Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

"Yugong is a legendary figure." Xiaoxing is a top student, and answered fluently: "There are two big mountains in front of Yugong's house, which seriously hinder his access. Yugong felt very inconvenient, so he decided to move the two mountains away. So he took his wife and children to dig the mountains, and then carried the mountain soil to the East China Sea to dump it. They kept digging every day. At this time, a wise man laughed at him and said, 'Yugong, if you keep digging like this, you will never be able to move the two mountains in your lifetime. You'd better give up quickly.' Yugong replied, 'Although I can't complete it in this lifetime, I will have a son after I die, and a grandson after my son dies, and my descendants will keep digging. And these mountains will not increase, so one day these two mountains will be moved away.' The wise man was speechless when he heard it. Later, the gods in the sky knew about it and were impressed by this spirit, so they ordered two strong men who carried the mountains on their backs to carry the two mountains to another place. It became very convenient to pass in front of Yugong's house. This is the story of Yugong moving the mountains."

"Well, you said it very well!" Qiu clapped his hands and shouted, "Listen, warriors! We must learn the spirit of Yugong moving the mountain. We will never give up until we have chiseled this stone step up."

"The cave master's words make sense. As the saying goes: If you work hard enough, you can grind a stone stick into a needle. This is the only solution for now." Zhi nodded in agreement.

Having decided on the idea, everyone picked up stone axes and started to chisel the cliff with the sound of "ding ding dang dang".

The monkey king on the cliff threw down a stone and saw the humans falling down with the ladder. He then returned to the cliff cave excitedly to report his achievement to Emperor Nian: "Emperor Nian, we have defeated the humans. Just now, I led the monkeys to throw stones at them. Unexpectedly, the humans collapsed with the ladder and all died. Now, we can rest easy!"

"Really? The human fell to his death? Jiji..." Emperor Nian was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. "Monkey King, you have done a great job in protecting me. From now on, I will make you a senior guard."

"The Monkey King is so powerful!"

"Monkey King, you are amazing!"

The dog head, pig head and rooster followed suit to celebrate and were filled with envy.

"Humanity's ladder plan has been broken. There should be nothing they can do now! Haha..." Emperor Nian and the beast kings looked at each other and laughed.

Before the laughter died down, there was a sudden "ping-pong-pong" sound from the bottom of the cliff. The beasts looked at each other in bewilderment. Emperor Nian asked in confusion, "Monkey King, go and have a look. What are these cunning humans doing?"

The Monkey King led the monkey spirits out of the cliff cave and looked down. They saw humans chiseling the cliff with stone axes. They hurried back to report to Emperor Nian: "Emperor Nian, the humans must be crazy. They are desperately chiseling the cliff with stone axes."

"Using stone axes to chisel the cliff?" Emperor Nian asked curiously, "What are they trying to do? Are they really crazy?"

"I think humans are helpless and want to dig down this cliff. Haha! Foolish humans!" The Dog-Headed Military Advisor analyzed while shaking his head.

"This cliff is so high and hard. It's impossible to dig it down. Coo coo coo..." Pighead also laughed wildly.

"Even if humans grow old and give birth again, and grow old again, they can't dig down this cliff. Emperor Nian, let's just sleep peacefully!" said the rooster.

As expected, Emperor Nian and the beast kings did not take it seriously and fell asleep with their heads covered.

The stone cliff was indeed very hard. It took the team a whole day to chisel out a sloping path that was one foot wide and more than ten feet long.

"Dear warriors, it's getting late today. Let's call it a day and continue tomorrow." Qiu looked very satisfied when he saw the result. According to the current speed, they would be able to reach the cliff cave in more than fifty days at most.

"Yes, cave master." After receiving the order, everyone stopped working and went to rest.

The next day, Qiu led the group to continue to dig a path through the cliffs. After a day, they advanced another ten feet.

For five days in a row, humans kept chiseling the cliffs. Emperor Nian stretched his body and said to the Monkey King, "Humans are making so much noise chiseling the cliffs all day long. Monkey King, go and have a look at how the humans are digging."

"Yes, sir." The Monkey King received the order and led the monkey spirits out of the cave to wait and see.

