License to Cultivate [Progression Fantasy Tower Climber] (FOUR books completed!)

As a scribe without a sect to back him, Chang-li has little hope of advancement. Not until the day he makes a deal with a ghost and learns of a secret entrance into one of the Divine Emperor's cultivation towers. Now, as he deciphers the secrets of a long-dead sect and practices forbidden techniques, Chang-li has a path forward. That is, if he can forge the paperwork to give himself the right to even try... Faking a license to cultivate was enough to get Chang-li to his first advancement and impress the government officials in charge of cultivating, but he's also made some powerful enemies. As a scribe, without the resources of a sect behind him, it's going to be hard to reach his next advancement. He's learned of a secret trove of knowledge left behind by the long-dead Morning Mist sect. With some help from Min, granddaughter of the local mob boss, Chang-li's determined to retrieve the secrets and take on the arrogant Young Master who's nearly gotten him killed twice now. But when a screw-up threatens him and Min both, Chang-li will have to take decisive action. The consequences may be more than he can handle... Later, Chang-li faces a beauty pageant with teeth and searches out ancient sect secrets.