Junior Sister is too competitive, she drastically alters the Joyful Union Sect.

Chapter 412 My Son!

When Shen Youqing arrived near the south gate, she saw the gate tightly closed.

There were at least several thousand soldiers stationed under the city gate, seemingly ready to lure the enemy into a trap.

"I don't know what's going on, but suddenly there are a lot more guards from the city lord's mansion patrolling the city."

"You don't know, do you? The city lord's wife has run away, and the city lord is offering a hefty reward for her."

"What? The city lord has a wife? And she ran away??"

……

The residents hurried home, chatting as they walked.

The old woman, leaning on her cane, stood at the street corner, her back hunched, looking bewildered and helpless.

Inside the inn.

Hua Ci, standing at the window staring at the city gate, grew increasingly solemn.

With the city gates closed, people who wanted to enter or leave either dispersed or lined up nearby to wait for the city gates to reopen.

In just one hour, a large crowd had already formed at the city gate.

Hua Ci, without turning her head, said to the other disciples, "It's been almost an hour, and Shen Youqing still hasn't appeared."

“Even if we appear, we can’t leave the city,” Chi Guyuan said calmly.

When they arrived, the south gate was already closed, presumably because Jun Su had ordered the city to be sealed off.

Besides, it's broad daylight now, so they can't easily take action.

It would be better to wait until dark and then climb over the wall to leave under the cover of night.

"It looks like they're just waiting for a rabbit to run into their trap." Jiang Hanying walked to the window and looked towards the city gate, a serious expression on her face. "Can Senior Sister Youqing really escape?"

Jiang Zhi looked up at Jiang Hanying and saw the obvious worry in her eyes. She asked, "What do you know?"

Jiang Hanying turned to look at Jiang Zhi at the table, hesitated for a moment before speaking, "The Demon Lord has afflicted Senior Sister Youqing with the Heart-Connecting Gu."

Yin Zhongyu and Chi Guyuan's expressions immediately changed.

"Insidious!" Yin Zhongyu's face turned cold as he cursed in a low voice.

Seeing the doubts of several of his protégés, he simply explained the function of the Heart-to-Heart Gu.

After hearing this, no one in the room looked pleased.

"Moreover, Senior Sister Youqing was given a bone-softening pill by the Demon Lord. Although the Demon Lord provided an antidote, only Senior Sister Youqing knows whether the antidote has actually worked."

Jiang Hanying gazed at the bustling city gate, her heart filled with growing anxiety.

"If her spiritual power hadn't been sealed, she wouldn't have any problems as a healer, but if her spiritual power hadn't been sealed... there are advantages and disadvantages!" Jiang Zhi scratched his head, feeling a bit overwhelmed.

"broken!"

Hua Ci suddenly turned around and looked at them, "The guards have already started searching the city!"

Jiang Zhi quickly got up, walked to the window, and looked down.

A group of guards approached the shop diagonally opposite. After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the group of guards left the shop and headed towards the inn.

Jiang Zhi quickly made his decision, "Let's go."

Qi Bumian pulled out a piece of cloth from somewhere and wrapped the hairpins on the table together. "Jump out the window."

As soon as he finished speaking, he jumped out of the window.

The group moved nimbly, but because they were too close to the city gate, the moment they jumped down, they attracted the attention of the guards.

"stop!"

"Go and arrest the criminal!"

Shen Youqing, who was resting at the street corner, felt a sudden darkness before his eyes when he saw these people.

"Run separately, then meet here later." After saying that, Jiang Zhi grabbed Jiang Hanying and ran away.

Jiang Hanying was pulled into the air.

Shen Youqing, who was the main target, did not intend to expose herself. She just leaned on her cane and watched the group of people flee in different directions.

Many of the guards at the city gate were drawn away by their group, and Shen Youqing began to ponder.

The fighting over there probably won't last until nightfall.

They couldn't wait until dark to leave the city; they had to leave as quickly as possible.

Alright, let's find them one by one!

