I Have a Compass for Opportunity

However, reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm is incredibly difficult, and even the most talented geniuses need more than two years to break through to Foundation Establishment.

This means Lao Xiuyuan will not be finished for at least another year, by which time even the wildflowers would have wilted.

"What bad timing." Liou Yuan rubbed his temples, feeling a bit melancholic.

"What business do you have with Senior Brother Xiuyuan? You can leave your name, and I’ll pass the message on when he completes his retreat." The bearded man from the Disciplinary Hall seemed to pay special attention, perhaps because Liou Yuan had mentioned Lao Xiuyuan, even offering to deliver a message for him.

Liou Yuan initially thought of saying it wasn’t necessary, but then he realized he had no other acquaintances in the Disciplinary Hall. Without Lao Xiuyuan’s recommendation, he wouldn’t find another person to help him.

Forcing himself to appear grateful, he said, "Then I’ll trouble you, Senior Brother. Please tell Senior Brother Xiuyuan that Liou Yuan came to visit."

"Liou Yuan!" When the bearded man heard Liou Yuan’s name, his eyes widened. After looking Liou Yuan up and down, he asked, "Are you the younger brother of Mr. Liou, Liou Yuan?"

"My elder brother is Liou Zhen." Liou Yuan nodded honestly.

"Haha, I know why you’re here. You don’t need to wait for Senior Brother Xiuyuan to come out of his retreat."

"Just go inside, pick two people, kill them, and bring their heads back."

"Before going into seclusion, Senior Brother Xiuyuan had already submitted your recommendation letter. All that’s left is for you to complete the rest of the process."

The bearded man from the Disciplinary Hall spoke of killing with such nonchalance.

Lao Xiuyuan is one of the top ten experts in the Outer Sect and is currently in seclusion, attempting to break through to Foundation Establishment.

If all goes well, he will become a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator and an Inner Sect disciple the next time he emerges from seclusion.

Such a person remembered this trivial matter before his retreat, which deeply moved Liou Yuan. He thought to himself, "I’ll remember this kindness from Senior Brother Xiuyuan."

He was also a person who acted swiftly. Since Lao Xiuyuan had already submitted the recommendation letter,

he would just complete the remaining process.

"Then, I’ll head in now, Senior Brother."

Liou Yuan cupped his hands towards the bearded man and strode towards the first level of the Wind Chasing Division, where portraits of notorious criminals were displayed.

Compared to his first visit, nearly a third of the portraits had been replaced.

Many criminals had been brought to justice, and many new wanted criminals were posted in the Wind Chasing Division.

"The disciples of the Wind Chasing Division are truly diligent."

Liou Yuan murmured as he began scanning through the portraits on the first level.

He previously chose Ji Jie’s wanted portrait because he and Pan Yang intended to use the pretext of a bounty to descend the mountain and explore Han Zhenzi’s cave dwelling in Jiuli State.

This time, he also planned to use the bounty as an excuse to make a trip back to the Jin Dynasty.

The informant Jin Yingjie he had left at Qiwen Mountain still hadn’t responded; since it involved the next step of his fortune, he needed to visit personally.

And there was his mother Bai Xin, who was in Yanhe City. He had been cultivating diligently in Five Extremes Mountain for three years and, emotionally and logically, should return for a visit.

So he planned to choose criminals from the Jin Dynasty, preferably within Qingyou Prefecture.

He quickly pinpointed two targets.

The first was a woman. The portrait depicted her with a charming face and a sinister gaze. She wore black clothes with a silver scorpion-shaped pendant hanging from her chest.

Zhai Yuzhu, originally a disciple of the Yanluo Sect, harbored ill intentions and secretly practiced demonic cultivation skills. Her methods were bizarre, using the blood of loose cultivators as medicinal primers. Ruthless in her ways, she clandestinely slaughtered over a hundred loose cultivators, committing grave sins.

Earlier this year, she even betrayed her sect, murdering over ten fellow members, exposing her practice of demon skills. After the incident was discovered, she fled to Qingyou Prefecture to evade punishment. Her vicious methods have ensnared her into the Demon Dao. If left unchecked, she would surely cause disaster.

Zhai Yuzhu is currently at the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer and excels in using poison due to her demon skills. Sect members are advised to exercise utmost caution when encountering her.

The man in the second portrait was tall and sturdy, almost comparable in build to Qiu Ming.

His skin was dark and rough, with a fierce scar running from the corner of his eye to his mouth, and a beastly glare in his eyes.

Zhou Meng, a loose cultivator from Jiuli State, is known for his brutal and vile nature, delighting in slaughtering and pillaging loose cultivators. Defying his will often resulted in death, his notorious acts intolerably shocking.

During the vernal equinox, Zhou Suyi, a disciple from the second peak of the Outer Sect, was dispatched on a mission to Jiuli Baishi County, where she fell victim to Zhou Meng. He robbed her of her possessions, defiled her, and ultimately caused her wrongful death.

The elder of the Disciplinary Hall, enraged upon hearing this, vowed to take the head of this villain to restore justice and peace for the deceased.

According to the portrait’s information, Zhou Meng is also a Body Cultivator, at the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer, but his cultivation technique is so fierce that even cultivators at the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer struggle to contend with him.

After being wanted by the Disciplinary Hall, he fled from Jiuli State to the Jin Dynasty’s Qingyou Prefecture.

"These two will do. One from the Yanluo Sect who practices demonic skills and one vicious loose cultivator; neither has surpassed the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer, quite manageable."

Liou Yuan, with newfound strength, still needed to consider carefully when choosing criminals.

Seeing that neither of the criminals exceeded his current abilities, he immediately accepted the two portraits and strode out of the Wind Chasing Division’s bounty hall.

He then handed the two portraits to the bearded man at the entrance for registration.

The latter, without fuss, recorded the two criminals and Liou Yuan’s badge, cheerfully saying to Liou Yuan, "Safe travels, Mr. Liou. Since you’ve accepted the bounties for two criminals simultaneously, according to the rules, you have half a year."

"Hopefully, by the time you return in six months, we’ll already be colleagues."