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

Hearing Lingling's words, Yun Qingyi was not surprised at all, after all, this was the most reasonable explanation.

Moreover, the Li people would reserve a place for the merfolk to offer sacrifices, so they would naturally arrange everything. However, unlike the sacrifices offered by the Li people, the merfolk seemed to only need the souls of the merfolk.

However, after thinking about it, Yun Qingyi felt that this was reasonable. After all, this was the territory of the ancient sea, and the merfolk lived in the western sea. Besides, if she directly asked for the sacrifice of merfolk, the merfolk would probably not agree, since everyone knew that the merfolk were few in number.

Collecting souls directly is much more cost-effective than sacrificing several merfolk.

Yun Qingyi gazed calmly at the azure water droplet before her. This water droplet was indeed quite interesting; it could directly attract the souls of the Merfolk, disregarding spatial boundaries, and bring them to the ancient sea territory.

Without the Soul-Soothing Lamp, the Li people's plan would indeed be considered perfect.

Liang Jiao looked at Yun Qingyi and the others, who seemed to be deep in thought, and knew that they understood: "That's right, I came here because of the influence of the water droplet formation beneath me."

After he finished speaking, the pavilion was silent for a short while. After a while, the mermaid princess looked at him and asked, "Where is the Soul-Soothing Lamp? Where is it now?"

Upon hearing this, Liang Jiao's eyes flickered, and she said, "It's gone."

"Disappeared?" The mermaid princess frowned, somewhat incredulous. "How could it disappear? It's our clan's most prized treasure."

“It simply disappeared.” Liang Jiao said frankly, “The Soul-Soothing Lamp entered this water droplet with us. It was still there at first, but after a few years, it was completely absorbed by the water droplet.”

"..." After listening, the mermaid princess suddenly didn't know what to say. She just felt that all of this seemed a bit absurd.

After a pause, Liang Jiao pondered for a moment, then looked at the mermaid princess: "Don't you want to know why the Soul-Soothing Lamp devours the souls of mermaids?"

The mermaid princess shook her head with difficulty. This was a fact that was hard for her to believe, after all, the Soul-Soothing Lamp, which was once regarded as the treasure of her clan, was actually used to devour the souls of the mermaids.

But Liang Jiao's words were so reasonable and well-founded that she had no choice but to believe them. Moreover, Liang Jiao had no reason to lie to her about such matters.

“It’s because of the curse… Liangmeng.” Seeing the mermaid princess’s blank expression, Liang Jiao smiled coldly: “It seems you’ve been protected too well, you don’t even know about the curse.”

Do you know why only the energy resources beneath the West Sea have been depleted? Do you know why there are disasters?

"All of this is because of the Merfolk, because of the curse of our race."

"Otherwise, why do you think our Merfolk are divided into two factions, and why there are pioneers? It's because the other faction exists solely to seek a way to lift the curse."

The string of words left the mermaid princess stunned, giving her a huge shock. Her eyes were filled with shock and astonishment as she looked at Liang Jiao: "What did you say? This is impossible! How could these disasters exist because of our mermaid race!"

"I know it's hard for you to believe right now, but it's the truth. Otherwise, why would the seabed energy in the West Sea be depleted, while the South China Sea, the East China Sea, and even the North Sea at the end of the ice sheet have not?"

"Do you think all of this is just a coincidence? Hahaha!" Liang Jiao suddenly burst into laughter, coldly saying, "Where in this world are there so many coincidences? This is merely the sin committed by our merfolk ancestors."

As she listened to each sentence, the mermaid princess felt a chill run down her spine; her heart and faith had suffered a double blow.

Seeing the mermaid princess like this, Liang Jiao sneered again: "Otherwise, do you really think that the mermaid race is born pure and kind? That's just because of the influence of the curse."

Otherwise, what other race in the world is born so foolish that they can be deceived and bullied but still just laugh it off, thinking the world is full of good people?

The mermaid princess trembled slightly: "No, it's not what you said. Merfolk are just a little simple and kind, not just silly and happy."

"Think about it carefully. Do you even believe what you're saying? Let's not even talk about those of us who still have some self-awareness. Which ordinary merman wouldn't be easily fooled?"