Chapter 306

It turned out Ye Qingran's denial wasn't because she didn't want to sell at the low price of nine liang nine gold, but because she only sold nine liang nine silver!

That sword cultivator felt his mood was like a roller coaster, rising and falling, so exciting he was almost going crazy.

"I want to buy one!"

That sword cultivator paid ten taels of silver and waved his hand generously, "No need for change."

Then he actually received an advanced sword cultivator's heart method from the Floating Cloud Sword Sect!

Seemingly worried there might be a problem, he couldn't wait to flip it open and look; upon discovering it really was a sword cultivator's heart method, he couldn't help shouting loudly, "It really is a sword cultivator's heart method!"

This remark dispelled everyone's doubts; those sword sect members who had been watching on the sidelines surged over here as if gone mad.

"Please give me one, thank you!"

"This is one hundred taels of gold, no change needed!"

"Can I buy two?"

……

Just moments ago, it was a street‑stall good despised by tens of thousands, yet now it was snatched up in a frenzy!

On the contrary, the three sect members chosen by Lin Xueyan stood there, neither able to leave nor willing to stay.

The Floating Cloud Sword Sect's advanced sword cultivator heart method, which originally required thirty million taels of gold to purchase, now needed only nine liang nine silver—its value instantly plummeted!

"Elder, if we don't go grab it now, we'll be snatched clean by others!" The people of Qingfeng City, watching the frenzied buying scene over there, were driven mad with anxiety.

They could buy the exact same thing for either thirty million taels of gold or nine liang nine silver—what could they possibly be after?

The leader elder of Qingfeng City gritted his teeth, cupped his fists toward Lin Zhishang and Lin Xueyan, and said, "Patriarch Lin, sorry, but Qingfeng City might not need this quota anymore…"

Having said that, without waiting for their reaction, he swept like the wind toward Ye Qingran's stall and snatched a heart method…

With Qingfeng City taking the lead, the other two sects no longer hesitated; they all defected and rushed to Ye Qingran's stall to grab the nine taels nine heart method…

The leaders of the three great sects held the heart method in their hands, as if they had obtained a priceless treasure.

Originally, this heart method required thirty million taels of gold to acquire; now it only needs nine liang nine silver.

The leader elder of Qingfeng City even brought the heart method to his nose to sniff, unable to refrain from exclaiming, "It's truly fragrant!"

The three great sects all abandoned their quotas and defected to Ye Qingran, leaving the Lin family feeling as if they had swallowed a fly— their faces as ugly as could be.

Lin Xueyan was so angry she felt like she'd go mad, her fingernails digging into her flesh.

She had planned to make a big profit from these heart methods, but never expected Ye Qingran to appear out of nowhere and ruin all her plans!

How could she not be angry?

"Ye Qingran, you've never even been to Xiji, so how do you have these sword cultivator heart methods? You must have stolen mine, right?"

Lin Xueyan shouted angrily. At this moment she had no spare thought for her image; her face had been utterly lost to Ye Qingran.

Lin Xueyan's shout actually caused the originally lively crowd to calm down a bit.

Ye Qingran, however, lifted her eyelids and spoke dismissively: "Miss Lin, you can't just slander people at will! Do you have any proof that these heart methods are yours?"

Lin Xueyan naturally had none.

But Ye Qingran had reproduced so many sword cultivator heart methods, clearly prepared in advance; she must have sneaked a look at the ones Lin Xueyan brought and then copied them!

At that moment, Ye Qingran added, "Didn't you also say I've never been to the Xuan Yuan dynasty? Yet the Xuan Yuan dynasty's crown prince still sent me all those gifts, didn't he?"

That one sentence directly shut Lin Xueyan down completely!

Everyone also dispelled their doubts about Ye Qingran.

In the crowd, the Ninth Elder watched this scene and breathed a sigh of relief.

He recalled that day when he went to the Ye residence to seek Ye Qingran's help; she told him she had her own way.

Could it be because she also possesses the sword cultivator heart methods and medicinal recipes that Lin Xueyan brought back from Xiji?

If that's the case, then even if Lin Xueyan doesn't give the Divine Medicine Sect its medicinal recipes, the sect need not worry.

Soon, those heart methods sold out.

"Yaner, what on earth is going on? How does Ye Qingran have the sword cultivator heart methods you brought back from Xiji?" Lin Zhishang, having lost face, demanded angrily of Lin Xueyan.

"How would I know?" Lin Xueyan growled irritably.

She was about to die of annoyance!

Originally, she should have been the one stealing the spotlight, but Ye Qingran kept interfering again and again; she not only failed to shine, she lost all face!

Lin Xuewei pondered for a moment, then suddenly had an idea and hurriedly said, "I've heard Ye Qingran is the Sword Demon's master; she once sent the Phantom Sword Meteor sword technique to the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect. Could it be mere coincidence that she possesses the Floating Cloud Sword Sect's sword cultivator heart methods?"

Lin Zhishang also recalled that not long ago, the incident involving Qingyun Sword Immortal and Ling Qingwu had caused a huge uproar, even prompting the Sword Demon and his son Sword Maniac to rush to Xiliang City.

There's also this matter?

Lin Xueyan had just returned to Xiliang City and was unaware of this; she looked at Lin Zhishang in astonishment. Lin Zhishang nodded at her and said, "Indeed, there is such a thing!"

"You mean Ye Qingran is actually a sword cultivator?"

"Not bad; her sword cultivator attainments are not insignificant, even surpassing Ling Qingwu."

Ling Qingwu?

Is that the Ling Qingwu who is one of the Ten Great Wind-and-Cloud Disciples of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect?

Lin Xueyan furrowed her elegant brows.

She hadn't expected that after five years apart, Ye Qingran had actually acquired real skill.

She thought of something and asked, "What about her spiritual root?" Five years ago, that night, she clearly remembered Ye Huanhuan pulling out Ye Qingran's spiritual root and then keeping it for herself.

Lin Zhishang shook his head: "She probably has no spiritual root; her own spiritual root was crushed by her own hand."

"Isn't her spiritual root with Ye Huanhuan?"

"Ye Qingran dug out her spiritual root from Ye Huanhuan, then crushed it in front of everyone. As for Ye Huanhuan, after that she disappeared…"

Lin Xueyan's heart was filled with shock; she finally realized she seemed to have missed a lot.

Ye Qingran had finally managed to retrieve the holy spiritual root; shouldn't she have replanted it? Where does she get the nerve to abandon such a rare holy spiritual root?

And Ye Huanhuan, this trash, hasn't even fought Ye Qingran?!

Lin Xueyan narrowed her eyes, feeling she should reassess Ye Qingran.

As for the sword cultivation mental method, could it truly be just a coincidence?