Unexpectedly...
"Senior Brother Chen, I appreciate your kindness, but since I've entered the mountain, I naturally have to follow the rules of the sect. How could I take shortcuts!"
Righteous and stern, his face full of integrity, had it not been for this youngster threatening him earlier, he would have almost believed him.
He didn't give up and planned to continue persuading. Compared to those mediocre ones in the mountain, Jiang Feng was undoubtedly the brightest star, especially since he learned from his own master that this year Master Liu would be the first to pick disciples, and with this youngster's good swordsmanship, he would likely be chosen right away.
Thus, at the instigation of his own master, if all else fails, just forcibly knock the youngster unconscious, bring him up the mountain, press him to kowtow to the master, and after pouring him a couple sips of tea, consider him admitted to the sect.