The old woman, leaning on her cane, walked slowly. When she found a secluded spot, she leaped onto the roof beam and chased after Jiang Zhi and Jiang Hanying. Jiang Zhi, already in a dead end, turned to look at the dozen or so guards behind her. She pushed Jiang Hanying behind her, shouting, "Hide well!"

Jiang Hanying obediently hid to the side, not trying to be a hero.

"Boom!"

Jiang Zhi looked up and saw an old woman with white hair carrying a cloth bag, the shape of which looked like it was wrapped around a zither.

The guard who was hit on the back of the head by Yiqin fell asleep immediately.

"They're all alive, don't kill them."

Her clear, melodious voice is highly distinctive.

Jiang Zhi snapped out of her daze, kicked the guard away, and then spun her sword hilt to knock one of the guards unconscious.

Before long, the two of them had knocked out the dozen or so guards.

Jiang Zhi looked at the old woman a few steps away, his tone unusually complicated, "Shen Youqing?"

"It's me." Shen Youqing slung the cloth bag over his back. "How's the disguise? Pretty good, right?"

Jiang Hanying walked up, and quickly remembered where she had seen Shen Youqing before. "Is that old lady at the street corner you?"

Shen Youqing nodded. "Come on, I'll take you to disguise yourselves and then send you out."

The two nodded.

Three generations of a simple family appeared at the street corner, where a group of guards came to greet them.

"Hey, you three!"

Jiang Hanying helped Shen Youqing up, her face showing some unease. "Sir/Madam?"

Looking at the pretty but ordinary-looking girl, the captain asked in a cold voice, "What are you three doing, sneaking around like this?"

"Sir, please don't wrong us!" A hoarse, weathered voice rang out. "This old woman isn't very capable, but her zither playing is passable. Her skills have been appreciated by a nobleman, and this old woman is taking her two children to see the world."

"Qin Niang?"

The captain looked at the three of them with disbelief and said directly, "Come on, play a piece now."

Shen Youqing handed the cane to Jiang Zhi, and then shakily untied the cloth bundle.

Jiang Zhi and Jiang Hanying immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Youqing, on the other hand, remained remarkably composed. She took out her guqin, placed it on her lap, tuned it, and began plucking the strings.

The sound of the piano was audible, not particularly good but not bad either.

"That's enough," the captain said before leaving with his guards.

Jiang Zhi took the guqin and put it away, while Jiang Hanying reached out to help Shen Youqing.

The three, with no apparent flaws, walked to the city gate.

"What do you mean?" Jiang Zhi asked in a low voice, "Should we charge in head-on?"

"It might be a bit difficult for the three of us to fight our way out," Shen Youqing said in a low voice.

Jiang Hanying suddenly tugged at Shen Youqing's sleeve and whispered, "Is that Chi Guyuan?"

The two turned around and saw two beggars with dusty faces.

Before long, several disheveled beggars gathered from different directions.

“…It’s possible.” Shen Youqing finally managed to say after a long pause.

Jiang Hanying's expression was somewhat complicated.

The once-proud sons of various sects now all looked like beggars, with disheveled hair, tattered clothes, and torn trousers. They carried a cane in their left hand and a broken bowl in their right, while the bundles on their backs looked quite bulging.

They were so miserable they wanted to put some gold in their bowls.

"..." Jiang Zhi looked at his two junior brothers who looked like beggars and almost couldn't help but laugh.

Shen Youqing nudged Jiang Zhi with his elbow.

Jiang Zhi, who looked like a middle-aged woman, tried hard to suppress the corners of her mouth, then exaggeratedly ran over while shouting, "Oh my god, isn't this my son who has been lost for many years! My son!"

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Ming Jixue and Hua Ci were so frightened by the middle-aged woman rushing towards them that they almost hit her with their canes.

Jiang Zhi had already run up to them, pinning one of them down with each hand, giving them a rather stern warning look.

The familiar look in her eyes made the two realize who the middle-aged woman was.

This middle-aged woman, whom even her parents wouldn't recognize, is actually Second Senior Sister!?

Help!