Chapter Seventy-Three: The Ice Phoenix Tribulation (The Beginning)

With Chen Yuxia's help, Chu Birou, Gao Che, Tong Kun, Liu Yangyang, and the injured Chen Fangning were temporarily placed in Fenglin Village on the outskirts of Binghuang Valley. At this time, in the Ice Phoenix Valley, the disciples had different opinions on whether to take these people in the Ice Phoenix Valley for refuge, and the number of disciples who were unwilling to accept them accounted for the absolute majority.

The toughest tone was Zhang Xin, the second disciple of Yu Zhongrui, the owner of the Ice Phoenix Valley, who bluntly said that the Ice Phoenix Valley has always been law-abiding in the rivers and lakes, and there is no quarrel with the world, once they accept these people who have been listed as prisoners by the imperial court, then the Ice Phoenix Valley will never be at peace, and there is even the danger of being wiped out by the officers and soldiers. Under Zhang Xin's instigation, the ordinary disciples in the Ice Phoenix Valley were full of hostility towards Chu Birou and the other 5 people, and even deliberately found fault with Chen Yuxia when she returned to the valley to prevent her from seeing the valley master Yu Zhongrui.

Fortunately, there is a small hair of Chen Yuxia in the valley who is little known to others, and with his secret help and side knocks, Yu Zhongrui still knows about the existence of everyone.

It's just that although Yu Zhongrui agreed to let a few people enter the Ice Phoenix Valley after thinking about it, she explicitly forbade Chen Fangning to enter, and bluntly said that if it weren't for Chen Yuxia's face, she would definitely make Chen Fangning unable to stay in Fenglin Village.

Yu Zhongrui would never tell Chen Yuxia why he did this, and Chen Yuxia did not dare to ask too many disrespectful questions about the master who adopted her. So, after returning to Fenglin Village, she helplessly informed everyone of Yu Zhongrui's decision.

"Hehe, Binghuang Valley can be regarded as a famous and decent person with a head and a face, and it is really a little incomprehensible to issue an eviction order to a seriously injured woman so inexplicably!" Goucher sneered with some anger and helplessness.

Chen Yuxia looked at Chen Fangning with a complicated expression, and the rest of the people suddenly felt a little stunned and hesitant.

"It's okay, you guys go, I can take care of my own life, don't bother everyone." Chen Fangning shook off Liu Yangyang's hand and was about to turn around and leave.

"Sister, why is this, why does the master hate you so much, why did you suddenly appear in Tanzhou after so many years without any news, I don't know all this. Why, until now, whether it is you or Master, you must hide everything from me? Chen Yuxia suddenly became a little excited.

"When the time comes, I'll tell you, I'm sorry!" After Chen Fang said this sentence without replying, he continued to prepare to leave.

"Okay, if you don't tell me today, we'll ...... We never had to see each other again! Chen Yuxia quickly ran in front of Chen Fangning and shook off a cruel word with moist eyes, and Chen Fangning immediately stopped the steps she was about to take.

The two looked at each other in a complicated mood, and several people around them also looked at each other at a loss, as if time suddenly stood still at this moment.

Outside the gazebo, it began to rain in the gloomy sky, and the rustle of raindrops hitting the leaves disturbed the sisters' already mixed thoughts.

"Then ...... Don't ...... again See each other," Chen Fangning looked at Chen Yuxia with a sad face and said slowly, "Xia'er, I'm sorry!" ”

After listening to her sister's resolute answer, Chen Yuxia tried to close her eyes and calm down, and then she didn't look at Chen Fangning again, and the two sisters staggered in the cool rain on the outskirts of Binghuang Valley.

Chen Yuxia ran farther and farther in the heavier and heavier rain with tears, while Chen Fangning was still in place, tears also soaking her eyes that were slightly relaxed at the moment.

"Miss Chen, you ...... What the hell is this ......" Tong Kun was dazed and wanted to step forward to ask Chen Fangning, but was stopped by Gao Che in time.

