The Phoenix Calamity: An Eight-Hundred-Mile Hunt

[Reading Huang Ying after Gu Long] [The Legend of Shen Shengyi: The Phoenix Calamity and The Eight-Hundred-Li Chase] This book contains two works by Huang Ying, a pioneer of the New School of wuxia: The Phoenix Calamity and The Eight-Hundred-Li Chase. The Blood Jade Phoenix, a priceless treasure presented as tribute from Persia, has caught the covetous eyes of many figures in the underworld, including the Pearl and Jade Pavilion. The court takes no chances, sending Jinyiwei experts Gong Tianbao and Na Feihong to escort it along the way. Gong Tianbao is responsible for getting it as far as Chenliu County, where he is to meet up with Na Feihong. But three li outside the city, along Plum Blossom Path, they are ambushed by Sun Shou, the Pearl and Jade Pavilion's chief steward and wielder of the Merciless Blade, and Han Kang, owner of its Linglong Pavilion. Knowing that Yang Dashou buys and transports jewelry to Zhang Huhou's Jade Studio every month, Han Kang hides the treasure inside a pair of golden boy-and-girl figurines and asks Yang Dashou to deliver them. Yang Dashou sends his daughter, Yang Xiaojian, to make the trip alone. When the figurines arrive, the Blood Jade Phoenix inside has vanished, and Yang Xiaojian is nowhere to be found. With no other choice, Zhang Huhou turns to his friend Shen Shengyi...