Chapter 150: You Are Not In Exile You Are Clearly Traveling!
Chapter 150: Conflict
Boom!
As the loud rumbling echoed in everyone's ears, their hearts nearly jumped out of their chests. They stared at the valley, now flattened by the avalanche, their shock and fear lingering long after. They stood in a daze, as if their souls had left them.
"How could this happen?"
Xu Tian slumped to the ground in despair, staring at the empty, snow-covered valley. His vision was filled with white, obscuring everything.
"How could something happen to Miss Chen? She is so powerful!"
"Master Chen is blessed; how could this be…"
Xu Tian muttered to himself, unable to believe or accept the reality before him.
"Could it be that Miss Chen and her family are really…"
The prisoners around them, also unable to believe it, murmured among themselves. In their eyes, Miss Chen was like a goddess. How could an avalanche take her down?
But the scene before them left no room for doubt. The valley was a blank expanse of white, with no trace of Chen Xue and her family. It was clear they had been swallowed by the avalanche.
"Hahaha!"
"I knew it, I knew it."
Zhang Yiquan, witnessing this, couldn't help but laugh madly, as if he had lost his mind. "The Chen family, they're not gods. They're just frauds pretending to be deities. Now they've met their end."
Seeing the Chen family buried under the snow, Zhang Yiquan was overjoyed. His grudge was finally avenged.
"Shut up!"
"Do not desecrate Miss Chen!"
The crowd was enraged by Zhang Yiquan's words and reprimanded him loudly.
"Stop pretending. I know what you're all thinking. You just want to curry favor with the Chen family to escape exile."
"If the Chen family were truly divine, they wouldn't have been exiled. They couldn't even save themselves, let alone help you escape exile."
The crowd fell silent. While some of them did harbor such thoughts, they also genuinely wanted to show gratitude to the Chen family.
"Humph, you're just jealous."
Someone retorted, "You offended Miss Chen's family, and now you're envious of us."
"Jealous?" Zhang Yiquan sneered, "What do I have to be jealous of? You're just a bunch of stray dogs."
As they argued, they heard someone shouting.
"There's someone alive! Help, quickly!"
Everyone instinctively turned to see several hands sticking out of the snow near the valley entrance.
The remaining servants of the Chen family cried out and rushed over, frantically digging with their hands.
Zhang Yiquan's face changed. "Impossible! How could the Chen family survive such a terrifying avalanche…"
"Hahaha!"
Seeing Zhang Yiquan's reaction, the others couldn't help but laugh triumphantly.
"How could a mere mortal like you understand Miss Chen's abilities?"
"Exactly!"
Several bailiffs also rushed over, and with everyone's efforts, they soon dug people out of the snow.
Xu Tian, now excited, rushed over as well. However, he was somewhat disappointed when he saw who had been rescued. It wasn't Chen Xue and her family, but the Chen family servants and guards.
Before the avalanche, they had tried to rush towards Chen Xue's family, but the avalanche was faster. They could only watch helplessly as the white torrent swallowed them. They had to turn and run for their lives but were eventually buried by the snow.
Xu Tian, though disappointed not to find Master Chen, was still happy to see them rescued and quickly arranged for help.
"Hahaha!"
Seeing that only the servants were rescued, Zhang Yiquan laughed even more joyfully and looked at the others.
"Weren't you all so confident? So arrogant? What now?"
The crowd's faces turned ugly. They hadn't expected the ones rescued to be the servants, but they refused to give up.
"Just wait. There's no way something could happen to Miss Chen!"
"Tch…"
"Shut up, or I'll cut your tongue out and pickle it!"
Zhao Guang suddenly rushed over, grabbing Zhang Yiquan by his clothes and lifting him up, threatening him fiercely.
"Humph…"
Zhang Yiquan broke free from Zhao Guang's grip and snorted before turning to leave. With Chen Yuan dead and his grudge avenged, he could now live happily. It wouldn't be wise to antagonize these bailiffs any further.
Seeing Zhang Yiquan leave, Zhao Guang snorted coldly. He couldn't understand why Master Chen kept someone like Zhang Yiquan alive. If it were up to him, he would have killed such an enemy long ago.
Thinking of Master Chen, Zhao Guang's face showed concern. Could something have happened to Master Chen and Miss Chen?
Impossible!
He knew Miss Chen's abilities well. She had repeated his previous words perfectly, caught fish easily, and hunted rabbits like picking vegetables. The most unforgettable scene was when she made the sun disappear in anger. That was something none of them could ever forget.
So, he refused to believe something had happened to Chen Xue.
With this thought, he rushed to Xu Tian, who was sitting on the ground in a daze, his anger rising.
He grabbed Xu Tian by the collar. "What are you doing? You worship Master Chen the most! Instead of sitting there in a daze, why not help me find Master Chen?"
"Miss Chen's abilities are known to you. They must still be alive, just out of our sight."
Zhao Guang shouted angrily, "What we need to do now is not to mourn but to find Master Chen!"
"Right, right!"
Xu Tian, hearing Zhao Guang's words, felt as if he had been enlightened. He suddenly realized, "Yes, I need to find Master Chen."
"That's more like it!" Zhao Guang snorted and led the way into the post-avalanche valley.
Ever since he learned that Master Chen had saved his family and brought down Guo Qiang, Zhao Guang was no longer beholden to anyone. Even the leverage Miss Chen initially used against him was no longer effective.
But he was genuinely loyal to Master Chen, especially after Master Chen, disregarding past grievances, saved his family. He was deeply moved and swore to repay Master Chen.
So, when Master Chen was in trouble, he was the first to step up and help.
"I'll help too!"
The woman whose child had been saved by Chen Xue stood up. "I'll help too!"
Xu Tian was stunned, then saw others stepping forward behind the woman. "I'll help too!"
"And me. My life was saved by Master Chen's family. How can I stand by when they are in trouble?"
"Exactly, count me in!"
"And me!"
"I'm old, but my eyes are still good. I can help look."
One after another, prisoners stood up, volunteering to help.
Xu Tian was momentarily stunned, then deeply moved, feeling that everything he had done before was worth it.
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