Chapter 74

Chapter 74: Killing Each Other
Triangular Eyes shouted: “Give it to me!”

The man with the garlic-shaped nose shouted back: “Give it to me!”

The two of them yelled the same words at the same time, then glared at each other, unwilling to back down.

Garlic Nose looked furious as he snapped: “I am the Elder Brother! The Bottleneck-Breaking Pill should be given to me!”

Triangular Eyes refused to yield and shot back: “So what if you are the Elder Brother? Treasures go to the capable. Grandpa always says my talent is far better than yours, so this Bottleneck-Breaking Pill should be mine!”

Garlic Nose shook all over with rage as he shouted: “Grandpa, you actually said I can’t compare to him!”

Triangular Eyes gave a mocking laugh: “Grandpa was only telling the truth. What is there for you to be angry about?”

Black-Robed Elder watched his two grandsons start fighting in front of outsiders. For a moment he was both furious and annoyed.

He barked: “Both of you shut up! I will decide who this Bottleneck-Breaking Pill goes to!”

Triangular Eyes gave his Elder Brother a proud little smile.

Grandpa had always liked him more. In his mind, this Bottleneck-Breaking Pill was already as good as his.

Garlic Nose thought the same, and the anger in his chest burned even hotter.

He was clearly the Elder Brother, but Grandpa liked the second child more. Whenever there was something good, it went to the second child first. Only after the second child picked through it did anything fall to him.

He could tolerate everything else, but this Bottleneck-Breaking Pill decided whether he could break through to the Golden Core stage. He absolutely could not give it up.

A vicious glint flashed through Garlic Nose’s eyes.

The next instant, he gathered his strength and slammed a palm toward Triangular Eyes as he roared: “Go die for me!”

As long as the second child died, the Bottleneck-Breaking Pill would be his, and all the treasures in Grandpa’s hands would be his too.

Neither Black-Robed Elder nor Triangular Eyes had expected Garlic Nose to suddenly attack.

Triangular Eyes flew out like a kite with its string cut, thrown away in an instant.

“Bastard!”

Black-Robed Elder exploded in rage and slapped Garlic Nose across the face.

Garlic Nose only had time to grunt before he crashed into the cliff wall and passed out.

Black-Robed Elder did not even glance at him. He hurried over to Triangular Eyes, eyes full of heartache, and checked his injuries.

Between his two grandsons, he truly did like the second more.

Because of Boss’s looks, he as the Grandpa had suffered a lot of mockery from others, while the second child was sweet-tongued and good at pleasing him.

Besides, the second child’s talent really was stronger than Boss’s. He had already planned that when his own lifespan neared its end, he would pass everything on to the second child.

The second child absolutely could not have anything happen to him.

Triangular Eyes slowly opened his eyes in a daze and saw what he thought was Boss walking toward him with a cruel grin.

The hatred in his heart flared up at once. When “Boss” got close, he did not even think. He drove the dagger in his hand straight into the other person’s dantian.

He snarled: “You’re the one who should die!”

He put almost all of his strength into that single stab.

“Ah!”

Black-Robed Elder stared at Triangular Eyes in disbelief. He opened his mouth, wanting to speak, but instead spat out a mouthful of black blood.

Only then did he remember that the dagger in the second child’s hand was a birthday gift from him. The blade had been coated with a fierce poison. For anyone below Golden Core, one cut meant certain death. Even for those above Golden Core, it would badly damage their internal organs.

Black-Robed Elder did not have time to wonder why his own grandson would stab him. Right now, he had to force the poisoned blood out. Otherwise, at best his cultivation level would fall, and at worst, he would be gravely injured or even die.

He quickly sealed several major acupoints and was just about to use his Spirit Power to force the poisoned blood out of his dantian when Triangular Eyes suddenly burst into crazed laughter.

Then Triangular Eyes yanked the dagger out of his dantian and stabbed it in again.

“Pff!”

Black-Robed Elder spat out another mouthful of clotted blood.

Seeing that Triangular Eyes still had no intention of stopping, his eyes almost split with rage.

So the second child had been waiting for him to die all along. Boss was actually the most filial child.

Once he reached that conclusion, he no longer hesitated. He slammed a palm down on the crown of Triangular Eyes’ head.

There was a sharp crack of bone breaking.

Blood flowed from all seven of Triangular Eyes’ orifices as he fell to the ground. He died with his eyes wide open.

The members of the Chen Clan stared, dumbfounded.

This was the first time they had ever seen robbers turn on each other.

And every strike was so vicious, aimed right at vital points.

Triangular Eyes was dead beyond any doubt.

Garlic Nose still had one last breath left.

As for Black-Robed Elder, he seemed to still have some strength left, but judging from his blackened face and the dark blood he spat out, he probably would not live much longer either.

Black-Robed Elder pressed a hand over the wound on his abdomen and struggled up from the ground.

In just a very short time, his face seemed to have aged another ten years.

“Cough, cough, cough.”

With his hoarse coughing, the black fog hanging over everyone’s heads began to thin and scatter. A faint light filtered through.

Black-Robed Elder swept his eyes over the crowd, then turned to leave.

He had only taken one step when he finally sensed that something was wrong. He suddenly turned back and stared at the calm-faced Yu Zhao.

He shouted: “It was you?!”

Yu Zhao did not respond. At her waist, the Lotus Incense Burner released soft curls of smoke that slowly rose into the air.

Black-Robed Elder burst into mad laughter, then coughed, then laughed again: “Hahaha… cough, cough… hahaha! I never thought that I, Black Robe, would fall at the hands of a Foundation Establishment brat like you! Cough! I’ll kill you!”

His expression twisted with madness.

He had already figured everything out.

Why had his two grandsons suddenly lost control of their emotions and started arguing on the spot?

Why had Boss suddenly lashed out and hurt the second child?

Why had the second child suddenly stabbed and attacked him?

It was all because of that woman. That woman was behind it all.

Black-Robed Elder could not accept being played with like a bug in the hands of someone he had always looked down on.

He wanted revenge. Before he died, he wanted to kill her.

But just as he was about to stir his Spirit Power, the poison she had suppressed inside his body suddenly erupted. A wave of sharp pain rushed out from his internal organs and spread through his whole body.

“Ah!”

He let out a roar full of unwillingness, then crashed to the ground.

His cloudy eyes stayed locked on Yu Zhao as he used all his strength to crawl toward her.

He rasped: “Kill… I’ll kill you… kill…”

A few breaths later, the light in Black-Robed Elder’s eyes went out completely.

Even in death, his thin, withered arm still pointed in Yu Zhao’s direction and did not fall for a long time.

“Hiss…”

Everyone from the Chen Clan who saw this scene could not help sucking in a cold breath.

If they had not almost been killed by Black-Robed Elder just now, they might have even felt sorry for him.

He was really too miserable.

He had killed his own grandson with his own hands, and in the end he was killed by his own grandson.

Blood relatives killing each other like this was nothing less than a tragedy.

When the people of the Chen Clan looked at Yu Zhao again, their eyes were full of a fear and respect they could not put into words.

Someone called out: “Lady Yu, Senior Yu.”

Chen Tian Dong’s expression was a bit strange. He still was not quite used to Yu Zhao’s new status, but he still bowed seriously to her to show his thanks.

If not for Yu Zhao, their whole caravan would have died here. He had never heard of anyone walking away alive from Black-Robed Elder’s hands.

But from today on, there would be such a story.

Yu Zhao smiled and tossed the square wooden box in her hand back into Chen Tian Dong’s arms.

She said: “You should keep this yourself.”

Chen Tian Dong stared at her in a daze.