“ “Did we loose our only family Baicheng?” “ No , they’ll surely comeback” “

The next moment Master Long’s eye lit up.

“Changtian, I managed to ask someone from the Bihou sect to help you. While Huang Baicheng refused at first, Baihua managed to convince him to let someone join you. They’ll be waiting for you at the Bihou sect’s main gate.”

Yang Changtian was shocked. After learning about the incident, the Hunag twins and other main disciples from the Bihou sect were angry at their sect for allowing something like this to happen under their watch.

After Huang Baichen took over Master Sun’s Sect master position as his oldest available disciple, he issued an order to the whole sect to cut off the Guanghui sect. His twin sister Huang Baihue, a young girl who only wanted to spend time creating weapons, had to step up to support her brother as deputy sect leader.

Yang Changtian never expected them to forgive them let alone help him. Master Sun and Hei Jingyou’s disappearance hit them the hardest. The Huang twins were orphans whose parents were beaten to death by the other villagers for stealing, and the twins were sold to some traffickers to be sold as slaves in the capital city. The traffickers were ambushed by Hei Jingyou, under Master Sun’s orders, and she brought the Huang twins back to their sect. She became their older sister, mother, father, their whole family.

Yang Changtian sighed, he still remembered how they reacted when they got to know about what happened.

Yang Changtian and Zhang Anying were waiting for the Haung twins outside the Forest of the Owls, where they were in seclusion. The next moment they saw a tall figure wearing dark green robes carrying a medicine bag on his waist step out from the tree line, followed by him was a shorter girl wearing a dark green dress. Hair done up in a simple hairstyle with multiple hairpins, people who are familiar with the girl would know that the hairpins are darts that she can use to immobilize the opponent with a slight prick.

Baihua was the first to spot him “ Brother Yang, did sister Hei send you to pick us up “, Baihua was always outgoing and friendly. In contrast, Baicheng only smiled and nodded at him.

At that moment Yang Changtian felt lost and helpless, “ Baicheng, Baihua…. Something happened with your master and senior sister.”

The Huang twins' smiles dropped, “ Are they okay quick let’s go see them “ and they started running towards the sect.

The helplessness Yang Changtian felt right now was massive, “ wait … They… were attacked by some people and they disappeared. We conducted searches throughout the mountain, but they vanished .”

The twins turned around looks of horror and disbelief growing on their faces.

“No…., No no no “ croaked Baihua while collapsing to the floor. Zhang Anying hurried to her side to help her but she pushed him away.

“ What do you mean disappear? “ Baicheng asked him, his rage and disbelief evident in this trembling voice. Baicheng strode up to Yang Changtian and grabbed him by his lapels. “ what do you even mean disappear !?!? Weren't you responsible for their safety so why are you here telling us this ?!? “ yelled Baicheng while shaking him.

Zhang Anying rushed to separate the two. “ Brother Baicheng, please stop. We are extremely sad about our senior and martial uncle’s disappearance too. Please brother Baicheng calm down.”

“ How do you expect me to calm down when you come here telling us that our Sister and master were attacked and are nowhere to be found ?!?! “ Baicheng’s eyes were completely bloodshot, " he shoved Anying off while yelling.

“ Sister….. Master…..” Baihua was crying curled up on the ground. Baicheng went to help her and he hugged her. “ Shhh… They’re gonna be okay, that's our sister and master. Don't cry.”

“ Baicheng, we need your help to look for them If I remember correctly, all sect members have their spirit lamps to indicate their statuses. It’ll help us to find them if they’re still..”

“ Shut it Anying “ Baicheng and Changtian barked in unison.

“ Baihua, they need to see their sister's and master’s spirit lamps. Now sister and master need us so stop crying and let’s go “. Baihua sniffled, stopped crying and then nodded at her brother.

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She stood up and called her spirit sword out her brother, Anying and Changtian followed, heading towards the Bihou sect.

Yang Changtian and Zhang Anying followed the Huang twins, they entered the main hall of the Bihou sect and entered a door hidden behind the seat of the sect’s head. The twins soon stopped in front of a copper door, a scene of a person standing with their back turned staring out into the vast expanse of rolling mountains surrounding a lake was carved into the door looking extremely lifelike. A majestic moon looms over the lake taking the centre place of the carving. In the corner of the carving, one could make out some characters Yang Changtian and Zhang Anying were confused as they did not recognise the characters.

