Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

"Now that it's not raining, everyone should speed up." Dong, the leader, quickened his pace and said loudly.

"Uncle Zhi, can we find the beast? Is what Bai Ling said true?" Feng asked doubtfully.

"Yes, Uncle Zhi, if the beast is not at home, we will have made a wasted trip." Xi said

"Feng, Xi, Bai Ling is a god from heaven, and what he says must be true. As long as we are sincere and determined, I believe we can find the beast and rescue the cave master and others." Zhi encouraged everyone.

The group crossed mountains and ridges and hurried on their way. After walking for another day and night, they had already traveled 200 miles. On the morning of the third day, they found a huge mountain blocking their way.

This mountain is higher than Mount Tai, steeper than Mount Hua, with steep cliffs and steep sides. Everyone stopped and looked up at the top of the mountain, feeling worried.

"Uncle Zhi, this mountain is high and steep. I'm afraid it will be difficult to climb up!" Dong frowned.

Everyone immediately agreed, "Brother Dong is right. This mountain is so steep, it's as difficult as climbing to the sky."

"No matter how difficult it is, we must move forward. We must not give up halfway. Let's think of a solution quickly." Zhi frowned.

"If it doesn't work, let's just go around it." said Xia.

"No, that way it will take two more days. By then, the cave master will be finished." Zhi shook his head in objection.

"I think we should climb up this cliff slowly. Maybe the beast is on the top of the mountain!" Chen said.

"That's right, that's right. We have no choice but to go for it." Xiaoxing looked at the high cliff in front of him and nodded in agreement.

Everyone was talking loudly and was about to climb the cliff when suddenly, from the cliff high in the air, a low "howl" of a wolf was heard.

"Everyone be careful, there is a wolf!" Zhi hurriedly stopped and looked around.

When everyone heard this, they looked up and around, but they saw only stone forests all around, without a single wolf in sight.

Dong said: "Uncle Zhi, you are too sensitive. Where are the wolves in this place?"

"Dong, with my fifty years of hunting experience, how could I have heard it wrong? That was clearly the howl of a wolf just now." Zhi insisted.

"Uncle Zhi, whatever you say is true. If you are afraid, I will lead the way and you follow behind." Dong Jianzhi was still hesitating, so he walked past him and took the lead.

Everyone thought Zhi had heard it wrong, and followed him.

After walking only ten steps, another roar was heard: "Howl——"

This time everyone heard it clearly. The voice came from the cliff. Then there was a voice: "What kind of animal is coming down from the cliff? How dare you invade my territory? If you come up one more step, I will make you a delicious meal."

Everyone looked up and saw two monsters in a cave several dozen feet high. One was lying at the entrance of the cave, and the other was sitting at the entrance, staring at everyone intently. The one who spoke just now was the sitting monster.

"Oh my god! This monster can actually speak human language." He screamed in surprise.

"Needless to say, this must be some kind of beast spirit." Dong said, pointing at the monster.

"Dong, did I hear it right? This monster has a wolf head, no wonder it sounds like a wolf." Zhi said.

"Everyone, look carefully, this monster has two wings. Could it be the legendary Qilin?" He stared at the monster and shouted excitedly.

When the others heard this, they looked carefully and saw that the beast had a head like a wolfdog, a body like an ostrich, white feathers, black feet, and a pair of large wings that were larger than an eagle. The other monster lying on its back had a slightly smaller body, but its feathers were yellow.

"Bai Ling said that the Qiong beast not only has wings, but can also spit fire. To tell whether this is a Qiong beast or not, we can just see whether it can spit fire." Xiaoxing said.

"Whether it is a Qiong beast or not, we can just ask it and we will know." Lei said, and then he asked the monster on the cliff loudly: "Monster up there, are you called Qiong? Can you spit fire?"

"Don't you care who I am? If you don't retreat, I'm going to attack." said the sitting monster, opening his mouth and revealing his sharp fangs.

