The word "Northern Underworld" is not unfamiliar to the cultivators who are stationed in the north of Kyushu all the year round.

In fact, Xiao Hou Ye should have noticed it when he saw Xiyue's body, but the world of Shenzhou is so vast, and the blue phoenix does not necessarily mean that it must be the Northern Ice Phoenix, so Xiao Hou Ye didn't take it to heart.

Lieyu is different from him, whether it is cultivation or knowledge, he is not comparable to the little marquis, he naturally found out about this side of the matter, but he has his own position and situation, and he is inconvenient to take care of these dirty things that the little marquis does on weekdays. But after Xiyue appeared in his body, he immediately recognized that it was the Northern Stygian Ice Phoenix, so when Xiyue finally escaped, he did not hesitate to help, in order to avoid trouble in the future.

Because, the status of the Northern Stygian Ice Phoenix in the cultivation world is like the status of those royal families among mortals in the Kyushu region. It's just that the Northern Stygian Ice Phoenix has lived in the extreme north for a long time, and rarely set foot in the earthly world, and outsiders don't know much about this clan, but wherever there are records of this clan in the cultivation world, there is such a sentence: "The royal family of the Extreme North, the guardian of reincarnation", just one sentence, can say that the power of the Northern Stygian Ice Phoenix clan has been exhausted.

Although I don't know what Xiyue's status is in the Ice Phoenix Clan, I think it has some weight to be able to walk outside, because the flying feather magic weapon she uses is really extraordinary, and with the vicious eyes of the fierce jade, it is natural to see it at a glance. Therefore, letting Xiyue go is equivalent to avoiding the hatred of the Northern Underworld clan and doing good for themselves. Otherwise, even if the Binghuang clan is scarce, they can call themselves "royalty", and even the imperial dynasty in northern Kyushu will not be able to withstand the wrath of this clan.

It would be wise to let their people go.

Xiyue, who had escaped from the post station, did not dare to relax and flew all the way south.

The power of Taiyin is circulating in her body, but it has only temporarily suppressed her injuries, and the spirit control period has not been able to make her spiritual power endless and never exhausted, so the power in her body is flowing rapidly.

The east showed the white of the fish's belly, and as the sun rose in the east, the Qitian Mountain Range gradually calmed down, and the danger was greatly reduced. But Xiyue, whose consciousness began to be chaotic, could no longer recognize the direction, and flew in a certain direction in a daze, and I didn't know if it was the south.

After the sun finally rose, Xiyue's strength was exhausted, and she could no longer support it, and finally fell headlong when she crossed a certain mountain cliff, and changed back to her human form halfway through the fall, and passed out completely unconscious.

I don't know how long it took, but Xiyue finally opened her eyes again. Fortunately, she is a divine bird phoenix, her vitality is already strong, and the power of Taiyin is constantly healing her internal injuries, so her consciousness has gradually recovered, although the injuries are still there, but they will no longer threaten her life.

Xiyue was actually woken up by the cold, she noticed that all the clothes on her body were soaked, and then she found that she was in a cave, there was a boulder behind her, and there was a bonfire burning not far in front of her, and the slightest warmth came through the bonfire, and it was also slowly drying the clothes on her body.

She tried to move, but the pain was so severe that she gasped, and she had to continue to lie down, holding on, until the pain passed.

"I fell under a waterfall and hit a big rock, but I didn't die. An indifferent voice came from the mouth of the cave, a young man, "but you'd better not move now, or it will be painful." ”

"You saved me, who are you?" Xiyue reluctantly turned her head and looked at the entrance of the cave. The man was ragged, his face was pale, he was slightly taller than Xi Yue, and judging by his face, he was about the same age as Xi Yue, and he was elegant and delicate, but his eyes were gloomy, and he seemed to have a heart that could not be dissolved.

"You have a good rest. The young man didn't seem to want to say anything more to Xiyue, so he closed his eyes and meditated on himself, no longer talking. Xiyue looked outside the entrance of the cave, it was night again. She sighed, closed her eyes as well, and began to take the initiative to breathe, if the injury is not good, then nothing can be done.

The next day, when Xiyue woke up, her injuries had not healed, but she could barely sit up. At this time, she found that there were several wild fruits in front of her, as well as clear water filled with lotus leaves, but the young man was nowhere to be seen. She picked up the fruit and ate it, only to find that it was not an ordinary wild fruit, but it was just a very ordinary spirit fruit, which was not uncommon. A slight aura entered her body, which made her feel a lot more comfortable, and as she slowly exercised, the aura also integrated into her body, replenishing the spiritual power she had lost.

