C14 Beating heart

Zi Chen had only returned for one day, and he had already provoked Wang Xiong. Even though Su Mengyao had rescued him, he was still excluded by the many outer sect disciples.

As the exams to enter inner sect were around the corner, many outer sect disciples were busy. Some disciples who knew that they had no chance of breaking through even tried to find a way to get some herbal medicine.

Some of them were cultivating arduously, while others left the Spirit Martial Sect to search for opportunities.

Zi Chen had been isolated, and there were definitely no more than five outer sect disciples who would talk with him.

Miao Kong was one of them, Liu Yang was definitely one, and Lin Xue shall be counted while it was a pity that she hadn't spoken to Zi Chen yet and had already left with Su Mengyao that day.

Liu Yang was at the fourth stage of Genuine Qi just like Zi Chen. They were only a bit from the fifth stage. Zi Chen had already been at the fourth stage of the Genuine Qi and when he returned, he was also at the fourth stage. Within the past several months, he made no progress.

However, no one knew that in just a few short months, Zi Chen, from a cripple, broke through to the fourth stage of the Genuine Qi. His physique even greatly surpassed the Ice Bears, which were Level Five, Vicious Beasts. Moreover, he even comprehended the true meaning of Combat Technique.

In front of Zi Chen, an ordinary people at fifth stage of Genuine Qi was not worth mentioning.

"A two-hundred-year-old herbal medicine?" Zi Chen looked at Liu Yang in front of him and frowned.

"Of course, I found it with great difficulty. With a Level Five Vicious Beast protecting by its side and I am unable to defeat it on my own, that's why I call you." Liu Yang promised solemnly.

"This...Let me think about it." Zi Chen hesitated.

Liu Yang glared and said, "Zi Chen, you still want to think? I call you because you are my best friend. You are at the fourth stage of the Genuine Qi, and so am I. A two-hundred-year-old herbal medicine can exchange for two Genuine Qi Pills, one for me and one for you. In this way can we both break through and enter the inner sect. What else do you have to think about? Do you think that I, as your best friend, will hurt you?”

The word "friend" had greatly stimulated Zi Chen, causing his pupils to constrict.

"Alright!" Hearing Liu Yang's words, Zi Chen did not hesitate any longer. He directly nodded and said, "When are we leaving for it?"

"That's more like it. There's no need to think in the face of such a good thing." Liu Yang laughed, "We will set out on the early morning of tomorrow."

After that, Liu Yang left.

"You believe him?" Just as Liu Yang left, Miao Kong walked out of the room and looked at Liu Yang’s back, a cold light flickering in his eyes.

Zi Chen only smiled, but he did not speak.

"If you need Genuine Qi Pills, I can try to get one for you. Liu Yang suddenly called you, he must have evil designs" Miao Kong said again.

"I just want to see what their designs are." Zi Chen said.

"Aren't you afraid that he will collude with Wang Meng to kill you?"

"Wang Xiong is not here. As long as Wang Meng appears, I can ensure that he will die miserably." Zi Chen said coldly. At this moment, a strong confidence appeared from his body.

After a few months of not meeting, Miao Kong realized that he could not see through Zi Chen. It was as if he was covered with a thin layer of muslin, becoming hazy and mysterious.

...

Early in the morning on the second day, Liu Yang arrived on time with a baggage on his back.

"Let's go."

Zi Chen also simply took a baggage. Taking advantage of the early morning cold weather, the two of them left the Spirit Martial Sect.

Along the way, Liu Yang appeared to be very excited, and he kept on talking to Zi Chen.

However, those were just some meaningless words. He did not even say a single word about two-hundred-year-old herbal medicine.

"Aren't you going to talk about the herbal medicine?" Zi Chen listened to them silently. He didn’t ask until they were very far away from Spirit Martial Sect and stepped into the forest.

"Herbal medicine?" Liu Yang was startled, then he laughed, "Of course I am going to talk about it. It's a herbal medicine, I don't really know what it's called. I can just tell that its age is around 200 years, and the Level Five Vicious Beast is a Crimson Tiger, which is very fierce. So we need to be careful. Otherwise, we cannot get the herbal medicine and even die there. Once there's any danger, you can hide behind me, I'll protect you."

