Brothers

Won.

But when he truly saw his elder brother collapse at his feet, Xu Yuan felt none of the excitement he had expected, nor did he have the urge to rub it in like before.

Xu Yuan felt there must be something wrong with the way he thought.

After all, the strong should ruthlessly humiliate the weak.

But after several breaths of silence, Xu Yuan merely sat down in the puddle beside the crater where Xu Changge lay.

With his back to his brother, Xu Yuan said softly:

"I thought you'd call me shameless. Those five talismans were obviously external aids."

"The Phoenix Kite Sword is an external aid too."

"..."

Xu Yuan laughed at that.

That was exactly the kind of thing this smug bastard would say.

Xu Changge had never made excuses for his defeats.

A loss only meant he himself was not strong enough.

It had nothing to do with his opponent.

If one was strong enough, then one should fear none of an opponent's methods.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan teased:

"So if we spar again, it'd be fine if I prepared a few hundred in advance?"

"Do as you please."

"Your mouth's still pretty tough."

Soaked by the rain, Xu Yuan bent his knees and lowered his eyes to his palm. "But Xu Changge, I could've beaten you even without those talismans."

"Mm."

"Don't forget, I didn't even open my Dao Domain this time."

"Mm."

"I'm not joking. The Life-Death Dao Rhyme's offensive techniques directly destroy a person's foundation. They're only suited for killing."

"Mm."

"..."

Should he just beat him up anyway?

Xu Yuan's fist tightened slightly, but in the end, he loosened it.

His elder brother had always talked like this.

If he took offense, the two of them would tear down the