Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

"Oh, so you like sweet potatoes so much. It's a pity that I don't have any!"

"No?" The white pig demon said angrily, "If you don't have any, leave them here."

Although Xiaoxing had three people on his side, only Yue had a stone knife. If a fight broke out, the outcome would be unpredictable. Xiaoxing turned around and asked Chen and Yue: "Did you bring any sweet potatoes with you?"

Chen touched his waist and actually felt a half-eaten sweet potato. He said, "Xing, I have a sweet potato that I didn't finish eating this morning."

"Chen, quickly throw the sweet potato to this stupid pig so that it will stop chasing us." Xiaoxing ordered.

"Okay." Chen agreed, took out the sweet potato, threw it at the white pig demon, and shouted, "Evil pig, the sweet potato is for you to eat, don't chase us anymore."

The white pig nodded happily, ran towards the sweet potato, and started eating it quickly while wagging its tail.

Seeing this, Xiao Xing said to the two of them, "Chen, Yue, let's run!"

Chen and Yue nodded, and the three of them ran away. After running half a mile in one breath, they looked back at the white pig monster and found that it did not catch up with them, so they breathed a sigh of relief.

Yue thanked Xing and Chen: "Brother Xing, Brother Chen, it was really dangerous just now. Thank you for saving me."

"Yue, this is what we should do." Chen touched his head and said, "But it was indeed very dangerous just now, after all, we threw all our weapons away."

"I didn't expect that those two ferocious pigs could be dealt with by a few sweet potatoes." Xiaoxing felt very fortunate.

"Xing, you are the smartest one. If it were someone else, we would be injured if not killed." Chen said admiringly.

"Chen, stop praising me. Let's go back to the camp quickly!" Xiaoxing said, and led the two of them to the Elephant Trunk Cave quickly.

Zhi was waiting in front of the cave early. When he saw Dong, Xiaoxing and the other warriors returning, he hurried forward and asked, "Dong, Xing, you're back! How was the attack this time? Was the Pig King defeated?"

"Uncle Zhi, this time when we attacked the pig nest, we got the secret help of the Ice God. The ground was covered with snow, the poison gas was not released, and the mud was frozen like stone. I thought we could definitely defeat the Pig King and the Pig Demon. Who knew that the number of the Pig Demons was so huge, and we were outnumbered and ultimately failed." Dong replied dejectedly.

"Uncle Zhi, although the attack failed, fortunately no one was injured." Xiaoxing reported.

"Dong, Xing, even with the help of the Ice God this time we still couldn't defeat the Pig King and the Pig Demon. With my fifty years of hunting experience, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do." Zhi couldn't help but frown again when he heard this.

"Uncle Zhi, don't worry, there will be a way, and the Pig King will definitely be defeated." Xiaoxing knew the story of the Nian Beast - the Nian Beast was eventually defeated by humans and hid, so he said this with confidence.

"Xing, you are so confident that you can defeat the Pig King. Have you come up with a plan to defeat the enemy?" Zhi asked in surprise.

"I haven't figured out a plan to defeat the enemy yet, but I can guess the outcome." Xiaoxing smiled strangely.

Zhi of course didn't know that he had the foresight to travel through time. He shook his head and led everyone into the cave.

The second attack on the Pig King failed, and everyone looked dejected and listless. Lao Yang, Lao Liu, Hong'er, Lan'er and others had already prepared lunch, so everyone started to eat lunch.

Xiaoxing, Chen, Hong'er, and Lan'er each took a portion of barbecue and some roasted sweet potatoes and sat together to eat. Lan'er asked Chen, "Brother Chen, tell me about your attack on the Pig King today!"

"Lan'er, actually there's nothing much to say at the beginning, but an interesting thing happened later." Chen replied.

"What interesting thing? Tell me quickly!" Lan'er asked impatiently.

