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

Chapter 115 Ghost Laughs at the Poor Stone Bridge

Before the Gate of Hell, after cleaning up the battlefield, Li Min pulled Sun Qing out of the ground.

At this moment, Sun the bandit leader was barely breathing, his eyes rolled back, and he was on the verge of death.

Upon being unearthed, the bandit leader's instinct for survival caused him to gasp for breath. Li Min tied him up with a rope, and seeing that he still didn't wake up, she slapped him several times.

When his eyes regained some luster, the man shook his head, glared at her, and was about to curse. Li Min directly shoved a piece of knife tip into his mouth.

Sun Qing winced in pain and bit down on the tip of the knife to shut her mouth.

He ordered the [Construction Corps] to begin construction, and left Li Min to interrogate him about the method of making [Upper Pool Water]. Li Yu and the other two dismounted and stepped into [Ghost Gate].

There are three hundred stone houses inside the gate, each one different.

There are easy monsters to fight, and there are troublesome ghosts.

Li Yu took out the [Five Brightness Pouch] and distributed the Hundred Herbs Dew to Wang Bin and Xiong Ba, telling them to wipe their eyes with it.

Then he chose a stone chamber and went inside.

When people cannot see ghosts, ghosts are illusions. When people can see ghosts, ghosts can be deceived, captured, impeached, and killed.

There was little movement inside the stone chamber. Dozens of [warm corpse ghosts] lay lazily on the ground, and only five or six of them reluctantly sat up when they saw Li Yu and his companions enter the room.

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"The Corpse Demon"

[Rank] Mystic

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With droopy eyebrows and listless eyes, they are all slow-moving and procrastinating, each one a late-stage procrastinator.

He wouldn't wipe his bottom until his legs were sore and he was seeing stars; while others left for the early market under the stars, he didn't get up until the sun was high in the sky.

No matter what the situation, don't rush until it's absolutely necessary.

The closer they got, the more irritated Wang Bin and Xiong Ba became. Especially seeing the lazy, slow-moving nature of this bunch of good-for-nothings, they couldn't help but feel inexplicably angry.

Wang Bin unleashed a sword strike, splitting a [Warm Corpse Demon] in two.

One half is still scratching their head and picking lice, while the other half is still fiddling around without finding a solution.

After a few breaths, the two halves merged back into one, returning to their original state.

Wang Bin was filled with rage and was about to raise his sword again when Li Yu tapped him on the head with the Demon-Slaying Spear, which startled him and brought him back to his senses.

On the other side, Xiong Ba, with a small bun on his head, came to his senses and, remembering his irritable behavior just now, couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

"This ghost can disturb people's minds, so be careful," Li Yu said.

Xiong Ba and Wang Bin nodded in agreement. When they stepped forward again, they were already very cautious, but they still couldn't help but feel a burning anger in their hearts.

The two forced themselves to remain calm, identified a [warm corpse ghost] and surrounded it, hacking at it more than ten times in a row, until they finally made a discovery—the ghost's body had become somewhat lighter in color.

The two estimated that if they could split it open a hundred or eighty times, they might be able to destroy the ghost.

There are just two difficulties.

Firstly, the two cannot stay near the [Warm Corpse Demon] for more than fifteen minutes; if they do, their minds will be corrupted by it. Therefore, they have to fight for a while and then rest for a while.

Secondly, if touched by a [Warm Corpse Ghost], one's heart burns with intense heat, yet the body becomes lethargic and unwilling to move. The intertwining of these two sensations drives one to the brink of madness.

What a torturous experience.

After about half an hour, Li Min and Mu Jin arrived following the sound and joined the ranks of "slaying ghosts".

A moment later, the [Warm Corpse Demon] finally turned into a wisp of smoke and vanished without a trace.

Although no items were dropped, the four people looked happy, clearly having gained a considerable amount of [Martial Arts] experience points.

So the "ghost-slaying" project continued.

Xiong Ba called Li Yu to come together, but Dean Li shook his head. He looked down on this little bit of experience, and even more so on the speed of "monster hunting". Instead, he began to explore the stone chamber.

Li Yu walked along the wall for a while and finally found a small door about two feet wide in a corner.

The small door appears to be painted with wood ash, not realistic.

Li Yu swallowed the [power bead] and pushed hard.

Rumble!

The stone door turned, and a gust of cold wind blew out.

Li Yu stepped aside.

Hearing the commotion, the four men, including Xiong Ba, turned around to look, but were all grabbed by the arms by the [Warm Corpse Ghost]. Their bodies went limp, and they collapsed to the ground, exhausted.

The [Warm Corpse Demon] lay sprawled out on top of the group, leaving them limp and powerless to get up.

They could only watch helplessly as their own dean released another kind of ghost.

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"The Reckless One"

[Rank] Mystic

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Dozens of ghosts swarmed out of the small two-foot-wide door.

They pushed and shoved each other, vying to be first.

Some heads were squeezed flat, while others rolled upside down like gourds.

Even after leaving the small door, the ghosts did not rest for a moment, but wandered around in the stone chamber.

They could either kick the [Warm Corpse Demon] away or slam their head into the stone wall.

This is the [reckless fellow].

He was flustered and acted recklessly.

