She is no longer the Wu Xiao who used to joke around with him, but the Empress of the Great Martial God Dynasty.
"This is the leader of the guardians of the sixteenth district of the new secret realm." The Left Prime Minister briefly explained, then said, "Go immediately and inform all the district leaders to come here to discuss the new secret realm."
"Yes, sir." The head of District Sixteen waved his hand and said, "Please wait a moment, I'll be right there."
He led his men and immediately rushed out.
In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the leaders of all sixteen regions arrived and knelt before the Empress.
"No need for formalities." Wu Xiao's voice seemed devoid of any emotion, a skill she had honed during her time as empress; maintaining a blank expression was an essential lesson for any monarch.
The goal is to keep your subordinates guessing what you're thinking.
“Your Majesty, why don’t we go to the tent over there and sit down to talk?” The Left Prime Minister looked at her.
Wu Xiao nodded.
The group set off.
...
Inside the camp.
Wu Xiao sat at the top, scanning the entire audience: 16 regional leaders, Jiu Hulu, Princess of Huainan, Luo Yabai, and the Left Prime Minister.
"Starting from number one, report the latest situation of the secret realm," the Queen said.
“In Area One, thirty broken stone tablets were unearthed. There were 123 battles against the Void Vines, resulting in the deaths of 189 True Immortals and minor injuries to two Great Powers.”
“In Area 2, 27 broken stone tablets were unearthed. 105 battles were fought against the Void Vines, 190 True Immortals died, and one Great Power was seriously injured.”
“In Area 3, 17 broken stone tablets were unearthed. 156 battles were fought against the Void Vines. 200 True Immortals died and one Great Power fell.”
The third leader finished speaking.
The atmosphere in the entire camp became much quieter.
All the great beings have perished.
As a powerful figure, Luo Yabai's lips twitched, and his two junior brothers were even more shocked.
The Void Vines—the Left Prime Minister once demonstrated them in the Central Palace—were incredibly powerful.
Both the wine gourd and the Princess of Huainan had solemn expressions.
They suddenly realized that coming to this new secret realm was neither the right nor the wrong thing to do.
"Continue," Wu Xiao said with a stern face.
"Area Four..."
"Number sixteen..."
Upon hearing the report, Wu Xiao was shocked to learn that the situation was so serious. It hadn't been long since the new secret realm was discovered, so how could so many True Immortals have died and powerful figures have been injured?
In some areas, even powerful beings have perished.
Wu Xiao felt that no one else could be sacrificed. This place had to be broken as soon as possible. If it couldn't be broken, the void vines would spread throughout the Great Martial God Dynasty.
The consequences would be unimaginable.
"What should be done with those who sacrificed their lives?" Wu Xiao asked the Left Prime Minister.
"Your Majesty," the Left Chancellor stood up, cupped his hands, and said, "they have been settled according to military protocol."
Wu Xiao nodded and continued, "Go back and issue new orders: stop digging up new broken stone tablets, stop fighting the void vines, and gather all the stone tablets here."
"When can we start digging again?" a chieftain asked.
"Wait for further notice," Wu Xiao said, offering only three words.
Everyone obeyed and immediately began to gather the broken stone tablets here.
About two hours.
All the broken stone tablets from the sixteen areas are gathered here, which is the sixteenth area.
"So many broken stone tablets."
Li Ming was surprised. They were all scattered, broken stones, none of them very large. The largest one was the one that the Left Prime Minister had brought back to the Great Martial God Dynasty.
It's very fragmented; I want to decipher it.
First, you have to read all these stone tablets before you can come up with a general idea.
Seeing the densely packed, broken stones, the two green leaves of the white radish looked wilted and listless.
"This is terrible!"
The black dog felt overwhelmed just looking at it, and uttered three words heavily: "Luckily, it's not me who speaks strange languages."
Otherwise, I would definitely be exhausted.
"From this moment forward, the leaders of the sixteen regions, take all your men and evacuate the new secret realm. No one is allowed to enter without my permission." Wu Xiao issued another new order.
“Your Majesty, this is not advisable. These stones are connected to the Void Vines. If we gather the stones together now, it will easily attract their attention. These ghostly things may come down from underground and attack you.”
Wu Xiao said, "Let them come. We want to see what the relationship is between the void vines and these stones."
She did this on purpose. She naturally knew that the vines and stones were connected, and gathering them together was to attract the vines so that she could see if she could discover anything suspicious.
Instead of waiting for them to attack on their own, it's better to lure them over to attack.
"But it's still too dangerous?" These leaders felt that the Queen's approach was still a bit risky.
Wu Xiao didn't speak, but just glanced at him indifferently and said, "Evacuate."
"Yes, ma'am."
They could no longer refute, and left with everyone, leaving only the people Wu Xiao had brought with him.
"Let's begin," Wu Xiao said.
Both the wine gourd and the Princess of Huainan had unusual glints in their eyes and special smiles on their faces as they quickly began scanning the inscriptions on the broken stone tablet.
Luo Yabai and his two junior brothers also began to study, trying to figure something out from the clues.
"Open the umbrella."
Li Ming passed two messages to Wu Xiao.
Wu Xiao immediately opened her oil-paper umbrella and wandered to the other side. Then she saw Li Ming's words coming from the other side: "There is something wrong with the Princess of Huainan and the wine gourd. They may understand the ancient demon language. Be careful."
She smiled and said, "No, they don't understand. They can only guess a few words of ancient demon language."
She invited them on purpose, wanting to see what they were up to.
Luo Yabai truly didn't understand, but the wine gourd and the Princess of Huainan had concealed their abilities. However, it wasn't a big problem; everything was under control.
Li Ming was surprised: "You know?"
"Of course I know."
"When are you going to monitor them?" Li Ming asked in surprise.
"Don't forget, I have three divine advisors and a national strategist," Wu Xiao said with a smile.
Li Ming had to admire her; it seemed that she had already laid out a plan during the three days he was hosting Ye Fan.
“Alright, then I won’t worry. Now walk up to each stone tablet, and I will translate the meaning of these words for you, sentence by sentence.”
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