The boy came back at noon, brought back a dead hare, cleaned it up, and roasted it on the fire. While roasting the hare, the young man said: "When you are healed, we will go our separate ways, the world is difficult and dangerous, you should be careful yourself." ”

"My name is Xiyue, tell me who you are. Xiyue said calmly.

"It's just a meeting in the water, there's no need. The boy said unemotionally.

"I'm a person who knows how to repay kindness, so I must know the name of Engong. Xiyue said.

The young man was silent for a while, and then said, "Su Chen." ”

Xiyue nodded, didn't ask more, and silently memorized the name. It's just that after chanting this name a few times in her heart, she suddenly felt a little familiar, as if she had heard the word "Su Chen" somewhere, she couldn't help frowning, and began to recall the source of this familiarity.

Su Chen didn't seem to be a good talker, Xiyue didn't continue to ask, he didn't take the initiative to speak, and roasted the hare seriously. The only sound in the cave was the crackling of firewood, the scent of hares, and the golden droplets of oil came out and fell to the fire with a snort.

Although after the Bigu period, there is no need for ordinary food to survive, but monks can also eat and drink. Xiyue smelled the aroma of roasted rabbits, and couldn't help but move her index fingers, when she was in the North Underworld, she had never tasted these things, and the Ice Phoenix Clan was extremely noble, how could she get these worldly game.

The rabbit was finally roasted, Su Chen took out a dagger, split the rabbit in two, handed half of it to Xiyue, and then said, "Eat, your cultivation is still shallow, and you are injured, it is good to eat something." ”

"Thank you. Xiyue was not polite, took the half of the rabbit, sniffed it first, and then tore off a piece of rabbit meat and tasted it, her eyes lit up, and she feasted on it.

Su Chen ate slowly and methodically, and never spoke again.

Xiyue was still wondering where she had heard the name Su Chen, and she felt that she should have heard it somewhere recently, because she had only really come into contact with people in the past few days. After thinking about it for a long time, there was no result, and Xiyue wondered if she broke her head when she fell from the sky, otherwise she couldn't remember. Alas, if you can't think about it, you won't think about it, and you'll better heal your injuries.

In this way, Xiyue spent three days with this eccentric teenager.

Xiyue has never been out of the cave, she has been pranayama to heal her wounds, Su Chen will leave during the day, pick some ordinary spirit fruits, or hunt some game, and will stay at the entrance of the cave at night, the two occasionally chat, but they are all words that have no substance. Xiyue didn't bother to think about where she had heard Su Chen's name, everything was based on healing.

On the evening of the fourth day, Xiyue's injuries were seventy percent better, and when she finished her work, she saw Su Chen coming back in a hurry.

Xiyue asked, "What's wrong?"

Su Chen said: "I found traces of the enemy family and am about to leave." ”

Xiyue was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and she had a guess about Su Chen's identity.

Su Chen continued: "Although I don't know why you are in trouble, if you walk with me, it will only be affected, I will lure those people away, you can leave by yourself." ”

Xiyue nodded and asked, "You...... Can you survive?"

Su Chen glanced at her and said expressionlessly, "Take care of yourself." ”

Xiyue said again: "If you want to flee to the north, it will be very unfavorable for you, crossing the Qitian Mountain Range is the prairie, I was almost lost in the prairie, and it is not like this side, there is no shelter, once your whereabouts are exposed, you will have nowhere to hide." ”

Su Chen said: "Thank you for the reminder, don't leave it at that." With that, he stopped lingering and turned to leave.

Looking at the young man's departing figure, Xiyue frowned, and after a little total, she got up and followed. Su Chen spotted her following behind, stopped, and asked, "What are you doing with me?"

Xiyue said, "I can help you." ”

Su Chen chuckled and said, "Help me, you don't know if I'm good or evil, just say this kind of thing, do you trust others too much?"

Xiyue smiled and said, "I trust my instincts. ”

Su Chen turned around and looked at her, Xiyue's eyes were clear and bright, her expression was confident and calm, the mountain breeze blew, raising her crystal blue hair, just standing there, it was already a beautiful painting. Xiyue walked over slowly and said to him, "Your identity, I've already guessed it, are you really the one who killed your master?"

Su Chen's expression froze, and suddenly pain, irritability, and anger alternated, and he said angrily: "How is it possible?!How can I harm my master?!How is it possible!"

