Running Off With The Sect Senior Sister Chapter 40

After a round of testing, the expressions of the Supreme Immortal Sect members became increasingly grim, and the smiles on the Myriad Radiance Sect members’ faces also vanished.
Out of dozens of children, regardless of their talent, only a handful could step onto the threshold of cultivation. The expressions of several disciples were worse than the last. They came here for recruitment not just to contribute to the sect, but also to build connections. As a result, today’s trip was not only fruitless, but also a complete waste of time. Back at the sect, they might even be scolded by the other elders.
Xu Huanchen looked at the scene before him, let out a scoff, a trace of mockery on his face. Luo Tangtang happened to look up and saw it.
She pondered for a moment, then quietly beckoned to him.
Xu Huanchen immediately put on an expression that said ‘I knew you’d look for me’, nodded reservedly, and signaled with his eyes for her to find a spot.
“Senior sister, it’s too boring here. I’m going to look around first,” Luo Tangtang turned her head and said to Yun Shayi.
Yun Shayi lowered her eyes and said faintly, “I’ll go with you.”
“No need, no need.” Luo Tangtang’s heart skipped a beat. If the Head Senior Sister went with her, Xu Huanchen might spout who knows what crazy nonsense. Moreover, if the Head Senior Sister was there, Xu Huanchen might not talk about certain things.
Yun Shayi froze for a moment. She pressed her lips tightly together, and only after a while did she say, “Okay, come back early.”
Luo Tangtang and Xu Huanchen went one after the other, finding a secluded spot.
Luo Tangtang cautiously glanced around.
Xu Huanchen’s mouth twitched. “Alright, aren’t you making your neck sore twisting it around? You’re just meeting me.”
Luo Tangtang pouted. “This is different. Aren’t I asking you for secrets?”
“Tsk tsk, are you sure I’ll tell you?”
Luo Tangtang rolled her eyes at him.
A trace of helplessness flashed across Xu Huanchen’s face. “What do you want to ask?”
“Why did your Myriad Radiance Sect come to Soul Ruin Town?”
“Tsk, is what the Myriad Radiance Sect does something I can decide? How would I know?”
“You don’t know?” Luo Tangtang’s eye corner lifted slightly, a look of disbelief on her face.
Xu Huanchen stared steadily at Luo Tangtang for a few seconds. “Can I not tell you?”
Then he added, “Forget it, it’s nothing to tell you.”
Speaking of this, Xu Huanchen’s usually carefree expression became slightly more serious. “Originally, it wasn’t just the Myriad Radiance Sect that came.”
“It’s also thanks to the Myriad Radiance Sect coming that Soul Ruin Town didn’t truly become the target of everyone.”
“What do you mean?” Luo Tangtang frowned, feeling very confused.
Xu Huanchen shrugged. “I don’t know who spread the news, saying that Soul Ruin Town has a divine relic, and obtaining it allows one to see heaven’s secrets.”
“So, we came.”
“Who did you all hear it from?” Luo Tangtang’s heart sank to the bottom.
“I told you, I don’t know.” Xu Huanchen rubbed his temples. He really had no way with Luo Tangtang.
“This matter caused quite a stir in the cultivation world. If the Supreme Immortal Sect and Myriad Radiance Sect hadn’t worked together to suppress this matter, this little Soul Ruin Town would likely be overcrowded by now.”
“Oh, so you’re saying they should thank you.”
“You—!”
A trace of helplessness flashed across Xu Huanchen’s face. “This has nothing to do with me! Don’t take your anger out on me.”
“I’m not taking it out on you.” Luo Tangtang grabbed her hair in annoyance. Her originally neat hair instantly became messy. She just felt a bit lost about what to do.
Seeing this, Xu Huanchen sighed. “What are you worrying about?”
“Isn’t this a good thing for the people in the small town?”
“A good thing?” Luo Tangtang looked up, somewhat stunned.
