On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

The cold wind of Baishijian whistled through the narrow valley, like the wailing of thousands of wronged souls, rolling up fine snow foam and gravel, whipping the exposed rocks and the faces of passers-by, bringing biting cold and sharp pain.

On both sides are steep cliffs thousands of feet high, as if cut by a knife or an axe, covered with thick snow and ice. They reflect a cold glow under the bleak moonlight, emitting a heart-pounding coldness and deathly silence.

The valley path was rugged and winding, and at its narrowest point only two horses could run side by side. There was a bottomless dark abyss beneath one's feet, and only the rushing stream at the bottom of the valley made a dull roar.

Visibility was extremely low, and the light of the torch flickered in the strong wind, barely illuminating the area a few steps ahead.

Chu Xiling wore a black cloak over an indigo outfit, and her cold face was hidden under the hood, revealing only her tightly pursed lips and sharp eyes.

She carried on her back the specially made lead box, lined with cotton wool springs and containing the deadly stabilizer sample.

Each step was taken with extraordinary calmness, the soles of the boots making a slight creaking sound as they stepped on the slippery gravel.

Cheng Xuan followed closely behind, her body tightly wrapped in black leather armor, a short sword hanging from her waist, her eyes scanning every shadow on the cliffs on both sides like an eagle, and a small copper whistle tightly grasped in her hand.

Twenty elite members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard were scattered front and back, wearing black clothes and masks, carrying powerful crossbows and short swords on their backs. They moved as swiftly as civet cats and sneaked silently, like ghosts blending into the night.

The air was as taut as a string, with only the sounds of wind, water and suppressed breathing.

"The Devil's Wrath lies ahead," Cheng Xuan lowered her voice, pointing to an even narrower pass ahead that resembled the throat of a giant beast. "The most dangerous part is a narrow gap a hundred feet long and less than five feet wide, with cliffs on both sides, making it difficult for monkeys to climb."

Chu Xiling nodded slightly, a hint of solemnity flashing in her cold eyes.

"alert."

The team slowed down and its formation contracted.

Two scouts of the Embroidered Uniform Guard moved forward along the wall like geckos, their specially made flying claws shot out silently and embedded themselves into the cracks in the rocks. They nimbly climbed up the jutting rocks on the cliff several feet high and vigilantly scanned the pass ahead.

"Safe..." a scout gestured.

Cheng Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and waved to signal to move forward.

The team filed into the narrow passage.

The cliffs on both sides are so high that they almost block out all the sunlight. The valley is as dark as a tomb and the cold is biting.

There was slippery ice under my feet, and small pieces of ice and snow fell from above my head from time to time.

The light from the torches danced in the narrow space, distorting the figures and making them look even more eerie.

Just when the team reached the middle of the pass, the narrowest part!

"Om-!"

A low, eerie humming sound suddenly echoed through the valley, like a giant beast grinding its teeth. Then, "BOOM!!"

A deafening roar came from overhead, and the cliffs on both sides shook violently. Countless huge rocks wrapped in ice and snow poured down like a landslide, smashing into the valley bottom with the force of thunder.

"Falling rocks, hide!" Cheng Xuan shouted, but her voice was drowned out by the roar!

"Protect Lord Chu!" the Embroidered Uniform Guards roared!

"Puff puff puff--!" Huge rocks fell, ice and snow splashed, and screams rang out instantly. Several Embroidered Uniform Guards were unable to dodge and were instantly smashed into meat paste, or crushed into the abyss by the rolling boulders. The valley was instantly blocked.

"Swish, swish, swish!" Dense arrows shot out from the shadows of the cliffs on both sides like locusts!

The arrow flashed with a faint blue light and made a sharp sound of breaking through the air.

"Poison arrows, raise your shields!" Cheng Xuan roared.

"Dang dang dang--" The Embroidered Uniform Guards raised the round shields they carried with them to block, but the arrows were too dense and the angles were tricky, and several people were still hit by arrows. The wounds turned black instantly, and they fell to the ground and twitched with screams.

"Kerosene! Fire!" A cold command came from the top of the cliff.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" Dozens of burning kerosene cans were thrown down and crashed into the valley. Flames rose into the sky and thick smoke billowed, instantly turning the narrow valley into a sea of ​​fire. The ice and snow melted and poisonous smoke filled the air.

"Cough cough cough!" The surviving Embroidered Uniform Guard was choked by the thick smoke and started coughing violently, his vision blurred.

"kill--!"

The deafening shouts of killing rang out from the front and back valley entrances, and countless black shadows surged in like a tide, wearing fur coats or black robes from various tribes, holding scimitars, bone clubs, with ferocious faces and fanatical eyes!

