Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

"Hong'er, the cave master is blessed with good fortune, he will be fine. You must take good care of him, I will come back as soon as possible." Xiaoxing comforted.

After bidding farewell to Hong'er, Xiaoxing and Dong led the sixty fire warriors to head towards Yishan. Along the way, there were towering trees and dense vines. They kept cutting through the thorns and wading through the mountains for a whole day and night.

It turns out that the south and other places are humid, with abundant vegetation and many strange insects and beasts. When they walked through a forest, Xiaoxing felt the urge to go to the bathroom and hid behind a tree. The team continued to move forward, led by Dong. As they were walking, they suddenly saw a monster with a nose like a snake, ears as big as a palm leaf fan, and a body like a calf. It wandered around in front of them, stopping from time to time to eat a few bites of grass, and seemed to be lost.

"What kind of monster is this? Not only do its ears seem ridiculously large, but its nose is longer than its tail?" Dong asked Xi, Bei and the others curiously.

"Brother Dong, this monster is probably a herbivore, don't be afraid." Xi said as he observed.

Dong glared at Xi and said, "Xi, I dare to eat it, how can I be afraid of it?"

"Brother Dong, this little monster is very interesting and its meat must be delicious." When Shugen heard the word "eat", he couldn't help but drool.

"Brother Shugen, since you want to eat it, let's hunt it and let everyone have a taste." The leaf said with a smile.

A few people acted immediately and approached the little monster with stone knives and axes.

The book explains that this little monster is actually a baby elephant, an animal unique to the south. Humans all came from the northern primordial world, so they have never seen one.

The baby elephant who was playing suddenly sensed danger, let out a loud "Ang!" and ran away.

"Everyone chase them!" Dong waved his hand and called on Xi, North, Center, roots, leaves and others to attack.

The frightened little elephant ran and cried, but was trapped by the crowd and had no way to escape.

"Little monster, watch out for the arrow!" Dong pulled the bow and arrow, aimed at the little elephant and shot an arrow.

The arrow hit the elephant's hind leg. It staggered a few steps and sat on the ground. The tree root rushed over with a spear in hand, grinning and saying, "Little monster, prepare to die!"

"Ang——" Suddenly, several elephant calls came from the southwest, mixed with hurried footsteps.

Everyone looked back and saw a group of elephants rushing towards them. These huge animals weighed more than 6,000 kilograms. Wherever they passed, the bushes and banana trees were swept to the ground. They looked extremely ferocious. There was no doubt that they were rushing to save the baby elephant.

"The big monsters are here to save the little monsters! Everyone run!" Dong saw that the elephants were coming with great momentum and he was sure that he would be hard to defeat. He did not bother to hunt the little elephants anymore and ran forward.

Everyone was frightened by the elephants and followed Dong to run as fast as they could. Xiaoxing, who was taking a shit, heard the shouts to run and knew something was wrong again. He didn't even have time to wipe his butt and quickly got up and ran after everyone. The elephants behind them chased them closely and made them run away.

Xiao Xing caught up with Chen breathlessly, and asked as he ran: "Chen, what happened? Why are you running so fast?"

"Xing, just now Brother Shugen wanted to hunt a small monster to eat, but he didn't expect a group of big monsters to suddenly rush over to save it. We lost the small monster, but those big monsters are chasing us for revenge."

"Monster? What kind of monster?" Xiaoxing asked curiously.

"That monster has a very long nose and very large ears, and its body is as tall and big as the Bull King." Chen replied.

"What monster am I talking about? It's just an elephant." Xiao Xing said angrily, "Shugen, this greedy guy, actually dared to provoke an elephant. He is really asking for trouble."

It has already happened, there is no point in complaining. Everyone ran across a plain, and a large valley appeared in front of them. Dong did not have time to think about it, and led everyone to run towards the valley. The root who fell behind was chased by an elephant. He could not run any more, so he turned around and waved his knife and cursed: "Old monster, you keep chasing me like this, I will fight you to death!"

The tree root was slashing wildly, but to the elephant it looked like a clown. The elephant let out a loud "ang!" and swung its long, thick trunk at the leaf like a club, knocking it three feet away and into the valley.

"Oh no, there is no way forward!" Dong, who was running in the front, suddenly stopped and cried out. The people behind him also stopped. It turned out that the valley was surrounded by high cliffs on three sides, and there was no way to go.

"Brother Dong, what should we do if there is no way out? Otherwise, let's just fight the monsters!" Xidao said.

"Where is the monster now?" Dong asked.

"The monsters should be at the entrance of the valley." Bei replied.

"Brother Dong, that's not a monster, it's an elephant." Xiaoxing corrected.

"Elephant?" Dong asked curiously, "Xing, how do you know this animal?"

"Brother Dong, I know. This must be the person Xing met in her dream." Chen hurriedly answered for Xiaoxing.

"Yeah." Xiao Xing nodded, and then continued: "Elephants are extremely strong and have a bad temper. If you meet one, just stay away from it. I didn't expect you to dare to go hunting it."

"Alas, this is all Shugen's fault. He was the one who said he wanted to eat the baby elephant meat." After Dong explained, he shouted angrily at Shugen: "Shugen - Shugen - come here!"

After shouting a few times, there was no response. Leaf cried out in panic: "Brother Dong, my brother didn't catch up. He must have been caught up by the elephant."

"It's over! The tree root must have been caught up and eaten by the elephants!" Xi said miserably: "Poor tree root, you didn't eat the baby elephant, but you were eaten by the elephants! Woo woo--"

"Brother Xi, don't be so quick to howl. Let's turn around and take a look first!" Xiaoxing calmed down, turned around and led the way towards the valley entrance.

