I Have a Compass for Opportunity

The day of the Evil Star’s shift swiftly passed amidst tranquil times in Wind City.

With the arrival of spring, the yang energy rises, and all things revive.

Wind City gradually awakens from its long winter slumber, and a gentle transformation quietly unfolds everywhere.

The ancient city walls, once shrouded in frost and exuding a cold, gray tone, gradually gain warmth under the gentle touch of the spring sun. The bricks, worn by time, bathe in golden light.

Outside Wind City, the City Lord accompanied Liou Yuan and Bai Ling to the outskirts, and both parties bid farewell with clasped hands at the gray city walls.

"Mr. Zhou, thank you for your hospitality these days," Liou Yuan said politely to the gentle-mannered middle-aged man in front of him.

Bai Ling’s stout figure stood beside him.

This plump bird ate well and slept well during these days, growing even fatter. Its round belly was larger than when it arrived, and its white feathers glistened brightly, showing how well it had lived.

"You’re too kind, friend. The Five Extremes Mountain and Jin Dynasty have always been natural allies due to their proximity."

"The Jin Dynasty has often faced distress and sought assistance from your sect, and your sect has always responded without hesitation. This convenience is hardly worth mentioning."

The City Lord, with scholarly air, displayed the demeanor of a righteous man in his words.

Liou Yuan also knew that such courtesy resulted entirely from his identity as a disciple of the Five Extremes Mountain. After a slight smile, he waved goodbye.

"I will remember your hospitality these days, City Lord. If you’re ever in need, feel free to send a letter to the Five Extremes Mountain, and within my ability, I will surely reply."

Liou Yuan then departed with Bai Ling, setting off toward the Five Extremes Mountain under the watchful gaze of Wind City’s Lord, walking on the soil that smelled of earth.

Mr. Zhou stood in place until Liou Yuan and Bai Ling’s figures disappeared from sight, before averting his gaze.

Gazing at the tender green buds sprouting from the bare trees outside the city, a faint smile appeared on his lips as he murmured, "Liou Yuan, Mr. Liou’s younger brother, who in the Outer Sect trial killed the Liou Family’s Five-Star Star Acupoint and yet retreated intact."

"I didn’t expect him to be so young."

"This time, it’s also a good opportunity to form a bond of goodwill."

In this world, goodwill doesn’t appear from nowhere. Mr. Zhou warmly hosted Liou Yuan not just because he was a disciple of the Five Extremes Mountain.

It was more about his Foundation Establishment background.

And his potential rivaling that of his elder brother, Liou Zhen.

Having left Wind City for a short while, Bai Ling and Liou Yuan chose to travel through the air to return to the Five Extremes Mountain more quickly.

Liou Yuan activated the Artifact Manipulation Celestial Calculation Spell, and stepping on the Canglan Sword, he flew via Sword Control.

Bai Ling flapped its wings, always keeping pace beside Liou Yuan.

Liou Yuan’s speed of flying by sword was already fast, yet Bai Ling showed no signs of struggle keeping up.

It seemed its round belly didn’t affect its speed at all.

"True to its Foundation Establishment lineage, Bai Ling isn’t as weak as it claimed," Liou Yuan mused, intrigued by Bai Ling’s speed, secretly pushing the Artifact Manipulation Celestial Calculation Spell to its limit.

Swish! The Canglan Sword’s radiance drew a brilliant trajectory across the once cold and solemn sky.

"Liou Yuan, you can’t shake me off!" Bai Ling, thinking Liou Yuan was playing with it, laughed heartily with a childlike voice, flapping its wings with full force, speeding up.

One person and one bird raced across the sky, pursuing each other relentlessly, neither able to shake off the other.

Though the planned ten-day journey turned out to last only seven days with this way of traveling.

The towering mountain body of the Five Extremes Mountain, shrouded in a gigantic fog array, was already vaguely visible.

Landing before the array, Liou Yuan taunted Bai Ling, which remained spirited and tireless after accompanying him all the way: "You’re quite cowardly. With such speed, if you dared to fight, that fox fire occupying your cave wouldn’t have fared well."

You must know that during the journey, Liou Yuan often had to pause to recover Spiritual Power using Star Stones.

Meanwhile, Bai Ling flew for seven days and nights almost without rest.

While Liou Yuan was exhausted, Bai Ling was perfectly fine.

Clearly, Bai Ling’s strength wasn’t as insignificant as it claimed.

"You don’t know the rules of our demon race. If we do fight, it must draw blood, and I didn’t need to fight desperately over a mountain peak," Bai Ling indifferently replied to losing its cave.

Obviously, compared to the cave, it cherishes its feathers more, or in other words, it’s just timid.

"Ha!" Liou Yuan chuckled without responding further, already contemplating how to train the fat bird.

"The Five Extremes Mountain’s style is fierce, and disciples clash daily."

"Especially that Qiu Ming, who seeks fights every day."

"Why not let Bai Ling follow Qiu Ming temporarily, join some magic duels, and over time, even a coward must become fierce."

The more Liou Yuan thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. Grinning cunningly, he quickly concealed his smile, calling Bai Ling calmly: "Let’s go."

Wearing the Outer Sect disciple’s token beside his waist, the overwhelming fog outside the Five Extremes Mountain parted automatically for Liou Yuan upon his passage.

Seeing Bai Ling’s glowing eyes full of anticipation for the Five Extremes Mountain, "Only I among the many Spirit Beasts of Empty House Mountain have entered the Five Extremes Mountain. Ha ha, when I have a chance to return, I’ll show off to those fellows."

Unaware, Liou Yuan had already planned its training regimen.

Passing through the thick mist, the mountain gate’s patrolling disciples saw Liou Yuan returning with a Spirit Beast and naturally went to inquire.