and other warriors to express his gratitude.

"Cave Master, Ping, Lao Zhu, Lao Zhang, and all the brothers, thank you for your concern. Today, we have fulfilled our mission and finally succeeded in getting the fire back." Zhi said here, holding up the torch and continued: "Come, let's relight the fire."

Zhi led Dong, Xiaoxing and others to the extinguished fire in the center of the cave and threw burning torches into the fire. Soon, the fire was rekindled and burned more and more vigorously.

Qiu bowed three times to the rekindled fire, chanting: "As long as the fire is not extinguished, the will of heaven will not end. As long as the fire is not extinguished, the will of heaven will not end. ..."

"Cave Master, I have good news for you: From now on we don't have to worry about the fire going out anymore." Zhi reported excitedly.