"At that time, because the Pig King called many pig spirits, we were outnumbered, so Dong Ge and Xing ordered a retreat. So everyone turned around and ran. After running for a while, Yue suddenly fell down and kept shouting for help. We heard the call for help, so we ran back to save Yue. But at this time, two black and white pig spirits caught up with us. Seeing that the situation was urgent, we each threw stone knives at the two pig spirits who were chasing us. Although we hit them, we couldn't stop them. Then Xing threw two sweet potatoes over, and the two pig spirits ate the sweet potatoes and stopped chasing us. We took the opportunity to rescue Yue, and just as we were about to run, the two pig spirits had already After they finished eating, they continued to chase. Xing threw another sweet potato to them. Unexpectedly, the two pig monsters actually fought over a sweet potato, so we quickly ran away. The white pig monster didn’t get any food, so it kept chasing us. After chasing us out of the swamp, Xing turned around and asked it why it was still chasing us. The white pig monster said that it didn’t get the sweet potato, so it stopped chasing us after giving it a sweet potato. It happened that I still had half a sweet potato left, so I threw it to the white pig monster. The white pig monster ate the sweet potato and really gave up chasing us, so we were able to return safely. "Chen recounted the details of how he rescued Yue.

"Those pig spirits will stop biting people when they have food to eat. Interesting, really interesting." Lan'er laughed so hard when she heard it.

Hong Er laughed and said, "Since the pig spirit loves to eat sweet potatoes so much, why not just hit it with the sweet potatoes?"

The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. Xiao Xing heard this, his eyes rolled, he patted his head and said, "Chen, I have thought of a way to deal with the Pig King and the Pig Spirit."

"Xing, you have a good idea so quickly?" Chen asked curiously, "Tell me about it quickly."

"Chen, let's go find Uncle Zhi together and then tell you." Xiaoxing didn't even bother to eat and pulled Chen away.

Hong'er and Lan'er followed behind unwillingly. The four of them searched around in the cave and found Zhi who was thinking hard in a corner.

"Uncle Zhi." Xiaoxing walked forward and called out.

"Xing, Chen, why don't you have lunch? What do you want from me?" Zhi asked, looking up.

"Uncle Zhi, Xing just came up with a clever plan to defeat the Pig King, so he came here to discuss it with you." Chen answered quickly.

"Oh, Xing has another good idea." Zhi's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he couldn't wait to ask, "Tell me about it quickly."

"Uncle Zhi, we discovered something interesting when we attacked the Pig King today. When we were retreating and escaping, Yue accidentally fell down..." Xiaoxing repeated to Zhi the story that Chen had just told Hong'er and Lan'er, and then continued, "Since the Pig King didn't attack us because he had sweet potatoes to eat, I came up with a plan to use sweet potatoes to fight the Pig King."

"Use sweet potatoes to beat the pig spirits?" Zhi laughed when he heard this: "Xing, are you going to beat them or feed them?"

"Xing, this is just a joke from Hong'er, how can you take it seriously?" Chen heard it and then widened his eyes and shouted: "Those pig spirits are full, won't they have more strength to resist?"

Hong'er and Lan'er also looked at Xiaoxing in disbelief, waiting for his explanation.

Xiao Xing smiled and continued, "Uncle Zhi, Chen, we must capture the king first. When all the pig spirits are busy eating sweet potatoes, we will quickly surround the pig king and defeat it. Without a leader, the pig spirits will naturally scatter. Then we can attack the pig den and wipe out the Nian beast."

"Hmm..." Zhi nodded after listening, twirling his beard and saying, "Based on my hunting experience of more than fifty years, your plan of catching the king by throwing a melon is risky, but it's worth a try."

Zhi then stood up and walked to the center of the cave, then called out to everyone: "Dong, fellow warriors, Xing just offered another plan, everyone come together to discuss it."

When the warriors from East, West, and Central heard that there was another plan, they all gathered around. East couldn't wait and asked, "Uncle Zhi, what's Xing's new plan? Tell us quickly."

"In short, this plan is called throwing sweet potatoes to capture the king." Zhi looked around at everyone and explained, "Although the pig king and pig spirits are strong and fierce, they are very greedy. As long as we throw sweet potatoes to them, the pig spirits will give up the fight because of their greed. Then we take the opportunity to besiege the pig king. After subduing the pig king, the pig spirits will be leaderless and will naturally disperse. Finally, we will attack the pig den and wipe out the Nian beast."

