The Side Character Who Wins by Doing Nothing

Worried about Duan Xingyun’s health, Lu Sangjiu had never contacted them, even with everything that had happened.

So when she saw the two of them suddenly appear, she was both surprised and delighted.

Li Qiancheng cleared his throat and explained, ”Master heard you found a cultivation partner, so as soon as he recovered from his injuries, he insisted on coming to see for himself.”

”But when we arrived, we saw that something seemed to have happened at the Gold and Silver Gate, so we hurried over.”

Lu Sangjiu was stunned. ”I... have a cultivation partner? When did that happen? Why am I the last to know?”

”Isn’t it Gu Jue from the Lingjian Sect? That’s what Lin Lang said!”

Lu Sangjiu was speechless.

’Never thought my own words would come back to bite me like this!’

She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Still, the arrival of her master and first senior brother helped her tense heart finally begin to relax.

A wave of profound exhaustion washed over her. She reached out to steady herself on Li Qiancheng and said with the last of her strength, ”I’ve made a bit of a mess... I’ll have to leave the rest to Master and First Senior Brother...”

”Little Junior Sister!”

As Li Qiancheng cried out in alarm, Lu Sangjiu’s eyes fluttered shut, and she lost consciousness completely.

She slept for a long, long time. When Lu Sangjiu finally awoke, she found herself back at the Seven Emotions Sect.

She hadn’t actually been injured. Her collapse was mainly due to the immense strain placed on her body from frantically absorbing and then expelling massive amounts of Spiritual Energy.

Now, after a long sleep, she felt refreshed and invigorated. Her cultivation had even improved as a result of her reckless actions.

She could feel that with her current level of cultivation, combined with the Demon Essence Stones Xie Ningyuan had given her, she was ready to break through to the Golden Core realm.

A flicker of joy sparked in her heart, but she quickly realized... ’Oh no. How many days has it been?’

’Those bastards from the Qilin Sect are still waiting for me in Qingyun State. We agreed to a one-month deadline. What if I’ve overslept?’

With this thought, she scrambled out of bed and rushed outside. ”Master? First Senior Brother? Second Senior Sister? Third Senior Brother? Is anyone here?”

In response to her calls, Li Qiancheng finally appeared.

He was delighted to see her awake. ”Little Junior Sister, you’re finally awake!”

Lu Sangjiu asked anxiously, ”How many days was I out?”

”Seven days! You’ve been asleep for a full seven days! Any longer and I would’ve been worried you’d slept yourself silly!”

Lu Sangjiu, however, breathed a sigh of relief. ”Only seven days? That’s a relief! I was scared to death!”

’Let’s see, that means there are still twelve days until the one-month deadline. I can still make it!’

Li Qiancheng was exasperated. ”’Only?’ Do you have any idea how worried sick we were about you?”

”Besides, is there something wrong with your body? Why couldn’t even Master probe it with his Spiritual Energy?”

Lu Sangjiu let out a small ”Ah.” ”I obtained a decent Cultivation Technique back in the Qingyu Secret Realm. This is just a side effect of practicing it.”

She wasn’t lying. It was the method for Immortal Demon Dual Cultivation. The Lightly Arrogant True Monarch had not only provided the concept but also a way for her to conceal her status.

Unless someone was willing to forcibly probe her, regardless of the harm it might cause, it would be impossible to send Spiritual Energy into her body. Thus, her secret of Immortal Demon Dual Cultivation would remain safe.

She gave Li Qiancheng a vague answer and, afraid he would press further, quickly changed the subject. ”Is Second Senior Sister back? And what happened that day? How did Master resolve everything?”

Li Qiancheng knew she was worried, so he explained everything in detail.

”Senior Sword Bu Gui from the Lingjian Sect brought Lin Lang back. She’s been here for a few days now, and her injuries have healed quite a bit, so you don’t have to worry.”

”As for the matter with the Gold and Silver Gate...” Li Qiancheng sighed. ”You really have a knack for getting into trouble!”

”However, Master Wuliang and Yuwei Zhenren said you also helped a great deal. They’ve decided your merits and demerits cancel each other out, so they won’t be pursuing the matter.”

”As for your Demon Artifact, Master promised that if it’s ever lost while in your possession, he will take full responsibility. With that, the Gold and Silver Gate didn’t insist any further.”

Hearing this, Lu Sangjiu’s heart warmed. Her master, Duan Xingyun, was truly good to her.

One could only imagine the immense responsibility that came with such a promise, yet for her sake, he had made it without a moment’s hesitation.

She suddenly felt the anger and disgust stirred up by those people’s vile behavior that day begin to subside.

’Whether they’re Cultivators or Demon Cultivators, there will always be good and evil people in this world, won’t there?’

’She had met many wicked people, but she had also met those who were wholeheartedly good to her. This world... it wasn’t so terrible after all.’

A smile spread across Lu Sangjiu’s face. ”So where are Master and the others now?”

”Master went to see the Sect Leader about something. Lin Lang is still resting. And Yu Zhao just broke through to the Golden Core realm a few days ago, but he needs to consolidate his cultivation, so he’s still in seclusion.”

Lu Sangjiu couldn’t hide her disappointment. ”So I won’t be able to see any of them for a while?”

Li Qiancheng nodded. ”That’s right. But you can see this.”

With that, he took the Six-sided Exquisite Dice from his storage bag. ”Here. The Gold and Silver Gate sent this over for you yesterday.”

Lu Sangjiu’s eyes widened the moment she saw the Six-sided Exquisite Dice. ”This is... a Top-grade Treasure???”

The sudden surprise left her reeling. ”Am I seeing things?” she asked in disbelief. ”I thought a top-grade magic treasure was the best they could do!”

Seeing her delighted expression, Li Qiancheng laughed as well.

”It was originally a top-grade magic treasure. But I heard Yuwei Zhenren was so grateful to you for saving her life that she used her broken Muxian Sword as a material to reforge it for you. And voilà, it was refined into a top-grade one.”

”And from what I hear, it’s the best of the best among Top-grade Treasures. With the right fortuitous encounter, it might even evolve into a Half-step Immortal Artifact!”

No one in the Spirit Void Realm could refine an Immortal Artifact; the few that existed were all relics passed down from ancient times.

Therefore, a treasure with the potential to become a Half-step Immortal Artifact was an exceptionally rare find.

Lu Sangjiu was thoroughly surprised. Yuwei Zhenren had ambushed her and Xie Ningyuan before, and Lu Sangjiu had held a grudge against her ever since. ’But I never thought... maybe she isn’t so bad after all?’

She held the Six-sided Exquisite Dice, unable to put it down, and eagerly asked Li Qiancheng, ”So, have its abilities changed at all?”

Li Qiancheng said, ”Come on, let’s go find an open space outside. Try channeling your Spiritual Energy into it!”

The two of them went to an open field outside. Lu Sangjiu eagerly channeled her Spiritual Energy into the dice, and the Six-sided Exquisite Dice immediately began to spin rapidly on its own.

A breath later, it stopped abruptly. The face pointing up, which bore the symbol for fire, instantly lit up with a red glow.

Then, a crimson flame shot out and struck a large boulder in front of them. In an instant, a monstrous blaze engulfed the rock.

When the flames died down, Lu Sangjiu was stunned to see that the boulder had been completely vaporized, not even a speck of dust remained!

Her face was a picture of thrilled surprise. ”It’s this powerful?!”

’As expected of a Top-grade Treasure!’

But she also found something odd. ”I don’t think I controlled which face it used just now. So is it completely random?”