Chapter 205 Dead or Alive (1/2)

Shen Lian smiled and asked, ”So what do you say now after you've lost, Zuo Shaoqing?”

Zuo Shaoqing turned rather pale, but he ultimately replied, ”I will stick to my words. I will have no complaint to whatever you want me to do, Shen Zhenren.” He never intended to ask for forgiveness, firstly because of his personality, secondly because such action would fall on deaf ears to people like Shen Lian.

Shen Lian said, ”Good. You cut off all four limbs of Shou Jing and Shou Xuan, which resulted in me using two Life-regenerating Elixir. I would ask to do the same to you, but other than making the two less angry, there is no positive effect from it. How about if you become my sword servant for 300 years?”

Meng Xunzhen could not control his anger anymore and he said, ”Never!”

Shen Lian not only found a way to restraint the technique of Qingjiang Sword Sect, he even wanted to destroy their root. It was hard for the sect to find someone as talented as Zuo Shaoqing.

If that was the case, when Meng Xunzhen left, the chances of yet another Huandan master being born in the sect were pretty slim.

As a result, he was the pillar of the sect. Even for Qingxuan, in the span of a few hundred years, there were only Chen Jianmei and Shen Lian who achieved Huandan. The difficulty was clear.

Zuo Shaoqing was not necessarily going to achieve Huandan, but he had the potential. Shen Lian wanted to take him as a servant to weaken Qingjiang and strengthen Qing Xuan.

Shen Lian took a glance at him and said, ”Meng Swordsman, we will talk about you later.”

He then said to Zuo Shaoqing, ”There is a saying in the past where one should crush the enemy totally to prevent revenge. What you have learnt might be shallow and indelicate, but you are talented, and hence I won't let you go just easily. If you disagree, I will just take this chance and send you to go through reincarnation. You can only achieve that much in life with Cloud and Water Sword. If you were reborn, you might have the chance to achieve greatness.”

Zuo Shaoqing had a thousand thoughts in his mind, it was the temperament of a swordsman. He quickly decided, ”I can be your sword servant, but I have a condition.”

Shen Lian replied, ”You are not qualified to discuss conditions with me. You only have two paths, dead or alive.”

He spoke plainly, but what he said commanded respect and exhibited authority as the chief of a big sect.

Zuo Shaoqing was choked with words. What Shen Lian said was right. He was thinking along the line where he would never agree if Shen Lian wanted him to do anything that would harm Qingjiang Sword Sect. It seemed than Shen Lian could read his mind, and hence was not willing to discuss the conditions with him. He understood that he only had two choices, dead or alive.

If Shen Lian wanted him to do something that would go against his Daoist heart, he could either choose death or just do it. It was what being a sword servant meant. He was not a student.

Zuo Shaoqing replied, ”I agree, but aren't you scared that I will just obey on the surface?”

Shen Lian smiled, ”You are using your Daoist heart as the basis of the promise. If you go against me in the future, you will never be able to achieve Dao in all your reincarnations.” Swearing on the Daoist heart was a heavy oath. For any cultivator, to go against an oath that was made with the Daoist heart would have a huge impact on his or her cultivation. It was not that one could not go against it, but it was because there was a huge price labelled to it.

Zuo Shaoqing replied coldly, ”An oath could not restrain me.”

Shen Lian asked, ”Are you devoted to the sword?”

Zuo Shaoqing replied, ”Of course I am.”

”If you go against your oath, are you still devoted? Furthermore, what can a loach do?” His words were affecting Zuo Shaoqing deeply.

He took in Zuo Shaoqing as a sword servant for a reason. It was rare to come across a swordcraft seed. He held a high position and hence he could not do everything himself. He also did not want to bother Jingqing on some menial tasks, and hence he needed someone for that.

Zuo Shaoqing had entered Ruhua and hence his cultivation experience could be considered as decent. If he had the fortune, he could even go through Huandan 6/7 turn. Till then he would have more uses to him.