Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

After dinner, Qiu gathered everyone to celebrate. Under the moonlight, everyone sat in the camp. Qiu sent Xiaoxing, Chen, Dong, and Xi to the front of the team. He stroked his white beard and excitedly said to everyone: "Dear warriors, the old man often said: Sincerity can move mountains and open rocks. Today, we finally won the battle. Although we did not destroy the Nian beast, we successfully captured and subdued the horse king, which is also worth celebrating. This time, we captured the horse king, thanks to our Xing, the wise star who came up with the horse trap plan. It was also thanks to him and Dong, Chen, and Xi who took the risk to hold the horse king and refused to let go even though they were injured all over their bodies, and finally subdued it. Otherwise, we don’t know how many days we would have to follow the horse’s butt!" At this point, he patted Xiaoxing on the shoulder and praised: "Xing, this time, you have made a great contribution again, and we all have to thank you."

Chen next to him said admiringly: "Xing is really the best. At that time, I couldn't stand being dragged by the horse king, so I persuaded Xing to let go, but he insisted on not letting go, so he successfully captured the horse king."

"Thank you for the praise. At that time, I had only one thought in my mind: I must not let the Horse King escape no matter what. That's why I held on to him regardless of my own life. In fact, it was all thanks to everyone's joint efforts that we finally won the victory." Xiaoxing still said to everyone humbly.

After hearing this, everyone burst into praise again, and Hong'er and Lan'er clapped their hands excitedly.

Qiu patted Xiaoxing on the shoulder with great appreciation and said, "This time, we will go out to fight and eliminate the Nian beast. We will not only rely on your military strength, but also on your wisdom. I am old, and I have more experience than you, but I am not as brave and wise as you."

"The cave master is too modest. In fact, you are the strongest. Only by following you can we succeed." Xiaoxing said sincerely.

"Well, thank you for looking up to an old man like me." Qiu nodded, then glanced at the whole place and said, "The Nian beast managed to escape this time, so we have to continue hunting it down until it is completely destroyed. Tomorrow, the Horse King will lead us to the Upside-Down Mountain of the Sheep King. We will not return until the Nian beast is destroyed!"

"We will not return to the army until the Nian monster is eliminated!" Everyone raised their arms and shouted.

After the celebration, everyone went to rest. Hong'er dragged Lan'er to see Xiaoxing and Chen. Xiaoxing and Chen just lay down to rest when they jumped up in pain from the scratches on their bodies. Chen thought of the scene of being dragged by the horse king and cursed angrily: "Oh, damn horse king, you almost dragged me to death."

"Chen, these are just superficial injuries. As a man, just bear with it." Xiaoxing comforted him.

"Xing, what's wrong with being a man? Aren't men afraid of pain? Ouch!" Chen couldn't help groaning.

At this time, Hong'er and Lan'er had already walked over. Lan'er heard Chen's groan, let go of Hong'er, and ran towards Chen. Seeing Chen with wounds all over his body, Lan'er felt distressed and asked with concern: "Brother Chen, you have so many injuries, it must be very painful, right?"

"Ouch, Lan'er, it hurts so much that I can't even lie down." Chen shouted with his teeth bared.

"Brother Chen, where does it hurt?" Lan'er asked, stroking one of Chen's arms.

Chen pointed at the wound on his arm with his other hand and said, "Lan'er, this wound hurts a lot."

Lan'er looked at the wound carefully. It was about two inches long, but not very deep. It looked like it was scratched by a serrated thatch leaf. Lan'er said distressedly, "Brother Chen, don't be afraid. I'll blow on it for you."

After Lan'er finished speaking, she put her cherry lips towards the wound and blew gently. Her unique scent of orchid musk made Chen forget the pain immediately and he felt infatuated.

Lan blew for a while, and seeing that Chen stopped moaning, she looked up and asked, "Brother Chen, does it still hurt now?"

"Oh!" Chen Ruzun woke up from his drunkenness and quickly replied, "Lan'er, thank you, I don't feel any pain here now."

"Where else does it hurt? I'll blow on it for you again."

"My neck hurts too."

