Ye Yun, who had been 'persuaded' to stay, cast a perfunctory glance at the stalls and said.
"The problem is, you don't have anything good here."
He shook his head, "It seems only this sword is somewhat passable, what a pity it's broken like this."
Indeed, what Ye Yun had his eye on was a broken, fragmented sword on this stall.
To be precise, it was merely a piece of a broken sword.
If it were just any ordinary broken sword, he naturally wouldn't have bothered. The key was that the appearance of this broken sword was strikingly similar to the broken sword Qian Qingning had given him back then.
If nothing else, this was a part of that broken sword, which was why Ye Yun cared so much.
As for why he didn't buy it directly, Ye Yun naturally didn't want to be ripped off.
If he showed too much interest, the vendor would likely inflate the price to the heavens immediately.
However, even after Ye Yun's preliminary remarks, the stall owner still enthusiastically boasted.
"You truly have a discerning eye! This broken sword was something I chanced upon during an exploration of the Ghost Abyss in the Tianlan Domain. No matter what method I used, I couldn't inflict any damage upon it."
"I imagine when it was whole, it must have been an unparalleled, supreme divine sword!"
"If you are sincere, I won't ask for too much. Seeing as you are fated to have it, how about eighty thousand? What do you say?"
This so-called eighty thousand was, of course, eighty thousand Divine Crystals.
Ye Yun had learned this not long ago. In higher-level worlds, Divine Crystals had become the universal currency, and their value was considerable in itself.
And to be fair, judging by right and wrong alone, the stall owner wasn't entirely wrong.
The question was, would Ye Yun allow the vendor to take the initiative and brutally fleece him?
Ye Yun immediately snorted, "So? It was powerful when it was whole, what does that have to do with its current broken state?"
"Uh..."
The stall owner was choked by his words.
Of course, the price of eighty thousand was just something he blurted out, waiting for the customer to haggle.
Then, Ye Yun calmly revealed his Dragon Slayer Saber.
"One sentence: eight hundred. Are you selling or not?"
"..."
The stall owner's lips twitched. This guy was really cutting hard.
Seeing his hesitation, Ye Yun shrugged and said.
"Fine, if you're not selling, then forget it."
He turned to leave. Seeing this, the stall owner panicked.
"Hey, hey, hey, wait, wait!"
Although it wasn't what he expected, eight hundred felt like a huge profit to him.
After all, he had this thing for years without understanding anything about it. It was no different from a piece of scrap metal.
And eight hundred Divine Crystals! Considering he had only scraped together a few hundred Divine Crystals from the Qianyuan Domain and the Lingluo Domain, one could imagine what a fortune this was.
Only then did Ye Yun stop, and with satisfaction, he said.
"Are you selling now?"
"Alas, esteemed sir, your saber skills are truly remarkable. I am impressed, truly impressed."
The middle-aged stall owner shook his head, speaking with a dejected look.
"Considering our fated encounter, eight hundred it is."
Ye Yun breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed his skills learned from bargaining with housewives in his past life still had some use.
At least this time, he had saved tens of thousands of Divine Crystals for free.
After paying and receiving the broken sword fragment, as he was about to leave, a voice called out to him.
"Wait a moment!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Yun raised an eyebrow and looked beside him. It was an elder in black, accompanied by a young man in black.
The voice had come from the elder in black.
"What is it? Is there something you need?"
Ye Yun glanced at him, unable to sense his depth.
However, based on the aura emanating from him, he should still be within the Heavenly God realm, not a Divine Lord.
The elder in black looked at the broken sword fragment in Ye Yun's hand, his eyes narrowing slightly. "Young friend, this broken sword fragment is very important to this old man. I wonder if you would be willing to part with it? Name your price."
This type of person clearly didn't care about Divine Crystals.
The stall owner nearby was stunned. What was going on? Could it be that the broken sword fragment he had just sold for eight hundred was actually very precious?
After all, with the aura this person projected, if he had quoted eighty thousand, this person would have agreed without hesitation.
However, for Ye Yun, this was naturally out of the question. He looked at the elder and said calmly.
"I'm sorry, I just bought this. I find it quite interesting and plan to study it. I have no intention of selling it at the moment."
To be safe, he didn't directly state that this item was very precious to him as well.
Seeing his refusal, the young man in black immediately frowned and said sternly.
"Sir, do you know who this elder beside me is?"
Ye Yun rolled his eyes at him and said without hesitation.
"Who he is has nothing to do with me. Even if the Heavenly Emperor himself were here, I wouldn't sell it."
"You dare..."
The young man in black was somewhat enraged, but before his anger could fully ignite, he was stopped by the elder in black beside him.
"Calm down."
"But..."
"Did you not hear what I said?"
"..."
Only then did the young man in black completely deflate, only daring to glare fiercely at Ye Yun.
The elder in black also looked at Ye Yun, pondered for a moment, and then spoke.
"If you are willing to sell, I will offer eighty thousand Divine Crystals."
As soon as this figure was uttered, the stall owner who had just traded with Ye Yun stumbled and fell to the ground.
"Eighty... eighty thousand???"
His eyes were about to pop out.
Eighty thousand Divine Crystals! If that were given to him, he probably wouldn't be able to spend it all even with reckless extravagance for a very long time!
And he himself had just given away the opportunity to become rich overnight for a mere eight hundred Divine Crystals!
Seeing that Ye Yun was still reasonable, he shrugged and said.
"As I said earlier, no matter how many Divine Crystals it is, I won't sell it until I've finished my research."
"..."
The elder in black frowned. Eighty thousand was already his bottom line.
This young man in front of him was truly acting all high and mighty after getting a good deal, which made him quite displeased.
But in the end, he took a deep breath and nodded.
"I see. I understand. May I have your name, sir?"
"Sorry, you may not."
Ye Yun shrugged, giving a blunt answer.
What a joke! Leave his name?
Was he the type of idiot who would casually give his name for someone to track him down?
In response, the elder in black nodded again, giving him a deep look.
"Very well, I remember you. We will meet again..."
Clearly, he had not given up on obtaining the broken sword.
"Let's go."
Before absolute certainty, do not act rashly in a place where dragons and tigers lie hidden; this was a truth he understood clearly to have survived this long.
The elder in black was angry, but reason kept him calm. He led the young man in black away.
Before leaving, the young man in black also shot Ye Yun a fierce glare.
Ye Yun, however, paid no mind to their gazes, merely shaking his head silently.
"As expected, handsome guys always attract trouble, no matter where they are."