"Ahem! You two! We've been through life and death together-we're practically brothers and sisters! If something's troubling you, just tell us!" Seeing the uneasy looks on the two women's faces, Wang Yan cleared his throat and hurriedly spoke.
The two women exchanged another glance. Zhang Qiulin bit her pretty lip before finally saying, "Brother Wang Yan! You still remember Young Master Lei, don't you?"
"Him? Isn't he dead?" Ye Shisan asked in surprise from beside them. Of course they remembered that unlucky fellow Wang Yan had killed the moment he entered the Cloud Mountain Treasure Land...
"Mm!" Wang Yan nodded too. Since the women had brought up Young Master Lei, something else must have happened involving him. With that thought, he quickly asked, "From what you said before, you seemed to belong to the same lineage. Whatever it is, feel free to tell us!"
"Mm!" Zhang Qiulin said. "Brother, you must remember that when we first met, my sister and I had actually signed up to avoid Young Master Lei...!"
"That's right! If you and Shisan hadn't helped us, we would've been in real trouble...!" Zhang Qiulang chimed in.
"Oh! So this has something to do with Young Master Lei, or that Zhang Household of yours on Myriad Spirit Mountain?" By this point, Wang Yan had already guessed part of the story.
"Mm! We were forced to join the Firecloud Sect!" Zhang Qiulin hurriedly said. "Young Master Lei certainly deserved to die, but somehow, word that we killed him in the Cloud Mountain Treasure Land back then reached the Zhang Household on Myriad Spirit Mountain...!" She paused before continuing, "Some time ago, people from the Zhang Household even came to the Firecloud Sect, saying they wanted to take us back... They might come looking for trouble with you too...!"
"Oh!