Chapter 132: Guo Jia Gets Serious

After Mo Xiaobai finished speaking, Guo Jia and Liu Ye exchanged a glance and immediately fell into deep thought.

They did not recognize the green leaves in the forum photo, and the Great Wild Marsh on their Plane was even less familiar to them.

If they only had that one post, Guo Jia asked himself, thinking hard until his death would never yield any result.

So, after thinking for a while, Guo Jia immediately spoke up: “My Lord, I need manpower to scout the northern part of the Daye Marsh. Also, I need to know if the Lord who left the message mentioned anything else.”

“No problem. All manpower in Daming Village can be under your command right now. If you do not know someone, just ask them. For your scouting needs, anyone except Li Ji is at your disposal.” Mo Xiaobai nodded immediately. Intelligence work required a wide net, so he must give Guo Jia full support so he could work without holding back.

“Good. Please invite the Flying General, and have him lead troops to the northern bank of the Daye Marsh personally. The main focus should be on exploring a thirty-mile radius in the southwest of the northern bank. If you find similar plants, you must bring them back.”

With Mo Xiaobai’s promise of support, Guo Jia immediately issued orders: “I also need to trouble Ziyang to copy two drawings. One will be given to the Flying General, and the other can be taken to ask Physician Dong; she might know something.”

“Additionally, I am not good at using this Forum. I ask My Lord for help.”

Hearing this, Mo Xiaobai nodded. He would not give the answers directly, but he could help Guo Jia find related information.

After all, any information Guo Jia needed would be provided by him. As for these scattered pieces of information, it would depend on how smart Guo Jia’s brain was to see what they combined into.

As Guo Jia’s orders were given, Mo Xiaobai started filtering information for him while watching Liu Ye copy the drawings.

Liu Ye’s copying skills were not bad; at least the drawings looked eighty percent like the original. With the strange shape of the three leaves in the picture, as long as they found the real thing, there was an over eighty percent chance they would not miss it.

By the time Li Guang arrived following orders, Liu Ye had already left for the Dong Family Courtyard. Mo Xiaobai did not give Li Guang direct orders but told him to follow Guo Jia’s arrangements.

The reason for doing this was to see exactly what instructions Guo Jia would give.

“Flying General, on this mission, first, scout the plants drawn in this picture. Second, find a territory named ‘Wolf Tooth Village’ and monitor its entry and exit closely. If necessary, you may use force against them.”

Although Guo Jia had just arrived in Daming Village, once he entered work mode, his orders were crystal clear. A faint sense of pressure radiated from him. Even Li Guang, so arrogant, instinctively lowered his head to listen.

“The Flying General has ten days. After ten days are up, whether you find anything or not, you must return to report. Here is the copied drawing; please keep it safe first.”

After Guo Jia spoke, he handed the other copy of the drawing to Li Guang.

Li Guang put it in his pocket and then turned to face Mo Xiaobai: “My Lord, how many soldiers should I take on this trip?”

Mo Xiaobai did not answer directly but looked at Guo Jia again. After a slight thought, Guo Jia spoke: “The Flying General currently commands the Rattan Armor Soldiers under My Lord. Why not take them all? If someone else gets the upper hand, you can use this opportunity to launch an attack. However, you must not reveal this secret mission first. This is an absolute secret.”

After Guo Jia finished speaking, Mo Xiaobai nodded as well: “Follow Fengxiao’s advice. Do exactly as he says.”

“Yes!”

Hearing this, Li Guang immediately clasped his fist in agreement. Having stayed in Guandu with Mo Xiaobai for so long, Li Guang knew that the Scholar in front of him was the chief strategist of Cao Cao and now an important strategist by My Lord’s side.

Words spoken by someone like him must have a good reason.

Watching Li Guang leave, Mo Xiaobai and his mother continued to help Guo Jia organize information about the Plane. There were all kinds of scattered and broken pieces of data. Mo Xiaobai felt that if he were to organize this alone, his head would ache terribly.

Without a computer, without paper, and even without enough bamboo slips, they could only record on thin wooden boards. In less than half a day, over one or two hundred wooden plaques were hanging on the front row of the entire small Projection Hall.

They were covered with dense characters!

Guo Jia stood quietly, staring at the wooden boards in front of him, frowning silently in thought.

Only after Liu Ye, who had been missing for half a day after leaving, returned, did Guo Jia turn to look at him, clearly wanting to know if Liu Ye had any other news.

Liu Ye did not waste time after returning; he directly reported his findings: “I went to the Dong Family and spent the afternoon with Physician Dong at the Academy. I finally found the record of the three leaves in a scroll of Sanskrit. This object is translated as ‘Mandala’ in Sanskrit; it is a rare variant of camellia.”

“Camellia?” Guo Jia furrowed his brows. He only loved drinking wine and did not like tea, so he was not familiar with this type of plant.

“Yes, but Physician Dong said that brewing ordinary camellia flowers with water occasionally has a calming effect, but this type of Mandala causes hallucinations. If it is a bit severe, it can even make someone faint.”

Hallucinations?

Fainting?

Guo Jia’s brows furrowed even deeper!

From the information he had collected, he could not connect anything at all.

Guo Jia wanted to ask Mo Xiaobai, for he was certain My Lord must know something. But he also clearly understood that this was a test from My Lord for him and Liu Ye.

To know the answer, they had to find it themselves.

“There must be something being ignored.”

“I, Guo Fengxiao, must find it!”

A look of firmness flashed in Guo Jia’s eyes. This purely informational analysis was a completely different work mode from his time as a Xiaoshi.

Compared to being a Xiaoshi, Guo Jia actually preferred the “Big Data” that My Lord spoke of right now. Because he believed that everything had cause and effect relationships. If someone needed Mandala, they must intend to use it to do something.

The serious Guo Jia looked almost like a different person compared to his usual lazy appearance. However, Mo Xiaobai dared not let him get too tired. Seeing that night was falling, he forcibly turned off the lights and took Guo Jia and Liu Ye back to the residence.

If Mo Xiaobai really left the two of them alone in the Projection Hall, he guessed they might not sleep all night.

The group of four returned to the Lord’s Manor, where Cheng Liya had already prepared a dinner table.

As the Territory gradually got back on track, the food on the table became increasingly rich, no longer like the very beginning when Mo Xiaobai himself had to hold a bowl of plain porridge to fill his stomach.

However, just as Mo Xiaobai was eating with great enthusiasm, the Intellect Brain suddenly jumped out to cause trouble.

A Huaxia Announcement exploded with fireworks in the sky, turning the night into day:

“Huaxia Announcement~ Congratulations to player ‘Bai Hualin’ for completing the request of ‘The Three Heroes of the Dust’. She has inherited the Legacy of the Lady with the Red Handkerchief and successfully completed Class Transfer to become a Ranger, becoming the first ‘Ranger’ class player in the Huaxia Region. Special reward: 200 Prestige Value, 30 Gold, 1x Ranger Talent Card (S-Rank), Zhanlu Sword (Artifact of the Mohist School’s Benevolent Hero Legacy).”

“Huaxia Announcement~ Congratulations to player ‘Bai Hualin’ for completing the request of ‘The Three Heroes of the Dust’. She has inherited the Legacy of the Lady with the Red Handkerchief and successfully completed Class Transfer to become a Ranger, becoming the first ‘Ranger’ class player in the Huaxia Region. Special reward: 200 Prestige Value, 30 Gold, 1x Ranger Talent Card (S-Rank), Zhanlu Sword (Artifact of the Mohist School’s Benevolent Hero Legacy).”