Beauties in Simulation Cross over into Reality

Chapter 158: Chapter 141: To Lure Out Miss Bai

Upon receiving the news, Xiao Mo immediately headed for Anxiang City, the command center in the rear.

As the command hub for the World of Ten Thousand Laws, all sorts of intelligence was sent to Anxiang City.

There, Cultivators in the rear would analyze the vast sea of information to deduce the most advantageous strategies, then send them out across the World of Ten Thousand Laws via Communication Flying Swords.

So, when Xiao Mo arrived at Anxiang City, he saw tens of thousands of Communication Flying Swords forming several immense rivers of swords. They streamed into and out of the city, creating an incredibly spectacular sight.

Xiao Mo walked straight to the entrance of the Anxiang City Lord’s Mansion.

When Xiao Mo appeared, the few Sword Cultivators guarding the gate instantly went on high alert.

They couldn’t discern Xiao Mo’s Realm at all.

’We’re Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators and we can’t even see his Realm… That means this man is in the Upper Three Realms!’

Not long ago, a Jade Realm Human Race Cultivator had come to the City Lord’s Mansion and assassinated the Cultivators inside, resulting in a tragedy.

So now, whenever they encountered an unfamiliar Upper Three Realms Cultivator, whether human or demon, their first response was to treat them with the utmost vigilance.

“Gentlemen, would you be so kind as to announce my presence? I am Xiao Mo of the Confucian Academy, and I’d like to speak with Miss Shang Jiuli to catch up.” Xiao Mo stepped forward, bowing politely with his hands clasped.

The men saw the “Companion Saint and Sage” token hanging from his waist, and their expressions eased considerably. “Please wait a moment, sir. We’ll go announce you immediately.”

…

「Meanwhile, in a plaza within the City Lord’s Mansion.」

Communication Flying Swords descended one after another, where they were collected by Cultivators. Over a thousand Cultivators sorted the intelligence by factors such as location, personnel, and time before rushing the reports into the main hall of the City Lord’s Mansion, which stood at the head of the plaza.

Inside the main hall were a total of two hundred Cultivators.

The Realms of these Cultivators ranged mostly from Golden Core to Nascent Soul, and they all shared a common trait: “strong Divine Sense, but insufficient combat power.”

They would formulate corresponding strategies based on the intelligence that came in, sending their plans to the front lines immediately.

If a matter was of great importance, they would need to collate the information and report it up the chain of command, handing it over to higher-level decision-makers.

It was precisely because of the existence of this “brain” that the millions of Cultivators and various Sects of the Human Race Alliance could coordinate with one another and avoid falling into chaos.

In a corner on the left side of the hall, a woman was utterly exhausted. She rubbed her eyes, drank a cup of tea, and patted her cheeks to wake herself up a little before diving back into the mountain of intelligence reports.

A Sword Cultivator entered the hall and immediately spotted the woman. He hurried over and offered a salute with his sword in hand. “Mr. Shang, a sage from the Academy is here to see you. He says you are old acquaintances.”

“A Confucian sage? Here to catch up with me?” Shang Jiuli was taken aback for a moment, then her brow furrowed. “I don’t have time.”

“Yes, I’ll go inform him at once.”

“Wait.” Just as the Sword Cultivator was turning to leave, Shang Jiuli asked, “What’s the name of this sage from the Academy?”

“He said his name is Xiao Mo,” the Sword Cultivator replied.

Upon hearing the name “Xiao Mo,” Shang Jiuli’s eyes instantly lit up. She turned to her colleague beside her and said, “Wenwen, an old friend is here. I’m going to see him, I’ll be right back.”

“Huh? Jiuli… I can’t manage all this by myself…”

Before Xu Wenwen could finish her sentence, she saw Jiuli pull out a report, place it in her Sleeve Universe, and run out of the hall.

Shang Jiuli ran out of the City Lord’s Mansion and immediately spotted Xiao Mo.

“Senior Sister,” Xiao Mo said with a clasped-hand bow.