You don't know until you see it. Once you see it, you will be shocked. It turned out that Qiu had led the people to dig for several days and the cave had already extended upwards to a height of more than 50 meters. After seeing this, the Monkey King hurried back to the cave to report: "Emperor Nian, it's bad! It turns out that humans are not digging the cliff, but carving a road through the cliff. Now they have dug a road about 50 meters high and will attack us soon."

"Huh - what? Humans actually built a road on this cliff? What should we do?" Upon hearing this, Emperor Nian became panicked again.

"Emperor Nian, there is no need to be afraid. Isn't the Monkey King very powerful? He defeated humans with his last attack. Just order it to defeat humans again this time." said the Dog-Headed Military Advisor.

"Yes, yes. Monkey King, hurry up and stop the human attack. I will reward you handsomely." Emperor Nian immediately ordered.

"Ah? Why me again?" The Monkey King had no choice but to lead the monkey spirits out of the cave again.

The Monkey King threw a stone down and shouted, "Listen, stubborn humans below, stop chiseling the cliffs and get back to Hongmeng. If you still want to attack, I will let you taste the pain again."

Ya Xia Qiu was leading the crowd to chisel away at the cliff. Hearing this, he shouted back, "You stupid monkeys, if you want us to stop attacking, you must surrender and hand over the Nian beast. Otherwise, we will chisel away at the cliff to make a path and destroy you all."

"Stubborn humans will not give up until they achieve their goal. Since you don't listen to my advice, I will show you how powerful I am. Brothers, quickly smash them to death with stones!" After the Monkey King said this, he ordered the monkeys to take stones and attack the humans.

Large rocks kept falling from the sky like rain. Feng, Yun, Lei, Dian and others who were digging on the cliff were caught off guard and were hit on the head with blood. Feng threw away his stone axe, covered his head with his hands and turned away, shouting, "Everyone, retreat quickly. The damn monkey threw rocks again and my head was broken. Ouch!"

"My head is injured too, let's go down quickly." Yun hurriedly followed and retreated.

"Everyone, retreat quickly, retreat quickly." Seeing this, everyone shouted in unison.

The cliff ladder was narrow to begin with, and the crowd was in a panic, and it was suddenly crowded. Qiu, who was directing the troops from above, had just turned around and walked down when he was jostled by Yang, Liu and others above, and suddenly fell off the high cliff.

"Cave Master——" Yang shouted.

"Cave Master..." Everyone shouted.

Dong, Xiaoxing and the others hurried down the cliff and quickly ran towards Qiu who had fallen to the ground and lay motionless.

Qiu was seriously injured, with several scratches on his head, his face covered in blood, and he had fainted.

"Cave Master, how are you? Wake up!" Dong was the first to come to Qiu. He helped Qiu up and shouted loudly.

"Cave Master, how could you fall down? Wake up!" Xiaoxing shook the hill and shouted.

"Xing, because the monkey threw down stones, everyone retreated in a hurry. It was all my fault that I accidentally bumped into the cave owner, so he fell down." Yang explained to Xiaoxing and everyone, looking very guilty.

The crowd surrounded the hill in three layers, and some people even started crying.

"Dad, Dad!" Hong'er, who was preparing food in the camp, heard that Qiu had fallen off the cliff. She rushed into the crowd in two steps and lay on Qiu crying, "Dad, Dad, wake up, wake up! Woo woo--"

Amidst everyone's repeated calls, Qiu finally slowly opened his eyes.

"Cave Master, how do you feel? Is the injury serious?" Dong asked worriedly.

"Hong'er, Dong, Xing, I'm fine." Qiu struggled to get up. As soon as he moved, he screamed "Ouch, ouch", and a sharp pain forced him to lie down again.

"Dad, don't move, you must be seriously injured!" Hong'er started crying again.

"Hong'er, Dad is fine, he won't die." Qiu stroked Hong'er's head and comforted her.

"Cave Master, where are you injured? I'll help you find some medicine to treat it." Xiaoxing asked.

"Xing, my old waist seems to be broken. I can't use my strength." Qiu pointed at his waist, his expression showing pain: "Medication has no effect on this part. Don't worry, I should feel better after lying down for two days."

