I Have a Compass for Opportunity

The two mountains stand majestically facing each other, like ancient giants, squeezing a mysterious gateway tightly between them with their overwhelming presence.

Above the gateway, white mist surges from the depths, infused with strands of peculiar Spiritual Power, wantonly spreading, quickly blurring the details of the crossing.

This mist seems to possess intelligence, rolling and flowing with agility, as if following some ancient and mysterious path.

This mysterious area appears cut off from the outside world, enveloped in a serene silence enshrouded in the dust of ages.

Suddenly, a milky white halo emerges from the edge of the gateway.

There, five arrays are neatly arranged, all being worn away by time, of which two are completely damaged, their patterns fractured, decayed over time, devoid of any array spirituality.

Only three arrays remain resiliently standing in this abandoned world.

Buzz!

Suddenly, one of the three relatively intact arrays starts vibrating, sending wave-like motions through the array.

Condensing a portal in the void, it breaks the long-standing silence here.

A young man, carrying a sharp sword, with eyes as fierce as the sword’s glimmer, cautiously steps out from the portal.

As he sets foot into this world, his hand also rests on the hilt of the azure blade at his waist, ready to draw it at any moment.

He first cautiously surveys the surroundings, dense with mist that seems almost impervious, his eyes flashing with a purple glow. Confirming no danger detected, his face finally relaxes, and he murmurs to himself, "How did I end up here? I thought it’d be some senior cultivator’s abode."

This person is Liou Yuan, who arrived here through the Pan Song Qixing Gate on Qiwen Mountain.

Initially thinking there might be a senior’s abode or at least some inheritance to be found on Qiwen Mountain, Liou Yuan is instantly disappointed upon seeing this environment.

This place is filled with unusual mist, which even Liou Yuan’s Evil Eyes can’t penetrate far.

Wherever he looks, there are just rubble beneath his feet and quiet water waves flowing under the mist beyond the gateway.

It seems there’s nothing here.

"This array is somewhat interesting." Liou Yuan glances around, and finally fixes his gaze on the five arrays arranged sequentially behind him.

Since studying Han Zhenzi’s Five Elements Birth and Destruction Array Derivation, Liou Yuan now even considers himself a somewhat amateur Array Master.

He usually pauses for a moment at arrays he hasn’t seen before.

"These five should all be teleportation arrays, each leading to different areas. Besides the entrance at Qiwen Mountain, there seem to be four other entrances."

Liou Yuan sweeps his gaze over the two damaged arrays and adds, "Now there’re only three entrances left."

"The technique of outlining the array patterns is quite old; who knows how many years old they are."

"Now unseen even in the Cyan Feather Realm, worth saving and studying if spare time allows."

While muttering, Liou Yuan retrieves a Jade Scroll and records the patterns of the arrays into it, not even missing the two damaged arrays.

Such ancient array patterns are now rare in the external world, each is immensely valuable.

Once Liou Yuan’s array skills improve in the future, he may even unravel some mysteries through the study of these five arrays’ patterns.

Recording the patterns took Liou Yuan half a day.

The world’s light remains unchanged, with no sight of sun, moon, or stars.

After finishing this, Liou Yuan then shifts his focus to the edge area ahead, wandering several circles by the riverbank without finding a single clue.

"Since I’ve come, and obtained the patterns of the five arrays, no way I’m leaving empty-handed." Liou Yuan refuses to accept leaving empty-handed, so after standing in place for a long time with determination characteristic of Yanhuang descendants, he decides to explore the crossing.

"Since there’s temporarily no danger, and this place is made so mysterious, even if there’s no benefit, I’ll surely discover some secrets."

Liou Yuan begins to walk towards the gateway; in the area specifically for docking boats, he can faintly see the outline of a stele.

Liou Yuan approaches to see that the stele is inscribed with six bold characters in powerful brushstrokes: ’Cyan Feather Gui Character Crossing’

"Cyan Feather Gui Character Crossing?" Liou Yuan mumbles the words on the stele, eyes filled with contemplation.

"Are the words Cyan Feather referring to the Cyan Feather Realm?"

A gateway named after a realm prompts Liou Yuan to think of that Cross-Realm Teleportation Array north of the Mist Valley, on the boundary of the Cyan Feather Realm, leading to worlds beyond.

That place is the only Cross-Realm Teleportation Array from the Cyan Feather Realm to the outside world, known as the Cyan Feather Cross-Realm Array.

"This clearly abandoned gateway in front, being named after the Cyan Feather Realm, could it be one of the channels leading outwards?"

Liou Yuan ponders this.

Yet since he entered the Cultivation Realm, he hasn’t heard of any connection to the outside world besides that teleporter north of the Mist Valley.

This makes Liou Yuan suspicious of this gateway’s authenticity.

"This gateway is located within the realm of Jin Dynasty and Qiwen Mountain, not far from Five Extremes Mountain, so close that if a gateway existed, it would surely be recorded in sect’s archives."

"Damn, could this be deceiving me? Perhaps I’ve fallen under an Illusion Technique?"

Liou Yuan slaps his face, simultaneously feeling for the stele with his palm, the icy touch helps him dismiss the suspicion of being under an Illusion Technique.

"Damn it, there’s actually a gateway on Qiwen Mountain." Liou Yuan’s face reddens from the slapping; after confirming he’s still conscious, his gaze again falls into thought.