Sure enough, it was him! Xi Yue observed carefully, slowly approached Su Chen, and said, "If it's not you, who would it be?" I heard that the Venerable Master is a master of the Daowu Palace, and his cultivation is unfathomable, who can kill him?"

"Who?who?, who the hell?" Su Chen hugged his head in pain, feeling a splitting headache, "Who...... It's him! That's right, it must be the dog thief!" His eyes were suddenly bloodshot, his pupils also emitted a strange red light, and a strange black aura rose around his body.

Xi Yue'e frowned, Su Chen's state was very wrong, it seemed that the words just now stimulated him and made Su Chen show signs of losing control, did he have a problem with his cultivation, or did that incident affect him too much?

"Su Chen, calm down!" Xiyue was frightened and tried to dissuade him, "You're right, it's not you who killed your teacher, you're not a murderer!"

Su Chen seemed to hear her words, his expression was painful, his whole body trembled, Xiyue continued: "We are friends, I will help you, let's leave here first, okay?"

"Friends...... Friends?" Su Chen's eyes were painful and confused.

"yes, we're friends, very good friends, have you forgotten? Xiyue smiled and said cautiously, "I'm injured, but you have been taking care of me, helping me make a fire to keep warm, picking wild fruits for me to eat, and roasting a rabbit for me!"

"Very good...... Friend?" Su Chen seemed to calm down a little, and recognized that the woman in front of him had been with him for a few days.

"Yes, we are very good friends. Xiyue gave him an affirmative answer.

Su Chen gasped, the black qi on his body was gradually subsiding, and the painful look disappeared a little. Xiyue didn't expect to stimulate Su Chen, and she regretted it at the moment, so she immediately changed her words and said something to appease Su Chen and let him calm down first.

After a while, Su Chen finally calmed down completely, he glanced at the cautious Xiyue, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry to scare you?"

Xiyue breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay if you're okay, I'm sorry, I seem to have asked something I shouldn't ask, which caused you to become like that." ”

Su Chen said helplessly: "You better go quickly, that group of people may find this side soon." ”

Xiyue said: "Don't say so much, if you really want to escape, don't appear in front of them, there seems to be some mystery in that cave, let's go back and see." After speaking, she went over to help Su Chen and walked back. Su Chen was embarrassed and wanted to break free, but the strength in Xiyue's hand was not small, grabbing him like an iron hoop.

Back in the cave, Xiyue went straight to the boulder. During this time, when meditating in front of the boulder, Xiyue occasionally heard a faint sound of water behind the stone, and even a slight sound of wind, indicating that there was something else behind the stone, perhaps connected to the underground dark river, and Su Chen also said earlier that the location of this cave is not high, but it is relatively hidden, so it is very likely that the cave is connected to the underground dark river.

Xiyue told Su Chen what she thought and asked him to move the stone to try. Su Chen stepped forward as he said and pushed it to the side, the boulder really shook, Xiyue was overjoyed, and said, "Can you break this stone or move it outside?"

Su Chen looked around and said, "Just break it." As he spoke, he motioned for Xiyue to exit the cave, and he himself took a few steps back, bent his legs slightly, lifted his breath in his hands, and then took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and suddenly, both fists came out at the same time, and bombarded the boulder.

"Click......

After the boulder was silent for a while, cracks spread one after another, obviously cracked, Su Chen struck out with another palm, slapped on the boulder, and with a bang, the broken boulder exploded suddenly, and in an instant, the cave was filled with smoke and dust, and the stones were scattered; Xiyue outside saw the movement inside and hurriedly avoided the debris that flew out.

After a while, the cave was calm again, but there was a lot of rubble.

"Wow, Wow......"

The sound of water came out, Xiyue was overjoyed, and ran into the cave, Su Chen was standing at the location of the original boulder, and in front of him was a cave more than one person high, and there was a road in it, leading to a deeper underground. Su Chen turned around, smiled at her, and said, "You guessed it, this cave is connected to the underground river, but I don't know where the underground river leads to in the end, but you can hide for a while." ”

Xiyue nodded, and at this time, there was a chaotic shouting sound from the mountains and forests in the distance, and from far to near, someone in the distance was approaching this place, obviously discovering the movement just now.

"Let's go, it's time for the people who are chasing you to come over in a moment. Xiyue took the lead in getting in, and Su Chen looked outside and followed in. Xiyue waited until he came in, and then performed a simple movement technique, gathering rubble all over the ground and blocking the hole.

