Chapter: 859 (2/2)

“Funny. See how he reacts once somebody points that out.” Dong Yan smiled gently.

Being in the middle of the conflict, the head of Dongfang Aristocrat Clan quickly stepped in to diffuse the situation, “Okay, okay. We kindly accept your gift. Thank you Brother Ling Hu. Brother Dong Yan is a friend of ours, that is why he is here to attend our banquet. Please don’t hold anything against him.”

“Brother Dongfang, you well know that these people are freeloaders. Who the hell are they anyone? What gives them the right to criticize my gifts. Ling Hu Clan isn’t large but we can’t let others bully us.”

The middle-aged man was visibly angry. Anyone caught in such a situation would also feel angry. Besides, Ling Hu Aristocrat Clan was also quite influential, they were not really inferior to the Dongfang Aristocrat Clan.

“Could you allow me to take a look at that heartgem of yours? Anyway, it is just a stone. If you don’t dare, then that proves my point.” Sun Yan smiled calmly, not showing any anger.

“I have nothing to hide! I sure would like to see how you would turn it into just a stone.”

The middle-aged man did not back down since he was in front of so many people. The people from Dongfang clan brought out the black heartgem, which was the size of a baby’s fist and presented it to Sun Yan.

The members of the Dongfang Clan were curious too. Even though, they did not believe that the Ling hu Clan would do something so preposterous, considering the advancement of the Ling Hu Clan over these few years, there were certainly some disagreements between both families.

This boiled down to the fact that the influence and power of Ling Hu Aristocratic Clan had risen over these few years, this would explain why they might do this. However, everything was just conjecture at this point because they hadn’t reached the situation where they would have a go at each other.

Sun Yan held the black heartgem. He channelled his strength to his palm and within a split second the heartgem was smashed into bits. It was now clear to everyone that only the exterior of the ‘heartgem’ looked the part, whereas its interior was merely stone…

This time, everyone was stunned. For a brief moment, everyone remained silent. All of them stared blankly at the remnants of a stone that was in Sun Yan held in his hand.

“Brother Dongfang, this…this… Please believe me, it’s not fake…”

“Fuck it! This is clearly a stone and you still want him to believe you?!” someone scolded out loudly.

……

The middle-aged man could no longer make any more excuses. The facts were right in front of everyone so there was no use explaining. Sun Yan smiled to the man from Ling Hu Clan saying, “Even if you didn’t have a gift, there was no way the Dongfang Clan would have chased you out. But, bringing a stone to deceive them…DId you mean to show your disdain towards the Dongfang Clan by such a despicable act? Do you think the members of the Dongfang Aristocrat Clan are idiots?” Sun Yan said sternly, condemning the act.

Qing Shui now knew the true personalities of his two new friends and he could only be impressed by their methods of dealing with the matter at hand. They slowly revealed their hand, giving no leeway for the opponent to escape.

Even that member of the Dongfang Clan did not know what to say. He basically just stared at the middle-aged man.

“You must have done something!” The middle-aged man retorted, looking at Sun Yan.

However, everyone just looked at him like he was an idiot because they’ve never heard something that absurd— no one could turn a genuine heartgem into plain stone.

In the end, he could no longer stand being there. He turned and bowed to the head of the Dongfang clan, “Brother Dongfang, you must believe me. I’ll leave for now.”

“What a shameless man! He still wants Dongfang Aristocrat Clan to believe him.”

“He dared to criticize others when he is the shameless one.”

“How could Ling Hu Aristocrat Clan do this? Dongfang Aristocrat Clan doesn’t even need your gift. Even if you don’t have something that good, you can just bring something. That would be better than bringing something fake.” More and more people started discussing even though not all members from the Ling Hu Clan had left.

“They should leave. If it was me, I would just kill myself on the spot.”

“I say, Ling Hu Aristocrat Clan is so rich, why would they be so stingy?”

……

In the end, all the members from Ling Hu Clan left hurriedly.

“Thank you, brother. I’d never expect that the members from the Ling Hu Clan would actually do that. We did not expect people to bring gifts but we were definitely disappointed that people would actually try to deceive us like that,” the middle-aged head of the clan said to Sun Yan and the people around them.

“Dongfang Fourth Elder, you don’t have to feel this way, just let it be. They must have their reasons for presenting a fake item like that. After all, it is not like they’re poor, so perhaps they found it difficult not being able to bring something decent,” Sun yan sighed, shaking his head.

“Dongfang Fourth Elder, this is a gift from the three of us. We hope that you don’t resent it. We are poor, that’s true,” Sun Yan said without changing his expression as he brought out a small carved jade sculpture. The craftsmanship was incomparable, it was a sculpture of a couple, representing the couple’s perfect pairing.

“We wouldn’t. This is more important. We will thank you on the behalf of our Ye’er,” Dongfang Fourth Elder replied happily.

The banquet lasted into late afternoon and people started to bid their farewells.

Qing Shui, Dong Yan and Sun Yan also stood up and bid their farewells as Dongfang Third Elder and the others sent them off.

“Brother, please help us pay for the fare, we don’t have enough money…”

“This beast carriage belongs to Dongfang clan, the ride is free,” Dongfang Third Elder said with a grimace.