Chapter 22: Twin Swords
Sect Master Gao and several managing elders led this batch of newly initiated little bean sprouts to the front of the Sword Mound.
The entrance looked like just an ordinary cave, but it had an extremely powerful barrier.
It required four elders at the Integration Stage to join hands to open it.
Many animals were naturally afraid of the cold. Even though Ning Ke had high cultivation, the innate fear of cold in his bones couldn’t be changed. While standing in the snow waiting for the elders to “Open Sesame,” he kept rubbing his hands and breathing on them.
After all, he couldn’t just summon the Fox Fire directly and expose his identity, so he could only endure like this.
“Brother, are you very cold?” Ning Xiaoxiao brushed the snow off Ning Ke’s clothes for him.
Just as she was about to say something else, a cluster of flames appeared in front of them.
As soon as that flame appeared, the surrounding temperature rose immediately, directly evaporating the snowflakes falling around Ning Ke.
The effect was immediate.
“This fire?” Gao Ze scanned their direction, his gaze landing on Lou Yunxiao, somewhat incredulous.
He remembered Lou Yunxiao possessed an extremely pure Ice Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root. How could he also possess such a powerful flame, comparable to an exotic fire?
Thinking about it, it must be an opportunity Lou Yunxiao obtained during the year he was missing.
Not intending to inquire deeply, seeing the elders had opened the barrier, Gao Ze said loudly: “The Sword Mound is open. Children, go in quickly to choose a sword suitable for you. Remember not to be greedy, and be careful not to be hurt by the sword intent.”
The disciples responded one after another and ran inside in a swarm.
Ning Ke and the others also snapped back to reality.
He let Xiaoxiao go in first, while he leisurely walked behind with Lou Yunxiao.
The small flame floating beside him was originally the source Fox Fire he had transferred to Lou Yunxiao before. Although the demonic aura component had been removed by him, seeing him, it still behaved very intimately.
Circling around him, dispelling the cold.
“Thank you, Senior Brother.” Ning Ke poked the small flame. The small flame didn’t hurt him at all, and even rubbed against his finger intimately.
Fortunately, Lou Yunxiao couldn’t see, otherwise seeing this scene, it would be hard not to be suspicious.
“No need to thank me.”
Ning Ke deliberately asked him: “I remember Senior Brother has an Ice Spiritual Root; how did you get this fire?”
“Could it also be given by that sister?”
“Mm.”
Ning Ke then deliberately acted pretentiously, speaking sarcastically: “Oh~ I couldn’t touch the ribbon sister gave you before, but this fire is used for me. Aren’t you afraid your sister will get angry?”
“I…”
Lou Yunxiao was someone who easily took things seriously. Once teased by Ning Ke, his expression became flustered, not knowing how to respond.
Looking at him like this, Ning Ke couldn’t stop laughing.
“Teasing you, Senior Brother.”
He said: “I’m just quite happy. Since you let me use the fire, does it mean I hold a little bit of importance in your heart too?”
Lou Yunxiao replied to him: “Junior Brother, you have always been very important.”
Ning Ke lowered his eyes, pulling the person’s hand to walk forward: “Fine, fine, fine, hearing Senior Brother say this makes me happy.”
“Let’s go, let’s go choose our swords.”
Just after walking a distance, exclamations from the crowd came from ahead.
Then they heard Ning Xiaoxiao shouting like a hen laying an egg:
“Brother! Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother!!!” Charging towards him and Lou Yunxiao along with a sword!
Seeing she was about to crash into them, Lou Yunxiao raised his palm.
Boom—
Frost energy poured out.
In the blink of an eye, Ning Xiaoxiao, along with the sword, was frozen on the spot, falling splat onto the ice surface.
Ning Ke stared dumbfounded, a sentence popping up in his brain: A thousand li of ice, ten thousand li of drifting snow, my big ice worm sister is so enchanting…
Then with a pfft, he laughed out loud.
