The elder and the sect madam sat in the sect leader's chamber around a large table where the sect leader often holds meetings with the elder. Their faces were all wearing concerned looks and it was obvious what they were thinking of.

"Sect leader, do you happen to know how the young mistress increased her cultivation in such a short time," the first elder asked ​​

"I don't know but I know what you are all worried about, I am also worried about that too, I believe that there should be a good explanation to this," the sect leader said

"My personal disciple Huo Li used six years to enter the seventh level of the nascent soul stage despite her innate talent and this can be considered to be the best I have never heard of someone who could break into the eight level of the nascent soul in just one month," the sect madam said

"I think we had better ask the young mistress, if we don't know then she should know how it happened," the third elder said.

The sect leader was hoping that Huo Ying didn't do anything wrong to increase her cultivation because that would affect her position in the sect and she could be given even more cruel punishment than entering the beast dungeon, by then, he and his wife won't be able to help her no matter how much they are unwilling to let her suffer such hardships.

He was brought out of his thought by the knock on the door.

"Come in," the sect leader said then they all turned towards the door to see who it was.

"Sect leader, the young mistress, Senior disciple Li and the guardians are here to see you," the disciple said

"Let them in" the sect leader answered.

Then the disciple went out and returned with them, then he left the room.

"Sect leader, sect madam, elders!" they greeted in unison except for Huo Ying.

"Father, Mother, elders" Huo Ying greeted with her head bowed

"Be at ease" the sect kneader replied then they raised their heads.

"Huo Ying, what cultivation stage are you at?" the sect madam asked

"I am at the tenth level of the core formation stage but I felt that I was going to break into the first level of the nascent soul stage" Huo Ying replied with a straight face, the elder didn't know whether to doubt her or to trust what she said.

"Then are you aware of what level of the nascent soul stage you just broke into," the first elder said.

"I should have just broken into the first stage of the nascent soul but somehow, I didn't put my full strength into the arrow when I shot it at the millennium rock but surprisingly, it was still able to shatter the millennium rock," Huo Ying said, then the elders looked at her in surprise, how could that be, she didn't even use her full strength and she shattered the millennium rock miraculously, it is a very easy task for someone who has passed the nascent soul stage but someone at the tenth level of the nascent stage would still have to use their full strength to do such a thing.

"Are you sure you didn't use your full strength?" the sect leader asked

"Yes, I was underestimating the hardness of the millennium rock so I didn't use my full strength" Huo Ying answered

"When I shattered the millennium rock, I was at the ninth level of the nascent soul stage but I still had to use my full strength then, how could you have shattered it without using your full strength," the sect madam asked

"Young mistress, from what I can see, you are at the eight level of the nascent soul stage, Huo Li is the strongest disciple we have in the flame sect and she is at the seventh level of the nascent soul stage preparing to break into the eight level which will take a long time but you have surpassed her in a month, that makes it very strange," the second elder said

"Second elder, are you speculating that I might have used a wicked way to increase my cultivation," Huo Ying asked with an angry and quizzical look on her face.

"Young mistress, I don't want to think that but I can't help it, it is basically impossible to break pass the seven levels and break into the eight level of the nascent soul stage in just a month," the second elder said

"I can understand your concerns but I assure you that I have done no such thing to increase my cultivation, I have always been training and meditating to increase my cultivation, if you don't believe then you can use the Purple demon source," Huo Ying said.

"Huo Ying, although we have many demonic weapons and treasures in our sect, any demonic cultivation that is evil requires blood and I am sure you know that it is against our sect rules to use such cultivation, if the purple demon source reveals that you have used such methods then you will have to get punished and your cultivation will be destroyed so you will have to start again," the sect leader said with a worried and anxious look on his face.

"Father I am aware of this but I have nothing to fear since I didn't use such evil method" Huo Ying said in hopes that her father would believe her.

He opened his palms wide then a crystal ball appeared on his hand, he placed the crystal ball on the table and pushed it towards the end of the table where Yu Yan and the others stood.

"Starting from Huo Qiang, the five of you should test your cultivation on the purple demon source," the sect leader said, Huo Qiang moved to the front then he placed his palm on the crystal ball and channelled his internal force into the ball, a bright light shone from the ball, then some inscriptions appeared above he crystal ball.

"he is in the middle of the core formation and the first level of the nascent soul and his cultivation method is pure," the third elder said as he read the inscription above the crystal ball, Huo Qiang removed his hand then the light above the crystal ball disappeared.

Huo Mei moved forward, she placed her palm on the crystal ball and channelled her internal force then the same thing happened again, some inscriptions appeared above the crystal ball.

"It is just as we thought, she is at the eight level of the core formation stage and will soon break into the ninth level, her cultivation method is pure" the third elder announced

Huo Lian went forward and did the same.

"She is at the sixth level of the core formation stage and her cultivation method is pure" the third elder announced

Bingchen went forward and placed his palm on the crystal ball and channelled his internal force into it.

"He is at the tenth level of the core formation stage and his cultivation method is pure" the third elder announced.

The first elder breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn't imagine the consequences if there was a mistake in Bingchen's cultivation, he wouldn't be able to bear the pain after losing his daughter.

