"if she wasn't fated to die, she wouldn't have died, how dare you blame me, if you don't leave this instant then don't blame me for being cruel..." the head disciple snapped, he knew if the matter got prolonged and spread around the Jianghu world, their sect would be at a disadvantage.

"tchtchtchtch....these cultivators are too heartless"

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"That is true"

"they don't even care about a person's life and they claim to be fighting for justice"

They had already wasted forty-five minutes at the gate and they only had fifteen minutes left, instead of staying back to argue, they just entered the city. After they got out of the sight of the disciples, they didn't even bother to change their clothes, Huo Li got back on her horse and they continued riding.

"How dare you hug me tightly," Huo Li complained as they rode their horses out of the city

"I was just acting, do you have to take it seriously" Bingchen shouted, they were riding at a very fast speed that they couldn't hear each other unless they raise their voice.

"you two had better not start arguing, we still need to find a way to get these herbs back to the sect before the day ends" Huo Qiang shouted

"But that is not possible, it was nearly impossible to reach the vitality sect within two days, how can we return to the sect before the day ends," Huo Li said

"The sun is almost setting, I fear that we wouldn't be able to save the young mistress if we don't get the herbs to the sect by before noon," Huo Qiang said, his voice had a mixture of sadness and helplessness attached to it.

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"young mistress…young mistress…..she …she might not make it by the time the sun sets," Huo Lian said as she rushed into the sect leader's chamber, she was already crying by the time she had arrived at the sect leader's chamber when she got there, the sect leader was feeding his wife because she has been unable to eat ever since Huo Ying collapsed.

"What did you say!!" the sect leader shouted.

Crash!!!

The bowl of porridge he was feeding to his wife fell on the floor and the jade bowl shattered. The sect leader's wife who was lying on her bed with a face that is as pale as a ghost quickly sprung up from her bed, she almost fell but the sect leader quickly grabbed her arm.

"She...she vomited a large amount of blood today and I could only channel my Qi into her body to keep her conscious but I am already exhausted and Huo Mei cannot last long," Huo Lian said, she wiped the tears off her face as they had already started dropping on the floor.

"Lead the way," the sect leader said, then he turned to his wife and tried to support her to the bed but she wouldn't budge.

"I want to see my child, take me with you," she said, she had a frightened expression as though Huo Ying was going to die and she would miss her last moment with her daughter.

"You are too weak right now, if you see her now, your condition will only get worse, trust me and stay here," the sect leader said to his wife, she just kept on nodding her head profusely to express her disapproval but the sect leader was quite adamant, he carried her to the bed and left the room with Huo Lian.

As they got to the room, they saw Huo Mei channelling her into her body, she was already sweating profusely, her cloth was already soaked by the sweat, she was very weak that she was almost close to fainting. As soon as she saw the sect leader and Huo Lian in the room she smiled weakly then she fainted. Huo Lian quickly rushed to catch her before she fell while the sect leader quickly held Huo Ying, he raised his palms and formed an arc in the air then he brought it down and placed it on her back, Huo Ying was still conscious but her consciousness was hanging by a thread.

The sect madam was not willing to rest in her room while her daughter was dying, but she didn't even have enough strength to walk to Huo Ying's room, she called in two of the female disciples who were acting as her attendants then she told one of them to call the elders and tell them to go to Huo Ying's quarters while the other one supports her while she walks to Huo Ying's chambers, then the first one left while the other held her hand as she stood up from her bed and left her room.

The sect leader also felt that her body was taking in too much of his internal force but his cultivation is higher than the guardians so he didn't have any problem with lasting for an hour, if it was an ordinary person, he could go on for two days but for some reason that he isn't aware of, her body just kept on absorbing his internal force very fast.

Soon the elders and the sect leader's wife arrived at Huo Ying's quarter, the sect leader's wife led them into her room then they saw the sect leader channelling his internal force into Huo Ying's body, they were flabbergasted at the sight of Huo Ying, ever since she was born they had never seen her that way, the way she looked was too ghastly for them to believe, if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never have believed that she would be looking that way or that her illness was so serious.

At the sight of blood on her lips, the white dress she wore and her bedcover, her mother was broken down, she had already vomited so much that it seems almost impossible for her to be alive in three hours' time.

Her mother quickly rushed to her side and held her hands as her father continued channelling his internal force to her, she touched her face as tears of sorrow trickled down her cheeks, immediately she felt her mother's touch on her cheeks, she opened her eyes slowly. Although she couldn't see very clearly, she was able to see a blurred image of her mother seating in front of her, she was even more sure that it was her mother when she sniffed her nose and smelt her mother's scent.

"mother…" Huo Ying mumbled

"my daughter, I am here" her mother replied, she didn't want Huo Ying to see her crying so she quickly wiped her tears off her face, then she held Huo Ying's hand tightly.

"Mum, I want to see Huo Lan" Huo Ying said in a weak voice, they had been channelling their internal force into her body for two hours now so she at least had the strength to speak.

