Chapter 197

Chapter 197: Brothers Turning Against Each Other?

The droppings of the six-winged fire centipede were absolutely foul.

Xiao Yang couldn’t believe that Tang Chen and the others had been fighting over this for so long and still hadn’t managed to open the box.

Tang Chen just tossed the box aside and fled.

Qin Fei defeated Chu Guiyuan and Ye Feiyang, seizing the treasure chest.

However, when he opened the box and saw a lump of something black inside, he nearly exploded with rage.

There was no treasure, only a pile of dung.

Just as Qin Fei was fuming, Xiao Yang suddenly intervened, grabbing Qin Fei by the neck and shoving his face right into the box.

Qin Fei’s face was firmly buried in the centipede droppings.

What a delightful experience!

“Junior brother, how does this centipede dung taste?”

Xiao Yang pressed Qin Fei’s head down with glee.

Qin Fei was about to lose his mind.

“Buzz!”

A sword’s hum echoed as wild sword energy erupted from his body, charging forth in all directions like a rampaging beast.

Xiao Yang was knocked back.

Sword lights crashed against him, creating the sparks of battle.

He had already activated his Protective Gang Qi.

Qin Fei’s explosive sword light couldn’t break through Xiao Yang’s defenses.

Chu Guiyuan and Ye Feiyang hurriedly summoned their Protective Gang Qi to shield against the incoming sword light.

Both were forced to retreat under the relentless assault.

In a fit of rage, Qin Fei unleashed sword light of incredible sharpness.

The treasure chest shattered instantly under the onslaught.

Qin Fei spun around, glaring at Xiao Yang with rage.

“Haha…”

Xiao Yang burst out laughing at the sight of Qin Fei’s once handsome face now turned pitch black.

Qin Fei stared daggers at Xiao Yang, ready to explode.

“Xiao Yang, you…”

He was nearly choking on blood from the fury.

What a disgrace!

“What are you going to do? If I don’t kill you, consider yourself lucky. You still dare to glare at me?”

Xiao Yang had stopped babying him.

After all, after the Gengzi Grand Competition, he planned to sever ties with the Qingyang Sword Sect.

“I’ll kill you…”

Qin Fei roared and lunged at Xiao Yang.

A lethal sword light enveloped Xiao Yang swiftly.

“Junior Brother, what are you doing?”

A voice called out.

Startled, Qin Fei immediately halted.

He then withdrew his flying sword.

“J-Junior Sister…”

Qin Fei turned to face the newcomer.

“What on earth is going on?”

Jiang Ting strode over.

“This time, you’ve seen it all with your own eyes. What else is there to say?”

Xiao Yang replied calmly.

“Junior brother, you…”

Jiang Ting caught sight of the mess on Qin Fei’s face and also caught a waft of the rancid odor, frowning as she covered her nose.

“Senior Brother, you must have bullied Junior Brother again! He must have gone mad to lash out at you. Why do you always target him?”

Jiang Ting accused Xiao Yang directly.

“Is it still my fault?”

Xiao Yang was utterly speechless.

Oh!

He shook his head in resignation. No matter what he did, it was always his fault. Even witnessing Qin Fei attacking him, it somehow became his fault!

“Junior Sister, Senior Brother was just playing a joke on me,” Qin Fei said, looking pitiful.

“Senior Brother, if you keep bullying Junior Brother, I won’t let you off.”

Jiang Ting glared at Xiao Yang.

“You won’t let me off?”

Xiao Yang chuckled.

“Little Junior Sister, you might be under some misunderstanding.”

Xiao Yang shrugged it off.

Having lived through a previous life, he no longer had any feelings for Jiang Ting.

Not let him off? That was a joke; he should be the one not letting her off!

In his previous life, during the battle with Qin Fei, if not for Jiang Ting stepping in front of his sword, Qin Fei would’ve been dead by now.

It was her desperate protection of Qin Fei that afforded him the chance to retaliate and deliver the killing blow.

In his past life, if it weren’t for Jiang Ting, he wouldn’t have perished.

“W-what…”

Jiang Ting was taken aback, feeling Xiao Yang’s indifference, sensing something slip away from her grasp, leaving her in a panic.

“Junior Brother, if you want to kill me, you’ll have to work harder.”

Xiao Yang turned to leave.

He noticed that Chu Guiyuan and Ye Feiyang had already fled far away.

Since he had encountered them, he wouldn’t let them slip away so easily.

“Senior Brother…”

Jiang Ting called after Xiao Yang.

But he ignored her.

No matter the circumstances, Jiang Ting would always defend Qin Fei, criticizing him.

He would soon be able to cut ties with these people.

At that point, the sky would be high, allowing birds to fly freely, and the sea vast, giving fish a place to leap.

His sights were set beyond the Northern Regions.

The Yuanwu Continent was vast, and he was eager to explore.

At this moment, within the Sacred Martial Forbidden Domain, everyone was on the hunt for training resources.

But here, danger lurked at every corner.

There were places that even Half Saints wouldn’t dare to tread.

The Sacred Martial Forbidden Domain opened once every sixty years, and many areas were already charted and deemed safe.

The top ten sects of the Northern Regions each had temporary bases here.

Guiyuan Martial Sect’s base was in a valley.

Naturally, Chu Guiyuan and Ye Feiyang wanted to flee back to their sect’s base.

However, they were quickly intercepted by Xiao Yang.

“Brother Chu, I’ll hold him off, you escape first!”

Ye Feiyang shouted.

“How can I just leave?”

Chu Guiyuan replied.

“Then you hold him off; I’ll be on my way!”

Ye Feiyang said as he dashed towards the nearby woods.

“Wait—”

Chu Guiyuan was left dumbfounded, watching Ye Feiyang’s figure disappear into the trees.

