42: Chapter 42 Ruan Xingqiao Returns with Qianqiu Mountain

After using the Corpse Looting Technique this time, Li Yuan did not just gain martial arts experience and martial arts Internal Energy.

First, the Corpse Looting Technique had reached the threshold for an upgrade.

Using it one more time should allow it to level up from level four to level five.

Li Yuan was also a bit curious, wondering what benefits the Corpse Looting Technique would bring after reaching level five.

Second, after obtaining Jiang Yongsheng's martial arts Internal Energy, Li Yuan discovered that his accumulated Internal Energy had reached the Ninth-Grade.

This was the Realm known as the Immortal of the Mortal Realm, and he had finally touched its threshold.

Next, he needed to continuously temper his physique.

This would allow him to withstand the pressure brought by the Ninth-Grade.

The step from the Eighth-Grade to the Ninth-Grade could not be forcibly achieved by relying on external objects like qi and blood pills.

Li Yuan possessed the martial arts experience of two Ninth-Grade Mortal Immortals, so he knew this clearly.

Excluding these two points, Li Yuan then proceeded to check his other gains.

From this Elder Langhe, Li Yuan had obtained a total of four Cultivation Techniques.

"Langhe Breath-Hiding Art", "Langhe Cloud-Treading Steps", "Tengyi Secret Technique", and "poison records".

Except for this "Tengyi Secret Technique", Li Yuan had already seen the other Cultivation Techniques.

Calming his mind, Li Yuan began to study this "Tengyi Secret Technique".

The purpose of this Cultivation Technique, summarized in concise words, was concentration and redirection.

By using this method, one could condense and gather various powers of the body into one place.

Jiang Yongsheng looked like a frail little old man precisely because of this technique.

He gathered his own life force within, so he appeared very frail on the outside.

But when it was necessary to face an enemy in battle, he could release all of it.

It could be said that these skills of Jiang Yongsheng were very suitable for an assassin.

This "Tengyi Secret Technique" could very clearly help him achieve the effect of a one-hit kill.

Li Yuan carefully studied this technique.

In the application of the "Tengyi Secret Technique", there was another use: it could temporarily raise one's own martial arts Realm.

However, after using such a method, any movement of the body would consume much more energy.

After analyzing the function of this Cultivation Technique clearly, Li Yuan prepared to spend some effort to thoroughly study Jiang Yongsheng's martial arts experience.

The "Tengyi Secret Technique" should have very obvious effects in actual combat.

For example, when using the Qinggong Evasion Technique, the requirements for the strength of one's own physique and limbs were minimal.

At such times, one could completely shift and move, pushing the Qinggong Evasion Technique to its limit.

Calming his heart, Li Yuan knew he would not be able to be idle during this period.

After fully mastering this "Tengyi Secret Technique", Li Yuan used the Senior's experience to make a judgment.

His own Eighth-Grade martial arts strength should have reached its limit.

Being at the Eighth-Grade Great Perfection, he likely had no opponents in this world.

The enemies he needed to be especially vigilant against were at least experts at the Ninth-Grade level!

In the following two days, the Yingyang Pass Military Camp returned to calm.

City Lord Liu and the others felt slightly relieved, but they also knew that this border would be even less peaceful in the future.

The Jin Kingdom and the Shun Kingdom had been confronting each other for many years, always going back and forth, each occupying half.

But in the last few months, three of those Langhe experts from the Jin Kingdom had died in succession.

At this Yingyang Pass, the Jin Kingdom would definitely take back the face they had lost.

Next, it was unknown what kind of experts would be arranged to come.

But regardless, at least for a short time, there would be peace and tranquility.

Over two days, Zhu Chi did not return to the capital, but instead went to Hongsong Fort, south of the capital.

This was a city where he, Zhu Chi, had once been stationed, and he had many trusted aides here.

In a private room on the top floor of the largest restaurant in the city, he looked at the people present with a touch of viciousness on his face.

He had already told his close confidants about the specific situation.

"My Lord, rest assured, this Yingyang Pass is not a difficult place to enter."

"That person has Eighth-Grade strength; it is not so easy to hide."

"I will select a dozen or so excellent scouts here and send them to Yingyang Pass tomorrow."

In border cities, many soldiers were recruited every year.

It was very simple to infiltrate a few scouts.

"Find him as quickly as possible. I suspect that Zhu Xu and Zhu Ang both died at that person's hands!"

Zhu Chi's suspicion was actually to absolve himself.

Subconsciously, he also believed that the Jin Kingdom had done it.

After all, the traces left by the Langhe Cloud-Treading Steps were not easy to imitate.

Right now, his reckless suspicion happened to strike the mark accidentally.

But even if this kind of speculation were told to others in the Zhu family, it would not be convincing.

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On the fifth day after Elder Langhe perished, the Yingyang Pass Military Camp retreated once again, falling back into the city.

After suffering a loss, the Jin Kingdom would certainly take revenge.

This was the Foundation of the confrontation between the two countries.

This time, the Jin Kingdom had lost an Eighth-Grade Expert, and they would absolutely not swallow this bitter pill just like that.

Facing a possible major threat, retreating into the city was the best choice.

City Lord Liu had already sent a letter to the capital regarding the previous situation.

The imperial court must surely punish this Lord Zhu's actions to give an explanation to the soldiers on the front lines.

During this recent period of calm, Li Yuan was also fully focused on improving his martial arts strength.

As a Corpse Collector in the army, these calm days were truly quite idle, and no one would come to bother him.

Quietly and peacefully, he could easily keep a low profile and improve himself.

The weather was nice today, and after eating lunch, Li Yuan prepared to find a quiet place to practice alone.

But while eating, he received a notification that City Lord Liu wanted him to go over.

This was a bit unexpected.

Generally speaking, the City Lord very rarely looked for him to discuss matters.

If there were any Corpse Collector tasks, it was enough to just have someone pass on a message.

With some doubts, after finishing lunch, Li Yuan immediately headed to the City Lord's mansion.

Now when he came to the City Lord's mansion, the servants in the mansion all knew to treat Li Yuan as a guest.

It did not count as having a very high status, but Li Yuan was already recognized by City Lord Liu.

These servants in the mansion would not be able to withstand it if they dared to give Li Yuan a cold look and were casually reported.

Walking into the study, City Lord Liu immediately put down the brush in his hand after seeing Li Yuan.

"I asked you to come over because there is an urgent matter to tell you."

"Qianqiu Mountain will come here in a few days to see if they can meet the mysterious expert of our Yingyang Pass."

"Ruan Xingqiao will also come along."

"So you should take a break for a month to avoid bumping into her."

"This young woman is a bit frantic; even now, she is still thinking about avenging that traitor Meng Guidu."

"She is searching everywhere for news of you, saying she wants to extract some clues from you..."

Hearing this, Li Yuan nodded and saluted to express his gratitude.

City Lord Liu also took the opportunity to hand over five taels of silver for Li Yuan to spend.

After about a month, when the people from Qianqiu Mountain have all returned, he could come back.

City Lord Liu was really quite satisfied with Li Yuan.

This kid handled things very properly; the task of a Corpse Collector seemed simple but was actually difficult.

Not to mention the hardship, it was also difficult to claim credit.

Since Li Yuan took over this task, Yingyang Pass basically never had to worry about this matter.