The top-level junior sister also wants to act weak today

A hint of coldness flashed across Jiang Yingxue's eyes, and her tone became sharper: "Are we rude?"

She raised her eyebrows and stared at Chu Zhengying: "Uncle, have you made a mistake? We were invited in by your eldest daughter openly, so how can you be considered unreasonable? But you are hiding things and not letting Chu Ying see us. Are you feeling guilty?"

Chu Zhengying sneered, "What a joke! I'm the head of a family, why should I feel guilty? Also, don't get it wrong. Although Chu Ying is the eldest daughter, I'm the acting head of the family now. I have the final say in the entire Chu family! You'd better show me some respect!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yingxue immediately said in a serious tone: "Since you are not guilty, then please ask Chu Ying to come out and explain things clearly. If we don't see her today, we will not leave."

"You're not leaving?" Chu Zhengying raised his eyebrows, finding it ridiculous. "As the head of the family, I've ordered you to leave. How can you not leave? Could it be that the disciples of your Xianyun Sect are some kind of hooligans who like to stay in other people's homes?"

"Master, that's not what you said," Yan Chuan said, picking up the teacup and taking a sip slowly. "We don't have the habit of staying in other people's houses. But now that someone from our sect has disappeared from your house, don't you think you should give us an explanation?"

When Chu Zhengying heard this, his mind was stunned for a moment.

He had clearly explained that Chu Ying was taking care of her father, so how could she be described as "missing"? He suppressed his panic and quickly explained, "Nonsense! This is Chu Ying's own home, how can she be 'missing'?"

Jiang Yingxue immediately took over the conversation: "Before she left, she promised us that she would be back soon. Now that we can't see her, isn't that the same as if she disappeared? Since you, uncle, keep saying that you are the head of the family, you must give us an explanation. Otherwise, I will have to ask our master to come over. Although our master can't be called a master, he is at least in the Nascent Soul stage..."

Chu Zhengying's eyelids twitched violently when he heard the words "Nascent Soul Stage." He frowned. "Are you threatening me? Are you, the Xianyun Sect, going to go against the aristocratic families?"

"Not really." Jiang Yingxue smiled. "We were just looking for someone. It was you who hid our people. It was you who was against us."

"You are simply being unreasonable!" Chu Zhengying gritted his teeth, raised his hand and slammed the table beside him. Several teacups were shaken, and the tea splashed out, wetting the tablecloth.

He tried his best to suppress the irritation in his heart and his eyes fell on the few people again.

He remembered the letter Chu Ying had sent home, in which she mentioned she had broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage and had even placed first in the entrance exam. These fellow disciples seemed to be around the same age as Chu Ying, likely from the same batch. Furthermore, since Chu Ying had placed first, the cultivation levels of the people before him must have been lower than hers.

The talisman array in that room couldn't be broken even by five Foundation Establishment cultivators. After all, locking up one was locking up five, so as long as he could get the approval of the remaining families and ensure the position of Patriarch was truly passed down to him, it wouldn't be too late to release them.

If their master in the Nascent Soul stage really came, then their previous plans would be ruined.

Thinking of this, Chu Zhengying suddenly swung his wide sleeves and sneered, half indignant and half mockingly, "Since you are so determined, then come with me. But let me be clear, the Chu family has been very polite so far. If you get sick later, don't blame us for not being hospitable!"

Jiang Yingxue smiled respectfully and said, "Then please lead the way, uncle."

Chu Zhengying's brows furrowed even more upon hearing this. He flicked his sleeves and strode out the door. His steps were sharp, and the soles of his boots echoed crisply on the bluestone tiles.

After a while, Chu Zhengying brought Jiang Yingxue and his group to Chu Zhenghong's courtyard.

There was a gust of cold wind in the yard, which seemed even more desolate than anywhere else. A few dark yellow talismans were hung at the door, swaying in the wind and making a rustling sound.

When they saw the yellow talisman on the door, they felt something was wrong. But they didn't say anything, waiting for Chu Zhengying's next move.

Chu Zhengying took off the yellow talisman and stood far away, as if afraid of being contaminated by some bad luck. "Don't you want to see Chu Ying? She's in there. Go ahead and talk to her."

Hearing this, Jiang Yingxue raised her eyebrows and showed a simple and harmless smile on her face: "Thank you."

But the moment she turned around, her innocent smile vanished, replaced by a look of sneer and disdain. "A mere trifle, do you really think we're fools? This Second Uncle Chu is clearly planning to trap us in too... But the power of this talisman is, well, average."

She walked to the door, reached out and grasped the door knocker, pushed it slightly, and the door hinge creaked and slowly opened, followed by several people.

But at the moment Jiang Yingxue pushed the door open, Chu Zhengying made a seal with his hands, pushed forward suddenly, and used brute force to push all of them into the room.

With a "bang", the door was slammed shut. The sound of the bolt falling was clear and harsh, and Chu Zhengying's figure disappeared in the shadow behind the door.

Then, he raised his wrist, and the yellow talisman that had been peeled off was put back on. The talisman lit up instantly, like a barrier, blocking the connection between the inside of the door and the outside world.

Chu Zhengying stood outside the door, mocking them openly: "Oh, you guys are really idiots, so easily fooled. I've already given you a chance, letting you leave but you refused to leave. Now look what happened. You guys should stay in there for a while!"

After saying this, he patted his sleeves in satisfaction and turned to leave. However, just after taking a few steps, a deafening roar suddenly came from behind him.

"boom!"

Chu Zhengying suddenly froze, his scalp tingling, and he turned around in a hurry.

The tightly closed door suddenly exploded, and the yellow talisman fragments fell like dead leaves, scattered on the ground by the wind, completely losing their spiritual power. He widened his eyes and muttered in disbelief, "Impossible! How could this talisman formation be broken?! A few Foundation Establishment cultivators can never do that!"

Just as he was still in doubt, the heavy door panel crashed to the ground with a resounding clang, sending up a thick cloud of dust. Several figures faintly emerged from the swirling gray dust...

The first thing Chu Zhengying saw was the tip of a sword with a cold and sharp glow.

The tip of the sword was slightly raised, reflecting the cold sunlight, so sharp that Chu Zhengying almost dared not look directly at it. The person holding the sword was Yan Chuan.

Following Yan Chuan's footsteps, the rest of the people also walked out from the dust one after another.