It was none other than the diehard remnants of the Vulture, Snow Wolf and Wind Falcon factions and Gu Beichen’s Black Scaled Death Soldiers!

The leader, with his purple robe half-covered and his bronze mask looking as cold as a ghost in the firelight, was Gu Beichen.

"Chu Xiling, hand over the sample and I will leave your body intact!" Gu Beichen's cold voice pierced through the flames and noise.

"Dream on!" Cheng Xuan drew out her dagger, and the sword flashed like lightning, instantly knocking down the two bandits who were rushing towards her!

"The Embroidered Uniform Guards will fight to the death to protect Lord Chu from breaking through the encirclement!"

"Kill!" The remaining Embroidered Uniform Guards let out a tragic roar, formed a circle with their backs against each other, and protected Chu Xiling in the center. They fired crossbows and brandished daggers, engaging in a brutal hand-to-hand combat with enemies that outnumbered them several times!

The flashing of swords and the flying of blood and flesh, the screams, the sounds of weapons clashing, and the burning of flames were intertwined together, like a slaughterhouse in hell.

Chu Xiling was protected in the center of the formation. Her cold face was covered in soot and blood, but her eyes were unusually calm.

She quickly scanned the battlefield: the way ahead was blocked by falling rocks and a sea of ​​fire, the way back was blocked by bandits, the cliffs on both sides were insurmountable, the valley was narrow, the troops could not be deployed, and the enemy had the upper hand and the advantage of terrain.

Desperate situation.

Her eyes fell on the lead box held tightly in her arms.

Stabilizer sample, extremely dangerous. Impact, high temperature, static electricity... can all cause explosion...

A crazy idea flashed through her mind.

"Chengxuan!" Chu Xiling's voice was cold and rapid. "Cover me, go up to the right cliff, to the third protruding rock!"

Although Chengxuan was confused, she did not hesitate!

"Follow me!" Her short sword turned into a curtain of light, forcing back several bandits. Two embroidered uniform guards bravely used their bodies to block the poisonous arrows shot at Chu Xiling. Chu Xiling took the opportunity to jump out like a cat, and her claws shot out, accurately hooking the third huge protruding rock on the right cliff. She swung her body with the force, narrowly avoiding the blade coming from below and climbing up the protruding rock.

"Shoot her to death!" Gu Beichen shouted!

Dense arrows shot towards the protruding rock. Chu Xiling lowered her body and protected the lead box under her body.

The arrow hit the rock, sending sparks flying.

"Throw kerosene and burn her to death!" Gu Beichen's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

The burning kerosene tank hit the protruding rock, and flames rose and thick smoke billowed.

Chu Xiling was surrounded by flames and thick smoke, scorching hot and having difficulty breathing, but a flicker of determination flashed in her eyes. She suddenly opened the lead box and took out the double-layered pottery jar. The jar was ice-cold, and her fingers trembled, but she unscrewed the outer pottery lid with extraordinary stability, revealing the mercury foil lining of the inner jar.

"Gu Beichen!" Chu Xiling's voice pierced through the flames, "The Burning Sky Thunder you want is here!"

She suddenly raised the clay pot high and pretended to throw it.

"Stop!" Gu Beichen's pupils suddenly shrank, and his voice was filled with a hint of barely perceptible horror. He knew very well the power of this thing. If it exploded here, everyone would be buried with it!

The bandits' offensive was temporarily halted, and even the rain of arrows became less frequent.

In this split second!

"Woo-woo-woo!" Three short and sharp copper whistle sounds pierced the night sky. It was the signal sent by Cheng Xuan.

“BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!”

Deafening explosions sounded without warning on the cliffs on both sides of the valley entrance. Flames shot up into the sky, rubble poured down like a rainstorm, and screams were heard from the cliff tops in an instant.

"Shenjiying, it's the artillery of Shenjiying." A bandit screamed in terror!

"Impossible, they should be at Black Stone Pass!" Gu Beichen's face changed drastically!

"Kill!" A deafening roar came from the direction of the valley entrance. The dense sound of flintlock rifles rang out like popping beans, and lead bullets were like the scythe of the god of death, splashing towards the bandits who were crowded at the valley entrance.

"Puff puff puff--!" The bandits fell down like mowed grass.

"Jinwu Guards! Charge!" Mao Mengji's hoarse roar was like thunder, and his skinny figure took the lead. His black cloak fluttered in the firelight, and his long sword was waved, bringing up a bloody storm.

Behind him, hundreds of heavily armored cavalrymen of the Jinwu Guards slammed into the enemy formation like a steel torrent, instantly tearing a huge gap in the bandits' encirclement.

