My Dao is Spending Spirit Stone: Our Sect Leader Is too OP and Rich!-Chapter 30: A Beautiful Girl Kneels Before Me

Li Shen appeared in the front yard of the Azure Pillar Sect. That night, the moon was bright enough to light up the entire sect. Li Shen turned his head and saw Ye Fa and Gu Mei had stopped their training. They had been teaching the Azure Pillar Sect's prospective disciples well.

"Sect Master," Gu Mei called out, not yet resting.

"Aren't you resting, Elder Gu?" asked Li Shen, without turning around.

"I've been thinking about what happened earlier today. I've learned one of the five high-level techniques of the Core Formation stage. I'm saying this based on my own experience," replied Gu Mei.

"Those five techniques are said to be high-level techniques in the Core Formation stage because they risk the foundation of a practitioner's cultivation and dantian," replied Li Shen.

He turned and looked at Gu Mei, who gasped when she saw Li Shen's eyes shining blue, like the reflection of the moonlight at night. Seeing this, Gu Mei bowed her head immediately, unwilling to continue looking at Li Shen due to her awe and fear.

"Xiao Bai and Hao Ziyue already had stronger cultivation foundations, even when they hadn't reached the Foundation Establishment Stage back then, " explained Li Shen.

"If their foundations were solid and stable, they could at least learn techniques one level above them," said Li Shen.

"Strong cultivation foundations? What exactly are they? " asked Gu Mei.

Li Shen fell silent, then glanced briefly behind him to look at the woman, "Have you ever had doubts about your cultivation, Elder Gu?"

Gu Mei was shocked, her eyes widened and her head lifted up. Her mind was racing, wondering why Li Shen would ask such a question. Could he possibly know about her past?

"Doubts?"

"Doubt can be a cultivator's greatest enemy, because it blocks willpower, responsibility, and talent. Doubt can destroy self-confidence," explained Li Shen, stretching out his hand to let the rose petal touch his fingertips.

"Many of my fellow cultivators were destroyed because they doubted their abilities. They always said they couldn't do it, when I believed they could."

"In the end, they died with regrets. I couldn't help them, only assist their souls in reincarnating in their next lives," explained Li Shen.

"However, what happened to Hao Ziyue and Xiao Bai was different. Do you know why?" asked Li Shen.

Gu Mei fell silent, her mouth locked as if she couldn't say anything. She had only just arrived at the Azure Pillar Sect, while Xiao Bai and Hao Yue had also just arrived. This meant that Gu Mei didn't have much time to talk to them.

"It's because they defeated their doubts for the sake of a belief," explained Li Shen.

"The belief that the Azure Pillar Sect will return to its former glory. Maybe the heavens sent me down because of them. Maybe the two of them are my path to opening the gate of the Celestial Emperor," said Li Shen. frёeωebɳovel.com

"Belief shapes a strong heart, a strong heart clears the mind, and a clear mind helps one to accept information more easily," explained Li Shen.

Gu Mei fell to her knees, the woman continued to question her life so far, what she had done and what she knew about life. Now, her encounter with Li Shen opened her mind. It turned out that a person's heart and determination began with small things, such as getting rid of doubts.

"Doubts? I am truly unworthy of your sect, Sect Leader Li Shen," said Gu Mei, feeling inferior in front of Li Shen.

"Of course, you are indeed unworthy of being part of my sect, because you are part of the Mountain Goose Sect," replied Li Shen.

"I see you are skilled in pill-making," said Li Shen.

He responded by gently tapping his magic pouch to bring out a 10th-level pill, the highest-level pill ever made by humans.

"Have you ever seen this pill?" asked Li Shen.

Gu Mei raised her head, her eyes wide as she felt a strong spiritual energy in the area, not because of the arrival of enemies or anything else, but because of the momentum of the appearance of a 10th-level pill, a legendary pill that was said to only be made by gods.

"A 10th-level pill? What... is this really a 10th-level pill?" asked Gu Mei, still in shock.

The powerful rumbling had awakened many people resting in the Azure Pillar Sect. One by one, they came out to check the situation, including Ye Fa.

Li Shen put the pill back into his magic pouch, "That's the Heaven Trampling Pill. I'll need it if I have the momentum to break through to the Origin Ancestor."

"For now, I'll keep it."

Gu Mei fell silent. She stood up and walked toward Li Shen, who was looking outside again, watching the Azure forest at night.

Surprising! Gu Mei knelt down gracefully, touching her forehead to the ground with her palms facing upward. Clearly, Gu Mei was asking Li Shen to be her master.

"You are truly talented, Gu Mei. I could see it from the moment I first saw you in Wei City. However, I cannot accept you," replied Li Shen.

"Is it because I am part of the Mountain Goose Sect?" asked Gu Mei.

"That's right."

"I have no desire to ruin this good relationship. If I take you, then Xiang Wu will not let go of the Azure Pillar Sect," explained Li Shen.

"Then, what must I do to become your disciple, Sect Leader?"

Xiao Bai and Hao Ziyue came out of their house, ready to train with Sect Leader Li Shen. Yet, their steps halted when Ye Fa stopped them. That was because Li Shen was talking to Gu Mei.

"What? Senior Gu Mei is kneeling before the Sect Leader?" asked a disciple from the Forest Leaf Sect.

"Gu Mei is the most beautiful pearl of the Mountain Goose Sect, many practitioners want her. Why is she kneeling and begging Sect Leader Li Shen like that?" asked another disciple, Ye Fa turned sharply and glared at them.

Seeing Ye Fa watching them, the Forest Leaf Sect disciples fell silent and returned to their homes. Li Shen heard a noise behind him and saw that Ye Fa and the others had woken up.

Gu Mei stood up when Li Shen stepped past her, but he did not respond to her question. This made Gu Mei curious and sad.

Li Shen stopped in his tracks, turned around, and looked at Gu Mei. "After your task is complete, go to the Mountain Goose Sect and speak with Xiang Wu."