12: Chapter 12, obtained from Shu Fanzheng, is titled "Tracing and Tracking Techniques".

This time, the corpse collection mission was not arranged so urgently.

Everyone knew that there was a terrifying assassin on the Jin Kingdom's side.

What the higher-ups told Li Yuan was to choose an appropriate time.

As long as it was completed within seven days, it would be fine.

Li Yuan did not argue with the Corporal who assigned the mission. He first went to collect Shu Fanzheng's body and arranged for it to be sent to the Changsheng Shop.

His status was different, so the coffin used after his death had to be several times better.

Li Yuan sent Shu Fanzheng to the Changsheng Shop for placement and then used the Corpse Looting Technique.

His body was also glowing with purple light spots.

[Corpse Looting Technique (Level 3): Picked up Shu Fanzheng's martial arts experience, forty years of martial Internal Energy, "Tracking and Tracing Technique," and "universal knowledge of the realm"]

Beneath this line of small print, Li Yuan discovered another line of small print this time.

[Corpse Looting Technique Upgraded! Unlocked visual-range corpse looting.]

Applying the Corpse Looting Technique this time not only yielded benefits but also upgraded it to Level 4, allowing for long-distance corpse looting.

With such an ability, he could still obtain rewards even when it was inconvenient to touch the corpse.

After settling the body, Li Yuan gave instructions to the people at the Changsheng Shop, telling them to keep an eye on things and not let anything go wrong.

On the way back to the military camp, Li Yuan found an open space to sit in meditation and rest.

In his mind, he began to analyze the martial arts experience and the two sets of Cultivation Techniques he had acquired.

Upon careful study, Li Yuan actually discovered that what he had obtained this time shouldn't be considered martial arts Cultivation Techniques.

"Tracking and Tracing Technique" specialized in exploration and tracking skills; it should be considered a technique or a skill.

"universal knowledge of the realm" was even less related to martial arts.

It recorded all kinds of information from throughout the world.

Powerful figures and famous people, the situations of various countries, Divine Pills and Spiritual Plants...

This "universal knowledge of the realm" was an invaluable collection of intelligence.

Much of the information was simply not something ordinary people could know.

Shu Fanzheng's status in the Dashun Imperial Court was likely even higher than expected.

Many things that shouldn't be known at his level were recorded in this "universal knowledge of the realm."

How high the sky is, how vast the earth is.

Perhaps even what a Ninth-Grade Mortal Immortal knew was not as much as Shu Fanzheng.

Pulling himself together, Li Yuan focused his energy on learning the "Tracking and Tracing Technique."

With the help of Shu Fanzheng's experience, he should be able to use it proficiently within two days.

With the "Tracking and Tracing Technique," combined with his complete understanding of their Langhe Breath-Hiding Art and various concealment methods...

He would be more than capable of dealing with that River God of Langhe from the Jin Kingdom!

Thinking of this, Li Yuan stood up and returned to the military camp.

After waiting for a couple of days and preparing himself, he would go to the front lines to collect corpses.

While collecting corpses, he could see if he would actually run into that River God of Langhe.

In the following two days, the military camp was in a state of chaos.

The City Lord and others often discussed matters until late at night.

The entire front-line military camp did not retreat, but it completely contracted.

Such a contraction actually indicated that Yingyang Pass was afraid, and conventional methods could not solve the problem.

At the front-line positions, they were preparing to invite the army's eighth-grade consecrated experts out.

There were two theories regarding the River God of Langhe's strength.

One rumor said he was at Seventh-Grade Perfection, while another said he was at the Eighth Grade.

In any case, such a powerful and terrifying assassin was enough to warrant calling upon a consecrated expert.

But if even two eighth-grade consecrated experts couldn't solve it, where would Yingyang Pass go from there?

Military morale would surely collapse in an instant.

The two consecrated experts of Yingyang Pass practiced martial arts meant for facing enemies head-on.