“Uh… why are you getting dumber and dumber?”
“Being targeted by the Supreme Immortal Sect and the Myriad Radiance Sect is better than being killed by people from the Demon Realm, right?”
“No matter what, for the sake of their respective sects’ reputations, they won’t do anything too excessive. The townspeople also gain some protection. Why not be happy about it?”
After saying that, he also patted Luo Tangtang’s head. “Since the situation can’t be changed, why not find a way to make it develop in the best possible direction?”
“This is what we can do, and all we can do.”
Xu Huanchen’s words lingered in her ears. Luo Tangtang returned to the small temple, somewhat distracted.
The people from the Supreme Immortal Sect and the Myriad Radiance Sect both had their own dedicated camps, but Yun Shayi and Luo Tangtang didn’t go back and still stayed in the small temple.
“You’re back?”
“Ah? Mm.” Luo Tangtang was startled seeing Yun Shayi suddenly appear before her eyes, but she quickly recovered. The System was like that too, speaking up out of nowhere.
“Where did you go? Why is your hair all messy?” Yun Shayi’s eyes were obscure. Her slender fingertips brushed Luo Tangtang’s hair, helping her tidy it.
“Uh…!” I forgot to tidy my hair after grabbing it earlier.
“It’s nothing, it just got messy, messy haha.”
“Messy?” Yun Shayi’s hand suddenly paused, and a light chuckle sounded above Luo Tangtang’s head.
“Oh, right, I just went to discuss some things with Xu Huanchen.” Luo Tangtang suddenly realized, as if startled awake by a thought.
“I came back after we finished discussing.”
“The hair got messy because I scratched my head after he annoyed me. Yes, that’s it.”
“If I knew Senior Sister would be back so early, who would idle chat with him there? I definitely would have come back earlier to keep Senior Sister company.”
Luo Tangtang smiled, her eyes curving, looking completely innocent.
You’re really good at faking it. The System mocked in her mind.
“Tangtang is very… obedient.”
It was clearly a very normal tone, but Luo Tangtang felt a chill down her spine and couldn’t help but shiver.
System, I keep feeling something is off about Head Senior Sister. Is she… not as pure as she seems?
Heh heh, experience it yourself.
“Lost in thought again?” Yun Shayi’s cool tone sounded again.
“Tangtang is always like this,” Yun Shayi said again.
Always what? Luo Tangtang gave a few dry laughs and quickly changed the subject.
“What do we do next?”
Speaking of this, Yun Shayi’s eyes moved slightly. “Revered Master Zhiwang just said that the Supreme Immortal Sect and Myriad Radiance Sect will designate this place as an affiliated territory of their sects and will send disciples from within the sects to guard it.”
Sure enough, Luo Tangtang thought to herself. Xu Huanchen hadn’t been wrong.
“That’s good too. At least the people in the town will be relatively safer,” Luo Tangtang consoled her.
“Mm.” Yun Shayi lifted her eyes. What she truly cared about had already disappeared. Now, she just wanted to preserve this place as a memento. Whatever the sects did, she wouldn’t interfere.
“Then Senior Sister, let’s go wander around outside together,” Luo Tangtang suddenly pouted, looking somewhat dissatisfied.
“We’ve been here for a few days, and I feel like we haven’t really taken a good look at the surroundings.”
“Mm.”
“Senior Sister, can you say no?” Luo Tangtang suddenly felt a bit curious.
“I feel like the best Senior Sister says is ‘Mm’, ‘Okay’. Usually, there’s no expression on your face either.”
“You don’t like me this way?” Hearing this, Yun Shayi suddenly lifted her head, then instantly lowered her eyes again. Her long, crow-feather-like eyelashes trembled slightly, looking a little flustered.
“No.” Luo Tangtang eagerly shook her head. “It’s just, with Senior Sister like this, I don’t even know what Senior Sister likes or dislikes. If Senior Sister dislikes something and I happen to do it, what should I do?”
