I Have a Compass for Opportunity

"When did you poison us? We clearly didn’t have any contact with you." Lin Qianyin was coughing more severely, black blood uncontrollably flowing from between her fingers, dripping onto the ground.

"There’s no need to poison. It’s been said it’s an ancient elixir for suppressing spiritual power. Just crush it and scatter it throughout this canyon, and any cultivator who enters will be poisoned."

Zhai Yuzhu pointed at the ground, mocking, "You were too confident. Didn’t you see that even the spirit beasts of Nether Abyss Peak dare not approach here?"

With that, Zhai Yuzhu finally lost her patience. Raising her palm slightly, spiritual power surged within her, and a black spiritual snake formed in her hand.

The spiritual snake coldly extended its tongue towards Lin Qianyin.

"Qianyin, it’s time for you to go."

No matter how disdainful Zhai Yuzhu was towards Lin Qianyin in her words.

The title of the Yanluo Sect’s first sword cultivator in the outer sect still made her wary. She didn’t approach Lin Qianyin but chose to kill with magic instead.

Whoosh! The black snake shot out, its speed so fast that Liou Yuan felt he needed to fully employ Treading Flowing Waves to dodge.

Just as the black snake was about to hit Lin Qianyin.

The ever dispirited Lin Qianyin lifted her head at this moment.

Her resolute and bright eyes carried a surge of killing intent.

Boom! Sword Qi that had been brewing for a long time burst forth, blooming on Lin Qianyin’s Profound Iron Greatsword.

The sword Qi took shape above Lin Qianyin’s head, transforming into a giant golden sword tens of meters high, brilliantly shining.

Zhai Yuzhu’s spiritual snake spell was instantly torn to shreds by the sword Qi contained within that brilliance as it entered the light.

What a cunning character Zhai Yuzhu was; she had long guessed Lin Qianyin wouldn’t be so easy to kill.

Almost the instant Lin Qianyin’s sword Qi exploded, she had already transformed into a streak of blood, shooting towards the entrance of the canyon.

Obviously, the sword Qi wasn’t something easily evaded.

The golden greatsword swept across, striking down with blazing light like a golden ocean, encompassing Zhai Yuzhu and the area with it.

Boom!!! The canyon shook like an earthquake.

The sound of the explosion reverberated more than a dozen miles away from Nether Abyss Peak.

Liou Yuan was at the entrance of the canyon, but fortunately, he had found a safe place to squat down earlier, avoiding the impact of Lin Qianyin’s sword.

Even so, the sword Qi erupted less than a hundred meters from him.

The sword Qi seared, slicing several sharp sword marks into the ground where Liou Yuan stood.

Liou Yuan retreated further, moving back to a safe distance, then looked towards the area engulfed by the sword Qi, murmuring, "Zhai Yuzhu is as good as dead!"

The existence of sword Qi inherently surpasses the Qi Cultivation Realm.

One can’t claim that sword Qi used with Qi cultivation can harm the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Yet beneath Foundation Establishment, almost no one can withstand it.

Zhai Yuzhu is surely dead.

The ravaging of sword Qi persisted for several breaths before dispersing at the canyon entrance, leaving a region covered in sword marks, with hundreds to thousands of crisscrossing gorges.

Liou Yuan, using his Evil Eyes, had earlier locked onto Zhai Yuzhu’s position.

His gaze turned to the center with the most sword marks.

Zhai Yuzhu lay in a pool of blood, limbs broken, her body covered in at least a hundred sword scars, deep to the bone, her blood mixing with internal organs spilled across the ground.

"Impossible!" She still wasn’t dead; faintly, Liou Yuan heard Zhai Yuzhu’s delirious voice coming from that broken body.

Her voice was filled with strong unwillingness.

She yearned to grasp Foundation Establishment and didn’t hesitate to use her sect mates as cultivation technique fodder, ending up like this.

Yet she was no match for the pride of the sect.

