Something was wrong. Very wrong!
Li Su's eyelids could not help but twitch as he looked at the box before him.
This turn of events had truly gone far beyond his imagination.
He had never heard of a daughter getting involved with some wild man outside, only for the mother to come running over to set up some kind of test. It was a little cliché, sure—the madam of a wealthy household—but under normal circumstances, shouldn't she be breaking up the lovers with a stick?
For instance, making him see reality and understand that there was no future for the two of them?
Or writing out a check for several million and telling him to get lost?
Not to mention, this woman looked like the extremely composed sort. That so-called first trial had turned into such a mess; the veins at the corners of her eyes had been throbbing with anger, yet she had still managed to suppress it.
After coming here, once she investigated the truth and learned that this whole matter was merely her daughter fooling around, shouldn't the normal course of action have been to give him a warning, then step in to suppress the public discussion and calm things down as quickly as possible?
Why was she testing him instead?
He pulled the box over and opened it.
Inside lay a golden inheritance jade.
Li Su drew a slight breath and gently touched it with his hand.
After his body gave a faint shudder, he could not help opening his eyes. The hand touching the jade talisman snapped back as though shocked, and his expression grew somewhat grave.
It was indeed a sword art.
But it was more than merely a sword art. It bore traces of witchcraft, and at an extremely high level. It should