“So, if there’s anything Senior Sister doesn’t like me doing, Senior Sister can say it, and then I can not do it.”
Luo Tangtang rattled off a long speech like a tongue twister.
“I won’t refuse you.” After Luo Tangtang’s long speech, Yun Shayi ended it brilliantly.
She stared steadily at Luo Tangtang. “Whatever you want, I will give it to you.”
Luo Tangtang: “…” She talked for half the day for nothing.
“Senior Sister,” Luo Tangtang called out helplessly. “Feelings require mutual effort and maintenance. I don’t want to just ask for things from you. If there’s something you want, tell me. I can give it to you too.”
Yun Shayi’s lips moved. “You just need to stay with me.”
“Right, it’s good to say it like that.” Luo Tangtang nodded in satisfaction. Actually, she was just trying to change the subject, cough cough.
Yes, it’s best if you stay with me forever, and don’t go look at anyone else. Yun Shayi relaxed her clenched, pale hand. Dark blue veins appeared between her knuckles.
Anyway, the scenery of Soul Ruin Town was quite nice. Surrounded by mountains, the peaks weren’t sharp, carrying the gentle warmth of a Jiangnan water town, misty with rain, very elegant.
Luo Tangtang and Yun Shayi walked on one of the winding mountain paths. The path was muddy, and their shoes were covered in a lot of mud. Luo Tangtang even casually picked two large leaves from the roadside, sometimes sticking one on her head, sometimes using one to fan herself.
Yun Shayi gently held Luo Tangtang’s wrist with one hand. The mountain path was slippery, and she was afraid Luo Tangtang might fall.
Melodious and winding bird songs echoed in their ears. Spotted tree shadows danced on the rocks by the mountain side. Luo Tangtang was waving her hand around aimlessly when suddenly a flash of pure white caught her eye, making her unable to react for a moment.
It wasn’t until that plant-like thing that seemed to have tentacles poked its head out again that Luo Tangtang’s foot slipped, and she nearly fell. Fortunately, Yun Shayi, who was beside her, was quick-eyed and quick-handed and steadied her in one go.
“What the heck is this?” A trace of fear flashed in Luo Tangtang’s eyes.
It was an entirely snow-white plant, about knee-high to Luo Tangtang. It had a large, round plate-like body with facial features growing on it in a startled way: dark, round eyes, two small holes in the middle like a nose, and a curve resembling a mouth.
After sensing that Luo Tangtang had discovered it, the curve at its mouth split wider, as if… it was smiling.
“Fluffy Silk Plate Flower.” Yun Shayi’s gaze was fixed on the Silk Flower before her.
Just then, hearing Yun Shayi speak, the Silk Flower suddenly moved up and down a few times, seeming to nod, and then swayed left and right.
“Senior sister, what is this thing?” As soon as the Silk Flower appeared, Yun Shayi had stepped forward, shielding her behind her. At this moment, Luo Tangtang could only stand on tiptoe, leaning on Yun Shayi’s shoulder to look at the Silk Flower.
“Heh heh.” The Silk Flower’s split mouth emitted a strange, high-pitched laugh.
Luo Tangtang immediately covered her ears. It was too unpleasant, like cat claws scraping a wall.
Yun Shayi immediately frowned. The Silk Flower let out a shriek of pain, and the tentacles beneath its feet were all frozen solid.
It immediately struggled harder, its high-pitched laugh turning into a shriek.
However, the next moment, its whole body was frozen solid.
Finally, the world was quiet.
Luo Tangtang lowered the hand that had been covering her ears, took two steps forward, and examined the Silk Flower that had been frozen into an ice block.
“How come it feels as silly as the Little Qilin?” Luo Tangtang muttered.
Oh right, where’s the Little Qilin? A trace of confusion crossed Luo Tangtang’s face.
“Why haven’t I seen it?”