Liu Yang spoke with an awe-inspiring righteousness.

Zi Chen laughed involuntarily, and said, "It seems that you have collected enough information. The weakest Crimson Tigers are already Level Six Vicious Beasts s, and the average ones are Level Seven Vicious Beasts. They have keen senses of perception. Once you get close, they would definitely detect you and launch attack. Not to mention you, even if it's someone at the sixth stage of Genuine Qi that wouldn't be able to escape."

Liu Yang was stunned, his expression kept changing, and he did not know what to say.

"Now, you should tell me what the price for selling me out is. Did you find someone to rely on, or did you exchange me for a Genuine Qi Pill? " There was a hint of ridicule in Zi Chen's eyes, but also a hint of sorrow.

Anyone else who had always been betrayed by their friends would not feel comfortable.

"You…You know it? "

Liu Yang's expression suddenly changed, and he retreated backwards, drawing large distance between him and Zi Chen.

"It doesn't seem hard to see through your little design." Zi Chen said indifferently. Compared with Zhao Can, Liu Yang was far worse.

"Then why are you still coming?" Liu Yang's face turned cold.

"I come to see if there's any opportunity."

Liu Yang did not understand.

"Come out, you've followed us all the way. There's no need to hide anymore." Zi Chen suddenly shouted at the forest behind him.

After being cleansed and rebuilt, his physique had evolved and his perception had become very acute, so Zi Chen naturally discovered the person who was carefully following them from behind.

"Good boy, you have the guts."

A sneer came from the jungle, then two figures walked out.

They were Fu Jie and Chi Ming walking out from the forest.

"Just the two of you?" Seeing the two, Zi Chen was kind of surprised. As he guessed, Wang Meng should have come.

"We two can deal with you." Fu Jie laughed coldly.

Zi Chen was a little disappointed. He had come here entirely for Wang Meng, and in his opinion, Wang Meng should have the Genuine Qi with him. But here came these two people, and Zi Chen's hope had been shattered.

"Why are you so disappointed? Do you really want to die in Brother Meng’s hands?" Chi Ming mocked.

"I am kind of disappointed. If Wang Meng was here, he would at least have Genuine Qi Pills. But the two of you are much poorer. What a pity!" Zi Chen shook his head and sighed. He was extremely disappointed.

"Zi Chen, don't f * cking look down on me, I have the Genuine Qi Pill too." Fu Jie raged and then, in front of Zi Chen, he took out a Genuine Qi Pill.

This was a white Pill, with dense amounts of spirit energy. It was indeed a Genuine Qi Pill. Zi Chen’s eyes lit up.

"When you are about to die, you are still so greedy. You are indeed courting death." Chi Ming's eyes flashed with the desire to kill.

Liu Yang ran in front of the two of them and turned to look at Zi Chen and said, "Zi Chen, don't blame me. If one does not fight for himself, the fate will fight him.”

"Don't worry, I won't blame you. From the moment you decided to betray me, it is doomed that only one of us can survive." Zi Chen calmly replied, "Either you die, or I die. But I believe it’s you."

Liu Yang was silent, his expression extremely gloomy.

"Humph, you talk too tall." Fu Jie gave a cold snort and said, "Zi Chen, today is your death day. As for that Chinese Snow Ginseng, it must be in the baggage on your back."

"Come and take a look if you have the chance to live." Zi Chen ridiculed.

"You don't know what's good for you. Today, I, Fu Jie, will send you to the hell."

Fu Jie roared out, and the Genuine Qi of the fifth stage instantly surged. The Floating Cloud Step under his feet appeared. With a strange footwork, he swiftly rushed towards Zi Chen.

"Die!"

He clenched his fists tightly, like a large iron hammer. With the whistling sound of wind, he fiercely threw a punch towards Zi Chen's face.

The third-rate combat technique, Iron Fist.

Looking at the confident Fu Jie, Zi Chen shook his head, and a tinge of ridicule appeared on his face, "Your Iron fists are not the real Iron Fists, and your Floating Cloud Step is not the real Floating Cloud Step, so what's the difference when your Genuine Qi is stronger…aren’t you still going to die?"