"We're always just outsiders, so it's better to ask about other sisters' affairs, so let's let them handle it themselves." Gao Che also said to Tong Kun with a little melancholy.

"That's it, I'll stay here to help Miss Chen heal her injuries, you go in first, and I'll find a way to bring Miss Chen in later." In order to be suspicious of the guards, Chu Birou whispered to Gao Che, and after Gao Che whispered a few words to Tong Kun and Liu Yangyang, the three of them followed the guards into the Ice Phoenix Valley.

"Wait!" When the three of them followed the guards to the vicinity of the disciple's room in the valley, Zhang Xin led a group of his close disciples to suddenly appear and blocked the way of several people.

"Second Senior Brother, it was the valley lord who ordered the disciples to take them into the valley, do you want to disobey the valley master's order?" The guard disciples who led them in stepped forward to reason with Zhang Xin.

"Hehe, junior brother, don't get me wrong, I'm just a little curious, what kind of people are they, who can retreat from the heavily guarded General Cheng Zhang's mansion." Zhang Xin sneered and walked forward and looked at the three of them carefully, "Presumably, several of them are all skilled heroes, so I wonder if Zhang is lucky enough to ask a few tricks from a few people today?" ”

The guard disciple couldn't stand it and wanted to continue to stand up for Gao Che and the others, but he was quickly pulled aside by Zhang Xin's men.

Under Zhang Xin's cynical and sarcastic provocations, Tong Kun couldn't stand it, but just as he clenched the hilt of his sword and wanted to step forward to teach Zhang Xin a lesson, Gao Che stopped him again.

"The less noticeable you two are, the better, and let me do these little things for you!" Gao Che turned his face sideways and said to Tong Kun with a puzzled smile.

"Okay, this brother looks like he has an unusual identity in this Ice Phoenix Valley, and it's really an honor for me to be loved by my brother. Gao is not talented, and he is willing to understand your high skills. Goucher said with a hint of sarcasm in respect, then stepped aside, reached out and took an ordinary spear from the weapon rack, and swung it skillfully and nimbly in his own hand to the amazement of the onlookers.

"I have long heard that there is a young general in Shu who makes a gun superb, and he once defeated 7 spear masters of the Central Plains Tang Dynasty in a row, so that person must be Your Excellency." Zhang Xin said as he took down a halberd from the weapon rack, and the two immediately set up a formation on the competition platform near the disciple's room.

At this time, Yu Zhongrui came here with Chen Yuxia when he heard the news. She stopped Chen Yuxia, who wanted to stop the fight between the two, and seemed to want to see who this group of Qin criminals wanted by the government was.

The two of them became serious after simply testing each other's reality and reality, Zhang Xin seemed to be better in wielding the power of the halberd, but Gao Che's shot was more swift, and Zhang Xin had to be tired of defending due to frequent active attacks, and he was also hit many times by the grip of the spear after the loophole in the defense was caught by Gao Che. Zhang Xin, who was full of dissatisfaction, quickly disrupted the rhythm of his shot, and then the amplitude of wielding the halberd became larger and larger, but this was in Gao Che's hands, and the fighting situation between the two soon showed a trend towards Gao Che's one-sided direction.

After Zhang Xin was knocked to the ground by Gao Che again, Chen Yuxia appeared between the two in time and stopped Zhang Xin at the behest of Yu Zhongrui. Zhang Xin wanted to push Chen Yuxia away and continue to fight back, but when his eyes noticed that Yu Zhongrui was staring at him tightly at the moment, he gritted his teeth helplessly and threw down the halberd in his hand, and then left the scene with other cronies and disciples who gathered around him.

"With such skills at a young age, it's no wonder that he can retreat from Tanzhou City, and the lord of this valley has really opened his eyes." Yu Zhongrui stepped forward and praised Gao Che.

Then, Yu Zhongrui gradually locked her eyes on Liu Yangyang's body, she faintly felt that the girl in front of her seemed to be a little familiar, but for the time being, she couldn't remember when and where she had met her.

