As it turned out, his opponent indeed had excellent skills in nourishing energy.
Lu Bei spent over a thousand taels to hire fifty storytellers and selected the scripts himself for them to either sit by the lake or boat around, narrating from dawn till dusk.
At night, they held storytelling marathons under the lamp lights.
They spoke non-stop for three full days and nights, but the opponent didn't show any sign of exhaustion.
To be honest, the scripts were good. Cultural figures from Wu Zhou did have ink in their bellies. Just reading the text made you feel tangy. When recited by the storytellers, they were profound and lingering, instantly turning this lesser-known lake into a popular check-in spot.
The locals claimed that storytelling wasn't interesting and respectable people didn't listen to stories. They just liked to join the crowd.
