The Side Character Who Wins by Doing Nothing

Everyone else had left, leaving Lu Sangjiu’s Flying Sword hovering in midair.

She and Ah Ming sat sideways on the body of the sword, their legs dangling and swaying gently. It was a rather leisurely and comfortable scene.

Ah Ming didn’t turn his head to look at Lu Sangjiu. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "I know you sent me away on purpose just now."

Lu Sangjiu made no attempt to argue. She simply hummed in agreement and said with complete frankness, "I was afraid you’d be upset if you heard what they were saying."

Ah Ming seemed to find this amusing, letting out a soft scoff. "Upset? If we’re talking about being upset, I’ve had plenty of that on this journey already."

He lifted his head to gaze forward, his eyes calm but with a storm raging within. "Ms. Ajiu, tell me, we’re all the same kind of people, so why do they treat us as less than human just because our cultivation systems are different?"

Lu Sangjiu was silent for a moment before shaking her head with a wry smile. "I can’t answer why. I suspect everyone has a different answer in their heart."

"But what I want to say is, even among Immortal Cultivators, some are captured by bad people and forced to mine, and some are killed by bad people."

"Likewise... some people don’t see Demon Cultivators as human, but others are willing to treat them as friends."

She raised her hand and gently patted Ah Ming’s head, her voice softening. "Ah Ming, don’t let hatred blind you."

"The ones who deserve hatred are those who do evil. There are Immortal Cultivators among them, just as there are Demon Cultivators. Don’t distinguish them by their faction and end up hating and implicating the innocent."

Ah Ming’s body trembled slightly. As if craving the warmth of her palm, he subconsciously nuzzled against it.

He was like a small animal that had always lacked affection and had just received a rare bit of tenderness.

But then he seemed to realize what he’d done. His face flushed red, and he felt that his small gesture had been terribly embarrassing.

He whipped his head around, showing Lu Sangjiu the back of it, and retorted awkwardly, "...I won’t implicate the innocent. I’m not like those bad people."

His reaction made Lu Sangjiu burst out laughing. She felt that no matter how many deep thoughts this boy had, he was still, in the end, just a boy.

’This is nice.’

In the afternoon, Lu Sangjiu’s group was met by Luo Linlang and the others on their return.

From a distance, they saw Luo Linlang driving a magnificent-looking beast-drawn carriage toward them at high speed. It was pulled by Gale Beasts, renowned for their swiftness, and was much faster than their own horse-drawn carriage.

In the blink of an eye, the carriage arrived. As it came to a stop, Lu Sangjiu noticed that there was another one following right behind it.

Luo Linlang lifted her chin proudly. "Look at my carriage. Isn’t it impressive?"

Li Qiancheng and Lu Sangjiu both played along and nodded. "Very impressive!"

Lu Sangjiu asked, "Second Senior Sister, you must have spent a lot of Spirit Stones on these carriages, right?"

Luo Linlang waved her hand smugly. "It’s just pocket change, pocket change!"

Li Qiancheng chimed in with a nod. "Little Junior Sister, you probably don’t know, but ever since she came back from the Gold and Silver Gate, it’s like a switch flipped in her brain. When she’s not cultivating, she’s basically spending all her time earning Spirit Stones!"

As he spoke, Li Qiancheng clicked his tongue. "TSK TSK. I never knew Lin Lang had such a talent for business. If she had stayed a few more days, she probably would have drained every Sect Disciple of their Spirit Stones!"

Hearing this, Luo Linlang grew even prouder, as if accepting a compliment. She beamed at Lu Sangjiu and said, "Little Junior Sister, your Second Senior Sister can now earn enough to support you! Aren’t you surprised? Isn’t it unexpected?"

Lu Sangjiu was dumbfounded. The face of Xiang Qian from the Gold and Silver Gate couldn’t help but pop into her mind... TSK TSK. ’It’s so hard to learn good habits, but so easy to pick up bad ones.’

In any case, everyone was delighted to be swapping their ordinary horse-drawn carriages for the fast, stable, and spacious Gale Beast Carriages.

So, one carriage was given to Li Qiancheng, who continued to drive the Demon Cultivators with Ye Zhiyao, while Lu Sangjiu and the others took the second one.

Who would want to be exposed to the wind and sun outside when they could ride comfortably inside a carriage?

Watching Lu Sangjiu and the others get into the carriage, Ye Zhiyao looked at Li Qiancheng with a resentful expression. "I want to ride in the carriage, too."

Li Qiancheng was baffled. "Aren’t you on a carriage right now?"

Ye Zhiyao said angrily, "I mean sitting inside, not out here in the wind and sun!"

Li Qiancheng said "Oh," and pointed to the carriage compartment behind him. "Then get inside. I’m not stopping you."

Ye Zhiyao grew even angrier. "They’re a bunch of disgusting Demon Cultivators! I refuse to be in the same space as them!"

Despite her own questionable character, she was quite disdainful of Demon Cultivators, acting as if she were far more noble than them.

Li Qiancheng gave her a huge eye-roll, not bothering to waste another word on her.

Ye Zhiyao felt incredibly wronged. She thought to herself, ’Just wait until I see my master. I’ll make this whole group pay!’

It took Lu Sangjiu’s group a full six days to travel to the border of the Western Demon Realm.

During that time, Yan Zui told her about the follow-up concerning the Fang Family of Lu City.

To put it simply, they had gathered many clues by interrogating those people, and now the major Immortal Gates were conducting investigations.

However, many of the people they traced through the clues had suddenly died violent deaths, causing the trail to go cold.

"Xie Ningyuan destroyed all of the Fang Family’s Demon Flowers that day, so you don’t have to worry about how to deal with what was left."

"Also, because I brought those two Immortal Alliance disciples back, I couldn’t hide the fact that you left with the Demon Cultivators from my master. But he didn’t say much, nor did he tell anyone else, so you can rest easy for now."

As for the rest, it would still take more time to investigate.

Aside from that, Xie Ningyuan had, of course, also contacted her.

After they asked each other about their recent situations, Lu Sangjiu learned that Xie Ningyuan’s master, Master of Hearing, was indeed severely injured and was still unconscious.

She grew worried. "What are you going to do? Is there a way to cure him?"

Xie Ningyuan replied, "Don’t worry, I’ve already found a way. However, one of the Spirit Grasses required is extremely rare, and I need to go find it... Little Jiu, I might not be able to come help you for a while."

Hearing the heavy tone in his voice, Lu Sangjiu quickly said, "Don’t make it sound like I can’t manage without you. Don’t worry, I can handle things here."

Then she recounted what had happened since Xie Ningyuan had left. "After we get everyone back to the Western Demon Realm, if the Immortal Gates still haven’t gotten any results, we’ll continue to investigate these matters."

"But with the Immortal Gates involved, those people won’t dare to be too brazen. We should be safe, so you don’t have to worry."

"Okay. Then you all be careful. If anything happens, call me immediately. I’ll definitely come."

Lu Sangjiu agreed, but she thought to herself, ’Xie Ningyuan’s master is in critical condition right now. It’s best not to disturb him if I can help it.’

’If he gets distracted and something happens to his master, both he and I would feel guilty for the rest of our lives.’

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