"Xiao Jinglan?"
Xian Shiyu immediately turned her head and looked at Shen Qing longingly.
"Xiao Jinglan... His name is Xiao Jinglan, right? Is he a disciple of the Five - Element Dao Sect?"
Shen Qing, who had just relaxed her fist, clenched it again. Forcing a smile, she said, "Yes, he is a disciple of the Five - Element Dao Sect."
After saying that, Shen Qing earnestly said to Xian Shiyu, "This man is not worth you giving up everything in the Beast - Taming Sect to go to the Five - Element Dao Sect. Although I don't know him well, my husband is... acquainted with him. If you want to know about him, I can ask my husband to tell you."
Xian Shiyu couldn't stay still any longer. She grabbed Shen Qing and walked out of the store.
"Sister, ask your husband to tell me. I'm so sad right now."
Xian Shiyu was surprisingly strong. She dragged Shen Qing away before the latter even had a chance to resist.
The two of them ran all the way out of the store. When the young man guarding the spirit beasts saw Xian Shiyu, he was startled. He quickly picked up the two little wolf cubs.
"Customer, look, your spirit beasts are unharmed..."
Before the young man could finish his sentence, Xian Shiyu put the two little wolf cubs on her shoulders, one on each side. Then, pulling Shen Qing with one hand and Li Xian with the other, she left in a hurry.
The guarding young man was speechless...
Xian Shiyu waved her hand and booked a private room in the most expensive hotel in the main city. She also ordered a large table of spiritual food.
"Brother - in - law! Quickly tell me what kind of person Xiao Jinglan is!"
Xian Shiyu wasn't polite at all. As soon as she sat down, she pestered Li Xian to tell her about Xiao Jinglan.
Shen Qing looked at Li Xian helplessly. Li Xian looked confused but tried his best to avoid Xian Shiyu's touch.
After being dodged twice, Xian Shiyu finally realized that Li Xian probably didn't like being touched, so she retracted her hand and used her eyes to urge Shen Qing, hoping that she would help her ask.
Shen Qing found it a bit funny. She told Li Xian exactly what she had said to Xian Shiyu just now.
When Li Xian heard that Xian Shiyu had regarded him as her sweetheart, his face changed. He looked a bit aggrieved and wanted to explain to Shen Qing in a hurry.
Afraid that Li Xian would let something slip, Shen Qing immediately covered his mouth and quickly told the rest of the story.
It wasn't until he heard that Xian Shiyu's sweetheart was Xiao Jinglan that Li Xian relaxed.
He turned his head and said seriously to Xian Shiyu, "Yes, I'm an old acquaintance of Xiao Jinglan. We can even say that we grew up together..."
There was a glint of excitement and shyness in Xian Shiyu's eyes. "Really? It's such a coincidence. Big Brother Xiao... What kind of person is he? Can you tell me?"
A sly look flashed across Li Xian's eyes. Shen Qing thought something was wrong.
"Xiao Jinglan is extremely handsome and has a good family background. He is the second disciple under Yu Xuzi and is highly valued by him."
"Wow! Is it Yu Xuzi of the Five - Element Dao Sect? He is a well - known great expert in our cultivation world. To be his disciple, Big Brother Xiao must be an excellent person."
Seeing that Xian Shiyu was about to fall deeper, Shen Qing looked at Li Xian reproachfully.
Then, Li Xian changed the subject. "Yes, so Xiao Jinglan is very popular among female cultivators. Every time he goes on an outing, he can always make one or two... friends. Our fellow disciples in the Five - Element Dao Sect are really envious."
Shen Qing raised an eyebrow: You're envious too?
Li Xian gave her a puppy - dog look: Of course not.
Xian Shiyu's face turned ugly. "I'm also a female cultivator he met during his cultivation... So it turns out... He is such a person..."
Seeing Xian Shiyu's mood getting low, Shen Qing felt a bit sorry for her.
"It's not exactly..."
Li Xian coughed lightly and shook his head.
Shen Qing had met Xiao Jinglan a few times. Although he didn't seem very reliable, he shouldn't be as dissolute as Li Xian described.
So she lowered her voice and asked Li Xian beside his ear, "Aren't you afraid that he'll come after you for speaking so ill of Fellow Daoist Xiao?"
Li Xian shook his head and replied in a low voice, "He already has a sweetheart. I'm afraid Xiao Jinglan will even thank me for this."
"Moreover, this relationship is doomed to have no result. Why give others hope?"
Shen Qing thought it made sense.
On the way, Li Xian had vaguely told her that Xiao Jinglan seemed to have feelings for Hong Chaoyang.
However, if Xiao Jinglan really had so many female cultivator friends, it would be difficult for him to catch the eyes of Hong Chaoyang and Hong Die Zhenren.
Shen Qing was just about to comfort Xian Shiyu when she turned her head and saw that Xian Shiyu had turned her grief and indignation into appetite and was feasting on the spiritual food on the table.
In a short while, half of the full table of spiritual food had gone into Xian Shiyu's stomach.
The delicious smell made the little wolf cubs whine. After eating half of it, Xian Shiyu finally remembered the two spirit beasts.
Thinking of the request from You Lang, Shen Qing decided to probe Xian Shiyu.
Shen Qing saw You Lang staring intently at the spirit beast. The spirit beast seemed to have just been born. Its eyes had just opened, and the blue film in them hadn't fallen off yet.
"Shiyu, this spirit beast seems to be of the same species as my spirit beast. I'd like to ask if you know its origin?"
Xian Shiyu's mouth was stuffed with tender fish meat. She replied vaguely, "Oh... You mean my Xue Rongrong... I picked it up near the Demon Cave..."
The Demon Cave?!
This answer was beyond Shen Qing's expectation.
Shen Qing and Li Xian glanced at each other, then she asked, "Do you know what breed it is?"
When it came to this, Xian Shiyu got excited. She carefully picked up her little wolf cub and took out spiritual goat milk to feed it.
"My senior brother told me that it might be the long - extinct Nether White Wolf. But it's still too young, and the characteristics of the Nether White Wolf haven't shown yet, so I need to observe it for a while."
"On the contrary, Sister Shen's one looks more like a Nether White Wolf."
Shen Qing picked up You Lang. Seeing the wariness in his eyes, she laughed it off and said, "He's just an ordinary Snowy Region White Wolf. How could Nether White Wolves be everywhere?"
Xian Shiyu didn't think much and nodded. "It does make sense. It's said to be an extinct spirit beast. How could it be so coincidental that we meet two at once?"
When Xian Shiyu wasn't paying attention, Shen Qing secretly asked You Lang beside his ear, "You said you saw your entire clan being killed. Is it possible that some escaped?"
You Lang also answered in a low voice, "All the ones I saw were killed. Maybe... Some of my clan members were captured and taken to the Demon Realm."
Shen Qing nodded. If so, there was hope for You Lang to see his clan members again.
After thinking for a while, Shen Qing asked Xian Shiyu about which Demon Cave she had picked up the wolf cub from.
"Shiyu, could you tell me which Demon Cave you picked up this spirit beast from? I also want to give it a try."
Xian Shiyu nodded. "It's not far. Just go over two mountains behind the Sword Tomb, then pass two towns. There's a large open space, and there's a new Demon Cave there. That's where I picked it up."
Shen Qing and Li Xian glanced at each other and made up their minds. After going to the Sword Tomb and the Spiritual Spring, they would go to the Demon Cave.