Huo Bingchen left the hall after they discussed for a while, he has long wanted to leave but he didn't want them to know the reason why he wanted to leave early, he looked around the training ground, the field, the kitchen and other parts of the sect but he couldn't find the person he was looking for.

He was about to give up in finding her and return to his room when he saw her sitting beside a large willow tree with her head on her knees which were curled up in front of her, he quickly moved back when he saw her so that she wouldn't detect his presence. ​​

She raised her head from her knew and rested it on the bark of the willow tree, while her tears welled down he face but she didn't make any sound, she folded her arms around her chest and looked up to the sky, her ponytail dangled on the ground as she raised her head while the tears dropped on her neck.

The golden rays of the sunlight fell on her face, highlighting her delicate features and her round-shaped eyes were opened wide, her deep black eyeballs were brightened by the rays of the sunlight, she fluttered her long-lashes slowly and raised them again...

This sight was just too beautiful for him, during their years of being together, he has never seen her looking like this or looked at her in that way, her widened his eyes and opened his mouth in shock, he has probably never noticed that she was this beautiful or he didn't even bother to notice...

Dubum!

Dubum!

Dubum!

He was alarmed at the sound of his heart beating, he clutched his chest tightly and looked down with a confused expression on his face, all this while the only reason why his heart has ever beaten this way is because of Huo Ying but his heart is actually beating this fast because of her...

"Why is my heart beating so fast, this is not the first time I am seeing her...." Bingchen said then he tightened his grip on his chest and raised his head to look at her again, but he quickly his himself at the back of the pillar he was standing by when he saw that she was looking towards his direction.

"Who is there?" Huo Li shouted when she heard someone's voice around her but she couldn't determine the direction where the voice was coming from, she stood up from the ground and walked over to where he was standing, the held his breath hoping that she would stop before she sees him...

She was only one step closer to seeing him but she looked to her side when she hears another sound, she saw a brown cat walking away, she stood there for some seconds to admire the cat as she walked it walk away with a slight smile on her face, one part of her wanted to get the cat as a pet but another side of her was in no mood to.

"Such a cute cat, what is she doing here?" Huo Li said then she remembered that there are fishes in the pond, she ignored the voice that she heard before then she returned to the pond, she stood in front of the pond and watched as the fishes wobbled around the pond, she wanted to force a smile on her face but she couldn't.

After she returned to the sect, she didn't realize how serious her actions were, she had planned to keep it a secret from her master then she would look for another sutra that she could cultivate in order to get rid of her inner demon within a year so that her master wouldn't find out that she has yielded to her inner demon, thus destroying her mind cultivation but now that her master has found out, she came to the realization of the seriousness of her actions and she couldn't help but feel guilty and sorry towards her master.

If her master hadn't spent months looking for her after catching up with her father and getting his confession, she would have been eaten by a monster in the woods, she was being pursued by a monster and running for her life, the moment the monster bared his teeth to devour her, he dropped dead on the ground and revealed a woman standing behind it, she looked at the woman's hand, she saw a sword that was bathed in blood but the woman smiled warmly at her and stretched her hand towards her, a smile that she had never seen when she was with her father.

She held out her hand while her master pulled her up and introduced herself...

The scenes of that day replayed in her mind that she didn't even realize that she was throwing stones into the pond, she only regained her senses when she felt a sting at the side of her neck close to her back, she moved her hair away to feel her neck, she felt a coarse feeling then she brushed her neck with her hand and removed her hand from her neck when she brought her hand forward, she was flabbergasted to see a large and poisonous spider on her hand, she brushed it away in panic and crushed it with her feet but she missed her bearing.

She shouted as she tried to regain her stamina so as to prevent herself from falling into the pond, one of her legs was raised in the air while she swung her hands continuously, she finally missed her step and was about to fall but she suddenly felt a hand on her waist.

He leapt into the air with his arm around her waist and spun in the air, the pin holding her hair in place fell off revealing her long, smooth and silky hair, her hair waved around her face and at her back as they turned around while she widened eyes were fixed on his face, her lashes fluttered severally but he just smiled gently with his eyes fixed on her until he brought her to the ground.

He stood with his back resting against the bark of the tree and his hand around her waist while her chest was only two centimetres away from him, he could feel his heart pounding heavily, both of them stood in the same position for a minute before they regained her senses, he removed his hand from her waist while she moved away from him.

He moved his eyes away from her for a second then he glanced at her again, his eyes lingered on her face and then drifted to her hair, he swallowed the saliva in his mouth without looking away from her, she realized that her hair has been let loose.

She ignores him and looks for her hairpin after she found it, she rolled her hair into a simple style then she pinned her hair back in place.

"What are you doing here?" She asked him after returning to the willow tree

"Nothing, I was just passing by when I saw you slipping," Bingchen replied

"Liar, you have been watching for a while, the voice I heard must have been yours," Huo Li said with her eyes glaring at him.

