Dimension Demon's Chat Group

Chapter 155 Zhuge Liang

Within the inner universe, in the main hall of the Reincarnation Pavilion.

Lin Yu sat cross-legged on a jade futon, his dark eyes gleaming with silver light, as if they could pierce through the endless void and see the nearly infinite myriad worlds within it.

At this point, twenty-three days had passed since the two new group members joined the group, and half a month had passed since the Battle of New York.

In the past two weeks, Lin Yu has basically only done two things. The first thing is to stay in the Marvel Universe and oversee Linghua II until she has completely brought the entire Chitauri race under her control, and then she chooses to return.

The second thing is the world coordinates that Lin Yu himself has been searching for.

Thanks to the Marvel Universe and dimensional magic, his knowledge in this area has become increasingly extensive, and his understanding of space and dimensions has also advanced by leaps and bounds.

Today, he finally found the world coordinates of the group members, and there were as many as three of them!

Lin Yu opened the chat group and shared the good news with his group members.

The group members were both surprised and delighted, and hurriedly asked what worlds were included.

[Lin Yu: If I'm not mistaken, it should be Tang Dynasty Brick, Joy of Life, and the Three Kingdoms world...]

[Yun Ye & Fan Xian: Good, good, good!]

He Jingfeng: ?

Lin Lie: ?

[He Jingfeng: What are you asking? I was here first!]

[Lin Lie: Brother He, what's this about first come, first served?]

[Lin Lie: We're in the same boat, we should unite against a common enemy first...]

[He Jingfeng: That makes sense, it was my fault!]

Looking at the scrolling messages in the group chat, Lin Yu couldn't help but smile knowingly.

He had actually suspected this situation for a long time.

Searching for world coordinates is the ability of his conscious mind, and therefore the starting point is his internal universe.

Including the Tang Gui world that has already been discovered, the four group member worlds closest to the inner universe are all low-magic or even non-magic worlds, and it is very likely that they are all located in the same area of ​​the endless void.

Lin Yu's inner universe must have also drifted to this area, which is why it encountered the chat group that accidentally entered his inner universe at the very beginning...

From this perspective, his existence was indeed an accident.

According to the screening criteria before the chat group was upgraded, the initial group members should have all been people from the low magic world or below!

[Yun Ye: Alright, I know you're all envious, I'm envious too.]

[Yun Ye: Old Su was only a little over a month ahead of us, but he's already reached the seventh level of Qi Cultivation like a rocket. Who wouldn't be envious of that kind of cultivation speed?]

[Yun Ye: Brother Lin, forget about those two, let's connect to the world quickly, I can't wait!]

[Fan Xian & Li Shimin: +1]

Lin Yu: Don't rush.

[Lin Yu: I've gained some new insights into dimensional portals. If all goes well, I should be able to try and open a fixed portal.]

[Lin Yu: The three of you all have your own power bases. Why don't you find a suitable place first, settle on a location, and then let me connect the two worlds?]

[Yun Ye: That's great!]

[Yun Ye: I was just planning to build the Jade Capital on Mount Kunlun, so why don't we open a teleportation portal there!]

[Fan Xian: I also have a suitable position, but I need some time to prepare...]

[Lin Yu: Then whoever is ready first, will contact me first to open the portal.]

[Li Shimin: Me! Me! Me!]

[Li Shimin: I am ready!]

[Yun Ye & Fan Xian: So fast?]

[Li Shimin: Hehe, I am, after all, the emperor. Designating a restricted area within the palace is a piece of cake for me!]

[Lin Yu: Shall we start now?]

[Li Shimin: Wait, this matter is of great importance and cannot be kept secret from the important officials of the court. If you don't mind, brother, I would like to witness this together with the Chancellor!]

He has been in the group for over twenty days now and has a general understanding of the brothers in the group.

Among them, Lin Yu, the strongest, was the one he was paying close attention to. As far as he knew, this person came from a higher world and was a true immortal who had lived for thousands of years.

Compared to someone older than the dynasty itself, Li Shimin, who had lived two lifetimes, was merely an infant.

Therefore, he called him "elder brother" very naturally and happily, without feeling any sense of condescension or shame.

[Lin Yu: Zhuge Liang...] [Lin Yu: No problem!]

Upon receiving Lin Yu's approval, Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he immediately issued an order to summon Prime Minister Zhuge to the palace.

While waiting for the Prime Minister, Li Shimin led Guan Xing to the Shou'an Palace pavilion. His gaze swept over the rather simple palace before him, and he pondered the location of setting up a teleportation portal.

The imperial palace in Chengdu was expanded from the original Yizhou governor's office after Liu Bei became emperor, and it is historically known as the Han Palace or Shu Palace.

Although this palace was far smaller than the Han palaces in Chang'an and Luoyang, as the core of the Shu Han regime, it still followed the various rules and regulations established by the Han Dynasty.

The palace city is laid out symmetrically along a central axis, starting from Duanli Gate in the south and extending to the rear garden in the north. It is about 300 meters wide from east to west and 500 meters deep from north to south.

