Three Kingdoms Lords: Starting by walking into the mouth of a giant python

Chapter 107 A Thousand Wooden Slaves

After returning to Fanghu, Li Yu stood atop the hill.

Eighteen days ago, the three-inch-tall palace transformed into a ball of light and merged into the index finger of my left hand, and a [Golden Jade and Glazed Palace] appeared on the mountaintop.

It remains a magnificent and resplendent palace.

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The Palace of Gold and Jade Glass 1/6

[Rank] Earth Immortal

[Characteristics] Swallows mountains and rivers, creates summer in my region

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[Swallowing Mountains and Rivers]: Swallowing other places' rivers and mountains and incorporating them into the [Glass Palace].

[Create My Summer Zone]: Within a thousand miles of the palace, build your own home. Each floor can be configured with [Characteristic] x1, [Tree] x1, and [Animal] x1.

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When Li Yu first saw the characteristics of [Swallowing Mountains and Rivers], he couldn't help but try it out.

As a result, he moved a small mountain peak, about five miles in circumference, from the foot of the Taihang Mountains into the first floor of the [Glass Palace].

The high mountains turned into deep valleys, which the surrounding villagers considered a miracle and offered incense and sacrifices to the gods.

Although this action nearly caused Li Yu to die from exhaustion, and he remained in a daze for the next few days, as if he were still hungover, he was still excited when he thought of the many auspicious places abroad and the many secret places in Kunlun and the Four Seas.

Li Yu felt that with the [Swallowing Mountains and Rivers] in hand, as long as the space of the [Glass Palace] was large enough, he could devour the entire world.

For several days in a row, Li Yu would occasionally smile.

Seeing this, the young maidservant often stood guard behind her mistress, looking very wary. Her daily mood for "reading by the company of a beautiful woman" was completely ruined by her.

[Characteristics: Creating My Summer Zone] refers to a six-story palace, each layer spanning a thousand miles. The first to sixth floors correspond to [Unranked] to [Immortal Rank], respectively. Each floor can be customized with a corresponding [Characteristic], animal, or plant.

The first layer has been unsealed, corresponding to [Ungraded]. After much deliberation, Li Yu chose [Thousand Wooden Slaves], [Wine Tree], and [Intestineless Fish].

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"A Thousand Wooden Slaves"

[Rank] Not Ranked

[Attribute] Orange trees grow abundantly within the territory, Commerce +20.

[Description] During the Three Kingdoms period in Eastern Wu, Li Heng always wanted to manage his household well, but his wife always disobeyed. Later, he secretly sent ten guests to build a house on Sizhou Island in Longyang, Wuling, and planted a thousand sweet orange trees. On his deathbed, he instructed his son, "Your mother disliked my managing the household well, which is why we are so poor. However, there are a thousand wooden slaves in my town who will not ask you for food or clothing, and will give you a bolt of silk every year, which should be enough."

More than twenty days after Heng's death, his son told his mother, who said, "This must be a sweet orange tree. Your family has lost ten households and guests have come for seven or eight years. Your father must have sent them here as a house."

At the end of the Wu dynasty, the oranges of Henggan ripened, yielding several thousand bolts of silk annually, making the family quite wealthy. —From *Xiangyang Ji*

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Orange trees are mostly distributed in the southern regions of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Zhejiang, but they are difficult to grow in the north.

The Glazed Palace possesses the [Special trait: Thousand Wood Slaves], which naturally allows it to grow orange trees and harvest tangerines. However, Li Yu chose this trait not for the purpose of planting trees and selling fruit.

He wanted to see his parents as soon as possible.

In the third [dream], Li Yu finally reunites with his parents and learns about their experiences.

The two elders traveled through time together and obtained a [Heavenly Grade] cultivation method early on. This method was quite wondrous, ensuring the two elders' safety.

However, their cultivation methods largely depend on citrus fruits. Since citrus fruits cannot survive in the north, they had no choice but to migrate south.

Li Yu planted oranges, and the bigger the oranges were, the more they attracted his parents.

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'Wine Tree'

[Rank] Not Ranked

[Attribute] Flowers and leaves can be used to make wine.

[Description] In the kingdom of Dunxun, there are wine trees, like pomegranate trees. Their blossoms and leaves, when placed in a cup, will ferment into wine in a few days. — *Funan Ji*

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Gutless fish

[Rank] Not Ranked

[Attributes] The fish meat is edible and delicious.

[Description] Mount Tiantai is full of wonders, including the intestinalless fish in the temple pond. Legend has it that a monk once prepared the fish to eat, but people who saw him mocked him for harming life, a trait common to Buddhist monks. The monk immediately released the fish back into the pond, and they survived. This cycle of life continues to this day. —From *Jie'an Ranbi*

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Choosing the [wine tree] adds another specialty to [Xianlu]. Choosing the [gutless fish] is because it is "delicious" and very easy to cook.

Without gills, scales, or internal organs, it can be quickly washed and thrown into the pot for steaming, saving time and effort. [Pot] Chief Chef Jiang Yaya likes it the most.

Li Yu took out the scrolls and blueprints he had obtained from Victor and examined them one by one.

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Ancestral Spirit Worship Ceremony

[Rank] Earth Grade

[Attribute] Summon the ancestral spirits of the priest.

[Description] Both East and West Slavs have special ancestral worship ceremonies, held twice a year, in spring and autumn. The spring ceremony is held on the seventh day after Easter, also known as the Day of the Dead or Easter of the Dead. The autumn ceremony is called the Ancestor Worship Festival or the Great Autumn Festival. People invite the spirits of their ancestors to their homes for a feast, offering them wine and soup, or burning pine torches to keep them warm.

