"I had better leave now before someone strangles me to death," Mo Yuhan said with a smirk hanging at the edge of his lips and his eyes fixed on Huo Qiang, they all turned to look at Huo Qiang when they heard the comment he made, except for Huo Ying who didn't look back and Song Yin, the rest chuckled when they saw the stifling look on Huo Qiang face.

"I am leaving now," Mo Yuhan said then he dropped her hands and glanced at his guards signalling them to go with him.

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"let me escort you," Huo Ying offered

"It's alright, I know my way back," Mo Yuhan replied

"But...."

"Have you forgotten that you still have something to deal with..." Mo Yuhan said then his eyes fell on Huo Li who looked like she was absent-minded, they all understood what he meant when they saw him look at Huo Li.

"Alright then," Huo Ying said then he smiled at her and walked out of the hall, as soon as the disciples who have been watching the drama going on inside the hall saw that he was coming out, they quickly dispersed in different directions., the disciple who had escorted him into the sect was waiting for him outside the hall so he escorted Mo Yuhan out of the sect.

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They all shifted their attention back to Huo Li after Mo Yuhan and his guards left, they had almost forgotten about the incident that had transpired before but with Mo Yuhan reminder, they remembered that Huo Li was still in trouble.

On one hand, she has angered the sect leader by putting the sect in danger even after they had concealed themselves so that they wouldn't fall prey to the cunning plans of the so-called righteous sects and on the other hand, she has destroyed her master effort in helping her eliminate her inner demon which has been affecting ever since she came into the flame sect.

There was a rule that prohibited any disciple of the flame sect from falling in love with outsiders, back then, the flame sect was recognised as the most powerful sect and they held themselves in high esteem which made other sects dissatisfied with them.

Huo Li's mother was also one of the guardians years ago when the former sect leader was still alive and she has a very strange internal composition which makes her the most skilled guardian at that time, when she descended the mountain to capture a demon that has been wreaking havoc in a village, she met three disciples from the Qiuhua sect, she was almost injured by the demon so one of the disciples saved her, he is the senior disciple of the Qiuhua sect, Guo Jing.

The Qiuhua sect has a special skill which allows their opponents to fall into a daze or to be mesmerized with them using cherry blossoms, after she had completed her mission with the help of Guo Jing, she stayed in the village for a while, during that time, she fell in love with Guo Jing and he also felt the same way about her but she was too loyal to her sect to accept her feelings, a day before she left the village, he confessed his feelings to her but she told him that she couldn't accept his feelings and walked away.

That night, Guo Jing came into her room while she was asleep, she woke up to the sound of the door creaking...

"What are you doing here?" Rong Li questioned with her eyes widened

"Rong Li, I can't accept the fact that you are not willing to accept my feelings for you, I know you also feel the same way towards me but because of your sect rules you don't want to accept your feelings for me," Guo Jing said as he came nearer to her.

"Guo Jing, I won't deny what you have just said but that doesn't change the fact that we can't be together, please leave," Rong Li commanded with a little bit of fear in her voice, she couldn't help but panic at that moment, with her skills, she doesn't have to be afraid of him but the look in his eyes made her afraid.

"If you leave the flame sect, there is nothing that stops us from being together, I will take care of you for the rest of my life, please come with me," Guo Jing said then he came two inches closer to her, she moved back with her legs touching the edge of her bed.

"I have a responsibility as a guardian of the flame sect, I can't go against the sect leader's order" Rong Li answered with a distraught expression on her face, his offer was very tempting but her loyalty weighed more than her love for him.

"Please, Rong Li, I couldn't think clearly ever since you rejected me, I want you...I want your body, the whole of you...I will take care of you forever" Guo Jing said impatiently, she could notice the change in his temperament, she widened her eyes as he slowly leaned close her.

He wants my body...

Rong Li frowned at the thought of what he said, she couldn't help but think that he didn't love her but he only had a lust for her, she was more resolute on her decision to ignore his feelings for her.

"I now realize what it is you are really after, once you have my body, your love for me will disappear, please leave!" Rong Li said with her voice slightly raised and a deep frown carved on her face.

"No Rong Li, I didn't mean it that way, I truly love you, please give me a chance..."

"I said get out!" Rong Li shouted

Since her room was far away from the other rooms for the guests, the others couldn't hear her shouting so no one intervened in their dispute.

" Rong Li I...I"

"If you won't go out then I will..." Rong Li said then she turned to leave the door but he quickly grabbed her wrist and spun her body around until she was two centimetres away from him.

"Let go of me!"

"I won't, no matter what, you must be with me" Guo Jing replied, this time, his expression changed, he now had a serious expression on his face, in his eyes, she could see that he was already prepared to do anything just to get her at that moment.

