Li Shen brought up two flying swords for Elder Zhang and Elder Hai, given that their cultivation had fallen into Qi Condensation, it would be difficult for them to bring up flying swords, let alone control them and take them flying.
Unlike them, Ruo Fei's hand was grasped by Li Shen tightly as if reluctant to let go. Ruo Fei gasped, knowing what her husband was about to do.
"Then we're leaving," Li Shen replied, Li Xun cleared her throat in agreement.
Li Shen flew Ruo Fei away, followed by Elder Zhang and Elder Hai who also flew with Sect Leader Li Shen. Their leaving was a fresh wind for Li Xun, especially since her father had come to recover Ruo Fei's condition.
If what her father said was true about the Azure Pillar Sect rising again, then Li Xun had to teach the Li Family's children well and hard to get them to join the Azure Pillar Sect.
He called out to one of the Li Family elders, the man instantly appeared behind Li Xun with his head bowed obediently, ready to take orders from the Head of the Li Family.
"Do you need anything, Lady Li Xun?" the elder asked, not daring to look Li Xun in the face.
"How many children from the Li family are ready to break through to the Foundation Establishment?" asked Li Xun.
"About three people," replied the elder.
"I want five people to have a chance to break through! Start training them hard, used all the necessary Li family resources."
"Yes, Lady Li Xun."
In an instant, the old man disappeared and flew away leaving the backyard of the Li residence compound. Li Xun gazed up at the sky, watching the moon that shone brightly in the night.
"I hope you can cure her, Father."
From Li Shen's direction, he, Ruo Fei and the others flew away from Gong City to return to Azure Hill. Ruo Fei looked pleased, the frown on her face disappearing in favor of a sweet smile on her lips. She raised her hand, trying to catch the clouds which she hadn't done in a while.
The smile on Ruo Fei's face was something Li Shen wanted to keep. He would not let his woman get hurt again by the wicked cultivator. This time, Li Shen would take care of her.
Not long after, they saw the Azure Pillar sect standing firmly on top of the Azure hill peak. Not only was the building back to perfection, but the bursts of spiritual energy felt much more intense and abundant than during its prime.
Elder Zhang and Elder Hai were stunned, it had been a long time since they had come to visit, they had no idea their sect had grown to this extent.
"W-Was this our sect?" asked Zhang Wei.
"There is no mistaking it. This is the Azure Pillar Sect," Hai Long replied.
Tears flowed softly from the corner of Ruo Fei's eyes, watching her second home and the place she was most comfortable in rise again from the ruins. At a glance, she saw many people in the sect, they were learning cultivation.
"That's Sect Leader Li Shen," said one of the Forest Leaf sect disciples, their attention back on Li Shen.
Gu Mei and Ye Fa stopped learning for a moment, looked back and saw clearly that Li Shen came not alone, but rather with people Ye Fa knew.
"Senior Ruo Fei? Elder Zhang? Elder Hai?" greeted Ye Fa, moved with sparkling eyes.
Li Shen landed in the spacious front yard of the sect, as did Elder Zhang and Elder Hai. Ye Fa hurriedly stepped towards them and gave Ruo Fei a reflex hug, the two exchanged longing with each other.
"You are still alive, Senior Ruo Fei. I'm so happy to see you back," Ye Fa replied, burying her face in Ruo Fei's shoulder.
"Ye Fa, you look younger than before. Let me guess, your cultivation is back, right?" asked Ruo Fei, Ye Fa nodded.
"Right. It's all thanks to sect master Li Shen. Without his help, it would have been impossible for me to return to this form."
Ye Fa turned her head to the side, looking at Li Shen with seriousness. Through Ye Fa's eyes, he realized that Ruo Fei's body was sick, her cultivation was hindered and her body's energy was depleted.
"What happened to her?" asked Ye Fa.
"A Soul Formation practitioner cast a cultivation curse on her by sacrificing his life span," Li Shen replied.
"Sacrificing his life span? But that would make the curse become—"
"Yes. The curse imprisoning her cultivation is getting more complicated and difficult. I can break it, but I still need items to help me," Li Shen interrupted, his explanation making Ye Fa sad.
"You take her to rest within the sect, Ye Fa. I have to talk to Zhang Wei and Hai Long," Li Shen replied, Ye Fa nodded obediently.
Li Shen turned his body around, looking at Zhang Wei and Hai Long. Their condition was much less severe than Ruo Fei's case, but it was still not easy to restore their fallen cultivation.
The man told Zhang Wei and Hai Long to sit in the lotus position, Li Shen would restore their meridians and reactivate the dimmed dantian. That way, they would be able to cultivate quickly.
He hit several meridian points on their backs, then channeled his qi energy into their bodies, where it was well absorbed.
Slowly but surely, their meridians recovered and their dantian showed signs of being active again. Li Shen nodded flatly, the first matter about them was settled.
"Try cultivating," Li Shen commanded, the two obeyed.
A stream of spiritual energy was absorbed into their bodies that emitted a blue glow of energy qi. Li Shen realized that, they would definitely be able to recover their cultivation quickly due to the insight they had as elders before.
Li Shen lightly patted his magic pouch, bringing out two ice-blue colored fifth-grade pill bottles to them. Zhang Wei and Hai Long accepted the pills, then looked surprised by it.
"Realm Reviving Pill?" asked Hai Long, gasping.
"With you eating that pill once every month for ten months, you will be able to recover half of your peak cultivation," Li Shen replied.
"Thank you for your precious gift, Sect Leader!" said the two, in unison.
"You guys return to the pavilion and focus on cultivating there. Once you reach Nascent Soul, I will come to you again," Li Shen replied.
"Alright."
Zhang Wei and Hai Long said goodbye. They left for the fourth Pavilion on foot, leaving Li Shen with Gu Mei alone.
The woman looked shocked. She was indeed an expert in making pills, but pills of the fourth level and above required high cultivation, excellent physical endurance, and the perfect momentum of waiting for heavenly lightning. For Gu Mei, she could only make fourth-level pills within her current cultivation limit.
"You gave a high-level pill to them. Don't you have anything to lose, Sect Leader?" asked Gu Mei, Li Shen shook his head.
"No, I didn't. It's because I need them," Li Shen replied.
"I wouldn't give a high-level pill to someone who isn't important to me," replied Li Shen.
"Just like you. You bought the Cultivation Lightning Pill only for your cultivation to rise until you formed a new soul and became a Nascent Soul practitioner. You didn't feel any loss despite spending a lot of spirit stones at that auction, did you?" asked Li Shen, Gu Mei was silent.
"I'm lucky to be in the Mountain Goose sect. They gave me a large amount of spirit stones to win the cultivation lightning pill," Gu Mei replied.
Li Shen nodded as he returned his gaze forward, "Adding Nascent Soul level practitioners is certainly very valuable to a sect. It can help them advance the sect's level."
"I know, Sect Leader."
"Tell Ye Fa that she should take care of Ruo Fei while I'm gone. You don't have to worry, as long as the sect's four pillars of defense are in place, there won't be any practitioners under Immortal Ascension that can harm you," Li Shen replied, Gu Mei nodded obediently.
"Are you leaving, Sect Leader?" asked Gu Mei.
"I have to go look for three items to restore Ruo Fei's body and cultivation!"