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

Chapter 91 The Son Returns

There were about a dozen birds, their cries shrill and piercing, causing Li Yu's eardrums to ache, and a sense of madness began to rise in his heart.

Fortunately, he has a [Spirit] attribute of over 30, otherwise he really wouldn't have been able to withstand it.

Li Yu summoned [Snake Princess], [Ding Gu], [Queen Mao], and a group of [Long-haired People], then transformed into [Azure Goose] and soared into the sky.

"My son is coming back..."

The birds were about to sing again, and the [grey goose] flapped its wings, creating a howling wind.

The chirping suddenly stopped, and several birds, unable to dodge in time, were blown out of the flock by the strong wind.

[Queen Feather] leaped into the air, heading straight for the wobbly, unsteady birds. Her pine sword pierced their wings in an instant, causing them to plummet to the ground, unable to fly any further.

The [Snake Princesses] drew their swords, but before they could even make a move, the [Hairy Men] swarmed forward, trampling and crushing the sparrows to death.

"[System]: Congratulations to the player for defeating [Yellow-grade · Son Returns], gaining 4 [Martial Arts] experience points."

"[System]: Respectfully..."

[The goose] fell back to the ground and transformed back into Li Yu.

More than forty bird carcasses were scattered on the ground. Li Yu asked the [long-haired man] to rummage through them and see if there were any fallen objects, while he looked around.

The difficulty of the [Challenge Area] levels increases from one to nine. But even the first level is not as simple as just a few dozen [yellow-grade] birds.

Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later, the chirping of birds calling "Child, come back!" rang out one after another.

A dark, dense flock of birds, like a giant curtain, blocked out the last rays of the setting sun, sweeping across the sky.

A rough estimate suggests there must be at least tens of thousands of these birds.

Li Yu rushed a few steps, transformed into a [gray goose] to meet the flock of birds, and blew a gust of wind first.

The massive flock of birds instantly split in two, bypassing Li Yu and the gale, and swooped down on the creatures in the [square pot] on the ground.

Puff puff.

The flock of birds cascaded down like a waterfall.

[Snake Princess] and [Queen Mao] were the first to be hit. Yet, like three reefs, they stood firm, unyielding, amidst the "Bird Waterfall".

[Snake Princess] relies on [Snake Scale Shield] and [Small Mastery] swordsmanship to defend herself flawlessly; while [Queen Mao] is unharmed with her [Hair Armor] and pine sword.

The long-haired people all have the characteristic of "hairy armor" and are not afraid of bird pecks or claws. At most, they will be knocked around by flying birds and look a little disheveled.

Of all living beings, only a few [bald-haired] creatures and the hairless and shieldless [Dinggu] suffered.

When the "Bird Waterfall" swept past and the "Grey Goose" fell back to the ground, it saw a head full of "bald hair" and a "Ding Gu" with broken hands and feet and fractured bones everywhere.

Li Yu summoned a [laborer skeleton], and then sent it back to [Fanghu] along with [Ding Gu] and [Bald Hair].

The massive flock of birds seemed to possess collective wisdom, soaring and circling above the crowd in neat and orderly formations.

Seeing that their previous "waterfall attack" was ineffective, the flock of birds stopped swooping down. Any attacks from the people on the ground were easily dodged by the birds.

In vain.

Seeing this, Li Yu carried out several sacks of hemp seeds from the [square pot].

Seeds can be either raw or ripe.

Li Yu grabbed a handful of raw pockmarked seeds and scattered them into the air. The flock of birds scattered with a roar, as if they had seen a great terror.

Li Yu scattered another handful of cooked hemp seeds, and the flock of birds swooped down in a chaotic frenzy, scrambling to peck at each seed. Their cries were mournful and shrill, as if they had seen a mortal enemy.

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"Son, come back"

[Rank] Yellow

[Description] Once upon a time, there was a stepmother who favored her own sons. One day, she ordered her two sons to plant hemp. She gave the raw hemp seeds to her own son and the ripe hemp seeds to her son from her previous marriage. She instructed him, "The one whose hemp grows will be allowed to return home."

The two sons were unaware of the details.

The youngest son had a fondness for cooked hemp seeds, so they exchanged them with each other. As a result, the son mistakenly planted cooked hemp seeds and could not return home. The mother, longing for her son, transformed into a bird upon her death, calling out, "My son, come back, my son, come back..."