"Uncle Zhi, we were defeated in our first attack on the Pig King, and then we asked Bai Ling for help, and she told us to ask the Ice God for help. So we ran around for several days, and finally asked the Ice God for help. However, our second attack on the Pig King still ended in failure. I have no idea what to do. Since Xing has a good plan, let's follow it." Dong is brave but not wise, and seeing that Xing has a plan, he can only agree.

The others naturally raised their hands to show their agreement. Seeing that no one objected, Zhi then announced: "Since everyone agrees with this plan, we will start digging sweet potatoes this afternoon. The more the better."

"Yes, sir! Uncle Zhi." Everyone responded loudly after receiving the order.

There were many sweet potatoes in the southern country. Zhi led the group to dig for two days and dug out thousands of sweet potatoes. They washed the sweet potatoes and brought them back for later use.

That night, everyone gathered around the campfire for dinner. Xiao Xing looked at the pile of sweet potatoes and said to Zhi, "Uncle Zhi, we have enough sweet potatoes. Tomorrow we will bring some sweet potatoes to attack the pig king."

"Yes." Zhi nodded in agreement. Then he turned to announce to everyone: "Dong, fellow warriors, the sweet potatoes are ready now. While the snow is still here, we can attack the Pig King tomorrow."

"Yes, sir! Uncle Zhi." Dong and the others responded loudly.

The next morning, after breakfast, Dong and Xiaoxing led 200 warriors each as usual. Each warrior brought not only his own weapon, but also ten sweet potatoes.

Everything was ready. Dong and Xiaoxing led the way and headed towards the pig sty, shouting slogans: "Defeat the Pig King, exterminate the Nian Beast, and avenge the Hail!"

Let's talk about the Pig King again. The day before yesterday, he saw the human being was defeated and fled again, so he led the pig spirits to chase. After chasing for a while, he saw that the human had already fled far away, so he didn't want to chase anymore. At this time, Yue accidentally fell down, and the Pig King ordered the black and white pig spirits, "Black pig spirit, white pig spirit, there is a person falling down in front, you two pigs, chase him quickly, bite him to death, and then claim the credit in front of the emperor last year."

"Yes, my king." The black and white pig demons received the order and chased after the moon with all their might.

The Pig King waited for a long time, but saw the two pigs return empty-handed. He was furious and asked, "You two idiots, where is that person?"

"Report to the king, that man was rescued by two other people." replied the black pig demon.

"Idiot, what an idiot." The Pig King cursed, "He actually ran away even at such a close distance. You two idiot pigs really deserve to be beaten."

"Your Majesty, calm down!" The black pig demon shouted, "This is all my fault, the white pig brother. He stole my food, so that man was rescued."

"Steal food?" The Pig King was stunned, then asked, "What food?"

"To grab the sweet potatoes!" The black pig replied, "The humans first threw two sweet potatoes at us, and my white pig brother and I each took one. Then they threw another one, and my white pig brother wanted to grab it from me, and then they picked up the person who fell."

When the pig king and the other pig spirits heard about eating sweet potatoes, they all drooled. But the pig king quickly restrained himself and scolded them, "You two stupid pigs, you gave up biting people just to eat sweet potatoes, you deserve to be beaten."

The white pig demon said disapprovingly: "My king, we pigs are not like tigers and leopards who only love to eat meat and people. We just need to drive the humans away, why do we have to bite them to death?"

When the black pig demon and the flower pig demon next to him heard this, they all nodded in agreement.

The Pig King shook his head and shouted, "You two stupid pigs know nothing. As long as humans don't die, we will never have peace."

The black and white pig spirits bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes, seeming to understand: "Yes, my king. We won't dare to do it again next time."

The Pig King calmed down and ordered: "You two stupid pigs, continue to guard the pig kennel for me. If you make any mistakes again, you will be punished for both crimes."

The black and white pig spirits nodded in agreement, then lay down outside the mud and went to sleep.

This time, the Pig King won again. The Pig King led the other pig spirits back to the pig den in high spirits. When Emperor Nian saw the Pig King and the other pig spirits returning safely, he thought they had won and asked the Pig King, "Pig head, did the humans defeat you? How many were killed or injured?"

"Emperor Nian, we just fought against the humans and they were defeated and fled. However, this time the humans seemed to be a little stronger than last time. We didn't hurt any of them, let alone kill them." The Pig King replied.