"Yes, Grandpa."
Su Yun let out a sinister laugh and was about to smash the Green Jade Slate onto the ground.
"Wait a moment."
Sikong Jing's voice rang out. He stared intently at Su Xuefeng and asked, "Aren't you going to take a look?"
The Green Jade Slate contained a Profound Grade Low Tier martial skill. Su Yun, who had almost no martial arts, wouldn't be able to tell, and the Profound Grade Low Tier skill was even more obscure after being inscribed, its aura not showing.
Even so, as long as Su Xuefeng touched it, he would definitely discover it.
For the sake of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Sikong Jing suppressed his anger and reminded him.
However, Su Xuefeng became even more furious: "Look at what? Can you see anything from the most inferior Green Jade Slate? Smash it!"
With a bang, Su Yun smashed the Green Jade Slate into pieces.
There was a second slate in the box, but Su Yun couldn't be bothered to look at it. She directly smashed the box onto the ground and ignored it.
Su Yuexi stood below Su Xuefeng, staring blankly at the scene. Tears almost fell. Even if the gift was truly terrible, who would smash it in front of so many people?
She turned and walked down in a daze.
Mei Xiaofang went to meet her, pulled her, and angrily shouted at Sikong Jing, "You, you... we are desperately trying to mend this relationship, desperately saving your life, why are you ruining it?"
It was clearly the most inferior Green Jade Slate, yet he said Su Xuefeng would be overjoyed. He must have done it on purpose.
He was deliberately provoking Su Xuefeng. How could Sikong Jing be so insensible?
Sikong Jing shook his head and did not answer. Instead, he walked to Su Yuexi's side and said softly, "Yuexi, smashing our gift is Su Xuefeng's loss. He doesn't know what he's got."
"Damn it, what good can the most inferior Green Jade Slate be?" Mei Xiaofang said, furious.
Su Yuexi bit her lip, not knowing what to say.
She didn't believe Sikong Jing would deliberately send such a thing, but the facts were right before her eyes.
Suddenly, a servant reported, "Old Master, there is a distinguished guest... Lu Zhao, the branch head of the Heaven Martial Pavilion, has come to offer birthday wishes."
Bang!
Su Xuefeng suddenly stood up upon hearing this, extremely excited.
Although Lu Zhao was only the branch head of the Heaven Martial Pavilion in Yunye City, everyone knew how important the Heaven Martial Pavilion was. It had branches throughout the entire Great Shang Dynasty.
Lu Zhao's status in Yunye City was transcendent.
And he had personally come to wish him a happy birthday. Did he have that much face?
Without another word, Su Xuefeng rushed out to greet him. Su Zhengtao and the others followed closely behind. Soon, everyone warmly welcomed Lu Zhao in and smilingly walked to the uppermost seats.
"Pavilion Master Lu, how can I, Su Xuefeng, be worthy of you personally wishing me a happy birthday? I am truly humbled!"
Lu Zhao smiled upon hearing this and thought to himself: You, Su Xuefeng, certainly don't have that qualification, but your grandson-in-law does. A transcendent being capable of inscribing Martial Intent. Even if I can't say much, I must show some goodwill.
That's right, the reason Lu Zhao came to offer birthday wishes was naturally because of Sikong Jing.
Just as he was about to say some pleasantries, Lu Zhao suddenly stopped and looked down, "Uh, what is this?"
He had stepped on a piece of broken stone. There were broken stones at the Birthday Banquet. What was the Su family doing?
Su Xuefeng's expression changed, and he quickly apologized, "Pavilion Master Lu, I am truly sorry. This is trash a criminal gave me as a gift. I smashed it and haven't had time to clean it up."
As he said this, he resentfully looked towards Su Yuexi and Sikong Jing.
Damn it, if Lu Zhao was displeased because of the broken stones, he would make them pay.