Lin Qianyin ended her path cultivated through countless machinations with just one sword.

"It’s sword Qi, you foolish woman." Liou Yuan shook his head; of course, he wasn’t about to console this woman.

Sword Qi is something even within the Foundation Establishment Realm few can comprehend.

His older brother became famous relying on Snow Shattering Sword Qi.

It can only be said that Zhai Yuzhu died under sword Qi without injustice.

She can’t survive; after a few murmurs, Liou Yuan confirmed her death using Evil Eyes.

Liou Yuan then gazed at Lin Qianyin, who released that one sword Qi.

Knowing well she was poisoned by the elixir that bound spiritual power, yet she wielded that sword.

This Lin Qianyin was also resolved to fight to the end.

After one sword, her meridians shattered, bleeding from her orifices.

Her skin occasionally erupted with spiritual power, tearing her flesh apart, her blue long dress now stained red with blood.

Even so, the woman held on with her last will, bracing herself with the greatsword, watched Zhai Yuzhu breathe her last, and only then did her eyes roll back.

She collapsed in the canyon.

The lingering spiritual power in the valley dispersed at this moment, leaving behind only the drifting mist in the canyon.

Liou Yuan looked strangely at Zhai Yuzhu, dead beyond possibility, and Lin Qianyin, obviously unable to resist anymore, muttering, "Could it be Mr. Jiang is proficient in divination skills? He told me to be the lurking sparrow, and I indeed became one?"

One could say without any effort.

Aside from tailing Lin Qianyin’s group, Liou Yuan seemed to have done nothing.

Since the field was no longer threatening, Liou Yuan didn’t bother to hide his form anymore, withdrawing Night Concealing Mask’s invisibility.

He leisurely walked out from concealment.

First, he walked to Zhai Yuzhu’s position.

Clang! The Canglan Sword left the sheath, and with a flash of sword light, he decapitated Zhai Yuzhu, placing her head into the storage bag.

Of course, he didn’t forget to retrieve Zhai Yuzhu’s storage bag.

Having done all this, Liou Yuan looked again at Lin Qianyin lying in the valley.

A genius who can cultivate sword energy, it would be a pity if she died like this, Liou Yuan thought.

Moreover, the Yanluo Sect people are considered righteous, often standing alongside the Jin Dynasty’s royal family on the frontline against the Star Evil during the Evil Star Shift.

Mr. Wei, who died in Yanhe City due to a Calamity-level Star Evil, was part of the Yanluo Sect.

So strictly speaking, the Yanluo Sect and the Five Extremes Mountain are in the same camp.

After a brief hesitation, Liou Yuan activated his blood aura, using the Blood Absorption Skill to envelop himself in a crimson veil, and walked into the valley.

He hadn’t forgotten the troublesome Spirit Extinction Elixir inside the valley.

He didn’t want to get poisoned. Though not fatal, it would affect his escape from the Nether Abyss Peak, and he might encounter a beast on the way.

Of course, with the blood aura, even without spiritual power, the Blood Absorption Skill alone could rampage through the Qi Cultivation Realm.

"I wonder if this Blood Absorption Skill can block that Spirit Extinction Elixir," he muttered as he stepped onto the valley’s soil.

After walking a bit forward, his body showed no abnormalities, and his internal spiritual power flowed smoothly.

"Heh, the Blood Imperial Spell is indeed a C-level Skill, capable of even resisting such ancient elixirs."

With a chuckle, Liou Yuan confidently walked to Lin Qianyin’s side.

He was just a step away from being within a yard from her.

Bang! A golden sword light erupted, a finger-thick beam burst from Lin Qianyin’s body, attacking Liou Yuan.

This was sword energy, inherently capable of autonomously defending its master.

Even if its master was unconscious, it still protected Lin Qianyin.

Only Liou Yuan could withstand it; anyone else would have a rough time dealing with it.

