Dreaming for 10,000 years

Chapter 398 Adding Money
The turtle spirit swayed, its body enveloped in murky mist. When the mist dissipated, it had transformed into an old man in brown robes, with a wet straw rope tied around his waist.

He gestured to the two crab spirits, signaling them not to alert the enemy, and he would go ahead and sound them out first.

If this were by a large river, they might not hesitate to arrest the person without hesitation. But this is Chu Shanjun's territory, and they dare not act rashly.

Arbitrarily arresting people in Chu Shanjun's territory is simply slapping Chu Shanjun in the face!
"Cough cough." The old man in brown robes pushed open the creaking temple door and saw two boys kneeling in front of a broken statue of a god.

The statue was only half-finished, with its head missing, but it was decorated with wildflowers and made quite lively.

"May I rest here for a while?" The old man pointed to the open space by the door, his cloudy eyes fixed on the backs of the two people.

This location is near the entrance, allowing us to block off two exit routes.

“…Omnipotent Dream God!” Yu Tian muttered to himself, then said to the old man in brown, “Please do as you wish, but do not disturb our prayers to the Dream God.”

"The God of Dreams?" The old man frowned. The River God clearly said he was investigating the "Messenger of the Cat God," so how did he become the God of Dreams?
Are these two not the people they're looking for?
He squinted, his nostrils twitching slightly.

A man and a woman match, their auras do match, especially the girl who carries a faint mark of a sacrifice. But why is it the Dream Goddess instead of the Cat God?
These capable henchmen in the River God's palace naturally knew that the River God cared about the "Cat God".

Is it really Cat God who has returned, or is someone impersonating Cat God, or is someone using Cat God to cause trouble?
After the two finished praying, the old man tentatively asked, "Could this dream god be the cat god?"

Yu Tian turned his head, looking completely bewildered: "Cat God? What kind of god is that? I pray to the Dream God! Old man, do you know the Dream God?"

Seeing the old man in brown shake his head, Yu Tian excitedly said, "The Dream God is a gentle and omnipotent deity who performs miracles in people's dreams!"

"Old man, you don't know, the palace of the Dream God is made entirely of white jade, the pillars are this thick, and the eaves are hung with luminous pearls." The boy gestured wildly, just like an ignorant country bumpkin.

The old man in brown twitched at the corner of his mouth. This boy was like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world, even his lies were so clumsy. He glanced at the girl beside him and saw her looking at the boy with eyes full of adoration, which only fueled his contempt.

They're equally ignorant!
Those spirits that can only enter dreams are those whose cultivation is inadequate, relying on deceiving fools to make a living! They are completely different from spirits like him who can transform into humans!
"After listening to so much of what I've said, do you believe in the Dream God?" Yu Tian looked at the old man in brown with eager eyes and said, "The Dream God said that as long as I develop three believers, I can be rewarded with one hundred taels of gold!"

"I'll share the gold with you then! If you recruit three more followers, the Dream God will give me another gold reward, which we'll then split. And if your followers recruit more followers, the Dream God will also..."

The old man in brown felt that listening to the boy was a complete waste of time. He shook his head and stood up.

Perhaps this foolish boy wasn't the boy in question, but rather the girl resembled the sacrifice offered to the River God. They had found Xiao Lingdang and Yu Tian by following the scent of the sacrifice emanating from her.

"Enough! Young man!" the old man in brown said, "Hand over the girl beside you to me!"

"Why?" Yu Tian asked, feigning surprise.

"She was once a sacrifice to the River God! The River God wants to take her back!" said the old man in brown.

Upon hearing the old man in brown's words, Little Bell shrank back in fright and clung tightly to Yu Tian's clothes.

"What I mean is, I went through so much trouble to find her! You're just going to leave without any proof?" Yu Tian said with a greedy and mercenary air, "Isn't that a bit inappropriate?" "Hahaha~" the old man in brown laughed loudly, "Good lad!"

"You!" Little Bell's eyes widened in disbelief, tears welling up instantly. "So you saved me just to sell me for money!"

"Of course! Otherwise, wouldn't I be getting you for free!" Yu Tian grinned and hugged Xiao Lingdang tightly, preventing her from escaping. "This is my wife, you'll have to pay extra, or I won't sell her to you!"

"Young man, you're quite a character!" The old man in brown found the boy in front of him rather amusing, seeing how despicable and shameless he was.

He had originally intended to kill him to silence him, but now he thought it would be more interesting to let him go. He took out a handful of pearls from his pocket, then deliberately let go, and the pearls clattered and rolled to the ground.

"Go pick it up!"

When Yu Tian saw the pearl, his eyes reddened. He released the little bell and pounced on the pearl. Just as he reached the pearl, a sudden change occurred.

His palm, brimming with powerful force, struck the brown-robed elder in the chest. He had originally intended to deceive the elder, making him believe that the dream god they worshipped was not the cat god.

However, he could not accept the old man in brown wanting to take the little bell, so he was forced to change his strategy and ambush the old man.

"Bang—" The old man in brown was sent flying out of the temple gate by the sudden palm strike.

Yu Tian turned around, carrying the little bell on his back, and dodged the four giant pincers, each the size of a millstone, as he broke through the wall and entered!

The old man in brown was sent flying out of the door, crashing into three pine trees as thick as bowls before finally coming to a stop.

"You little beast!" The old man in brown revealed his true form in the dust, his millstone-sized turtle shell covered in a horrifying web of cracks. His beady eyes blazed with fury, and veins bulged on his short, thick neck: "All I do is hunt geese, and now I've been pecked in the eye by one!"

At that moment, he suddenly remembered the River God's majestic dragon eyes that had warned them: "Humans are born with seven orifices of exquisite intelligence; when it comes to cunning, we aquatic creatures can't even come close."

Yu Tian, ​​carrying a small bell on his back, leaped out of the temple gate, the mountain wind whipping at the hem of his tattered clothes. A cold smile played on the boy's lips as his gaze swept over the two menacing crab spirits:
"What did I think it was, making a clattering sound when it walked? Turns out it's a crab spirit that walks sideways!"

As early as halfway up the mountain, Yu Tian's extraordinary hearing had already detected those unnatural "clicking" sounds.

He had intended to avoid the enemy's wrath by carrying the little bell, which is why he staged that absurd "dream god" act. Unfortunately, he was ultimately too inexperienced and couldn't fool this centuries-old turtle spirit.

"Hold on tight!" Yu Tian shouted, and suddenly leaped into the air. His toes lightly touched the treetops, and his figure swayed like a willow catkin in the wind.

This is a movement technique he created after combining the "Wind God Leg" with the lightness skill he saw in his dream, called "Willow Catkins Following the Wind".

"Trying to run away?" The yellow crab demon suddenly stood upright, its two pincers clashing heavily together.

A visible sound wave rippled outwards, causing the leaves of the surrounding trees to fall in a rustling sound. This was none other than the River God's secret martial art, "Surging Waves Crashing Against the Shore!"
(End of this chapter)