“ It's a long lost script from 1000 years ago, only Sister Hei and Master knew how to read it even though we aren't familiar with it so it's not surprising that you don't recognise it, “ said Huang Baihua after seeing their faces of confusion.

“ This script is only passed down to the main disciple, so we never got the chance to learn it, “ replied Huang Baichen.

The twins pulled out 2 medallions from their lapels and inserted them into 2 indentations in the door. Soon a click was heard and the door opened automatically.

“ A Mechanism ! “ gasped Zhang Anying.

The Twins walked into the room, Yang Changtian and Zhang Anying went to follow them but Huang Baichen stopped them “ Brother Yang, brother Zhang this is a part of the Bihou sect’s internal yard, that is off limits to outsiders, please wait here . Baihua will come out with Master’s and Sister’s spirit lamps.”. Yang Changtian hesitated for a moment before nodding.

“Can I take a look at the door’s carving again ? “ asked Yang Changtian.

“ Be my guest, Brother Yang, “ said Baicheng, stepping aside.

Yang Changtian stepped closer to examine the characters. They had a unique look to them, the strokes looked almost animalistic. But above everything, he could have sworn that he had seen these characters before, but where?

His thought process was soon interrupted by Baihua coming out. In her hands were 2 lamps, it was Master Sun’s and Hei JIngyou’s spirit lamps.

Yang Changtian’s heart lurched when he saw them Spirit lamps were mechanisms that were used to track the life sources of cultivators, hence they function as trackers. When the spirit lamp is green, it means that the individual is doing well, when it's yellow it means that there is a threat to their life, while fed means that the individual is deceased.

But the two lamps carried by Baihua didn't have any flames.

“What does that mean “ Yang Changtian asked, his voice breaking.

Huang Baicheng was also looking at his sister.

“ I don’t know, this has never happened before. These flames are supposed to be inextinguishable, they are supposed to indicate even if the individual is deceased but…. ‘ replied Huang Baihua, voice trailing off.

“ So it doesn't show that they're dead right ? “ asked Zhang Anying.

“ It doesn't, but …… “.

“ But what Baihua tell us,” Baicheng said. His voice rose.

“ Back when I was still training the master told me that if the flame goes against the usual 3 indications, then it's likely that the individual is no longer in their original form as their souls might have shattered.”

Huang Baicheng grabbed his sister's shoulder and asked her with a trembling voice, “ Are you sure? Don’t joke around at a time like this “

Huang Baihua burst into tears, “ I'm not joking brother, you know I'd never make a joke about master and sister. What are we gonna do now brother it's like they completely disappeared off the face of the world.”

Huang Baicheng hugged his sister, his eyes were also bloodshot, as much as he would like to cry his eyes out because he too lost the two people who were there for him in his darkest time. They took him in and they became his family. But he had to stay strong for his sister.

“ Shhh it's okay, you know how strong the master and older sister are, they'll be fine Maybe something happened and they're stuck somewhere. Don't worry they'll be okay. We should worry about the people who attacked them instead.” Baicheng though also on the verge of tears, was trying his best to comfort his sister.

Huang Baicheng carried his sister to her room and placed her on the bed to let her rest. As he was about to leave, he felt a weak hand grasp his wrist.

“ They’ll be back right brother? I was looking forward to digging up the plum wine my sister made and buried under the gardenia bushes in her courtyard. “

Huang Baicheng sat down next to Baihua’s bed and patted her head, “ Yes, since master’s with her and considering his love for sister’s wine, I’m 100% sure he’ll drag her back from heaven if he has to drink that wine. Let’s not drink that wine till they come back okay? “

“ Okay,” Baihua was finally smiling a bit. “ Get some rest Baihu, you’ve cried a lot today. Go sleep.

“Hmmm okay, Brother”.

Huang Baichen stood up and walked out, closing the door slowly behind him. He walked towards the main hall of the sect. At this point,t most of the disciples who went into seclusion were here, except for their second brother Li Cheng. Huang Baicheng entered the main hall and walked up to the sect head’s seat.

Yang Changtian and Zhang Anying were waiting for him near the seat.

“Baicheng, where is your master and senior sister, everyone except Li Cheng is done with their seclusions. Is Everything alright “ questioned Master Li. Master Li Xiang was the head of the Northern branch of the Bihou sect. He is a close friend of Master Sun, and sister Hei also respects him greatly.

“ Master Li, I have some bad news.” Yang Changtian interrupted.

Master Sun and Hei Jingyou were attacked by some unknown assailants during their seclusion and they disappeared.