Tracking

"No need for that."

Li Pin helped Shanhu up. "I'm just at the Embrace Dan stage myself. Your Force has gone from manifest to latent. The next step is Force Incarnation, then achieving mastery in Force cultivation, after which you'll prepare for Embrace Qi into Dan. I might not be able to teach you much."

He agreed to teach Shanhu, partly to repay Fang Lingjue's favor.

And partly...

Shanhu had also provided him with considerable help in daily life. He would naturally offer some assistance within his capabilities.

Of course, the premise was that it wouldn't interfere with his own cultivation.

Furthermore, teaching Shanhu was clearly not something he would pour as much mental energy into as he would with Li Yunyao and Lin Xiaolu.

"I believe in you, Master. I'll do whatever you arrange," Shanhu said firmly.

"Just call me by my name," Li Pin said.

He had no intention of acknowledging this master-disciple relationship.

"This..."

Shanhu seemed to understand Li Pin's meaning and hesitated.

Fang Lingjue, standing nearby, added, "Just do as Li Pin says."

Seeing this, Shanhu nodded and said to Li Pin, "Then I'll call you Master Li."

"Fine," Li Pin said. "First, I need to feel your bones to get a detailed understanding of your physique."

"Feel your bones?"

A blush flashed across Shanhu's face, but she knew it was a necessary process for martial artists. She immediately said, "I'll follow Master Li's arrangements."

Li Pin then took Shanhu to a quiet room nearby.

Li Yunyao, meanwhile, was circling Lin Xiaolu, incessantly asking about the wonders of Force.

Fang Lingjue watched the two young girls, and a familiar feeling of the younger generation surpassing the older washed over him.

Watching Li Pin and Shanhu leave, Zhang Le and Xu Huan hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping themselves.

However, recalling that Li Pin had been an instructor like them at the beginning, and with their actual master Fang Lingjue present, they ultimately couldn't bring themselves to ask for guidance.

Compared to Li Yunyao's boisterous and playful bone-feeling session, Shanhu, as a Martial Artist, had a much higher resistance to pain and itching.

Coupled with her active cooperation, Li Pin quickly finished the examination. He had a good grasp of her cultivation status and devised a training plan based on her current condition.

Afterward, Shanhu invited, "Master Li, thank you for your guidance. Also, with Miss Lin having cultivated Force, it's worth celebrating. May I host a meal for you, Little Lu, and Yao Yao?"

"Then you arrange it," Li Pin said, not refusing.

Soon, the group took the elevator down to the B2 parking lot.

Shanhu's family wasn't poorly off, so she had bought a car early on – a Yun Chi E300, worth over two hundred thousand, as red as fire.

Li Yunyao couldn't help but exclaim at first glance, "Wow, it's so pretty."

"Like it? I'll give it to you," Shanhu said with a smile.

"No, no, no, I can't accept something so expensive," Li Yunyao quickly waved her hands. "Besides, I don't have a driver's license."

"About the driver's license..."

Li Pin glanced at her. "You should find some time to get one."

He had considered buying a car but hadn't acted on it yet because he disliked driving.

He could have Li Yunyao learn to drive and then have her be his chauffeur.

However, after a moment, he thought of Li Yunyao's careless personality...

He immediately turned to Lin Xiaolu. "You go get one too."

Compared to Li Yunyao, she was much more reliable.

"Okay," Lin Xiaolu nodded nervously.

This reaction made Li Pin recall.

How could he forget this girl's timid nature?

With this trend, does he need to find someone to drive for him anymore?

Or perhaps...

Take on a final disciple?

The bright red Yun Chi sedan drove out of the underground parking lot and quickly merged into traffic, heading towards the restaurant Shanhu had booked.

Li Pin, sitting in the passenger seat, observed his surroundings.

Not only had the population of outsiders in Jiangzhou increased, but the number of people in Canglong City had also grown.

He could even see some vagrants mixed in among the crowds on the streets.

"It seems... the monsters from the Fallen Temple haven't been defeated yet."

Li Pin recalled the news from the martial arts website not long ago.

While the monsters might not be stronger than fierce beasts, their greatest characteristic compared to fierce beasts was their intelligence.

The existence of intelligence allowed the monsters to initially form their own social structures.

They would divide labor and cooperate, each performing their duties to increase operational efficiency.

Furthermore, some monsters had even developed special abilities based on their unique physical structures, making them much more threatening to humans than fierce beasts.

"Death Valley is riddled with fissures, and fierce beasts and monsters occasionally emerge from the underground cracks to attack humans, making it difficult to eradicate the beasts and monsters lurking within. As for the Fallen Temple... its core contains a natural labyrinth, a labyrinth that has blocked the Tianyuan Federation's attacks countless times."

Li Pin thought of the posts on the website about the last punitive expedition.

"Even Nanli Kingdom's full-scale counterattack last time failed before that labyrinth. Hundreds of High-level Star Refiners were trapped in the maze, scurrying around like headless flies, getting divided and conquered. Those who luckily passed through the maze plunged straight into an ambush, suffering heavy losses..."

He thought of the horrific scenes of monsters ravaging thousands of miles shown in the videos...

This world was never peaceful.

The fact that humanity had retreated from the wilderness and lost two-thirds of its territory showed the world's true nature.

It was just that the Taibai Kingdom where he was located happened to be at the center of one of the world's six poles—the Tianyuan Federation.

With these thoughts, Li Pin withdrew his mind.

"Hmm?"

At this moment, he seemed to sense something and suddenly glanced at the rearview mirror.

The black sedan in the rearview mirror...

Had it been following them almost since they left the mall?

He watched quietly, showing no reaction.

Shanhu drove the red sedan for about twenty minutes before stopping outside a small courtyard with an elegant environment and antique style.

The black sedan also stopped in an open-air parking lot opposite.

The group of four quickly entered the small courtyard.

Their appearance and attire were remarkable. Li Yunyao and Li Pin went without saying.

Even Shanhu and Lin Xiaolu each possessed a kind of healthy, heroic, and delicate, petite beauty. Naturally, they attracted many gazes as they got out of the car.

After entering the private room Shanhu had booked and finding their way, Li Pin said, "I'm going to the restroom."

Then he left the small courtyard again.

At this time, one of the two people in the black sedan seemed to want to get some air and was smoking with the car window open.

Seeing Li Pin emerge, he glanced over, then calmly withdrew his gaze, showing no outward sign of anything unusual.

But...

Li Pin, who had left the courtyard, headed straight for him.

When he reached them, he looked them up and down.

Seeing that he had clearly been exposed, the man smoking stopped pretending and stared back at him with a nonchalant expression.

"Peregrine Falcon squad?"

Li Pin glanced at him, then quickly shifted his gaze to the passenger seat.

The person there also looked at him, appearing completely calm and composed.

"You've crossed the line."

Li Pin said.

The smoking man sneered.

He knew what Li Pin meant. Why come looking for him instead of the Five Elements Sect? And not openly, but by secretly tracking them?

But...

He exhaled a smoke ring and said calmly, "So what?"

"..."

Li Pin looked at him.

After a few seconds, his gaze returned to the passenger seat.

"Why are you just tracking and monitoring from nearby instead of making a move?"

He looked at the man, who, despite his calm expression, Li Pin could feel a sense of well-rounded and harmonious charm from, and asked, "Can tracking and monitoring scare someone to death? Wang Daoyi died by my hand. As Embrace Dan masters seeking revenge for your teammate, why don't you just get out of the car and kill me?"