"What's wrong with Senior Yu? Why do you keep looking at me like this? Yu Zhongrui's sharp gaze made Liu Yangyang feel a little uncomfortable.

"Oh, it's fine, but for some reason, I feel that this girl looks good, and it makes me feel a sense of déjà vu." After Yu Zhongrui finished speaking, he asked Chen Yuxia to take them to the guest room to rest, and Yu Zhongrui's abnormal demeanor when facing Liu Yangyang was also noticed by Gao Che.

When Gao Che and the other three had been settled in the Ice Phoenix Valley, Chu Birou and Chen Fangning, who was seriously injured, avoided the inn in the village and temporarily lived in the home of an old couple who kindly took them in.

That night, just as Chu Birou was looking through the pharmacopoeia to find a way to heal her injuries, an unusual noise outside the house caught her attention. Looking out the window, she saw a man wearing the dark purple disciple uniform of Ice Phoenix Valley hurriedly running into a wood.

An ominous intuition surged into Chu Birou's heart, she looked back at Chen Fangning who was lying on the bed and was sleeping, and after quickly carrying Chen Fangning under the bed just in case, she immediately chased in the direction of the person running into the woods.

"Can't you arrange a good place for me to meet?"

Suddenly there was some obvious voice from the depths of the woods, and Chu Birou keenly followed the sound and saw a subordinate of Zhou Xuan whom she had seen before was now talking to the person who was suspected to be a disciple of the Ice Phoenix Valley.

"Shh......h Be quiet, beware of being heard, let's not make any mistakes this time, otherwise we won't be able to eat and walk around! The subordinate of Zhou Xuan seemed to be very nervous.

Chu Birou hid beside a bush and secretly observed the two of them's every move, but when the two deliberately lowered their voices, Chu Birou couldn't hear the specific content of the conversation between the two.

When the two left, Chu Birou quietly attacked Zhou Xuan's subordinate from behind, and quickly restrained him with his superior martial arts.

"Ah, it's you!" The subordinate was immediately shocked when he recognized Chu Birou.

Chu Birou gave him a harmless elixir and lied about it as poison, and the subordinate was frightened and had to tell the purpose of his coming here tonight.

It turned out that Zhou Xuan had long expected that when they couldn't stay in Tanzhou City, Ice Phoenix Valley would be a very likely place for them to hide. Therefore, Zhou Xuan had already bought off a disciple of the Ice Phoenix Valley, and when a suspicious person entered the Ice Phoenix Valley, he would pass on the news to Zhou Xuan in time.

"At this point, it's useless for you to kill me. If I fail to go back, Lord Zhou will send a second or third person to continue to come, and sooner or later your affairs here will be known to Lord Zhou. The subordinate said in a somewhat trembling voice.

Just as Chu Birou was thinking about what to do next, a sharp blade suddenly stretched out from the ground and stabbed into the body of this subordinate from the back, killing him instantly. Chu Birou quickly retreated to the side after discovering this situation, and at the same time, strange movements from the ground began to gradually surround Chu Birou's side.

"It's ...... Escape to the ground? Chu Birou, who realized that she had most likely encountered a martial arts master, nervously watched any slight movement on the ground around her.

After quickly dodging several sneak attacks towards his feet, Chu Birou used her light skills to jump onto a big tree and sprinkled the "Sky Eclipse Powder" that attracted snakes, insects, rats and ants on the ground from a medicine jar she carried with her.

The ground under the tree was soon covered with all sorts of crawling poisons. Under Chu Birou's gaze, a man covered in mud broke out of the ground and immediately stood on a tree opposite Chu Birou.

"Hmph, the little girl has two strokes, and she will come up with this trick to force me to show up!" This master was wrapped in darkness, and Chu Birou could only observe his fierce eyes like a cold blade.

Chu Birou didn't expect that Zhou Xuan's command still had such a killer whose strength should not be underestimated, and it seemed that if he wanted to get out, another vicious battle was inevitable.