The Side Character Who Wins by Doing Nothing

This time, both Duan Xingyun and Li Qiancheng looked surprised. ”You want to find the Demon God Hall?”

Of course they were surprised. After everything Lu Sangjiu had said, they still couldn’t quite grasp the direct connection between leaving the Forbidden Land and searching for the Demon God Hall.

Lu Sangjiu nodded without hesitation, confirming her intentions. ”Because aside from needing the power of the Body Integration Realm to break the Barrier, rumor has it the Demon God Hall is the only other way out of the Forbidden Land.”

Hearing this, both men fell silent for a moment, apparently weighing the options in their minds.

Lu Sangjiu thought for a moment before adding, ”Of course, besides relying on our own efforts, we could also pin our hopes on someone else... If a cultivator at the Body Integration Realm is willing to come rescue us, we might just get out of here alive.”

At Lu Sangjiu’s words, they all thought of the same person in unison: ”...Master Jingxu!”

Yan Lingzhi had been willing to travel thousands of miles for Lu Sangjiu, so perhaps he would be willing to take another risk for her?

Their previous injuries had been so severe that their Life Tokens back at the sect must have shown some anomaly. The sect would surely have noticed something was wrong.

Besides, their battle with Bai Heng had caused such a huge commotion, and no one had cleaned up the aftermath. If someone was genuinely looking for them, they could naturally find this place.

’However... that’s only if the Ancestor is all right.’

None of them had forgotten that on the day they ran into trouble, the Seven Emotions Sect’s Tribulation Crossing Ancestor was also confronting the Cold Crow Sect head-on.

It would be best if the Ancestor was unharmed. If something had happened to him, the sect would undoubtedly focus its energy elsewhere. They absolutely couldn’t afford to lose a Supreme Elder at the Body Integration Realm.

In that case, even if Yan Lingzhi were willing to risk his life to save them, the rest of the sect would never agree to it.

At this thought, uncertainty clouded their eyes.

Li Qiancheng hesitated for a moment before saying, ”Or... what about Sect Master Fa Shan of the Divine Tomb Sect?”

He had spent some time at the Divine Tomb Sect, and though he had only seen Fa Shan a handful of times and didn’t know him well, he was familiar with He Ming and had seen the daily lives of the Divine Tomb Sect disciples during his stay.

Li Qiancheng felt they were completely different from how he’d imagined Demon Cultivators to be. From the conduct of these ordinary disciples, he could also get a sense of their Sect Master’s character.

Praising a Demon Cultivator might be something to scoff at, but... he had to admit, he thought Fa Shan was a good person.

He also had a feeling that Fa Shan genuinely wanted to save Lu Sangjiu.

So, with Yan Lingzhi being an uncertainty, the first person he thought of was Fa Shan.

Duan Xingyun, who didn’t know all this, frowned slightly. ”It was already a huge ask for him to go with us to the Cold Crow Sect. Why would he willingly enter the Forbidden Land again?”

”Besides...” Duan Xingyun sighed softly. ”Given their knowledge of the Western Demon Realm, if he truly wanted to save us, he would have found us by now. We were unconscious for a while, which was more than enough time.”

”Since there’s been no sign of them, it means the Divine Tomb Sect no longer wishes to be involved.”

Li Qiancheng was at a loss for words. He wanted to speak up for Fa Shan, but he had no concrete evidence to back it up. He opened his mouth a few times but ultimately gave up without saying anything.

Lu Sangjiu was also inclined to agree with Duan Xingyun. If they were going to come, they would have arrived by now.

”So... my suggestion is this: we wait for Second Senior Sister to achieve Nirvana and for Third Senior Brother to wake up. If no one has come to rescue us by then, we’ll go find the Demon God Hall.”

”We can’t just sit around and wait to die, right?”

Neither Duan Xingyun nor Li Qiancheng could suggest a better plan, so they tacitly agreed.

Meanwhile, Fa Shan—the very person Lu Sangjiu and the others believed had no intention of getting involved—had, in fact, already found his way to the Forbidden Land.

Although not a trace of Bai Heng’s body remained, the signs of battle and the massive crack in the cliff made it easy enough to guess what had happened to Lu Sangjiu and her companions.

To save Lu Sangjiu, Fa Shan couldn’t be bothered with rules about some Forbidden Land; he immediately flew straight down the cliff.

The temporary barrier the Demon Flowers had once created to stop the domination map had long since dissipated. Fa Shan reached the bottom with ease, directly hacking a path through the Demon Flowers.

He soon arrived at the location of the true Barrier. Without a moment’s hesitation, he unleashed his most powerful attack against it!

Like Lu Sangjiu, he had a rough idea of the Barrier’s strength.

He had assumed that with his Late-stage Integration cultivation, shattering the Barrier would be a simple matter.

To his astonishment, however, the Barrier didn’t even tremble!

”...How can this be?”

Fa Shan’s face fell. In disbelief, he launched several more attacks in quick succession, but no matter how hard he tried, his power vanished like a stone tossed into the ocean, leaving not a single ripple.

His face turned pale in an instant, and he couldn’t help but mutter, ”Could it be... that something has changed inside the Forbidden Land?”

’If the Barrier has been strengthened, the power inside must have grown stronger. In that case, Lu Sangjiu...’

Feng Lin, who had come with him, also realized something was wrong. She couldn’t help but step forward. ”Senior...”

Fa Shan pressed his lips together, his expression quickly growing resolute. ”It’s nothing. I’ll go find Cangming. No matter what... I will get her out.”

Thanks to the Life Tokens at the Seven Emotions Sect, they at least knew that Lu Sangjiu and her companions were all still alive.

As long as they were alive, he would save them. No matter the cost!

Hearing the name Cangming, a strange look flashed across Feng Lin’s face. She said hesitantly, ”...I heard from Elder Jingxu that the Seven Emotions Sect’s Ancestor isn’t doing too well.”

”Cangming hid the fact that he had entered the Transcendance Tribulation Stage. While he did catch his opponent off guard, it seems he didn’t escape unscathed either.”

”At a time like this, asking him to rescue disciples of the Seven Emotions Sect... Will he really come?”

Fa Shan’s tone was calm, yet laced with absolute resolve. ”He will... Whatever it takes, I will convince him to act.”

With that, he hesitated no longer and headed straight for the Cold Crow Sect.

Just as Feng Lin had said, Cangming’s current situation was indeed far from ideal.

He had only succeeded in his Tribulation Crossing in secret after capturing Lu Sangjiu.

To avoid being discovered, he had specifically gone to the depths of the Forbidden Land for his Tribulation Crossing and had set up countless concealment Arrays. As a result, he was the only one who knew he had successfully passed his tribulation.

By using Ye Zhiyao, he was able to set an ambush in advance and did indeed catch the Seven Emotions Sect’s Tribulation Crossing Ancestor completely by surprise.

However, his opponent was a veteran of the Transcendance Tribulation Stage. No matter how unprepared he was, he wasn’t someone a newly ascended cultivator could just instantly kill.

Even after mustering the full might of the Cold Crow Sect, by the end of the battle, they had only managed to destroy the Ancestor’s physical body.

Seeing that the situation was dire, the Ancestor’s Nascent Soul fled directly into Ye Zhiyao’s body.

As it happened, Master Xuanming, worried about the situation, went to investigate. He launched a surprise attack and managed to rescue Ye Zhiyao.

Cangming himself had sustained serious injuries, and the Cold Crow Sect had suffered countless casualties. It was a devastating blow to their strength!