Chapter 0942 Tower Master

Chapter 0942: The Tower Master

Qin Yun and Lan Chen sat by a table near the wall, patiently waiting for Grandma Xing to retrieve the books.

Grandma Xing hurried up and down, pulling thick and old books from the shelves and placing them into two storage bags.

After quite some time, she finally finished and handed the two storage bags to Qin Yun and Lan Chen.

Taking them, Qin Yun and Lan Chen glanced inside and found quite a number of books.

Grandma Xing smiled and said, "Take out all the books and place them on the ground. I'll teach you how to read them!"

Both Qin Yun and Lan Chen were puzzled—they knew how to read and didn’t need to be taught.

Still confused, they took the books out of the storage bags and laid them on the floor.

Qin Yun’s storage bag held the most books, over twenty, while Lan Chen had only five.

Grandma Xing said, "When you open the books, you’ll see a book-soul. Just absorb it, and the knowledge from the book will be imprinted in your mind! You can take your time absorbing the contents of the book-soul to gain the knowledge."

Qin Yun exclaimed, amazed, "Doesn’t that mean we can easily acquire vast amounts of knowledge?"

"Of course not! You’ll need to slowly absorb the knowledge from the book-soul—it won’t just appear in your memory all at once! This method helps you better comprehend the knowledge." Grandma Xing patted Qin Yun’s head and chuckled.

Qin Yun opened a book, and a glowing white sphere emerged.

"Close your eyes, calmly perceive the book-soul, and let it naturally merge with your own soul," Grandma Xing added.

Following her instructions, Qin Yun and Lan Chen quickly succeeded in absorbing the book-soul from one book.

"Grandma Xing, will these books become useless afterward?" Qin Yun asked curiously.

"Of course not! If left here, these books will generate new book-souls after some time. These books and this Star Tower are the accumulated wisdom of our predecessors!" Grandma Xing looked at Qin Yun affectionately and said, "Little Yun, hurry up and absorb the book-souls!"

Qin Yun nodded and swiftly opened one ancient book after another, absorbing the book-souls and storing their contents in his Illusory Space.

Inside the Illusory Space, Ling Yuner could also access the knowledge, making her so excited that she flapped her small wings excitedly, flying around while reading the books.

"Little Yun, you absorb book-souls much faster than Little Lan!" Grandma Xing smiled. "It seems your soul is very strong!"

Qin Yun grinned and continued flipping through the books, absorbing more book-souls.

He had absorbed eight book-souls, while Lan Chen had only absorbed four.

Of course, Lan Chen only had five books, so he only needed to absorb one more to finish.

After absorbing all five book-souls, Lan Chen closed his eyes to try accessing the knowledge.

"It's surprisingly easy!" Lan Chen said with satisfaction. "Grandma Xing, does the Star Tower have any Martial Techniques?"

"No! Each tower doesn’t have its own Martial Techniques. The Hundred Towers Sect only provides cultivation resources and environments. If you want Martial Techniques, you’ll have to buy them from the First Tower using Emperor Source Stones!" Grandma Xing explained. "Only the First Tower has the authority to sell all the Martial Techniques of the Hundred Towers Sect!"

Qin Yun grumbled quietly, "If it’s a good Martial Technique, won’t they just sell the same thing repeatedly?"

Grandma Xing sighed. "That’s exactly why the First Tower is so powerful! Of course, I can teach you some Martial Techniques and skills, but they might not suit you. The Martial Techniques sold by the First Tower are similar to book-souls and even include insights from masters, so they’re very expensive!"

Qin Yun already possessed competent Martial Techniques, which were sufficient for now.

"Whenever you're free, you can visit the First Tower!" Grandma Xing said. "The First Tower has accumulated many Emperor Source Stones by selling technique-souls, allowing them to train many exceptional disciples and keep their rank as the leading tower. That way, they retain the permanent exclusive rights to sell techniques forever!"

Qin Yun and Lan Chen only realized how many rules the Hundred Towers Sect had after joining it.

He had absorbed the essence of the books from all twenty-plus books, planning to carefully assimilate their knowledge when he had time later.

"Alright, let's head back!" Grandma Xing said cheerfully, her face lit up with joy because her Star Tower had finally gained new disciples.

Qin Yun and Lan Chen walked out of the Star-Gazing Pavilion.

Qin Yun looked up at the massive stars surrounding them in the sky and asked, "Grandma Xing, those stars must hold vast energy, right? Can we harness it for cultivation?"

"There used to be a Stellar Grand Formation here that could gather Stellar Force—it was the foundation of our Star Tower... but the First Tower destroyed it!" Grandma Xing grew, her voice sharp with anger as she spoke of this. "After it was destroyed, no one could recreate it. That’s one of the reasons our Star Tower declined!"

Qin Yun immediately floated upward and looked down, asking, "Grandma Xing, is the formation’s center the Star-Gazing Pavilion?"

"Yes, yes! Xiao Yun, how did you know?" Grandma Xing exclaimed in surprise.

