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Planet Azure.
Qing Continent.
Qing Yan Kingdom.
"Come here, you ladies," said a stocky cultivator.
He was sitting casually in the hot spring wearing only a pair of shorts. His body was really big, filled with fine hairs on his chest and belly.
Although his appearance was disgusting —not to some women. However, he held a prestigious place in the Lotus Hill Sect with his cultivation level reaching the Early Core Formation stage.
Some women who were his disciples came over in their flimsy bathing gowns. They were willing to do anything for him, in exchange for a pill to break through the stages.
"Elder Hong is too spoiled, didn't you promise to give me a third-level Cultivation Pill yesterday, but I still haven't gotten it," said a woman, stepping into the water spring.
She leaned her body on the stocky man, ignoring the fine hairs on her body that seemed disgusting. Elder Hong laughed out loud at his disciple's words.
"Don't worry. If you treat me well today, I will give you all the pills you want!" he said, exclaiming loudly to the applause of all his disciples.
They gathered around and began to spoil their master. There was a bit of resentment and disgust in their hearts, but to advance faster, the only way they could do so was through the pills the man gave them.
"Kiss me, Wan'er," Elder Hong asked.
At first, Liu Wan refused softly, but after being forced, Liu Wan had no choice but to say yes.
The woman closed her eyes, unwilling to look at the face of the rotten man before her. She only hoped that a bolt of lightning would strike the pool and stop this nasty thing forever.
BLAST!
Words are wishes, even if they are spoken from heart. Blue lightning struck powerfully at the pavilion where the man was relaxing, shocking everyone.
The pavilion's roof shattered, crashing down onto the people inside the hot spring. They walked away, Liu Wan was relieved that Elder Hong had failed to steal her first kiss.
Blue light shone brightly in the sky, they watched the scene in shock. Not long after, a handsome, fair-skinned, young man with long black hair came down from the sky.
He was wearing a white robe with a navy blue abstract pattern. On top of his head, a small crown tied his long hair to make it neat.
"F-Fellow Dao?" asked several disciples of the stocky man.
Li Shen opened his eyes and startled. He did not come down in a forest, river, or meadow, but inside a hot spring house.
'Did I get the landing site wrong?This place was a wild forest before,' Li Shen replied.
He looked down, his eyes growing wide at the sight of several sexy-looking women, their wet bathing gowns showing off their beautiful curves.
'Ah, right.Looks like I've arrived in the heaven of planets,' Li Shen chimed in, smiling a little.
The stocky man saw Li Shen's gaze directed at his chosen disciples. He put on his clothes again and challenged Li Shen to a fight.
"You! Did you come here just to peek at all my disciples?" asked Elder Hong.
"Who are you?" asked Li Shen.
"I'm Hong Liang, one of the Elders of the Lotus Hill Sect. If you threaten me, then you are dealing with our sect!" snapped Elder Hong, pointing forward without hesitation.
'Only a Core Formation brat,' Li Shen complained.
"Lotus Hill Sect? I have never heard of it. Are you a new sect?" asked Li Shen.
"What are you?! The Lotus Hill Sect is a legendary sect that has been established for 1000 years. Compared to you, our sect is still more respectable," stated Elder Hong.
"Really? Is it possible that I cultivated in seclusion for too long?"
"Who the hell are you?!" snapped Elder Hong.
"Noisy!" threatened Li Shen, reaching out his hand to shackle Elder Hong in his hand magic.
They looked shocked, not just Hong Liang, but all of his disciples. They saw the magic momentum from Li Shen's body was on par with Nascent Soul Peak.
They could only see this because Li Shen suppressed his cultivation. It was impossible for him to pass through the mortal world with such a high cultivation level —True Immortal.
In panic, the women ran away from the hot spring. Li Shen turned around and called them back.
'The beauty of their bodies is gone,' Li Shen explained, saddened.
"Who are you, Fellow Dao?" asked Elder Hong.
"You don't need to know who I am," Li Shen replied.
"Do you know where the Azure Pillar sect is?" asked Li Shen.
Hong Liang was silent for a moment, trying to remember back about the sect. Li Shen was still watching him, hoping to get an answer from him.
"Oh, I remember!" said the stocky man.
