Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

Since the cave master agreed to the sheep king's surrender, Dong had no choice but to put away the stone axe and said to the sheep king sternly: "You old sheep, our cave master promised to spare your life for now, but if you dare to resist us humans again, you will be killed without mercy."

"Thank you humans for not killing us. From now on, we sheep will absolutely obey the orders of humans and will not dare to resist." The Sheep King was spared, so he naturally obeyed the humans' orders.

At that moment, Dongfang Wangyang got up, sat on Wangyang's neck, and led him back to the top of Pingdingshan Mountain.

When they returned to the bridge, Qiu was already at the cliff to meet them. He praised Dong in person, saying, "Dong, you did a great job! Your performance just now was truly heroic and outstanding. This time, we captured the Sheep King, thanks to your desperate fight. You have done a great deed!"

"Cave Master, in order to exterminate the Nian Beast and to avenge Fire and River, I ignored many dangers at the time and was determined to fight the enemy at the risk of my life. No matter how the Sheep King threw me around, I would not let go and finally made the Sheep King exhausted his strength and surrender." Dong was praised and couldn't help but feel complacent and took the opportunity to show off.

"Brother Dong defeated such a strong Sheep King. He is so courageous and powerful. Well done!" Xi applauded.

"Brother Dong is so brave that he dares to disregard his own life. He is really amazing!" Bei also praised him.

The rest of the people also praised him and expressed their admiration for his courage.

"Dong, Xing, since the Sheep King has surrendered, why don't we take this opportunity to attack the overpass and destroy the Nian beast?" Qiu said to everyone.

"Yes, yes. Let's attack now. West, North, brothers, follow me!" Dong waved his arm and was about to go up the overpass again.

Xiao Xing looked towards the bridgehead and saw the sheep spirits and goats still guarding the bridgehead because they didn't know the Sheep King had surrendered. Xiao Xing said to the Sheep King, "Old Sheep King, since you have surrendered to us, you can order your sheep people to submit to us, withdraw their guards, and then help us eliminate the Nian Beast."

"Yes! Great human, I will do as you command." The sheep king bowed his head and was about to cross the bridge to give orders. Dong grabbed the sheep's horns and said, "If you go like this, what if you run away and don't come back? No, I have to hold you to feel at ease."

So they found a rope, tied it to the sheep king's horn, and led it by hand, and then let it cross the bridge. Dong, Xiaoxing and others followed and climbed over the bridge, crawling slowly. The sheep king walked and stopped, and thought the humans crawled too slowly, so he said, "Great humans, you crawl too slowly, why don't I carry you across the bridge!"

Dong was delighted and said, "You carry me over, that's fine!" After that, he stood up carefully, climbed onto the sheep's back, and rode on the sheep king like riding a horse. The sheep king walked forward, not swaying, but steady. Dong was so happy that he smiled and praised it endlessly.

Xiaoxing and the others were all envious when they saw Dong driving his sheep across the bridge. Xiaoxing immediately shouted, "Brother Dong, you go to the bridge first and ask the Sheep King to have all the sheep come over to carry us across. Wouldn't that save trouble?"

"That's a good idea indeed. I'll go ahead now and come pick you up later." Dong said, and drove the sheep across the bridge first.

Not long after, the Sheep King carried Dong back to Upside Down Mountain. The black and white sheep spirits were still fighting there, but suddenly they looked up and saw that the Sheep King was carrying a person, and they were all shocked.

"My king, congratulations on finally catching someone today." the black sheep demon shouted.

"My king, why don't you gore him to death instead of letting him ride on your back?" asked the Aries spirit curiously.

"I know, the king must want to offer a living person to Emperor Nian to taste." Another sheep spirit next to him, who thought he was smart, shouted.

"My fellow citizens: I was just defeated by humans. To save my life, I have surrendered to them." The Sheep King loudly announced to the flock, "I am carrying people here now. I want you to surrender with me, withdraw from the sky bridge, and help humans wipe out Emperor Nian!"

"Aren't humans vulnerable? How could the king be defeated by humans?" The sheep spirits and monsters were shocked when they heard this.

