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

The mermaid princess recalled for a moment and realized that the tassels did indeed resemble swords. She blushed slightly, realizing that she had only been thinking about what treasures were hidden in the room and had completely overlooked these details.

Thinking about it, she realized that she really shouldn't have done that. All the seniors knew that she was the only one who had foolishly overlooked these details.

Thinking about it, she secretly made up her mind that she would never make any mistakes next time.

After waiting for a while and seeing that no more swords were shot out from inside the room, Yun Qingyi said calmly, "Alright, let's not stand outside anymore, let's go inside."

He walked to the door, opened it, paused, took out a bead from his storage bracelet, and threw it inside.

Almost the instant the bead hit the ground, countless sharp blades shot towards it.

Seeing this, the mermaid princess swallowed hard. Luckily, she hadn't rushed into the room, or she would be riddled with holes right now. Indeed, she was still too young.

After throwing a bead into each corner, the group went inside. This time, the mermaid princess didn't dare to take a single extra step, following Yun Qingyi's every step. She was genuinely afraid this time.

Looking at the empty room, Yun Qingyi understood and looked at Ji Zhaoze: "Senior brother, it's up to you now."

Ji Zhaoze smiled slightly, his fingers flew, and he made a hand seal to break the formation. He then used it on the bead that Yun Qingyi had just thrown down. In an instant, the bead shattered into powder, and the surrounding scenery changed.

“Here…” The mermaid princess stared in disbelief at the suddenly changed scene.

"This is what the room originally looked like. What we just saw was just a kind of illusionary formation," Yun Qingyi explained patiently when she saw the mermaid princess's confusion.

Yun Qingrou chimed in, "Although it's like an illusion, it's still an array. If we had made a single wrong step, we would have been trapped inside it."

"What?!" Upon hearing this, the mermaid princess exclaimed in astonishment. Was it really that terrifying?

Her gaze was complicated, filled with deep confusion: "Seniors, isn't this ruin your clan's? How could it be so terrifying?"

"Terrifying?" Yun Qingyi was puzzled. She looked at the treasures that had appeared around her, walked forward to examine them, and said to the mermaid princess, "What's so terrifying about this?"

To be able to obtain the items in the room simply by breaking a formation is already considered quite benevolent of the palace owner.

You should know that in those secluded and mysterious places outside, you only get a little bit of something after risking your life.

The fact that the formation was broken so easily is simply a testament to the palace owner's great mercy.

"It's...nothing." Seeing Yun Qingyi's matter-of-fact and even somewhat grateful gaze, the merman princess wisely shut her mouth. Is this how powerful races interact? It's certainly quite unique.

Seeing that the mermaid princess didn't speak again, Yun Qingyi didn't say anything either. She looked at the treasure she had picked up and was very satisfied.

If I'm not mistaken, this is a mid-grade defensive magic weapon.

It's not that this magical artifact is particularly good, but this is only the second hidden room, and a magical artifact of this rank has already appeared. The ones that follow must be even more powerful.

After putting away the mid-grade magic weapon in her hand, Yun Qingyi looked around again.

There were only four things in the room: besides the mid-grade magic weapon in her hand, there were two ancient books on formations and a sword manual.

Yun Qingrou picked up the sword manual, while Ji Zhaoze picked up the two array formation books.

After glancing at them, I noticed that both of their expressions were quite indifferent.

"A very ordinary array formation," Ji Zhaoze commented.

"Well, the sword manual is also quite basic, but it's still somewhat useful for beginners," Yun Qingrou added.

Despite saying that, the two still put away the ancient books on formations and sword manuals.

After checking carefully again and finding that there was indeed nothing left, Yun Qingyi said to the others, "Let's go and open the next hidden area."