Chapter 1159: Chapter 699: Exploitation_2
Mo Hua intensified his grip, âAre you qualified to ask me questions?â
Master She almost had his neck snapped by Mo Hua and hastily pleaded, âLittle ancestor! Spare my life! Iâll lead the way!â
Only then did Mo Hua let go.
Master She took a deep breath, stealing a glance at Mo Hua from the corner of his eye, his heart turning cold.
Damn, I misjudged him.
This kid is the most troublesome among these Hawk Dogs of the Taoist Court.
Outwardly, this little devil seemed to have the lowest cultivation, the weakest strength, and looked like a brainless, arrogant son of a noble family.
But unexpectedly, once in the nightmare, his Divine Sense turned out to be terrifying.
What the hell is going on?
Master She frowned, unable to make sense of it.
On the other side, Mo Hua was getting impatient, âHurry up and lead the way!â
Master She snapped back to reality and nodded repeatedly, âYes! Yes!â
Then, with a humble demeanor, he walked to the front of the River God Temple and stretched his hand to push the grand doors open.
âWait,â Mo Hua suddenly said.
Master Sheâs hand trembled, daring not to move.
Mo Hua glanced at Gu An and others, then asked Master She, âHow do we get these people out?â
Divine Sense gone, man gone; he didnât want Gu An and the others to stay here and encounter any dangers.
Master She said, âNot yet.â
Mo Hua silently looked at Master She.
Master Sheâs heart skipped a beat, and he quickly explained:
âReally, itâs not possible. Entering the dream is the River Godâs ability. I just set up the altar and borrow the ritual; how could I have the power to send these people out of the nightmareâŠâ
Mo Hua pondered for a moment and then asked, âYou also entered the dream, how did you get out?â
Master Sheâs face twitched slightly.
This kid, his mind is too sharp.
He weakly said, âIâŠâ
Mo Hua clenched his little fist.
Immediately, Master She said, âI⊠paid my respects to the River God, offered incense on the altar, bowed respectfully three times, and then I could leave the nightmare.â
âAltarâŠâ
Mo Huaâs eyes narrowed slightly and he nodded, âI understand, lead the way.â
Master She didnât know what Mo Hua had understood, but he didnât dare to ask and resignedly pushed open the grand doors of the River God Temple.
The bright red doors swung open, revealing just the tip of the iceberg of the scenery inside the River God Temple.
This River God Temple in the dreamland was much more majestic than what was seen outside.
The interior of the River God Temple was also much more spacious.
Mo Hua stepped into the River God Temple, facing a long white stone path, with carved beams and painted rafters on both sides, depicting various fish monster patterns.
Walking straight forward, after a distance, through the front hallâs grand door, he reached the plaza of the River God Temple.
Entering the plaza, Mo Huaâs pupils contracted.
The plaza was filled with âpeopleâ kneeling!
And these people looked very familiar; upon closer inspection, they were the fishermen from the small fishing village.
Even Old Yu was among them.
Their figures were ethereal, kneeling on the ground, worshiping towards the depths of the River God Temple, and at the same time, an ugly Blood Fish swam in their brains.
The Blood Fish swam in their Sea of Consciousness like swimming in water, occasionally taking a gulp, making the fishermenâs figures even more faint.
The kneeling fishermen all wore pained expressions, as if they were undergoing countless nightmares in a loop and offering their suffering faith to the Evil God in the endless cycles of pain.
Mo Huaâs gaze was unbearable.
For these fishermen, peace was fleeting, and pain was a lifetime.
Whether it was the noble families or the Evil God, they all regarded them as âtools,â exploiting everything from them.
However, the existence state of these fishermen puzzled Mo Hua.
They should all just be ordinary Loose Cultivators, not following the path of Divine Sense Proving the Dao, and shouldnât have an autonomous âDivine Thoughtâ incarnation.
These kneeling fishermen seemed more likeâŠ
After falling into the nightmare, their Divine Sense âmanifestingâ in the dream?
But Mo Hua was not entirely sure, so he asked Master She, âWhat exactly is going on with these fishermen?â
Master Sheâs eyes shifted, and he said solemnly:
âThese ignorant commoners are of low birth, living in hardship, so they pray to the River God for blessings, seeking the River Godâs mercy.â
Mo Hua said nothing.
Seeing that Mo Hua was not satisfied, Master She continued:
âIn order to make them grateful for the kindness, the River God constructed this dreamland, allowing all of them to kneel and pray here, day and night.â
Mo Huaâs gaze slightly hardened, and he roughly understood.
Ordinary Cultivators do not have incarnations of Divine Thought.
So, the Evil God wove a dream.
In the dream, all Cultivators can manifest their own Divine Sense.
This nightmare was created by the River God, or rather, the Great Wilderness Evil God, as a âcollective dreamland.â
The Evil God, through the nightmare, could maintain believers and absorb the faith of the devotees to strengthen itself, unbeknownst to gods and ghosts.
Master She said this dreamland was âday and nightââŠ
Meaning, this dreamland is not merely a dream, not just the kind of âdreamlandâ that only exists during sleep at nightâŠ
The fishermen of the small village are always in this dream.
Itâs just that at night, the dreamland becomes apparent.
And the medium for entering the dream, or rather, the medium âcontaminatedâ by the Evil God, is the well water that raised the Blood Fish.
Mo Hua couldnât help but remember that not long ago, he had drunk fish soup, and after his Divine Sense was contaminated, he experienced the nightmare.
In the dream, he and his little junior sister had several tragic separations and reunions, all ending badly.
After waking from the dream, he realized and crushed the fish monster in his Sea of Consciousness.
If not for that, if his Sea of Consciousness had been further contaminated, he might also end up like these fishermen, being dragged into this âcollective nightmareâ one night, never to escape or awaken, and thus completely becoming a âlivestockâ bred by the Evil God.