Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World - Chapter 16372

Chapter 16370. Intelligence

People say that war is a continuation of politics, and that’s very true. In war, politics permeates everything, even the issue of command. If Shi Yong and Xu Zhengqing contacted each other directly without going through General Li, they would be excluding him from the command system. This wasn’t just directed at General Li; it showed disrespect for the military and the royal family, even disrespecting the royal family—something the royal family absolutely could not allow.

If this angered the royal family, they might try to sabotage them. Don’t forget, General Li is still the commander-in-chief at the front. If he really does sabotage them, neither sects nor aristocratic families will have an easy time; at the very least, their losses will increase. This is something neither sects nor aristocratic families want to see. Therefore, in wartime, both sects and aristocratic families must give face to the royal family and obey General Li’s commands.

Both Shi Yong and Xu Zhengqing understood this principle, so their battle reports had to be submitted to General Li first, and then General Li would relay them to the other side. It could be said that General Li was the true commander of this operation.

After receiving news that Xu Zhengqing and his group had begun their retreat, Shi Yong immediately ordered, “Send the signal to everyone to immediately retreat back into the large magical artifact. We are retreating.”

Following his order, his disciples immediately relayed the message, and several large energy orbs flew directly into the sky. These energy orbs exploded in the sky, transforming into beautiful energy flowers. As the energy flowers bloomed, everyone who had been with Shi Yong immediately began to gather at the large magical artifact. At this time, some Five Elements Dividing Light Realms also appeared in the distance.

Soon, everyone returned to the large magical artifacts, which then flew away into the distance. This time, they used divine light, instantly increasing their speed. Shi Yong, who had been observing the Five Elements Dividing Light Realms, noticed that they weren’t using divine light to pursue him. This gave him a glimmer of hope; he immediately realized that the Five Elements Dividing Light Realms couldn’t use divine light, which was definitely good news for them.

On their return journey, they took a different route, avoiding most cities and the territories of major sects. Combined with their high speed, no one intercepted them, and they smoothly crossed Thousand Lotus Mountain, returning to Poplar City. Meanwhile

, Xu Zhengqing and his group also crossed the Tongtian River, but their situation was far worse. They had lost ten large magical artifacts, and many of the rogue cultivators who had accompanied them had also perished.

However, regardless of the circumstances, they retreated back to their territory. But this wasn’t the end. Although they had retreated, the battle wasn’t over. The Blood Slaughter Sect’s army had actually caught up. Upon seeing this, Xu Zhengqing immediately ordered, “Everyone outside the large magical artifacts, immediately enter the underground bases of Tongtian City and the other cities. Large magical artifacts, use divine light to accelerate your departure!”

Following his command, everyone outside the large magical artifacts began entering the underground bases of the various cities and strongholds, while the large magical artifacts activated their divine light and quickly departed.

The Blood Slaughter Sect’s army couldn’t catch up with the large magical artifacts, nor could they enter the underground bases of those cities. So, after destroying all the above-ground buildings in Tongtian City and several strongholds, they retreated.

After they had retreated, Xu Zhengqing, carrying the large magical artifacts, returned to Tongtian City. They then used the teleportation arrays of Tongtian City and the other cities to return to the Jade Beard Sect.

Upon their return, they immediately ordered the large magical artifacts to transport the contents of the artifacts to the interior of the divine kingdom for safekeeping. The remaining personnel were also settled. After everyone was settled, Xu Zhengqing went to General Li’s place.

When he arrived, he found General Li and his men already waiting for him. Upon seeing him, General Li immediately smiled and said, “Elder Xu is back. Please have a seat.” Xu Zhengqing responded and sat down.

After he sat down, General Li said with a smile, “Our operation this time was very successful. Although there were some losses, compared to our achievements, those losses are completely acceptable.”

Everyone nodded, their faces also beaming. General Li continued, “Let’s talk about our losses first. Ten large magical artifacts and approximately one million personnel were lost, but most were independent cultivators. Although the losses are significant, they are completely acceptable compared to our achievements.”

He paused for a moment, then continued, “Let me tell you about our results this time. We captured over twelve million ordinary people from Wujiang City and Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, killed over three million enemy rogue cultivators, and most importantly, we gathered two crucial pieces of information about their shape-shifting protective shields. First, the strength of those shields is determined by the number of people in them. A shield composed of ten thousand people cannot threaten our large magical artifacts, but a shield composed of one hundred thousand people can directly break through them. Second, those shields cannot be used with divine light. This information came from Elder Xu Zhengqing.” “We applauded Elder Shi Yong and his companion for gathering such useful intelligence while on the offensive.”

