The Side Character Who Wins by Doing Nothing

Li Qiancheng immediately understood his master’s meaning. They would wait until after the Seven Emotions Sect had negotiated with Cangming and reached a conclusion.

The few of them instantly felt much more at ease. If their sect was willing to step in, the chances of rescuing Lu Sangjiu would be much greater.

Meanwhile, Lu Sangjiu was locked in a guest room at Cangming Villa, completely unaware of what was happening outside.

She was focused on healing her injuries, unceremoniously absorbing the abundant Demonic Qi around her.

The guest room was sealed with a High-level Array. Lu Sangjiu couldn’t get out, but there was an upside: even if Cangming was living next door, he wouldn’t discover that she was absorbing Demonic Qi to cultivate.

Time always flew by when cultivating, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Lu Sangjiu’s injuries had completely healed. But since she hadn’t seen Cangming at all during that time, she had no idea what was going on outside. Her heart was in constant suspense, and with so much on her mind, she couldn’t continue to cultivate in peace.

Being locked up like this wasn’t a solution, so Lu Sangjiu began to deliberately attack the Array from the inside to make a commotion.

After a few attacks, the door suddenly opened.

Caught off guard, Lu Sangjiu couldn’t retract the Spell she had just cast, and it shot straight toward the newcomer.

Unfortunately, it was Cangming. With a mere lift of his hand, her feeble attack completely dissipated, not even wrinkling his clothes in the slightest.

”Still have the energy to cause trouble? What, do you think you’ve lived too long?”

Seeing Cangming’s cold face and apparent bad mood, Lu Sangjiu immediately put on a warm, gentle smile and said in a deliberately high-pitched voice, ”Of course not. It’s just that, well, a girl gets so bored being locked up all alone.”

Cangming: ?

That pinched, squeaky voice made him frown. He asked, somewhat puzzled, ”What’s wrong with your throat?”

It was no wonder he had such a question. She had been perfectly normal before, and her personality didn’t seem the type to act cute at all. So, he didn’t even consider other possibilities and just assumed her throat was injured.

Lu Sangjiu’s expression froze at his words. ’Isn’t my honey trap obvious enough?’ she thought.

’I’m already talking like this, how does he still not get it?!’

Though momentarily choked up, Lu Sangjiu quickly decided to press on.

”You’re so mean! What’s wrong with my voice? I’ve always sounded like this, haven’t I?”

Lu Sangjiu gave Cangming a flirtatious wink. ”Sect Leader, it’s really so boring for me here all by myself. I can’t escape your grasp anyway, so why not give me a little more freedom?”

”At least let me move around in the courtyard, okay?”

’Hmm...’ Lu Sangjiu felt a bit embarrassed trying to use a honey trap on Cangming, but ’he doesn’t know who I am anyway. If the honey trap works, who cares if it’s embarrassing!’

But to her surprise, Cangming wasn’t buying it at all. As she spoke, his brow furrowed so deeply you could have squashed a fly in the crease.

”So it’s not your throat that’s the problem. I see now—you’ve lost your mind!”

Cangming said with a cold expression, ”If you think you can force me to let you go by disgusting me like this, you’re dead wrong!”

”No matter how much you disgust me, I will never let you go. If you push me too far, I can always feed you poison. The power is in my hands, not yours. Understand?”

Lu Sangjiu: ”...”

She fell silent.

A moment later, with a wooden, expressionless face, she said, ”Oh.”

’I’m sorry, I was wrong,’ she thought. ’I never should have used a honey trap on a guy this hopelessly dense. Not only did he not fall for it, he didn’t even see the ’honey’ in the trap!’

Cangming felt that something was off about Lu Sangjiu’s reaction, but he couldn’t be bothered to figure out what. He simply asked, ”What is Master Jingxu to you?”

Hearing this, Lu Sangjiu’s eyes instantly lit up. She immediately thought that her sect must have made a move.

’If Cangming is specifically asking about Master Jingxu, could it be that Yan Lingzhi came in person?’

Recalling how Yan Lingzhi had told her that he was her backing, Lu Sangjiu’s hopes soared.

She immediately declared, ”I’m his disciple!”

Cangming didn’t believe her in the slightest. ”Your master is Duan Xingyun. Do you think I haven’t done my research?”

Lu Sangjiu’s expression was sincere. ”Duan Xingyun is indeed my master, my one and only direct master. Master Jingxu came later. Since you’ve investigated me, you should know that I can use Master Jingxu’s Starry Sky. Doesn’t that make me his disciple?”

Cangming was silent for a moment, then grunted an ”Oh” and stood up. ”Got it.”

With that, he prepared to walk out.

But Lu Sangjiu had finally gotten to see someone; she couldn’t just let him leave. She hurried after him. ”Wait, Sect Leader! You asked about them... does that mean my masters are here to rescue me?”

Cangming shot her a glance and sneered, ”You’re celebrating far too early. Do you think I’ll release you just because Jingxu has shown up?”

”Hah. In your dreams.”

Lu Sangjiu was a bit speechless. ”...Sect Master Cangming, I really don’t understand. Since you’re not going to take my domination map anymore, why insist on keeping me here?”

After a pause, she sold out Ye Zhiyao without hesitation. ”You have Senior Sister Ye in your hands anyway. Having one more of me is useless, isn’t it?”

’One stand-in is enough! Any more would be disrespectful to that unforgettable love of yours!’

But Cangming just grinned, saying with pure malice, ”Because. I. Want. To.”

Lu Sangjiu: ”...”

’Can I hit him?’

Knowing that talking to Cangming any further wouldn’t convince him to free her, Lu Sangjiu settled for the next best thing. ”Then what I said before, about letting me move around in the courtyard...”

This time, Cangming considered it for a moment and finally tossed her a single word, ”Whatever.”

After speaking, he lifted a hand, placed one of his Spells on Lu Sangjiu, and left without a backward glance.

Lu Sangjiu immediately tested it. With the Spell on her, she could indeed move freely in and out of the room.

But she also quickly realized that this Spell meant her situation would be under Cangming’s constant control!

’That guy...’ Lu Sangjiu gritted her teeth, but she was helpless.

’Worst case, before I try to escape, I’ll just have to spend some time forcing that Spell into my Dantian. The Heavenly Punishment Qi should be able to devour it.’

’But to do that, I’ll have to find a time when Cangming is tied up and can’t get away. Otherwise, I’m afraid he’ll be on his way to kill me the moment I start.’

’Damn it. I hope Master and Yan Lingzhi can put more pressure on him!’

’And then there’s Xie Ningyuan...’ Lu Sangjiu was sure that Luo Linlang and the others must have contacted Xie Ningyuan immediately after they escaped, but Cangming hadn’t mentioned him at all just now.

’Could it be that they couldn’t reach him?’

’Otherwise, it’s been three days. It’s highly unlikely for there to be absolutely no word from Xie Ningyuan.’

Lu Sangjiu immediately considered the possibility that he might have run into some trouble and was tied up. She wasn’t too worried about him, but she figured she couldn’t count on him for help. ’I’ll have to save myself!’