"I wish I could stay here with you and be free from the troubles in this world but I can't and you can't be free either," Changlin said

"you are right even though I am the owner of the moon valley and I am not involved with the court issues, for now, sooner or later I will be, no one that is born in the court or jianghu can be free from the troubles," Ruansong said, he stood up and walked to the pond where Changlin is standing, the both of them smiled as they enjoyed the scenery of the garden. Changlin spotted a swing close to the pond, he moved to where the swing is standing and sat on it. ​​

"you do have all kinds of things in this valley, is there any kid in the valley, why do you need a swing," Changlin said, he propelled the swing forward and started swinging on it, "Xiaodi kept complaining that the valley is too boring for her so I made it for her to play with but she still cannot stay in the valley for the whole day so she goes out to play in the day and then she uses the swing in the night," Ruansong said, he returned to the seat and continued drinking the tea.

"she still acts like a child, I wonder when she will grow up, we just can't get along with each other, she will surely ignore me when she comes back," Changlin said and returned to his seat, Xiaodi is a hundred-year-old fox and the only second spirit beast alive, Prince Li Ruansong mother was the one who saved her when she was still a baby, she was raised in secret until she reached the age of seventy she gained the ability to transform into any object or animal but she can't last for more than seven days in any other form except a fox and human.

When Ruansong mother passed away, she gave Xiaodi to Ruansong and since then she only acknowledged Ruansong as her master, she also has a spiritual connection with Ruansong, that is why she can understand his feeling and inner thought without him saying anything, apart from Prince Changlin no one knew that Xiaodi is a spirit animal even though she had been with him since when he was six years old.

"The both of you are like water and fire, you argue the moment you see each other, I wish she would ignore you when she comes back but she definitely wouldn't, the both of you will start arguing the moment she comes back," Ruansong said, he picked up his fan and unfolded it, he used it to fan himself gently as he sipped his tea.

"she is just too feisty for a girl….wait… I forgot that she is not even a girl, she is a spirit beast but she is just so annoying, she just wants to have you all to herself" Changlin said.

"Stop talking about Xiaodi, tell me what is happening in the capital and the jianghu world, I have missed your gist for a while, even though I prefer it quiet I still want to know what is happening outside the moon valley"

"I thought you wouldn't ask me this time, the world is quite peaceful now, the court is peaceful and the jianghu world is peaceful, these days I don't even have any story to tell anymore since there is nothing much going on in the world but the peace will surely not last long" Changlin replied,

"tch tch tch tch! when the world is peaceful you complain that it is boring when it isn't you complain that there are too much turbulence and problem, humans can never be satisfied, did you find out anything about the flame sect," Ruansong asked.

"These recent years, the flame sect are too quiet in the jianghu world, everyone wants to know their state and what is going on in the sect but there is no news about them and none of their disciples have been seen, the person everyone wants to see is the young mistress of the flame sect" Changlin replied, he filled his cup again and finished the tea in a go, he watched Ruansong face to see his reaction, ever since Ruansong moved to the moon valley, he has been asking Changlin for news about the flame sect every time Changlin comes to visit him and each time Changlin tells him that he doesn't know what is going on in the flame sect he becomes disappointed.

Ruansong sighed and sipped his tea again, disappointment was written all over his face and his face turned despondent...

"why do you always have that expression on your face when you ask about the flame sect, what do you have to do with that sect anyway, I can't remember you having any involvement with the flame sect" Changlin asked with a searching look on his face.

"is it wrong for me to just have an interest in one particular sect, I just feel like that sect is alienated and special so I have an interest in it" Ruansong replied.

"Is that so? And I was about to tell you something very interesting" Changlin said, he fixed his eyes on Ruansong to check his reaction, Ruansong tried to remain indifferent to what Changlin had said but he couldn't.

"Well…if I dont reply you, it doesn't mean that I don't have somehting to say doesn't mean I don't have to listen to what you have to say, I am all ears," Ruansong said, he focused his gaze on Changlin with a serious expression on his face while Changlin smiled at his unwillingness to admit that he was curious.

