Chapter 305: with translation of chapter title

Everyone's complexion looked somewhat unpleasant as they stared at Lin Xuewei.

Although it's true they've never been to Western Extremity, that doesn't mean they should be called frogs in a well! People who have never been to Western Extremity are everywhere in the Central Region; according to Lin Xuewei's logic, wouldn't almost everyone in the Central Region be a frog in a well? And what does Lin Xuewei have to be proud about? She herself hasn't been to Western Extremity either, has she?

Lin Xuewei felt her scalp go numb under the hostile gazes of the crowd, and she hurriedly shouted at Ye Qingran: "Ye Qingran, don't change the subject! You clearly know I'm talking about you!"

Ye Qingran nodded and said, "If you don't believe me, how about we make a bet?"

A bet?

Lin Xuewei's eyebrow twitched.

Seeing Ye Qingran's confident appearance, Lin Xuewei couldn't help but suspect in her heart: Could Ye Qingran really have the sword cultivator's heart method of the Floating Cloud Sword Sect in her hands?

She felt a bit guilty, not daring to answer immediately, and instinctively glanced at Lin Xuewei. Lin Xuewei gave her a nod, and the confusion in Lin Xuewei's eyes vanished, leaving her clear-minded.

Since her sister agreed to the bet with Ye Qingran, it must mean that Ye Qingran's Floating Cloud Sword Sect sword cultivator's heart method is fake.

"Ye Qingran, I'm betting with you!"

"Fine, if you lose, you'll publicly say ten times, 'I, Lin Xuewei, concealed a misdiagnosis and even threatened my fellow disciples to cover up!'"

As soon as those words were spoken, Lin Xuewei's face turned as black as a pot bottom.

Ye Qingran obviously did this on purpose. In front of so many people, she ripped open her wound, causing the matter that had almost died down to flare up again, making everyone aware of it.

She gritted her teeth, her eyes full of venom, and said, "Then what if you lose?"

"If I lose, I'll eat all these sword cultivator's heart methods in front of you."

Eat the books?

Several dozen books?

Lin Xuewei wasn't satisfied with this bet. Eating those books wouldn't ruin Ye Qingran's reputation! She narrowed her eyes and snarled, "Not enough! You also have to strip naked here in front of everyone and let them all see!"

Lin Xuewei's voice was full of malice.

Ye Qingran, this fickle woman, has who knows how many men seen her body; today she'll make everyone see her filthy body!

Let her be ruined in reputation from now on!

Many people's eyes lit up.

Ye Qingran is so beautiful, then…

Ye Qingran raised her brow, didn't refuse, and said, "Sure, but this bet should be mutual." Meaning Lin Xuewei would also have to strip if she lost.

Lin Xuewei gritted her teeth, "Fine! I agree!" She didn't believe Ye Qingran actually had the Floating Cloud Sword Sect's sword cultivator's secret manual!

What is she even worth!

Han Xing Leng Yue's eyes were filled with icy coldness like frost.

Lin Xuewei was practically begging for abuse, so let's abuse her until she loses a layer of skin!

Such a high-stakes bet drew everyone's attention.

After all, the outcome concerns the faces of the Ye Family and the Lin Family.

Lin Zhishang asked with a cold face, "Ye Qingran, how will you judge whether those books of yours are truly the Floating Cloud Sword Sect's sword cultivator's heart method?"

"It's simple: find two literate people who don't understand cultivation, have them come up, we randomly say a page, and they start reading from the first character. If the content matches, doesn't that prove my books are indeed the Floating Cloud Sword Sect's sword cultivator's heart method?"

Ye Qingran's thinking was very clear, she spoke with a smiling countenance, her brows and eyes animated.

She was utterly confident and arrogant.

Lin Xuewei's face sank.

Ye Qingran's meaning was that her books were not only the Floating Cloud Sword Sect's sword cultivator's heart method, but also the same as the heart method she brought?

