I Have a Compass for Opportunity

He could see Yan Yingsi, but she couldn’t see through the concealment effect of the Night Concealing Mask.

Liou Yuan had to lower his voice to a weak sound that only Yan Yingsi could hear, and softly called, "Mr. Yan, open a gap in this defensive barrier and let me in."

While absorbing the spiritual qi from the Star Stone to restore spiritual power and injecting spiritual power into the Blood Jade Pendant, Yan Yingsi merely lifted her eyelids, remaining indifferent.

Watching this scene, Liou Yuan was furious and softly said, "Are you playing dead, old hag? If you don’t open it, I’ll turn around and leave; I don’t care about your lousy business."

Yan Yingsi finally opened her eyes, her crimson pupils scanning around, not seeing Liou Yuan’s figure. She closed her eyes again and murmured, "The resistance of this Blood Jade Realm against the Demon Array is becoming weaker and weaker; even while inside it, one is influenced by illusions."

Liou Yuan’s face turned dark, feeling that this shameless woman mistook him for a Phantom Array illusion. After pondering for a moment, he recited the content of the emergency message which the spirit bird had brought back to Qingbao County.

He added, "I’m not an illusion; I’m right before your barrier."

Sure enough, upon hearing Liou Yuan recite the entire content of her letter word by word, Yan Yingsi’s expression finally changed.

Her eyes gazed outside of the Blood Jade Realm, toward the spot where Liou Yuan’s voice came from.

Then she looked at the five Demon Cultivators guarding outside the Array.

After confirming that they were not paying attention here, Yan Yingsi discreetly opened a small gap just large enough for Liou Yuan to enter.

Liou Yuan shrunk his body and entered the Blood Jade Realm.

Because of how close he was to Yan Yingsi, she could feel the unique warmth of a Body Cultivator emitting from his body, confirming the person was Liou Yuan.

Yan Yingsi was one of the few aware of Liou Yuan’s identity as a disciple of the Five Extremes Mountain.

"Where is Tian Qiweng? Did you come alone?" Yan Yingsi’s expression remained unchanged, her lips slightly moving as she spoke.

"He doesn’t have the skill for lone infiltration like I do. If he were here, it would have turned into chaos already."

Liou Yuan replied to Yan Yingsi irritably, then got down to business.

"I can break this Array; how long can you hold on?"

Yan Yingsi appeared unsurprised by Liou Yuan’s ability to break the Array; she replied honestly, "The spiritual power consumption for the Foundation Establishment Magical Artifact is enormous, and without continuous replenishment from Star Stones, our Star Stones will be almost depleted. In half a day, this Blood Jade Realm will be breached."

Upon hearing Yan Yingsi’s words, Liou Yuan knew exactly what she wanted.

He had followed her orders and set up the Array in Qingbao County, a task yet to be reimbursed. Now, she needs money again.

Liou Yuan was close to bankruptcy due to purchasing spiritual qi for two cultivation techniques.

But right now, he had no choice but to agree, his face darkening as he dumped all the Star Stones in his pocket behind Yan Yingsi, totaling almost two hundred pieces, and said, "These Star Stones should last you another half day; reimburse me when we return."

Yan Yingsi smirked but did not respond.

Her body had already begun absorbing the Star Stones.

Liou Yuan shared his plan with Yan Yingsi, "Hold on for another day to buy me time to break this Blood Vine Soul-locking Array."

"Then lure those Demon Cultivators over here and kill them; if we join forces, we should be able to break through."

Neither he nor Yan Yingsi were weak; killing all these Demon Cultivators might be unrealistic, but breaking through shouldn’t be too difficult.

Besides, there’s external support from Tian Qiweng as well.

"We cannot leave!" Yan Yingsi adamantly rejected Liou Yuan’s proposal, with a fierce look in her eyes, "Three brothers from the Wind Chasing Division are dead; until this score is settled, we cannot leave."

"You can’t protect your life, yet you’re thinking of revenge." Liou Yuan laughed, almost ready to curse Yan Yingsi.