She flicked her wrist and landed a hit on his chest with her internal force causing him to move backwards, he rubbed his chest to quell the pain he was feeling, he glared at her and then he stood straight and walked towards her again, he held her by her waist and pulled her closer to him but she was in no condition to fall for his tricks.

She bent backwards and kicked his jaw then she did a backflip causing her to be separated from him.

"If you don't stop now, don't blame me for being too cruel," she warned but he smirked and ran towards her he pulled her hand and threw her on the bed, he was about to touch her when she landed another blow on his chest causing him to spit out blood. She stood up from the bed and gave him a spin kick making him fall on the bed with bloodstains all over the bed.

"With my ability, it is very easy for me to kill you, I will spare you today but I won't be this merciful next time" Rong Lin said then she turned around to leave the room.

"Rong Lin!" Guo Jing called out, she turned back to see why he called her but she didn't expect his next action, he made a butterfly sign on his hand then pink fumes came out of his hand and slowly entered her nose, making her weak instantly.

"You...what have you done?" Rong Lin muttered as she slumped to the ground in a half-conscious state.

"I told you, I must get you no matter what" Guo Jing said with a lecherous look in his eyes, he stood up from the bed and carried her weak body in his arms to the bed, he gently placed her on the bed and caressed her face.

"Guo Jing, don't you dare..."

"Only this way would you be willing to be with me," Guo Jing said then he swept his hand around her face causing her to fall unconscious...

Then he raped her!

The next morning, when she woke up, she held the bed cover tightly in her hand without a single drop of tear on her face, she was only filled with anger and murderous intent at that moment, she stood up from her bed and got dressed then she left the room and looked around the village but she couldn't find him.

After returning to the sect, she found out that she was pregnant but she couldn't bring herself to kill her child so she decided to flee the flame sect without telling her mater about the incident that happened in the village.

Before she could flee the sect, Huo Ying's mother found out about it so she helped her leave the sect before the sect leader found out, Rong Lin hid herself for nine-month then went to the Qin Hua sect after giving birth to her child and revealed what had happened between her and Guo Jing so that she can give him the child and return to the flame sect to get her punishment but Guo Jing was expelled, she gave him the child and returned to the flame sect.

She thought that the sect leader wouldn't spare her life so she had already destroyed her own route of power flow before getting to the sect when she arrived at the sect, she explained everything that happened to the sect leader.

He was very angry because she didn't inform him of what happened, he would have only stripped her of her position as a guardian if she had told him about it but he was even angrier when she died after returning to the sect.

He sent several disciples and the other guardians after Guo Jing and the child, as soon as he found out that he was on the wanted list and news of his evil atrocity has reached the ears of everyone in the jianghu world, he ran away with Huo Li and never resurfaced for two years even after the death of the former sect leader of the flame sect and the battle of ever night.

Huo Jingyu was however no willing to let him go after letting her losing her close friend and a guardian of her sect, after the battle of ever night, she found traces of him so she went after him with other disciples, when he found out that she had almost caught up with him, he abandoned Huo Li in the woods and ran away, he thought she was coming to kill him and the child but she only wanted to kill him and take the child, Huo Li was by herself in the woods until Huo Ling found her then she took her to the flame sect.

After finding out the reason why she was abandoned by her father, she had an inner demon that made her angry at the thought of abandonment and she found it hard to control her anger, her master has been helping her cultivate a sutra that couldn't help her get rid of her inner demon and she would have completed the sutra in a year but she yielded to her inner demon and her master's effort all these years are already wasted.

"Huo Li, you don't have to be worried, you know how much mother cares about you, she will definitely forgive you," Huo Ying said with a concerned look on her face.

"She is right, sect madam only acted out of impulse, she will surely forgive you this time," Huo Mei said to comfort her, Huo Li was afraid that she would burst into tears any moment from then so she forced a slight smile on her lips and raised her head.

"I know, she has put in so much effort to help me get rid of my inner demon and I have disappointed her this time, even if she forgives me, I won't be able to forgive myself," Huo Li said then she sniffed her nose to send her tears back.

"Huo Li, actually it was my fault I..." Huo Ying said in guilt, she blamed herself for everything that had happened, if she hadn't fallen ill, Huo Li wouldn't have had to kill the captain or beat up the vitality sect disciples.

"Don't blame yourself, Huo Ying, it could have been a mission that I was sent on," Huo Li said then she walked out of the hall when she realized that she couldn't hold back her tears, Huo Ying was about to go after her but Huo Qiang held her back.

"Let her be alone for a while, you should know how bad she is feeling at the moment from your experience," Huo Qiang said

"He is right" Huo Lian added