If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1053 Attracting Monsters

"Brother Chen, look, isn't that the dream of King Chen Sheng?"

In the dream dimension, the two ghost messengers had lost their human form, leaving only a faint, extremely light wisp of yin wind.

Compared to the Immortal Path, the Divine Path has indeed conducted more in-depth research on the dream dimension.

The two ghost messengers held only a mid-level position in the City God's Office.

But their performance at this moment is something that many immortals who have attained enlightenment for many years cannot do.

"Sigh, why would we need to identify them? We are ghost messengers ordered to summon souls, and we came directly by following the aura. How could we mistake someone for someone else?"

Unlike Song Hu, who was staring intently at Chen Sheng's dream in the distance, Chen Long remained cautious, glancing left and right.

"We've locked onto King Chen Sheng's aura, so we definitely won't get lost. Now we're just afraid of disturbing the immortals who are protecting him."

Brother, stop staring at King Chen Sheng and look around you more.

If the spirit of a powerful deity flies over, we must run!

"Song Hu" said helplessly, "Brother, you're thinking too simply. If we're really being targeted, do you think we can escape?"

Even if they escape, can they escape the City God's Office?

If you are discovered, don't run, just kneel down and beg, "Father, spare my life!"

Chen Long frowned and said, "Brother, we are the 'Little Martial Judges' of the City God's Office in Fuli. We have been gods for thousands of years and our fame has spread far and wide throughout the old Chu and old Wei kingdoms."

Many people know our divine names and even worship us in their homes.

"A god shouldn't be too undignified!"

"What 'Minor Martial Judge'? It's just the lower-level officials flattering us."

No matter how renowned we are, we cannot compare to Judge Zeng. And Judge Zeng is far inferior to our lord.

Song Hu's eyes flickered as he asked, "Do you know why the master invited King Chen Sheng?"

He even attended the "Feast for Killing Feathers" the day before yesterday, and he was extremely obsequious to King Chen Sheng!

It's only been two or three days, and they're already trying to summon the spirit of King Chen Sheng.

There's no other reason, our master is scared!

They feared losing their divine position and being cast into the Fengdu Hell.

Are we more arrogant than him?

Even the master had to kneel down and call her "Old Mother".

"When we face the possibility of losing our lives, kneeling down and begging 'Father, spare our lives,' how is that shameful?"

Chen Long's expression changed several times, and finally he sighed in frustration, saying, "We two brothers are really unlucky! There are so many ghosts and gods in the City God's Office, but we're the ones who got into this mess."

Song Hu shook his head and said, "This matter is already set in stone and must be carried out. There's no use in complaining anymore, brother."

Chen Long focused his attention again, looked around, and whispered, "It seems like nobody's paying attention to us. How do you feel, brother?"

Song Hu chuckled and said, "Zeng Wupan is just a few hundred feet away. In a way, he's also within Tianzhu Peak."

As long as we are careful and hide even better than him, we have nothing to fear from being exposed.

Even if the immortals of Tianzhu Peak noticed that King Chen Sheng's soul had been taken away, they would first notice Zeng Wupan, who was "not so well hidden".

In the dream dimension, we are ultimately slightly stronger than Zeng Wupan, who hid in the divine dimension.

Chen Long seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "Let's pretend to be passing by and wander around the edge of King Chen Sheng's dream a couple of times."

"Brother is wise!" Song Hu praised.

Two old ghosts with ulterior motives cautiously flew around the dream world of Tianzhu Peak.

No one stepped forward to reprimand them.

They felt a little relieved and tiptoed outside Chen Sheng's dream.

"King Chen Sheng~~~ King Chen Sheng~~~"

Although Chen Sheng had "great ambitions" and was even identified as the "grave digger of the Qin Dynasty," and the ghosts and gods around Dazexiang began to respectfully call him "King," he did not dream of becoming emperor at this time.

He was working in the wheat field!
Previously, he was a commoner who often worked in the fields.

Tonight I dreamt again of the days when I used to brag to my friends on the ridges of the fields.

He was saying something like "How can a sparrow know the ambition of a swan?" and "If we become rich and powerful, let us not forget each other," when he suddenly heard someone calling his name.

Standing on the edge of the field, Chen Sheng, leaning on his hoe, looked back in confusion and saw two very familiar figures in the distance, beckoning him.

He walked over in a daze.

—I never expected that I would actually summon the spirit of King Chen Sheng, and that no one would notice!

Suppressing his excitement, Chen Long bowed deeply and extended his hand in an invitation, "King Chen Sheng, our master invites you to a banquet. The eight-horse carriage is ready."

Even when he was right in front of him, Chen Sheng still couldn't see the face of the person opposite him clearly. He could only vaguely see two dark figures, but he felt a sense of familiarity with them.

They looked like important people, and were so respectful and courteous to him. "Chen Sheng, the farmer in the field," felt very honored and immediately followed them "outside."