He wasn’t afraid to offend Yan Yingsi.

Little did he expect that Yan Yingsi’s words would leave him speechless.

"Did you see what those Demon Cultivators were doing on your way over?"

"Once they take all the resources from the Demon Den, do you know the magnitude of impact it will have on the battle over in Youhuang State?"

"Your big brother is there too; you don’t want him to get into trouble, do you?"

Yan Yingsi’s words hit Liou Yuan’s soft spot.

Given the feud between the Ice Vein and Fog Vein, sect righteousness couldn’t bind Liou Yuan, but brotherhood could force him to act.

Liou Zhen caused havoc at the Holy Spirit Platform for Liou Yuan, fiercely battling against three Foundation Establishment members of the Liou Family.

Clearly, the brotherly bond between the two was deep.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Liou Yuan stopped talking about leaving.

Considering what he had seen along the way and the blood pool, Liou Yuan didn’t find Yan Yingsi’s words exaggerated at all.

This group of Demon Cultivators took advantage of the Demon Cultivators in Youhuang State attracting Jiuli State’s Foundation Establishment forces, sneaking in to take away resources that weren’t retrieved fifty years ago when the Demon Cultivators withdrew.

Once successful, those demon resources would become powerful weapons for Demon Cultivators in Youhuang State against Foundation Establishment forces in Jiuli and Five Extremes Mountain.

"Kill them all?" Liou Yuan remained silent for a moment, asking Yan Yingsi.

"We must kill them all!" Yan Yingsi’s eyes gleamed with bloodlust.

"Then let’s kill them all!" Liou Yuan gritted his teeth and hardened his resolve, leaving a message for Yan Yingsi to open the Blood Jade Realm’s barrier, then started utilizing the Night Concealing Mask to stealthily maneuver within the Blood Vine Soul-locking Array.

Originally, he intended to break the Array and leave.

He only needed to destroy a few critical nodes of the Blood Vine Soul-locking Array.

Since the plan changed, Liou Yuan’s break-array plan naturally had to change too.

He spent half an hour understanding the Blood Vine Soul-locking Array and formed a plan in his mind.

"This Blood Vine Soul-locking Array can be categorized under the Yin Fire element and can be dissipated using the Earth Mother Prison Array that belongs to the Earth element."

"Utilize the Earth Mother Prison Array to support the Golden Essence Breaking Mountain Array, making this Blood Vine Soul-locking Array our tool to reverse and slaughter these Demon Cultivators."

"Fire creates Earth, Earth creates Metal. The three arrays together can exert power comparable to a Half-Step Foundation Establishment; these Demon Cultivators would be doomed if they intrude."

This is the mystery of the array inheritance in ’Five Elements Birth and Destruction Array Derivation.’

Breaking an array by array, turning enemies into allies.

The Array Transformation and Birth Skill not only applies to the arrays recorded in the Five Elements Birth and Destruction Array Derivation, but it applies to all arrays.

This is why the more Liou Yuan delves into ’Five Elements Birth and Destruction Array Derivation,’ the more he respects Han Zhenzi.

Could this really be an array path created by a Foundation Establishment Array Master?

If Han Zhenzi truly created this array path, he would undoubtedly be dubbed an array master.

The array discs for the Earth Mother Prison Array and the Golden Essence Breaking Mountain Array are already available.

Therefore, Liou Yuan just needs to engrave the array patterns and use Star Stones to power them.

Liou Yuan had Yan Yingsi open the Blood Jade Realm again and began to carve array patterns within the barrier.

With the array barrier powered by this Foundation Establishment Magical Artifact as cover, the external Demon Cultivators wouldn’t notice a thing.

Liou Yuan had arranged the Earth Mother Prison Array and the Golden Essence Breaking Mountain Array countless times, becoming skilled enough to complete them all in one day.

"By then, this Blood Vine Soul-locking Array will become a weapon to slaughter Demon Cultivators in the Demon Den."

Liou Yuan felt more excited the more he thought about it, quickening his pace as he arranged the array patterns.