Dreaming for 10,000 years

Chapter 207 Little Flame

Shi Fei was stunned.

He recalled his dream and realized that he had only paid attention to the people in the dream and never paid attention to the reptiles. To him in the dream, no matter how powerful the insects were, they were just decorations in the background, no different from ants.

Just like in Azathoth's dream, what is the difference between the Old Ones and humans? It is just a play in the eyes of the dreamer.

"So..." Shi Fei narrowed his eyes and asked tentatively, "You built the Jade Emperor Temple to distort the Old Ones?"

"It's not us!" The old woman's voice suddenly rose: "It's our ancestors! Before us, our ancestors already knew how to use the power of faith to distort those indescribable existences."

Her history is very ancient, but before her, people were able to use faith to distort the Great Old Ones.

"Is the Jade Emperor really him?" Shi Fei asked again, "How did he do it?"

He always thought that the Jade Emperor was Azathoth. The bugs in the dream distorted the dreamer. But how did this happen?
"I only know a little bit," the old woman said. "The history is so long that it has changed a little after being passed down orally."

"What are the differences?" Shi Fei asked.

The old woman recalled and said, "Some people say it was a long gamble. Some people say it was a scary story and knowing the story behind it would bring misfortune."

"Others say it is a struggle, an eternal game. Many people have different views on this. Only the people in the Jade Emperor Temple know the real reasons and methods. But they won't tell you."

"..."Shi Fei felt that this hanged man was actually also a riddle man.

"It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that for us, we know how to use the tools, but we don't know why the tools are like that!" The old woman seemed to see his dissatisfaction and explained patiently.

"Master Shi!" Yu Changsheng suddenly interrupted, his voice filled with urgency: "Right now, it is more important to quell this drought!"

He was confused and felt that the conversation between Shi Fei and Chen Miaozhu was like a riddle, but he knew that the most urgent task was to solve the drought in Shandong.

Shi Fei nodded, turned his gaze to Chen Miaozhu, and asked directly: "Where is the seal of Nüba?"

A complicated look flashed across the old woman's eyes and she said, "North of Chishui."

Shi Fei asked: "Where is Chishui?"

The old woman slowly raised her skinny finger and pointed to the ground: "Underground!"

Chishui means a red river. Only underground lava rivers are red.

"Where is underground? How do we get there?" Shi Fei asked.

"Do you believe in God?" the old woman suddenly asked Shi Fei.

Shi Fei frowned and asked, "What does it mean to believe in God?"

The old woman's eyes flashed with a special light and she said, "To believe in God means to believe that everything in the world is created by God and ruled by God. People don't need brains, they just need to crawl at the feet of God."

"God can answer all problems. All actions are arranged by God. We must serve God throughout our lives."

Shi Fei sneered, his tone full of disdain: "My knees are stiff, I can't even kneel down, let alone crawl down."

The old woman nodded, seemingly not surprised by his answer: “Then you can go. “

She turned to look at Yu Changsheng, "Do you believe in God?"

Yu Changsheng straightened his back and said firmly: "I am a disciple of the Maoshan Sect, so I naturally believe in the Three Mao Patriarchs."

"Sanmao?" The old woman shook her head. "Then you can't."

Ah Ruo, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up: "I... I also believe in the Scorpion God."

As a Gu Master, he must believe in the corresponding Gu God.

The old woman shook her head again: "You can't do that either."

"So, I have to go alone!" Shi Fei looked at the situation in front of him and understood clearly.

The old woman looked at Shi Fei and said, "Young man, I hope you will be successful." She turned slowly and gently stroked the cracks on the base of the altar with her skinny fingers. Her action seemed to have triggered some ancient mechanism, and a hot wind suddenly gushed out of the cracks, carrying the pungent smell of sulfur.

"It's right down here!" said the old woman, pointing at the crack.

As she finished her words, the cracks in the pedestal gradually widened, revealing the dark bottomless abyss below. Hot air gushed out of the cracks, as if there was not a hole below, but a blazing furnace.

Shi Fei turned to Ah Ruo and said, "Be careful, I'll be back soon!"

Afterwards, he did not hesitate and smashed the base of the altar with one palm.

The moment the rubble broke apart, a stronger heat wave rushed towards him, and the air was filled with a burning smell. He leaped into the dark abyss.

The descent was longer than expected. At first, traces of artificial carvings could be seen on the cave walls, which were covered with ancient runes and star maps.

But as you go deeper, the walls of the cave gradually become rough, as if they were torn apart by some huge force, forming winding caves.

The hot wind became stronger and stronger, carrying a pungent smell of sulfur, and the temperature continued to rise. Shi Fei followed the direction of the hot wind and finally came to a huge underground cave.

A river of hot lava flows slowly in the cave, and the red lava reflects the stalactites hanging from the top of the cave, like countless inverted swords.

What is even more shocking is that countless brass armillary spheres are floating on the lava river.

The surfaces of these armillary spheres are engraved with ancient star maps and oracle bone inscriptions, and a small cluster of flames floats in each armillary sphere. Sometimes the flames condense into human shapes, sometimes turn into flying birds, and sometimes scatter into tiny starlight.

Shi Fei recognized the flame trapped in the armillary sphere.

The Fire Spirits, the followers of Cthugha, are the cell fragments of Cthugha. Their existence at this time is one of the keys to sealing Cthugha.

"Chi chi chi chi~"

"Dregs, dregs, dregs~"

"We are happy little flames~"

As soon as Shi Fei approached, he heard the noisy voices of the Fire Elves, as if thousands of children were talking in his mind at the same time. Then, countless armillary spheres suddenly surrounded him, and the flames jumped excitedly, shouting noisily:

"Wow! Someone is here!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, come! I've finally seen you!"

"My father is about to escape, kill him quickly!"

"Yes, yes, yes, we must cut the aorta!"

"We'll lead the way for you! People, come this way..."

Shi Fei was caught off guard by this sudden enthusiasm and couldn't help asking, "Wait... who is your father?"

"Of course our father is Cthugha!"

"No, they are our mothers!"

"He is both mother and father!"

"Yes, you are right!"

"Agree!"

"Agree!" XN.