C1 Brothers

The cold wind was like a knife, making the earth a chopping board and all living things fish; the snow was blowing heavily, making the heaven and earth an oven and refining the heaven and earth into silver.

The snow was going to stop, but the wind was not going to.

In the deep valley, snow covered the ground as two youths walked on the snow. They were young, perhaps sixteen or seventeen, and their bodies were covered with snow.

In the deep valley, the ground was uneven and was covered with a thick layer of snow. It was very inconvenient to walk. However, the two youths moved as if they were flying and their bodies were as agile as fish in water.

"Zi Chen, are you sure? This is such a cold day, I don’t want to take this trip for nothing! " One of the youths suddenly spoke up while moving quickly.

"Don't worry, Zhao Can, I saw it with my own eyes. There won't be any mistakes!" The youth named Zi Chen said solemnly.

"That's good!" Zhao Can nodded.

The two continued to move forward at high speed. As they passed through the valleys, it snowed more and more heavily.

This valley was very deep and remote. In this cold winter, even fewer people came here. Everything was quiet and peaceful.

However, on the same day, two figures flew over from the deep valley.

"Hehe. Zi Chen was even considered to be the most cautious out of the outer sect disciples, but he was still tricked here!”

The two of them were dressed in green clothes, which were wrapped in a layer of animal skin, looking very similar to Zi Chen and Zhao Can.

"This is called knowing a person's face, but not his heart. It is also called being careless in making friends!" The other youth laughed coldly.

The two of them quickly disappeared in the snow.

The sky was getting darker, and night was about to fall. Zi Chen, who was leading the way, stopped.

"Have we arrived?" Seeing Zi Chen suddenly stop, a light flashed across Zhao Can's eyes as he asked anxiously.

"No, we have to walk for another day. Let's eat first, find a place without snow to hide, rest for the night, and then leave tomorrow. " Zi Chen brushed off the snow on his body and shook his head.

The two of them all carried baggage s. Zi Chen was taking out food from the baggage.

"This... Zi Chen, it's freezing. I think we should go early... " Zhao Can was eating his solid food absentmindedly. After a moment of hesitation, he finally said.

"What? Are you afraid that someone will try to rob of the snow ginseng? Relax! This place is very remote and even Vicious Beasts may not be able to find it. Otherwise, that snow ginseng wouldn't have been taken over by a level five Vicious Beast. " Grabbing a handful of clean snow from the ground and stuffing it into his mouth, the bone-penetrating coldness caused Zi Chen to uncontrollably shiver.

"You have to be careful in everything. This is after all a five hundred years old snow ginseng, so you should be more careful … What if the ice bear suddenly woke up and ate the snow ginseng? " Zhao Can said worriedly.

"That's unlikely." Zi Chen hesitated.

Although the probability of this happening was very low, it was still possible.

"Alright, then let's go!"

Just to be safe, Zi Chen did not hesitate and decided to rush there. This made Zhao Can heave a sigh of relief.

Enduring the cold wind and flying snow, the two of them advanced once more.

Not long after they left, two figures appeared at the place where Zi Chen and Zhao Can had previously been staying.

"They stopped here earlier, which was too dangerous. Luckily we ate something and delayed for a while." Looking at the messy deep footprints on the ground, their expressions changed.

If it weren't for the fact that they had been delayed by eating earlier, the two of them might been discovered.

"We should slow down and wait for Zhao Can's signal!"

The night passed in silence.

On the morning of the second day, the sky was bright, the wind was howling, and the snow was falling harder than usual.

Zi Chen and Zhao Can were already standing on the summit of one mountain.

"Have we arrived?" The look in Zhao Can's eyes became very fervent.

Yes!" Zi Chen nodded his head, and his eyes were also filled with excitement. He pointed at the mountain peak in front of them, and said, "it’s just ahead. when I was searching for the herbal medicine that day, I accidentally found it.

Both of them were outer sect disciples of the Spiritual Martial Sect, and they had worked hard for the past few years for the sake of entering the inner sect. A single snow ginseng now was enough for them to break through their strength again and enter the inner sect to learn profound martial skills and Cultivation Methods, and to use all of the resources.

To the outer sect disciples of the Spirit Martial Sect, the inner sect was their target. Right now, Zi Chen was only a mountain away from his target, and he seemed to be very excited.

"Now, take out the Bewitching Powder and we are going to set off." Zi Chen shouted loudly, "Inner Sect of the Spiritual Martial Sect, I, Zi Chen, am here!"

"Haha, I, Zhao Can, am also here!"

Zhao Can laughed out loud and walked towards Zi Chen, who was at his side. He extended his arm, as if he was about to hug a brother.

Zi Chen laughed and also extended his arms.

With one step, two steps, three steps, Zhao Can walked in front of Zi Chen. Zhao Can laughed and suddenly, his eyes flashed with a cold light. His arms that were going to hug Zi Chen appeared faint white light.

