I Have a Compass for Opportunity

Finally, on the seventeenth night after they entered the city, the ring on Liou Yuan’s ring finger emitted a crisp shattering sound after a wave of spiritual power oscillation.

The restriction left by the ancient cultivator on the storage ring was forcibly broken through by Liou Yuan.

"Who knows how many years this restriction has been here, with its remaining power less than a tenth. It took me nearly twenty days to completely wear it down."

"This is the difference between Foundation Establishment and Qi Cultivation Realm."

Liou Yuan gently caressed the storage ring, now free from its bonds, with a look of awe on his face.

Although the process was difficult, the result was ultimately good.

"Let me see what treasures the esteemed ancient master has left for me." Liou Yuan, invigorated, immersed his consciousness into the storage ring.

The first thing he saw were twenty human head-sized crystals, which left Liou Yuan stunned, blurting out four words: "Top-grade star stones!"

Generally, star stones circulating in the Cultivation Realm are of inferior grade, containing limited spiritual qi, often requiring massive quantities to set up arrays.

But a single top-grade star stone is equivalent to two hundred inferior ones.

Such quality star stones are rare even for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Moreover, the uses for top-grade star stones go beyond arrays; they have many applications that inferior ones cannot replace.

The current exchange rate in the Cultivation Realm has reached three hundred inferior star stones for one top-grade star stone.

Liou Yuan, having cultivated for so long, had only heard of such star stones in rumors.

However, sadly, after giving those dozens of star stones a few more glances, he discovered their spiritual qi fluctuations were nearly exhausted, leaving only empty shells.

Thousands of years have passed, magical artifacts have decayed, and even the top-grade star stones couldn’t withstand time, their spiritual qi completely dried up.

Liou Yuan, furious, thumped his chest and stamped his feet, lamenting the waste.

"Now, a top-grade star stone can swap for one hundred merit points in Five Extremes Mountain."

"Twenty of these would be two thousand merit points—what have I missed out on!"

Unexpectedly, the first item he saw in this storage ring stirred his emotions, angering Liou Yuan to the point where his vision darkened.

Refusing to accept it, he took out the top-grade star stones one by one to inspect them.

In the end, out of the twenty-some stones, he barely found two top-grade star stones with some remaining spiritual qi.

One had already lost half of its spiritual qi, and one was down to only one-third of its essence.

The preciousness of top-grade star stones lies in their spiritual qi content being hundreds of times that of inferior ones.

Without this advantage, their value would significantly diminish.

Thus, the price of these two top-grade star stones cannot be estimated as before, but they are better than nothing.

"Time is the most frightening thing in this world." Liou Yuan felt his heart bleeding as he collected the remaining two top-grade star stones, reflecting on the dreadfulness of time.

"If even top-grade star stones succumb to time, how many good things could be left?"

Possibly because of the setback with the top-grade star stones, Liou Yuan’s passionate heart cooled a bit, filling him with pessimism about the spiritual objects he might find next in this storage ring.

Soon, Liou Yuan saw some exquisite jade bottles, likely containing elixirs inside.

He took them out and opened them one by one.

Inside were just remnants of dregs with not an ounce of essence left.

Unlike spirit crystals, elixirs’ medicinal properties naturally dissipate, requiring the jade bottles to seal in their potency.

After so much time, the jade bottles containing the elixirs had become mottled and decayed, surfaces marked by the passage of years; it’s no wonder their medicinal properties couldn’t be retained.

All the elixirs were completely ruined.

Liou Yuan dared not even think about how many valuable, now-extinct elixirs a Foundation Establishment ancient cultivator, capable of affording a storage ring thousands of years ago, might have had.

This loss was even greater than that of the top-grade star stones.

"To hell with it, it would have been better if I hadn’t found this storage ring. Is this meant to destroy my resolve!"

Feeling desolate, Liou Yuan gazed at the litter of mottled jade bottles on the ground, a wry smile lingering on his face.

Unwilling to accept defeat, his expression quickly turned ruthless.

"This can’t be a fruitless endeavor."

Saying this, Liou Yuan dumped everything from the storage bag onto the ground.

Clatter! Miscellaneous items scattered everywhere.

There were artifact refining materials and some spirit grass that had turned to herbal ash, essentially all wasted.

Liou Yuan’s hands trembled as he searched through this heap of trash, his face growing darker and darker.

Heaven favors the persistent; he finally found a few complete jade scrolls.

Though marked by the passage of time, jade is ultimately resistant to decay, not hindering Liou Yuan from accessing the information within the jade scrolls.

There were three jade scrolls in total.

Carefully, Liou Yuan picked them up from the remnants, afraid of crushing them with too much force.

"Well, at least finding three jade scrolls means this wasn’t entirely fruitless."

Murmuring to himself, Liou Yuan placed one against his forehead.

"Longevity Scripture!" Liou Yuan softly muttered the name of this jade scroll.

This jade scroll recorded a Foundation Establishment Cultivation Skill named "Longevity Scripture," aligned with the wood element, matching Liou Yuan’s Wood Acupoint.

As for the cultivation technique’s grade, Liou Yuan couldn’t immediately determine it, but with the Fixed Star Compass, he could easily appraise it.

As the compass within him illuminated the "Longevity Scripture" jade scroll in his hand, all the cultivation technique information appeared before his eyes.

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