Running Off With The Sect Senior Sister Chapter 33

Misty Peak.
All was white. Inside a dark small bamboo hut, Yun Shayi sat quietly by the window. Numbly, she pulled back the curtain embroidered with magnolia patterns and looked outside.
Misty Peak was always bone-chillingly cold, yet the late-night starry sky was exceptionally dazzling. She had looked at this starry sky for a long time, just staring fixedly without speaking. Perhaps it was because there was no one else in the room, and no one to talk to her.
She just sat there quietly, like a sculpture. On the table beside her lay a bundle, already covered in a layer of misty dust, appearing to have been left there for several days.
She lowered her eyes, looking at the two bamboo slips in her hand, one red and one white.
After a long time, her hand gently exerted force, and the white bamboo slip broke with a snap. Perhaps after so many years, it was time to go back and see. Some matters had to be investigated thoroughly.
However, early in the morning, Luo Tangtang pushed open the door and saw the person standing at the entrance. The mouth that was about to open for a yawn just stayed open, forgotten.
“Senior Sister?” Luo Tangtang rubbed her eyes, then looked at the sky. “Why did you come so early? Why didn’t you come in and wake me?”
She took several large steps to stand in front of Yun Shayi, looking at Yun Shayi’s expressionless face. Luo Tangtang somehow had a gut feeling that she was in a bad mood.
So she reached out and took Yun Shayi’s hand, but her fingertips recoiled from the coldness of her skin. So cold, Luo Tangtang thought. She placed Yun Shayi’s hands on her lower abdomen, where it was warmest.
Actually, she knew Yun Shayi wasn’t afraid of the cold, but she simply wanted to do it this way.
Yun Shayi’s eyelashes fluttered. She didn’t know how long she had been standing at the door; her body was covered in a layer of mist. Her long eyelashes were dewy, and Luo Tangtang had no doubt she could brush off little water droplets with a small brush.
“Three days are up. I’m here to go with you.”
“Okay.” Luo Tangtang nodded. She hadn’t been idle these past few days either, constantly investigating information about Soul Ruin Town. She had also stayed up quite late yesterday researching before resting.
The two of them went together to the Internal Affairs Hall, where they handed their bamboo slips to the elder sitting inside. The elder who had been in charge of the regulations that day was quite generous and allocated a group of disciples to them, also giving them a cloud boat for travel.
Luo Tangtang’s gaze swept over the cloud boat, and she couldn’t help but marvel. The cloud boat was double-decked, and even more amazing was the small pavilion built on the second level, where flowers bloomed in all four seasons, offering a peaceful view.
A group of people grandly flew onto the cloud boat. The recruitment period this time was three months, and Soul Ruin Town was very remote, located in the south, bordering the demon realm, and extremely chaotic. It seemed that many people from the demon race were also mixed within the town.
Perhaps because it was too chaotic, their group had an elder leading the team.
The massive cloud boat soared into the sky. The banner of the Supreme Immortal Sect hanging from it fluttered in the air. It was embroidered only with a hibiscus flower, with a bright moon in the center of the pistil, and a faint layer of silver light floated on the petals, looking quite artistic.
The little Qilin wandered around nearby. It carried Yuqi branches on its body, which could conceal its aura, so it didn’t have much to worry about. Some disciples found it interesting and occasionally gave it some spiritual fruits, so it was living quite carefree.
Luo Tangtang entered her assigned room, found a corner, sat down, and closed her eyes to rest her mind. Her brain was working rapidly. She had searched for a long time but only found a few brief mentions of Soul Ruin Town.
She originally wanted to call the system, but who knew that her sea of consciousness remained dead silent. Luo Tangtang then remembered that the system had gone to replenish its energy… Just as she was about to sigh, she suddenly remembered the small bundle Zhi Qu had given her the day before they left.
At that time, she was reading by lamplight when she suddenly heard a noise outside the door. She initially thought it was someone with ill intentions, but when she opened the door, she saw Zhi Qu sneaking in, and he even cautiously closed the doors and windows tightly.
As a result, Luo Tangtang looked at the dusty little bundle that appeared in her hand. Zhi Qu had just given her this thing, in the middle of the night… She had almost not held back her knife at the time.
Yet that fellow even spoke to her with the air of a senior: “These are all the records on Soul Ruin Town. I secretly got them out for you.”
“Don’t say I wasn’t thoughtful.”
Luo Tangtang couldn’t help but wonder, she was just going for recruitment, not to fight.
At that time, Zhi Qu just looked at her meaningfully without explaining.
With a thought, that dusty bundle appeared in her hand.
Luo Tangtang opened it and saw a small wooden box inside, which seemed to contain several manuscripts. The covers were no longer clear, and they were very worn out.
She carefully opened it, and a pungent moldy smell assaulted her nostrils. Luo Tangtang immediately wrinkled her nose. Soul Ruin Town.
Looking at these manuscripts, the somewhat indifferent attitude Luo Tangtang had initially shown gradually faded, replaced by increasing seriousness. She didn’t mind the moldy smell and dampness of the books, reading every word carefully, her heart growing more and more alarmed.
Perhaps she was reading too intently, as she didn’t react until a small shadow fell over her.
“Senior Sister.” Luo Tangtang was startled, then immediately reacted and patted the spot beside her, indicating for her to sit down.
Yun Shayi sat down silently, her eyes fixed on the manuscripts in Luo Tangtang’s hand, remaining silent.
“I was still wondering why the sect would even send an elder along,” Luo Tangtang mumbled softly. She brought the manuscripts in her hand in front of Yun Shayi and gently flipped through a few pages.
“It turns out Soul Ruin Town seems to be related to that venerable deity in the far north.”
“But one is south and one is north, they’re so far apart, how can they be connected?”