“Brother! Not allowed to laugh!” Ning Xiaoxiao was frozen together with the long sword below her neck, revealing only her head rolling on the ice surface, blushing all over from shame: “So embarrassing!”
“Sorry, Little Junior Sister, I could only use this method to stop you.” Lou Yunxiao also squatted down, apologizing sincerely.
Ning Xiaoxiao puffed up her cheeks like a fat-headed fish: “Alright, I don’t blame you guys!”
During this time, she had also gotten to understand Lou Yunxiao, so she was no longer hostile like before.
Lou Yunxiao directed the small flame to melt the ice block and rescue Ning Xiaoxiao. That long sword then started moving again, standing beside Ning Xiaoxiao, even bending its blade, rubbing against the little girl like a rascal.
Ning Xiaoxiao said to Ning Ke: “Brother, look at this sword, it’s so perverted!”
Just now it flew out on its own chasing her, making her step on it, almost crashing into people. Now it was so obsequious; Ning Xiaoxiao had somewhat of a psychological shadow towards it.
Ning Ke sized up the long sword. Holding the script, he knew this sword was named Jinglan (Startling Mist), the “key” to the gold-thread wooden plaque worn by heroine Ning Xiaoxiao.
Once Ning Xiaoxiao obtained the Jinglan Sword and opened the gold-thread wooden plaque, she would gain opportunities, and her cultivation would yield twice the result with half the effort.
Ning Ke rubbed the girl’s head: “Swords have spirits and choose their own masters. Since he chose you, keep him.”
Ning Xiaoxiao always listened to Ning Ke, so she said: “Okay, okay, I’ll keep him.”
The sword seemed to understand her words, happily circling around Ning Xiaoxiao several times.
Lou Yunxiao and Ning Ke continued forward.
Walking straight into the depths of the Sword Mound, suddenly they heard a humming sound.
Then the ground also vibrated.
Outside the Sword Mound, Gao Ze frowned.
Could it be those two swords were disturbed?
How is that possible?
And as if to prove his conjecture, two streaks of sword intent blasted out, from the top of the Sword Mound, condensing into phantom images piercing straight into the clouds!
At this time, the disciples inside the Sword Mound were also shocked by the scene before them.
They saw two long swords, one silver and one red, floating up from beneath the cracked Sword Pool, dancing and spiraling like swans with intertwined necks, like dependent partners.
“Could these two swords be the divine swords Cangyin (Blue Silver) and Hongyun (Red Cloud) left behind after the Heavenly Dao divided the Three Realms ten thousand years ago, as the Elder mentioned?”
“I always thought that was just a legend!”
“So it’s actually real!”
“Now that they appeared, does it mean the disciples of our batch have been chosen by them?”
“Could it be me? So looking forward to it!”
While they were talking, the silver and red swords finally restrained their sword intent and flew towards them.
And under their expectant gazes, hovered horizontally in front of Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao.
Lou Yunxiao sensed the fluctuation of spiritual energy and extended his hand. Cangyin obediently lay into his hand, obviously having recognized Lou Yunxiao.
Ning Ke looked at that red long sword, recalling that in the plot, the Junior Brother A-Ke he played also obtained this divine sword. Later, when he died in the secret realm, he entrusted Hongyun to Lou Yunxiao.
From then on, Lou Yunxiao became the only cultivator in the Three Realms to possess two Lifebound Divine Swords.
“Buzz—”
Seeing Ning Ke delaying his move, Hongyun emitted a humming sound, obviously hoping this master would take a good look at him and not reject him.
Ning Ke snapped back to reality, reaching out to hold Hongyun’s hilt.
Boom—
Hongyun excitedly emitted three feet of sword light, as if celebrating.
At the same time, the system notification sound suddenly rang in his brain.
[Congratulations Host on obtaining the important mission item—Divine Sword Hongyun. The progress of the second stage mission is twenty percent.]
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