Qin Lily's eyes suddenly turned cold.
It seemed that her third uncle and the others had discovered that she and her brother had already escaped, so now they planned to lay a net to capture them.
Finding the divine medicine was just a pretext; capturing the two siblings was the real goal. They were afraid that the siblings might enter the city, expose their crimes, or seek revenge, which is why the city was heavily guarded both for entry and exit.
Qin Lily glanced at her own appearance, her somewhat masculine outfit and the dirt on her face hiding her features.
She calmly chatted with the scarred man, and soon it was their turn to enter the city.
"Who are you? Where did you come from? What happened to your face?" The guard reached out and rubbed the scar on the scarred man's face.
The scarred man cried out in pain, "Ah! Ouch! Brother guard, this scar is real! I got it from a fight, it's not fake!"
The guard rubbed it a few more times and seeing that the scar was indeed bright red, he confirmed it was real and let the scarred man into the city.
Qin Lily narrowed her eyes, realizing that these people were quite thorough in their inspections. They were worried about disguises, so they checked faces very carefully.
"You, come here!" The guard looked at Qin Lily and asked, "Where are you from?"
Qin Lily calmly walked over and said, "From the neighboring Ye City."
The guard frowned at the dirt on Qin Lily's face and threw a bucket of water at her. "Clean your face!"
Qin Lily paused for a moment.
"Move quickly!" Seeing her hesitation, the guard urged her, with a hint of suspicion in his eyes.
Qin Lily had no choice but to dip her sleeve into the water and start wiping her face.
The guard kept a close watch on her, one hand resting on the hilt of his sword, ready to take action.
As the thick dirt on her face was cleaned away, a red birthmark covered in rashes appeared on the left side of her face!
It was an extremely hideous sight at first glance!
The guard was startled and took a step back. "What's wrong with your face…"
Qin Lily lowered her head and pretended to be upset. "This is a birthmark with a rash that I've had since I was young… My mother said it's so repulsive that I had to cover it with dirt… I'm sorry for scaring you, Brother Guard."
The sight of such an ugly and festering rash made the guard lose his courage to touch her. He waved his hand and said, "Just go, just go. It's disgusting."
He almost felt like throwing up.
"Yes, yes, I'm leaving now."
Qin Lily covered her face with her sleeve and hurried into the city, turning into a dark alley.
Once she was out of the alley, the disgusting birthmark on her face was gone, and she had returned to her previous dirty appearance as a young man.
In the air above, Jun Mo expressionlessly observed the entire process of Qin Lily's disguise.
Sixteen was astonished. "Master, this person seems to have some kind of magical power."
They had witnessed Qin Lily enter the alley and suddenly a wave of energy fluctuation appeared around her, causing the disgusting birthmark on her face to gradually disappear.
In other words, this person could control the skin on their face!
Even the most advanced disguise techniques could not achieve this!
Jun Mo's eyes grew increasingly murky and inscrutable.
"Continue following her."
"Yes." Sixteen quickly led the men to pursue her.
No matter who this woman was, she had stolen the master's personal clothing, and they still didn't know what she intended to do with it!
In ancient texts, there was a type of witchcraft that used personal belongings to cast curses.
The power she wielded was so strange that it might be a form of sorcery!
Worried that she might endanger the master's safety, Sixteen pursued her relentlessly.
They followed Qin Lily through streets and alleys, turning left and right. At one point, Sixteen wondered if they had been discovered and if Qin Lily was trying to shake them off.
Until Qin Lily stopped in front of a pawn shop.
A pawn shop?!
What was she doing at a pawn shop?
Could there be some secret at this pawn shop? Was it her base of operations?
As Sixteen pondered these questions, Qin Lily entered the pawn shop and very naturally placed the three pieces of clothing with blue sapphires on the counter, saying, "Boss, I'm here to pawn these gemstones!"
Sixteen: "..."
Jun Mo: "..."
No witchcraft.
No hidden lair of a witch clan.
Just… here to pawn some gemstones for money?