The sword in her hand still exuded a chilling aura. Shen Qing had come up with several names for it, but the sword seemed dissatisfied.
"Sister... this sword probably has its own original name. From the looks of it, it might even have a sword spirit," Shen Qing's sister said.
Shen Qing sighed.
It was normal for a sword nurtured by dragon's breath to develop a sword spirit. However, she had just obtained the sword and hadn't yet established a connection with the spirit. It would take time.
"Forget it. Let's not dwell on this for now. Let's find an exit and get out of here first."
"By the way, what about the dragon cubs?"
Shen Qing turned her gaze towards the dragon cubs. They were still huddled in the snowdrift, their big eyes peeping out from behind it. They had been staring at the precious sword in Shen Qing's hand.
Shen Qing walked towards the dragon cubs with the sword in hand. Before she got close, the cubs let out excited cries and ran out of the snowdrift. Then, they knelt on their tiny feet in front of Shen Qing and bowed towards the sword.
"Roar! Roar! Roar!"
As they bowed, they also piously raised their paws and made sounds that the three of them had never heard before.
However, the sword in Shen Qing's hand seemed to respond to these sounds. Faint cyan-blue light began to radiate from it.
"What...?"
"The dragon cubs seem to be able to communicate with the sword spirit of this sword," Xian Shiyu observed for a while and came to this conclusion.
Shen Qing pondered for a moment and hesitated, "If so, should we take the dragon cubs out with us? Can they... survive outside?"
Xian Shiyu also fell silent. Although their Beast Taming Sect knew something about the habits of spiritual beasts, the dragon cubs were creatures born on the Dragon Vein Sword Tomb. She wasn't sure.
"Sister, since we can't make a decision, why don't we ask them?"
Shen Qing nodded, thinking it made sense.
So she quickly stopped and squatted in front of the dragon cubs. "We're leaving here. Do you want to come with us?"
The dragon cubs looked at each other, seemingly very hesitant. They all turned their gazes towards the largest one.
The largest dragon cub was also hesitating, with a look of confusion in its eyes.
Since the moment they were born, they had lived on this glacier. They were completely unfamiliar with the outside world. Although they were dragon cubs, they also had things they were afraid of.
Seeing the dragon cubs hesitating, Shen Qing felt a bit disappointed.
After all, they were being taken to a strange place. It was normal if they didn't want to go. In that case, she didn't want to force them.
Just as Shen Qing was about to say forget it, she found that the dragon cubs suddenly got excited.
"Roar! Roar! Roar!"
"Are you... agreeing to come with us?" Shen Qing asked with a puzzled look and received an affirmative answer from the dragon cubs.
"Great!"
Shen Qing happily turned to look at Li Xian, only to see Li Xian with both hands behind her back, smiling somewhat awkwardly.
Shen Qing was very confused.
Xian Shiyu had watched the whole process. The corner of her mouth twitched a few times. Just as she was about to speak, Li Xian gave her a look that stopped her.
Just now, when Shen Qing was asking the dragon cubs, they were hesitating.
Li Xian took out all kinds of delicious food from behind her to tempt them. In the end, Li Xian gritted her teeth and took out a bunch of dragon cloud chilies. Only then did the dragon cubs agree with their eyes shining.
What kind of companion spiritual beast would be bought off by a bunch of dragon cloud chilies!
After the dragon cubs secretly made a deal with Li Xian, they roared and burrowed into the snowdrift, packing up their belongings and carrying them on their bodies.
The dragon cubs had a thin string tied around their waists, on which were tied tools like small shovels or hammers.
These tools made a tinkling sound as they moved.
"Shiyu, does your Beast Taming Sect have any way to keep them all together?"
After all, they still had to pass through the entrance of the Sword Tomb. Bringing such a large group of dragon cubs would be too eye-catching. They had to find a way to avoid attracting attention.
Xian Shiyu immediately rummaged through her storage bag. "Of course we do!"
"We in the Beast Taming Sect don't have much of anything else, but we have a lot of things related to taming spiritual beasts. Every disciple of our sect has a magical treasure called the Nine - Tiered Pagoda."
"The Nine - Tiered Pagoda can accommodate a hundred small - sized spiritual beasts. The dragon cubs are so small. Twenty - eight of them can fit in there easily."
The Nine - Tiered Pagoda...
Wasn't that the life - bound magical treasure of Tiger's Roar True Man? How could every disciple have one?
Seeing Shen Qing fall silent, Xian Shiyu explained embarrassedly.
"Our Beast Taming Sect is very poor, so we have to find other ways to earn spiritual stones. This is a magical treasure we developed in cooperation with other sects. The sales are quite good."
"If sister likes it, I'll give you one when you go to the Beast Taming Sect."
Shen Qing sighed. It seemed that the financial situation of each sect was not very optimistic. Even the Beast Taming Sect had to make magical treasures to sell.
She thought that if the dragon cubs were going to follow her in the future, she would still need a magical treasure like the Nine - Tiered Pagoda. Otherwise, every time she went out, there would be a group of dragon cubs following her. It would be quite eye - catching.
"Okay, then I'll thank you first."
"You're welcome, sister!"
As they were talking, Xian Shiyu found the Nine - Tiered Pagoda and put all the dragon cubs into it.
The Nine - Tiered Pagoda wasn't very big, about the size of a palm. It was very exquisitely made, and there was a small bell on the top of each tier.
"If a spiritual beast tries to escape, these bells will ring at the same time."
Shen Qing placed the Nine - Tiered Pagoda in her hand and looked at it curiously.
The Nine - Tiered Pagoda also had a special feature. There were five large glass windows on each tier, which allowed people to directly see the situation of the spiritual beasts inside the pagoda.
After Shen Qing saw the dragon cubs being put inside, they became very small. They first carefully explored every corner and then ran around happily inside the pagoda.
"It seems they like it here."
Shen Qing returned the Nine - Tiered Pagoda to Xian Shiyu and motioned for her to put it away first.
Xian Shiyu said proudly, "This is the Nine - Tiered Pagoda personally supervised by our Beast Taming Sect. It was made for spiritual beasts..."
She kept advertising the Nine - Tiered Pagoda, explaining in detail everything from its material to its functions.
Just as Shen Qing was about to stop her and ask her to help find the exit, the three of them heard a huge explosion.
"Boom!"
Following the explosion, a section of the stone wall vibrated violently.
Xian Shiyu was startled and grabbed Shen Qing's sleeve in fear.
"What's going on? Are there other spiritual beasts in this place?"
Li Xian closed her eyes, spread out her spiritual sense, and her face changed greatly after a moment.
"It's not a spiritual beast. It's other cultivators. Let's find a place to hide first!"
Li Xian reached out and put away the Glorious Umbrella that was still illuminating the area above. However, to their surprise, the Glorious Umbrella made a sound.
"Amitabha. The poor monk sees that the benefactor is very confused. Next, the poor monk will recite a Great Compassion Mantra for the benefactor..."