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The cold wind was like a knife, using the earth as its chopping block, viewing all living things as fish; using the heaven and earth as its oven, refining the heaven and earth as its silver.

The snow was going to stay, and the wind was not yet set.

In the depths of the valley, snow covered the ground as the two youths treaded on the snow. They were young, perhaps sixteen or seventeen, and covered with snow.

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

"Zi Chen, are you sure? This is such a cold day, let's not waste this trip! " One of the youths suddenly spoke up while flying.

"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, the snow continued to fall.

This valley was very deep and remote. In this cold winter, there were very few footprints. Everything was quiet and peaceful.

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

"Hehe, to think that Zi Chen was even considered to be the most cautious out of the outer court disciples.

The two of them were dressed in cyan clothes, which were wrapped in a layer of animal skin s, looking very similar to the two of them from before.

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

The two of them quickly disappeared into the snow.

The sky was getting closer, 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.

Behind the two of them, there were baggage s, which Zi Chen was currently taking out from the baggage s.

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

"What? Are you afraid that someone will try to rob us? Rest assured! This place is very remote and even Vicious Beasts may not be able to find it. Otherwise, that Chinese sage root wouldn't have been taken over by a single Grade 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 Chinese sage root is after all, a five hundred year old Chinese sage root, so you should be even more careful …" What if the ice bear suddenly woke up and ate the Chinese sage root? " 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 the two of them had previously been standing.

"They stopped here earlier, it was close. Luckily we ate 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 have been discovered.

"We will 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 same mountain.

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

"En!" Zi Chen nodded his head, his eyes filled with excitement. He used the finger s to point at the mountain peak in front, and said: "Right in front, when I was searching for the herbal medicine, I accidentally found it.

Both of them were outer court disciples of the Spirit Martial Sect, and had worked hard for the past few years for the sake of entering the internal portal. A single Chinese sage root now was enough to allow two people's strength to break through and enter the internal portal to learn profound martial skills and Cultivation Methods, and to use all of their resources.

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

"Now, take out the Bewitching Powder and we'll set off." Zi Chen shouted loudly: "Inner Sect of the Spirit 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 be hugged by a brother.

Zi Chen laughed and opened his arms.

With one step, two steps, three steps, Zhao Can walked in front of Zi Chen. Zhao Can laughed and his eyes flashed with a cold light.

This is the zhenqi.

"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 summit of mountain, leaving behind a human-shaped imprint on the thick snow.

Zhao Can's sneak attack had injured him 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, he rushed forward, and activated the zhenqi in his body, throwing a palm strike towards Zi Chen's dantian.

"Pfft!"

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

Fast, too fast.

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

After Zhao Can launched his sneak attack, he quickly added, thus crippling Zi Chen, but in this period of time, Zi Chen only had time to say a single word about you.

Zi Chen began to cough out large mouthfuls of blood, his eyes were ashen, the zhenqi that he had bitterly cultivated for a few years, had been crippled just like that, his entire body had been crippled.

And the person who crippled him, was still his friend and brother!

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

"For... "Why?"

Zi Chen laid on the ground, his eyes filled with despair and disbelief. He refused to believe that the Zhao Can he 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 internal portal!"

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

"You guys came rather early." Seeing the two, 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.

"F * ck …" Mountain? Is it not enough to enter the internal portal? " Zi Chen's face was filled with despair and regret. He regretted calling Zhao Can, regretted being friends with him, and continued to treat him as a brother.

"Of course it's not enough. Other than having a lot of resources, the rest of the internal portal disciples are almost the same as the outer sect disciples.

Zhao Can's guilty gaze had already calmed down, and she said indifferently: "My original goal was to enter the internal portal, this is my goal. If nothing unexpected happens, I can only enter the internal portal two years later. However, one of your Chinese sage root caused me to advance by two years. "

"Many disciples have died for no reason. If I were to enter the internal portal, I might have to be careful for a few years before I can find a backer. But because your Chinese sage root are useful to Senior Brother Wang Xiong and he can protect me, he has saved a few years of time for me. "

"You have saved a few years of time, and you don't need to worry about being schemed against. You can also cultivate peacefully, and with such great benefits, you will only die in exchange." "Say, do you think I would disagree with such a good thing?" In Zhao Can's eyes, there was a trace of a sinister smile.

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

"That's right!" Thus, in this world, no one could believe. Sometimes blood relatives will harm you, not to mention friends? Today's events 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?" Just like that, you let him go, and only crippled the dantian. The dantian was crippled, but if some sort of fortuitous encounter 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, his eyes filled with dense killing intent.

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

"That's right, brothers are used to sell when they have benefits." In Zhao Can's eyes, there was no more benevolence, 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, turning into ashes, his breathing stopped.

The 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 of them to involuntarily shudder. They looked at each other and saw fear in each other's eyes.