There was a high probability that they would find it difficult to deal with such an assassin!

While the generals were hesitating, Li Yuan had already started pushing his wooden cart again.

At this moment, he was already at the Seventh-Grade Perfection of the martial path.

Compared to City Lord Liu's strength, even without comparing Martial Skills and movement techniques, he was significantly stronger.

Although his strength had increased, Li Yuan remained low-key and continued to be a Corpse Collector.

As he pushed the corpse-collecting wooden cart to the camp entrance, Li Yuan encountered Vice General Wang Jiuxing again.

He was inspecting the military camp to see if there were any issues, guarding against any major trouble.

"Vice General."

Li Yuan gave a military salute to Wang Jiuxing, then walked out of the camp, pushing the wooden cart forward.

Wang Jiuxing had only nodded at first, but suddenly he came to his senses and wanted to call Li Yuan back.

Only to find that Li Yuan had already walked quite a distance away.

"Does this young man walk so fast..."

Wang Jiuxing muttered to himself, ultimately deciding not to look into it further.

Li Yuan's figure gradually disappeared.

Wang Jiuxing was indeed somewhat worried in his heart.

Assassins on assassination missions never cared about morality or unspoken rules.

They likely wouldn't show mercy to these soldiers collecting corpses either.

If a soldier like Li Yuan encountered them, it would be almost certain death.

He could only hope Li Yuan had some extra luck and wouldn't run into that Fiendish Assassin from the Jin Kingdom.

For Wang Jiuxing, he had his own difficulties.

Shu Fanzheng was dead, his Personal Guards were also dead, and their bodies were still left in the front-line wilderness.

If Yingyang Pass wanted to transport the bodies back, those Personal Guards definitely couldn't be left out.

Otherwise, they would only face more accountability.

Li Yuan kept pushing the wooden cart toward the front-line area.

Since the Jin Kingdom arranged for assassins to take action, this border-adjacent area had become much, much quieter.

The battles that used to occur frequently were now rarely seen.

The offensive Magical Artifacts set up at key locations hadn't been activated for quite some time.

If Yingyang Pass couldn't solve the assassin problem, he feared that the Jin Kingdom would arrange for a steady stream of assassins in the future.

To kill a snake, you must hit its vital spot; once others know your weakness, they will naturally target it.

The wooden cart traveled for nearly half an hour before reaching that location.

This place was somewhat deep, almost reaching the core territory of the Jin Kingdom.

Li Yuan saw that the surroundings were somewhat quiet, and no Jin Kingdom soldiers were wandering around.

Not far away, the bodies of several of Shu Fanzheng's Personal Guards were still lying there.

Just as Li Yuan was about to walk over, he instantly sensed a problem.

Right on his right side, beneath that patch of weeds, someone was lurking.

The technique he was using was clearly the "Langhe Breath-Hiding Art," exactly the same style as Jiang Qian's.

This person's identity was most likely Jiang Qian's master, the River God of Langhe.

After a moment, once he was sure Li Yuan was alone, the River God of Langhe stepped out from his hiding place.

Li Yuan's gaze fell upon him, his expression calm.

He had long been discovered by Li Yuan; he thought he was appearing suddenly, but in reality, his way of showing himself seemed quite comical to Li Yuan.

But in the eyes of the River God of Langhe, Li Yuan must have been stunned by fear.

"Yes, just stay still like that; this old man needs to take a good look at your face.

If I don't look like you when the time comes, I'm afraid the people of Yingyang Pass will quickly see through me."

The River God of Langhe looked relaxed and casual.

Li Yuan's appearance made him immediately devise a plan.

Which was to use Li Yuan's identity to infiltrate the interior of Yingyang Pass.

The River God of Langhe truly was Jiang Qian's master; even their plans and methods were very similar.

But this River God of Langhe was also very skilled in the Art of Disguise.

He planned to disguise himself as Li Yuan and slip right in while transporting the bodies.