"Cave Master, it's all my fault for being careless. I caused you to fall. I'm sorry for getting you hurt!" Yang blamed himself very much and was more sad than others.

"Yang, how can you be blamed for this? We can only blame the Nian beast and the Monkey King. If they hadn't thrown stones, we wouldn't have been in such a hurry to retreat." Qiu waved his hand.

"But the cave master is injured, and important matters will be delayed!" Yang said worriedly.

"The cave master is seriously injured. If we continue to attack, I'm afraid his life will be in danger. I think it's better for us to go home and come back after we have recovered." The warrior said with a big knife crying.

"Yes, this cave on the cliff is too difficult to attack. Let's just give up." The warrior Kuofu said with tears streaming down his face.

"Nonsense!" Qiu Yiting scolded in a serious tone, "Big sword, broad axe, how can a real man cry like a woman? Since we have made an oath, we should fulfill it. How can we fail because of me? Even if I die, you must continue to attack until the Nian beast is destroyed."

"Got it! Cave Master." Dadao and Kuofu nodded repeatedly, not daring to cry anymore.

"Cave Master, you have to hold on, you will definitely get better." Xiaoxing encouraged.

"Yes, Cave Master, you just need to rest and recuperate now. Leave the attack on the Monkey King and the Nian Beast to us." Dong followed and comforted.

"Dong, the old people always say: If a person's waist is injured, he will be doomed. I'm afraid I can't escape this time. I can only rely on you to destroy the unfinished business of the Nian beast!" Qiu took a breath, took out the wooden sculpture of the Nuwa statue from his chest, handed it to Xiaoxing, and then said: "Xing, this statue is in your safekeeping. Remember, in difficult times, Nuwa will definitely protect us."

Xiao Xing took the statue solemnly and suggested, "Master, it is very difficult to carve a path through the cliff, and there are monkeys attacking us with rocks. It is already very difficult. Why don't we ask for the advice of Goddess Nuwa?"

"Xing, I prayed once a few days ago, but Bai Ling did not respond. This time I am at the end of my rope, maybe God will have mercy on me and show up. Xing, go and try again." Qiu stroked his white beard and nodded in agreement.

Xiaoxing placed the statue at the foot of the cliff, knelt on the ground, and prayed devoutly like a hill: "Nuwa Goddess, Bai Ling Angel, in order to eliminate the Nian Beast and prevent future troubles, we have chased the Nian Beast all the way here. Now the Nian Beast and the Monkey King are hiding in a cave high on the cliff. We have failed in our two attacks, and the cave owner has also been injured. I beg Bai Ling to show up quickly and show us a clear way."

After that, he bowed to the statue several more times. Just when everyone was doubting and getting nowhere, suddenly, a voice came from the cliff: "Xing, two hundred miles south, there is a mountain called Yishan. There are many strange trees and plants on the mountain. There is a vine called Blood Vine, which is red and has leaves like dragon claws. It can grow infinitely and at an amazing speed if watered with blood. If you want to climb the cliff, you must first find the Blood Vine."

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and found Bai Ling suddenly appearing on the cliff. After she finished speaking to Xiao Xing, she disappeared again as if nothing had happened.

"Great! We have a solution!" Xiao Xing excitedly put away the statue and turned to Qiu and said, "Cave Master, Bai Ling just showed up and told us that in order to defeat the Monkey King, we must first go to the strange mountain to pick blood vines. Then, water them with blood, and they will quickly grow up the cliff cave. Then, we can climb up along the blood vines and destroy the Monkey King and the Nian Beast."

"In that case, we should act without further delay. Zhi, you stay and guard the camp. Xing and Dong, you lead the fire-carrying team as usual and go to the strange mountain to collect blood vines immediately." Qiu was very excited when he heard this and gave the order immediately.

"Yes, Cave Master." Xiaoxing and Dong agreed at the same time.

So, everyone worked together to carry Qiu back to the camp, and then took their weapons and dry food and prepared to set off. Before leaving, Hong'er held Xiaoxing's hand and said, "Brother Xing, my father is seriously injured. I am so worried that something bad will happen to him. What should I do then? Woohoo, you must go quickly and come back soon!"