"I can see it!" Qin Yun hovered midair and activated his Spirit Eye, revealing a massive ring surrounding the Star-Gazing Pavilion.

The naked eye couldn’t see the ring, but Qin Yun could with his Spirit Eye—it was composed of densely packed arcane patterns, severely damaged yet still retaining residual energy.

Qin Yun was awestruck, for despite the patterns being ruined for many years, the energy within the formation’s patterns remained highly active.

"Grandma Xing, I might be able to repair it! But I’ll need help," Qin Yun said. "Ideally, if we had the original formation patterns of this formation, it would be much easier to restore!"

Grandma Xing stared at Qin Yun in astonishment. "Xiao Yun, I have the formation’s design schematics. Come down and take a look!"

Qin Yun quickly descended.

Grandma Xing unfolded a large piece of aged parchment, on which only a massive ring was drawn, engraved with complete hidden patterns. The Star-Gazing Pavilion at the center wasn’t depicted.

Qin Yun examined it closely and said, "These are all stellar sigils! The most important part is the formation’s foundation—the Star-Gazing Pavilion—which hasn’t been destroyed. The outer stellar sigils are the easiest to repair. I should be able to fix them!"

"The predecessors of Star Tower were truly remarkable, forging the Star-Gazing Pavilion itself into the formation’s foundation—so stable! Back then, the First Tower only destroyed the outer ring. They probably didn’t even know the Star-Gazing Pavilion was the core foundation!"

Grandma Xing’s voice trembling. "Xiao Yun, you’re amazing. We had no idea about any of this... Back then, many of our predecessors were either killed, captured, or fled, leaving only Star Tower, the Star-Gazing Pavilion, and many junior disciples behind. I only became the Tower Master because I was the most important disciple at the time!"

Qin Yun frowned. "It seems there must have been some hidden conflict between Star Tower and the First Tower, leading to such a violent confrontation back then."

Grandma Xing shook her head. "I was very young at the time and had no idea what happened. I just suddenly received the Tower Master’s token and became the Tower Master. Over twenty thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye!"

Qin Yun said, "Grandma Xing, can you gather all the senior brothers? I’ll need their help—they’ll need to channel a large amount of Stellar Force."

"Alright, I’ll summon them right away!" Grandma Xing said excitedly. "Xiao Lan, as a new disciple, you’ll represent our Star Tower in the new disciples’ martial competition. Just focus on gaining experience—don’t worry about rankings!"

Grandma Xing led Lan Chen toward the transportation array, explaining the details of the new disciples’ martial competition.

That transportation array was also part of the Stellar Grand Formation.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, the venerable senior brothers gradually arrived via the transportation array.

Dozens of elders, under Qin Yun’s guidance, floated upward in the air, forming a circle as they collectively channeled Stellar Force into the ring.

The Stellar Force they gathered was infused into the massive ring. Soon, the dust shrouding the ring dispersed, revealing a golden ring.

"Steady your focus, senior brothers!" Qin Yun called out.

He traversed the ring’s circumference as if treading a wide golden pathway, seeing myriad fractured stellar sigils on its surface—all in fragments.

"If we use the Spirit Rhyme Brush to repair it bit by bit, who knows how long it would take!" Qin Yun frowned; his heart grew heavy.

After some thought, he said, "Yuner, help me use the Dark Sun to absorb the Star Soul Energy released by those martial brothers!"

"Alright!" Ling Yuner quickly complied.

Grandma Xing, standing nearby, also saw the Star Soul Energy released by the martial brothers surging into Qin Yun's body.

Qin Yun walked along the golden path, spreading his arms wide and releasing a massive amount of Star Soul Energy!

He directly enveloped the damaged runes with the powerful mental energy of the Dark Sun, then rapidly restored the broken runes through the Star Monarch Rune Soul.

Grandma Xing watched in astonishment. Over the years, she had sought out many Runes Masters to repair the Stellar Grand Formation, but none had succeeded!

Yet Qin Yun alone seemed to effortlessly repair large batches of damaged runes with ease!

Grandma Xing was a knowledgeable person, but even she couldn't understand how Qin Yun was accomplishing this.

The dozens of martial brothers floating in the air had also spent years had long sought a way to repair the formation, to no avail. Now, seeing Qin Yun's ability to restore it, they were thrilled!

Grandma Xing and those martial brothers genuinely wished for Star Tower to thrive, which was why they had all passed the test of the Star Tower and remained deeply loyal.

This was why Qin Yun felt at ease helping them—they were not untrustworthy.

Moreover, repairing the Stellar Grand Formation would greatly benefit him as well.

"Grandma Xing, how long will Senior Brother Lan be away for that competition?" Qin Yun asked.

"Probably about a month! It's just some disciples having training matches and then going out for training and similar activities," Grandma Xing chuckled. "Xiao Yun, if you can repair this Stellar Grand Formation, you'll be our Tower Master!"

"I couldn't possibly accept that!" Qin Yun hastily declined.

"No, no, no! This is what we all agreed on! You must take the position, and I can finally retire!" Grandma Xing insisted.