I Have a Compass for Opportunity

Liou Yuan had almost asked everything he needed to know.

No matter how chaotic the region north of Qingyou Prefecture might be, he had to go to Qiwen Mountain eventually.

After half a day of discussions with Bai Ling, Liou Yuan stood up to take his leave.

Before leaving, he did not forget to leave a Qi Gathering Elixir on Bai Ling’s rough table, saying: "This is an elixir to enhance cultivation. I’m not sure if it’s useful for your spirit beasts, but you can try taking it."

Liou Yuan had more than five bottles of elixirs now, more than enough to break through to the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.

This Qi Gathering Elixir was his way of repaying Bai Ling for the information.

Bai Ling instinctively wanted to decline, but upon smelling the fragrance of the elixir, the refusal caught in his throat as his eyes locked onto it.

He truly needed elixirs to increase his strength.

Moreover, elixirs for cultivators were applicable to spirit beasts as well.

"I’m leaving. I’ll visit you again before I leave Qingyou Prefecture." Liou Yuan saw Bai Ling’s expression, and with a smile, he waved his hand and left gracefully.

With the activation of the Treading Flowing Waves skill, Liou Yuan transformed into a streak of light and rushed out from the mountain towards Qiwen Mountain.

After Liou Yuan left, Bai Ling didn’t hesitate to pick up the Qi Gathering Elixir with his beak and swallowed it.

His pure white feathers instantly glistened with white specks as the medicinal power spread, even enhancing the color of the crest on his head.

"The Foundation Establishment background is indeed different; these elixirs are top-notch."

"Makes me want to go to Five Extremes Mountain... No, I need to think carefully about this..."

Returning to Qiwen Mountain, Liou Yuan didn’t enter the city.

Yufengcheng was in a state of unrest due to the dissemination of demon skills, making the cultivators within wary.

Liou Yuan, an outsider cultivator, was particularly under scrutiny.

Not wanting his movements to attract attention, he had earlier put away the token of an Outer Sect disciple from Five Extremes Mountain.

If he were to use the status of a Five Extremes Mountain disciple, it might ease some of the Yufengcheng cultivators’ vigilance.

Therefore, Liou Yuan chose a hill with a wide view.

He used the Canglan Sword to dig a cave, entered it, and began cultivating while waiting for the opportune moment to enter Qiwen Mountain.

Qiwen Mountain was a place he had to go.

The Calamity-level Star Evil had yet to appear; waiting for it to awaken seemed unlikely.

"Besides, it hasn’t emerged in two years. Can’t expect it to show up the moment I arrive; such luck would be too good." Liou Yuan mused.

Fortunately, Liou Yuan now only needed elixirs to enhance his cultivation, no longer needing much Star Spiritual Power for assistance, making any place suitable for cultivation.

As for the optimal time to enter Qiwen Mountain.

With the experience of having entered Han Zhenzi’s abode, Liou Yuan reckoned the Evil Star Shift period was most suitable.

No worries about interruptions from other cultivators, nor about being targeted by anyone.

After all, during that time, few cultivators in the Qi Cultivation Realm dared exit the city.

Liou Yuan’s life reverted to the diligent cultivation days.

At night, he would use elixirs to cultivate, enhancing his cultivation; during the day, he’d practice magic and swordsmanship, occasionally studying arrays, feeling fulfilled.

This time, however, his luck didn’t match that of the previous incident at Han Zhenzi’s cave.

The second month wasn’t during the Evil Star Shift, forcing Liou Yuan to wait another month.

Fortunately, he had plenty of time, and there was no rush.

During this time, he took out Zhai Yuzhu’s storage bag and two from Yanluo Sect disciples who had died at Zhai Yuzhu’s hands, tallying the gains.

There were three to four hundred Spirit Crystals and several jade scrolls containing magic techniques.

The magic jade scrolls from the two Yanluo Sect disciples were beneath Liou Yuan’s standards, only at D-level, generally lackluster in power, as Liou Yuan wasn’t even interested in C-level techniques now.

Only the contents of Zhai Yuzhu’s storage bag intrigued Liou Yuan somewhat.

Inside was a book called the "Blood Refining and Spirit Drawing Skill," identified by the Fixed Star Compass as a C-level Qi Cultivation Breathing Skill.

Of course, it was a demon cultivation technique.

Liou Yuan was surely not going to cultivate it, but he could glean insights into demon cultivators’ methods through the text.

In future confrontations with demon cultivators, he wouldn’t be caught off guard.

There was also a bottle containing just one elixir.

Upon identification, it turned out to be the Spirit Extinction Elixir used by Zhai Yuzhu against Lin Qianyin and the others at Nether Abyss Peak, Laiyin Forest.

[Name] Spirit Extinction Elixir

[Category] Elixir

[Quality] Supreme Grade

[Effects] Not for consumption. Crush with spiritual power; disperse in the air; within a range of five hundred feet, it creates a spirit-extinction zone.

Any cultivator entering this area will find their meridians clogged by the medicinal power. Forcing spiritual power could severely damage or even sever their meridians.

For cultivators in the Qi Cultivation Realm, the effects are particularly pronounced; for those in the Foundation Establishment Realm, the elixir’s effects are reduced by seventy percent.

The Spirit Extinction Elixir is entirely black, resembling crudely shaped roadside dirt. Liou Yuan sniffed it and detected no scent.

Liou Yuan did not take this elixir lightly and carefully sealed the bottle, muttering: "Zhai Yuzhu almost managed to trick Yanluo Sect’s sword dao genius, Lin Qianyin, with this thing."

The identification from the Fixed Star Compass noted that the Spirit Extinction Elixir was notably effective for cultivators in the Qi Cultivation Realm.

No matter if you’re at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, you’d still feel restrained by its medicinal power, unable to recklessly use spiritual power.

"This Spirit Extinction Elixir is useful to me; if it can trick Lin Qianyin, it can affect any cultivator below Foundation Establishment in the Qi Cultivation Realm."

"No matter how talented, no matter how many Star Acupoints you have, you’ll comply."