Yun Shayi, however, froze upon hearing this, her gaze instantly fixed on the manuscripts. Her eyes stopped abruptly as they swept past a certain spot. A short sentence was written there: Venerable deity seems to have been born in Soul Ruins, buried strange treasure here.
“Senior Sister?”
Luo Tangtang was flipping through the manuscripts when she suddenly felt a surge of violent spiritual energy. She looked up and saw Yun Shayi whose eyes were swirling with dark ink. She immediately grabbed Yun Shayi’s hand and then realized her lips had turned an abnormal bluish-purple, her whole body was trembling slightly, and her eyes were gradually becoming vacant, her brows tightly furrowed as she seemed to be sinking into immense pain.
“Senior Sister, what’s wrong?” Luo Tangtang’s eyes turned serious, and her hand instantly moved to Yun Shayi’s wrist, spiritual energy surging into Yun Shayi’s body like a tidal wave.
“Venerable deity born in Soul Ruins, buried strange treasure here.”
“So that’s it, so that’s it!”
“Just… just because of this one sentence, they’ve chased us relentlessly?”
“Why… why won’t they let us go?” Yun Shayi spoke as if possessed. Surging spiritual energy erupted from her body. At the same time, Yun Shayi’s entire aura underwent a drastic transformation.
Her originally cold and ethereal demeanor changed. The spiritual energy was like uncontrollable wild dragons, rampaging through her body. Obsessed to the point of becoming a demon. This was a sign of demonic deviation. Luo Tangtang could see the veins bulging on her pale skin, like roots buried deep beneath the ground, densely layered, even spreading to her face. Yet Yun Shayi seemed completely unaware, her facial expression eerily calm.
“Is Soul Ruin Town still Soul Ruin Town?”
“Weren’t the three thousand people in Soul Ruin Town already dead fifteen years ago?”
“And me, I should have died there too!”
“Nothing is left, I should also—be gone.”
What is this? Luo Tangtang felt a chill in her heart listening to Yun Shayi speak such things so casually.
She wasn’t foolish. From Yun Shayi’s scattered words, she keenly sensed something.
But, was it this? The content wasn’t like this. The system told her that Yun Shayi was originally the successor of a noble family in the Central Continent. But why was Yun Shayi talking about Soul Ruin Town now, a place she had never heard of before?
A tearing pain suddenly struck her sea of consciousness. Luo Tangtang fiercely bit the tip of her tongue. The taste of rust spread in her mouth, but she didn’t care. Compared to the pain in her sea of consciousness, this was nothing.
She seemed to have forgotten many things. What was it? Quick, remember, remember! The stinging pain gradually disappeared. A tightly closed door in her mind seemed about to open.
“Then you? Are you mine?” At this moment, Yun Shayi suddenly spoke again. The corner of her mouth curved into a smile, a very mocking smile, carrying endless sorrow.
“W-why would you say that?” Luo Tangtang was startled by the sudden question. Her mind instantly froze, and she asked with a slightly trembling voice.
But this reply seemed to provoke Yun Shayi. Her expression turned ferocious, and she turned to break through the door and leave.
Luo Tangtang anxiously tried to stop her. In her current state, looking like she was about to undergo demonic deviation, people would definitely say something. Luo Tangtang had no choice but to seize the opportunity to pull out the Immortal Binding Rope from her storage ring, intending to bind Yun Shayi.
Unexpectedly, Yun Shayi flexibly moved to Luo Tangtang’s side. The Immortal Binding Rope missed. Luo Tangtang had no choice but to throw herself over, pinning Yun Shayi beneath her.
“Senior Sister, clear your head.”
Luo Tangtang forcefully grabbed Yun Shayi’s wrists, controlling her, wanting her to regain clarity.
With a whoosh, the Immortal Binding Rope that had fallen on the ground suddenly shot up, instantly binding Luo Tangtang and Yun Shayi together.
Luo Tangtang: “…Why is it accurate now?”
“Can you please not tie around the waist!” Luo Tangtang was exasperated. The Immortal Binding Rope had tied her and Yun Shayi’s waists together, and Yun Shayi was still struggling.
As soon as she finished speaking, the violently struggling Yun Shayi pressed her down. She kept using her hands to tear at the Immortal Binding Rope, leaving blood marks on her fingers.
Luo Tangtang’s heart suddenly clenched. She immediately became anxious: “Yun Shayi!” she roared fiercely.
The world spun. They fell directly to the ground with a dull thud.
“Gone, it’s all gone.”
“Senior Sister?” Luo Tangtang stumbled a few steps and crawled to Yun Shayi’s side, seeing her with vacant eyes, mumbling to herself.
“It’s gone, it’s all gone.” A muffled voice came from her mouth, hoarse and rough, painful to hear. Despair permeated the air.
“Everyone in the whole town is gone. Family is gone… everything is gone.”
“No, there’s still something left.” Luo Tangtang gently lay down beside Yun Shayi, hugging her tightly, feeling her trembling body. Luo Tangtang’s tears flowed uncontrollably, crying along with her.
Yun Shayi’s spiritual energy was still chaotic. Even Luo Tangtang, who was hugging her, was affected by this energy, her face pale, but she still held Yun Shayi tightly.
She kissed Yun Shayi’s eyes, then kissed her lips, hugging her fiercely, yet her tone was incredibly soft: “There is, there’s still me.”
“Truly, I will stay with you, forever.”
…
Good, you are mine now.
Outside the cloud boat, the weather changed drastically. The originally clear sky suddenly became covered in dark clouds, with strong winds and lightning flashing, as if something was rolling and stirring within.
“Lightning tribulation?” The elder who had been resting with his eyes closed in the small pavilion of the cloud boat suddenly opened his eyes, looking at the sky with profound eyes.