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Chapter 136: Immortal Artifact Inheritance, Immortal Rank Ultimate Technique

With Tower Spirit's shout, Li Yourong also started to mimic her senior sister's method, exerting all her effort to activate her own Qi Sea. In an instant, the sky behind her began to slowly condense into the forms of various dragon beings: Azure Dragons, Holy Dragons, Golden Dragons, and even a sinister Shadow Dragon.

Countless dragon forms soared together, gradually calming down and circling around Li Yourong. She stood at the forefront of this dragon assembly, their leader.

The unique dragon aura enveloped the tower's structure. While Li Yourong's group was taken aback by this myriad of dragon phenomena, Leng Yanran, though surprised, did not feel any discomfort. After all, both of them cultivated techniques bestowed by their Master, and the disparity between their Qi Sea anomalies was negligible.

However, the Fourth Floor's Tower Spirit trembled and cowered in a corner, trembling with fear. He even muttered about encountering two monsters.

"Enough… enough! Challenger, you've passed the Fourth Floor with a perfect score!"

Tower Spirit shivered uncontrollably. He watched Li Yourong as she seemed to play around, turning to observe her own anomaly without any intention of stopping. Being a spiritual entity, the pressure of these anomalies made his chest feel tight and his head heavy.

Hastily, he spoke up, urging her to halt. After all, as a spiritual being, the anomalies weighed heavily on him, leaving him feeling breathless and disoriented.

Upon hearing Tower Spirit's words, Li Yourong finally ceased her Qi Sea phenomenon.

"Congratulations, challenger. Here is your reward. You may now choose to cultivate on the Fifth Floor for a year. While a year passes within, only a month will transpire outside."

Tower Spirit breathed a sigh of relief, presenting a high-grade Heaven Rank spiritual treasure. Then, he addressed the two. This Immortal Tower consists of four challenge levels. Those who clear the Fourth Floor can proceed to cultivate on the Fifth Floor.

But just as Tower Spirit finished speaking, two staircases appeared!

"Hmm!? Wait! Tell me, for the first three levels, how are the evaluations graded? Average, good, excellent, perfect?"

Tower Spirit gazed at the newly revealed staircase leading to the genuine heritage level, which had never been activated before.

"Perfect score. Both me and Senior Sister scored full marks on every level. After all, this trial was far too easy for us… I feel like learning to cook Braised Goose is more challenging…"

Li Yourong, noticing Tower Spirit's amazed expression, couldn't help but smirk.

From start to finish, this trial hadn't posed the slightest pressure on her. Yet, attempting to cook Braised Goose seemed much more formidable. On the Holy Mountain, she had even tried to learn cooking on her own, but every attempt ended in failure.

It was definitely much harder than passing the trials of this Immortal Tower!

Tower Spirit fell silent upon hearing Li Yourong's words.

The Tower of Enlightenment had stood for tens of thousands of years. Not a single genius from the Eastern Region had ever achieved a perfect score in the four-level trial. The highest accolade was 'excellent'.

The trial's difficulty was something Tower Spirit understood intimately. It was a set of rules established for nurturing potential Dao cultivators. Those who could fight beyond their realm were at most ranked as 'excellent', unless they could transcend two realms or more.

In the second level, the test was a mental barrier. Possessing cultivation was futile without a resolute mind, a foundation for the path to enlightenment.

The third level assessed the quality of spiritual power, revealing the strength of a challenger's foundation and their potential to become an immortal.

As for this fourth level, the Qi Sea's anomaly determined the individual's future potential height.

The Tower of Enlightenment aimed to guide one to Immortality. Those who attained perfect scores in all four areas, as long as their cultivation journey met no major setbacks, had a ninety percent chance of ascending through tribulations and becoming Immortals.

Two unprecedented geniuses with Immortal potential appearing at the same time?

"You should proceed to the tower's summit first; the legacy of the Tower of Enlightenment awaits within."

Tower Spirit glanced at the two, then sighed inexplicably, closing off the staircase to the fifth-level training chamber, leaving only the inheritance level open.

"Let's go."

Leng Yanran exchanged a glance with her junior sister, and without further words, they ascended the staircase.

They remained ignorant of the elder's unexplained sigh. Only after the two had departed did he gaze at the closed staircase, a sense of melancholy washing over him.

"Two heavenly prodigies with Immortal potential appearing simultaneously… Whether it's a blessing or a curse, remains to be seen. If there's only one person, it would naturally be good.

"But if it's two people, no matter how close their relationship is, when facing the inheritance of this Tower of Enlightenment, they might end up resorting to violence. It's really a pity…"

The Tower Spirit withdrew its gaze from where the staircase disappeared, letting out another long sigh. After all, the original owner of this Tower of Enlightenment was a true immortal who had long ascended to the immortal realm. The legacy left behind was truly a top-tier immortal technique, enough to stir anyone's heart. Moreover, a legacy immortal artifact was also left behind!

…

The two ascended the staircase and arrived at the top of the tower, the location of the inheritance. Within the small space, it was dozens of times smaller compared to the trial grounds below.

"Hahaha! Fantastic! After forty-three thousand, eight hundred and seventy-seven years, two months, and twenty-four days, a successor has finally arrived!"

A Tower Spirit with the appearance of a handsome young man, upon seeing someone appear, his dim eyes suddenly brightened, and he happily approached.

He had been in this tower for over forty thousand years, counting the days every day. The uppermost level was the most boring place imaginable! Other trial levels would at least have some living beings every few decades. But he, on the other hand, had been alone here, without even someone to talk to. He was on the verge of going mad!

"Hiss! Why are two people arriving at the same time!?"

However, as he approached, the Tower Spirit was dumbfounded.

"Um… is the immortal artifact obtained here?"

Li Yourong saw the person's crazed appearance and timidly raised her hand, whispering softly. She didn't care about anything else; she was only concerned about how to obtain the immortal artifact.

"Cough… It's true, you're in the right place. Not only are there immortal artifacts, but also the inheritance of immortal techniques. Which one of you is here to receive the inheritance? Or perhaps the two of you could compete to determine the victor, and the winner shall claim the inheritance. It's a fair and just proposition."

Although the Tower Spirit found the other's words somewhat peculiar… he couldn't help but feel that the value of the immortal artifact had diminished in the speaker's description. Nevertheless, he posed the question.

As expected, upon hearing his words, both Leng Yanran and Li Yourong exchanged a glance, their brows furrowed in unison.

The Tower Spirit inwardly surmised that, indeed, when confronted with the temptation of supreme immortal techniques and immortal artifacts, a barrier had already formed within the hearts of these two individuals! It remained unclear who would ultimately secure the final inheritance!

"Senior Sister, what should we do..." " They're actually bundled together! It seems that in order to obtain the immortal artifact, we have to accept that garbage cultivation technique as well. Our Master would definitely mock us if he found out…" Li Yourong's brow knitted, her expression torn.

"Well... it does seem rather difficult."

Leng Yanran likewise frowned. The inheritance of immortal techniques wasn't something to be taken lightly—it could undermine her foundation with her junior sister!

"May I ask… can we just take the immortal artifact?"