Seeing that Cao Cao had become suspicious, Li Huan was not alarmed.
Zhuge Liang laughed and said, "Prime Minister, you are overthinking it. Huan will stay in the mansion, and I will take the gold to buy ingredients by myself."
Cao Cao asked, "The ingredients are from a distant foreign land. When will you be able to return? Or will it take several months?"
Li Huan hurriedly lied, saying, "Those precious ingredients are stored at the home of a merchant in Xiangcheng. We can ride horses through the night and return to Xudu tomorrow morning."
Cao Cao's expression was cold and stern. He stared directly at Li Huan, then glanced at Zhuge Liang.
"Very well! I will send two guards to accompany you to Xiangcheng!"
"Damn it," Li Huan cursed inwardly. "Cao Cao is such a cunning bastard."
However, this was within Li Huan's expectations.
Zhuge Liang cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister! I will depart in an hour."
Cao Cao immediately ordered his men to bring three hundred taels of gold.
Li Huan accepted the gold, then led Zhuge Liang and Hua Tuo to take their leave and quickly returned to the side room.
Hua Tuo hurriedly kowtowed: "I am eternally grateful for your life-saving grace!"
Zhuge Liang helped Hua Tuo up, saying, "Sir, there's no need for such formalities."
Hua Tuo asked curiously, "My benefactor, could you please tell me what delicious food could cure Prime Minister Cao's headache?"
Li Huan laughed and said, "To tell you the truth, I used extremely spicy and fragrant dishes to make Cao Cao very happy, and he temporarily forgot his headache."
Hua Tuo suddenly realized: "My benefactor's culinary skills are superb, truly admirable!"
Li Huan said, "It's just a trivial skill, not as good as your acupuncture skills, sir."
At this moment, Hua Tuo's stomach growled a few times, clearly indicating that he was starving.
Li Huan quickly took out a boxed lunch and a bottle of beer from the electric tricycle and offered them to Hua Tuo.
Zhuge Liang reminded him, "Brother Huan, now that we have the gold from selling boxed lunches, can you use your magic?"
Li Huan said, "Don't rush, let Mr. Hua Tuo fill his stomach first."
Because the system has not yet issued a notification that the task is complete.
Zhuge Liang sat down and introduced the names of various dishes to Hua Tuo.
Hua Tuo ate with great relish, completely absorbed in the delicious food...
Ding! The system finally beeped!
[Congratulations, Master! You've earned 300 taels of gold from Cao Cao by selling boxed lunches, completing the second task!]
Two hundred taels of gold can be exchanged for real-world currency.
[In addition, the owner's electric tricycle has been upgraded!]
Li Huan was excited and brought up the system panel to check the various parameters of the electric tricycle.
Overall vehicle body: thickened steel plates and reinforced structure.
All three tires: all thickened for increased wear resistance.
Battery capacity: increased tenfold!
Top speed: Increased to 80 kilometers per hour!
Li Huan thought that it would be even better if a closed cab were added to provide shelter from the wind and rain.
[Reminder to Master: The system has issued the third and final mission for "Traveling Through the Three Kingdoms"!]
[Go to Eastern Wu, set up a stall selling boxed lunches, and earn 300 taels of gold from Zhou Yu!]
Upon successful completion of the mission, 300 taels of gold can be exchanged for real-world currency.
[If the mission fails, the master will lose 300 taels of gold!]
Li Huan was startled.
Holy crap! Compared to Liu Bei and Cao Cao, Zhou Yu's gold was even harder to earn!
Because Zhou Yu was resourceful, quick-witted, and not easily fooled.
Moreover, Zhou Yu was arrogant, jealous of the virtuous and capable, and had a strong desire for revenge.
It's easy to imagine how difficult it would be to get three hundred taels of gold from Zhou Yu's pocket.
However, Zhou Yu had one major weakness—he loved Xiao Qiao too much!
If we can win over Xiao Qiao first, then we can definitely win over Zhou Yu.
[Reminder to Master: The "Fast Travel Channel" will be activated in one minute, leading directly to Eastern Wu.]
[A reminder to the owner: This rapid journey only allows one person to accompany you!]
Li Huan was stunned.
You fucking system, what a joke! You're making me choose between two options!
Taking Hua Tuo with them and leaving Zhuge Liang behind is definitely not an option.
Taking Zhuge Liang with them while leaving Hua Tuo behind would mean the rescue operation had failed and all previous efforts were wasted.
Li Huan questioned: System, explain to me why this quick transmigration can only bring one person.
[Because the master hasn't completed many tasks, and their current level isn't high enough.]
[Level 5 is required to use the "Fast Travel Channel" with two other people.]
[Level 10 is required to bring one person back to the real world.]
Li Huan understood the reason and, at the same time, developed a strong interest in "bringing people back to the real world".
He then browsed the system panel and found that his level was "Level 1".
Li Huan's mind raced, and he came up with a solution.
"System, postpone opening the 'Fast Travel Channel'. I'll rescue Zhuge Liang and Hua Tuo first and send them back to Liu Bei in Xinye!"
[Master confirms, "Opening the 'Fast Transmigration Channel' will be delayed?"]
"I'm sure!" Li Huan's mind was made up.
[A reminder to the owner: Upon arrival in Xinye, commands can be issued at any time to activate the "Fast Travel Passage".]
Li cheered, stepped out of the room, and carefully inspected the electric tricycle.
He tapped on the steel plate of the car body and then pressed on the tire.
Sure enough, the steel plates were thickened and the tires were made bigger.
Li Huan turned the car key to check the battery level.
That's right, the battery capacity is ten times higher than before!
The system didn't lie to me; it really upgraded the electric tricycle.
"Brother Huan, when can we use the Light Escape Technique?"
Zhuge Liang walked up behind Li Huan and asked in a low voice.
Li Huan said, "The situation has suddenly changed. If I use the Light Escape Technique, I can only take one person with me away from Xudu."
Zhuge Liang was taken aback: "This... what should we do?"
Li Huan pointed at the electric tricycle: "Now that things have come to this, we must take a tricycle, rush out of the Prime Minister's residence, and escape Xudu!"
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