As soon as everyone in the room heard her request, they felt pity for her, she doesn't even care about the fact that she might not live past today but she still wants to see her sister before she dies. Her mother felt a heartache that she had never felt before, even the sect leader felt the same way, if she hadn't found out about the wind sect trying to dispel Huo Lan power, she would never have been in that condition.

"You can see her later if you survive this ordeal so you need to pull yourself together, hang on until they return with the herbs" her mother replied, seeing one daughter dying because of the other was definitely something she couldn't and isn't willing to bear but she didn't want to let her tears drop at this moment.

"There is no chance of me surviving this, if I don't see her now, I will never be able to see her again," Huo Ying insisted weakly, her voice sounded so weak that they were now afraid that if she keeps talking, she will die faster. Her mother placed one of her hand on her cheek and said "you won't die so stop talking and save your strength" her mother said.

At that moment she started sweating profusely, her father noticed that there was something wrong he immediately put in more force into his palm, then he placed his palms on her back again then the next things they saw is blood splattered all over her mother's face and the bed. Huo Lian quickly laid Huo Mei on the other side of Huo Ying's bed, then she rushed out of the room.

"We need to join forces or she will not be able to hold on for long" the sect leader urges in a panicky state, then the elder lined up behind him and placed their hands on each other's back, they directed their internal force to their hands and channelled it to the sect leader while he channelled it to Huo Ying's body.

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After riding for about two hours and thirty minutes, the sun had already set, their hearts were already heavy, they were unsure if Huo Ying is still alive or dead but they still didn't want to think that she was already dead.

"We can't make it back to the sect today, the young mistress would have lost her life before we get there" Huo Qiang shouted, they had already started riding at a very dangerous speed that everyone they met quickly ran out of their way, if their horses were just ordinary horses who were not trained to run at a very fast speed for days, they would have already been dead a long time ago but even after increasing their speed without stopping, it still wasn't possible for them to reach the sect

There is only one option for us now" Huo Li shouted

"What is that?" Huo Qiang questioned earnestly

"The golden eagle!" Huo Li responded, immediately they heard what she said, they quickly stopped their horses.

"only the elders, the sect leader's family and the guardians can summon the golden eagle, so you should be able to summon it" Huo Li continued. The golden eagle is a gold coloured eagle that belongs to the Flame sect, he is also the most treasured beast of the flame sect, it would be an understatement to call it an ordinary beast since he is their ancestor and partly the source of their power, he has existed ever since the sect was founded.

"That is exactly why we cannot use the golden eagle, people will find out that we have left the mountain and they will start looking for us, everyone knows how important the golden eagle is, and they know the people that can summon the golden eagle," Bingchen replied, he couldn't help but feel that the idea is too risky.

"But even if they see it, they can't capture the golden eagle and we can just make sure we go back to the sect unnoticed, it is our only chance of saving the young mistress life" Huo Li argued, they knew that calling the golden eagle without the permission of the sect leader can lead to severe punishment and once people see it, there will be several rumours about the flame sect.

"Huo Li is right, this is a desperate situation, the young mistress life is more important right now," Huo Qiang said.

Then the both of them began held their hands together, they placed their guardian tokens on their hands then both tokens merged together and formed a bigger token then they rolled their hands slowly and then pushed their palms into the hair towards the token that was dangling in the air and immediately the token disappeared.

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The elders and the sect leader were still channelling their Qi into Huo Ying's body at the same time, they all had high cultivations, so they were still able to continue, Huo Lian had already entered back into the room with a bowl of water and cloth, she wiped the bowl from the sect leader's wife face and Huo Ying lips but her dress was still dyed red by the blood.

Suddenly, a disciple rushed into the room and bowed his head, they almost disconnected themselves which would have lead to great danger for Huo Ying, the sect leader quickly turned to face the disciple in anger.

"How dare you barge into this place" the sect leader shouted; the disciple trembled in fear but what he needed to report was too important.

"I am sorry sect leader but there is a problem at the scared pinnacle," the disciple said as he tried to catch his breath, the scared pinnacle is the place where the golden eagle resided and there are elite hundred disciples guarding, it is separated from the sect so it is not easy for someone to run from such a distance, everyone in the hall was startled when they heard what he said.

"What do you mean by that?" the sect leader quickly asked, he would have immediately left the room without even waiting for the disciple to say what the main problem was but he couldn't leave because of Huo Ying.

"It seems like someone is calling the golden eagle, he is trying to leave the sacred pinnacle but the elite disciples are trying their best to stop him but I am afraid they wouldn't be able to hold him for long," the disciple reported

"only two guardians are missing from this place and they are the only ones who can summon the golden eagle," the third elder said

"sect leader, I think they should let the golden eagle go, even if they got the herbs, they cannot reach the sect in time so they must need the golden eagle to bring it back," Huo Lian said

"I agree, even though the golden eagle is very important, Huo Ying's life is at stake here," the sect leader's wife added, at this moment, she already had hope that there is a chance for Huo Ying to be saved.

"let him go," the sect leader decided reluctantly, then the disciple quickly hurried out of the room.