“I didn’t expect you to get here so fast.” Shang Jiuli looked a little anxious. “I was just about to send an urgent letter to you.”

“Is it about Xiao Qing?” Xiao Mo asked.

“Let’s go. I’ll take you to a wine stall; this isn’t a good place to talk.” Without wasting any more words, Shang Jiuli strode forward, and heedless of the propriety between men and women, she grabbed Xiao Mo’s arm and pulled him along.

Before long, the two were seated on wooden stools at a wine stall. The proprietor sliced half a pound of beef and brought over two jugs of Osmanthus Wine.

“Here.” Shang Jiuli produced a stack of reports from her sleeve and handed it to Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo took them and began to read through them carefully.

After setting up a Small Array to block both sound and Divine Sense, Shang Jiuli began to speak. “Just four months ago, Miss Xiao Qing of the North Sea appeared in the World of Ten Thousand Laws. She was leading five Flood Dragons and a Demon Race army three hundred thousand strong.

In that time, Xiao Qing has conquered two Human Race cities.

However, after taking them, she gave a strict order forbidding the Demon Race soldiers under her command from harassing the common people. Any who violated the order were to be executed on the spot!

Xiao Qing even took the initiative to open the granaries and distribute food to relieve the suffering of the common people caught in the war.

As a result, Xiao Qing has earned a surprisingly good reputation among many in the Human Race.

Furthermore, the North Sea’s offensive hasn’t been particularly aggressive.

Because of this, the Human Race Alliance decided it wasn’t necessary to divert too many forces to deal with her for now. They just needed to slow her advance and focus on handling the other, more critical fronts first.

But not long ago, Xiao Qing led her army and annihilated the Red Lotus Sect.

Immediately after, she did the same to the Yellow Sand Sect and the Shuiling Sect.”

Xiao Mo frowned and drank a cup of wine. “If I recall correctly, all of those Sects held a grudge against the North Sea.”

“That’s right.” Shang Jiuli nodded. “Of the twelve Sects that laid siege to the North Sea back then, the only ones left are the Red Lotus, Yellow Sand, Shuiling, and Black Mountain Sects. Xiao Qing is settling old scores.”

Shang Jiuli poured Xiao Mo a bowl of wine.

“To be honest, the Human Race Alliance never had a good impression of those Sects. They’re always shirking their duties and playing tricks. They even tried to preserve their strength during the great war, hoping to gain more influence afterward. Some even used the war as a cover to annex other Sects.

What’s more, several of those Sects even colluded with the Demon Race’s World.

The Divine Fist Sect, which you annihilated, was one of them.

But regardless, no matter how much we despise those Sects, we can’t just stand by and watch.

That’s why the Alliance high command has already issued an order to encircle and eliminate Xiao Qing.”

“I understand.” Xiao Mo nodded. “Do you have Xiao Qing’s location? I’ll go find her now.”

Shang Jiuli sighed. “Xiao Mo, I don’t know if you can make it in time. About the time it takes an incense stick to burn before you found me, I received word that Xiao Qing has already engaged the Black Mountain Sect in battle.

Anxiang City is deep in the rear of the World of Ten Thousand Laws, a great distance from the Black Mountain Sect. Even for an Ascension Realm expert like you, it would take quite some time to get there.

Besides, there’s something about this whole situation that doesn’t feel right to me.”

“What do you mean?” Xiao Mo asked.

“On Xiao Qing’s side, the highest-Realm individual is Xiao Qing herself, and she’s only at the Late-stage Jade Realm. Any random Immortal Realm expert leading a hundred thousand Human Race Cultivators could join forces with the Black Mountain Sect and easily suppress her.

And yet, the news I’m hearing is that the Old Ancestor of the Tianlan Sect is personally going to kill her.”

Shang Jiuli looked directly into Xiao Mo’s eyes.

“I have a gut feeling… I think someone is using Xiao Qing as bait to lure out Miss Bai.”