As the ridicule in his eyes instantly turned into a cold light, Zi Chen moved slightly, dodging Fu Jie's attack by a hair's breadth, following that, a loud roar of a ferocious tiger sounded out, the third-rate combat technique was applied, and fiercely smashed towards the vulnerable part Fu Jie had let out.

"Bang."

Amidst the dull sounds were the sound of bones breaking and Fu Jie's miserable scream. Zi Chen came and attacked quickly then he went backwards swiftly.

Fu Jie came over quickly and retreated in the air swiftly, but his attack was actually punched back by Zi Chen.

"Pooh!"

As he landed on the ground, Fu Jie suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. And then he was motionless and soundless.

Within one strike Fu Jie, who was at the fifth stage of Genuine Qi, died.

"You…!"

"You…actually…?"

The color of Chi Ming's and Liu Yang's faces instantly changed drastically as astonishment filled their eyes. With just a single strike, Fu Jie had already fallen. The strength of Zi Chen far exceeded their imagination. He was simply scarier than Level Five Vicious Beasts.

"Shua!"

Facing the two people who were so shocked, Zi Chen did not say a word, but instead applied a walking method which was as smooth as the floating cloud and running water. He appeared in front of Chi Ming in a split second.

"Die."

Chi Ming was furious. With a roar, he threw out two punches. As the Genuine Qi of the fifth stage instantly surged, he applied the Fierce Tiger Fist, the third-rate combat technique, and punched towards Zi Chen heacily.

"This is not how Fierce Tiger Fist is used."

Zi Chen laughed sinisterly, he could have easily dodged this attack, but he chose to fight Chi Ming head on. After a roar from the tiger, he was like a fierce tiger going down the mountain and pouncing on its prey. His fists rushed towards Chi Ming.

Boom!

The moment the fists collided, it released a loud sound, followed by a cracking sound of bones. Chi Ming felt that a powerful force emerged from Zi Chen's fist, and struck his body, causing his body to fly backwards with both of his arms drooping down weakly. His arms were already broken.

After the strike head on, nobody knew whether Chi Ming was dead or alive.

This was the strength of Zi Chen. He was at the fourth stage of the Genuine Qi, and he also had a strong physique. Facing a person at the fifth stage of the Genuine Qi, he was invincible.

In a split second, only Liu Yang was left on the scene.

"Zi Chen, I... I was wrong...Please let me go...Please." Liu Yang's surprise turned into shock, and then fear. Seeing Zi Chen's gaze sweep towards him, he was even more frightened, and he begged for mercy with a trembling voice.

Zi Chen did not say a word, the desire to kill in his eyes was clear.

"Zi Chen, I was forced to do this. Really, please let me go, I beg you." The terrified Liu Yang, immediately knelt in front of Zi Chen and begged for forgiveness.

There was a trace of vacillation in Zi Chen's cold eyes.

"Zi Chen, I was really forced, please let me go, on account of us being friends and best friends." Seeing that there was hope, Liu Yang pleaded for mercy once again.

"You get up first." The desire to kill in Zi Chen's eyes converged as he said indifferently.

"No, if you don't forgive me, I won't get up." Liu Yang insisted.

"Stand up. What happened today is not your fault." Zi Chen said indifferently, after that he walked towards Liu Yang, wanting to help him up.

Zi Chen had already held Liu Yang's arm and he wanted to pull him up. Right now the distance between them was not even half a meter, and Zi Chen's vulnerable part was exposed.

"Go to hell! The Five-hundred-year-old snow Ginseng is mine!"

A killing intent suddenly flashed across Liu Yang's eyes. A short dagger suddenly appeared at his waist, which drew out a streak of cold light, and thrusted towards Zi Chen's chest.

This happened fast, right in a split second. In the blink of an eye, the short dagger had already reached Zi Chen's chest and was about to pierce through it.

"Pfft!"

However, a light sound, resounded first. Liu Yang felt pain in his chest, as if something had entered his heart and all his strength had gone in that instant.

Liu Yang lowered his head, and then, he saw an arm that was covered in blood contracting, and then, he saw the hand of that arm was holding a beating heart.

"I want to see if your heart is black or red." Zi Chen's cold voice came out, he exerted force with his five fingers and instantly crushed the heart.

Liu Yang's eyes widened as he fell backwards.