Dreaming for 10,000 years

Chapter 183 Hard of Hearing
After killing these people, Shi Fei returned to the courtyard to see if there was anything missed.

The sky was just getting light, and the morning light was dim. The courtyard had been engulfed by flames, turning into a charred ruin, with sporadic sparks flickering among the broken walls. The air was filled with a burnt smell mixed with a strange stench, which made people frown.

At the gate of the courtyard, a white-haired old man stood there quietly with a hunched back.

He was wearing a ragged coarse cloth shirt, the collar was stained with traces of time, the cuffs were worn white, and the trouser legs were short, revealing his skinny ankles. His feet were bare, and the soles were covered with calluses, which were obviously the marks of years of hard work.

Could it be that the Deep One has other accomplices?
"Why has this place become like this?" Shi Fei walked to the gate of the courtyard, pretending to sigh heavily, and his eyes swept across the devastated ruins, his brows slightly furrowed.
The old man heard the noise and slowly turned his head. He looked at Shi Fei with cloudy eyes and asked hesitantly, "Young man, do you also feel the call of the Dragon King?"

Shi Fei said: "Not bad!"

"Young man, do you also feel the call of the Dragon King?" the old man asked again, then waved his hand, pointed to his ears, and signaled Shi Fei to speak louder.

He is old and hard of hearing.

Shi Fei said loudly: "Yes, I also feel the call of the Dragon King!"

The old man then heard what Shi Fei said and said, "The Dragon King promised to give you a few eggs!"

"Ah..." Shi Fei was stunned by the question. He remembered that the elder of the Deep Diver said someone came to cheat them of eggs.

I didn’t expect that someone would actually come to claim the eggs!
Seeing Shi Fei stunned, the old man sighed and said earnestly: "Young man, you haven't been deceived, have you?"

Shi Fei smiled bitterly and said, "I guess I was deceived. The Dragon King didn't promise me eggs!"

"Ah? What did you say?" The old man couldn't hear clearly again, so he tilted his ear and moved closer.

"I said I was cheated!" Shi Fei said loudly: "The Dragon King did not promise to give me eggs!"

After hearing this, the old man shook his head with a look of regret on his face: "Young man, how can you be so naive! The people in the martial arts world are treacherous. Why would you trust him if he doesn't have eggs? The Dragon King promised me that I can get six eggs for each visit!"

"...What you said makes sense, old man!" Shi Fei said, bowing.

Seeing Shi Fei's respectful attitude, the old man seemed quite satisfied, so he started to talk: "When the foreigners first preached in Yucheng, no one believed them. For those of us who make a living on the sea, we feel a little greasy when we see them."

"The government officials all believe in the Jade Emperor, so naturally they don't believe in them. I came into contact with them by chance."

"That night, a big fish came into my dream and said a lot of nonsense."

"Unfortunately, I was hard of hearing and couldn't hear what he said. I only heard him say that if I trusted him, I could get the eggs. So I came here half-believing and half-doubting to get the eggs."

"That time, I was the only one who came to get eggs, and I got a big basket. I took it to the market and exchanged it for some pork. The pork was so fragrant and delicious!"

At the end, the old man was quite proud. Nothing is as delicious as pork!

"Later, you believed in the Dragon King?" Shi Fei said loudly.

"I've already received the eggs, why do I still believe in it?" The old man replied as a matter of course: "Of course I believe in Mazu! I am loyal to Mazu. When I came to receive the eggs, I asked Mazu."

"..." Shi Fei nodded, thinking that this was the truth.

"Didn't the Dragon King come to find you in your dream in the end?" Shi Fei couldn't help but ask again.

Cthulhu is not one to suffer loss. How could he not be angry when being teased by an old man?
"Of course the Dragon King is here," the old man said, "but I am hard of hearing and didn't hear clearly what he said."

Shi Fei had to give a thumbs up. What a hard of hearing person!

"Finally, I asked the Dragon King if he had any eggs left?" The old man said, "The Dragon King said, of course I have as long as I believe in him. So I got eggs every now and then."

"But the Dragon King's servants don't seem to be very good!" The old man frowned, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.

Shi Fei asked: "What's wrong?"

"The first time I came to collect eggs, I got a big basket! Later, when I went again, the Dragon King was getting more and more prosperous, but the number of eggs we collected became fewer and fewer!" The old man shook his head, looking helpless: "When there are fewer, there are only three or five, and when there are more, there are only seven or eight. It's really too few!"

"Fortunately, the price of eggs has gone up now, otherwise it wouldn't be worth making this trip." The old man sighed, with a hint of regret in his tone.

The price of eggs in the entire Yucheng has risen because of the Dragon King Temple distributing eggs.

"As I watched the number of eggs I collected decrease, I knew that the Dragon King Temple would be destroyed sooner or later!" The old man looked at the small courtyard that had been burned to ruins. "I just didn't expect it to be so soon! When I came here early this morning, I saw that it had been burned to ashes. It's a pity that there will be no more eggs to collect in the future."

"What a pity! I didn't get any eggs!" Shi Fei also sighed and said, "Where else can I get eggs?"

He was testing the old man to see if he knew where else eggs could be distributed. Maybe he was also a servant of Cthulhu.

The old man glanced at Shi Fei and said, "How can such a good thing happen every day? Young man, don't get something for nothing!"

As he spoke, the old man walked away slowly. He seemed to be heading towards the Mazu Temple.

Shi Fei wandered around the area and left when he saw nothing unusual.

Walking in the streets of Yucheng, Shi Fei saw people with braids all over the city, and his ears were filled with words from all over the world.

"…The trade route to Japan is closed, so we can only go to Southeast Asia. There are too many red-haired devils in Southeast Asia, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to please them if we go there."

"What are you afraid of? We're just living a miserable life! This year the government is collecting taxes in various ways, and the temple priests are urging us to make offerings. We can't survive any longer!"

"...Master Li from the north, who calls himself the God of Fighting, seems to have someone challenging him today."

"Last time, they said they asked Guan Erye to possess them. This time, I don't know who they asked to possess them. Let's go and see!"

"…It hasn't rained in Shandong for two months, but it's been raining non-stop around the capital."

"It is said that evil spirits often cause trouble, and the evil dragon turned into a dragon and absorbed the moisture from Shandong."

"…There seems to be a rebellion in the west, and it's very powerful. The court is sending people to suppress it. I have already received the transfer order."

"Is it possible that they are sending some Han people to die this time? Haha... the ones who have made contributions are the Tartars, and the ones who are sent to die are us! It's really..."

"Speak carefully! Speak carefully!"

After walking half of Yucheng, Shi Fei also felt the strange atmosphere of several places. City God Temple, Taoist Temple, Buddhist Temple, Government Office, Mazu Temple... Every place seemed to have its own secrets.

It's simply a riot of demons!

(End of this chapter)