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

Bottle after bottle, Yun Qingyi consumed all the pills she had received from Ji Zhaoling and those she had exchanged from the Merit Pavilion.

After finishing the pills, he started eating spirit herbs, but he only chose the older ones and didn't even glance at the rest. After finishing the spirit herbs, he happily started swallowing spirit stones, just like with the spirit herbs, he didn't eat any that were below the highest grade.

In no time, they had devoured most of the things Yun Qingyi had piled on the table.

Yun Qingyi: "..."

No way, can they eat that much?

Yun Qingyi was taken aback, looking at the remaining low-grade spiritual herbs and mid-to-low-grade spirit stones on the table, and fell silent.

This guy not only eats a lot, but he's also a picky eater.

She looked at the little phoenix lying comfortably on the table, gently patting its belly with its tiny wings. This little guy is already eating so much at such a small size; won't it need even more when it grows up?

For a moment, Yun Qingyi felt somewhat troubled.

Although she has the parchment scroll and bronze token given to her by her parents, and can access the profits from the businesses listed on the parchment scroll, given the little thing's appetite, she'll probably have to withdraw a considerable amount of spirit stones every now and then.

Three or four times is fine, but if it happens year after year, her parents will probably think she has developed a bad habit.

No, she had to think of a way. There were plenty of rare and precious materials and many ways to earn spirit stones. She refused to believe that she couldn't afford to raise this little thing.

Thinking of this, Yun Qingyi was no longer so worried. She poked the little phoenix's belly, and was really curious how such a small belly could hold so many things.

"Master?" The little phoenix noticed Yun Qingyi's actions and was somewhat puzzled.

"Do you have a name, little bird? As my contracted beast, you can't be nameless," Yun Qingyi said.

"Name?" The little phoenix searched its inherited memories but found no information about its own name. However, it knew that all phoenixes of its lineage shared the surname Ao.

"Master, since you are my master, please give me a name. My surname is Ao."

傲？

Yun Qingyi's lips twitched involuntarily, and then she thought of the little phoenix that hadn't grown any feathers yet but was still proud and arrogant, and suddenly felt that it made a lot of sense.

Suddenly, Yun Qingyi had a flash of inspiration and smiled at the little phoenix, saying, "How about you name yourself Ao Jin?"

"Arrogant?" The little phoenix repeated the pronunciation, then nodded in satisfaction: "Hmm, not bad, it suits my temperament very well, thank you, Master."

You're welcome, I'm glad you like it.

dong dong dong-

Just as the man and the beast were talking, there was a soft knock on the door.

Yun Qingyi and Ao Jin exchanged a glance. Seeing this, Ao Jin wisely returned to the spirit beast space after the contract was formed.

"Sister."

It's Arou.

Yun Qingyi arrived at the door, opened it, and saw Yun Qingrou looking worried as she peered through the door at the situation inside.

"Sister, what happened here?" Yun Qingrou asked worriedly as soon as she saw Yun Qingyi.

"Huh?" Yun Qingyi was a little confused.

"No."

"But...this..." Upon hearing this, Yun Qingrou looked at the room where Yun Qingyi was, her eyes filled with hesitation.

Following Yun Qingrou's gaze, Yun Qingyi discovered that the walls of her entire room, made of a special material, had been deformed under the intense heat of Ao Yang's breaking shell.

Looking at the door she was holding onto, Yun Qingyi's mind went blank. Good heavens, how come she hadn't noticed that the door was completely dented?

"Uh, elder sister?" Seeing that Yun Qingyi followed her gaze and remained silent for a long time, Yun Qingrou couldn't help but ask, "Are you really alright, elder sister?"

"It's really nothing." Coming back to her senses, Yun Qingyi smiled gently at Yun Qingrou.

He then opened the door a little wider to signal Yun Qingrou to come in.

"Arou, do you remember the phoenix egg I told you about?"

"Could the room's deformation be caused by that phoenix egg?" Yun Qingrou asked, then continued after a moment's thought, "Is it about to hatch? According to my sister's previous description, I remember it should be a fire phoenix."

"But logically speaking, it shouldn't have hatched so early. Sister, you must have fed it a lot of good things, right?"

As expected of you, Arou, you guessed it right away!

As Yun Qingyi was feeling sentimental, she suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Arou? Shouldn't it be hatching at this time?"

"Based on the spiritual power contained in the bone my sister obtained before, it should take at least another one or two hundred years for it to hatch."

Although that little bit of spiritual energy was enough for it to hatch, it would be very hungry during the process, and its physical condition wouldn't be much better.

It turns out that when her master gave her those mythical beast skeletons, he said they would help her hatch faster, and they really did help her hatch faster. She thought she had to absorb so much spiritual energy to hatch, otherwise she wouldn't be able to.

"Arou, you know so much." Yun Qingyi said with some emotion. If it weren't for the beast encyclopedia her master gave her, she wouldn't know so much.

Presumably, the Qingyue Sect Master also gave Yun Qingrou relevant classic texts.

As if knowing what Yun Qingyi was thinking, Yun Qingrou smiled and said, "Sister, I know these things have nothing to do with Master."

As I mentioned to you a few years ago, I have a rare book in my online space that contains detailed information about mythical beasts.

Almost no existing texts record such detail, not even my master's.

……

Yun Qingyi remained silent and took out the Beast Compendium from her storage bracelet.

The heavy, antique books made a dull thud when they were placed on the table.

Looking at the encyclopedia of exotic beasts that occupied a quarter of the desk, Yun Qingrou also fell into deep thought.

Then, in an uncertain tone, he asked, "Sister, is this the book you asked me to spar with at the sect before, but you said you didn't have time to memorize it?"

Yun Qingyi nodded, thinking to herself that there was more than just this one book.

“Arou, I also have detailed records of the Fire Phoenix here. Take a look and see how they differ from the ones in your space.”

Upon hearing this, Yun Qingrou opened the thick book in front of her and read it line by line. There were also illustrations of related animals next to it.

Suddenly feeling amazed, he excitedly said to Yun Qingyi, "Sister, your book is almost exactly the same as the rare book about strange beasts in my space."

Yun Qingyi was also surprised. She casually flipped through the pages and came to the page about the Fire Phoenix. At the very bottom, there were indeed a few lines of small print that were not part of the main content and had been overlooked before. They were similar to what Arou had just mentioned.

"Sister, this is amazing! Although this book only records information about strange beasts, I have a strong feeling that it comes from the same source as the book in my space."

Then Yun Qingrou added, "So it seems that although my set of books is marked as a unique copy on the cover, it is no longer considered a unique copy."

"Sister, did the sect leader give this to you?"

Yun Qingyi nodded.

“No wonder, it wouldn’t be surprising if the Sect Master of Cigui possessed this book.” Yun Qingrou pondered, “Moreover, the Sect Master of Cigui is very likely to know the origin of my space.”

Uh... no, upon hearing this, Yun Qingyi was somewhat bewildered.

"Arou, have you investigated my master? How do you know so much about him?"

Yun Qingrou nodded as a matter of course: "That's right, after all, he is my sister's master. I have to find out the truth about him. Otherwise, what if something happens to my sister if he has any problems?"

He then looked into Yun Qingyi's eyes, his expression serious: "Regarding my elder sister, I don't want any surprises."