I Have a Compass for Opportunity

According to the Fixed Star Compass’s ability to sense Alien Star Evils, it can detect them even from a distance.

The detection of the Calamity-level Star Evil attacking Yanhe City was the best proof.

Thus, it was marked by the Fixed Star Compass.

"It really is an Alien Star Evil! No wonder it has such terrifying healing abilities," Liou Yuan scanned the information of the Alien Star Evil deeply.

This also explains why the Calamity-level Star Evil was so difficult to deal with, forcing Yin Yufu and that Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivator to retreat step by step.

Liou Yuan even suspected that Tang Hua’s Soul came to Qingyou Prefecture for this Alien Star Evil.

"Tang Hua’s Soul’s cultivation technique is very strange; it can conjure the shape of demons out of thin air and use secret techniques to manipulate Star Evils."

"If he can get the assistance of such a top-rank Alien Star Evil, his combat power would be unrivaled in the Foundation Establishment realm, no wonder he went to such great lengths to come to the Jin Dynasty."

In an instant, Liou Yuan connected everything.

Naturally, Liou Yuan was also tempted by the reward for slaying this Alien Star Evil.

It directly grants Liou Yuan a kind of talent.

But upon seeing the danger level of the Alien Star Evil, top-rank, Liou Yuan’s heart sank.

"This Star Evil’s danger level is comparable to that of the Evil Corpse, I fear Yin Yufu and that Sword Cultivator are struggling to protect themselves today," Liou Yuan thought.

"Better not dwell on the reward for slaying, let’s focus on researching that Pan Song Qixing Gate."

One of Liou Yuan’s strengths is to quickly assess the situation and determine the feasibility of things.

Although the reward for slaying the Alien Star Evil is rare, Liou Yuan sees no opportunity for the kill.

He has already abandoned the idea of slaying it in his heart and shifted all his attention to the seven ancient pines marked by the Fixed Star Compass on the mountain peak.

"Since it’s a gate, there must be a way to open it!"

"The follow-up opportunity for the Talismanic Skill may lie within," Liou Yuan quickly noted the location of the seven ancient pines, then his figure flashed to the area where they were.

The seven ancient pines were not far apart, arranged according to a certain pattern.

Their shape was no different from ordinary ancient pines, even using Evil Eyes, Liou Yuan couldn’t discern anything peculiar.

Moreover, with Qiwen Mountain Peak covered entirely by snow-laden Cyan Pine Forest, without the help of the Fixed Star Compass, not even a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator could find any clues.

Therefore, Liou Yuan judged that the opportunity within the Pan Song Qixing Gate was highly likely to have not been visited by anyone.

However, staring at the seven ancient pines, Liou Yuan was troubled again.

Knowing there’s a portal but not knowing how to open it is truly frustrating.

At this moment, he took a glance at the battle above Yufengcheng.

Under Tang Hua’s Soul’s control, the Alien Star Evil had already overwhelmed Yin Yufu and the Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivator completely.

Despite the intimidating momentum of Yin Yufu’s magical artifact and the Sword Cultivator’s sword light hitting the Alien Star Evil’s body, they couldn’t cause any fatal injury.

Instead, the Star Evil’s mouth spewed green flames of immense power, evaporating the white snow from Yufengcheng’s skies, forcing Yin Yufu and the Sword Cultivator to retreat repeatedly, and defeat was inevitable.

"I need to hurry. Once Daoist Huixie defeats Yin Yufu and the Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivator, he might turn his attention to Qiwen Mountain," Liou Yuan thought anxiously.

He wasn’t too concerned about whether Yin Yufu would perish in this battle.

Two years ago, a Jin Dynasty Foundation Establishment had managed to escape from this Alien Star Evil; if he could escape, Yin Yufu should be able to as well.

This Alien Star Evil clearly wasn’t skilled at pursuit.

Of course, its lack of pursuit skills is only relative to Foundation Establishment; in the Qi Cultivation Realm, it would catch anyone for sure.

"They should last for another cup of tea time; if I don’t find a way to crack it within that time, I’ll have to retreat and come back another time." Liou Yuan set himself a time limit, then used his Evil Eyes, focusing intensely on the seven ancient pines.

He quickly gave up on this meaningless action.

If the Pan Song Qixing Gate could be detected visually, this opportunity would have long been discovered by some Foundation Establishment, leaving no chance for Liou Yuan.

Liou Yuan then began to study the arrangement of the seven ancient pines.

Their positions were clearly not random.

They subtly aligned with the eye positions of a Foundation Establishment Array known as the Seven Star Array.

Considered a relatively common defensive array in Foundation Establishment arrays, Liou Yuan had read about the Seven Star Array in Han Zhenzi’s "Five Elements Birth and Destruction Array Derivation."

Now looking at the Pan Song Seven Star Gate, also carrying the words ’Seven Star,’ Liou Yuan immediately had a notion to try.

He tentatively pushed the nearest cyan pine with spiritual power.

The cyan pine could indeed be moved, which uplifted Liou Yuan’s spirits.

Using the array of the ’Seven Star Array’ as a basis, he pushed the seven ancient pines to their respective original positions.

Upon arranging the last ancient pine.

"Buzz!"

At the center of Qiwen Mountain Peak’s pines, a milky white energy rippled instantaneously.

The energy gathered beneath the canopy of the pine trees, forming an illusory portal just wide enough for a person to pass through.

Liou Yuan had seen such a portal on the Holy Spirit Platform.

Both the outer and inner gates of Five Extremes Mountain were formed by similar forces.

Clearly, there are hidden opportunities behind that portal.

"It turned out to be this simple!" Liou Yuan murmured strangely to himself, eyes reflecting the portal’s colors.

What he considered simple was actually as hard as scaling the heavens for outsiders.

Firstly, outsiders had no Fixed Star Compass and could not accurately find the seven ancient pines among the Cyan Pine Forest.

Secondly, outsiders did not know the name of the Pan Song Qixing Gate, much less connect it to the ’Seven Star Array.’

Thirdly, not everyone understood arrays.

Missing any of these three points would make opening this portal impossible.

Liou Yuan took one last look at the ongoing intense battle above the heavens, where none of the three Foundation Establishments noticed the situation on Qiwen Mountain.

"Let them fight their fight, and I’ll seek my opportunities—no delays for either," Liou Yuan chuckled slightly, his figure darting toward the illusory portal, disappearing in a flash of white light.

After Liou Yuan entered, the Pan Song Qixing Gate vanished from Qiwen Mountain Peak.

The seven ancient pines returned to their original positions as if they had never moved.