Getting such a threat, the Forest Leaf Sect Leader had no other choice. If he refused and chose to attack Li Shen, he could die and the man could destroy the sect.
If the choice Li Shen gave was enough to keep the sect alive, then the Forest Leaf Sect Leader had to obey it.
'If only my sect had an ancestor, he wouldn't be so arrogant!' the man complained.
Li Shen swung his hand sideways, stopping the qi pressure on him and the rest of the cultivators still awake.
Li Shen's attention was drawn to the male cultivator who was at the intermediate stage of Core Formation.
He stepped forward in a flash of blue light, fully standing in front of the cultivator. He was shocked beyond belief, flying backwards to avoid Li Shen.
'He can withstand my qi pressure, even though his cultivation realm is not Nascent Soul,' Li Shen explained.
"What do you want from me?" the man asked, bringing out his flying sword.
The sect master saw his aggressive attitude. He flew to the front of his disciple while bowing his head, respecting Li Shen.
"Please fellow dao not respond, for the sake of keeping our agreement," said the sect master.
Li Shen walked leisurely sideways, stepping without falling on the sky floor where every stomp of his feet gave rise to a small wave of qi energy.
"Among all your disciples and elders, only you and him managed to survive the pressure of the qi of my cultivation," Li Shen explained.
"With his natural talent of endurance, he would be useless practicing in your sect," said the man, surprising the Forest Leaf Sect Leader.
"I'll take him as my disciple. The deal is still the same," Li Shen replied.
It was true that a cultivator would be bound to a sect if he joined. The young man had already bonded with the Forest Leaf Sect, he had spent his years there.
He thought that the Forest Leaf Sect was invincible as it had many high realm cultivators. But, his perception was wrong.
The Forest Leaf Sect couldn't even break the barrier of an outcast sect like Pillar Azure.
"How?" asked Li Shen.
'Mu'er is a potential seedling belonging to the Forest Leaf Sect.Releasing him to him would make the sect's future lost and gone,' explained the sect master.
The old man turned his head, staring at Wang Mu. The young man responded by shaking his head, he didn't want to join the Azure Pillar Sect, especially after he saw today's events.
Even so, they saw that Li Shen seemed to really want the young man. Now, their agreement came to a dead end.
"I'm sorry, fellow dao. I can't let him go!" said the sect master.
Li Shen turned to the young man, asking about his opinion. He said that he and the Forest Leaf Sect were inseparable. If Li Shen wanted it, then he had to take over the sect.
"Are you sure about that?" asked Li Shen, again bringing up the qi energy ball in his hand.
The young man and the sect leader were stunned, frightened by the momentum of the qi energy Li Shen raised. He again added something about his requirements.
"I'll follow you if you don't kill everyone in the Forest Leaf Sect," explained the youth.
"You ask so much, do you consider yourself special because I want to make you my disciple?!" snapped Li Shen.
"If you think so, then I can confirm that there is something about me that attracts you!" said the young man.
'This young man.He's playing tricks with me.Is he trying to undermine my self-esteem with just a word?' asked Li Shen.
Both parties were silent with their eyes fixed on each other. Li Shen hated having to beg, if he was reluctant to go along, then Li Shen could only leave it alone.
"Forget it!"
The two people before Li Shen were shocked to hear Li Shen's words, they looked at each other in confusion until they refocused their eyes forward.
"If you don't want to join, then I won't force you," Li Shen explained, turning his body around and stepping back into the sect.
"But if you feel that your cultivation has faltered, you can come to the Azure Pillar Sect. However, you will not have the privilege of being directly trained by me!" Li Shen emphasized.
The youth nodded obediently, fully appreciating Li Shen's decision. The man reaffirmed their agreement, Li Shen waited for the sect leader to fulfill his promise in three days.
The sect leader understood. He, the young man, and all the Forest Leaf sect disciples left Azure Hill.
The situation in that place had returned to normal. Ye Fa smiled widely as she exhaled a long breath, trying to ease the anxiety in her heart.
Even so, they heard the conversation between Li Shen and the Forest Leaf sect leader. Ye Fa didn't know why Li Shen wanted a Forest Leaf sect disciple.
"You guys take a rest. Tomorrow, you can continue cultivating," Li Shen said, obeyed by Hao Ziyue and Xiao Bai.
"What exactly are you planning, Senior?" asked Ye Fa, confused.
"You'll find out later."
***
Three days later.
From outside the sect, Li Shen saw hundreds of people flying with their magic swords. They were seen wearing the distinctive green uniforms of the Forest Leaf Sect.
'It seems that he gave up his disciple more than his sect,' Li Shen explained.
Ye Fa looked over, as did Ziyue and Xiao Bai. The two immediately stood right behind Ye Fa, looking both curious and frightened.
Li Shen stepped out and flew right in front of them. One of the men flew over and handed Li Shen a magic pouch, containing all the sect's resources such as technique scrolls, pills, pill recipes, weapons, and artifacts.
"That's good."
"What are you going to do with us?" asked the man, the leader of the disciples.
Li Shen raised his finger and granted access for the 156 Forest Leaf Sect disciples to enter Azure Hill. Blue light radiated on their bodies, and they began to fly in, led by Li Shen.
Right inside the sect area, they witnessed that the condition of the Pillar Azure Sect was deplorable and neglected, especially the walls of the main building and their five pavilions.
"What did the sect leader fight for to sacrifice the sect heirloom for this abandoned place?" he asked.
"What's your name?" asked Li Shen.
"I am Chen Yi," explained Chen Yi, the leader of the Forest Leaf sect disciples.
Li Shen nodded. He cast a red gem over them, then began to perform an active hand formation. Red magic runes appeared above the Forest Leaf sect disciples, they began to panic.
"What are you trying to do?!" shouted Chen Yi.
[Dantian Locking Seal Activates!]
Lightning flames appeared from the red magic runes, striking all of the sect disciples until not a few of them fell to their knees. They began to feel something strange in their bodies.
"The flow of qi energy in my body disappeared?" asked Chen Yi, shocked.
"What have you done to us?" asked Chen Yi again.
"Cultivation seal," replied Li Shen, flatly.
"With lightning guarding your dantian, you won't be able to cultivate or break through the realm," interrupted Li Shen.
"You are a property of the Azure Pillar Sect, but you have not been accepted as regular disciples."
Chen Yi explained that if their cultivation was suppressed, then they lived like a mortal. Li Shen realized that and it was not a problem for him.
"I will keep you guys for 10 years. If anyone tries to rebel and escape, your prison term is doubled," Li Shen explained.
That didn't seem to sit well with them, they thought this was slavery and they didn't like it. Li Shen was stern in his response.
"If you refuse. I can kill you easily!" said Li Shen, making a fist that made all the disciples feel the pain of suffocation.
"W-What should we do?" asked Chen Yi, trying to stop the suffocation by talking to Li Shen.
Li Shen smiled, and tossed a celestial-level spirit stone to the front, received by Chen Yi.
"You must work!" said Li Shen, turning to the main building and the five sect pavilions, "You must restore the shape of the six buildings."
"Use the spirit stones to buy construction materials," Li Shen explained.
"B-But isn't it much faster to do repairs with cultivation techniques?" asked Chen Yi, astonished.
"True, but I don't want to waste my qi energy just like that. If I have you guys to work with, why should I use my abilities?" asked Li Shen.
Chen Yi was getting annoyed, and so were the other disciples. They never expected that their sect leader would hand them over to be slave laborers in the Azure Pillar Sect.
"Alright, you can work now!"