I Have a Compass for Opportunity

Liou Yuan responded this way only because he wanted to use the hand of this female Eclipse to gain more benefits.

The female Eclipse either genuinely didn’t understand or pretended not to notice, not exposing Liou Yuan’s scheme, and with a smile, pointed leisurely towards the crossing, saying: "I wonder if a Golden Core inheritance is sincere enough."

The short sentence from the female Eclipse was like thunder on a clear day to Liou Yuan’s ears.

What is a Golden Core? It is the highest combat power of the Jin Dynasty, Jiuli State, and even the Five Extremes Mountain.

A Golden Core inheritance means it could be the highest inheritance in the Cyan Feather Realm.

Not to mention Liou Yuan, even Liou Zhen would not be able to resist being moved.

But he quickly suppressed the desire in his heart, taking a deep look at the female Eclipse in front of him.

He didn’t believe the Eclipse’s words.

"How can something like a Golden Core inheritance appear in such a godforsaken place?"

On usual days, Liou Yuan had to be cautious even when facing a Foundation Establishment, yet now, with the array barrier in between, Liou Yuan stood tall, unabashedly displaying his disdain in his tone.

"This woman can’t even lie. When I was still wearing open-crotch pants, I was better at fooling people than you."

The female Eclipse wasn’t angered either, leisurely pointing Liou Yuan in a direction, and said: "Walk a thousand zhang forward to the Kun position, there’s an old man’s remains, you should be able to see a ’ship contract’. Activate it with your Spiritual Power and you’ll be able to see what I talked about."

"By then, we can discuss the details of the transaction."

This time, the female Eclipse didn’t give Liou Yuan a chance to refute.

After saying this, her enchanting figure disappeared into the mist behind her.

Liou Yuan watched her preparing to leave, and wanting to extract more information, he wouldn’t easily give up such a good opportunity, so he raised his voice and shouted: "I don’t believe what you said, I won’t even go to see it."

However, the voice was swallowed by the mist, and the female Eclipse had no intention of reappearing.

Liou Yuan waited in place for a while, helplessly shrugged his shoulders.

"Alright, I might as well go and take a look to see what’s going on."

Of course, Liou Yuan wasn’t going to foolishly follow the female Eclipse’s instructions, he actually just wanted to see what this ’ship contract’ was about.

Liou Yuan started walking in the direction pointed by the female Eclipse, and soon saw the remains of the old man she mentioned.

He was wearing the same sect uniform as that of the female Cultivator, without a doubt, he was from the same sect as that female Cultivator.

His corpse wasn’t preserved as well, below his legs was nothing but emptiness, his chest had a hole dug out, and there was no Storage Ring on him. Just from this alone, it could be determined how different this corpse’s sect status was compared to the female Cultivator’s corpse.

The old man’s hands lay limply on the ground, fingers long and jointed, with round, glossy nails faintly gleaming. Around his left wrist was a black jade bracelet engraved with mysterious spells.

Judging from the magical light, it was undoubtedly another Foundation Establishment Magical Artifact, but unfortunately, the jade bracelet was already shattered, full of cracks, and its Spiritual Power nearly exhausted.

In his right hand, he clutched a long sword exuding an ancient aura. The blade was broken, and the remaining half was full of green mottled rust marks.

"Heh, I knew I could dig out more."

Liou Yuan didn’t disdain these two broken Foundation Establishment Magical Artifacts, adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, he joyfully collected them.

"Even though they’re damaged, sending them to the Five Extremes Mountain Artifact Refining Pavilion could still extract some artifact refining materials, which aren’t of low value."

Having done so, Liou Yuan started to rummage through the old man’s belongings.

He really found a black Jade Talisman in the man’s lapel, with the word ’Qingyu’ inscribed on it, presumably the ’ship contract’ mentioned by the female Eclipse.

The ship contract still had lingering spiritual fluctuations, undamaged, giving Liou Yuan a feeling that by injecting his Spiritual Power, this ship contract would be activated.

"This is the Gui Character Crossing of Cyan Feather, since it’s a crossing, there must be a ship." Liou Yuan toyed with the ship contract, roughly guessing its function.

