"It is such a pity that she cannot stay for long," Huo Li remarked

"One day, I will surely get my sister back for good," she balled her fist and narrowed her gaze.

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"Huo Ying, let me go with you and Huo Mei," she requested

"Didn't you tell her?" Huo Ying questioned, turning to Bingchen.

"I told her she is not allowed to leave her room per the sect madam's orders but she is just too stubborn,"

"Huo Ying, I have already recovered my strength now," she insisted, Huo Ying sighed, lowering her head but she suddenly tried to strike her neck from the side, Huo Li who was about to quickly block the attack, raised her foot but almost stumbled as Huo Ying quickly held her up.

"You see, you have not recovered yet, you have to rest, we are leaving," She and Huo Mei nodded at the others then they left the room.

Meanwhile, in the wind sect, Huo Lan and Su Ci were being transported in a carriage, they were quite nervous that they would be seeing their families for the first time in eleven years but the threat Meng Hui gave them still made Huo Lan fear that she might cause trouble to her family.

Feng Shui and few other disciples bowed to the sect leader and the elders as they were about to leave the sect but they had to halt the procession when Meng Hui suddenly came forward saying that she would like to escort them too.

"Why the sudden decision?" Bohai questioned, he didn't think that she would want to escort them out of a good heart.

"Do I need to have a reason, as a disciple of this sect it is my duty to protect the sect's interest, I am worried that Feng Shui and these few disciples might not be able to protect her alone if something happens," she answered quite plainly like there isn't any hidden motive.

"Father, even if anything is to happen, Meng Hui wouldn't be able to change anything alone, I suggest she just remains in the sect," Bohai protested, turning to his father who looked like he was trying to make a decision.

"Brother Bohai, don't you think you are belittling me way too much, I might not be on par with you but my cultivation level is not too bad, Feng Shui has been affected by her flame, if she uses her flame during the transport, what do you think will happen?" she didn't like that he just made her seem really irrelevant and useless in front of the others.

"That's right, why didn't I think of this, if anything happens during the transport and Feng Shui is affected by her flame, there might be dire consequences," the sect leader sighed and turned to Meng Hui.

"Child, you have really done well, you will lead them with Feng Shui assisting you and you will safely deliver those two to the flame sect, do you understand?"

"Yes, sect leader, I won't disappoint you," she smiled triumphantly, although she has nothing much to gain by going with them to the flame sect, she has considered every accident that might happen on the way in case the flame sect tries to play any trick, she definitely wouldn't let any problem arise and she will make sure Huo Lan and Su Ci return to the wind sect after a day.

She looked at Bohai accusingly then she turned around and climbed one of the horses, then the group set out.

"Young mistress, are you nervous?" Su Ci asked seeing how Huo Lan kept rubbing her hand when they have not even reached half the journey.

"I am not, who said I am nervous," she quickly denied but Su Ci's gaze fell on her shaky hands with a teasing smile, realizing what she is looking at, Huo Lan covered her hands with her widespread sleeves.

"Why are you suddenly calling me Young mistress?" she questioned, realizing that Su Ci who has always called her by her name except when she is worried about her is now calling her by her title.

"If we get to the sect and I call you by your name, I might be punished," Su Ci answered.

"Ooh...I wonder what my sister and my parents look like now," she thinned her lips and sighed.

"you and your sister are twins so of course, you look the same except for the colour of your hair and your eyeball,"

Huo Lan always acts like a naïve child, she must have forgotten that she and her sister are twins.

"Do you think my sister wants to see me? I-I,". Su Ci reached out to her and held her hand.

"I just knew you are very nervous, your sister will want definitely want to see you and I am sure the whole sect misses you, the reason why we are allowed to return must be because they requested it from the emperor so of course, they want to see you," she answered reassuringly then Huo Lan nodded in satisfaction with her answer.

"You two seem to be having a very hearty chat," Meng Hui remarked as she appeared by the side of the carriage window on her horse.

"What are you doing here?" Su Ci questioned, when they were about to leave, they also saw the male disciple leading them with some disciples but she was never there.

"I can be wherever I want unlike you two who are still prisoners no matter what," she smiled tauntingly at them but Huo Lan looked away, every time she sees Meng Hui, she always feels like doing something bad to her but she knows she can't do anything that will endanger her loved ones.

"We are not prisoners, even though we are tied to the wind sect," Su Ci retorted with an angry gaze in her eyes, she didn't like that Meng Hui kept taunting them even though they have no previous grievance.

"Don't think because your sly sister managed to make the emperor grant you a one day return to your sect, you can act all high and mighty, the both of you will forever be prisoners even if your sect is now out of their seclusion,"

"The sect is out of seclusion...." she sighed in relief, now that the leaders have decided to come out into the world then it won't be long before she and Huo Lan can return to the sect permanently.

"One sister is a timid coward while the other is an outrageous slut," she smirked glancing at Huo Lan who has been looking the other way since.

"What did you just say?" Huo Lan questioned, turning back to her immediately she mentioned Huo Ying.

"Don't you dare disrespect the first young mistress!" Su Ci warned.

"The both of you are exactly the same, the last time I mentioned you, she went crazy and now you are also glaring at me the moment I mentioned her, the both of you are witches and that fact will never change," she ended her taunt with an angry and grudging tone.

"Miss Meng Hui, it seems like the first young mistress must have dealt you a serious lesson judging from your tone, you seem to have a grievance with her," Su Ci folded her hands and curled up her lips, she will never let Meng Hui have the last say.

"Just her, she is not qualified," she quickly retorted and scoffed.

"Miss Meng Hui, it seems like you have nothing better to do that is why you are looking for something to say, it seems to me that you are only jealous of me and my sister," Huo Lan spoke to her in an opaque tone, the seemingly timid girl turned confident.

"Jealous...you are the ones who should be jealous of me,"

"If it is as you say then I suggest we end it here," she straightened her face then she pulled down the window cover and looked away from the window.

"How dare you shut me out?" she thundered then she started slamming the window but Feng Shui knowing her temperament rode back to her.

"Why don't you ride in front, after all, you are more skilled than me," Feng Shui suggested before she starts a fight with them.

She took in a deep breath to calm herself down then she glared at the window before following him to the front.

Both girls kept silent for a while before they abruptly cracked into a peal of laughter, covering their mouth.

"Young mistress, when did you start speaking so boldly, you were so good just now," Su Ci remarked amidst her laughter.

"tch! How dare she try to be on the same level with my sister, my sister is the most awesome person I have ever met," she pushed out her hands with a thumbs-up sign and pouted her lips.

Su Ci chuckled looking at the current Huo Lan, she wondered what if Huo Lan would have been a different person if she was raised in the sect and what her position as a guardian would have been like if she was also raised in the sect.