Chapter 264: Staying at the Ye Family

Long Tianxing's mouth moved, and a bitter twist rose on his lips. "If that sword had been directed at me, I wouldn’t have been able to withstand it. I would have been killed,” he muttered. “Thanks for your mercy, I will step down from my position."

"Sect Master...."

The cultivators of the Qingzhou Sword Sect spoke up one after another, seeming to want to try to persuade him to stay. However, in the eyes of the others, their efforts seemed rather insincere.

"You don’t have to try and persuade me.” Long Tianxing snorted coldly. “What I say, I will do. Do you want me to go back on my word?"

"Very well, then. I will accept the Qingzhou Sword Sect,” said Fang Chen. “The Spirit Void Sect's site will continue to be auctioned off. Let the bidding begin."

The people stared at each other for a moment before the bids started to roll in.

The Grand Elder of the Spirit Void Sect subconsciously turned to Xia Xuanji. "Brother Xia...."

"While I don’t care about that sword cultivator’s background, I am still not his match for now. I will find you another site," whispered Xia Xuanji softly.

The Grand Elder's face fell.

He had thought that today would be the chance for the Spirit Void Sect to redeem itself and stand tall, but everything went south really quickly.

"First Brother, I told you sword cultivators are terrifying...” began the Third Elder. "Don't antagonize him any further. Even a late-stage Foundation Building Realm cultivator... was killed with a single strike of his sword. Whoever is behind him could probably slay even a Golden Core Realm cultivator with a single strike!"

The Second Elder nodded. "Yeah, it’s better if we don’t make an enemy out of him. As for the site, we'll think of something."

The Grand Elder remained silent.

Xia Xuanji, however, looked at Fang Chen somewhat absent-mindedly. He couldn’t help but find certain aspects of Fang Chen very familiar. But this sense of familiarity had to be some kind of illusion on his part because he had never encountered a sword cultivator before. This was his first time ever seeing one.

The auction lasted for less than half an hour, and in the end, the Spirit Void Sect's site was acquired by the three major cultivation families working together. The highest bid had only been 2,700 low-grade spirit stones, but it was still rising, so the three families gritted their teeth and directly bid 4,000 low-grade spirit stones. No one else dared to compete with them because they knew that the reason the three families bid this high was purely to please the sword cultivator. They were probably afraid of showing off their relationship with Long Tianxing and also intended to establish some sort of relationship with the sword cultivator.

"Alright, the Spirit Void Sect is yours." Fang Chen nodded and accepted the 4,000 low-grade spirit stones. Now, in his storage ring, he had more than 9,000 spirit stones! It was a considerable sum!

Suddenly, Fang Chen's expression shifted. "Are you local cultivation families from around here?"

The Ye Family Head immediately spoke up. "Yes, yes, yes. I am Ye Zhenghe, the head of the Ye Family."

"In that case, you should know where there are spirit mines for sale, right?" Fang Chen smiled. He thought it would be more practical for Little Sword to devour spirit mines rather than spiritual treasures. The Soul Imprints on spiritual treasures didn’t have any value to Little Sword; what Little Sword wanted was the spiritual materials they had been forged with.

"Spirit mines? Of course we do!" answered the Ye Family Head hurriedly. "We are all businessmen here. We know where to buy spirit mines. If you need to buy spirit mines, senior, then you've come to the right place! You can stay at our manor while we get this settled!”

The Xu and Zhou Family Heads couldn't help but wish they could cut off their own tongues since they were so useless! Twice! Twice they had fallen behind that old fox of the Ye Family!

Suddenly, the Spirit Void Citylord spoke. Walking up to Fang Chen, he politely said "If you need any spiritual resources, I can assist you."

The patriarchs of the three clans all looked towards the Spirit Void City Lord, inwardly cursing his shamelessness. He’s a Foundation Building Realm cultivator yet he was still trying to curry favor!

"I'll stay at the Ye Family for a few days. If I need anything I’ll look for you," replied Fang Chen courteously.

The Ye Family Head was pleasantly surprised when he heard that, and he quickly said, "Please follow me, senior."