The main building complex consists of a front court and a rear palace. The front court, centered on Chengguang Hall, was where the civil and military officials of Shu Han held court and conducted official business. The rear palace, centered on Shou'an Palace, was where the emperor and empress lived.

The palace walls are about six meters high, with gates on all four sides. The south gate is a three-tiered pavilion-style building, with bronze camels and stone lions symbolizing royal power standing outside the gate. An armory was built in the northwest, storing weapons, armor, and otherworldly divine weapons.

An ancestral temple was set up in the southeast corner to enshrine Liu Bang, Liu Xiu, and other ancestors of the Han Dynasty.

The construction of the Altar of Earth and Grain in the southwest corner conforms to the Han Dynasty tradition of "ancestral temple on the left and altar of earth and grain on the right".

Li Shimin glanced around and realized with a sigh that his performance in the group chat had been somewhat hasty.

The Shu Han imperial palace was too small, incomparable to the later Chang'an imperial palace, which was five or six miles long and three or four miles wide. For a while, it was really hard to find a secluded and suitable place.

This is quite normal. As Zhuge Liang said in his "Memorial on Dispatching the Troops": "The palaces in Chengdu should be kept simple."

Liu Bei had experienced hardship in conquering the world, and Liu Shan listened to Zhuge Liang's advice. Naturally, they would not be extravagant and waste the national strength of Shu Han on the renovation of the palace.

It can be said that, apart from the public areas of the front palace, the emperor's private territory was very small, not even as large as the courtyards he left for his retainers and guests in his previous life as the Prince of Qin.

After some thought, Li Shimin belatedly realized that he had been living in such a cramped place all along.

What's even stranger is that he didn't feel awkward at all. In fact, he was full of energy every day and actively handled government affairs, without feeling that his standard of living had plummeted.

Is this the power of romance and ideals of the Shu Han state?
With a sigh, he led Guan Xing down from the pavilion and into the hidden chamber in the southwest corner of Shou'an Palace.

The so-called "secret chamber" was a hidden room connected to an underground passage. There were oil pipes inside the palace walls. Once the war spread to the inner palace, the emperor could escape through this room and set fire to the palace to block the pursuers, thus buying time.

At the same time, if there are treacherous officials in the court who wield immense power and oppress the emperor, armored soldiers can be placed in the secret chamber to summon the treacherous officials to this place and execute them in the most brutal way.

Of course, for the Shu Han state at present, this place is dispensable and was established purely out of habit.

However, although Li Shimin doesn't need it, it seems quite suitable as a location for a fixed teleportation portal. It's just a question of whether the powerful figure will be unhappy about it...

As Li Shimin was thinking this, he casually instructed Guan Xing to wait outside the palace so that he could bring the prime minister over.

Guan Xing respectfully accepted the order, without doubting what Li Shimin was planning. He simply grabbed his sword and strode away, arriving outside the Shou'an Palace.

Soon after, a series of rhythmic footsteps came from outside the dark chamber.

Li Shimin smiled and immediately stepped forward to greet him.

Soon, a middle-aged man, eight feet tall, wearing a turban and a crane-feather cloak, and holding a feather fan, appeared before him. Although his face was etched with the marks of time, his handsome features still revealed the dashing charm of his youth.

Without a doubt, this person is Zhuge Liang, who single-handedly elevated the entire surname!

Upon entering the secret chamber, Zhuge Liang, who was over forty years old, held a feather fan and bowed deeply to Li Shimin.

"I have met His Majesty!"

"No need for such formalities!"

Li Shimin, with a broad smile, helped Zhuge Liang up by the arm.

"How has the Prime Minister been lately?"

"Thanks to Your Majesty's great fortune, this old minister is in good health and has recently made some progress in Qimen Dunjia. I feel a warm current growing within my body, which may be what Your Majesty calls Qi sensation..."

"Oh?"

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but say, "It's only been a few days, and you've already developed a sense of Qi?"

Zhuge Liang sighed, "I am ashamed. Your Majesty has bestowed upon me such exquisite Qimen techniques, which also contain annotations from past masters, yet it still took me seven full days to generate a sense of Qi. I am truly ashamed before Your Majesty..."

Senior?
They must be juniors!

Li Shimin suppressed a laugh. The Qimen Dunjia technique he bestowed upon Zhuge Liang was the Wuhou Qimen Dunjia from "Under One Person," which was the legacy left by Zhuge Liang from that world.

The annotations were naturally added by generations of descendants of the Zhuge family.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang regarded his future descendants as his ancestors, Li Shimin found it amusing, but shook his head and said seriously, "Father, do not belittle yourself!"

"The world today is different from that of ancient times, and the cultivation of Qi is also incomparable to that of the past."

"The fact that the Prime Minister was able to sense the Qi within just seven days is already a testament to his extraordinary talent. If those so-called predecessors in the books were to come to this era, they might be even slower than the Prime Minister!"

(End of this chapter)