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Li Yu also used this kind of scroll once in his play "The Dream." At that time, he summoned Li Quan, a Song dynasty man and husband of Yang Miaozhen, a member of the Red Turban Army. He was skilled in riding and archery and was known as "Li the Iron Spear."

But his strength is just so-so, far inferior to Li Yu's. He's really a useless character.

However, Li Yu heard that some players with the surname Li, as well as the natives, had summoned Li Bing, Li Dian, Li Xin, Li Guang, Li Keyong, and even Li Shishi, Li Qingzhao, and Li Shimin.

Some people even confidently asserted that the likes of Li Changgeng and Li Er were just around the corner.

However, in the more than two hundred years since the three "dreams" were proposed, no one has ever succeeded.

I hope I'll be luckier next time I use it.

With this in mind, Li Yu went to examine the [construction blueprints].

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『Building Blueprints - Golden Apple Garden』

[Rank] Heavenly Rank

[Required for construction] [Fairy Garden] One side.

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The "immortal fruits" in Chinese mythology are numerous and varied. These include the Jiaoli fire date, the immortal apricot peach, the ginseng fruit, and the yellow plum, among many others. Of these, the peach is the most common.

The Queen Mother of the West met Emperor Wu of Han and shared green peaches; Dongfang Shuo stole peaches, Sun Wukong stole peaches...

Peaches, besides being associated with longevity and immortality, are also the essence of the five elements, capable of subduing evil spirits and controlling all ghosts.

As described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, in the East Sea, on Mount Dushuo, there is a giant peach tree that stretches for three thousand miles, beside which is a gate to the underworld. Shen Tu and Yu Lei are stationed there, overseeing and commanding ten thousand ghosts.

Unlike Eastern mythology, the most common divine fruit in Western mythology is the apple.

In Greek mythology, Hera, the queen of the gods, owned a golden apple tree, guarded by the three goddesses: Ladon, the dragon, and the Hesperides. The eleventh labor of Hercules and the Trojan War are also related to the golden apple.

In Celtic mythology, Avalon, the final resting place of King Arthur and the paradise of the afterlife, is also known as the Isle of Apples.

In Norse mythology, all species age over time, including the gods. The Aesir gods of Asgard, however, maintained their youth and immortality by consuming the "Apple of Youth."

Li Yu picked up the Golden Apple Garden, intending to place it in the Immortal Garden, when suddenly there was a commotion outside the pot.

At midnight, Li Yu, wearing a crane-feather cloak and carrying a feather fan, went out to take a look. It turned out to be the chubby young man Zhang Fei who brought an urgent report, saying that the Xianbei people wanted to withdraw their troops.

Liu Bei and Jian Xian remained in the city to guard against Tan Shihuai's tricks. Meanwhile, Guan Yu, the leader of the Chu alliance, General Xia, and Gongsun Bogui had already pursued them out of the city.

Upon hearing this, Li Yu immediately transformed into a [blue goose] and soared into the sky.

Zhang Fei mounted his horse and shouted, "Sir, wait for me!"

But how could they catch up?

Sixty miles outside the city, flames suddenly rose and the sounds of battle shook the heavens.

"Don't leave, Tan Shihuai!"

Xia Yu, Guan Yu, and Gongsun Zan, swords drawn, spurred their horses and charged through the Mongol hordes, crashing straight into the Xianbei cavalry. Chu Tiankuo rang out his [Mountain-Driving Bell], sending stone spikes flying and warhorses neighing. The Chicheng cavalry seized the opportunity to plunge into the enemy ranks.

The attack was swift and fierce, like arrows, piercing straight into the Xianbei central army camp.

The Donghu soldiers surged out, intending to capture the four leading generals.

Guan Yu and his men, however, were determined to break through the Donghu soldiers and take Tanshihuai, even at the cost of injury.

The [wild goose] swooped down, and the strong wind blew hundreds of Xianbei people to their knees.

The [Azure Goose] landed and transformed into [Zhuge Liang], the [Widow's Silk] was laid horizontally, and the [Puppet] immediately sounded.

Thousands of Xianbei cavalrymen defected in a thunderous roar. Taking advantage of the situation, Li Yu summoned [Skeleton Warrior Ding Gu] and a group of long spear and axe skeletons, and charged into the enemy ranks under the cover of night and in the chaos.

With a wave of his hand, Tan Shihuai unleashed a rain of arrows at Zhuge Liang.

"Here I come!"

Zhang Fei, the chubby boy, rushed out from the side, wielding his spear like a shield to block the arrows.

The somber music continued as the battle lines slowly advanced.

Suddenly, a series of wolf howls, tiger roars, and bird cries erupted, and Helian, transformed into a [silver body], entered the arena with a flock of birds and beasts.

Li Yu's zither music changed, and dozens of tigers and wolves turned to bite the [Donghu soldiers], while dozens of crows and sparrows flew to the back of the central army tent.

Crows and sparrows are considered "unworthy" birds, so Tan Shihuai and several tribal leaders didn't care. They only had their guards shoot a few arrows to drive them away.

However, after a burst of bird chirping, droppings rained down on the group of Xianbei officials.

Tan Shihuai couldn't avoid it and got soaked.

"That brat Zhuge! He's gone too far!"

Tan Shihuai was furious.

(End of this chapter)