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

“As far as I know, our Merfolk race has lived in this Western Sea since its birth, and we have never left the Western Sea no matter what we do. That’s why I said that the Ancient Sea territory should be located in the Western Sea,” said the Merfolk princess.

Upon hearing this, Yun Qingyi remained expressionless, simply looking at her calmly: "Why do you emphasize 'logically speaking'?"

"Hehe." The mermaid princess chuckled and said, "Because I heard that the ancient sea territory is not actually in the West Sea, and the West Sea is just a crossroads."

"It is said that?"

"Hmm... I've never seen any of my people go to the ancient sea territory since I was born, so of course I can only hear about it."

Yun Qingyi didn't speak, but glanced at the old merman wielding his flogging stick not far away.

The mermaid princess immediately understood: "Although this flogging staff was made of ebony from the ancient sea region, it dates back to a very, very long time ago. The current flogging staff has been passed down from generation to generation."

At this point, the merman princess raised an eyebrow: "Senior, you know so much, even things like the factions among mermen that I didn't know about, yet you don't know anything about the ancient sea territory?"

……

Yun Qingyi remained silent. Her master hadn't told her, so how would she know?

Liang Wu screamed in pain as he was beaten. The flogging club could amplify the pain, but the damage was low. So even if he was beaten hundreds more times, the old merfolk didn't have to worry about killing him.

"I don't think you'll know what to say and what not to say until you've learned your lesson from today's events!"

"You! You! If I, this old man, don't put in some effort today, I'll be letting my brother down!"

……

Some of the old merfolk spoke fiercely, while others remained silent, focusing solely on fighting.

In an instant, the surroundings were filled with Ryogo's painful screams.

But no one dared to step forward and speak up for him.

The underlings wanted to say something, but then they touched their tails, swallowed, and decided to say nothing.

After an unknown amount of time, seeing that the old merman was getting tired, Yun Qingyi slowly spoke up: "Grandpa and Grandma, I think that after fighting for so long, Liang Wu should have realized his mistake. Why don't we just stop here?"

Hearing this, the merfolk who still wanted to swing their clubs felt too tired to continue, so they nodded and looked at Yun Qingyi with a look of relief: "Yiyi is so considerate and kind."

Then, with some remorse, she said, "Yiyi, we are so sorry... You have sacrificed so much for the tribe, yet the child we raised said such things. It's really... really... sigh!"

The old merfolk sighed heavily, their faces showing both relief and self-reproach as they looked at Yun Qingyi and the others. It seemed they truly felt sorry for Yun Qingyi and the others.

Yun Qingyi paused for a moment. If she were truly a merman from another faction, she would definitely be heartbroken at this moment. After all, the mermen from that other faction had really sacrificed a lot for the continuation of the merman race.

Fortunately, she isn't, and nobody here is either.

Yun Qingyi tugged at the corners of her mouth and smiled gently: "I know that Grandpa and Grandma have never forgotten the merfolk of our faction. That's enough. Grandpa and Grandma don't need to blame themselves. After all, these things happened a long time ago, and it's normal for the younger generation not to know."

After hearing Yun Qingyi's words, the merfolk felt even more guilty. Although Yiyi was considerate and said these words specifically to put these old guys at ease, it was indeed a problem with their upbringing.