Traces

Chapter 49 Traces in the Jungle

Li Fei moved silently through the jungle.

Relying on the Myriad Blood Bead, he deciphered the Bewildering Array left by the Tranquil God Sect, quietly following their main force. He had been tracking them in the jungle for over four hours.

Two hours ago, the main force had set up another Bewildering Array at a fork in the road on a high ground. This was to prevent the first array from failing to 'trap' anyone. If someone was indeed tracking them, they would inevitably have to follow them to this high ground and reach this fork, otherwise they wouldn't know which way the Tranquil God Sect had gone.

In this way, the second Bewildering Array would definitely work.

Li Fei wasn't worried by their caution, but rather pleased, because it showed that the Bewildering Array was their best anti-tracking method, otherwise there was no need to waste precious array materials.

Since he could silently break their Bewildering Array, the probability of being discovered was very low.

In fact, he didn't have much tracking experience. If there were only a dozen of them, he would have lost them long ago. But fortunately, there were hundreds of them, leaving enough traces, so even if he hung far behind, he wouldn't lose them.

Li Fei followed from a distance, leaving marks on the trees along the way.

At this time, the sky had completely darkened, and large drops of rain began to fall.

Luo Mountain was already rainy, and after this heavy rain, the traces left by the Tranquil God Sect in the mountains would disappear completely, making it almost impossible for anyone to track them.

"As expected, it's raining."

Ahead, Zhao Yu looked up at the heavy rain falling from the sky, a satisfied smile on his face.

Many of his Cultists were hunters from Luo Mountain, able to predict the weather. Before this operation, they had confidently told him that there would definitely be heavy rain in the next two days.

"Everyone, rest in place. Pay attention to waterproofing your guns and ammunition, and arrange for people to be on guard around the perimeter."

Zhao Yu put on the prepared bamboo hat and raincoat, and ordered the team to rest in place.

The jungle at night was pitch black. Now that it was raining heavily, they couldn't light torches. Walking on the mountain road in the dark was very dangerous, and could easily cause non-combat attrition, so they could only stop the team.

Fortunately, this heavy rain was more beneficial to the Tranquil God Sect.

After the order was issued, the members of the Tranquil God Sect took out their prepared bamboo hats and raincoats and found places to sit down and rest.

Li Fei, who was following far behind, was soon soaked by the heavy rain.

However, he had practiced martial arts for many years, and his Heavenly Gang Overlord Body had already reached Small Success, so he wouldn't be overwhelmed by a rain.

"They didn't light torches, so they must have stopped."

Li Fei found a large tree to shelter from the rain, and also stopped, not intending to continue approaching.

He would rather lose them, at worst he would have made a wasted trip, than get too close and be discovered.

Then he took out the medicine bottle he carried with him, took two Embryo Nurturing Pills, and practiced the Heavenly Gang One Qi Stance in the heavy rain, performing today's embryo nurturing training.

Boom!

A flash of lightning illuminated the dark jungle for a moment.

In the heavy rain, the young man stood firm and composed in his stance, as if silently greeting the world.

"How is it, can you find it?"

Huang Weiguang, with his gray hair, anxiously asked a young man wearing a dark blue robe.

The other party held a talisman paper that had just burned out in his hand, and wisps of green smoke still lingered on his fingertips.

He was a mage from the Bureau of Impartial Justice, sent to assist in tracking down the Tranquil God Sect.

"No, too much time has passed, the distance is too far, and the other party has rituals that interfere with tracking Techniques, I can't find it."

The mage from the Bureau of Impartial Justice shook his head and said in a cold voice.

There were indeed Techniques that could track others, but these Techniques were not omnipotent, otherwise the Bureau of Impartial Justice would have found the Tranquil God Sect's lair long ago, and wouldn't have waited for someone to report it.

The distance, time and other factors would have a great impact on these tracking Techniques, not to mention that the Tranquil God Sect had its own mages to interfere.

Huang Weiguang looked up at the pouring rain falling from the sky and sighed.

The Overseeing Bureau, the Cessation of Hostilities Bureau, and the Bureau of Impartial Justice had reacted quickly enough, sending people into the mountains overnight.

Unfortunately, the mage from the Bureau of Impartial Justice was still unable to track down the Tranquil God Sect, and with this heavy rain, tracking in this vast mountain became extremely difficult.

"Go to the mountain village below to stay temporarily."

Huang Weiguang helplessly issued the order.

It was raining heavily, and it was night, so the team couldn't go into the mountains to search and had to stop and wait for the rain to stop.

The heavy rain lasted all night.

The next day dawned, and the rain gradually stopped. Huang Weiguang, who hadn't slept all night, immediately ordered everyone to move and go into the mountains to look for traces.

But in fact, most people knew very well that after last night's heavy rain, it was almost impossible to find any traces.

However, Overseeing Bureau Inspector Huang Weiguang was personally on the scene, so no Overseeing Bureau Inspector dared to slack off and were all searching with all their strength.

Among the Overseeing Bureau Inspectors present, Li Lei was as anxious as Huang Weiguang.

After receiving the order, he immediately led his team up the hillside and began a carpet search, hoping to find useful traces.

More than an hour later, Li Lei, who was in charge of searching the southern hillside, suddenly received news that some traces seemed to have been found in the jungle on the western side.

He immediately ran over there.

The Bewildering Array that the Tranquil God Sect had left here had failed. After being washed away by the heavy rain, there was no trace left.

"How is it? What did you find?!"

Li Lei squeezed through the crowd anxiously and expectantly, and ran over.

Besides Huang Weiguang, Hao Yi, who looked stern, was also here.

Hao Yi had also rushed here overnight. After he arrived, he went directly to Huang Weiguang. The two of them were standing together, and it seemed that they knew each other before.

Li Lei didn't bother to greet Hao Yi and directly asked Huang Weiguang, "Overseeing Bureau Inspector, what did you find?"

Huang Weiguang pulled him over and pointed to the trunk of a big tree:

"Come and take a look at this."

Li Lei took a closer look and was stunned.

A triangular symbol was engraved on the trunk of this big tree, with the sharpest corner pointing horizontally to one side. This was a marking symbol commonly used by the Overseeing Bureau.

"Was it left by a brother from the bureau?"

Li Lei asked subconsciously.

But he quickly rejected his own idea, because most of the team who participated in the operation yesterday, except for the dead ones, had returned.

Of the Rank A Students of the Military Academy, only Li Fei had not returned, except for the dead ones.

"Is it Little Fei?!"

Li Lei opened his eyes wide and thought of this only possibility.

"Have you ever taught your son this knowledge before?"

Huang Weiguang's eyes were like torches, staring at Li Lei.

Li Lei recalled the past. He often told Li Fei and Li Tianyu about his experiences in handling cases, including mentioning the marking symbols used by the Overseeing Bureau.

"I told him about it!"

Li Lei said excitedly.

"Then it should be him who left it!"

There was finally a look of radiance on Huang Weiguang's face.

He turned around and issued an order decisively:

"Everyone, follow this symbol to search. Our Overseeing Bureau's child is still tracking them. The Tranquil God Sect can't escape!"