Shen Yuan's eyelids twitched as he heard what she said, "You want me to cultivate 366 cultivation techniques at once? How long will that take me? Millions or Billions of years?"
Yue Lan coughed slightly in embarrassment when she felt Shen Yuan's piercing gaze on her,
[Cough, I just gave you choices, it's up to you whether you want to buy the physique or not. And with your comprehension ability, I'm fully confident that you can master those techniques before you die of old age.]
Shen Yuan felt like drawing his sword but he knew it was futile as he instead continued staring at her.
[Alright, alright, I was just joking with you. I'm sure with my capabilities and your ability, you will master those techniques in no time, if you ever feel like lacking in comprehension talent then just buy it from the shop.]
She finished speaking and turned into particles before vanishing from the scene as her voice echoed in his mind,
[We will talk more about this after you finish this pagoda.]
Shen Yuan shook his head and started walking again, "Well, now I need to make plans for that physique as well. I can open up a lot of paths which I deemed impossible in the past due to my technique restraints."
He spoke aloud while walking straight ahead.
[Just remember that whatever technique you decide to cultivate, Primordial Vessal Cultivation Art will be your foundational technique, it will be the foundation of the rest of your techniques. The rest will at most be supporting cultivation techniques.]
Yue Lan reminded him to not make him lazy and to focus on his main cultivation art.
Shen Yuan nodded his head, "I'm not that stupid, don't worry about it. Though I must say, I didn't encounter this physique or knew that Primordial Vessal Cultivation Art can do this in any of the lives I had inside the Dao Heart Trial."
[That's because you didn't think that it was possible. Those worlds reflected your own knowledge which you already have, they didn't create anything new.]
Yue Lan explained simply as she was already getting tired from the topic of that Dao Heart trial.
Shen Yuan smiled lightly as if he felt her getting tired of the topic, "Well that seems to be the case."
Suddenly, the doors of the pagoda opened, and the entire crowd went silent as Shen Yuan calmly stepped out of the pagoda, unlike the other disciples who got out as if they were half dead already, his face showed no sign of tiredness.
Almost as if he went to take a stroll inside. He looked as composed as when he had entered.
"What? Already?" someone gasped in disbelief.
"How... how long has it been?" another disciple shuttered, her eyes wide with shock.
A few disciples immediately rushed to the ranking board where Shen Yuan's name had been updated. The moment they saw the time, gasps and murmurs spread through the crowd like wildfire.
"Eight minutes?!" one disciple shouted in disbelief.
"No way!" another exclaimed. "He cleared all four floors in just eight minutes? That's impossible!"
"Impossible or not, it's right there on the ranking board," a senior disciple said in disbelief, pointing at Shen Yuan's name now sitting firmly at the top of the board, far ahead of Jin Ling's record.
Wan Ling's face lit up in excitement. She didn't think much of what his current ranking represented as she was just happy for him. She knew he would do something extraordinary, but this was well beyond even her expectations.
"He finished each floor in just two minutes..." a disciple muttered, staring at the board in awe. "That's ridiculous. No one's ever come close to that!"
Another senior disciple spoke in bewilderment when she noticed something amiss, "Wait, he took two minutes for each floor, that means he didn't even try his best and just took a stroll inside."
"What a damn monster." Another muttered to herself, feeling doubtful about her talent or even if she was worthy to cultivate in the same sect as him.
The crowd erupted into murmurs of astonishment and disbelief. They had expected Shen Yuan to perform well, but surpassing Jin Ling's record by such a wide margin was something no one had even considered.
Shen Yuan stood at the pagoda's entrance, watching the crowd's reaction with a faint smile. He wasn't particularly interested in their shock, but it was amusing to see nonetheless.
But then he saw some disciples' demotivated expression, which made him contemplate his actions for a moment.
He knew what happened to them but the question was, should he do something about this? Or let the elders handle it?