Snow covered the land. It was only the early morning, the sky wasn’t bright yet, with only a few scattered cold stars.
It was freezing cold, a vast expanse of white met the eye. Suddenly, rustling sounds came from the snow. A snow-white ball arched its body slowly forward.
Luo Tangtang didn’t know how many times she had been startled awake from her sleep. She hurriedly struggled down from the little bed Yun Shayi had made for her and quickly squeezed out from the crack in the door.
“Are you okay, Tangtang!” the system asked with some worry.
Okay? How could she be okay? Luo Tangtang’s cat eyes were almost all white. Her stomach churned, and waves of nausea came over her. Her lower abdomen was swollen and painful, constantly aching. Ever since she forced herself to eat that fish, she felt like she could ascend to heaven at any moment.
“I… I shouldn’t have eaten that fish.” Luo Tangtang regretted it so much her intestines turned green.
“Why didn’t you seal my mouth back then!” Not long after, Luo Tangtang started complaining about the system again.
“System: …” She can even blame this on me? You couldn’t control yourself and you can still blame it on me? The system was silently speechless and decisively shut up.
Meow~ After who knows how long, Luo Tangtang finally found a somewhat secluded spot. She waved her front paws and buried her head to start digging a hole.
But Misty Peak has wind and snow year-round. Under a layer of accumulated snow was frozen soil, and she couldn’t dig at all after only digging for a little while.
Blech…! Finally, Luo Tangtang couldn’t bear it anymore and threw up directly into the little hole. After she finished, she even used her claws to bury the hole.
“System, if I keep going like this, I’ll be finished sooner or later.”
The system glanced at Luo Tangtang: “Didn’t you love your Senior Sister to death?”
“What, now that you have a chance to spend time with her day and night, you don’t want to?”
What kind of thing is that to say? Luo Tangtang had a face full of black lines.
She immediately retorted weakly: “If I turn back into a human, I can also spend time with Senior Sister day and night.”
Haha! The system let out a cold laugh and didn’t answer.
Meow~ Luo Tangtang clenched her teeth, her body trembling as she moved. She thought it over repeatedly and decided it was better to go back first, otherwise, when Senior Sister sees her again, she might just be a lump of cat ice sculpture.
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“What’s wrong with you?” Yun Shayi returned from cultivating, her body still carrying a layer of mist. It was clear at a glance she had just come back from bathing. Seeing the little white ball spiritless and dejected, sprawled at the foot of the table, she pursed her lips, somewhat worried.
Seeing that Yun Shayi had returned, Luo Tangtang called out faintly. She didn’t have the strength to climb up and could only lie at the foot of the table.
She didn’t have any strength now, and Senior Sister wasn’t any help. She just desperately buried her cat head in her paws, looking listless.
“Are you hungry?” Yun Shayi guessed.
“I brought you some fish, don’t be angry anymore.”
Meow~ The little ball, originally still and quiet, suddenly lifted its head. Its soft, weak voice even became a little sharp.
Luo Tangtang’s body suddenly arched up. She took a few big steps back, her eyes vigilantly looking at Yun Shayi.
Even if she starved to death on Misty Peak today, she wouldn’t eat another bite of the fish Senior Sister gave.
Seeing the little ball’s resistant posture, a trace of incomprehension flashed in Yun Shayi’s eyes, but she didn’t really mind. She just silently took out a plate conjured from who knows where. Inside were astonishingly… two fish!
Still a horrible mess! And two!
“It seems I’m not good at raising you. I’ll find someone else for you.” Yun Shayi said, looking at Luo Tangtang, who was wrapped in a ball, still looking dejected and half-dead in her embrace.
“Luo Tangtang: …” It’s good that Senior Sister has this realization. Luo Tangtang remembered she had been throwing up and having diarrhea for most of the day just now, and thought in agreement.
“Your Senior Sister wants to send you away, why aren’t you anxious?” The system’s expression twitched as it looked at Luo Tangtang’s tail, which had started shaking.
Luo Tangtang didn’t care at all, not panicked in the slightest: “Anxious about what? I’ll just sneak away by myself later, find a place to wait for my spiritual energy to recover and turn back. But if I stay with Senior Sister, I estimate you’ll only be able to collect my corpse.”
You make a good point, I’m unexpectedly speechless. The system’s expression was complex, and it silently closed its mouth.
“That person should be able to take good care of you.” Yun Shayi’s voice sounded again, carrying a trace of gentleness in her tone, unlike her usual coldness. This made Luo Tangtang instantly become vigilant. She narrowed her eyes and tightly stared at Yun Shayi’s expression.
But found that her indifferent face seemed to carry a trace of awkwardness and bewilderment, but in her eyes was a hidden expectation.
The alarm bell in Luo Tangtang’s heart rang loudly, and inwardly thought, Not good.
She struggled to poke her head out from the layers of wrapping. She wanted to see who exactly that villain was who had taken advantage of her inattention to charm her Senior Sister away.
? Looking at the familiar peak, Luo Tangtang’s mouth split into an uncontrollable grin. Her eyes shone, incredibly bright. It was Xunyang Peak! Senior Sister came to find her.
Is it… is it going to her room?
Luo Tangtang’s ears on her little head twitched, her mood excited and full of expectation—Why did they change direction?
Reaching a fork in the road, Yun Shayi’s footsteps paused, and then she walked onto the left-hand path without hesitation.
Luo Tangtang froze! That was Senior Brother Lu’s residence, not hers.
Lu—— Senior—— Brother! Cold light flashed in Luo Tangtang’s eyes, thinking maliciously, if it’s really you, don’t blame me.