The group of cultivators from the Qingzhou Sword Sect looked at each other. Before they could say anything, they heard Fang Chen speak. "All of you can stay here for now. When I have time, I'll go back with you to the Qingzhou Sword Sect to take a look. After all, I am your sect master now."

"Yes!" Hundreds of Qingzhou Sword Sect cultivators responded in unison.

Long Tianxing appeared extremely ashamed. After exchanging a few words with Fang Chen, he hurriedly skedaddled.

Just as Long Tianxing thought he could finally relax his nerves, he heard Fang Chen’s voice, seemingly traveling with the wind. "Brother Long, your sect and everything within it is now mine. You’d better not think about going back and taking anything.”

Long Tianxing almost stumbled.

"Of course not, senior, of course not.” He then quickly picked up his pace, his figure disappearing from view.

The people around couldn't help but sigh. The dignified sect master of the Qingzhou Sword Sect had had quite the fateful day.

Watching Fang Chen leave with the Ye Family, the Spirit Void Citylord couldn’t help but sigh softly. He assumed Fang Chen had chosen to stay with the Ye Family instead of him because he held the fact that he had brung the Passing Dragon Island Master here against him. But whatever the case, he daren’t give his grievance voice.

Problem was, the Sea Dragon Sect would definitely think that he had betrayed the Passing Dragon Island Master. And being associated with the Sea Dragon Sect by that sword cultivator was simply suicide.

Zihan still hadn’t recovered from the joy brought by the Passing Dragon Island Master’s demise when her father had dumped a bucket full of cold water on her.

"

Zihan, pack up. We're leaving Spirit Void City,

" he had transmitted.

"

Dad, why

?"

"

We've offended the Sea Dragon Sect. If we don’t run away now, we'll have no way out but death. Even the imperial family won't be able to protect us. Now we can only find a place to hide and see how the battle between the Sea Dragon Sect and that sword cultivator ends. If the Sea Dragon Sect is destroyed, we can come back to Spirit Void City.

” The Spirit Void Citylord sighed, he then mused. “Hmm, maybe by then this place won't be called Spirit Void City anymore...."

Back at the Ye Family, Ye Zhenghe immediately arranged a courtyard for Fang Chen and respectfully inquired about the spiritual minerals Fang Chen wanted to purchase. When he learned that Fang Chen would buy any spiritual minerals as long as they could be used to forge treasures, Ye Zhenghe was secretly shocked.

So the man in front of him was not only a sword cultivator but also an Artifact Master! They were just as rare as sword cultivators!

It was worth noting that most of the treasures in the hands of the cultivators of the Flame Empire had been passed down from previous generations. If a specific treasure could not be found, then it had to be purchased from the stronger fifth-tier empires, or even fourth-tier empires, where the most skilled Artifact Masters resided.

But in sixth-tier empires, Artifact Masters were almost as rare as sword cultivators. They were so rare that it could be said that they had gone extinct here!

"I wonder what your budget is, senior?" asked Ye Zhenghe cautiously.

"9000 low-grade spirit stones," answered Fang Chen casually.

Ye Zhenghe took in a sharp breath. Nine thousand low-grade spirit stones! This might be enough to buy an entire spiritual mine! If those spirit stones were used to buy treasures... They could purchase a powerful treasure with a hundred Soul Imprints!

"If you don't have this many resources on hand, you can ask the other two families for help. The sooner I get my hands on them, the better," added Fang Chen.

Ye Zhenghe nodded quickly. "Yes."

After he left, Fang Chen immediately projected his divine soul and found Xia Xuanji and the three Elders. Sure enough, Xia Xuanji hadn't left and was still with them.

Fang Chen was relieved.

𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

If Xia Xuanji had been planning to leave, Fang Chen would’ve had to bite his lip and make a move, which would probably force him to use the Eight Desolation Supreme Sword Scripture a second time.

"Old man, don't be in a hurry to leave,” muttered Fang Chen, a glint in his eyes. “Let me get this spiritual mine thing settled first."

As long as Little Sword became stronger, he was confident he could deal with the Xia Xuanji without resorting to using the Eight Desolation Supreme Sword Scripture. He could then have him spill the beans about his aunt’s whereabouts.