The Side Character Who Wins by Doing Nothing

Before Lu Sangjiu had a chance to explain the situation to Li Qiancheng, Duan Xingyun woke up as well.

That saved her some trouble. She just explained the current situation to both of them.

They already knew a little about Luo Linlang’s situation, so they weren’t too surprised.

A glance at Shen Yuzhao revealed that his skin was also slowly repairing. It seemed he would probably wake up in another day or two.

As for Li Qiancheng’s condition, Duan Xingyun provided a timely solution. He took out a Life-extending Fruit from his storage space and said, "This will add three years to your life. Take it, quickly."

Of course, Li Qiancheng didn’t stand on ceremony with his master and immediately ate it.

With the Life-extending Fruit in his stomach, Li Qiancheng finally felt a spark of life return to his body.

However, three years of life was far too little. His aged appearance only changed by the slightest margin.

He went from looking like an ordinary ninety-year-old to somewhere around seventy.

Seeing his disciple in such a state, Duan Xingyun was utterly heartbroken. But with no better solution at hand, he could only comfort him. "Don’t worry," he said. "Once we leave this place, Master will definitely find you more Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to extend your life."

Li Qiancheng forced a smile. "Master, you don’t need to comfort me. I... when I used the Secret Technique to burn away my lifespan, I was already prepared to die."

"I know how rare Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that extend one’s life are. And most of them, like that Life-extending Fruit, only add a few years at best."

"For a Cultivator, a few years or even a few decades is just the blink of an eye."

"My aptitude isn’t great. It was a fluke that I broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm so quickly. Trying to break through again to Divinity Transformation in such a short time... is basically impossible."

In the Cultivation World, anyone who could reach Divinity Transformation within a century was a Heavenly Pride Level genius. He... could hardly claim to have that kind of confidence.

Seeing his forced smile, Duan Xingyun felt terrible. He wanted to refute him, but he couldn’t even convince himself.

Li Qiancheng’s aptitude truly wasn’t the best. Even Duan Xingyun himself had only reached Divinity Transformation at the age of one hundred and twenty, so what hope did Li Qiancheng have?

In the deathly silence, Lu Sangjiu spoke with unwavering resolve. "First Senior Brother, we haven’t reached the end of the road yet. How can you give up?"

"Don’t say it’s impossible. Even I managed Immortal Demon Dual Cultivation. Could you breaking through to Divinity Transformation within a hundred years be any more incredible than that?"

Li Qiancheng was stunned. "Little Junior Sister..."

Lu Sangjiu looked him in the eye. "First Senior Brother, trust me, and trust yourself... We can all make it to the end. I’m sure of it."

Seeing Lu Sangjiu’s earnest expression, Li Qiancheng finally let out a soft laugh after a moment.

’That’s right. Little Junior Sister could even manage Immortal Demon Dual Cultivation. As her senior brother, how could I give up so easily without even daring to try?’

He forced himself to rally his spirits, then nodded firmly. "You’re right. I shouldn’t have talked about giving up without even trying."

"Now, let’s figure out how to get out of here!"

Speaking of which, Lu Sangjiu hesitated a moment before finally saying, "Actually, I’ve read about this in a certain book."

"The Western Demon Realm’s Forbidden Land was once an Ancient Battlefield. So many people died there that the sheer amount of resentment and Evil Qi gave birth to countless malevolent forces, eventually transforming it into a Forbidden Land."

"Later, a Great Power used this resentment and Evil Qi to form a self-contained Barrier, one that allows entry but not exit. This prevented the evil within from rampaging outside."

The things Lu Sangjiu was saying were all considered secrets of the Western Demon Realm. A minor Immortal Cultivator like her should have no way of knowing them; in fact, it was likely that very few even among Demon Cultivators were aware of these facts.

That was why she had hesitated. But she was more afraid of them being trapped longer because of her hesitation—running out of time to truly save them—than she was of exposing her identity.

Even Duan Xingyun was unaware of such secrets, to say nothing of Li Qiancheng. Since neither of them had ever heard this before, they were naturally shocked to learn of it now.

Li Qiancheng simply assumed he was ill-informed and didn’t overthink it. He just asked, puzzled, "If this Great Power was trying to protect all living beings, then why allow entry but not exit? Why not just completely seal the place off from the outside world?"

Lu Sangjiu nodded. "That’s the crucial point I was about to make."

"The reason is... legend says that within the Forbidden Land, besides all this evil, there is also a Demon God Hall."

"Legend says the secret to a Demon Cultivator’s Ascension into a Demon God is hidden there, along with the inheritance and rare treasures left behind by that Great Power."

"That’s why the Great Power didn’t completely sever the connection between this place and the outside world—they were waiting for someone with both the strength and the fated opportunity to reach the Demon God Hall."

Li Qiancheng was once again astonished. "Is that so? The secret of Ascension into a Demon God... If that’s the case, shouldn’t countless Demon Cultivators have come to try their luck?"

Lu Sangjiu shook her head. "It’s only a legend, after all. Besides, the dangers of the Forbidden Land are enough to deter most people."

Duan Xingyun, who had been listening quietly, now wore a thoughtful expression. "I heard that several hundred years ago, the great Demon Cultivator Gu Huang entered the Forbidden Land alone, but she was forced to turn back after only making it halfway."

"If that was the case even when her cultivation was at the Body Integration Realm, does that mean only someone at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage can enter this so-called Demon God Hall?"

Lu Sangjiu couldn’t help but recall her own foray into the Forbidden Land all those years ago... ’First of all, I must set the record straight for my own sake. I didn’t turn back halfway because I ran into some insurmountable obstacle.’

’In fact, with my strength at the time, I could have easily carved a path through the entire Forbidden Land.’

’It’s just that I can’t stand bugs, especially swarms of them... So when I was halfway through and ran into a sky-blotting swarm of them, I turned around and left without a second thought.’

’Of course, I wanted to know the so-called secret to becoming a Demon God back then, too. But I was far too arrogant at the time; I always felt such external aids were dispensable.’

’The main reason I went to the Forbidden Land was just for fun, not because I was dreaming of obtaining some inheritance, priceless treasure, or forgotten secret.’

’And it was precisely because of this casual attitude that I could get annoyed, flick my sleeves, and walk away without a care.’

’A pity that now...’ Lu Sangjiu sighed inwardly.

She said, "While strength is certainly important to find the Demon God Hall, the requirement probably isn’t so strict that only someone at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage can enter."

"I think what’s more important is the so-called ’fated opportunity.’ Especially since a concept like that is so ethereal and vague, you can’t even work towards it."

"But for that very reason... I think even we might as well give it a shot."

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