"Dear sister, I'm a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect. My name is Xian Shiyu. You can just call me Shiyu. What's your name, sister?"
Shen Qing felt a bit dizzy from being called "sister" repeatedly by Xian Shiyu. "My name is Shen Qing."
Xian Shiyu widened her eyes. Her round almond eyes blinked with a hint of confusion. "This name sounds so familiar. I feel like I've heard it somewhere?"
Shen Qing's heart tightened. Had the incident of the Main God Hall provoking the Qingyun Sword Sect spread so far?
If so, she couldn't use her real name anymore...
So, to divert Xian Shiyu's attention, Shen Qing quickly changed the topic.
"The Beast Taming Sect is near the Hundred - Mile Beast Forest and far from the Royal Capital City. If you're traveling, there are no spirit beasts here. Why did you come to this place?"
At this, a trace of loneliness and sadness appeared on Xian Shiyu's face.
"Sister, to be honest, I don't want to be a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect anymore. I want to be a sword cultivator. So I came here to enter the Sword Tomb and choose a suitable natal magic sword."
Hearing this, Shen Qing frowned.
"Beast taming and sword - wielding are very different. Why do you have such an idea?"
Shen Qing observed that Xian Shiyu's spiritual roots were not suitable for sword cultivation. Moreover, once a cultivator chose a cultivation method, it was not easy to change. So she kindly reminded her.
"This... this," Xian Shiyu said, and a blush appeared on her face.
Shen Qing immediately understood that this young girl must have fallen into the bitter sea of love.
She asked tentatively, "Is it because of... your sweetheart?"
"Ah! Sister, how are you so smart?!"
Xian Shiyu's voice suddenly rose, attracting the attention of all the customers in the store. Curious and inquisitive gazes were projected one after another.
Shen Qing immediately pressed Xian Shiyu to bow and apologize. "Sorry, sorry. My little sister was out of line."
Xian Shiyu, realizing that she had disturbed others, also tightly covered her mouth. "Sorry, sorry..."
The two immediately turned around and went to the second floor of the store. This store sold some rare trinkets, with rows of shelves.
But at this moment, their minds were no longer on these goods. Shen Qing was also a bit curious about the sweetheart in Xian Shiyu's mouth.
What kind of man could make Xian Shiyu have such an idea?
"This matter is of great importance. You're a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect. As far as I know, there are no sword cultivators in the Beast Taming Sect."
"Are you going to abandon your sect for a man and go to a strange place?"
In fact, Shen Qing didn't quite agree. In this world, men were often fickle. If a woman gave up what she originally had for a momentary love, it would be hard to bear if the ending was bad.
So, Shen Qing still wanted to persuade Xian Shiyu as much as possible.
Moreover, the Beast Taming Sect was not much inferior to the Qingyun Sword Sect and the Five - Element Dao Sect. It was the fourth - ranked sect only after the Green Wood Sect.
The fact that Xian Shiyu could enter the Beast Taming Sect and become its disciple was enough to show that she had good talent in communicating with and training spirit beasts.
Hearing Shen Qing say this, a trace of hesitation also appeared on Xian Shiyu's face.
She was the youngest junior sister in the Beast Taming Sect. Her senior brothers and sisters doted on her very much.
Her master was also very kind to her. Her parents were also disciples of the Beast Taming Sect. It could be said that all her memories from birth to growth were in the Beast Taming Sect.
Was she really going to leave the familiar and loving place for a man...
But... she had never seen such a handsome and unrestrained man. The male disciples in the Beast Taming Sect were a bit slovenly. She liked handsome and tall men, not big guys who shoveled shit in the spirit beast pile all day.
"But... I really like him..."
Shen Qing sighed, lamenting that Xian Shiyu was another love - struck girl.
"What about him? Does he like you?"
If it was a mutual love, there was no need to separate the lovers. With the Beast Taming Sect as her backing, Xian Shiyu, presumably, the man wouldn't dare to bully her.
But unexpectedly, Xian Shiyu shook her head.
"I've only met him once. I only know that he's a disciple of the Five - Element Dao Sect named Li Xian. I know nothing else."
"Wh... what?"
"What did you say your sweetheart's name is?!"
Xian Shiyu raised her eyes, seemingly not understanding why Shen Qing suddenly had such a big reaction.
"His name is... Li Xian..."
"Sister, do you know him?"
Shen Qing was so angry that she wanted to laugh. Not only did she know him, but she was also very familiar with him!
"Can you tell me why you like him?"
Shen Qing gritted her teeth when she said this, wishing she could immediately go downstairs and beat Li Xian up.
They had just gotten engaged not long ago, and Li Xian had already brought back a love entanglement for her.
Shen Qing even had the thought of immediately breaking off the engagement with Li Xian.
If a man couldn't be devoted and his feelings were not pure, then she, Shen Qing, didn't need him.
Xian Shiyu could feel that Shen Qing's state was not right, but she still carefully explained, "It was my first time going down the mountain. I was attacked by a spirit beast in the forest. It was Li Xian who appeared and saved me."
"At that time, there were only the two of us. I sprained my foot, and he carried me all the way. I've never met such a funny and humorous person."
"He was afraid that I would be scared, so he told me a lot of interesting things about the Five - Element Dao Sect. He also said... he just liked women who held swords and looked valiant."
But Shen Qing felt something was wrong.
Li Xian? Funny and humorous?
Was this the same Li Xian she knew?
Shen Qing loosened her tightly clenched fists and asked tentatively, "Are you sure... his name is Li Xian?"
Xian Shiyu stroked her chin and thought for a while. "Actually, I'm not very sure..."
"After we walked out of the forest, my senior brothers and sisters came to pick me up. When I looked back, he was already gone. I didn't even have time to ask his name.
"But I heard the voice of his companion behind me. Someone called him Senior Brother."
"I asked my master. The senior brother of the Five - Element Dao Sect is named Li Xian."
At this, Shen Qing completely relaxed her clenched fists.
She knew that a person like Li Xian would rather stay ten thousand miles away from strangers. How could he take the initiative to carry someone all the way and tell jokes to amuse them?
She herself had never heard Li Xian tell a joke...
It turned out to be a big misunderstanding...
Shen Qing held back the twitching of her mouth. "Is it possible... you misrecognized the person? As far as I know, Li Xian, the senior brother of the Five - Element Dao Sect, is already engaged."
Xian Shiyu was shocked. "Engaged! How come I don't know?!"
Shen Qing thought for a while, took out the image stone, and showed the images of her and Li Xian left at the engagement banquet by Hong Chaoyang.
"Look, I was also at the engagement banquet. See if this is your sweetheart?"
Shen Qing pointed at Li Xian and asked, but got a confused shake of the head from Xian Shiyu.
"That's not right. The person who saved me doesn't look like this. Could it be that I misrecognized the person? His name may not be Li Xian at all."
Xian Shiyu flipped through a few images, but saw a person in a corner. She excitedly pointed at him with her finger.
"It's him! It's him. He's my sweetheart!"
Shen Qing looked over curiously and saw Xiao Jinglan, who was holding the image stone and staring blankly in the direction of Hong Chaoyang.