The Side Character Who Wins by Doing Nothing

At this moment, everyone from the Gold and Silver Gate in the square was staring intently at the Domination Map in Lu Sangjiu’s hand.

There was no other reason for it—the Demon Artifact was simply too conspicuous!

Lu Sangjiu had drawn all their attention, so no one had yet noticed the two pieces of the broken sword Ye Zhiyao was cradling in her hands, looking utterly distraught. Otherwise, they would have likely all gone insane by now.

Few people knew that the Domination Map was in the Gold and Silver Gate’s Sword Tomb. So, even though everyone saw the blade, they were all still bewildered, unable to understand why Lu Sangjiu had entered their Sword Tomb only to emerge with a Demon Artifact.

Amidst the dead silence, Elder Lin, the one who had personally placed the Domination Map in the Sword Tomb, stepped forward.

His expression was extremely grave as he stared at Lu Sangjiu. ”This blade... did you pull it out?”

Lu Sangjiu immediately shook her head innocently. ”No, no, it rushed out and flew into my hand all on its own! If you don’t believe me, ask them. Everyone saw it!”

This was her one stroke of good luck. When she had first tried to break the Domination Map’s seal, the others hadn’t arrived yet.

Later, when they were present, they had watched with their own eyes as the Domination Map broke through its seal and flew into her hand.

Yang Cheng and Zhang Jiu Yi had both seen it. They had even wanted to help her earlier, so they would surely be willing to vouch for her now.

Sure enough, the two of them, having come back to their senses, nodded repeatedly. ”Yes, I saw it. It was just as Mr. Lu said.”

Elder Lin was still clearly unconvinced. Frowning slightly, he said, ”That’s impossible. I inspect the seal every year, and there have never been any issues. How could it have the power to break the seal on its own?”

”Besides...” He narrowed his eyes, his gaze full of scrutiny. ”Since so many of you were present, why did it choose you, of all people?”

Lu Sangjiu felt the spiritual pressure emanating from him. She had been enduring the injuries she’d received earlier, but now, disturbed by this external force, she suddenly couldn’t bear it any longer.

Her body went limp as she collapsed to the ground, violently spitting out a large mouthful of blood.

Elder Lin had only wanted to clarify the key points and didn’t expect Lu Sangjiu to suddenly spit up blood. He was stunned. ”I didn’t do anything to you. Why are you spitting up blood?”

Beside her, Xie Ningyuan immediately helped Lu Sangjiu up, feeding her an Elixir Pill while shooting a cold glance at Elder Lin.

”She was already injured in the Sword Tomb. Now you pressure her without distinguishing right from wrong, and you have the gall to act innocent?”

”Is this how the Gold and Silver Gate conducts itself?”

With his cold expression, Xie Ningyuan looked quite intimidating. Even though he only had a Golden Core Cultivation, Elder Lin inexplicably felt suppressed by him and began to feel a faint sense of guilt for being called out.

”I... How was I supposed to know she was injured? I didn’t do it on purpose!”

He coughed lightly, and his tone softened. ”But she took out the Demon Artifact I sealed in the Sword Tomb. I have to get a clear explanation, don’t I?”

Xie Ningyuan was about to say more, but Lu Sangjiu interrupted him with a cough, saying weakly, ”Don’t make things too difficult for this senior... I do need to give an explanation for this.”

The two of them were playing good cop, bad cop, which immediately made the onlookers develop a better impression of Lu Sangjiu.

The previously hostile atmosphere had dissipated, and they were now genuinely willing to hear her out.

Lu Sangjiu took a breath before continuing, ”It was probably because the Muxian Sword was attacking me. The blade felt my situation was similar to its own, so it wanted to join forces with me against the Muxian Sword, I suppose.”

Although they didn’t seem to have realized what had happened to the Muxian Sword yet, Lu Sangjiu knew it was impossible to hide, so she decided to reveal it herself.

Elder Lin was instantly stunned. ”You saw the Muxian Sword?”

Perhaps the name ”Muxian Sword” jarred Ye Zhiyao, for she snapped to her senses and suddenly shrieked, ”It was her! She destroyed the Muxian Sword!”

Her finger was pointed at Lu Sangjiu, her eyes bloodshot, looking as if she wanted nothing more than to cut her down with a single blow.

Now, it wasn’t just Elder Lin who was stunned; everyone was frozen. The words ”destroyed the Muxian Sword” echoed endlessly in their minds. Then, someone finally realized the problem.

”That thing in your hands... It couldn’t be... the Muxian Sword?”

With that one question, all eyes fell upon the two pieces of the broken sword.

’No way. That’s an Immortal Artifact... How could it possibly be broken???’

They hoped for a denial, but instead, they saw Ye Zhiyao nod with a look of grief and indignation. ”Yes... the Muxian Sword was cut in half by that Demon Blade Lu Sangjiu is holding!”

In an instant, everyone was rendered speechless and expressionless.

’The Muxian Sword, the very reason they held the Sword Seizing Conference generation after generation, was destroyed just like that???’

No one could accept this fact. Even Elder Lin’s eyes were wide with shock, and he couldn’t regain his senses for a long time.

Finally, Ye Zhiyao couldn’t help but speak again. ”Elder! Lu Sangjiu used the Demon Blade to destroy the Muxian Sword! She clearly did it on purpose! I implore you to punish her severely!”

Zhang Jiu Yi hadn’t intended to say much, but hearing Ye Zhiyao’s accusation, he couldn’t help but frown.

”Elder Lin, we were all present at the time. I saw with my own eyes that the Domination Map went to Mr. Lu’s hand on its own and dragged her into a confrontation with the Muxian Sword.”

”No one wanted to see the Muxian Sword break, but Mr. Lu is innocent in this matter. Please judge fairly, Elder Lin.”

Yang Cheng also nodded. ”That’s right, I saw it too.”

Lu Sangjiu immediately gave the two of them a grateful look.

But Ye Zhiyao retorted, ”You all arrived later! You didn’t see what happened before!”

”When I arrived, I saw a deep pit in the ground, obviously created by someone, and that blade was inside it.”

”Who’s to say she wasn’t after that blade from the very beginning and deliberately attacked the seal?”

”Besides, the Muxian Sword is an Immortal Artifact! If Lu Sangjiu had done nothing wrong, why would the Muxian Sword single her out to attack? It’s clear to me she had malicious intentions from the start!”

It had to be said, although Ye Zhiyao was only focused on slinging mud at Lu Sangjiu... her guess was remarkably accurate.

Despite having the truth spoken aloud, Lu Sangjiu didn’t panic. Instead, she looked at Ye Zhiyao with a wronged expression and said, ”Senior Sister Ye...”

”I know you’ve been resentful ever since my second senior sister defeated you, and that you’ve directed that hostility toward me as a result.”

”Then, when Senior Uncle Bai Heng came to ask me for the Sword Tomb entry token on your behalf, I had to refuse because I’d already given it away, which made you even more displeased with me.”

”But... we are both from the Seven Emotions Sect, after all. How can you twist right and wrong and frame me so maliciously?”

”By slandering me like this... are you trying to get me killed?”