Chapter 31: The Sword Shocks the Hall (First Part)

  Willow, willow, isn't it going to abandon the willow eyebrows!

  Her figure paused, and immediately her face was filled with anger, pointing at Ye Chen and scolding: "Ye Chen, you...!"

  Ignoring the angry eyebrows around him, Ye Chen lowered his head and lightly plucked the sword tip, the sword body trembling constantly, immediately emitting a clear and crisp sword hum, followed by Ye Chen's flat voice: "This sword is called Xiuliu!"

  "How dare you divorce me!" The big eyes of the beautiful eyebrows widened in disbelief, saying that with her beauty and background, she would actually be abandoned by a waste.

  Ye Chen shrugged indifferently and said with some regret: "I'd like to, but those old fogies in the Ye family won't allow it!"

  Her beautiful eyes were filled with anger, her slender eyebrows trembling with rage as she pointed at Ye Chen and said in a cold voice: "You don't have this chance, because I'd rather die than marry you!"

  Everyone in the room was a high-ranking official or noble from Luoxia City, and the news of the alliance between the Ye and Liu families had long been circulating. They all wore expressions of watching a good show as they gazed at Ye Chen and Liu Mei.

  A bitter smile, you don't have to marry me naturally, because it's Lao Zi who marries you. Ye Chen's gaze slowly moved away from the willow eyebrow. Marrying into the Liu family would be a death sentence for Ye Chen, and he wouldn't do it even if he died. If the Liu family could automatically cancel this so-called engagement, Ye Chen would naturally be happy. The action just now was undoubtedly used to provoke Liu Mei.

  With a light swing of his sword, the sound of the sword whistling through the air immediately rang out. Ye Chen turned to the old man and asked, "Senior, do you know what this sword is?"

  Its dark exterior had no aura of sharpness surrounding it, and anyone with discerning eyes could tell that the sword was just an ordinary iron sword, all just a joke.

  "Ye Chen, you really think that our Sword Pavilion is incompetent? We have at least tens of thousands of such swords in stock! If you really need money, our Liu family's Sword Pavilion can even provide some financial assistance to you!" Liu Mei frowned and saw an opportunity to strike Ye Chen, so she didn't hold back and attacked with all her might, trying to vent her anger. However, seeing Ye Chen's calm expression, Liu Mei felt a sense of unease again - could it be that the sword was truly extraordinary?

  Looking at the dark sword, the old man's turbid eyes occasionally flashed a hint of sharp light. With a wave of his large sleeve, a gentle breeze swept towards Ye Chen's right hand. Ye Chen didn't dodge and slowly opened his tightly gripped right hand. The sword gradually floated up and then the old man grasped it with a swift motion, and the sword suddenly leapt into the old man's hand.

  With both hands clasped in front of his chest, Ye Chen's mouth curved into a slight smile as he gazed at the old man. This sword had undergone modifications by Xiao Huo, so it wasn't that easy to discern its subtleties.

  The old man's gaze kept moving back and forth on the sword body, but still couldn't see what was special about this sword. It seemed like an ordinary iron sword!

  "The elder, this sword is just an ordinary iron sword, why does the elder need to observe it? Someone got an iron sword and naively thought it was a top-grade sword, Ye Chen, don't you think it's funny?" After a while, Liu Mei said softly, and the unease in her heart also gradually disappeared. The sword in front of her was just an ordinary sword after all.

  The corners of his mouth slightly raised, Ye Chen shook his head helplessly and nodded towards the sword hanging at the counter: "Appreciate the sword"

  It's not just about looking at the appearance, Master, why don't you try other methods of appreciating swords? Some swords can't be understood by just looking at their appearance!

  The most direct way to judge the quality of a sword is to find another sword and chop it, if it doesn't break, then you can determine that this sword is better than the other one.

  Everyone in the room looked at Ye Chen with a mixture of shock and amazement on their faces, while he remained calm. This kid actually wanted to use the treasured sword of the Liu family's Sword Pavilion to test his skills. Did he think that his iron sword could withstand the might of the pavilion's sword? The room erupted in a chorus of mocking laughter and ridicule.

  Liu Mei also burst out laughing and playfully said: "Let's try it with the Flying Snow Sword as the elder said!"

  As for Yiu Mei's little thoughts, Ye Chen couldn't help but know, his mouth slightly raised, and he said lightly: "Not bad, Master can try it!"

  The old man smiled wryly, at this moment he could confirm that the sword in his hand was just an ordinary iron sword. Since Liu Mei had spoken, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and with a wave of her large sleeve, the sword on the counter suddenly emitted a clear and melodious sword hum, bursting out of its scabbard, with cold and sharp aura surrounding it like stars encircling the moon.

  A burst of cool air sucking sound followed, and the scorching eyes of the audience fell on the sword. Ye Chen could clearly hear the sound of people swallowing saliva around him. Ye Chen rubbed his forehead, looking at those big men who were swallowing their saliva with a somewhat helpless expression. A moment of silence, not even a beauty, did it need to be like this?

  "Heavens! That's the legendary Floating Sword, it's indeed extraordinary!"

  "It is said that in the past, a martial artist of the First Stage of the Nine Layers used this sword to kill a powerful warrior!"

  The surroundings of Jian Qi Zhou

  The sharp aura couldn't hurt the old man in the slightest, his left hand quickly grasped the flying sword that was shot over, and a hint of fervor appeared in the old man's eyes. For a martial artist, nothing is more captivating than a good sword and martial skills, techniques.

  Originally, he had hoped to see a look of shock on Ye Chen's face, but what made Liu Mei disappointed was that Ye Chen's face was calm and peaceful, with only a slight frown between his eyebrows. He sneered coldly at Ye Chen, "Ye Chen, if your iron sword is broken, my Liu family can compensate you with another iron sword, you don't have to worry too much!"

  Her eyes narrowed slightly, Ye Chen smiled similarly and said lightly: "If your so-called floating sword is cut off, I won't be generous enough to compensate you with one!"

  As soon as this remark came out, it caused a burst of whispers among the surrounding crowd, and immediately various ridiculing laughter sounded in Ye Chen's ears.

  A bitter smile, his eyes slightly closed, the surrounding gazes mixed with various emotions, like watching a monkey, made him helplessly shake his head.

  "These fools, that so-called Floating Sword can't even compare to the sword I've modified!" Huo Qilin's disdainful voice slowly echoed in Ye Chen's mind. To this, Ye Chen nodded in deep agreement.

  Ye Chen's move fell into the eyes of Liu Mei and others, undoubtedly a retreat. They all smiled, and everyone's gaze also unconsciously turned to the old man. The old man looked at Ye Chen with suspicion, grasped the Flying Snow Sword in his left hand, slowly raised it, and suddenly dropped it down under everyone's expectant eyes.

  The fluttering sword rubbed against the air, emitting a loud sword hum, accompanied by a terrifying aura, and the fluttering sword struck the dark sword's blade with a loud crash.

  A crisp, metallic collision rang out, and the playful gazes of the crowd froze for a moment before shock flashed across their faces. They stared in disbelief at the broken sword grasped in the old man's left hand - the highly sought-after Floating Cloud Sword had been severed, yet the dark sword remained unchanged as it was just moments before.

  The entire arena fell into a deathly silence, the broken sword blade of the Flying Swallow Sword fell to the ground with a clang, and the sound of the collision was like a loud bell that pierced everyone's eardrums. At this moment, the tinkling sound seemed so jarring, Liu Mei's beautiful face turned pale, and her clear eyes were filled with an unbelievable expression.