Shen Qing and Xian Shiyu widened their eyes. "What on earth is this? It's so eerie!"
Li Xian's face darkened. While putting the umbrella into his storage bag, he dragged Shen Qing and Xian Shiyu to hide behind a snowdrift.
Gritting his teeth, he explained angrily, "I knew that bald monk had ill intentions when he gave me this magical artifact. Just wait, someday I'll storm the Buddhist hall and settle the score with that bald donkey!"
Hearing this, Shen Qing and Xian Shiyu both fell silent speechlessly, thinking that Li Xian had made a bad friend.
In this critical moment, the three finally found a hiding place. However, even after the radiant umbrella was put into the storage bag, sounds still came from it.
"Namo A-li-ye..."
"Pu-ti-sa-duo-po-ye..."
The chanting sounds were incessant and extremely eerie against the backdrop of the blasting sounds.
The three of them felt a throbbing pain in their temples. Shen Qing even felt a hint of killing intent towards this unknown Buddhist cultivator.
"Can we find a way to make it stop?"
Li Xian took out the radiant umbrella from the storage bag again and summoned his natal sword to slash at it, but it had no effect.
The blasting sounds grew louder and louder. Shen Qing could even hear voices coming from the other side of the stone wall.
"There must be a dragon hidden in the middle of this mountain. None of you are allowed to compete with me. The dragon tendons and bones must be mine!"
"Li Laosan! Who do you think you are? We all blasted this mountain together. If we find a dragon, we should split it evenly. How can you just claim the most valuable dragon bones and tendons for yourself?!"
The three of them felt a chill run down their spines.
Xian Shiyu looked worried. "Oh no, the dragon's roar has attracted other cultivators."
Shen Qing immediately recalled the story in the chant. The greed of the human and demon races led to the extinction of the dragon race, and their dragon bones and tendons were taken by the humans.
Now, these cultivators heard the dragon's roar and were blasting the snow mountain by any means necessary, just to slay the dragon.
"Do you think... if they keep doing this, the glacier will crack?"
Xian Shiyu's question made Li Xian and Shen Qing freeze in their tracks.
Shen Qing quickly looked down and found that the glacier here had already cracked with large fissures.
"Oh no..."
After the last loud blasting sound ended, the chanting in the radiant umbrella also stopped.
"I hope the benefactor can be free from worldly desires and practice diligently."
After saying this, no more sounds came from the radiant umbrella. Only then did Li Xian put it back into the storage bag.
"Damn bald donkey!"
After a puff of smoke, a group of cultivators flew out of the large hole in the stone wall.
"Where's the dragon?!"
"I clearly heard the dragon's roar. Why is there nothing here after I came in?!"
"It turns out the middle of this mountain is hollow. It's so empty. There must be a spiritual beast here!"
"Men! Search for me. Be sure to find the dragon for me!"
Shen Qing was a bit indignant and wanted to rush out and fight, but was held back by Li Xian.
"Don't be impulsive. We have other ways to teach them a lesson."
Saying so, Li Xian took out more than a dozen blasting talismans from his storage bag and buried them under the snowdrifts respectively.
Shen Qing immediately knew what he was going to do. "You're not going to blow up this whole mountain, are you? We must never do anything that harms human lives!"
Li Xian put his finger to his lips, signaling Shen Qing to calm down.
"The glacier has already cracked, and there's cold water underneath. I just want them to take a dip in the cold water and calm down for a while."
Only then did Shen Qing feel relieved. These greedy cultivators really needed a cold-water wake-up call, or they would always be thinking about killing and looting.
Although a hole had been blown in the snow mountain, the surrounding stone walls showed no cracks. It seemed that the mountain wouldn't collapse anytime soon. Let them fall into the glacier and calm down.
Under Shen Qing's guidance, Xian Shiyu also transformed into an ordinary cultivator, changing her appearance and clothes.
The sword in Shen Qing's hand emitted a chilling aura. It was clearly not an ordinary item, but the sword didn't want to be put into the storage bag. So Shen Qing had to find a piece of cloth to wrap it up and carry it on her back.
Even through the thick clothes and cloth, Shen Qing could still feel the bone-chilling cold of the sword.
"Are you all ready? We're going out."
Li Xian calmly repeated the plan to them. Shen Qing and Xian Shiyu nodded, indicating that they understood.
When that group of cultivators groped their way to this area in the dark, the three of them pretended to be cultivators who had come in together and rummaged around with fire starters.
The other cultivators didn't notice these three new arrivals. They were all preoccupied with searching for the non-existent dragon.
The three of them made their way towards the cave entrance and dispersed.
Xian Shiyu shrank her neck and nervously hid among the cultivators.
These cultivators who had come in all looked fierce and hard to deal with. Xian Shiyu seemed a bit out of place among them.
When she stepped back, she didn't notice a big man standing behind her and bumped straight into him.
The big man widened his eyes, pointed at Xian Shiyu, and roared, "Are you blind, woman? How dare you bump into me!"
Xian Shiyu shrank her neck a bit, feeling scared, and her legs were trembling.
But remembering Li Xian's instructions, she still stuck out her neck and shouted loudly,
"What did I do to you? It was just a little bump. You're so tall but as weak as a twig. Do you think you'll fall down just because I bumped into you? Who came here not for wealth? What's wrong with you? Are you just here to cause trouble?!"
The big man didn't expect this small woman to be so tough-talking. And since he couldn't see through Xian Shiyu's cultivation, his momentum immediately waned.
"S... sorry... I was being rash..."
After quickly apologizing, the big man fled at full speed.
Xian Shiyu patted her chest and turned to meet the admiring looks of Shen Qing and Li Xian.
Seeing that Xian Shiyu had handled the situation well, Shen Qing let out a sigh of relief and then walked towards the door.
The three of them pretended to observe the stone wall while gathering at the door.
After exchanging a look, they took advantage of the moment when the cultivators in the cave weren't paying attention and quickly ran towards the exit.
When they had run a certain distance, Li Xian finally showed a mischievous smile and detonated the blasting talismans in the cave.
"Ah! Who's plotting against me?!"
"Damn it! The water is so cold. Who can pull me out?!"
"Something's wrong. This must be a trap. There's no dragon at all. Someone must have found an ultimate divine sword and lured us here to prevent us from snatching it!"
"Let's go! Hurry and leave this place!"
The cultivators who hadn't fallen into the water rushed towards the cave entrance one after another, while those who had fallen into the water had to climb out on their own.
The three of them exchanged a look and were about to burst out laughing when they suddenly heard a cultivator behind them shout.
"Good heavens, could the dragon's roar we heard just now be made by a glacier lizard?"
"There's actually such a huge glacier lizard here. It's so terrifying!"
"Oh my god, run quickly!"
Only then did Shen Qing remember the big tongue that had dragged her down. It turned out to be the glacier lizard hiding in the cave...