In the end, Little Fatty gave in. He shrunk himself down and turned into a somewhat antique hairpin. Ye Sisi held the hairpin and nodded in satisfaction, then said, "Remember to hide your aura well. I'm a weakling right now. If anyone tries to take you, I'll throw you out the moment they see you!"

Little Fatty...

He had never met anyone like this in all his life, so he angrily burrowed into the painting. He decided that he would never come out unless absolutely necessary. This brat was really too annoying!

Seeing that the surroundings had finally quieted down, Ye Sisi inserted the hairpin that Little Fatty had transformed into into her hair, and then sat in front of her two senior brothers waiting for them to wake up, not knowing what had happened to them inside.

A moment later, Ye Shubai opened his eyes. Perhaps he was still a little confused about the situation. His usually bright and sunny eyes were full of confusion. Ye Sisi thought that her fourth senior brother was just too cute!

She couldn't resist recording the scene with a photo recorder, feeling she could watch it for a long time.

Upon seeing his junior sister's actions, Ye Shubai quickly sat up and asked, "Junior sister, what did you just do?"

Ye Sisi blinked innocently: "It's nothing, Fourth Senior Brother, are you alright?"

Ye Shubai smiled helplessly and said, "It's nothing, I was just under an illusion!"

Ye Sisi became even more curious: "Fourth Senior Brother, what did you see in the illusion?"

Ye Shubai's face turned pale instantly, then flushed slightly, and she stammered, "N-nothing!"

Seeing his reaction, Ye Sisi didn't ask any more questions, but her mind was already racing with all sorts of thoughts!

"By the way, junior sister, what's the situation now?"

Ye Sisi shrugged, indicating that she didn't know either. "I woke up here and found everyone lying unconscious on the ground."

Although Ye Shubai was puzzled as to why his junior sister, who was only at the Qi Refining stage, had woken up earlier than him, who was at the Golden Core stage, he did not ask any further questions. Instead, he reached out and placed his hand on her pulse to check on her condition.

Ye Sisi did not resist, but instead admired her senior brother's stunning good looks up close.

After confirming that his junior sister was indeed alright, Ye Shubai breathed a slight sigh of relief. He glanced at her and met a pair of bright, sparkling eyes, and his face couldn't help but turn red.

Ye Sisi sighed inwardly, wondering what was wrong with her fourth senior brother. What was she so shy about? She hadn't even reached the age of marriage yet.

Just then, Ye Shubai lowered his eyes and saw the national treasure quietly perched on Ye Sisi's shoulder. He frowned slightly and asked, "Junior Sister, where did you get this monster?"

Ye Sisi opened her big, innocent eyes and said, "I don't know!"

Ye Shubai stared at her for a while before saying, "Junior Sister, you shouldn't keep something of unknown origin with you. Find a place to throw it away!"

Ye Sisi's innocent expression almost cracked. No, Fourth Senior Brother, don't break character! This isn't like something you would say.

She steadied herself and said, "Fourth Senior Brother, don't you think it's very cute?"

"What's so cute?"

The voice successfully attracted their attention. It turned out that Bai Luochen had woken up. Ye Sisi asked curiously, "Fifth Senior Brother, what did you see in the illusion?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Luochen's eyes darted away, and his voice stammered, "N-nothing!"

Ye Sisi stared at him with wide eyes. What had these two gone through? Why were they both so strange?

But Bai Luochen clearly wanted to skip this topic, so he continued, "What did you guys just say was so cute?"

Ye Sisi pointed to the national treasure on her shoulder: "Isn't it super cute!"

After looking at it for a while, Bai Luochen nodded: "It's cute, but it seems a bit silly!"

Ye Sisi curled the corners of her lips. If she said this guy was a Pixiu, probably no one would believe her!

But this feeling of being the only one sober while everyone else is drunk is so wonderful!

Ye Shubai ignored his junior brothers and sisters and got up to observe his surroundings. He had been a little confused before and his attention was on his junior sister, so he hadn't noticed the situation of the other cultivators. But now, seeing the group of people hugging each other tightly, his face turned so dark it was almost black.

He quickly thought of himself again. Could it be that he was like this before? Was he holding his junior sister or his fifth junior brother?

With his mind in complete chaos, Ye Shubai forgot what he was supposed to do and just stood there blankly.

Bai Luochen had obviously noticed the situation around him as well. Unlike Ye Shubai, he was not calm and stammered as he asked Ye Sisi beside him, "Junior Sister, I didn't hug someone earlier, did I?"

Ye Sisi glanced at her stunned fourth senior brother, then at her pale-faced fifth senior brother, and decided that for their mental well-being, she should tell a white lie.

"Fifth Senior Brother, don't think nonsense, the person you're holding is me!"

Upon hearing this, both of them visibly breathed a sigh of relief. Bai Luochen let out a long sigh and said, "Thank goodness!"

Ye Shubai also started walking. He thought to himself that since his fifth junior brother and junior sister were together, he would definitely be alone, since the others were still unconscious.

Comforting himself with this thought, he arrived at the location of the pale golden barrier. Strangely, there was no trace of the array or barrier here. The place where the small courtyard should have appeared had turned into a field full of spiritual herbs and flowers, no different from other places in the secret realm.

Although he was not yet twenty years old, he knew quite a lot, even more than most cultivators, yet he had never heard of such a situation before, whether in news from various sects or in records from ancient texts.

He had been studying formations for quite some time, and logically speaking, no matter how precise or profound a formation was, it would leave some trace as long as it existed. But what he was seeing overturned his understanding.

He even suspected that everything he had experienced since breaking the formation was just a dream, but this dream was far too real!

He turned his head and glanced at his junior sister, who was smiling brightly. Perhaps it didn't matter whether it was a dream or not.