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

"Ah...we're alright, thank you." Yun Qingyi was still somewhat dazed when she saw the mermaid princess.

She subconsciously looked down at the huge shadow that had saved them, and then paused for a moment.

It wasn't until the creature beneath her feet let out a long whale cry that Yun Qingyi confirmed that it was a whale that had lifted the three of them out of the trench.

"Hmph, it's alright as long as you're alright. You're welcome. Saving you was just a favor." The mermaid princess grinned and leisurely strolled around.

He then added, "But you guys are too bold, daring to venture deep into the energy trench."

Ok?

Yun Qingyi and the other two looked at the mermaid princess, a glint of light flashing in their eyes.

"Energy trench? What's that?" Yun Qingrou asked.

Upon hearing this, the merman princess's face showed obvious shock: "You? You don't know about the Energy Trench? Which palace are you from? Why didn't the palace master inform you?"

Then he muttered to himself, "This shouldn't be the case. Even if there was no notification, Father Emperor clearly explained it to all the merfolk a couple of days ago. They shouldn't be completely oblivious."

Yun Qingyi's gaze swept over the scene, as if she had thought of something. She walked up to the mermaid princess and said, "Hello, when I fell into the trench, my tail seemed to have been scratched by a rock. Do you have any sea lily flowers that I can use?"

Sea bell flower, a flower loved by marine creatures for its healing properties.

Yun Qingyi looked sincerely at the mermaid princess, and even made a slight frown as if she was in unbearable pain.

Upon hearing this, and seeing Yun Qingyi's slightly pained expression, the mermaid princess immediately became anxious and hurriedly reached for the seashell hanging at her waist: "I have some, please wait a moment."

Yun Qingyi raised an eyebrow and looked at the string of not-so-large seashells around the mermaid princess's waist, thinking that this must be a storage space unique to the seabed.

A moment later, the mermaid princess took out a large handful of sea lilies, held them in both hands, and handed them to Yun Qingyi.

"Here, use this to heal your wounds. If it's not enough, we'll go pick more later."

Yun Qingyi accepted the sea lily, thanked her, and went to sit down in a more secluded spot.

He put most of the sea lilies in his hand into his storage ring, leaving only a small one.

The crystal-clear blue flower emitted a faint fluorescence in my palm.

She wasn't lying; she did cut her ankle on rocks when she fell into the trench, but it's almost healed now.

Following the knowledge taught to her by Cigui, she placed the sea lily on her ankle and slowly used her spiritual power to catalyze it until it completely disappeared.

In no time, the wound on her ankle had completely disappeared. Yun Qingyi stood up, smiled at the mermaid princess not far away, and confirmed something in her heart at the same time.

That is, in the eyes of the current mermaid princess, they all have fish tails.

They are all merfolk.

"Are you feeling better?" The mermaid princess asked with concern as she watched Yun Qingyi approach.

"I'm fully recovered now, thank you for the sea lily." Yun Qingyi smiled gently upon hearing this.

"By the way, we haven't been back to the palace for the past few days, so we might have missed something. Could you tell us what's been going on lately?"

Upon hearing Yun Qingyi's words, the merman princess suddenly realized, "So that's how it is." She wondered how there could be mermen who didn't know about the Energy Trench; it turns out they hadn't been home these past few days.

Merfolk have a habit of going out to search for treasure. Sometimes they won't be home for several days in a row in order to find treasure, which is not unusual, and the mermaid princess didn't think much of it.

Thinking of what she was going to say, her expression became slightly serious. "I originally thought you wanted to take advantage of the fact that the energy trench hadn't closed yet to salvage some treasures scattered nearby, but I didn't expect that you knew nothing at all."

Yun Qingyi frowned. "Could you explain in more detail what the Energy Trench is?"

"The energy trench? It's where energy surges from the bottom of the West Sea. It's because of it that the West Sea is so rich in resources."

“But…” The mermaid princess’s face, which had been smiling just a moment ago, suddenly turned worried. Looking at the wide, dark trench in the distance, she murmured, “It won’t be long before this trench closes up.”