"Don't question it, everyone. Humans are not as incompetent as monkeys. Instead, they are very powerful. I won the previous times just by luck. But in this battle just now, humans fought desperately, and I was almost thrown off the overpass, so I had to admit defeat and surrender." The Sheep King explained.

"It's so unexpected that a monkey-like human can be so powerful!" The sheep couldn't help but respect Dong and look at him differently.

"King of Sheep, quickly order your flock to cross the bridge to pick up my brothers!" Dong ordered.

"As you command." The Sheep King agreed, and then ordered the sheep: "My people, follow me to Pingding Mountain now, carry the humans across the sky bridge, and help them destroy the Nian Emperor."

"Yes, your Majesty." Seeing that the King of Sheep had done so, the sheep naturally obeyed.

So Dong rode on the sheep king and led the sheep back to the Pingdingshan Bridge. There were more than 400 sheep in the flock, just enough to carry everyone across. At that moment, everyone rode on sheep, with Dong leading the way across the bridge.

With the help of the sheep, the people safely crossed the natural barrier and arrived at the Upside-Down Mountain without any injury. After the people got off the sheep, Qiu asked the Sheep King, "Sheep King, where did the Nian beast hide just now? Please take us to get rid of it quickly."

“Emperor Nian was on the top of this mountain in the morning, great humans, you can go find him by yourselves. I dare not take you there!” The Sheep King was worried that if he surrendered, he would be retaliated by Emperor Nian, and he began to tremble again unconsciously.

"King Sheep, are you still afraid of the Nian Beast now that we are here?" Qiu Kuan comforted the King Sheep, "As soon as we see the Nian Beast, we will destroy it immediately. Think about it, it doesn't even have time to escape, how can it dare to retaliate against you?"

"Well, what the powerful human said is right. I will take you to find Emperor Nian now." Thinking of having the support of more powerful humans, the Sheep King became bolder.

The Sheep King led the humans to search the top of the mountain, but they could not find any trace of Emperor Nian, the dog-headed, pig-headed, monkey king, rooster, etc. It turned out that when the Sheep King was defeated and surrendered by Dong, Emperor Nian had already fled with them.

Every time humans attacked, Emperor Nian would sleep soundly but order the rooster to watch the battle. Today was no exception. As soon as the battle started, the rooster, who was watching from a high place, shouted loudly, "Emperor Nian, it's bad! It's bad!"

"You dead chicken are howling again. What's wrong with you?" Emperor Nian glared at the rooster and shouted.

"Report to Emperor Nian, the Sheep King was defeated by humans and almost fell off the overpass. In order to save his life, the Sheep King has surrendered to humans!" said the rooster with a sad face.

"What? The Sheep King surrendered too?" Emperor Nian was shocked when he heard this, and angrily said, "This dead sheep, who boasts all day long that 'one sheep guards the pass and ten thousand people cannot open it', is just a boast. I will eat it alive later."

"Emperor Nian, let's run away! The Sheep King has surrendered, and humans will attack soon. You want to eat the Sheep King, but I'm afraid that humans will kill you before you swallow it." Dog Head anxiously advised Emperor Nian to escape.

"What Doghead said is right, Emperor Nian, run away!" Pighead followed in panic.

"Well!" Emperor Nian knew that without the protection of the Sheep King, humans would definitely cross the sky bridge and attack the Upside-Down Mountain. Therefore, Emperor Nian led the beast kings and rushed down the mountain from the funnel hole in the middle of the mountain top, shouting as he fled: "Damn Sheep King, don't let me run into you again, otherwise I will eat it to vent my hatred!"

"Emperor Nian, the Sheep King surrendered because he was captured. It was a helpless act. I think you should stop thinking about eating it and think about where to escape to now." Dog Head asked as he ran.

"Monkey King, didn't you say that your Flower-Fruit Mountain has food and is safe? Take us to the Flower-Fruit Mountain for refuge now!" Emperor Nian said to the Monkey King.

"Yes! Emperor Nian!" The Monkey King agreed, skipping ahead and saying, "I will take you to the Flower-Fruit Mountain and hide in my cave on the cliff. I guarantee that humans will be daunted and retreat when they see the difficulty."

"Good, very good! Monkey King, you helped me avoid this disaster. I will never treat you unfairly in the future. Not only will I cancel your offerings, but I will also never eat monkeys again." After being chased by humans several times, Emperor Nian's prestige has been greatly reduced. Now it doesn't matter whoever can save him, even if he becomes their younger brother.

