Hmm.
He found it to be quite reasonable, so he accepted it.
As for Zhao Yishi, he confiscated his belongings and left him in the small world, instructing him to come and find them once he was able to break through the Puppet on his own. The entry for Zhao Yishi was actually rather good.
But cultivating him... was too expensive.
He was recruiting disciples, not to cultivate them, but to strengthen his own combat power for the purpose of embarking on external ventures accompanied by dozens of Nascent Soul adherents, eradicating sects and seizing properties. With the resources for cultivating Zhao Yishi, wouldn't it be better to cultivate himself?
The most important thing was, what use was a disciple who shied from battle? As a mascot?
...
The thought passed in an instant.
