I Have a Compass for Opportunity

"How did it feel to engage in your first magical duel!"

Liou Yuan’s goal was achieved, which was to lead Bai Ling into fights with Qiu Ming, so that he could awaken the demon beast’s ferocity within her bones.

Bai Ling loudly responded with her youthful voice, "Awesome! I didn’t know I was so powerful. Now I want to return to Qingyou Prefecture to give that old fox a good beating."

Being a registered spirit beast of the Five Extremes Mountain, Bai Ling couldn’t just wander off the mountain at will; it was all just talk.

Liou Yuan continued to entrust Bai Ling to Qiu Ming, reminding him not to cause any deaths while dueling before he left.

Preventing Qiu Ming from getting into fights was impossible.

A month later, at the vernal equinox.

A subtle layer of fresh green covered the five giant peaks of the Outer Sect at Five Extremes Mountain, the color tender and full of vitality like a newborn infant.

The sunlight spilled over the mountain, cloaking the forest in a golden glow, as if every leaf was shimmering.

A beam of light shone through the library window, illuminating Liou Yuan’s upright figure leaning against a bookshelf.

His gaze was intensely focused on the book spread open in his hands.

After days of exploration in the library, Liou Yuan managed to find quite a few records regarding ’Geng Metal Spiritual Qi’ and ’Wood Spiritual Qi.’

Currently known locations for the birth of Geng Metal Spiritual Qi are five: one in Jiuli State, two in the Jin Dynasty, and the remaining two in the Mystic Valley and Linlang Domain.

Wood Spiritual Qi is very scarce; only ten-thousand-year-old spiritual trees possess dense Wood Spiritual Qi, while thousand-year-old spiritual trees are much less abundant.

Liou Yuan primarily searched for ten-thousand-year-old forests, which are not in the Jin Dynasty or Jiuli State but distributed in the Linlang Domain, Lingyuan, and the endless mountains behind the Nether Abyss Peak of the Jin Dynasty.

Liou Yuan’s cultivation is too low; the Jin Dynasty and Jiuli State are the most he can reach.

The distance to the further Linlang Domain, Mystic Valley, and Lingyuan is calculated in months.

Especially Lingyuan, which is the furthest, taking years to travel round trip, so it can be directly excluded.

There’s also the Linlang Domain, full of demon cultivators; with Liou Yuan’s current cultivation, encountering a Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivator could be deadly.

"Ah, Wood Spiritual Qi is hard to deal with; seems like I’ll be only able to cultivate ’Geng Metal Refining Form Skill’ for now."

Liou Yuan sighed.

Given that the ’Longevity Scripture’ is difficult to grasp, he can only start with ’Geng Metal Refining Form Skill’ to attempt a Foundation Establishment.

Once he reaches Foundation Establishment, seeking out ten-thousand-year-old spiritual trees will be much easier.

With this in mind, Liou Yuan ignored the Wood Spiritual Qi locations and started marking the known sites of Geng Metal Spiritual Qi.

Firstly, Linlang Domain and Mystic Valley can be excluded, with the Jin Dynasty having two sites where Geng Metal Spiritual Qi is nurtured, and Jiuli State with one.

Both the Jin Dynasty and Jiuli State are prioritized, considering both distance and safety.

"Hmm, Gong Linqing’s latest intel indicates the evil corpse has emerged from the Spirit Erosion and Decay Abyss; since Jiuli State is a planned destination, let’s check out the Geng Metal Spiritual Qi site there first."

Having made up his mind, Liou Yuan quietly closed the book in front of him.

He’s placed quite a few ancient books on the shelf, roughly counting eight, three of which document the various spiritual qi required for transfer cultivation techniques.

Especially, the one in his hand, ’Foundation Establishment Spiritual Qi Overview,’ holds the most detailed records.

The remaining five are ancient texts Liou Yuan came across while searching for spiritual qi-related information.

The aim is to investigate the Qingyu Gui Character Crossing from before his trip to Qingyou Prefecture.

However, after thoroughly searching the library, Liou Yuan found no mention of Qingyu Gui Character Crossing.

The crossing seemed to never have existed in the Cyan Feather Realm.

Liou Yuan was forced to change his approach, focusing on the haunted ghost ship moored at the Qingyu Gui Character Crossing.

The results were the same as with the Qingyu Gui Character Crossing—fruitless.

Unwilling to give up, Liou Yuan began to employ a more indirect strategy; unable to find intel on Qingyu Gui Character Crossing meant it must be excluded.

Liou Yuan began examining the clothing of the ancient cultivator named Su’e, who was brought back from the crossing.

In this world, sect rivalry is severe.

Every sect’s attire and name remain unchanged and are bound together, passed down without alteration for millennia.

So investigating from this angle is certainly correct.

Liou Yuan distinctly remembers the attire Su’e wore.

These five books cover the entire five-thousand-year timeline of the Cyan Feather Realm, documenting almost all first-class sects’ clothing.

Why five thousand years? This time marker coincides with the arrival of the Star Eclipse on the Cyan Feather Realm.

After the Star Eclipse descended upon the Cyan Feather Realm, many cultivation realm legacies were virtually severed by the calamity.

Countless prominent sects were eradicated.

Not only cultivation techniques, magic, arrays, and talismans were discontinued, but also numerous ancient texts and jade scrolls predating the Star Eclipse were lost.

Thus, it’s not that Liou Yuan doesn’t want to look for ancient texts older than five thousand years, but they simply cannot be found.

Su’e’s sect unquestionably has clashed with the Star Eclipse.

Liou Yuan can only hope her sect hasn’t been obliterated by the Star Eclipse.

Yet, after extensive search, Liou Yuan failed to find even a hint about the attire she wore in these ancient books.

This meant that the little clue Liou Yuan managed to obtain had also vanished.

"These Outer Sect libraries are freely accessible to outer sect disciples, but the truly valuable books are likely in the Inner Sect."