I Have a Compass for Opportunity

The voice of the female Star Evil echoed from within the Radiant Heaven-breaking Array, drifting through the mist into Liou Yuan’s ears, tinged with a chill, each note as sharp as an icicle.

Liou Yuan paused his body, squinting as he scrutinized the beauty within the array, half-smiling, "Are you trying to trap me?"

The body of the Foundation Establishment Star Erosion was still too large compared to humans, even though she was the smallest of the three, her height nearly matched Liou Yuan’s.

Her pink, fine skin was smoother than that of a girl in her prime.

"What can I do to you through this array?" The female Star Erosion smiled slightly, as if receiving a response from Liou Yuan was already progress for her.

Liou Yuan had a sudden thought and immediately felt it made sense.

They wanted to communicate with him, merely to seek his assistance in escaping.

He might be the only cultivator to have come here in thousands of years, and if he encountered danger, they’d likely be more anxious than him.

"I’ll trust you this time!"

Liou Yuan’s eyes shifted as he responded to her before dashing in the direction she indicated.

Through the dense fog, Liou Yuan saw, amid the white mist surrounding the array’s edge, the resting remains of a female ancient cultivator.

She seemed surrounded by a layer of invisible spiritual membrane, where her body, having endured countless years, remained lifelike, without a trace of decay.

Her eyes lightly closed, long eyelashes resting like butterfly wings on her white cheeks. Her delicate brows slightly furrowed, lips faintly red, like newly bloomed petals, showing no signs of post-mortem lividity.

She wore a light purple spiritual robe; although the spiritual patterns on it no longer glowed, they were still clearly visible. The collar and cuffs were embroidered with exquisite silver threads delineating the unique emblem of her sect. Though now covered with a thin layer of dust, its former grandeur remained undiminished.

Liou Yuan stopped three meters in front of the ancient cultivator’s remains, his eyes scanning her body as his mouth exclaimed in astonishment:

"Even after Foundation Establishment, the body remains intact for countless years after death."

"This predecessor’s death precedes Han Zhenzi’s by far, yet no signs of deterioration are visible; surely her cultivation was higher than Han Zhenzi’s when she was alive."

This ancient cultivator’s remains undoubtedly reached Foundation Establishment, not Golden Core.

Golden Core deaths are accompanied by phenomena, even corpses that Qi Cultivation cultivators like Liou Yuan can’t approach.

Liou Yuan’s gaze suddenly fixed on the female cultivator’s appearance.

The more he looked, the more familiar he felt, stunned to find that this female cultivator’s features were exactly the same as the female Star Erosion trapped inside the Radiant Heaven-breaking Array.

From brows to eyes to nose and face shape, it’s as if molded from the same cast.

Briefly amazed, Liou Yuan thought of something and smiled lightly, "It’s not that surprising; probably the female Star Erosion shaped herself after this female cultivator’s appearance."

This indirectly confirmed Liou Yuan’s previous assumption.

The Foundation Establishment Star Erosion still in the Radiant Heaven-breaking Array likely wasn’t among the first batch to break into this space; they were descendants.

Born inside the Radiant Heaven-breaking Array and achieved Foundation Establishment within.

"No wonder the female Star Erosion knows the ancient cultivator’s remains so well."

Liou Yuan muttered, smiling at the ancient cultivator before him.

This ancient cultivator’s remains were the most well-preserved she’d ever seen, surely leaving behind treasures.

Liou Yuan respectfully bowed to the ancient cultivator, murmuring, "Forgive me, predecessor, for witnessing your exceptional elegance; I can’t bear to see you exposed in the wild, and will now collect your remains for burial."

His words full of righteous intent, the heat in Liou Yuan’s eyes revealed his true thoughts.

"A Foundation Establishment cultivator’s remains, who knows how many valuables lie within? Helping you be laid to rest, surely you should leave some burial gifts."

"What you bring in life you don’t bring in death, ring forgive my impudence."

As he spoke, a red glow emerged from Liou Yuan’s body, the Blood Absorption Skill activated and enveloped him.

Though just a corpse, it was enveloped in a layer of spiritual light, potentially harmful to Liou Yuan.

With the Blood Absorption Skill, he felt emboldened, reaching towards the cultivator’s remains.

The spiritual light through countless years was like a flickering candle, ready to extinguish.

At Liou Yuan’s touch, covered by the Blood Absorption Skill, it immediately vanished.

Then Liou Yuan’s hand touched the cultivator’s clothing.

Swish! The ancient, finely crafted, purple robe dissolved into ash upon the body’s surface.

The ancient cultivator’s graceful jade body lay exposed, rendering Liou Yuan, a virgin through two lives, dazed, muttering, "Forgive me, predecessor! Forgive me!"

Without clothes as a barrier, it was more convenient for Liou Yuan to search.

His eyes moved across the body, finally settling on her left hand.

On her wrist, a bracelet formed of translucent, colorless Spiritual Pearls emitted a faint glow, showing its spiritual nature still intact.

Additionally, a verdant ring adorned her slender fingers, untouched by the passing years, its residual spiritual light undiminished.

"Foundation Establishment Magical Artifact!" Liou Yuan’s eyes fixed on the bracelet, unable to look away.

The bracelet was undoubtedly a Foundation Establishment Magical Artifact, as Liou Yuan saw the distinct spiritual light only such an artifact possessed.