"since you want to know, I will have to tell you then...I met the young mistress of the flame sect on the street a few days ago"

"How did you know the person you met is the young mistress of the flame sect, didn't you say that no one has ever seen the young mistress of the flame sect, so how did you know what she looked like"

"I wouldn't have known if not for an incident that happened the day I saw her, she seemed really playful and interesting though," Changlin said and smiled, his thought wandered back to the day he saw her falling and caught her, he smiled again and nodded his head.

"I don't think I have ever seen you smile like that, she must have left quite an impression on you," Ruansong said, he unfolded his fan and dropped it on the table which focusing his gaze on Changlin.

"That day, I went out to get my mother a gift then I saw a lady tight rope walking she looked interesting so I came a little bit close to the crowd that gathered round her, then she lost her balance and almost fell but I quickly flew and caught her, she wanted to know my name so she could pay me back but I didn't think it was necessary and my appointment with the blacksmith has already passed so I left her in a hurry…." Changlin said then he stopped when he remembered the cold chilling scene he had scene on that day.

"why are you hesitating, did something else happen," Ruansong asked with a anxious look on his face, Changlin sighed and continued.

"since I already missed my appointment with the blacksmith, I decided to stop by a restaurant, just when I ordered my food, she and three other people came into the restaurant and sat on the same table, they were discussing and smiling happily but all of a sudden their mood changed, I wanted to know why she had started frowning so I looked in the direction she was staring at and I saw three men talking about the flame sect"

"What did they say," Ruansong asked with curiosity written on his face

"They were talking about how the flame sect had been quiet these years then they started insulting the flame sect and calling them an evil cult, their reaction was really strange then, they looked like they were going to pick a fight with the men on the other table so I kept on watching, the lady stood up angrily but she was stopped by the guy who was sitting on the same table with her then she sat down back, the men mentioned the second young mistress of the flame sect that was taken to the wind sect and they cursed her, just when they mentioned that girl, her killing intent increased, even I could feel it when I was sitting really far away from the table, the others tried really hard to calm her down then they left the restaurant", he refilled his cup of tea and sipped a little.

"I followed them when I notice that they had left the restaurant, I just didn't have a good feeling then, they stopped on a narrow pathway close to the mountain where the flame sect is, I saw the others talking to the young lady but she seemed very angry. Suddenly her eye and her hair changed to a red colour, her murderous aura increased, the others were scared so they moved away from her, even I felt scared when I saw her changed, she looked like she was going to kill them, the man who cursed the other twin passed by but was stopped by the guy and brought before the young lady, I didn't hear what she said to him but when she finished talking to him she set him on fire using the flame skill of the flame sect. Her appearance changed back to normal after she set him on fire she left, but there was something strange about the man when he was burning" Changlin said and hesitated for a while, he put his elbow on the table and rubbed his thumb and index finger together.

"what was strange about him"

"Normally when you set someone on fire after five minutes the person will die or his life will be hanging on a thread but the fire started from his leg and it wouldn't spread until one part of the body is burned before it moves to another part but the man didn't die even after burning for one hour, I went close to the man and tried to put out the fire but it didn't stop, after an hour the two girls and the guy who was with her came back, then the fire had reached his waist and it was burning slowly, the guy stabbed the man then he died and they buried his remains," Changlin said.

"that is indeed strange, I know that the flame skill Is quite a brutal and painful skill but I didn't know that it was that brutal" Ruansong said

"I don't think that was a normal skill from the flame sect when she used it on the man the others looked away and there was pity written all over their faces, they looked like they had never used the skill before, I am very sure that was not the normal flame skill everyone knows about," Changlin said.

"since she didn't react that way until they mentioned her sister I think she must have killed him in such a brutal way because he cursed her sister, the man deserved it," Ruansong said and finished his tea.