Sikong Jing Still Had Treasures

In an instant, the excitement on Su Zhenglong's face drained away, turning ugly layer by layer. His body stiffened.

Mei Xiaofang's gaze froze, and the corners of her mouth twitched uncontrollably.

A chill flickered in Sikong Jing's eyes. That old dog really was incorrigible, beyond saving.

"Grandpa, if Jing Gege dies, I won't live on either." Su Yuexi's tone was calm, yet her words were firm as steel.

She clung tightly to Sikong Jing's arm, then looked up at him with a smile. "Jing Gege, let's go home."

Sikong Jing nodded deeply. After sweeping a cold gaze across everyone present, he turned and left the birthday banquet with Su Yuexi.

"Father, at your birthday banquet next year, please set out a stick of incense for Su Shan."

Su Zhenglong forced down his anger and added those words. Then he turned and left with Mei Xiaofang, the grief and indignation in his heart all too evident.

Even after Yuexi's appearance had been restored, there wasn't the slightest hint of delight on Su Xuefeng's face.

Could his heart really be made of stone?

Yuexi looked seven or eight parts like her grandmother. Could even that stir nothing in Su Xuefeng?

"What's with the attitude? Shouldn't Su Yuexi bring glory to the Su Clan? Isn't it shameful to marry a criminal?"

Su Yun's indignant voice rang out behind them.

A cold glint flickered in Su Xuefeng's eyes. In the end, he first had people carry Su Shan's body away. The birthday banquet couldn't be interrupted.

"Father, how did Su Yuexi suddenly get her looks back?"

"And how did that criminal become so powerful? He's clearly only at the ninth level of the Bright Realm."

During the banquet, after taking care of Su Shan's funeral arrangements, Su Zhengtao went to find Su Xuefeng, who was by himself, and asked him.

He gritted his teeth again and again. The banquet had been most devastating for him.

His son Su Shan had been killed, and because of the Yun Province Grand Competition and his father's misgivings, he couldn't take revenge immediately.

Su Zhengtao was nearly going mad with restraint.

"That criminal is powerful because he has stronger martial techniques. He may even have grasped a sliver of the essence of transcendent martial intent."

Su Xuefeng's aged voice rang out. Thinking of those two Green Jade Slates, he regretted it so much his guts had turned green.

They contained a terrifying battle technique that could let someone at the ninth level of the Bright Realm defeat someone at the fifth level of the Dark Realm. Why had he smashed them?

A cold glint flashed in Su Zhengtao's eyes as he asked, "How did that criminal get those two Green Jade Slates? When he was granted the marriage, he had nothing at all. We checked him ourselves."

At this, Su Xuefeng's mouth tugged slightly. He said coldly, "There's only one possibility. Think about when that criminal woke up, and what opportunity he could have had to get those two Green Jade Slates."

Su Zhengtao's brows knitted together. Suddenly, his whole body shook. "The Beast Bandit Group?"

"Right. That was his only chance." Su Xuefeng nodded firmly.

In the past ten days, that was the only time Sikong Jing had left Yunye City.

Those two Green Jade Slates must have come from the Beast Bandit Group.

"He went with Qiu Ye. How could Qiu Ye have left such powerful Green Jade Slates for him?" As Su Zhengtao spoke, he suddenly looked up. "Did he hide the Green Jade Slates while Qiu Ye wasn't paying attention?"

That was the only possibility left.

It never crossed their minds that Sikong Jing had carved the Green Jade Slates himself.

Even if they hadn't contained transcendent martial intent, someone at the Bright Realm—let alone someone at the lowly Bright Realm—couldn't have carved them.

"I'm afraid he didn't just hide the Green Jade Slates."

"He went from the fourth level of the Bright Realm to the ninth in only ten days. He must have gotten some powerful pills, too."

"And Su Yuexi's appearance was restored because the criminal got something from the Beast Bandit Group as well."

Su Xuefeng continued to speculate, his tone utterly certain. Otherwise, it was impossible for all these good things to happen at once.

Hearing this, Su Zhengtao's expression wavered with suspicion. He abruptly stood up. "Damn it, I'm going to Qiu Ye right now... and report him!"

"Stop. Don't act rashly."

Su Xuefeng stopped him, then continued, "Do you know why I didn't kill that criminal on the spot?"

How could he not hate the death of his grandson Su Shan to the bone? The reasons he had given earlier weren't enough to quell his fury.

Su Zhengtao replied, "Wasn't it because you wanted Su Yuexi to take part in the selection seven days from now, then force the criminal to enter the arena and get hacked to pieces?"

Why ask? Luo Tong and the others had already laid it all out clearly.

"No. That criminal must still have treasures on him."

"When we surrounded him, he was far too calm. He dared to kill Xiaoshan because he must have had a trump card that could deal with us."

"I was afraid you'd die, too!"

As Su Xuefeng spoke, Su Zhengtao felt a chill run through his body. Only then did he realize how composed Sikong Jing had been.

Fortunately, his father had reacted in time. Otherwise, he might have died right there, too.

Thinking of this, Su Zhengtao asked again, "Then what do you mean, Father...?"

"For now, we can't let Qiu Ye know about this. The treasures in that criminal's hands should belong to us."

"Find a chance to force him to hand them over."

After hearing Su Xuefeng's words, Su Zhengtao understood completely. Schemes began to rattle around in his mind.

Meanwhile, inside the old courtyard of Su Zhenglong's home.

Su Yuexi kept touching her face as she stared into the mirror. Excited yet dazed, she asked, "Jing Gege, is the person in the mirror really me? Has my appearance really been restored? I'm not dreaming, am I?"

Looking at the anxious Su Yuexi before him, Sikong Jing smiled. "Of course it's real. You've asked me eight hundred times already."

Even after asking eight hundred times, Su Yuexi still found it unbelievable. It didn't seem real at all.

Suddenly, she shivered and stared straight at Sikong Jing. "Jing Gege, what did you give me to drink last night?"

Su Yuexi finally realized that what happened last night hadn't been a dream. She must have recovered after drinking that bright-red liquid.

And Jing Gege had given it to her.

Su Zhenglong and his wife were sitting in the room too. They perked up and looked at Sikong Jing.

They were also extremely curious about Su Yuexi's recovery. Why hadn't it happened sooner or later, but precisely today?

Could it really have been because of Sikong Jing?

"That was the antidote for the Crimson Spider Poison..."

Sikong Jing obviously wouldn't say it had been his own blood. The truth was too shocking, so he could only call it an antidote for now.

But before he could finish, Su Zhenglong's expression changed. He hurriedly cut in, laughing. "Ha ha, of course it was some powerful rejuvenating medicine. A-Jing happened to have a prescription, so he made it for her."

Sikong Jing's expression froze at once, and he looked at his father-in-law in confusion.

But he soon understood. His father-in-law probably didn't want Su Yuexi to know that her older sister had poisoned her.

Sure enough, Su Zhenglong was desperately winking at Sikong Jing.

Just as Sikong Jing understood, Su Yuexi turned to face him and asked, "Jing Gege, what's Crimson Spider Poison?"

At that question, the smile on Su Zhenglong's face froze.

Sikong Jing also shook his head inwardly. It seemed Su Yuexi hadn't been completely unaware.

She just hadn't dared to think about it before.

In the end, Sikong Jing stopped paying attention to Su Zhenglong. He took a deep breath and explained, "It's the poison you were afflicted with, a terrible toxin from the Ten Thousand Poisons Kingdom, refined from the demonic beast Crimson Spider."