"I just looked at it, and the road behind me is crisscrossed, and it's easy to get lost in it, and even if they follow in, they won't be able to find us for a while. Xiyue said, "Let's go, let's go inside." ”

"Turn ...... Turn?" Su Chen was stunned, "You're not afraid of getting lost inside?"

"Don't worry, I have a strong sense of direction. Xiyue said confidently, "And I also have a super memory, I can remember the road I have walked." We walked inside, deliberately leaving some traces for them to come to you. Then the two of us waited for the opportunity to go back the way we came, and locked them inside. ”

"Well, listen to you. Su Chen can only listen to Xiyue.

Behind the cave is a veritable underground labyrinth, they rely on the light emitted by the flying feathers to see each other and the road under their feet, and the further they go inside, the more difficult it is to discern the direction, although Xiyue boasts of excellent memory, but after walking out for a while, he still sweats on his forehead, and he is about to lose the direction. Su Chen seemed much more calm, and sometimes suggested which way to go.

As she went deeper, the sound of the underground river became more and more obvious, and when she came to a fork in the road, Xiyue said with a bitter face: "If you go deeper, I won't be able to find my way back." ”

Su Chen said helplessly: "Didn't you say that you can remember the road you have walked?"

"Oh, how could I have thought of such a mess down here!" Xiyue pouted, a little uncomfortable, that look very pretty.

"Alas, it's better to follow me, we can't count on going back, but we can find the location of the underground river, and if we follow the river, we will definitely be able to get out of the underground labyrinth. "Su Chen really can't afford to lose his temper with this little girl, besides, others are also kind enough to help him.

"How did you find the underground river?" asked Xiyue.

"Can't we hear the sound of the water? can't we just follow the sound of the water?" Su Chen patiently explained, "I am originally a martial arts cultivator, and listening to the sound and distinguishing the position is a compulsory course." ”

"Okay......"

So, the next journey became Su Chen leading the way, and Xiyue followed extremely depressed.

At this time, at the other end of the underground labyrinth, several teams of people were searching for Su Chen's traces, but they all turned pale and full of anger. They were "lucky" to find the traces left by Su Chen's "accident", and then followed the clues all the way in, in the process, the original group of people continued to divide into several teams and searched for Su Chen separately, because they were ordered to come, and Su Chen must be caught, otherwise the end will be miserable. However, some of the "traces" were originally left by Xiyue using the Ice Phoenix Flying Feather, and they were deliberately left on completely different paths, and sometimes they deliberately created ambiguous clues, forcing this group of people to search separately. And Fei Yu and Xi Yue are connected to each other, so they are naturally not afraid of losing it.

In this way, it was originally a not weak force, which could completely take down Su Chen, but it was forced to disperse because of the maze laid by Xiyue.

Suddenly, a scream resounded through this natural labyrinth, and everyone from all walks of life couldn't help but stop, inexplicably frightened, and felt a chill down their spines.

"What happened just now?" asked Xiyue tremblingly. Her pretty face turned pale, and when she heard the screams, she grabbed Su Chen's arm regardless of her image, and looked back at the way she came.

"Shhhh......h ”

When Xiyue heard this, the hand that grabbed Su Chen's arm unconsciously used force, Su Chen gritted his teeth and whispered, "Can you lighten it!" This girl looked delicate, she didn't expect her strength to be so great, with his martial arts physique, Xiyue in the same realm grabbed his arm and felt like it was about to be broken, could it be innate divine power?

"Huh?" Xiyue let go of her hand in embarrassment, "That, that...... I'm sorry. ”

Su Chen shook his hand and said with a bitter face: "It's okay, let's just be careful, don't be too nervous, if I am caught by you again, this hand will definitely be useless." ”

Xiyue pursed her lips, her face turned to the side, and she suddenly didn't want to talk to Su Chen.

However, there was another scream accompanied by a strange sound echoing in the labyrinth, and Xiyue immediately jumped to Su Chen's side, and then grabbed his arm again, and said in a trembling voice: "Again, here it is again!"

Su Chen had to use his luck to resist the strange force from the girl, lest his arm really be broken, and then he comforted: "Go quickly, if you stay for a while, there will be more danger." ”

The two of them continued to move forward, and the soft blue light emitted by the flying feathers gradually faded away, and in the moment when the light completely disappeared, the top of the maze lit up with little red light, dense, and it was impossible to count how many!