I woke up to find myself as the villain's older sister.

Chapter 400 Past 2

Soon after, Yun Qingyi and Xie Xiyan heard a sound coming from inside the forbidden pavilion, and shortly after, Yun Qingrou came out.

The two subconsciously looked into the forbidden pavilion and found that everything had been swept away. Yun Qingrou's face was expressionless, but when she looked at Yun Qingyi, her face warmed up a little: "Sister, let's go back. Mother is dead. The sect leader of Zixiao Sect should have already received the news."

Yun Qingyi nodded, without asking anything else, "Okay, I'll go find my senior brothers and then leave."

As Shen Li's soul dissipated, Gu Qiqing and Ji Zhaoling found each other.

"Uncle-Master! We've finally found you." Ruan Qi was followed by several people who also rushed over. "I don't know why we were suddenly separated."

Leng Zhan: "Yeah, it scared me to death. I thought I was going to be trapped in this place forever."

Ji Zhaoling: "Coward, use your brain. This is simply impossible."

Ji Zhaoze glanced around at the group, a hint of worry flashing across his usually aloof face: "Has something happened?"

Yun Qingyi shook her head: "Let's go back and talk about it. Let's leave the library now and erase any traces we leave behind before we go."

Ji Zhaoze and the others did not ask any further questions. They carefully erased any traces of their movements and the books they had touched in the library, and left the library in the blink of an eye.

No sooner had the group left than the sect leader of Zixiao Sect arrived with several elders.

Upon entering the library, we headed straight for the forbidden section.

Looking at the ransacked Forbidden Pavilion, filled with shock and doubt, he tentatively called out, "Li'er...?"

No one responded.

"Li'er!!!"

The sect leader of Zixiao Sect frantically searched the library, "Where are you... don't scare me..."

The other elders exchanged glances. As core members of the sect, they naturally knew of Shen Li's existence and that she was no ordinary person to their sect leader. After a moment's hesitation, one elder stepped forward and said, "Sect leader... before we came here, I did some divination... Shen Li, she..."

"Shut up!" The sect leader of Zixiao Sect interrupted the elder, saying to himself, "No... the soul lamp must have gone out accidentally... Li'er must have fallen into a deep sleep..."

The Purple Cloud Sect Master's eyes lit up, as if he had suddenly found a ray of light. "Yes...that's right..." he murmured to himself, "Li'er must have fallen into a deep sleep. Isn't it said that when the soul is too tired, it will also fall into a deep sleep? Perhaps...perhaps Li'er just wanted to play a joke on me..."

The other elders fell silent, all turning their gazes to one of them, named Pai Le, who was a childhood friend of the Zixiao Sect Master.

Pai Le pursed her lips, looking at the Zixiao Sect Master with a helpless yet unbearable expression. Finally, seeing the Zixiao Sect Master gradually becoming somewhat delirious, she slapped him on the forehead: "Duan Yuan! Wake up! She was already dead, and now she's completely gone!"

The leader of the Purple Cloud Sect was slapped on the forehead. At first, he didn't react, but finally, he looked up at Pai Le in disbelief. "You hit me..." he said, then burst into tears, "You hit me... My beloved is gone, and you still hit me..."

Pai Le: "Come on, if you really loved her, you should have let her go in the first place, instead of letting her be bullied by your wife and locked up in this tiny library! To put it bluntly, you're just selfish!"

Duan Yuan: "Pai Le! What right do you have to talk to me like that! Aren't you the same? Wasn't that little girl in your house also taken by force?!"

Pai Le: "I am selfish, but I am selfish in an open and honest way. I am not like you, who wants everything and makes up a bunch of excuses. After getting it, you still awkwardly come up with a bunch of hurtful excuses, saying that you resurrected her only for the bloodline of the demon god. Bah! You have the guts to talk tough, but not the guts to be honest trash!"

Duan Yuan was completely devastated. He was already heartbroken from losing his lover, and his childhood friend was rubbing salt into his wounds: "I'm trash! Then what are you?!"

Pai Le: "Why are you getting so worked up? I never said I wasn't trash, but I'm more aware of being trash than you are. Instead of grieving and crying here, you should investigate what happened. Maybe there'll still be a chance!"

One sentence woke up the Zixiao Sect Master. Pai Le was right. The most important thing now was to investigate who came to the library. He didn't believe that Shen Li's soul lamp would go out for no reason!