Seeing how easily Chen Sheng's soul was summoned, "Song Hu" was pleased on the surface, but inwardly he was puzzled: "The tiger skin of the 'God of the Underworld' is really effective. Even though Mingzhu Peak is under the strict surveillance of the Heavenly Court and the Mountain God, it still managed to summon the soul of the 'Man of Heaven'."

Unlike Chen Long, who was only focused on being happy.

As Song Hu approached Chen Sheng's dream, he felt as if he were being pricked by thorns: he had been discovered.

However, it was not the Qi cultivators on Tianzhu Peak who intended to support the Dragon Court who discovered them.

Instead, they are the Six Ding and Six Jia, Heavenly Court Envoys, Water Department Officials, certain Star Lords, Heavenly Pillar Bee Mountain God, and powerful beings of various statuses and positions.

Song Hu noticed at least ten gazes sweeping over him.

Upon discovering their identities as "City Gods and Ghosts," over 70% of the attention immediately shifted away.

The remaining "gaze" was left to the ghosts and gods to take away Chen Sheng's soul.

This put "Song Hu" in a difficult position.

His goal was not to become "Chen Sheng the Great".

How could they kneel down and beg "Father, spare my life" without disturbing the extraordinary people, immortals, and powerful beings inside and outside Tianzhu Peak?
—It seems that the Bee Taoist has lost a "bee queen's body" and is also seriously injured, so he didn't come here to protect Chen Sheng.

Song Hu muttered to himself, glancing left and right.

He had personally witnessed the Bee Taoist's abilities in dreams.

Aside from the "bridge-building" technique, which imitates the followers of the Chaos Demon God and is somewhat flawed, the secret arts mastered by Bee Taoist are no less impressive than the "Dream God Technique."

If the Bee Taoist were to guard Chen Sheng, no matter how careful the two ghost messengers were, they wouldn't be able to take his soul away silently.

The fact that Bee Taoist wasn't watching over Chen Sheng tonight is probably because he suffered considerable injuries from the death of one of his clones last time and is currently recuperating.

After weighing the options in his mind, Song Hu still felt that taking only Chen Sheng was a bit of a loss.

Although simply messing with the three awful characters—the Earth God, the Earth Goddess, and Sun Dalang—was enough to make her feel incredibly satisfied, she also wanted to make a bunch of "godfathers" along the way.

It would be best to alert the Bee Taoist and have that old bastard trigger the Great Annihilation of Father tonight.

She didn't want to waste too much time on Feng Daoren or in Dazexiang.

Seeing that Dazexiang was under close surveillance by the Heavenly Court, she could already imagine how many powerful gods and immortals would be watching Xiang Yu after the Xiang family army rose to power.

She needs to activate Da Mieba before the Xiang family becomes a "news focus" like Dazexiang.

"Song Hu" used a trick: he used the "Dream God Technique" to awaken Chen Sheng, restoring some of his consciousness from his daze. Then Chen Sheng saw the true appearance of the two figures in front of him who felt so familiar: two meters tall, with leopard heads and bulging eyes, faces as blue as indigo, and protruding canine teeth, fierce as ghosts.

"Oh dear, a ghost~~~"

Originally, Chen Sheng was quietly following Chen Long and Song Hu, drifting out of the dream world. Suddenly, he felt that the two were not close to each other, and he twisted his face and screamed.

"Damn it, our bewitching spell failed! Alas, King Chen Sheng truly is a great benefactor," "Song Hu" lamented.

Chen Long was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening and quickly grabbed Chen Sheng's arm, gently persuading, "King Chen Sheng, don't be afraid. We are ghost messengers from the Underworld of Fuli, ordered by our lord, please—"

But before he could finish speaking, a sharp shout came from afar.

"Hey, where did this wild ghost come from, daring to plot against General Chen Sheng!"

Following that shout, several other voices rang out.

"Oh no, General Chen Sheng has lost his soul!"

"Damn it, someone has plotted against General Chen Sheng!"

"Quickly search the surrounding area, where has General Chen Sheng's spirit gone?"

"No need to look anymore, General Chen Sheng has been bewitched by two cunning old devils."

"I'm dreaming right now. Stop them quickly, don't let them escape."

"Activate the Immortal Array, initiate the Military Array! Five Elements Heaven-Turning Array, Yin-Yang Dust Array, activate them all!"

"Activating the formation is useless; they've already left the camp's area in the dream dimension."

"Where is it? Where is it? I can't see it."

"Fellow Daoists, if you have cultivated Yin Spirit or Primordial Spirit, immediately send your souls out of your bodies to intercept those two old ghosts in the dream. What cunning old ghosts, they didn't leave any trace."

The sounds were mixed and indistinct, making them difficult to understand, but they terrified Chen Long and Song Hu.

"Brother, we're doomed! The Qi cultivators on Tianzhu Peak have spotted us! Run! Run!"