The crowd clapped enthusiastically, making Shi Yong and Xu Zhengqing feel a little embarrassed. They bowed to the crowd, understanding that the information about the shield’s strength being determined by the number of people inside was provided by Xu Zhengqing. Although Xu Zhengqing had also discovered that the enemy’s shield couldn’t use divine light, he discovered it later than Shi Yong. Therefore, by the time he passed this information to General Li, Shi Yong had already reported it to General Li. Thus, this information could only be considered Shi Yong’s report, not Xu Zhengqing’s.

General Li clapped his hands for a while, then stretched out his hand and pressed it down. Everyone then withdrew their hands and looked at General Li. General Li continued, “Elder Shi, Elder Xu, do you have any other intelligence? If so, please speak freely.”

Xu Zhengqing thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice, “There is indeed some intelligence. When we first made contact with them, I left a team in Wujiang City. Whenever we spotted any of their people leaving Wujiang City, we would engage them directly, keeping them occupied and preventing them from forming a battle formation. I wanted to see if they could still achieve their goals if we prevented them from forming a battle formation.” “They produce those deformable shields, and I discovered that they need to gather around a thousand people to form one. I also found that after a thousand people gather together, they take out threads that connect them, forming the shield, which can then deform and attack us.” Upon hearing

Xu Zhengqing’s explanation, General Li immediately nodded and said, “Good, this intelligence is extremely important. Their shield formed by a thousand people is definitely not strong enough. I just don’t know if there’s a quantifiable standard.” Xu Zhengqing replied

, “There isn’t a precise quantifiable standard, but there is one point… ” “Sir, that’s a thousand ordinary Throne-level cultivators. If they were connected by threads to form a shield, they would dare to directly attack a Kingdom-level expert. And if our Kingdom-level experts attacked their shield, they wouldn’t be able to break through it in

one go.” Upon hearing Xu Zhengqing’s words, General Li’s expression changed. He then asked, “So, a thousand Kingdom-level experts, using that shield, can deal with our Kingdom-level experts? How strong would a shield composed of ten thousand people be?”

Xu Zhengqing replied, “There’s no very quantifiable standard, but a shield composed of ten thousand people…” “The shield formed by ten thousand people cannot break through our large magical artifact. If they attack our large magical artifact with all their might, it will only cause the shield to shatter, and the people inside will be injured.”

General Li nodded, and Xu Zhengqing continued, “Although the shield formed by ten thousand people cannot break through our large magical artifact, they can certainly entangle with it and hold it back.”

Xu Zhengqing’s words made everyone’s expressions uneasy, but no one said anything. The fact that a shield formed by ten thousand people could hold back their large magical artifact was not good news for them.

At this moment, Shi Yong spoke up, “I also have some intelligence. When we attacked those herb gardens, the people inside fought back fiercely. After we killed them and destroyed the gardens, we discovered some of the cultivation techniques they practiced. These techniques all had markings with the words ‘Blood Slaughter Sect’ written on them. So I suspect that the enemy we are facing now might be called the Blood Slaughter Sect, or at least it must be related to it.”

Upon hearing this, General Li frowned and said, “Blood Slaughter Sect? I’ve never heard of it. Have you heard of this sect?” As General Li spoke, his eyes turned to Xu Zhengqing and the others, who were members of the Sect Alliance.

Xu Zhengqing frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, “No, I’ve never heard of this sect before. Judging from the name, it seems to be a demonic sect, but there are only a few famous demonic sects, and there’s never been one called the Blood Slaughter Sect.”

The other members of the alliance also shook their heads blankly; they hadn’t heard of the name either. General Li nodded after hearing their words and then said, “Alright, let’s report this matter and have the higher-ups investigate it thoroughly to see if they can find anything.” Everyone nodded. That was the only thing they could do now. It was better to let the higher-ups investigate this kind of thing. They believed that if the higher-ups couldn’t find anything, they wouldn’t find anything either. After all, they didn’t have time to investigate this matter right now, so the best course of action was to report it and let the higher-ups investigate while they continued with their own work.