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

"Is Sister experiencing something unpleasant in her state of mind?" Yun Qingrou asked with some concern, noticing that Yun Qingyi's condition was somewhat off.

Unpleasant? Not at all. She was actually quite happy. She saw her beloved grandmother in the illusion, and Yun Qingyi felt a little bittersweet.

However, the increasing number of mysteries made her somewhat irritable.

Yun Qingyi felt a chill run down her spine just thinking about it; she didn't really like this feeling of knowing nothing.

"Arou, what is your Heart-Questioning Test like?" Yun Qingyi asked directly.

"It goes back to the first time I went with the elders to kill a small family that had betrayed the Yun family. I killed everyone in that small family, from eighty-year-old elders to two-year-old children."

Yun Qingrou spoke these words expressionlessly. She continued to recall, "That small family embezzled the three million high-grade spirit stones that were intended to buy materials to build the dam. They only used a small portion of the money to build the dam, and the embezzled spirit stones were divided equally among several other small families."

Recalling this, she suddenly sneered: "Ask me about my conscience, for killing an entire clan just because of one person's mistake, so ruthless and bloodthirsty, aren't you afraid of developing inner demons?"

"Of course I'm not afraid. I, Yun Qingrou, have always killed those who deserve to be killed and beheaded those who deserve to be beheaded! Those few villains used the wrong materials, which caused the dam to be destroyed by the flood, and all the villages near the river were submerged. In the end, less than thirty people survived."

Their family members were innocent, but did those ordinary people who suffered undeserved calamities deserve to die? Ironically, when questioned in the end, he said that there are so many ordinary people, what does it matter if more die?

Since he showed no remorse, what wrong was there in killing them all? Finally, I shattered the illusion, and then I woke up.

After hearing this, Yun Qingyi fell silent. Good heavens, an illusion can be shattered?

"What about you, sister?" Yun Qingrou asked Yun Qingyi, who was silently questioning her life, and felt a little curious about Yun Qingyi's test of her conscience.

"I..." Yun Qingyi started to speak, but then she didn't know what to say. What was she saying? She herself was unclear about it.

Seeing Yun Qingyi hesitate and fall silent, Yun Qingrou assumed that something in the illusion was making Yun Qingyi too sad to talk about. Feeling sorry for her, she took Yun Qingyi's hand and said, "Sister, if you don't want to talk about it, then don't. Arou is always here and won't let anyone bully you."

It seems there's been a misunderstanding...

That's fine, it saves me from having to explain.

Just as the two were talking, a third person woke up.

Just then, ethereal music drifted from outside the main hall, and a faint fragrance of orchids floated in the air. In a daze, three people were sitting at the head of the main hall.

Yun Qingyi looked up and saw two men and one woman, dressed in white, their bodies seemingly surrounded by radiant light, like celestial beings, sacred and inviolable.

Is this how you pretend? Yun Qingyi's lips twitched; at this moment, only this thought occupied her mind.

Hmm? Ci Gui seemed to have heard something, his gaze sweeping over the three young men in the hall before finally settling on Yun Qingyi.

The boy, who had been dazed since waking up, was still in a daze. Had he passed the test of conscience or missed something because he had slept for too long? But he saw a dozen or so people still lying on the ground.

The boy breathed a sigh of relief; he had probably passed.

Another person floated in through the entrance of the main hall. Looking at the dazzling golden light beneath the person's feet, it was undoubtedly Elder Fohan.

Yun Qingyi couldn't help but complain, "So the elder's pretentious act is being led by those above."

Ci Gui glanced at Yun Qingyi again and pursed his lips.

Elder Fohan entered the main hall with a hearty laugh, bowed to the head of the hall, and swept his whisk. One by one, the people who were still lying on the ground floated up, lined up, and followed Elder Fohan out of the main hall.

Watching people float away, Yun Qingyi felt something was strange, but she couldn't quite put her finger on why.

"Congratulations on completing the test of self-examination. We will now give you the final question."

“No need for the lyrics, there are only three of us left.” The woman at the head of the table said with a smile, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Yun Qingrou.

Yun Qingyi's gaze shifted, then she said, "Since the Xuanmiao Sect Master is here, the other two must be the Qingyue Sect Master and the Lingfeng Sect Master, the two deputy sect masters."

The man remained silent, his clear and flawless face expressionless. He then nodded, agreeing to the woman's suggestion. Pointing at Yun Qingyi, he said in a clear and gentle voice, "Would you be willing to become my disciple?"

Yun Qingyi, who was pointed at, was a little confused, but she quickly came to her senses and looked at the white-robed man at the head of the table, saying, "This junior is willing."

Seeing that Ci Gui had chosen the person so quickly, the Qingyue Sect Master turned around and asked Yun Qingrou happily, "Little girl, what's your name? Where do you live? What do your parents do? How many siblings do you have?"

The tone, which sounded like a census check, made Yun Qingrou fall silent, but she still answered seriously: "My name is Yun Qingrou. My family is from Qingcheng in Qinghe Region of the Southern Spirit Continent. My parents run a trading company. Besides my uncle's family, I only have one older sister."

"Haha, good child." The Qingyue Sect Master smiled happily, her eyes crinkling. "Then, Qingrou, would you be willing to become my disciple?"

"Junior is willing."

"Then I have no choice." A deep, gentle voice came from behind. Yun Qingyi looked in the direction of the voice and saw a man on the left at the head of the table with a carefree smile and a pair of gentle and affectionate peach blossom eyes.

So this is what the legendary, dashing Master of the Listening Wind Sect is like. He truly lives up to his title of "Jade-Faced Gentleman," and is completely different from the Master of the Ci Gui Sect, who is as pure as the moon and exudes a cool and aloof aura.

"You, what's your name?" The Lingfeng Sect Master pointed to the only young man on the field.

The young man had a handsome face and regular features. He walked forward with a calm step and said, "Reporting to Sect Master Lingfeng, my name is Gu Qiqing, and I am from Laizhou in the Arctic Region."

"Indeed, to be able to complete the Ascension Stairs in a single day and awaken from the Mind-Questioning Realm set up by Elder Fohan, you must be no ordinary person. Would you be willing to become my disciple?"

"Reporting to the sect leader, this junior is willing."

Seeing that Lingfeng had finished off the last person, Cigui looked at Yun Qingyi, stepped into the air and walked towards her. With a thought, a long sword appeared under his feet. A gust of wind swept by, and the figure in front of him had disappeared. A clear and cold voice came from ahead: "Follow me."

Yun Qingyi froze, then realized what was happening and chased after him while shouting, "Master! I can't fly on a sword!"

Seemingly having heard Yun Qingyi's voice or sensing that no one was following behind, Ci Gui turned around.

Not far away, a small figure was running wildly on the ground, cursing in his mind. Hearing this, Yun Qingyi cursed him from beginning to end in her mind. After pursing her lips and struggling for a while, she finally decided to go down and meet him.