Chen Long was holding Chen Sheng's arm, trying to comfort him.

Hearing the shouts of battle behind him, his instinct was to turn tail and run.

Even while running, he didn't forget to let his brothers know.

He forgot he was still holding Chen Sheng's arm while running.

Seeing Chen Long pull Chen Sheng away, "Song Hu" was speechless.

They could have stayed and waited for the Qi cultivators from Tianzhu Peak to gather around, then immediately knelt down and begged, "Father, spare our lives!" Why did they run away?

After hesitating for a moment, "he" didn't remind Chen Long in order to appear more natural, and simply followed along as they flew away.

"Big brother, whatever you do, don't leave the dream dimension."

Seeing that Chen Long intended to return to the "Ghost Path" and enter the Divine Path dimension.

"Song Hu" quickly reminded him, "You heard it just now too. There are many extraordinary people on Tianzhu Peak who can astral projection and primordial spirit projection."

We had barely shown ourselves in the Ghost Path when they stopped us immediately; we didn't even have a chance to use 'divine escape'.

Chen Long suddenly realized and said repeatedly, "Brother is right, those strange people are not very familiar with dreams."

We summoned the spirit of King Chen Sheng, but they didn't notice.

King Chen Sheng woke them up, but they couldn't see us and were still shouting "Where are we?" Hehehe~~

As he spoke, he delved deeper into the more complex and intricate layers of the dream.

Even Song Hu, who was standing beside him, was somewhat impressed by his "dream escape technique".

Experts are experts.

Deities seem to be more naturally adapted to the dream dimension than immortals.

The greatest difficulty in traversing dreams is always the complex "space-time" environment, which can easily lead to a loss of consciousness.

From the moment a deity obtains a divine talisman, they acquire the "talent" to deeply integrate with the laws of the divine path.

Even in dreams, one can sense the divine laws of the outside world.

If one can sense the laws of the divine path, one will not be lost.

As the influence of divine laws gradually weakens, the deities will immediately realize that they have gone in the wrong direction and quickly change course.

Chen Long and Song Hu experience "Fast and Furious" in their dreams. Chen Sheng, who is being swept along by Chen Long, gradually understands the situation.

"Are you two ghost messengers from the Underworld? Why have you kidnapped me? I have a destiny to live, and my lifespan in the mortal world is not yet over!" he shouted.

When Chen Long turned around, he was nearly scared to death.

"Oh dear, what's King Chen Sheng doing here?"

"Big brother, you've been dragging him along the whole time!" "Song Hu" said, barely suppressing a laugh.

Chen Long almost threw Chen Sheng away.

Before he threw Chen Sheng away, "Song Hu" quickly said, "Brother, King Chen Sheng is very uncomfortable. Use your divine power to wrap his body."

"Our master instructed us to invite the King to the banquet, not to seduce his spirit."

It's also strange that ghosts are so light that holding one in your hand feels like holding a straw.

Chen Long ran ahead, while Chen Sheng floated behind, like flying a kite.

"King Chen Sheng, I have offended you greatly, and I apologize to you now." Chen Long said as he ran, wrapping himself tightly around Chen Sheng with his divine power, while forcing a fawning and apologetic smile onto his face.

Chen Sheng regained his composure, and the fear and anger on his face were replaced by majesty and solemnity. He asked, "What kind of ghosts and gods are you? You said you were hosting a banquet for this general, so why are you secretly calling my soul?"
The Celestial Master of Tianzhu Peak wanted to rescue me, but you all ran at full speed instead of stopping to explain.

Is this how you treat guests?

Before Chen Long could explain, a sharp shout came from behind, "You thief, where do you think you're going?!"

Upon closer inspection, "Song Hu" realized it wasn't Feng Daoren calling.

There was no trace of the Bee Taoist behind him.

—We won't stop until we lure out the Bee Taoist.

He thought to himself, then cried out, "The mud got into my crotch, I can't explain it now."

"Brother, run! Let's get back to the City God's Office and ask him to do us justice!"

Just as Chen Long was about to stop and explain, he heard his brother calling urgently, and immediately panicked and lost his composure. He could only pull Chen Sheng along and run as fast as he could.

"Damn it, these two old devils are quite skilled in the art of dream escape, I can't catch up with them!"

Fellow Daoist Song, where is the Bee Daoist?
His "The Art of Bee Dream Transformation" is exquisite.

In dreams, he is even more agile than we are in the mortal world; quickly summon him to rescue our lord!

"Senior Gu, please don't be anxious. Fellow Daoists have already sent a message to Bee Daoist."

Even though he is still in seclusion healing his injuries, he will surely send a clone to support us.

No sooner had Fellow Daoist Song finished speaking than a long howl came from behind, “I’m here! Fellow Daoists, make way and watch me unleash my great magic to capture those two little devils!”

Along with the sound came a dense swarm of black-armored guards.

(End of this chapter)