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

"Ahem." Perhaps Yun Qingyi and the others' speechless expressions were too obvious, Uncle Shang coughed a few times to change the subject and continued, "Although the information given by the previous Mermaid Emperor was incomplete, we still managed to find the legendary palace thanks to our efforts at the time."

At this point, Uncle Shang's eyes showed no excitement, but rather a hint of sadness: "But when we got to that palace, there was nothing there except some murals, let alone that legendary, mysterious race."

……

After hearing this, a brief silence fell over the area.

After a while, Yun Qingyi spoke up: "May I ask why the former Merfolk Emperor went to find that race?"

"Ah... this." Uncle Shang frowned and thought for a while. Then he said to the group, "It's not a secret, I might as well tell you."

"Didn't I just say that there are defensive formations set up by successive Mermaid Emperors in this Mermaid Palace? These formations were left to us by that race."

That's why, although our Merfolk race can now protect ourselves very well, our offensive capabilities are still too weak.

It's not that I'm being self-deprecating, but the fact is that among all sea creatures, our Merfolk have almost the least say in terms of influence.

If we want other sea creatures to truly respect us, we need to have our own strength.

Yun Qingyi pondered, "So, the last wish of the former Merfolk Emperor was to find that race and have them teach our Merfolk race attack-type formations?"

"Yes." Uncle Shang nodded upon hearing this, then sighed, "But we didn't find anything at the time. After leaving that palace, we searched for a long time, but still found nothing."

"Then, because we almost lost our lives in the ancient sea territory and were in extremely poor condition, we finally decided to leave the ancient sea territory."

"You almost lost your life?" The mermaid princess was somewhat surprised. "Is the ancient sea region very dangerous?"

"It's not that dangerous." Uncle Shang looked at her with a wry smile. "It's just that our Merfolk are too weak, and that's a completely new and unknown world. It would be difficult to avoid encountering other dangerous things."

Therefore, even in places that aren't particularly dangerous, it's still a hellish ordeal for our merfolk.

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore." Seeing that the atmosphere around them had changed again, Uncle Shang took the initiative to change the subject and said with a smile, "You guys... there's really nothing to be sentimental or sad about."

“Every race has its own reason for being born, and so does our Merfolk. Although we are weak, we also possess things that other races do not have.”

"What is it?" the mermaid princess asked immediately.

Uncle Shang: "..." He didn't say anything, but directly tapped the mermaid princess on the head.

"I'm saying this so that you kids won't look down on yourselves just because our merfolk are weak, not so that you'll argue with me."

The mermaid princess rubbed her head, looking somewhat aggrieved: "What kind of arguing is this? I'm genuinely curious, Uncle Shang. Could it be that this thing, which other races don't have, doesn't even exist?"

You're not lying, are you?

"Thump," Uncle Shang looked at the mermaid princess's head and knocked it down again.

She said irritably, "If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute. Look at Yiyi and the others, none of them talk as much as you."

The mermaid princess glanced at Yun Qingyi and the others, and muttered softly, "They're not just quiet, they're clearly waiting for me to ask."

"Huh? What did you say?" Uncle Shang asked, somewhat puzzled, not having heard the mermaid princess's mutterings clearly.

"It's nothing, it's nothing," the mermaid princess chuckled and waved her hand.