"Alright, I was returning to my quarters when I saw you so I decided to watch you for a while" Bingchen confessed

"Does that mean that you saw me crying and..." Huo Li said in embarrassment, she hated it whenever anyone saw her weak side but he actually stood there and watched her cry, she turned around and covered her face in embarrassment. He chuckled when he saw how embarrassed she was, he walked to her front and removed her hand from her face.

"What are you doing?" Huo Li asked with her mouth tilted upwards.

"You don't need to be embarrassed, I only arrived when you tripped," Bingchen said, he doesn't know why but he just felt that he didn't want to see her like that.

"Really?"

"I am telling the truth" Bingchen replied with an honest smile etched on his lips.

"I am relieved then," Huo Li said then she heaved a sigh of relief.

"Don't...." she was about to say something when she felt a sharp pain on her neck, she remembered that she was bitten by a poisonous snake before the drama that ensued between them, she didn't want him to find out so she secretly covered the area where the spider bit her with her hair before he noticed it.

"are you alright?" Bingchen asked with concern on his face, he was still hiding from her when the poisonous spider bit her so he didn't see what happened until she tripped.

"I am alright, I have something to do," Huo Li said then she hurriedly moved away from him and walked away. he turned around in confusion when he saw that she was in a hurry to leave.

After she had gone out of his sight, he sighed then he looked down, his eyes landed on the spider that she had crushed when she almost fell, he bent down to see what it was, then he recognised it as a poisonous spider.

He suddenly realized that she must have been bitten by the spider and that was why she winced, he quickly stood up and went after her, he hadn't gone far when he saw her resting against a pillar with her hand on her neck.

He walked up to her and pulled her arm...

"Why didn't you tell me that you were bitten by the spider?" Bingchen said with his voice slightly raised.

"What are you talking about, let me go?" Huo Li said with a weak voice, she knew that she had already wasted time in treating the bite and if she doesn't treat it before the poison spreads to her heart then it would be too late so she wanted to get away from him so she can treat it before it worsens.

"You know what I am talking about, where did it bite you?" Bingchen asked with a serious expression on his face when he saw that she wasn't answering him, he swept his eyes around her body then his eyes landed on her neck where she covered with her hand, he brushed her hand away from her neck and bent her head to see the wound properly, his face became scrunched when he saw the black wound on her neck.

"Are you done now, let me go?" Huo Li shouted

"In your dreams" he answered then he lifted her body into his arm, she was startled at his sudden action, she tried to free herself from his grip but it was of no use, she was already weak to the point that she couldn't walk straight so she rested by the pillar so how can she free herself from him.

"What are you doing? let me go" She shouted after using all her effort to make him put her down.

"You have to get your wound treated," Bingchen answered

"Bingchen, even if you are a guardian, I am still your senior, you had better put me down or else..."

"Or else what? with the little strength you have now, what can you do to me" Bingche answered with a crooked smile.

"I...I"

"Talk less, the more you talk, the faster the poison spreads," Bingchen said then he carried her into his quarters, she looked around then she realized that he brought her inside his quarters, she looked at him with a panic expression on her face.

"Why did you bring me to your quarter?"

"To get you treated of course" Bingchen answered, then he opened the door to his room and put her on his bed with her feet on the ground.

"But..."

"Don't get wild ideas, the infirmary is far away from where you were, by the time we get there, you would have passed out but my quarter is nearer and I have the medications you need?" Bingchen said

"Then let's go to your pavilion, I can treat my wound by myself, just give me the medication" Huo Li said

"You can't get it treated in my Pavillon" Bingchen answered, then he moved to his drawer and brought out a box of medications, he placed them on the bed and bent down beside the bed, he brushed her away from the wound but her cloth was still covering some part of the wound.

"You have to remove your cloth," Bingchen said without flinching, she turned to look at him with her eyes widened but her face was too close to his face, he could feel her breath on his face and her lips was almost touching his, he swallowed his saliva and moved his face away.

"What are you saying?" Huo Li asked

"Don't misunderstand me, to remove the poison, you have to pull your cloth down from your neck a bit," Bingchen said when he noticed the weird expression on her face.

"Don't worry about it, I will treat it myself, just leave the room," Huo Li said shyly.

"You are telling me to leave my own room, you clearly know that you cant treat it yourself, the more time you waste, the faster the poison infiltrates your heart, you had better think wisely," Bingchen said, she hesitated for a while then she removed her waistband and loosened the knot on her robe.

She pulled her cloth away from the area where her wound was located revealing a smooth and fair shoulder and her slender neck, she shyly looked away while he bent his head towards her neck, she quickly moved her head neck away...

"Pervert! what are you trying to do?"

"When did I become a pervert? I was only trying to help you suck out the poison" Bingchen replied

"Suck out the poison! are you mad"

"If I don't suck it out then are you going to suck it out"