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

Yun Qingyi's eyes were complicated. Just as she was about to say something, she heard the sound of breaking glass, and the mermaid princess appeared in this void.

"Wow!" Upon seeing us, the mermaid princess ran towards Yun Qingyi and her group with a loud cry: "Waaah! Senior, I thought you were going to abandon me and throw me into that mirror."

"I'm sorry, Liangmeng, it was my oversight." I didn't expect you to really not notice anything and just sit there blankly. If I had known this would happen, I would have told you everything I had guessed.

Yun Qingyi thought to herself that she would definitely give her a heads-up for the next area.

After the mermaid princess emerged, the Void Realm began to transform, and the surrounding scenery changed. It was no longer a vast, empty void; instead, numerous treasures were casually placed in the magnificent corridors.

"These are all offerings for Lord Sea God," Jingling suddenly said.

"Tribute?"

"You mean, the treasures in the hidden areas of this palace are all tributes?" Yun Qingyi had just asked the question when she realized it was a bit redundant. The entire palace was offered to the Sea God, so everything in it naturally belonged to the Sea God.

“Yes, that’s right.” Lingling nodded, not finding anything wrong with Yun Qingyi’s question. “This palace houses the most precious treasures of all the Li people, and each area is guarded by a soul like me.”

"But after guarding this place for so many years, only a few of us have survived, becoming spirits or something else like me. The souls of the other sacrificial clansmen have all completely disappeared."

"Huh? What is this thing?" The mermaid princess heard the sound and curiously moved closer to Yun Qingrou, looking at the mirror shard in her hand.

They were astonished to find a little girl inside.

"I... Lingling is nothing! Lingling is a spirit of the realm! How dare you, you merman, say such things to me! I just sent you a message!"

"So it was you." The mermaid princess realized, no wonder the voice sounded so familiar. Her face flushed with apology, "I'm so sorry, I didn't know, but Jingling..."

Knowing what the mermaid princess wanted to ask, Yun Qingyi explained to her while looking at the treasures in the corridor.

"So that's how it is..." After hearing this, the mermaid princess looked at Jingling with a hint of pity.

"Alright, everyone, come and see what's here." Yun Qingyi picked up a magical artifact from the shelf, weighed it in her hand, and said to everyone.

Yun Qingrou also picked up a longsword and said, "The things here are very practical; they are at least mid-grade or higher magic weapons."

"There are two more top-grade magic treasures." Ji Zhaoze walked to a corner and picked up two beads.

"Top-quality?" Upon hearing this, Yun Qingyi and Yun Qingrou immediately became interested and went to Ji Zhaoze's place.

"These are the two beads?"

"They are indeed top-quality, but they are all defensive in nature and have a single function with no outstanding features," Yun Qingrou said.

Upon hearing this, Yun Qingyi pondered for a moment and said, "But if it were auctioned off, it should be worth quite a few spirit stones."

"Hmm? Is my sister short of spirit stones?"

"Uh..." Upon hearing this, Yun Qingyi immediately thought of that arrogant, money-devouring beast, "We don't lack it now, but who knows what will happen in the future..."

Thinking this through, Yun Qingyi deftly divided the treasures in the corridor into four portions. "Here, one portion for each of you. Hurry up and collect them before heading to the next place."

“This…” The mermaid princess hesitated. “Senior, I didn’t do anything. I can’t take so many things.”

"Listen to me, just take it when I tell you to, don't dawdle." Hearing the mermaid princess's words, Yun Qingyi said as she packed her things. After packing her share, she headed towards the mural.

Watching Yun Qingyi's retreating figure, the mermaid princess was moved. Without being coy, she took all of her share and declared that in the future, if her senior committed a murder, she would hand him the knife and would never go west if he told her to go east.

The group returned to the mural, and as Yun Qingyi was about to trigger the mechanism on the mural again, Jingling suddenly spoke up: "Um...brother and sister...are you going to the next offering area?"