The flame of Huo Lan 2

They wouldn't feel the pain for a while and then the pain will start burning through their body and the only thing that could put out her flames is the most powerful sect skill of the wind sect, the whistling wind skill is the only sect skill of the wind sect which can counterattack the power of the flame sect but it is very hard to master, but her victims will still feel the pain every time they see fire for the rest of their lives, the sect leader is the only one who knew this skill so he is the one who always put out the fire on her victims. He incurred his Qi, then he made an arc in the air with his palms and brought it down on the first man, the man cried out in pain as the sect leader put in more strength into his palms as his hand produced a straight line of wind entering into the man's body, after some time the sect leader finally managed to put out the fire then he repeated the same thing on the other two men and returned to his seat.

"Father I suggest that we stop trying to dispel her powers, no one from the flame set has ever had their powers dispelled and we are the first on trying it so it might not work," Lin Bohai said, everyone present in the hall started murmuring as they uttered their opinions, then an elder stood up to speak.

"Sect leader, if we return her back to the flame sect with her powers intact in two years' time, they will have another mighty source of power," the first elder of the wind sect said. Everyone in the sect nodded their head in approval of what he had just said.

"I understand the first elder's concern but the problem with dispelling her powers is that if we keep sending disciples inside that cage every year then the loss will be much for our sect," the sect leader said, he himself didn't know what decision to make, he is definitely not willing to return a powerful weapon back to the flame sect so that they wouldn't become too powerful especially now that they don't even know how much strength the flame sect had. He placed his elbow on the handle of his chair and hold up his head with his hand, he knit his eyebrows together while he rubs his forehead.

"Father, her powers are like a curse, all the disciples who have been injured suffer from a horrible pain every time they see fire and we are yet to find a way to stop the pain if we keep on trying to dispel her powers, we might lose all and gain nothing," Lin Bohai said, he really cared for the disciples and every time he watched them come back from the cave injured he really felt their pain.

"But senior brother said that no one has ever managed to dispel the powers of those from the flame sect, how is it going to work on her when she is even more powerful than the rest of them," Meng Hui said, then everyone in the hall started murmuring like they always did when someone brings up a point.

"I am not so heartless to send my disciples to that cave unless I had a way to dispel her powers, the core destroying pins have been passed down the to all the sect leaders of the wind sect, and that is the only things that can dispel the powers of those from the flame sect," the sect leader said.

"then what I don't understand is why we haven't succeeded after various attempt if we have been doing it for years now, she is supposed to have blown herself up every time she becomes unstable but she still remains the same every time and there is no one to help her" Meng Hui said.

"sect leader unless someone from the ice clan channels their Qi into her body there is no way she could have survived the effect of the core destroying pins," the second elder said

"But the ice clans have been exterminated years ago and there is no way they could have entered the cave," Lin Bohai said

"I don't think there is any need to worry about having to return her to the flame sect, the emperor stated that she can only be returned to them if she is able to control her power once she is eighteen but if she fails the test two years later then she wouldn't be able to leave the wind sect so there is no need to worry," The first elder said.

"the first elder is right, we don't have to worry about having to return her to them for now, since she still can't control her powers," Meng Hui said

"that being said, we will suspend the plan to dispel her powers to avoid any more causalities, the elders should join hands to find a way to permanently cure the affected disciples so that they won't have to feel any pain," the sect leader said.

"YES" everyone chorused

Then the sect leader left the hall and the others followed behind him. Outside the hall, Meng Hui sighted Bohai talking with some other disciples so she walked up to them with a smile on her face as usual.

"Senior brother what are you guys talking about," she asked

"I didn't know you were here; I was just asking Feng Shui about his condition since he was one of those who were sent into the cave last year," Bohai said

"Feng Shui do you still feel the pain when you see fire" Meng Hui asked with a sudden worried look on her face

"yes, senior sister, but I haven't felt it for some months now since I kept my distance away from any source of fire" Feng Shui replied, he is also one of the best disciples of the wind sect.

"that flame sect witch, the day she leaves that cave, I will make sure she pays for what she did to our disciples. Why don't we go out to have fun, today's event has surely made everyone sentimental" Meng Hui said as she unclenches her fist which she had tightly clenched before.

