The jade is real, identical to the jade in the painting, and Tuanzi indeed used Listening Wave Swordsmanship first. This sword should rightfully return to its owner.
But Xie Yang thought of the auction house's valuation of the sword and felt a pang.
He was indeed misled by Ji Zhangzhuo's words, mistakenly believing Ji Zhangzhuo had significant background and wanting to ingratiate himself.
However, currying favor requires time and money and may not be effective; he just kept things polite verbally, but in reality, he still wanted to keep the Listening Wave Sword.
He simply aimed at the one who looked easiest to bully, Tuanzi.
"Since it's your sect's treasured heirloom, why didn't you come for it earlier?" He felt it was his brother secretly contacting Gu Miaomiao.
Tuanzi looked frustrated, "Because Master never speaks clearly, and Miaomiao is also hard to find."
Earlier during casual conversations, they inquired about the ancestral home of the Xie Family.