A sense of foreboding suddenly welled up in her heart, yet she firmly believed Ye Qingran couldn't possibly have a sword cultivator's heart method like hers.

Lin Zhishang pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Two literate, weak scholars were brought forward; Lin Xuewei handed the sword cultivator's heart method she brought from Western Extremity to the scholar on the left, while Ye Qingran had Han Xing randomly pick a book from the stall and give it to the scholar on the right.

The two held their books and stood ready, separated by a distance of one zhang.

Lin Zhishang furrowed his brows and said, "First page."

As his voice fell, the sound of pages turning came, and immediately the two scholars began to recite in unison.

"Regulating breath to gather spirit, gathering spirit to regulate breath. Spirit settles in the abdomen, initial qi rests in the field. Turning into one, self-generating transformation, gathering spirit to regulate breath, regulating breath to gather spirit…"

"Regulating breath to gather spirit, gathering spirit to regulate breath. Spirit settles in the abdomen, initial qi rests in the field. Turning into one, self-generating transformation, gathering spirit to regulate breath, regulating breath to gather spirit…"

When the crowd heard this identical content, their expressions gradually became solemn.

Could it be that Ye Qingran's stall goods are truly the Floating Cloud Sword Sect's sword cultivator's heart method?

Lin Xuewei's face turned pale all of a sudden.

"It must be a coincidence! Yes! Many heart methods start similarly!" Lin Xuewei consoled herself inwardly, then lifted her head and shouted at the two scholars through gritted teeth, "Fifteenth page!"

Again came the sound of pages turning.

The two glanced at each other, nodded, and began reciting again.

"Left and right sounding the heavenly drum, twenty-four times heard…"

"Left and right sounding the heavenly drum, twenty-four times heard…"

It's actually identical content again!

Lin Xuewei, unwilling to give up, reported another page number.

Still the same identical content!

Everyone's gazes froze!

If the first page matching is a coincidence, then every subsequent page being the same would be enough to prove everything!

Scorching gazes fell on Ye Qingran, or rather on the books laid out before her on the ground that looked worthless.

The gazes trembled.

Who would have thought these stall goods are actually the advanced sword cultivator's heart method of the Floating Cloud Sword Sect worth thirty million taels of gold!

Lin Xuewei's face shifted from black to white, that deathly white.

If Ye Qingran's books truly are the Floating Cloud Sword Sect's sword cultivator heart method, then doesn't that mean she lost the bet?

And if she lost, then wouldn't she have to…

No!

Ye Qingran doesn't mind having such a lowly body. How could her noble jade body be casually shown to others?

Lin Xueyan's complexion at this moment was also extremely unsightly.

No matter how she thought about it, she couldn't understand how Ye Qingran could have in her hand an identical sword cultivator heart method! She had never disclosed to the outside what kind of heart method she brought from Western Extremity!

Those remaining sword cultivator sects that had previously lost their heart methods because they weren't named by Lin Xueyan were each as if injected with chicken blood, excited and unable to control themselves.

"Miss Ye, may I ask if your secret manuals really only sell for nine taels nine gold?" A sword cultivator rushed to Ye Qingran's stall, pointing at the piles of manuals on the ground, his expression excited.

Ye Qingran shook her head, "No."

No?

That sword cultivator froze.

Lin Xuewei seized the moment and sneered, "Look, how could she possibly be that kind? Only charging you nine taels nine? She's just playing you!"

The crowd's gaze toward Ye Qingran also carried dissatisfaction; some even blamed her, saying, "Ye Qingran, if you don't want to sell, just forget it—why deceive people?"

Ye Qingran laughed, "Why are you all so worked up? I'm just saying I won't sell for nine taels nine gold."

That sword cultivator asked in surprise, "Then what do you mean?"

"Nine taels nine silver, and you can take home the Floating Cloud Sword Sect's advanced sword cultivator heart method!"

What?!

Everyone was dumbfounded.