14: Can offerings solve the problem in Chapter 14?

During this time, Li Yuan had been constantly thinking about how to quickly obtain more martial Internal Energy.

He hadn't expected the River God of Langhe to deliver it to him just like that.

Now, he didn't need to worry too much about the step from the Seventh Rank to the Eighth Rank.

After searching the River God of Langhe's body, he found some more Medicinal Pills.

They were all nourishing Medicinal Pills carried on his person.

After moving the Da Shun soldiers' corpses onto the wooden cart, Li Yuan looked at the dead River God of Langhe, hesitated for a moment, and then moved him onto the cart as well.

On the way back, Li Yuan found a place to hide the Medicinal Pills he had scavenged.

Just in case; if they were actually discovered, he didn't want to waste time explaining.

Pushing the cart with the corpses, he returned to the military camp during the Hour of the Monkey in the afternoon.

Seeing Li Yuan dragging back the corpse of an old man, the Corporal guarding the pass immediately went to report it.

It was this same Corporal who had reported it when Jiang Qian's corpse was brought back last time.

He knew that Li Yuan always acted cautiously and wouldn't just drag back any random, unfamiliar corpse.

Soon, Vice General Wang Jiu Xing followed him over.

His gaze fell upon the corpse of the River God of Langhe; the man's appearance was very close to what Shu Fanzheng had described in his final words!

"What happened? Where was this corpse found?"

"Did you see anything else?"

Vice General Wang asked three questions in a row, looking very anxious.

Facing his questioning, Li Yuan answered immediately.

This time, Li Yuan didn't say he had seen the battle.

Encountering a major battle every single time would easily arouse suspicion; it couldn't be too much of a coincidence.

As for the River God's corpse, Li Yuan said it was lying together with Lord Shu's Personal Guards.

He had found it strange, so he brought it back as well.

"Transport the corpse to the eastern side camp; I'm going to invite the City Lord!"

Vice General Wang spoke and immediately ran to notify City Lord Liu Shengyong.

If the River God of Langhe was dead, they could at least provide an account to the Imperial Court, rather than having no explanation at all.

Li Yuan pushed the wooden cart to a side tent at the easternmost edge of the military camp.

Just as he arrived, the City Lord arrived with his men right behind him.

The group searched the River God of Langhe's body and quickly found several items proving his identity.

Combined with previous information, it was almost certain.

"It's him. This old man is the current River God of Langhe!"

City Lord Liu Shengyong showed a look of relief as if a great vengeance had been settled.

He had been distressed for so many days, and he hadn't expected the problem to be solved so suddenly.

"Li Yuan, I heard that you were the one who dragged back the corpse of the River God of Langhe again."

"Tell me what happened. What did you see?"

"Was it the same person who acted last time?"

Hearing this, Li Yuan repeated his earlier explanation.

In his explanation, Li Yuan hadn't seen them fighting at all this time.

When he arrived, he only saw the corpses.

Li Yuan had already thought through how to answer.

Facing City Lord Liu's inquiry, he simply shook his head regarding information he shouldn't know.

The City Lord seemed to believe Li Yuan's words.

However, there were still probing remarks during the questioning, though Li Yuan easily saw through them.

They didn't question him for long before letting Li Yuan go back to rest.

After all, Li Yuan was just a Corpse Collector; there was no need to interrogate him too much.

Watching Li Yuan exit the tent, Vice General Wang thought of something.

Before he could speak, City Lord Liu stared at the corpse of the River God of Langhe and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"It seems there really is a mysterious expert within our Yingyang Pass."

"This River God of Langhe, who was so skilled in Escape Techniques, still died at his hands."

"Heaven has opened its eyes and sent us such assistance."

"Otherwise, I really wouldn't know how to deal with such a top-tier assassin."

Beside him, Vice General Wang frowned and voiced his doubt.

"City Lord, was it really not the Enshrined Experts of the army you invited to act?"

"Dealing with an expert like the River God of Langhe is no easy task."

Hearing this, City Lord Liu snorted coldly.

"Forget about those two. Without an Imperial decree or us begging them, they wouldn't care even if Yingyang Pass were destroyed."

"And there's another serious problem. Do you think those two Enshrined Experts actually have the ability to kill the River God of Langhe?"

At this point, Vice General Wang's eyes flickered for a moment.

Indeed, he hadn't seemed to think seriously about this question!

Could those Enshrined Experts kill the River God of Langhe?

The River God of Langhe was elusive and extremely skilled at disguise and concealment.

In a direct confrontation, Vice General Wang believed the two Enshrined Experts in the army should be able to win.

But since the opponent followed the path of an assassin, how could he easily face an enemy head-on?

The movement techniques of those from Langhe are famous throughout the world.

Even if the two Enshrined Experts were invited out, they likely wouldn't be able to handle this River God of Langhe!

Seeing that Wang Jiuxing seemed to have realized something, City Lord Liu took over and continued.

"Junior Brother Jiu Xing, do you now know why I didn't go and invite the two Enshrined Experts?"

"If even they couldn't solve the problem, the army's morale would collapse."

"Yingyang Pass needs them to stabilize the situation."

Vice General Wang Jiu Xing nodded, indicating he understood the reason.

The two were silent for a moment.

In the silence, Wang Jiuxing brought up Li Yuan.

The corpses of that master and disciple pair from Langhe were both brought back by Li Yuan.

He always felt something was not quite right.

How could it be such a coincidence?

Hearing this, City Lord Liu chuckled heartily.

"Junior Brother, Li Yuan is a Corpse Collector in my army. What's abnormal about him dragging these corpses back?"

"If any other soldier had done this, that would be too much of a coincidence."

What City Lord Liu said was logically sound and reasonable.

What's the problem with a Corpse Collector transporting corpses back?

"I just feel his luck is a bit too good, being able to avoid these fatal disasters twice."

"And even bringing back the bodies of such powerful experts."

Wang Jiuxing also felt he was overthinking, but he still voiced his thoughts.

"That's true. This young man Li Yuan has some good fortune and can avoid calamity."

He used to be a handyman in my City Lord's Manor; he's just an ordinary person with no background, let alone any martial talent."

"A mysterious expert with that kind of strength—how could they possibly have a connection with a lowly corpse-collecting soldier?"

City Lord Liu continued to explain on Li Yuan's behalf.

He didn't believe at all that Li Yuan would have the ability to latch onto a mysterious expert.

"What if? City Lord, what if there really is a connection?"

"Perhaps that mysterious expert wants to take an apprentice and is looking for a successor?"

These two sentences from Wang Jiuxing suddenly moved City Lord Liu.

That really is a possibility.

What if this mysterious expert took a liking to Li Yuan because of his courage in collecting corpses!

"Junior Brother, do you think I should have Weihe follow along and help with some of the corpse collection..."

City Lord Liu asked softly, wanting to hear Wang Jiuxing's opinion.

Hearing this, Wang Jiuxing instead nodded quite decisively in agreement.

"The Second Young Master will want to take over your position in the future, so it would be good for him to earn some military merits early on."

"Taking this opportunity, he might gain some benefits and also earn military merits."

"I think it's feasible!"

City Lord Liu also nodded, feeling that this might indeed work.

If his son, Liu Weihe, followed Li Yuan to collect corpses...

If that mysterious expert truly wanted to take an apprentice, as long as he wasn't blind, he'd know who to choose.