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Li Yu ordered several long-haired men to scatter ripe hemp seeds into the air. A flock of birds swooped down to peck at the seeds, and the Snake Queen, Queen Hair, and the other hairy men took the opportunity to attack.

If the flock of birds resists, then the bird's feathers will be scattered with pockmarks.

Thus, the flock of birds, exhausted from running for their lives, lost their previous collective wisdom and were killed one by one, in groups.

Only when night fell and the birds could no longer see the pockmarked bird did they return to the sky, circling and crying mournfully.

Their numbers have decreased by nearly half.

Li Yu waved his hand, leading everyone back to Fanghu to rest. They would wait until dawn in the first checkpoint before using the pockmarked bird to kill the bird and pass the checkpoint.

The young lady of the Wang family took clean clothes and prepared to change Li Yu's clothes.

Li Yu suddenly had a flash of inspiration and had the young lady paint more than a dozen pictures.

Then, return to the checkpoint.

He gathered dry wood and piled it up like a small mountain. Li Yu exhaled forcefully, and flames roared into the air.

By the light of the fire, birds occasionally spotted the ripe hemp seeds on the ground and would swoop down to peck at them.

Li Yu ignored him and instead unfolded one of the young lady's paintings.

The firelight, as bright as a candle, illuminated the painting clearly.

On the Xuan paper, a six or seven-year-old boy with a chubby face is grinning and happily eating a handful of roasted hemp seeds.

Suddenly, a flock of birds in the night sky began to cry out mournfully.

Then, birds rained down on the painting.

Li Yu threw the painting into the fire, and a flock of birds immediately rushed into the flames, one after another, without stopping.

The fire was extinguished only when hundreds of bird carcasses finally put it out, plunging the area into darkness.

Li Yu shook his head, then spat out another breath of fire, igniting firewood and burning the bird carcass. Afterward, he threw a painting scroll into the fire.

Instantly, the birds flew like moths to a flame, and the painting was destroyed along with them.

This happened repeatedly until all twelve paintings disappeared, and tens of thousands of birds turned to ashes.

The space was filled with a foul, burnt smell.

Li Yu's feelings were complicated.

In the story of "[The Son Returns]", the stepmother's death from longing for her son is indeed pitiful. But what the story doesn't explain is what happened to the ex-wife's son, "Ue Aso," after he returned home alone.

"[System]: Players have passed the first level of the [Palace of Golden Jade and Glazed Glass] and received the reward [Bright Moon Pearl]."

A system notification interrupted Li Yu's reverie.

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"Bright Moon Shattered Pearls"

[Rank] Mysterious.

[Attribute] The pearl is as bright as the moon, its light shining for miles.

[Description] In the northwestern wilderness, there are two golden palaces, each a hundred feet high, topped with a bright moon pearl, three feet in diameter, whose light illuminates a thousand miles. — *The Classic of Strange Things: The Northwestern Wilderness*

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Li Yu's eyes lit up.

Returning to Fanghu, he transformed into a goose and flew to the top of the small hill in Fanghu, placing the broken pearl of the bright moon on it.

In an instant, the pot shone brightly, and the smoggy days and snowy nights of the past were gone.

A group of people, curious about the treasure, climbed up the hill to see it.

[Bright Moon Shattered Pearls] is three feet in diameter, bright yet not dazzling, and very pleasing to the eye.

The young woman said that he could study here so that his eyes wouldn't be hurt.

[Thirteen Ants] was initially annoyed because he couldn't go out of the [Pot] to fight monsters today, but now he's playing on the [Bright Moon Pearl] slide, having a great time.

After settling everything in, Li Yu walked out of the [Fanghu].

As time and space shifted, night turned into day. The former wasteland transformed into a forest.

A burning forest.

In the forest, bright red mice dart and frolic in the flames.

Its body is nearly ten feet long, as big as a calf. Its hair is as fine as silk and as soft as satin.

Seeing this, Li Yu turned back to the [Fanghu] and shouted towards the [Mingyue Pearl]: "[Thirteen Ants], come and work!"

Thank you to the brother "Book Friend 20220709115450456" for the 20,000 points reward.

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(End of this chapter)