"You monster, do you think we are afraid of you? If you dare to come down, I will shoot your head with an arrow." Instead of retreating, he advanced, raised the bow and arrow in his hand, and said angrily.

The monster seemed to be enraged, and suddenly swooped down from the cliff, spread its huge wings that were ten feet long, and flew towards the crowd.

Everyone hurriedly took up their guns and knives to prepare for a fight. When the monster flew to about 40 to 50 meters away, it suddenly opened its mouth and spit out a ball of fire. To be precise, this was not ordinary fire, but a stream of purple gas that could not burn.

The people were frightened by the fire and retreated quickly. They threw away their bows and arrows and stabbed at the sky with their spears. The monster forced everyone to retreat and stopped attacking, then flew back to the cliff cave.

Everyone felt their hair and clothes, luckily they were not burned, and then they calmed down. Zhi stopped in front of everyone and said excitedly: "Everyone, don't fight back. Now we can be 100% sure that this is a beast."

"That's right, this monster can not only fly, but also breathe fire. Isn't that the characteristic of the beast?" Everyone suddenly realized.

"Uncle Zhi, let's quickly ask the beast to help defeat the Dragon King!" Dong said hurriedly.

"Yes." Zhi nodded, turned to the beast on the cliff and said, "Beast, we are humans from Hongmeng. The people in our cave are now trapped by the evil dragon water in Huanghuagang. We are not here to kill you, but to ask for your help in defeating the evil dragon."

The two monsters were indeed beasts. The one sitting was a male beast, and the one lying was a female beast. The male beast seemed to understand. It still sat down and said coldly: "You are surrounded by evil dragons. What does it have to do with me? Why should I help you?"

Dong got anxious when he heard this and cursed, "You beast, we asked you for help, but you are so cold and indifferent. Let me tell you, if you go today, it's fine. If you don't go, I will destroy your cliff nest and chop you two into pulp."

"Yes, if you don't go, I'll kill you!" Xi, Bei and others shouted.

"You humans think you can do anything to me?" The male beast said angrily, "If I hadn't been lenient, you would have been burned to death by the flames I spit out."

Seeing that the beast refused to help, Dong could no longer bear it and took out an arrow to shoot. Xiaoxing hurriedly stopped him and said, "Brother Dong, you can't use force. I think we must find another way."

"They are so cold-blooded, what can we do?" Dong angrily dropped his bow and arrow.

"Dong, Xing is right. If you kill them, the cave master and others will be absolutely hopeless. We should think of other ways." Zhiye persuaded Dong.

"Uncle Zhi, you guys figure out a solution. I can't do anything." Dong shrugged and said with his hands spread out.

Xiao Xing looked at the beast on the cliff, thought for a moment, and then said, "Beast, our danger is none of your business, but you promised to help us defeat the dragon. We will definitely repay you. We can do anything for you."

The male beast was still hesitating, and the lying female beast immediately asked: "Really? Can you humans do everything?"

"Of course. If you don't keep your word, you won't be able to do it. As long as it's something I can do, I guarantee I'll help you do it." Xiaoxing patted his chest and said sincerely.

"Good, great!" The female beast seemed very happy and said, "Two days ago, when I was hunting on the cliff, one of my legs was unfortunately broken. I can't walk or fly until now. As long as you help me heal my broken leg, we promise to help you defeat the dragon."

"Okay. Come down, I'll treat your feet first." Xiaoxing agreed readily.

"I'm injured and can't come down. You should come up."

"The cliff is so high and steep, I can't climb up!" Xiaoxing scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Human, you don't have to climb, I can carry you up." After the male beast said this, he flew down the cliff and came in front of everyone.

Just as Xiaoxing was about to walk over, Dong pulled Xiaoxing back and whispered, "Xing, this is a good opportunity. Go up the cliff and see if you can cure it. If not, you can hold the injured beast hostage and force them to surrender."

"Well, no, no. We should keep our promises. How can we go back on our words?" Xing heard this and quickly shook his head in objection.