His only concern was whether his action of activating the ship contract might invite danger.

Was the female Eclipse setting him up by tricking him into doing this to gain his trust, just so she could have him activate the ship contract?

There certainly was risk, but the mention of the Golden Core inheritance by the female Eclipse made Liou Yuan feel unbearably itchy with curiosity.

"The Eclipse’s words can’t be fully trusted, but what if it’s true?"

"Might as well take the chance, whether it yields fruit or not. After all, it’s a Golden Core inheritance, taking a bit of risk is worth it."

In just a breath or two, Liou Yuan made up his mind.

But before activating the ship contract, Liou Yuan had to ensure his own safety.

He put away the ship contract, and retraced his path back to the five teleportation arrays through which he had entered this space.

Arriving at the teleportation array of Qiwen Mountain, he poured hundreds of Star Stones into the grooves of the array.

The teleportation array, like other arrays, could be activated with Star Stones.

Liou Yuan’s plan was simple: activate this array first, and then use the ship contract. If anything irrevocably dangerous happened, he could escape immediately with the teleportation array.

"This way, I can ensure everything goes off without a hitch." Liou Yuan kept watch on the teleportation array until the array within rippled with energy, needing just one step from him to trigger the array’s activation.

Only then did Liou Yuan take out the black ship contract, licking his lips in anticipation.

"Let me see what this ship contract is about."

Whoosh! Spiritual Power surged from within him, flowing toward the black ship contract in his hand.

After absorbing Liou Yuan’s Spiritual Power, the words ’Qingyu’ engraved on the ship contract began to emit a blue light.

Liou Yuan could clearly sense that the black ship contract in his hand started to emanate an invisible ripple.

These ripples spread like water waves, expanding over the fog-covered sea outside the crossing.

A strange event occurred.

Liou Yuan realized that the mist, which perpetually shrouded the crossing, seemed to thin out slightly once the ship contract was activated.

Not only did the fog around the crossing start to dissipate, but even the mist on the sea seemed to be parted by an invisible giant hand, revealing the azure surface below.

This sharpened Liou Yuan’s vision, allowing him to gaze further into the distance.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, Liou Yuan appeared to catch sight of something, his eyes narrowing, locking onto the depths of the sea.

Over the sea surface, which was perennially shrouded in thick mist, the thinning fog revealed a massive ship’s hull looming indistinctly.

The ship was constructed from some unknown material, with enormous planks closely fitted, each as wide and thick as a building wall. Time had engraved deep and shallow grooves into the hull, resembling the wrinkles of ancient mountains, whispering tales of the long and fierce past.

The ship’s length from bow to stern was immeasurable, its imposing stature seemed capable of severing the entire sea area. The towering hull, like precipitous cliffs, plunged vertically into the purple-black seawater tainted by unknown forces.

"What a massive ship!" Liou Yuan marveled at the ship’s magnificence.

This was no mere ship, but a moving island.

The hull was entwined with robust iron chains, each link as thick as a person’s waist, black and gleaming, with ancient, obscure runes engraved all over.

The runes emitted faint ghostly glows, flickering in the mist, engaging in a strenuous contest with the ghastly environment.

These chains were deeply embedded into the ship’s planks, penetrating the hull, plunging into the seawater, as though anchoring a moving island in place, ensuring it never reached the shore.

Liou Yuan’s gaze shifted, observing some horrifying scenes around the ship’s hull that made his scalp tingle.

On the water’s surface near the hull, within the purple-black waters, countless Cultivator corpses floated, densely clustered, wearing varied sect garments, now tattered and ruined.

Some corpses had distorted faces, eyes wide open, as if seized by immense terror before death; others had limb parts missing, severed arms and legs bobbing in the violet-black water. These corpses rose and fell with the waves, colliding with each other, producing a dull sound.

These corpses seemed affected by some force, unable to drift away from the proximity of the hull, no matter how they dripped on the sea surface.

The colossal hull, eerie chains, purple-black water, and the floating Cultivator corpses — all of it evoked an intense sense of horror.