"I think that is a good idea," Bohai said, then about fifteen of them left the sect including Feng shui and the other two who had followed him into the cave last year.

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Huo Ying and the guardians are walking along the hallways of the sect then they heard someone playing the zither, Huo Ying stopped for a moment to hear where the sound is coming from then she follows the direction where she heard the sound coming from and she arrives at the place where the sound of the zither came from.

"young mistress, what do you think is wrong with Bingchen, it is not quite normal for him to be playing the zither," Huo Lian said while the other three gave a nod in agreement to her statement.

"How am I supposed to know, the only times you can see him playing the zither is on his mother's memorial day and it is not today so I have no idea why," Huo Ying said, her face a hint of worry and her eyes showed that she cared for him at that moment, Huo Qiang looked at her and Huo Mei then he realized from their facial expression that they seemed worried about him.

"From what I know we are not on good terms with him so why do the both of seem like you are worried about him," Huo Qiang asked with one of his eyebrows raised.

"even though he is a jerk at times, he is still part of us, if not for that lousy grandfather of his he won't be this way," Huo Ying said, then they heard the door to his room open and he came out of the room.

"so from what I have heard from your conversation you guys are worried about me but do you have to involve my grandfather," Huo Bingchen said with a blank look on his face, they didn't know what to say since they were shocked to see him walk out all of a sudden and from the look on his face they couldn't tell if he was angry or …..

"ok I didn't mean that but you got us wrong we are definitely not worried about you, are we?" Huo Ying said then she turned to face the guardians but they just gave her a betraying look like she was lying.

"so you were worried about me," Huo Bingchen said with a satisfied smile on his lips, she looked at him and then looked back at the guardians then why she didn't have anything else to say in her defence she just rolled her eyes and said "is it so bad to be worried about you and why are you playing the zither now"

"I am very happy to see that you all care about me after all but is it a bad thing that I am playing the zither," Huo Bingchen said then he looked at them quizzically.

"But you never play the zither unless it is your mother's memorial," Huo Ying said then his face turned downcast.

"I have changed, I am just going to play it anytime I like since I enjoy doing it" he replied and smiled.

"Bingchen you are so good at playing the zither, the sound is so nice to hear," Huo Mei said with admiration written all over her face, up until now they had never seen that look on her face so they were quite surprised that she was having that look and the weirdest thing was that she was looking at Huo Bingchen with admiration, at that moment awkwardness filled the air.

"What do you guys think about going out to enjoy ourselves for a while," Huo Ying said, at that moment they all stared at her blankly.

"Why are you guys looking at me like that, don't you guys want to go out, it will be fun," Huo Ying said.

"From what I know, the last time you went out it became a disaster instead of fun," Bingchen said

"you guys still remember that?" Huo Ying said looking downcast

"of course, we do, we don't want history to repeat itself" Huo Qiang replied

"But I promised to control myself the next time, when have I ever failed my promise"

"are you sure you can control yourself when you are angry you...." Huo Mei was about to complete her sentence then she suddenly remembered that Bingchen didn't know anything about Huo Ying powers when she gets angry.

"She what?" Bingchen asked then he looks at them suspiciously

"she meant to say that when I get angry, I never listen to them," Huo Ying said with an awkward smile

"Are you sure that is what she meant to say"

"of course," Huo Ying replies while Huo Mei nods her head

" I wanted to ask you why your hair changed to a red colour in the sect hall when you became angry," Bingchen asked, the four of them exchanged glances when they heard his question but they didn't know what to say in order to get rid of his suspicion, they knew that since everyone in the hall saw her change and they might suspect that there is something she is hiding something from them.

"I…I didn't know what happened either, the guardians only told me that my hair changed so I thought it was because I was too angry so my powers became unstable," Huo Ying said, then she looked at him to see if he really believed her.

"oooh that is good then I thought it was something serious," Bingchen said, he knew that there was more to it but he decided not to pursue it further.

"So are we going," Huo Ying asked them as she stared at them with a compelling smile

"Alright then," Bingchen said, then they left the sect.