Liou Yuan, with his blood aura and Lin Qianyin’s sword energy not fully cultivated, estimated only to be slightly stronger than him.

Not enough to threaten Liou Yuan when unconscious.

Liou Yuan, curious about Lin Qianyin’s sword energy power, concentrated the Blood Absorption Skill on his chest, steadfastly letting it hit him.

Boom!

A deafening sound.

As the sword energy collided with Liou Yuan’s Blood Absorption Skill, it splintered into hundreds of fine sword energies, engulfing Liou Yuan.

Clink, clink, clink! A symphony of crisp sounds echoed around Liou Yuan.

The hair-thin sword energies, upon touching the crimson veil of the Blood Absorption Skill, bounced off.

Liou Yuan was merely pushed back a few steps, unharmed.

"Impressive strength. If she personally directed the sword energy, it might’ve overwhelmed the Blood Absorption Skill."

"But with this current power level, it’s not enough to hurt me."

Liou Yuan gave Lin Qianyin’s sword energy a fair evaluation, casually brushed his slightly disheveled clothes from the sword energy’s impact, bent, and hoisted Lin Qianyin onto his shoulder. With a grin at her closed-eyed delicate face, he said, "Lucky you ran into me."

Before leaving, Liou Yuan didn’t forget to take the storage bags of her two companions, maximizing his gain.

After all, with them dead, their cultivation resources would be wasted here.

Having done all this, Liou Yuan dared not linger longer in the Nether Abyss Peak.

Activating Treading Flowing Waves, he turned into a sapphire light ray, shooting out of the ridge.

As Lin Qianyin cleared her path, most beasts were dealt with.

Liou Yuan carefully avoided the miasma in the ridge, thus avoiding major dangers.

Within an incense stick’s time, Liou Yuan safely exited the Nether Abyss Peak.

Before leaving, he turned for one last look back.

He saw a hint of green mist rising deep from the Nether Abyss Peak, swarming skyward and devouring the grotesque mountains and forests along its path.

That was the Nether Abyss Peak’s green mist.

Zhai Yuzhu’s hiding spot was, frankly, just at the edge of the Nether Abyss Peak.

Not yet venturing into the truly perilous zone.

"This place is slightly less than the Spirit Erosion and Decay Abyss, at least those demonic beasts can survive inside."

"Spirit Erosion and Decay Abyss is devoid of any living things."

This world is indeed bizarre, with every location having its own natural perils.

Like the Erosion Land suppressed by the Five Extremes Mountain, Jiuli State’s Spirit Erosion and Decay Abyss, and the Jin Dynasty’s Nether Abyss Peak.

Some places, no one even knows how they formed, causing cultivators to avoid them.

"Let’s go!" Liou Yuan, having completed this bounty capture, in high spirits, patted Lin Qianyin’s butt on his shoulder, teasing, "Little girl, so skinny yet with quite a big butt."

Liou Yuan’s playful banter was originally just self-murmur.

Suddenly, feeling something, Liou Yuan stiffened and looked down at Lin Qianyin’s face hidden beneath her black hair.

Her fair face was flushed.

And a pair of sharp eyes coldly stared back at Liou Yuan through strands of hair.

Lin Qianyin had awakened.

Liou Yuan froze for a moment, then decisively took swift action.

"Take this!" he shouted, his hand forming into a knife-hand, with slight blood aura shaking, he struck Lin Qianyin’s nape.

Without Divine Sense in the Qi Cultivation Realm, common vulnerabilities applied to Lin Qianyin.

Thud! With a muffled sound, Lin Qianyin completely passed out.

"Phew! That was close!" Liou Yuan sighed in relief, unsure whether she’d remember him upon waking, but as Five Extremes Mountain and Yanluo Sect had no interactions, it might be fine.

After this unexpected incident, Liou Yuan dared not joke about Lin Qianyin’s butt anymore, earnestly carrying her toward the nearest city from the Nether Abyss Peak.