Hundreds of people pass by the corridor, but he alone will bump into a pillar; a perfectly good glass cup will shatter when it encounters him.

Xiong Ba and his three companions lay on the ground, trampled and kicked by this group of reckless fools countless times.

Upon seeing this, Li Yu stepped forward and took Xiong Ba's [high-quality replica of the Fish Intestine Sword].

With a flash of sword light, the [Warm Corpse Demon] lying on the four people was cleaved in two; with another horizontal slash, the [Reckless Demon] charging forward with its head covered was cut in two.

Then, Li Yu held half of the [Warm Corpse Ghost] and a piece of the [Reckless Ghost] in each hand, and put them together.

In an instant, the one who was supposed to be gentle with the corpse was no longer gentle with the corpse, and the one who was reckless was no longer reckless; he had become a gentleman of moderation.

The gentleman bowed to Li Yu in thanks and then disappeared.

Li Yu followed the same method, combining the other half's recklessness and eccentricity into a gentleman.

"[System]: Congratulations to the player for converting [Warm Corpse Ghost] and [Reckless Ghost], gaining 136 [Martial Arts] experience points."

Xiong Ba, Wang Bin, Li Min, and Mu Jin regained their strength and began to learn from Li Yu how to slay and merge with ghosts.

However, the [Warm Corpse Ghost] was lazy and did not dodge when attacked; while the [Reckless Ghost] was swift and difficult to kill.

Li Yu then offered his hand.

After half an hour, all the ghosts in the room disappeared.

Li Min and Mu Jin each increased their [Martial Power] by three or four levels, while Xiong Ba and Wang Bin, who were at the [Mysterious Rank], also gained a considerable amount of experience.

There are only two items, two [Moonlight Rolls].

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"Moonlight Roll - Ghosts Can Be Sold"

[Rank] Yellow.

[Attribute] The moon shines brightly at midnight, illuminating the earth. Holding this scroll at that time will open the gate to time and space.

[Description] Some can be chopped down like thunder, others can be sold like a laughing ghost.

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This is the story of "Song Dingbo Catching a Ghost," which everyone who has received nine years of compulsory education knows, so there's no need to elaborate.

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"Moonlight Roll - Ghost Laughs at Poverty"

[Rank] Yellow.

[Attribute] The moon shines brightly at midnight...

[Description] Bolong has been laughed at by ghosts all his life, and has no money to spare, so he should be disrespected.

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This is the story of "Liu Bolong being laughed at by a ghost," which tells of Liu Bolong, a poor official during the Southern Dynasties, who summoned his subordinates to discuss ways to make money. A ghost appeared beside him, clapping and laughing. Liu Bolong sighed, "Poverty is my destiny; can I really bear to be mocked by a ghost?"

The discussion was then dropped.

The four were quite satisfied with the two [yellow-grade] coins that had fallen. Li Yu, however, was somewhat disappointed.

After the four of them rested for a while, Li Yu went out of the house and pushed open another stone chamber.

But it was a fat, chubby debt collector carrying an account book.

This time, there were no shortcuts. It took the five of them half a day to kill the dozen or so ghosts.

Then they moved to another stone chamber.

A group of philanderers approached, and upon seeing Li Min, they winked and made advances towards her.

When Mu Jin stepped forward, her scarred face immediately terrified them, and they scattered in all directions.

The four of them chased after them in circles, running until they were covered in sweat before finally killing two of them.

Li Yu took a peony flower, about half a person's height, from the [square pot] and placed it in an empty space.

The philanderers suddenly stopped and then rushed under the peonies.

But only one ghost succeeded, and he lived alone under the flowers.

Then, the flowers withered and the ghosts vanished.

As the peonies were displayed, the ghosts vanished into thin air.

At noon, Li Yu and his four companions went out of the "Ghost Gate" for lunch.

By this time, many players had already gathered here, hoping to obtain the [Upper Pool Water] and enter the [Ghost Gate] to level up.

Li Yu did not stop him.

Unfortunately, the [Shangchi Water] was newly made and there wasn't enough to go around; there were only a dozen or so servings, and everyone fought over them, their faces flushed.

Seeing that there were many disciples from the inner and outer courtyards of the Sky Academy among them, Li Yu called them to the outside of the Ghost Gate amidst the envious gazes of the others, and gave each of them a drop of Hundred Herbs Dew.

After Li Yu and his companions finished their meal, they entered the [Ghost Gate] again.

[The Two Ghosts], [The Vile Ghost], [The Big-Headed Ghost]...

As dusk settled, Li Yu finally smiled after beheading a charlatan who was reciting a nonsensical poem: "Full of food in the house, wild manure gathers on the ground."

This time, a small bridge collapsed. It was carved from stone and was quite exquisite at first glance.

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Stone Bridge

[Rank] Earth Grade

[Attribute] After death, one can use this bridge to choose where to be reborn.

[Description] When a person dies, they enter the Six Bridges to seek their next life. In the next life, their bodies differ, and their lifespans vary. They are born and die, die and are born again. Some lose their bodies to other species, their spirits enter other shells. Others have their sins absolved, their skin shed, and they are reborn as humans.

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The city is under lockdown, all they're doing is making things worse for others...

(End of this chapter)