Fear! The Forest Leaf Sect Leader flew away from Azure Hill, followed by the six elders who were with him earlier.
Dong Yi was different, he was still flying hovering in front of Li Shen, quite curious about the man's identity in front of him.
"What's wrong?" asked Li Shen.
"You manifested your dao concept into an illusory domain. In my opinion, there is no cultivator in this kingdom who can do the same as you," Dong Yi explained.
Li Shen strode forward, and in an instant, his figure arrived beside Dong Yi without him realizing it. Li Shen continued to walk right beside Dong Yi, while explaining something to him.
"The concept of Dao is the will of a cultivator's heart and mind. It reflects what his heavenly will is like," Li Shen explained.
"Those who only study other people's dao concepts will not be able to unify their hearts and minds, let alone form their own will," Li Shen said.
"So, what should I do with my rain dao concept? Please enlighten me, Senior Dao," said Dong Yi, bowing his head respectfully to Li Shen.
"It depends on you," Li Shen explained, switching places several times with his ability to occasionally make Dong Yi jump in surprise.
"If you want to understand your heart and mind, you can drop the concept of dao and start from Nascent Soul," Li Shen said.
"However, if you insist on a quick path to immortality and highest enlightenment, you can stick with the dao concept while keeping a watchful eye," Li Shen explained.
The man made it clear that cultivators with stolen dao concepts were easily defeated by pure dao concepts.
The battle had clearly proven that Dong Yi's rain dao ability was no match for the illusory domain created by Li Shen's dream dao.
"If I want to try to find my own dao concept, would Senior Dao be willing to guide me?" asked Dong Yi, again bowing his head.
Li Shen paused, then smiled as he looked clearly at Dong Yi who was right in front of him. He began to bring up a ball of qi energy on the tip of his forefinger, then inserted the ball of qi energy into Dong Yi's forehead.
Immediately, Dong Yi saw that he was in a place that looked like the sky, with four gates that read something he did not understand.
The first gate reads comprehension of the heavenly mind with a green gate.
Then the second gate reads the will of the soul's heart with a blue gate.
Then the third gate reads dao manifestation with a red gate.
And lastly, the gate that reads dao refinement with a white gate.
Dong Yi took the initiative to sit in the lotus position, then directed the qi energy from his body to the first green archway.
Surprisingly, the archway emitted green light and caused an explosion of qi energy in the place.
"Uhuk!"
The man vomited blood and opened his eyes, shocked to see that he was still on Azure Hill. He raised his head and looked forward, there was Li Shen and many Forest Leaf Sect disciples watching him.
"What was that?" asked Dong Yi, confused as he held his tight chest.
"It was the four stages of refining the dao concept. You wouldn't know about it since you used a stolen dao," Li Shen explained.
"To trigger the archway to emit its pillar of light, you have to find meaning in your life, try to understand what the way of the heavens is like," interrupted Li Shen.
"I'll help you if you're already at the third stage. If not, don't ever show your face in front of me again!" said Li Shen, swinging a hand to the side to push Dong Yi away from the Pillar Azure sect.
Dong Yi was still confused by Li Shen's every word. Li Shen did not respond. Instead, he returned to the Azure Pillar Sect to rest.
Seeing that the man did not respond, Dong Yi could not help but find his own way for the pillar of light to appear in the first two gates. He left the Pillar Azure Sect and ended their attack.
Chen Yi and a few other disciples came out of their shelter. He was completely shocked to see Li Shen, the leader of the Pillar Azure sect, defeating the Forest Leaf sect leader who came with seven people.
'Should I join Pillar Azure? One of Li Shen's disciples managed to advance to Foundation Establishment in just three months, whereas in the Forest Leaf sect, the fastest was five months,' Chen Yi explained.
"Come on, let's get back to work, Chen Yi," invited one of his friends, Chen Yi nodded.
The male students began working diligently to complete the repair of one pavilion building. Li Shen opened his eyes slowly, then turned to the side to look at them.
The repair of one of the five pavilions was almost completed, Li Shen was happy to see their hardworking attitude, maybe he would give them a reward every time they successfully completed the repair of one pavilion.
***
One week later.
"To control the flying sword, you must channel your qi energy into this sword, then lift it up with your qi ability," Li Shen explained.
"Alright. I'll try," Xiao Bai replied.
Li Shen's explanation was a bit complicated, but Xiao Bai quickly understood. Now, he focused on transferring his qi energy into the sword, at least learning to make it float first.
Just as Li Shen was teaching Xiao Bai, he was startled by a bright light coming from Hao Ziyue. Li Shen smiled, Ziyue had finally gotten her momentum to break through.
"You're going to break through, Yue'er," Li Shen explained, Ziyue nodded, opening her eyes.
Previously, Li Shen gave Xiao Bai a 1st level Cultivation Breakthrough pill when the young man got the breakthrough.
Now, he also gave the same pill to Hao Ziyue, as he thought it would help a lot with the absorption of qi energy in Ziyue's dantian sea.
Ziyue understood what he had to do. She began to focus on sending her soul consciousness into the dantian sea, trying to absorb the qi energy balls floating freely there.
The absorption of the qi energy made the light on Ziyue's body start to fade, a sign that Ziyue could absorb the qi energy sphere well.
Li Shen nodded proudly. Now, they only needed to wait for the distinctive qi energy boom of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
It didn't take long for the qi energy boom to appear and spread throughout the place. The Forest Leaf sect disciples saw it, they looked shocked that two Pillar Azure sect disciples managed to advance to Foundation Establishment in three months.
"S-She has also break through to the Foundation Establishment?" asked one of the female disciples.
"What a scary thing. In two years, they might have reached Nascent Soul thanks to that man," said another female.
"Leaving the Forest Leaf sect and apprenticing with Master Li Shen doesn't seem bad."
Li Shen heard their remarks. However, the man didn't seem to care. He didn't have any intention to take all of them as his disciples, regardless of their reasons and good intentions.
Hao Ziyue's eyes opened, staring clearly ahead at Li Shen. Li Shen smiled widely, Ye Fa's two disciples were already fully at the Foundation Establishment stage, something he was proud of.
"Congratulations, you have already reached the Foundation Establishment realm," Li Shen explained.
"You can already use your sword to fly. However, you still need to practice extra," Li Shen interjected.
Hao Ziyue cleared his throat in agreement. She would practice hard and focus on being able to apply the technique. If they could fly well, it would ease their journey one day.
"Alright, Disciple will practice seriously, Master Li Shen."