Chapter 1774 — Chapter 1774 Cultivation Tower(3)

"Y-you're done? It's only been two days, you know? There's no way you finished two Ancient-rank techniques in two days," Ming Wu shook his head, refusing to believe Yuan.

"Allow me to prove it."

However, Ming Wu raised his hand and said, "Wait! Let me contact someone first!"

"Give me some time. I'll be back soon."

Without offering any further explanation, Ming Wu turned and left, disappearing to an unknown destination.

A few hours later, Ming Wu returned, but he wasn't alone. Walking beside him was a stunningly beautiful woman, her presence commanding attention with an air of elegance and grace.

"This is the Tower Master," Ming Wu said.

"My name is Meng Xuan. Ming Wu told me that you have managed to improve an Ancient-rank technique and fix another in just two days. I never expected someone from the Martial Tower to have such talents with cultivation techniques. Can you show me how you improved the techniques?" she said.

Yuan nodded and immediately began demonstrating the improved cultivation techniques.

Meng Xuan's eyes widened after seeing the improvements made to the techniques.

Both techniques that Ming Wu had given Yuan as a test were cultivation techniques the Cultivation Tower had planned on working on next, so there was no way Yuan could have cheated.

"Marvelous!" Meng Xuan exclaimed after seeing the improvements.

"Although they're only Ancient-rank techniques, you've managed to improve them so much that they qualify for a rank promotion! This rarely happens to cultivation techniques!" she continued.

Unlike martial techniques, which can often be elevated to higher ranks through improvements due to their inherently adaptable nature, cultivation techniques are far more rigid and complex. They rarely undergo improvements so profound that they result in a promotion of the technique's rank, as their foundational principles are much harder to alter or refine.

"And it only took you two days to do so! Such talents are rarely seen nowadays. How about this? I have been looking for a successor for some time now, but nobody in the Cultivation Tower has managed to impress me. If you can pass one more trial, I can make you the next Tower Master!"

"What?!" Ming Wu exclaimed in shock. "Tower Master, he just joined us recently! If you make him your successor, the others will not be happy about this!" "I know. That's why I want to give him a few more tests. Also, it's not like he'll immediately take my position. I still need to train him," said Meng Xuan.

"Still, that isn't fair to the others, who have been striving to be your successor for many decades!" Ming Wu said. Hearing this, Meng Xuan sneered, "I'm surprised you can utter such words without feeling ashamed. The only thing that matters to me is your talent and ability to improve cultivation techniques. I don't care how long you've been in the Cultivation Tower."

"T-that's…" Ming Wu lowered his head after being lectured by Meng Xuan.

"I'll do it," Yuan responded a moment later.

"Great."

Meng Xuan retrieved ten techniques and said, "They are all Mythic-rank techniques, but one of them has an error. It took me nearly a hundred years to find the technique with the error and correct it. If you can do so faster, I'll make you my successor."

Yuan nodded, "Alright."

Although the trial seemed simple enough, it actually required Yuan to reach a profound understanding of all ten Mythic-rank cultivation techniques and find the one with an error.

Just learning a single Mythic-rank cultivation technique would take decades for even talented cultivators, much less understanding them enough to spot errors.

"You can come directly to me at the top of the tower once you are done," said Meng Xuan before leaving.

Ming Wu didn't linger and followed Meng Xuan.

Once he was alone, Yuan laid out the cultivation techniques before him and began studying them.

If Yuan had been an ordinary cultivator, having access to so many Mythic-rank cultivation techniques would have been a life-altering event. However, due to his unique physique, Yuan had little need for cultivation techniques anymore. His body naturally absorbed spiritual energy at a rate far beyond what even the most powerful cultivation techniques could achieve, and he could also gather spiritual energy by consuming monster cores. For him, a cultivation technique was almost redundant.

While Yuan studied the techniques, Meng Xuan focused on creating a cultivation technique at the top of the tower. She was confident that Yuan would be able to pass her trial, but she could've never anticipated how fast he'd be able to do it.

Fourteen days after Meng Xuan gave Yuan the trial, she noticed someone had entered her floor.

When she opened the door and saw Yuan standing outside, her eyes widened with disbelief.

"What are you doing here so soon? Don't tell me you've already finished the task…?"

Yuan nodded and said, "Yes."

Meng Xuan narrowed her eyes and said, "Oh? Then tell me, which technique had the error?"

Yuan replied with a smile on his face, "I must admit, you fooled me for a bit. After going through all ten cultivation techniques, I couldn't find any errors in them. I doubted myself a little, so I went through them again, hence why it took this long. There are no errors in those cultivation techniques you gave me."

Meng Xuan silently stared at Yuan for a long moment before she burst out laughing, "Amazing! Truly amazing! I cannot fathom how you've managed to complete this task so soon, but here you are! Alright, I'll make you my successor—No… I wouldn't mind even if you took my position as Tower Master right this moment!"

"What do you even do as the Tower Master?" Yuan asked.

"Everything—from correcting cultivation techniques to improving them. Of course, you also need to know how to create them. Have you ever created a cultivation technique before?"

Yuan pondered for a moment before shaking his head, "I've created plenty of martial techniques before, but I've never created a cultivation technique before—at least, I don't have any memories of doing so."

"Well, there's no need to rush. Despite being at the Cultivation Tower for tens of thousands of years, I have only created a single cultivation technique. I am in the process of creating my second one."

Yuan nodded.