After a meal that left Xian Shiyu with a round belly, she completely forgot about Xiao Jinglan after eating and drinking her fill.
"Sister, we're fated. How about traveling together?"
"No need. We still need to go to the Sword Tomb to find a sword. You're a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, so you don't have to go."
Before Shen Qing could say anything, Li Xian refused on her behalf.
Looking like a person who didn't want to be approached, it made Xian Shiyu pout unhappily.
"Sister, why is your husband so fierce? If it were in our Beast Taming Sect, no senior or junior brother would dare to show a cold face to a woman."
Shen Qing forced out a couple of embarrassed smiles. The Beast Taming Sect had mostly male disciples. Except for sword cultivators and Buddhist cultivators, they were well - known for their abstinence...
They rarely saw female cultivators, let alone showed cold faces to them...
"My husband has a bit of a bad temper. Please forgive him, Shiyu. But our schedules may be different, so we probably can't travel together."
Xian Shiyu propped her chin up and thought for a moment, then said excitedly, "My master told me to go down the mountain for training. Going to the Sword Tomb can also broaden my horizons. He didn't say that only sword cultivators can enter. Please let me follow you and gain some knowledge."
"Please, sister... sister... sister."
Xian Shiyu grabbed Shen Qing's hand and shook it. She also blinked her eyes and acted coquettishly towards Shen Qing. Shen Qing was most susceptible to this. It seemed that she was about to agree.
Li Xian's face immediately darkened. He glared at the ghost wolf.
The ghost wolf gave Shen Qing a reproachful look and let out a wolf howl.
Hearing the wolf howl, the little wolf cub in Xian Shiyu's arms immediately began to cry loudly.
"Hey! What's going on? Why is it crying?!"
Xian Shiyu fumbled around and took out something to feed the little wolf cub.
Shen Qing glared at the ghost wolf and Li Xian, blaming them for causing trouble casually.
The ghost wolf looked away and didn't dare to meet Shen Qing's eyes.
Actually, privately, he hoped that Xian Shiyu would travel with them, so that he could be with his own clan.
Under Li Xian's reproachful gaze, Shen Qing still agreed.
"You can go to the Sword Tomb with us. But I've heard that there are dangers in the Sword Tomb. Don't run around randomly. Protect your spiritual beast well."
Xian Shiyu broke into a bright and lovely smile, which made Shen Qing's heart melt.
She always couldn't refuse soft and cute girls. Hong Chaoyang was like this, and Qi Nian was also like this.
Li Xian gritted his teeth so hard that they creaked, but he couldn't stop Xian Shiyu from staying as a "light bulb".
In the next few days, whenever he wanted to be alone with Shen Qing, Xian Shiyu would surely come out to cause trouble. But Xian Shiyu had a simple mind and didn't think too much.
And Shen Qing was also a careless person. She didn't even notice that Li Xian had been a bit down these days.
In a blink of an eye, it was time for the Sword Tomb to open. The Sword Tomb opened once every three years. It was located on a branch of the dragon vein and contained some dragon's breath.
Most of the famous swords in the world came from the Sword Tomb. If one was lucky, they could even find a legendary famous sword inside.
Many sword spirits or broken swords would be automatically drawn to the Sword Tomb when they were on the verge of falling.
Ling Zhou had told her that Biyue was a famous sword found in the Sword Tomb.
The Sword Tomb was divided into many areas. For example, there was an extremely cold glacier that contained swords with cold spiritual power, and there was also a magma - filled area with fiery red swords.
Since Shen Qing had an ice spiritual root, her goal was very clear. She was going to the extremely cold glacier to find a sword that was compatible with her spiritual root.
Because the little wolf cub in Xian Shiyu's arms was too young, Shen Qing left the ghost wolf and the cub in the inn together. She also placed four boundary stones in the four directions. Only cultivators at the integration stage could break through.
As the time for the Sword Tomb to open approached, many people gathered in the mountains.
Most of them were casual cultivators. Reminded by Shen Qing, Xian Shiyu changed out of her Beast Taming Sect disciple's uniform and only wore an ordinary dress.
The group of them wasn't so conspicuous in the crowd.
There were some casual cultivators around who formed their own groups with unfriendly expressions. These people were the well - known famous sword dealers.
They had the strength of the late Golden Core stage. When the Sword Tomb opened, they would rush in to snatch top - grade swords and then sell them at high prices to make a profit.
There were also some sect disciples who came here to look for opportunities.
The direct disciples of some large sects usually had their masters invite famous swordsmiths to forge swords for them. They wouldn't come to the Sword Tomb unless they really couldn't find a suitable sword.
Although there were legendary famous swords in the Sword Tomb, they were not easy to obtain. Opportunities and timing were all indispensable. People like Shen Qing, who couldn't invite famous swordsmiths and were short of money, could come and try their luck.
The entrance to the Sword Tomb was like a huge cave. There seemed to be a boundary at the cave entrance. After the Sword Tomb opened, cultivators could pass through this entrance to reach the Sword Tomb.
The Sword Tomb would be open for half a month. If cultivators didn't leave after half a month, they would be absorbed by the Sword Tomb and would have to wait until the Sword Tomb opened again three years later to get out.
The three of them deliberately waited for a large number of cultivators to go in first before they entered.
After entering, they first came to the boulder area. It was like the bottom of a cliff, surrounded by falling rocks with some black - iron swords stuck crookedly on them.
There were also some broken top - grade swords. Most cultivators wouldn't stay in this boulder area at the entrance.
From time to time, huge boulders would fall from the sky. No one knew where these boulders came from.
The three quickly passed through the falling - rock area and then came to the rainforest area. There were countless towering trees with vines twining around them. There were one or two swords among them.
But most of these vines contained poisonous sap. If one wanted to obtain the swords, they had to avoid the venom of these vines.
The Sword Tomb had many areas and a large scope, and there was no practical map. Every time the Sword Tomb opened, the terrain inside would change. Even if someone had been inside before, they would feel like they were in a new place when they entered again.
But the place Shen Qing and the others were going to was the extremely cold glacier, a vast expanse of white ice with snow covering the entire mountain peak. It was relatively easy to find.
Except for water - spiritual - root and ice - spiritual - root cultivators, few people would step into the extremely cold glacier.
The three made a hand - seal to keep warm and then started searching on the extremely cold glacier. But there were only some ordinary black - iron swords on the glacier. Any good swords were frozen hundreds of feet below and couldn't be broken.
"Sister, I heard from my master's Taoist companion that he once saw a great power obtain a top - grade sword on this extremely cold glacier. But that great power was already at the integration stage and had magical tools with him to break through this rock - hard glacier. With our strength, it's too difficult to get that sword..."
Xian Shiyu tactfully advised Shen Qing to give up on the swords hundreds of feet below the glacier. Shen Qing nodded after hearing this.
She hadn't really wanted these swords in the first place. She believed in fate.
If fate was on her side, even if her natal sword was frozen hundreds of miles below, she would be able to obtain it.
So the three continued to search on the extremely cold glacier.