"Your Highness!" Cheng Xuan shouted in surprise.

At the entrance of the valley, Lin Zhen, wearing a black armor with a coiled dragon on it and leaning his golden sword on the ground, stood proudly.

Behind him, the musketeers of the Shenji Camp lined up and fired in unison, and the air was filled with smoke!

His gaze was like lightning, penetrating the chaotic battlefield and locking onto the indigo figure surrounded by flames on the protruding rocks on the cliff.

"Ling'er, jump down!" Lin Zhen shouted!

Chu Xiling didn't hesitate at all. Just before the flames engulfed her, she stuffed the pottery jar back into the lead box, hugged the box tightly, and jumped down from the several-meter-high protruding rock.

Lin Zhen burst out with amazing strength and caught the falling Chu Xiling in mid-air. The two of them rolled on the ground to relieve the impact!

"Retreat!" Gu Beichen's eyes were bloodshot as he looked at the Jinwu Guards and Shenji Camp who were like divine soldiers descending from the sky. He knew that he had fallen into a trap!

Lin Zhen was not in the Mingxian convoy at all. He came in person with the most elite Shenji Battalion.

"Stop them!" Gu Beichen's voice was fierce. The remaining assassins and bandits pounced on them like mad dogs, trying to stop the charge of the Jinwu Guards and buy time for Gu Beichen to retreat.

"Want to leave?" Mao Mengji's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and his figure pounced on Gu Beichen like a ghost, "Leave your head behind!"

"Protect the Prime Minister!" Several black-scaled warriors stopped Mao Mengji fearlessly.

"Get out of here!" Mao Mengji danced wildly with his long sword, the sword light was like a waterfall, instantly knocking down two people, but he was also entangled tightly.

Gu Beichen took a deep look at Chu Xiling, who was heavily protected by the Jinwu Guards, and the lead box in her arms. He then looked at the cold eyes of Mao Mengji and Lin Zhen, who were coming at him like demons. His eyes were full of resentment and unwillingness.

He turned around suddenly, his purple robe fluttering, and like a poisonous snake, he drilled into a hidden crack in the cliff and disappeared in an instant!

When the remaining assassins and bandits saw their leader flee, their morale collapsed. Some knelt down to surrender, while others fled in all directions and were ruthlessly strangled by the Jinwu Guards and Xiuyi Guards!

The wind and snow were still raging. In the Ghost Canyon, the flames were gradually extinguished, but the thick smoke had not yet dissipated.

Corpses were scattered everywhere and blood flowed like a river, dyeing the white snow into a glaring dark red.

The Jinwu Guard soldiers silently cleaned up the battlefield and treated the wounded.

The air was filled with a strong smell of blood, burning and gunpowder.

Lin Zhen walked up to Chu Xiling, his black armor stained with blood and his eyes calm.

"Is the sample safe?"

Chu Xiling held the lead box in her arms, her cold face showing a hint of paleness as if she had survived a disaster, but her eyes remained firm.

"well."

"Okay, you are worthy of being my woman." Lin Zhen said in a low voice.

Chu Xiling shook her head slightly and looked at the bodies of the Embroidered Uniform Guards who had died in the canyon, a trace of regret flashing in her eyes.

“It’s just that the cost is too high.”

"Their blood will not be shed in vain." Lin Zhen's gaze swept across the battlefield and landed on the crack where Gu Beichen escaped. "Gu Beichen can't escape."

Mao Mengji walked over dragging a bloody long knife, his skinny face covered in blood, and the fierce light in his eyes had not faded.

"I am incompetent and let that old dog get away."

"Don't chase a desperate enemy." Lin Zhen said calmly, "Ghost Sees Sorrow is his burial place. It's just that the time has not come yet."

Cheng Xuan covered her left arm with a knife wound so deep that the bone was visible. Her clothes were stained red with blood, but she stood there stubbornly.

"Your Highness... the bright line convoy..."

"Xiao Hanzhou is safe," Lin Zhen said. "The remnants of Helian Bao attacked Black Stone Pass but were defeated by an ambush set by General Mao. Helian Bao was beheaded."

A hint of pleasure flashed in Mao Mengji's eyes.

"In this battle, most of Gu Beichen's followers were killed. The three loyalists were completely demoralized. The secret of the Burning Sky Thunder is still in my hands. However, rebuilding the workshop and perfecting the sample are urgent."

"I understand." Chu Xiling hugged the lead box tightly. "The stabilizer still needs final verification. The method of transportation still needs to be mastered."

"Return to Yanjing." Lin Zhen turned around, his black cloak fluttering in the wind and snow. "Regroup and fight. The next battle will be to attack Huanglong and kill Gu Beichen!"