Huo Li went forwards next and placed her hand on the crystal ball, she channelled her internal strength into the crystal ball��

"She is at the seventh level of the nascent soul stage but her internal strength is too strong for someone at the seventh level of the nascent soul stage but her cultivation method is pure" the third elder announced again.

Then Huo Li removed her palm, although Huo Ying was sure that she hadn't done something wrong, she was still nervous, it is true that her cultivation speed is abnormal but she isn't aware of how it happened.

She moved forward and placed her palm on the crystal ball then she channelled her internal strength into the crystal ball, they all waited to see the reaction of the crystal ball but there was no reaction.

"Why is the crystal ball not reacting?" the sect leader asked

"Sect leader, the purple demon source will always give a result but it will never be unreactive," the third elder said

Then they heard a sound coming from the crystal ball, they all turned to look at it….

It was shaking vigorously and a bright light was emitting from the ball but there was still no result, they were worried that at this stage, the crystal ball will break but it just kept shaking vigorously.

You will not reveal that aura of the flame demon heart is inside me…...

Huo Ying suddenly said in her mind, she was sure that she didn't mean to say that in her mind but it seemed as if something just controlled her and she was sure that something in her eyes just changed but it seemed like no one saw it.

The ball finally stopped shaking, a purple light above it had some inscriptions.

"she will soon break into the ninth level of the nascent soul and her cultivation method is pure" the third elder announced to the surprise, it is already strange that she is at the eight-level but she will soon break into the ninth stage.

"What…what, how could that be," the first elder said in confusion.

Huo Ying wasn't even bothered with the result at the moment, she knew that she became someone else at that moment and her eyeball changed but no one saw it and what she said in her mind wasn't by her own will….

What is the flame demon and why did I say that...?

Huo Ying thought!

"Huo Ying, Huo Ying!" the sect leader called out, she snapped out of her thought immediately.

"Yes father" Huo Ying replied

"Since it has been confirmed that you have done nothing wrong then we should just assume that a miracle just happened but you must be cautious," the sect leader said

"I understand father," Huo Ying said

"You may all leave, including the elders," the sect leader said, then they all left his chamber, as soon as the door was shut the sect leader and his wife started discussing.

"Are you thinking what I am thinking?" the sect leader asked

"You also think this might be the result of the half heart of the flame demon?" the sect madam said

"I don't think she has the half heart of the flame demon, these days, I have been doing a lot of research on what happened back then," the sect leader said

"What do you mean?" his wife asked

"Only the flame sect leaders of the flame sect know the secret of what happened then, the flame demon had a twin brother but the death of the twin brother wasn't recorded and the body of the flame demon's daughter was never found, when the flame demon died, his heart wasn't found and based on what I know, it is impossible for the flame demon to have been defeated if he had his heart, he must have given his heart to his daughter and it is recorded that the flame demon and his twin brother share the same spiritual aura," the sect leader said then he hesitated for a while.

"Are you saying that the flame demon's brother and his daughter who has the heart of the flame demon reincarnated as Huo Ying and Huo Lan?" his wife asked with shock on her face.

"I am not sure about that, the flame demon's daughter was shot with an arrow back so she died but if the flame demon's twin brother combined his aura with the flame demon's heart then they might have been resurrected," the sect leader said

"If they were resurrected then why does Huo Lan have the heart of the flame demon if what Huoyan Shuo said is true?" she asked

"What if he didn't resurrect his brother's daughter but he made them reincarnate?" the sect leader said

"Even if that is your guess, it makes sense and everything matches, that means Huo Lan powers have increased along with Huo Ying's cultivation," she said

"The aura of the flame demon must be helping Huo Ying increase her cultivation, but as her cultivation increases, Huo Lan powers will also increase," the sect leader said with his eyebrows furrowed,

Everything is making too much sense for it to be nonsense, even if it was their speculation, there is a high probability they have guessed it right.

"The golden eagle and Huoyan Shuo must be aware of this, that is why Huoyan Shou didn't harm Huo Ying and the golden eagle listened to the guardians request," she said

"Huoyan Shuo must have spared her life because of this but the golden eagle wouldn't, he has always served the flame demon and no one else but if he knows that the flame demon twin was the one who made his daughter reincarnate then he might be willing to obey Huo Ying but I don't think he knows, only Huoyan Shuo knows of this" he replied.

"Since only the flame sect has the record of what happened then we should destroy everything in case it becomes a threat to both of them," she said

"There is one more person who has it," the sect leader said

"Who is that?" she asked

"the saintess of the ice clan, after the flame clan the flame demon formed was destroyed, the imperial family gathered the other nations to destroy the ice clan too because they were allies with the flame clan," the sect leader said

"But she has disappeared for years and she would have died a long time ago," she said

"the saintess of the ice clan, the only way for her to become mortal is to give birth to a child, she ran away with a spatial ring which is considered to contain the treasures of the flame clan and the ice clan," the sect leader said

"We don't have to worry about that, even if she knows what happened then, she won't be a danger to them, the records we have are the real danger," she said

"Alright," the sect leader said then he removed the spatial ring on his finger.

"There are only two spatial rings in this world, the spatial ring of the flame sect was gotten from Huoyan Shuo and it contains only the records of the flame clan, if I destroy this then the only one remaining is in the hand of the saintess of the ice clan," the sect leader said.

He closed his palm, then a bright light emitted from the holes between his finger, when he opened his finger, the ring has already turned into dust.