"What if it can't be cured and we lose this opportunity? There's really nothing we can do about it." Dong said regretfully.

"Brother Dong, I am sure I can cure its feet, don't worry!" Xiaoxing said confidently, strode to the side of the Xionghu, and then rode on its back like riding a horse.

The male lion flapped his big wings and easily carried Xiaoxing to the cliff cave.

The cliff cave was very spacious. Xiao Xing got off the back of the lion and went straight to see the injured female lion. The female lion stretched out her broken left foot. It turned out that the tibia of her calf was broken.

Xiao Xing checked the injury and said to the female lion, "I can definitely cure this injury for you. Now take me downstairs to find medicine."

"Howl—that's great!" The two beasts shouted excitedly upon hearing this.

Xiao Xing then got on the back of Xiong Xi again and rode it back to the bottom of the cliff. Everyone gathered around him, and Zhi asked, "Xing, how is it? Can its foot be cured?"

"Uncle Zhi, don't worry, I think it should be fine. I'll go find medicine for the beast now." After Xiaoxing said that, he quickly ran to the forest to look for medicine.

When Xiaoxing returned from Yanshan last time, his foot was scratched by a tiger spirit. After subduing the tiger spirit, Qiu found medicine for him to heal his foot injury. Xiaoxing also learned a lot of herbal medicine, including medicine for bruises and injuries. After a while, Xiaoxing picked a handful of herbs and cut a small piece of bamboo tube, and said to Xionghu: "We have the medicine, let's go up."

So the male 獲 carried Xiao Xing to the cliff cave again. Xiao Xing crushed the medicine and applied it to the female 獲's injured foot. Then he split the bamboo tube and clamped the broken part with it. Finally, he tied it with a rattan rope. After the treatment, Xiao Xing said to the female 獲: "Okay, your foot has been cured. Get up and try it."

When the female hyena saw that the treatment was completed, she stood up carefully and found that the pain was gone. She walked back and forth excitedly and shouted: "Wow, my foot is no longer painful and I can walk freely. Thank you, smart human."

"You're welcome. Now please help me defeat the dragon!" Xiaoxing said eagerly.

"Why does the Dragon King want to attack you humans?" asked the beast.

"Do you know the Nian beast?"

"Nian Beast?" Erhu shook his head. "We are over a thousand years old and have never heard of Nian Beast."

"The Nian Beast is the earliest animal in the world, and it calls itself the Emperor of the World. All animals in the world must bow down to it and serve as slaves. After hearing about us humans, the Nian Beast threatened to make us pay tribute as well. How could we humans submit to animals? Therefore, we refused to agree. The Nian Beast refused to accept, and successively sent the Ox King, the Tiger King, the Cat King, and the Rabbit King to attack us, but we defeated them all and made them surrender. This time, it sent the Dragon King to lead his troops to attack, and the Dragon King caused a flood, trapping humans on the top of the mountain. Except for our group who escaped and asked you for help, the rest of the people are still trapped there and are in imminent danger. So we must get there as soon as possible, defeat the Dragon King, and save everyone from the flood." Xiaoxing recounted the cause and effect of the matter in detail.

"The Nian Beast is so hateful. Why does it want all animals to submit to it and let it do whatever it wants?" Xiong Hou was filled with righteous indignation after hearing this, and immediately said, "Let's go to Hongmeng, defeat the Dragon King, and rescue mankind."

"How can you two beasts defeat thousands of evil dragons? You should bring a group of beast soldiers with you," Xiaoxing suggested.

"Howl--" The male lion let out a long cry, and more than sixty lion beasts immediately flew over to the cliff, asking one after another: "King of Lion, what happened? Why are you calling us?"

King Qiong replied: "Brothers, Nian sent the Dragon King to attack humans. The Dragon King has besieged humans in Huanghuagang, and humans are now asking us to help defeat the Dragon King and his army. Everyone, follow me to Hongmeng to fight the Dragon King and save humans."