"Then I must add one more thing. From now on, I, the Monkey King, will no longer have to obey your orders." The Monkey King had had enough of Emperor Nian's control and had suffered enough from Emperor Nian's anger. He had long been eager to escape from the sea of ​​suffering and live a free and easy life.

"Okay, I promise you." Emperor Nian said casually, "Let's go, let's go!"

The Monkey King danced with joy and took Emperor Nian, the dog-headed, pig-headed rooster and the others with him, turned south and headed to the Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Qiu and his people searched the top of Upside Down Mountain but could not find any trace of Nian and his followers. So they asked the Sheep King, "Sheep King, why can't you find any trace of Nian and the other beast kings?"

"Powerful human! I guess Emperor Nian and Dog-Headed, Pig-Headed and others must have seen me surrender, and then fled through the funnel hole in the center." The Sheep King replied.

When Dong heard this, he slapped his thigh in anger and shouted, "How hateful! They escaped again."

"Don't be angry, Dong. Let's just keep chasing it." Qiu comforted Dong and then asked the Sheep King, "Sheep King, do you know where the Nian Beast will escape to next?"

"Powerful human, Emperor Nian is now fleeing with the Monkey King, Chicken King, Dog King and Pig King. I don't know which family he is fleeing to." The Sheep King replied.

"Alas," Qiu sighed, "I didn't expect the clues to be interrupted again. What should I do?"

"Don't worry, cave master. I guess the Nian beast must have gone to its home with the Monkey King." Xiaoxing thought of the monkey after the sheep in the Chinese zodiac, so he answered.

"Xing, last time you guessed that the Nian beast escaped to the Sheep King, it turned out to be true. Now your guess will definitely not be wrong." Qiu nodded and replied.

"Cave Master, let's ask the Sheep King if he knows the Monkey King's address." Xiaoxing said.

Dong did not wait for Qiu to answer, and rushed to ask the Sheep King, "Sheep King, do you know where the Monkey King lives?"

"I know that you are a powerful human being." The Sheep King quickly replied, "The Monkey King lives in the Flower and Fruit Mountain, a thousand miles to the south."

"Do you know the way to Huaguo Mountain? Can you take us to chase them?" Qiu asked.

"Yes, I recognize it. I have been to the Flower-Fruit Mountain once, and I will take you there now." After saying that, the Sheep King led his men and prepared to go down the mountain.

"My King, are you leaving us again?" The sheep spirits and monsters were reluctant to see the Sheep King leave again.

"My people: I have surrendered to mankind, so you must obey him. You stay here and guard well. After I destroy Emperor Nian, I will come back to see you." The Sheep King said goodbye to the sheep.

They rode the Sheep King and the Sheep Spirits across the sky bridge and returned to Pingding Mountain. Then they went down Pingding Mountain and met up with Sang, Tong and others who were guarding the Beast King.

That night, they found a flat place to set up camp. After dinner, Qiu held a celebration meeting as usual to celebrate the capture of the Sheep King.

Under the flickering firelight, Qiu Qingdong and Xiaoxing stood at the front of the team. He stroked his white beard and said to everyone with a smile: "Dear warriors: Today, we finally defeated and subdued the Sheep King and successfully crossed the dangerous sky bridge. Although the Nian beast escaped, this battle is still worth celebrating. There are two people who contributed the most to this victory: one is Xing. It was he who came up with the ingenious idea of ​​tying a safety rope, which saved everyone from the danger of falling off the bridge and allowed them to fight the Sheep King head-on. The other is Dong. It was he who fought the Sheep King without hesitation and finally subdued it. Now, let's applaud and celebrate for the two warriors."

As soon as Qiu finished speaking, "Wow!" Everyone applauded vigorously. Xiaoxing scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Actually, my idea is not a big deal. The biggest credit should go to Brother Dong. If it weren't for his desperate attack, we wouldn't have won so quickly."

Dong felt elated when he saw that everyone was praising him. He said, "Xing is right. You will never be able to defeat the Sheep King just by riding on the overpass. Only if you dare to stand up can you fight against it."