The men leave the sect to go shopping in the city. They do this not by flying, but by walking or riding horses. They really lived like mortals.
Li Shen didn't care about them, all that mattered to him was that his sect was restored to normal without him having to do anything. Li Shen's attention was drawn to the female disciples who numbered around 66.
There was no way Li Shen would hire them to repair the building. He looked over, seeing a lot of grass growing lushly unattended in the five pavilions.
Not only that, Hao Ziyue and Xiao Bai needed food to help with their training.
Again, Li Shen threw a celestial-level spirit stone to them. It was worth 1,000,000 low-level spirit stones, enough to provide for all of them for 10 years in the sect.
"Go to the city and buy groceries, start practicing cooking delicious dishes, make sure no weeds grow in the sect grounds," Li Shen explained.
Inevitably, they had to obey Li Shen's orders even if it meant dropping their pride.
They formed small groups to do those tasks, much more efficient than the male disciples.
"Aren't you overreacting a little? They're cultivators, not ordinary workers," Ye Fa said.
"I don't think so. By understanding the mortal world, wisdom will be formed in their hearts," Li Shen replied.
"Sometimes, cultivators are arrogant because they're different from mortals, even though they weren't born immortal right away," Li Shen explained.
"If they're lucky, this activity could unlock their dao concepts in the future. I don't know who will achieve Immortal Ascension among them, but just in case," said Li Shen.
"I thought the senior was venting your anger on them, it seems I was wrong," Ye Fa retorted.
Li Shen smirked slightly, then looked back to see Hao Ziyue and Xiao Bai were ready that day. They were ready to go through their training again, either cultivating or learning technique scrolls.
The man nodded, standing near them to make sure the two were studying well. Ye Fa joined in the practice using the spiritual energy emitted from the celestial level spirit stones in the sect's sky.
Slowly but surely, their practice produced something important for them. However, Li Shen was not satisfied. He had to help them realize their wishes.
Blue light shone brightly from Li Shen's body, Ye Fa and her two disciples saw that. As a result, Li Shen rushed to his cultivation cave to see what enlightenment he got this time.
Li Shen arrived at the place and sat in the lotus position. His eyes were closed to let his soul enter his dantian ocean.
Sure enough, there was progress from the enlightenment he had gotten before. From the first blue boundary field, he saw that there were magic runes surrounding it, whereas there were none before.
The man ventured closer to the boundary field and touched it. How shocking he was to see what the Celestial Emperor's realm looked like.
Such as ruling over heaven and earth, unrivaled, to the figure of a divine transformation. But of all that, the most striking thing was the appearance of spirit stones surrounding a galaxy, celestial-level spirit stones.
The vision only appeared for an instant, then disappeared after Li Shen stopped touching the boundary field.
He was indeed aware of the high immortal capacity of the Celestial Emperor realm, but Li Shen was confused about the relationship of breaking through the Celestial Emperor with spirit stones.
"Some people say that the heavenly path is heartless, but somehow I think the heavenly path is unique," Li Shen explained.
He had to find out something else about the view he had just gotten, a good sign for his cultivation.
Li Shen opened his eyes again and saw that he had spent the whole day in his cultivation cave.
"I can't rush things. I have to find out more about the Celestial Emperor realm."
***
Three months later.
"I-I break through," Xiao Bai said.
Li Shen opened his eyes and clearly saw the light of qi energy shining on Xiao Bai's body. He had been cultivating for three months, especially with the help of cultivation pills.
Now, Xiao Bai had a chance to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm.
He stepped close to Xiao Bai, seeing the momentum of breaking through the realm that he had gained. Xiao Bai was confused by this, Li Shen asked him to calm his heart and mind.
"Use this pill," Li Shen explained.
Li Shen patted his magic pouch and brought out a 1st level Cultivation Breakthrough Pill, useful for cultivators who gained enlightenment to break through to higher realms. The pill was only effective up to the Foundation Establishment stage.
Xiao Bai nodded. He took the pill and swallowed it immediately. Li Shen was right, the Cultivation Breakthrough Pill was effective for widening meridians and strengthening dantian.
"Now focus your mind and look at your dantian sea. You should be able to see many balls of qi energy there," Li Shen explained.
The young man listened. He closed his eyes and clearly saw that his figure was in his dantian sea. As Li Shen explained, Xiao Bai clearly saw balls of qi energy floating around him.
"I saw it," Xiao Bai said.
"Good. Now, try to absorb those qi energy balls into your body by cultivating," Li Shen explained, to which Xiao Bai responded by nodding.
Slowly, Xiao Bai began to gather those qi energy balls and absorb them in turn. The light emitted on Xiao Bai's body disappeared, a sign that he had successfully absorbed the qi energy to break through.
Hao Ziyue stopped her cultivation. She turned her head and saw Xiao Bai was in the process of reaching the Foundation Establishment realm.
"He managed to ascend the realm quickly," Ziyue explained.
"Yes, you will also gain this momentum, Yue'er," Li Shen said, Ziyue nodded in understanding.
Not long after, a boom of qi energy was felt spreading throughout the sect area, felt by the Forest Leaf sect disciples who were at work.
They deeply regretted their fate of having to delay cultivation for 10 years while working for the Azure Pillar Sect.
'This place has great, pure, and good spiritual energy.It's fortunate that they can cultivate freely here,' said Chen Yi, stirring cement.
Suddenly a more intense boom of qi energy spread throughout the place. Li Shen smiled, the momentum of Foundation Establishment's realm felt on Xiao Bai's person.
Slowly, the qi energy began to fade and was replaced with Xiao Bai's figure who had successfully break through the Foundation Establishment stage. Li Shen nodded, pleased with his disciple's achievement.
"When Ye Fa returns, she will definitely be surprised and happy to see your achievement," Li Shen replied.
Xiao Bai opened his eyes, then saw that his body felt much fresher, lighter, and stronger than before. He got up and thanked Li Shen for helping him reach the Foundation Establishment realm.
"After the soul foundation is formed, you have the opportunity to form the soul core and become a Nascent Soul cultivator," Li Shen explained.
"Disciple will try hard, Leader Li Shen."
Li Shen nodded, then turned his head to the side. Hao Ziyue's achievements were also quite impressive.
She had been at peak Qi Condensation and was waiting for her to get the chance to break through.
Soon, she would definitely be able to reach the Foundation Establishment realm. Li Shen was absolutely confident about that.
"You two can rest today."