"The Azure Pillar Sect is in the southeast of the kingdom. It's a lowly and outcast sect, they have poor qualifications for a cultivation sect," he replied, making both of Li Shen's eyes squint sharply.
"W-Was I misspoken, Fellow Dao?" asked Elder Hong.
'What happened to the Azure Pillar sect?Did something happen to them while I was doing closed cultivation at the Immortal Palace?" asked Li Shen.
"Back then, the Azure Pillar Sect became a powerful sect member in the country of Qing Yan, many cultivators gathered and studied with them, their name was respected throughout the kingdom," explained Li Shen.
"A-About that, I don't know. There are no specific records about it in the royal library," said Elder Hong.
'Is there something they're trying to hide?' asked Li Shen.
'There's no point in thinking about that.Right now, I should go back to my sect,' said Li Shen.
He threw Elder Hong's body forcefully, shattering the pavilion wall and sending the stocky man flying outside the sect area.
Several Elders saw the incident, they divided into groups to arrest Li Shen and rescue Elder Hong.
They entered Elder Hong's pavilion, seeing that there was no one there, only the wooden ruins of the roof littering the hot spring.
"Find him, seal the sect and don't let anyone leave," declared the Great Elder of the sect, obeyed by the other elders.
Elsewhere, Li Shen had already walked away from the place. Every time he took a step, he passed 500,000 miles away —an ability due to high cultivation.
With such speed, it was easy for Li Shen to find the whereabouts of the Azure Pillar Sect.
What a shock to him! He saw that his once great sect had become a wasted and neglected place.
The leafy trees had died leaving only trunks and leafless branches, the wall coating paint was faded, the roof was hollow, weeds grew tall, the stone walls of the sect courtyard were badly damaged.
Not only that, the five main pavilions of the Azure Pillar Sect had crumbled, nothing occupying them except insects and vines.
Li Shen stepped down from the sky, arriving at the sect's main courtyard with his gaze fixed ahead.
"The light of the Azure pillar has disappeared, this place has lost its spiritual energy," Li Shen replied.
"Mu Dong, Lin Fan, Ye Fa, Xiao Huo, I'm curious about their news," Li Shen replied.
When he was standing there looking at his past, a female voice called out to him from behind. Li Shen turned around quickly, he saw an old woman with two people behind her, a young man and a girl.
"Who are you? Have you come to challenge our low-ranked sect?" asked Ye Fa.
"Ye Fa? Is that you?" asked Li Shen.
"How dare you call our sect leader so carelessly. Don't you know manners?" asked a girl, Ye Fa tried to calm her down.
"I'm Ye Fa, the sect leader of Azure Pillar Sect. Who are you, young man?" he asked.
"I'm Li Shen."
"Li Shen? I don't remember. Have we met before?" asked Ye Fa.
Li Shen squinted his eyes. He stepped one foot, then fully arrived and stood before Ye Fa. The man noticed something odd about her, as if there was a cursed technique sealing her memory.
He brought up a blue sphere on his fingertips, then sent it into Ye Fa's forehead. Ye Fa's two disciples were shocked, trying to protect their master.
"Stay away!" insisted Li Shen, bringing out a blast of qi in his body.
Their strength that was still in Qi Condensation made their bodies bounce instantly by Li Shen's power. They failed to protect Ye Fa.
'Damn it!Is master going to get hurt again?' the girl asked.
'I must hurry to save master!' explained the young man.
Slowly, qi energy began to emanate in Ye Fa's body as Li Shen's technique earlier successfully destroyed the memory locking formation in Ye Fa's head.
Her eyes lit up again, she looked up and saw a familiar face. It was Li Shen, the genius from Pillar Azure.
"Senior Li Shen? Is it really you...?" asked Ye Fa, crying with emotion after being able to see her friend again after thousands of years.
"It is. It's me, Li Shen."
"Thank goodness," expressed Ye Fa, hugging Li Shen's body tightly, Li Shen did the same.
"How was your cultivation? Why did I only see you at the Nascent Soul peak?" asked Ye Fa.
"There are many things happening. The most important thing now is to restore the Azure Pillar Sect to its former glory," replied Li Shen, turning around and staring at the sect's main building.
"How?" asked disciple girl Ye Fa.
Li Shen smiled, bringing up the highest level spirit stone before them, "With this."