Thinking of this, his anger surged, and he pointed at Sikong Jing, "Criminal, why aren't you coming over to clean up your broken stones?"
Sikong Jing didn't move, only sneering.
Lu Zhao also followed Su Xuefeng's gaze and was stunned when he looked at Sikong Jing.
Su Xuefeng, the head of the Su family, had directly called Sikong Jing a criminal, and these broken stones were Sikong Jing's gift? And he called it trash?
Wait, these broken stones were... Green Jade Slate.
Sikong Jing's Green Jade Slate. Lu Zhao's spirit trembled slightly. He dared not be negligent in the slightest.
He quickly picked up a piece of broken stone. When he held it in his hand, his whole body trembled.
Even though it was broken, he could still feel a faint Martial Intent emanating from it.
Su Xuefeng, who had not yet discovered the problem, saw Sikong Jing's inaction and became furious again, "Why aren't you all coming over to clean up the broken stones?"
Mei Xiaofang was almost furious to death. It was one thing for it to be smashed, but now they had to do the work of servants in front of everyone?
But there was no choice. This was a trap set by Sikong Jing.
She didn't expect Sikong Jing's bad temper to lead him to clean up. She wanted to step forward herself, but at this moment, Sikong Jing spoke, "Mother-in-law, no need."
Sikong Jing could now see that Lu Zhao's emotions were on the verge of exploding.
As expected, Lu Zhao did not disappoint him. His furious voice echoed through the hall: "Su Xuefeng, you are the one who should get lost."
Lu Zhao's mind exploded. He also judged that the broken Green Jade Slate contained a Profound Grade Low Tier martial skill. A Profound Grade Low Tier skill was highly valued even by him, a branch head.
Moreover, it contained transcendent Martial Intent, and this old man Su Xuefeng had smashed it.
Even if the item didn't belong to him, Lu Zhao still couldn't stand it.
As soon as those words were spoken, Su Xuefeng was dumbfounded, as were all the guests in the hall. Su Yun and the others, who had been preparing to watch Sikong Jing make a fool of himself, were even more bewildered—what kind of madness had suddenly seized Pavilion Master Lu?
"Pavilion Master Lu, what are you..."
Bang!
Before Su Xuefeng could finish, a piece of shattered stone slammed hard into his face. Lu Zhao said coldly, "Open your damn dog eyes and take a good look at what's inside."
Even though Su Xuefeng was a Human Realm expert, the impact of the stone still stung, and he instinctively caught it in his hand.
"Pavilion Master Lu, isn't this just the lowest-grade Green Jade Slate sent by my trashy criminal grandson-in-law... wait, no!"
Su Xuefeng's voice hitched as he gripped the stone fragment, and then he was stunned.
He finally sensed the aura within the fragment; he could feel the extraordinary Martial Intent, and he could also sense the Profound Grade Low Tier martial skill inside, but it had already been smashed and could never be restored.
At this moment, Sikong Jing's voice rang out: "Su Xuefeng, does it feel good to smash a Profound Grade Low Tier martial skill that contains Martial Intent?"
Hum, hum, hum...
As his voice fell, everyone in the hall felt their minds buzzing.
One by one, they stood up. A Profound Grade Low Tier martial skill containing Martial Intent, carved into a Green Jade Slate—were they hearing that right?
Even Su Zhenglong was bewildered. He instinctively looked at Sikong Jing and asked stammeringly, "Jing, are you saying this is a Profound Grade Low Tier martial skill, and it's a Green Jade Slate containing extraordinary Martial Intent?"
"That's right, which is why I said Su Xuefeng would be overjoyed when he received the gift, but he smashed it instead." Sikong Jing shrugged and then looked at Mei Xiaofang beside him: "Mother-in-law, this Green Jade Slate of mine really was a valuable item."
As he finished speaking, Mei Xiaofang stood there dumbstruck, the corners of her mouth twitching repeatedly; it seemed she had misunderstood Sikong Jing once again.