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

"Sister, do you know how worried I am?"

"A-Rou...?"

Yun Qingrou remained silent, her dark eyes fixed on Yun Qingyi's eyes.

The moonlight was bright tonight, and she felt something that had been suppressed for a long time loosening up again.

But this time, Yun Qingrou didn't pretend to be nonchalant and suppress her feelings as she usually did; she had no desire to do so.

At that moment, she was filled with fear and self-blame.

She couldn't imagine what her older sister had gone through when they separated. Because she didn't know, she was afraid; because she couldn't share her burden, she felt guilty.

From childhood to adulthood, she had been relentlessly cultivating her skills, a reason she had never told anyone.

It was solely to protect Yun Qingyi.

Her older sister was too delicate, like the paper butterfly she folded for her when she was little—fragile and easily broken.

Yet this fragile thing could easily steal all her attention.

As a child, she had a bad temper, and no one wanted to talk to her.

Only her older sister was willing to hold her hand, eat with her, watch her practice swordsmanship, and even fold her a paper butterfly.

She was like this butterfly, bursting into her life and dancing freely in her heart.

Yun Qingrou couldn't imagine what she would become if this butterfly disappeared.

The thought of this possibility made her grip Yun Qingyi's hand tighten, and every corner of her heart was filled with pain.

If only she were stronger, her older sister wouldn't have fallen into those dangerous situations.

Thinking this, Yun Qingrou's aura darkened further.

"Arou!" Sensing something was wrong, Yun Qingyi grabbed Yun Qingrou's wrist and asked worriedly, "What's wrong?"

Yun Qingrou, who had been restrained, was momentarily stunned. The gloomy aura around her dissipated considerably, and the things in her heart stopped showing any signs of loosening.

Yun Qingrou smiled, gently twirling a stray strand of hair from Yun Qingyi's temple around her fingertips with her other hand, and whispered, "Sister, I'm fine. I'm sorry for making you worry."

Yun Qingyi stared at her intently, a vague unease creeping into her heart.

Although the gloomy aura around Yun Qingrou had subsided considerably, she still felt that something was amiss.

The scent was somewhat familiar, but I couldn't quite place what it was.

Suddenly, an answer flashed through her mind...

Yun Qingyi looked at Yun Qingrou with a complicated expression. Could it be demonic energy?

However, unlike the previous cycles, this one did not result in an irreversible tragedy. So why did Arou's demonic energy still emerge?

Just as Yun Qingyi was racking her brains trying to figure it out, Yun Qingrou suddenly hugged her and nuzzled her head against Yun Qingyi's neck.

She murmured, "Sister, please don't hide things from me anymore, okay? I don't want you to be in danger without me by your side."

I can't accept the day I suddenly hear the news that you've disappeared forever.

Yun Qingyi sighed softly, gently patted her back, and soothed her gently, "Okay, I was wrong this time. I'll definitely tell Arou anything that happens to me in the future, okay?"

After she finished speaking, Yun Qingyi clearly felt that the gloomy aura on Yun Qingrou's body had completely disappeared. A glimmer of light flashed in her eyes, as if she had found the key to it.

After hearing Yun Qingyi's words, Yun Qingrou's mood improved noticeably, and she released Yun Qingyi.

But his voice was still muffled as he said, "Okay, fine."

Yun Qingyi stood up. Now that she had told them everything she needed to, it was time to think about how to deal with Yun Yu'er.

Seeing Yun Qingyi walk towards the array where Yun Yu'er was, everyone followed her.

Inside the formation, Yun Yu'er was writhing in pain. When she saw Yun Qingyi approaching, her eyes were filled with resentment, and she kept muttering something.

However, because Ji Zhaoze had previously placed a silencing restriction, no one heard what she said.

Yun Qingyi turned to Ji Zhaoze, "Senior brother, can you change the formation so that it only traps Yun Yu'er?"

"Junior Sister, do you want to temporarily erase the myriad killing intents trapped in the formation?" Ji Zhaoze asked.

Yun Qingyi nodded. "Yes, I have something to ask her."

Ji Zhaozhe understood, raised his hand, and his spiritual energy flowed through his palm, causing Yun Yu'er, who was inside the formation, to fall from mid-air to the ground.

The surrounding dark blue light had disappeared, replaced by emerald green rays that clung to Yun Yu'er like vines, lifting her up once more.

Ji Zhaozhe casually removed the silence-restricting spell at the same time.

Yun Qingyi took a few steps forward and coldly looked at Yun Yu'er in the formation.

Yun Yu'er's eyes were filled with hatred as she stared intently at Yun Qingyi and said viciously, "Yun Qingyi, you will die a horrible death!"

"Do you think this formation can trap me forever?"

"I'm telling you! I'm immortal!"

"I am immortal!"

"Once I get out of here, I will repay you a thousandfold, ten thousandfold, for the humiliation I suffered today!"

……

Yun Qingyi listened quietly to Yun Yu'er's words, and some of what she said was indeed true.

For example, this formation can only trap her temporarily.

She remembered that Yun Yu'er must have something on her that could greatly increase her cultivation level.

During their fight, Yun Qingyi was constantly on guard against this situation, but it never happened.

Therefore, she concluded that the thing must have entered a dormant period, or something had happened before that the power had been used and entered a cooldown period, which was why Yun Yu'er had not used that power.

But once that power is restored, although it still won't be able to do anything to them, it will be more than enough to leave this formation and escape from here.

Therefore, Yun Qingyi wanted to take advantage of the fact that Yun Yu'er was not yet able to escape, and see if she could pry something out of her.

"Are you done talking?" Seeing that Yun Yu'er was finally too tired to curse anymore, Yun Qingyi asked calmly.

Yun Yu'er raised her eyes and looked at her coldly, without saying a word.

Yun Qingyi ignored her and took out the bottle she had obtained in Xingyue City, waving it in front of Yun Yu'er.

Yun Yu'er's eyes widened in surprise, and her voice suddenly became excited, "This is... my bottle, my bottle!"

Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she glared at Yun Qingyi with wide eyes and shouted, "So it was you! You bitch, you're the one who did this!"

"Give me back the bottle, you bitch!"

"This is something I've been planning for six whole years!"

"You robber! Give it back to me!"

"Aaaaah! I'm going to kill you! Yun Qingyi, I'm going to kill you!"

Yun Qingyi ignored Yun Yu'er's renewed outburst and carefully examined the varying shades of blue flocculent matter in the bottle in her hand.

He asked calmly, "What are you going to do with collecting the life force of those mortals?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Yu'er gave a cold laugh, "Trying to get information out of me? Bah! Wishful thinking!"