"Oh!" Lan'er blew on the wound on his neck again and asked, "Does it still hurt?"

"Well, it doesn't hurt here anymore. Lan'er, you're so good!" Chen's pain at this moment had long flown away beyond the clouds with Lan'er's gentle breeze.

Xiao Xing beside him asked in disbelief: "Lan'er, can your mouth heal diseases? My wound hurts so much, can you help me blow it?"

When Lan'er heard this, she pointed at Hong'er and said, "Brother Xing, if you want to blow it, you can ask Hong'er to blow it for you!"

Xiao Xing had no choice but to look at Hong Er. Hong Er blushed and asked, "Brother Xing, where does it hurt? Let me blow on it and try."

Xiao Xing stretched out his arm, pointed at a large wound and said, "Hong'er, this wound hurts a lot."

Hong'er also grabbed Xiaoxing's arm and blew gently on the wound. After blowing for a while, Hong'er looked up at Xiaoxing and asked, "Brother Xing, does it still hurt?"

Love is so powerful. Under the moonlight, Hong'er's long eyelashes showed a pair of black and white eyes that were clearer than autumn water, which was really fascinating. Xiaoxing was also stunned, and the pain went away. He shook his head and replied, "Hong'er, your words are really good. It doesn't hurt at all now."

"Really?" Hong'er also looked incredulous and asked, "Where else does it hurt? Let me blow it for you again."

"Well, there are also several spots on my arms and chest that hurt a lot," Xiaoxing replied.

When Hong Er heard this, she continued to blow on Xiao Xing's wound, and while blowing, she said, "Brother Xing, you looked so handsome riding the horse king today. I want to ride it too."

"Hong'er, in the future world, horses will be a means of transportation for people to ride on." Xiaoxing said.

Chen heard this and said, "Xing, since horses can be ridden, why don't we catch more horses and then ride them to chase the Nian beast. Wouldn't that save time and effort?"

"Chen, riding a horse is not that easy. First you have to tame these wild horses, and then you have to learn the skills to control the horses. Otherwise, you will fall off. So, now we still have to chase them on foot." Xiaoxing explained.

"Oh! So that's how it is!" Chen said with deep regret, "It seems that if we want to ride a horse, we have to go to the future world."

"In the future world, there will not only be horses to ride, but also bicycles and motorcycles to ride!" Speaking of the future world, Xiaoxing couldn't help but talk about it again.

So the four of them chatted for a long time about the future world, and then went to rest.

Here, Xiaoxing, Chen and the other two were talking about the future, while Xi and Dong were also talking about today's events. Xi said to Dong angrily, "Brother Dong, we fought hard to catch the horse king today, but why did the cave master only praise Xing? And he ignored us and didn't even say a word of reward?"

"Xi, forget it!" Dong took off the wine gourd from his waist, tilted his head back and took a sip of wine, saying, "My right to elect the cave master has been revoked, so what's the point of rewarding us?"

"Brother Dong, don't lose heart. As long as we work hard and defeat Xing, maybe the cave master will restore your right to vote."

"Although Xing is not as brave as me, he is indeed very smart. It is difficult to be better than him!" Dong sighed, handed the wine gourd to Xi, and said, "You come and have a drink too."

"This expedition to suppress Emperor Nian will be filled with difficulties. As long as you dare to fight, you still have a chance." Xi took the gourd, took a sip, and persuaded again.

"Well, brother, you are right. I can't just give up like this." Dong was unwilling to be defeated by a young boy.

The two of them drank and talked for a while before going to rest.

At dawn the next day, everyone got up and had a quick breakfast. Qiu ordered his men to lead the horse king, and then took all the beast kings and set off for the Upside-Down Mountain. They marched southwest, crossed the flat grassland, and began to cut through thorns and waded through mountains and rivers. They walked for seven or eight days and traveled nearly a thousand miles. Along the way, there were high mountains and steep cliffs. All they saw were exotic flowers and plants, rare birds and beasts. And the further they went, the higher the mountains became. In the end, Dong became anxious and asked the horse king, "Horse king, how far is this Upside-Down Mountain? Why haven't we reached it yet?"