"Yes! Let's go and see what's happening to the tree roots?" Chen said, and followed Xiaoxing to the valley entrance.

The others hesitated, but eventually slowly followed back to the valley entrance.

Outside the valley, the elephants were roaring with rage, but strangely, they did not chase into the valley, as if they were hesitant.

"Xing, don't go any further. If the elephants go crazy and chase us again, we'll be dead!" Chen looked at the elephants outside the valley entrance, so nervous that he didn't dare to breathe.

"Yeah." Xiaoxing nodded, stopped about ten feet away from the valley entrance, and observed carefully.

"Chen, look over there!" Xiaoxing pointed to the valley entrance and said happily, "The tree root is right there. It hasn't been eaten by the elephants yet."

Chen looked in the direction Xiaoxing pointed, and sure enough, he found the tree roots swaying and standing up.

"You big monster, I'm going to fight you!" The tree root was swept into the valley by the elephant's trunk and fell dizzy. After struggling for a long time, he barely stood up and took a knife to fight the elephant again.

"Brother Shugen, run here quickly!" Xiaoxing shouted.

The confused tree roots seemed not to hear Xiaoxing's shouts and continued to walk out of the valley.

"Brother Shugen, are you looking for death?" Xiaoxing quickly rushed to Shugen, pulled him and went back into the valley.

"Shugen, you are still alive and haven't been eaten by the elephant?" Dong, Xi and others came over, saw Shugen, and asked in surprise.

"Xing, Brother Dong, I'm fine. I thought you had abandoned me! Woo woo." Shugen escaped death and was so moved that he wanted to cry.

"How could we abandon you?" Dong pretended to care about his companions, and then asked in confusion: "Huh? Why did the elephants stop chasing us when we reached the valley entrance?"

"Yes! How strange!" Everyone was surprised as they looked at the elephants wandering violently outside the valley.

"Could it be that the elephants were so kind that they let us go on purpose?" Xi guessed.

"No, I think the monsters seem to be afraid of this valley and dare not chase in." Chen said.

"Chen is right. This valley is so quiet and seems very strange." Xiaoxing looked around and said.

Everyone looked up and around, and indeed found that this valley was a little different. There was not a single bird flying in the sky, no animals walking on the ground, and even no insects could be seen.

"No matter whether it's weird or not, as long as the monsters don't dare to chase us in, otherwise, we'll be dead." Feng said with relief.

Yun nodded and said, "No matter how strange this valley is, it is not as ferocious and terrifying as an elephant."

"Brothers, since the monsters are not chasing us anymore, let's continue with our own business!" Dong looked around at everyone and said, "We have been walking for so long, we should be arriving at the strange mountain soon. Let's open our eyes and start looking for the blood vine!"

"Yes, Brother Dong!" Everyone agreed and then scattered to look for the blood vine.

Although the valley is not big, there are all kinds of strange trees and flowers. When everyone was trying to find it, suddenly, a cry for help echoed in the valley.

"What happened? Who is shouting for help?" Dong asked when he heard the cry for help.

"I don't know." Xiao Xing, who was nearby, also heard the cry for help and said in confusion: "Brother Dong, someone must have been in trouble. Let's go and check it out."

"West, North, Center, Heizi...everyone stop looking for the blood vine and follow me to save people." Dong called out loudly.

"Brother Dong, what happened? Could it be that the elephant has chased into the valley again?" Xi, Bei, Zhong... and others who rushed over after hearing the news asked.

"It's possible. Everyone grab your weapons and go take a look together." Dong tightly gripped the stone axe and led everyone to run in the direction of the call for help.

"Help, someone come and save me!" The cries for help continued, seeming to become more and more desperate.

Everyone followed the sound and searched carefully. They only saw a big tree, but no monsters or people. Everyone looked at this unknown tree suspiciously: although it was only ten feet tall, it was thick enough to be hugged. The trunk was covered with willow-like thin branches, thousands of them hanging down to the ground. There was no treetop, but at the top of the trunk, a large group of branches wrapped into a ball.

"Who? Who is shouting for help?" Dong asked loudly.

"Brother Dong, come and save me!" Another cry for help came.

"Brother Dong, the cry for help seems to come from this tree." Xiaoxing said, pointing to the big tree in front.

"What a joke, trees can also cry for help? Can trees become spirits?" Dong shook his head in disbelief.

"Xing, come and save me." This time he was crying.

"Brother Dong, the sound is indeed coming from the ball at the top of the tree." Xiaoxing said with certainty.

"Brother Dong, Xing, that cry comes from my brother Shugen." The leaf suddenly shouted again.

"Tree roots, are you trapped in the tree?" Dong asked again in disbelief.

"Yes, it's me, save me!" The voice had become weak and could not be heard clearly.

"Brother Dong, no matter if he is Brother Tree Root or not, we will know if we just climb up and take a look." Lei was impatient and strode over, trying to climb up by grabbing the branches of the tree.

Something strange happened. Just when Lei just touched the branches, the soft branches that were originally hanging on the ground suddenly seemed to come alive. They quickly wrapped around Lei one by one, as if grabbing someone.

Lei was shocked and tried to pull them apart with his hands, but the branches were very strong. After he finally pulled one apart, another one came. Soon, they tightly entangled Lei like a bundle of rice dumplings.

Unable to move, Lei hurriedly called for help: "Brother Dong, Xing, please save me!"

"A man-eating tree!" Everyone was stunned by the scene and shouted.

"Let's all come together, cut down this strange tree and rescue them." Xiaoxing waved the stone knife and rushed forward first.

"Everyone, help each other and cut down the tree to save people." Dong rushed over shouting.