Seeing Yun Shayi coming, the surprise on Lu Qingyan’s face was unconcealed. After all, everyone in Taishang Immortal Sect knew his master Zhi Yu Venerable and Yun Shayi’s master Hua Yun Immortal Monarch were not on good terms.
But he didn’t say anything further. The friendship between fellow disciples should still be valued. He chuckled lightly, “Senior Sister, why did you think of looking for me today!”
Yun Shayi lifted the little ball in her embrace: “It’s been with me for a few days and it wasn’t suitable. It’s lost quite a bit of weight.”
Lu Qingyan’s gaze moved to the white ball in Yun Shayi’s hand. Its fur was indeed much duller, and its spirit also didn’t look very good.
Lu Qingyan pondered for a moment. “Is it not adapting to Misty Peak?”
Yun Shayi also fell silent for a moment: “It should be a problem with the food.”
Lu Qingyan looked at Yun Shayi’s expression and looked at the little ball yowling at him. He chuckled.
“So Senior Sister plans to hand this little thing over to me to raise?”
Yun Shayi looked at the little ball in her hand and silently put her on the table.
“Originally, I wanted to give it to Junior Sister, but I heard Junior Sister hasn’t come back these past few days.”
Luo Tangtang heard her own name and quietly pricked up her ears.
Lu Qingyan had an expression of understanding. He smiled gently, “I heard from the Junior Brothers who were guarding the sect that day that Tangtang seems to have gone down the mountain to play.”
“Hasn’t returned these past few days?”
“Hasn’t returned.” A hint of helplessness hung on Lu Qingyan’s face. “Master also looked for Junior Sister these past few days, but she was nowhere to be seen. Master was also very angry.”
Oh no, Zhi Yu looked for her. Luo Tangtang unconsciously shivered her little body.
“Senior Sister is quite concerned about Tangtang.”
Yun Shayi’s expression stiffened slightly, and a trace of annoyance seemed to flash across her face. She said coldly, “The Extreme North Realm is about to open. If the Sect Master found out she still sneaked out of the sect at this time, she would definitely get a scolding.”
“If she comes back, just tell her to behave herself!”
“This little thing can stay here!”
After Yun Shayi finished speaking, she didn’t turn her head and disappeared.
Huh? Luo Tangtang stretched out her paws on the spot. Just left her like this? Is it this casual?
“You little thing!” Seeing Yun Shayi’s disappearing figure, Lu Qingyan somewhat helplessly picked up the little ball and held it in his embrace.
“Master is coming to my place in a little while, what should you do?” Lu Qingyan seemed somewhat at a loss, so he put Luo Tangtang on the table and stared directly at her.
Luo Tangtang felt uncomfortable all over from this gaze, silently wanting to move away.
But as soon as she made a move, she was seen by the sharp-eyed Lu Qingyan. He directly waved his hand and placed Luo Tangtang back in the original spot.
For the next while, Luo Tangtang deeply felt that Lu Qingyan had obsessive-compulsive disorder. Her two front paws absolutely had to be on the same horizontal line; even a little difference wouldn’t do. Her head had to be placed straight; even a little tilted wouldn’t do.
Whenever something wasn’t exactly to Lu Qingyan’s liking, he would rub her cat head. Luo Tangtang only felt dizzy.
“What are you doing?” A slightly stiff voice came from somewhere.
Lu Qingyan immediately stood up and called out respectfully while saluting: “Master!”
Zhi Yu? Luo Tangtang lifted her eyes and saw Zhi Yu walk in with an awkward face.
She hurriedly stretched out a cat paw and rubbed her eye. Heavens! Shouldn’t Zhi Yu have a haughty, stuck-up expression? Who is this?
Zhi Yu’s face was annoyed, with an impatient expression. “Didn’t we agree, you would come over at noon today to play music for me?”
Luo Tangtang swallowed her saliva, tried her best to shrink her body as much as possible, praying Zhi Yu couldn’t see her, afraid she would be killed and silenced in the next moment.
However, Luo Tangtang always had bad luck. Zhi Yu’s somewhat pale finger pointed at Luo Tangtang on the table. His narrow eyes narrowed, and on his face was a thoughtful expression.
Oh no! Luo Tangtang’s heart instantly leaped into her throat.
“It’s nothing, just a little toy I picked up on the road,” Lu Qingyan said.
He hurriedly took a few steps forward and held Luo Tangtang in his embrace. Master has always been suspicious; if he told Master it was picked up from the bottom of the valley, this little thing would probably lose its life.
“Hmph!” Zhi Yu saw Lu Qingyan’s action, his face stiffened for a moment. He waved his sleeve. “Is this Venerable still not as good as this little beast?”
Lu Qingyan paused for a moment, somewhat helplessly: “Master.”
“You know I didn’t mean that!”
“Then what do you mean?” Zhi Yu was relentless.
“If you’re not coming over, then don’t come over anymore in the future!” Finally, Zhi Yu just threw out this sentence, turned his head and left.
“Master…!” Lu Qingyan tugged at his hair, somewhat annoyed.
“You stay here like a good girl, not allowed to go anywhere,” Lu Qingyan turned his head and said to Luo Tangtang, and then chased after Zhi Yu and left.
“Luo Tangtang: …” What kind of bad luck did she encounter, watching this dog-blood drama?
“System, can this barrier be destroyed?” Luo Tangtang used her paw to poke at the protective barrier Lu Qingyan set up when he left, and asked the system.
“Cough cough, naturally.”