The horse king looked up at the high mountain ahead and replied, "Great human, we just need to climb over the hill ahead and we will be there!"

When everyone heard that they were almost there, they all quickened their pace. Just after they climbed over the mountain in front, they saw two high mountains, one facing the other.

The height of these two mountains is average, about 300 meters each. The strange thing is that the shapes of the two mountains are upside down. The mountain on the east side is like an ordinary mountain. The area at the foot of the mountain is very large, about thousands of acres wide, but the top of the mountain is not pointed, but flat, but the area is very small, only about ten acres. The mountain on the west side is upside down. The area at the foot of the mountain is very small, only about 100 acres, but the area at the top of the mountain is very large, about 1,000 acres. From a distance, it looks like a mushroom.

The Horse King raised his hoof and pointed to the Upside-Down Mountain in the west and said to everyone, "Awesome human! That mountain is the Upside-Down Mountain of the Sheep King. I guess the Nian Emperor and the Sheep King are sleeping there now!"

Everyone looked up at the mountain and gasped. Zhi said in amazement: "Master, with my hunting experience of more than fifty years, I have never seen such a strange mountain. It is really an eye-opener!"

Dong then shook his head and said, "This upside-down mountain is thick at the top and thin at the bottom, like a cone. How can we climb it?"

When Xi and Bei heard this, they immediately said, "Brother Dong is right. This mountain is almost suspended in the air. If you climb up, you will definitely fall down. It is really as difficult as climbing to the sky."

Heizi scratched his head and said, "Brother Dong, unless we have wings on our ribs and can fly like birds, there is nothing we can do."

"But how can we fly? It seems we have to give up."

"Yeah, this trip is in vain, let's go back."

Everyone looked at the mountain and sighed, talked a lot, shook their heads and waved their hands, and were determined to back off.

Qiu stroked his white beard, looked around at everyone and said: "My fellow warriors, the old man often said: There is no peak that cannot be climbed, only people who do not set their minds to it. Although this mountain is strange and difficult to climb, since we have come here, how can we give up without giving it a try?"

"What the cave master said makes sense. The higher the mountain, the higher the peak. I don't believe there is a mountain that cannot be climbed." Xiaoxing echoed loudly.

"Yes, yes, no matter what, let's go over and give it a try." Chen followed.

Since the cave master had given the order, everyone had no choice but to follow. Soon, they arrived at the foot of the Upside-Down Mountain and looked at the mountain again. They saw that the rocks were jagged everywhere, hanging in the air layer by layer. The occasional places that were not hanging in the air were also cliffs, with no place to stand, let alone climb up.

Qiu frowned and said, "Warriors, who is willing to climb down and give it a try?"

"Cave Master, I'll try." Xiaoxing raised his hand and answered.

"Xing, I'll go with you." Chen said.

Then Yue, Feng, Yun, Lei and Dian also expressed their willingness to go. Xiaoxing led a few people to the foot of the mountain and tried to climb up. After climbing for a long time, they were still wandering around at the foot of the mountain because the mountain was too steep.

The group returned empty-handed and reported to Qiu Dao: "Master, this Upside-Down Mountain is indeed impossible to climb."

Dong saw this and said quickly: "Master, I told you that this mountain is impossible to climb. You are right, aren't you?"

Qiu frowned even more and asked in confusion: "My fellow warriors, since we can't climb up, how did the sheep king and his flock get up there?"

"Yes, those sheep can't fly either, so how did they get up there?" Zhiye felt very strange.

It turned out that there was a large funnel-shaped cave in the center of the Upside-Down Mountain that led directly to the bottom of the mountain. The walls of the cave were all protruding rocks and were very steep. Goats are best at jumping up and down on the cliffs as if they were walking on flat ground. Therefore, the goat king and his flock went up and down from the large cave in the middle of the mountain. The entrance to the cave was on the back, so it was naturally difficult for people to find it.

"Cave Master, what should we do now? Advance or retreat?" Dong asked again.

"Retreat?" Qiu said solemnly, "Dong, have you forgotten our oath again? We will not return until the Nian beast is eliminated. No matter what, we will never retreat."