He was only being polite, and this guy actually ran away?

Xiao Yang didn’t pursue Ye Feiyang.

“You think I might let you go so easily?”

Xiao Yang asked, arms crossed, staring at Chu Guiyuan.

“Xiao Yang, you can’t kill me!”

Chu Guiyuan lost his composure.

He knew there was no chance of getting off easy today.

After all, he had previously hired an assassin from Smoke Rain Tower to eliminate Xiao Yang.

They had become mortal enemies.

“Haha…”

Xiao Yang laughed.

Chu Guiyuan felt his nerves spike.

“You can’t kill me?”

Xiao Yang’s expression turned icy, and in the next moment, he powered a punch towards Chu Guiyuan.

This was the True Sun Fist of the Qingyang Sword Sect.

An unstoppable and powerful force came crashing towards Chu Guiyuan.

Xiao Yang’s punch completely overshadowed Chu Guiyuan.

He was stunned.

To Chu Guiyuan, that punch felt inescapable.

The opponent’s fist rapidly grew larger in his field of vision.

He had no choice but to take it head-on.

“Roar!”

Chu Guiyuan exhaled sharply and unleashed the Guiyuan Divine Fist from Guiyuan Martial Sect.

A phantom of an ancient tortoise emerged, lunging at Xiao Yang viciously.

His punch was ferocious in its own right.

“Boom!”

The two fists collided violently, unleashing an explosive force around them that sent dust flying.

Xiao Yang’s fist shook furiously.

“Poof!”

Chu Guiyuan spat out a mouthful of blood and was violently knocked back, rolling several yards away.

“You…”

Chu Guiyuan could hardly believe it.

Xiao Yang was only at the peak of the Heavenly Martial Realm, yet he had managed to injure him?

Chu Guiyuan could never have imagined that Xiao Yang had sealed the Fire Lin Beast using the Ancient Beast Control Technique in his right arm.

Xiao Yang could draw on the power of the Fire Lin Beast at will.

He had been holding back with that punch.

Had he unleashed his full strength, even a Divine Martial Realm expert would have been finished in one hit.

Xiao Yang didn’t need to use his true might.

He estimated that among the current younger generation, only Li Xingyao could push him to unleash his actual strength; the others really couldn’t.

Of course, he hadn’t yet encountered the disciples of the Refining Sect and the Dan Ding Sect.

In his previous life, the strongest opponents he faced during the Gengzi Grand Competition were four individuals—one was the Saintess of the Fuyiao Sword Sect, Li Xingyao.

The second was a Saint from the Refining Sect.

The third was a Saint from the Dan Ding Sect.

The fourth was a Dao Child from the Supreme Dao Sect.

As for Chu Guiyuan, he was merely a defeated foe.

Xiao Yang strode forward.

“No, no, no… don’t kill me…”

Chu Guiyuan was genuinely scared.

“I won’t kill you!”

Xiao Yang stared coldly at Chu Guiyuan.

“Really?”

Chu Guiyuan looked at him in disbelief.

“I, Xiao Yang, keep my word.”

Xiao Yang reaffirmed.

“Will you let me go then?”

Chu Guiyuan looked at Xiao Yang with terror.

“What do you think?”

Xiao Yang advanced and kicked Chu Guiyuan’s lower dantian.

Chu Guiyuan rolled on the ground from the impact.

“No… Xiao Yang, you bastard! You ruined my dantian; I’d rather you just killed me!”

Chu Guiyuan writhed in pain, clutching his stomach.

If he incapacitated Chu Guiyuan, the Guiyuan Martial Sect would have no choice but to elevate Chu Guixi, his twin brother.

Chu Guixi’s cultivation was actually quite similar to Chu Guiyuan’s.

Had it not been for Chu Guiyuan awakening the Xuanwu Sacred Body and advancing rapidly, the one sitting in the sect leader’s position today would have been Chu Guixi instead.

Only a few in the Guiyuan Martial Sect were aware that Chu Guiyuan had an identical twin brother.

Now that Chu Guiyuan was rendered incapable, the Guiyuan Martial Sect would have no choice but to let Chu Guixi take the lead.

“Kill you? I’m not that foolish.”

Xiao Yang smiled.

“You…”

Chu Guiyuan was both astonished and enraged. With his dantian ruined, he had become an ordinary person.

“Come out; you’ve been lurking long enough. Don’t you want to keep watching?”

Xiao Yang suddenly spoke.

As soon as he finished, someone emerged from the nearby woods.

“It’s you?”

Chu Guiyuan was left dumbfounded.

It was none other than his twin brother, Chu Guixi.

“Big Brother, I didn’t expect you to end up like this.”

Chu Guixi looked coldly at his brother on the ground.

“You… you guys…”

Chu Guiyuan couldn’t believe his own brother would conspire with an outsider against him.

“I’m your own brother!”

Chu Guiyuan fixed an indignant gaze on his brother.

“You acknowledge that? Then why did you take my woman? Why did you steal the position that rightfully belonged to me?”

Chu Guixi suddenly became agitated.

Xiao Yang watched the scene coldly.

Brothers turning against each other?

But Chu Guiyuan had indeed gone too far.

He had even snatched his own brother’s woman.

Such a deep-seated hatred for a partner could indeed lead to a blood feud.

However, what really irked Xiao Yang was that this guy had even let his own brother impersonate him in the cultivation world while he hid away in the mountains to train.

“What to do with him, you decide.”

Xiao Yang addressed Chu Guixi.

“I won’t kill you, but I won’t let you go either.”

Chu Guixi replied coldly.

“What do you want then?”

Chu Guiyuan sighed with relief, thinking that as long as he was alive, there was hope.

You can all wait and see.