This was the Genuine Qi.

"Bang!"

A change happened in an instant. Zi Chen didn't even have time to react before he was hit by a huge force and his entire body fell backwards, falling atop the mountain and leaving a human-shaped imprint on the thick snow.

Zhao Can's sneak attack had injured Zi Chen in an instant.

"Pfft!"

After spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood, Zi Chen's face became deathly pale.

"You …!"

Zi Chen looked at Zhao Can and wanted to say something. But at the same time, Zhao Can's eyes flashed with a cold light as he rushed forward and activated the Genuine Qi in his body, throwing a palm strike towards Zi Chen's dantian.

"Pfft!"

A sound that sounded like air exploration came out, and a wave of Genuine Qi raged in Zi Chen's dantian and meridians. Zi Chen's meridians were damaged and the dantian was crippled.

Fast, everything was too fast.

It was so fast that Zi Chen didn't even have time to react.

After Zhao Can launched his sneak attack, he quickly added another strike and eliminated Zi Chen’s cultivation. But in this period of time, Zi Chen only had time to say a single word “you”.

Zi Chen began to cough out large mouthfuls of blood. His eyes were ashen. The Genuine Qi that he had bitterly cultivated for a few years had been eliminated just like that. His entire body had been damaged.

And the person who eliminated his cultivation, was his friend and brother!

Zhao Can, who had a ruthless expression, suddenly looked guilty. He said softly, "Zi Chen, don't blame me."

"But... why?"

Zi Chen laid on the ground and his eyes were filled with despair and disbelief. He refused to believe that Zhao Can, who were viewed as his brother, would plot against him.

"Because he wants to find a backer, and he wants to have a good time in the inner sect!"

At this moment, a voice sounded from the waist of the mountain. Immediately, two figures appeared, and after a few jumps, they arrived above the summit of mountain.

"You guys came rather early." Seeing the two people, Zhao Can spoke coldly.

"Hehe, I wanted to wait for the signal, but I saw that you had already taken action, so I came up." One of them snickered.

"Backer …? Is it not enough to enter the inner sect? " Zi Chen's face was filled with despair and regret. He regretted calling Zhao Can, regretted being friends with him and treating him as a brother.

"Of course it's not enough. Other than having a lot of resources, inner sect disciples are almost the same as outer sect disciples. They all have disputes and conflicts.”

Zhao Can's guilty gaze had already calmed down, and he said indifferently: "My original goal was to enter the inner sect. If nothing unexpected happens, I can only enter the inner sect two years later. However, your snow ginseng can make me enter the inner sect two years in advance. "

"There are overt and covert struggles in the inner sect, and many disciples died for no reason. If I were to enter the inner sect, I might have to be careful for a few years before I can find a backer. But since your snow ginseng is useful to Senior Brother Wang Xiong, he can protect me, which also save a few years of time for me. "

"I can save a few years of time, I don't need to worry about being schemed against, and I can also cultivate peacefully. I can have such great benefits, and I only have to kill you. Let me ask you, will you disagree with such a good thing?" There was a trace of a sinister smile in Zhao Can's eyes.

Zi Chen's eyes were filled with pain, "I was the one who discovered the snow ginseng. I called you here, and yet you harmed me. I trusted you wrongly."

"That's right! Thus, in this world, no one can be believed. Sometimes even blood relatives will harm you, not to mention friends. Today's thing will be a lesson to you, but unfortunately, you will never learn this lesson! " Zhao Can said coldly.

Zi Chen did not speak. His entire life was over, because he had trusted the wrong brother.

"Let's go!" Looking at the despairing Zi Chen, Zhao Can only had a cold smile on his face.

"Go? You only crippled his dantian and you are going to let him go? Although the dantian was crippled, but if some sort of fortuitous miracle occurs, it can still recover. " One of the youths teased.

"That's true. When cutting grass, you have to get rid of the root!" Zhao Can turned back once more and his eyes filled with dense killing intent.

"Zhao...Can … We are brothers. " Zi Chen's heart was as cold as ice.

"That's right, brothers are used to sell when there are benefits." In Zhao Can's eyes, there was no more benevolence, and there was only an eerie killing intent.

"Pfft!"

A cold light flashed, and a short dagger pierced Zi Chen's chest, right through his chest. Dark red blood flowed from his chest, wetting his clothes.

Zi Chen's eyes suddenly widened and turned into ashen color. His breathing stopped.

His life force dissipated.

Zhao Can apathetically pulled out the short dagger, and then kicked Zi Chen down from the mountaintop.

"Let's go!"

After wiping away the fresh blood on the short dagger with the snow, Zhao Can turned and walked down the mountain.

Zhao Can's callousness and viciousness caused the two people to involuntarily shudder. They looked at each other and saw fear in each other's eyes.