The Side Character Who Wins by Doing Nothing

Chapter 59: Chapter 59: Building the Dream Ruins Together

Lu Sangjiu realized she still hadn’t left the Illusion Realm and couldn’t help but try a few more times.

But even though she was clearly awake, she still couldn’t get out.

And she soon discovered that not only could she not get out, but her body was also no longer under her control!

Her consciousness was wide awake, able to see everything in the outside world, yet her body was clearly in a comatose state.

How could she describe the feeling? It was as if another soul was shackled to this body, able only to watch, with not an iota of control.

’Why is this happening?’

Lu Sangjiu was completely baffled, right up until a familiar figure appeared.

’...Xie Ningyuan?’

’Oh, no, that’s not right. At this point in time, he’s still just Jichen, the Buddha Son of the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect.’

She suddenly remembered that in the moment before the giant python self-detonated, Xie Ningyuan had shielded her with his body.

’Their bodies had touched at that moment, and they also shared a common memory. Could it be... that they had constructed the same Dream Ruins Illusion Realm together?’

’So, even though she was awake now, because Xie Ningyuan hadn’t woken up yet, she still couldn’t leave? And could only watch events unfold like this, helpless?’

Lu Sangjiu’s mood instantly soured. If Xie Ningyuan never woke up, wouldn’t she be buried with him?

’It would have been better not to wake up at all!’

Seeing Lu Sangjiu, Jichen immediately rushed over to her.

His brows furrowed slightly as he checked for her breath. He only let out a sigh of relief after confirming she wasn’t dead.

"Fortunately, I lent you some of my Merit Power earlier, so I was able to sense your location for a short time. Otherwise, it would have been really difficult to find you in this desolate wilderness."

He muttered to himself, then cast a Cleaning Technique on her. Her charred body looked slightly better afterward.

But he likely didn’t have any Elixir Pills suitable for a Demon Cultivator on him, so he couldn’t treat Lu Sangjiu’s injuries. He could only carefully help her up and leave on his sword.

It was only then that Lu Sangjiu belatedly realized... this part didn’t seem to be in her memories.

She recalled that after forcing her Tribulation Crossing, she had been heavily injured. When she woke up, she found herself on the Mountain of Ten Thousand Poisons.

The Poison Master had told her that he’d woken up early, saw her lying in his courtyard, and simply decided to save her.

She hadn’t thought much of it at the time. After all, she had been in a daze after being struck by the Heavenly Tribulation, so it was possible she had stumbled back to the Mountain of Ten Thousand Poisons in her confusion.

’Looking now at the direction Jichen is flying on his sword... was he the one who took me to the Mountain of Ten Thousand Poisons?’

Lu Sangjiu was a little surprised and also began to seriously consider the authenticity of the events happening in this Illusion Realm. freewёbnoνel.com

She went over everything she had experienced again. It seemed... there was basically no difference from her memories.

’So, in reality, was Jichen the one who took me back all those years ago?’

Jichen carried Lu Sangjiu all the way back to the Mountain of Ten Thousand Poisons.

The Poison Master was also somewhat surprised to see Lu Sangjiu in this state. "What happened to her?"

Jichen said, "Gu Huang, the Female Demon of the Moon Palace, stormed the Beast Taming Sect alone. The Beast Taming Sect’s two Body Integration Realm Supreme Elders resisted with all their might. One died, and the other was injured."

"The Beast Taming Sect’s Tribulation Crossing Ancestor came out of seclusion. Gu Huang, in a desperate gamble, immediately began her Tribulation Crossing on the spot, triggering the ancestor’s own Ascension Thunder Tribulation."

"After seven days and seven nights, the Beast Taming Sect’s ancestor failed his Tribulation Crossing. His body and soul were annihilated."

Even someone as heartless as the Poison Master couldn’t help but gasp in shock after hearing this.

"You’re not pulling my leg, are you?"

Jichen’s expression was calm. "This is all what I heard on the way here. The news has already spread throughout the Cultivation World, so it should be true... I just don’t know the specific details."

Only then did the Poison Master believe him. He looked incredulously at Lu Sangjiu, lying quietly on the bed. "She’s... that hardcore?"

After a moment, he couldn’t help but lament for the Beast Taming Sect. "The Beast Taming Sect really had it rough. With only one Body Integration Realm cultivator left, and an injured one at that, I’m afraid the Cultivation World will soon only have the Four Great Sects, right?"

Those who were Cultivating Immortality were always contending against the heavens and against other people.

In the struggles between sects, they would never show mercy.

The Five Great Sects all had Body Integration Realm Supreme Elders and a Tribulation Crossing Ancestor holding down the fort.

Now, the Beast Taming Sect had lost a Body Integration Realm cultivator and a Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivator in quick succession. With the other one heavily injured, there was no hope of them attempting Tribulation Crossing anytime soon.

The Beast Taming Sect would likely soon be pushed out of the ranks of the Five Great Sects. Their losses were truly catastrophic!

In response to the Poison Master’s lament, Jichen simply said, "We can talk about that later. Can you save her first?"

At this, the Poison Master revealed his signature smile and countered, "Her injuries are quite serious. You want me to save her... what price are you prepared to pay?"

Jichen said calmly, "Senior, you likely already have an answer in mind. Just say it."

An excited look immediately appeared on the Poison Master’s face. He rubbed his hands together and said, "You’re just a little Golden Core Cultivator. I doubt you have anything on you that I’d find valuable."

"How about this: agree to one condition of mine, and I’ll save her!"

Jichen: "Please state it, Senior."

The Poison Master began with a sly grin, "You cannot tell anyone what happened between you and Gu Huang on the Mountain of Ten Thousand Poisons. After you return to the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect, you must not speak a single good word about Gu Huang. And for the next three hundred years, you are forbidden from seeing her again... Can you do this?"

Jichen was stunned. Lu Sangjiu was stunned, too.

Lu Sangjiu really wanted to give the Poison Master a thumbs-up right then. ’Seriously? With a twisted sense of humor like that, you should just go write trashy romance novels!’

Jichen might not have understood the Poison Master’s intentions at that moment, but Lu Sangjiu, having lived through everything that came after, understood instantly.

Back then, after she woke up, she hadn’t known Jichen was the one who saved her. When she asked the Poison Master about Jichen’s whereabouts, he only said that after Jichen’s injuries were healed, he had left the mountain.

Lu Sangjiu had been half-dead from anger at the time. Fortunately, she soon received a transmission from Fa Shan and learned that the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect had released Cangming, which made her feel a little better.

But not long after this incident, the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect spread the news, claiming that the Female Demon Gu Huang had kidnapped their Buddha Son, tortured him, and ruined his cultivation, painting her as an irredeemable villain.

Her image as a Female Demon who brought calamity to the world was cemented in the hearts of the people precisely after the incidents with the Beast Taming Sect and the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect.

Lu Sangjiu wouldn’t say she was heartbroken over it, but whenever she thought back on it, she couldn’t help but curse Jichen for being an ungrateful bastard.

After all, other than Fa Shan accidentally injuring him that one day, no one in the Moon Palace had wronged him.

Plus, since she never saw Jichen again after that, she became even more convinced that he was avoiding her out of guilt.

As a result, this little monk she had once thought was decent gradually faded from her memory, becoming just another face in the crowd.

This was the Poison Master’s intention.

He thought the pairing of Lu Sangjiu and Jichen was interesting, so first he had Lu Sangjiu save him with the domination map, and then he deliberately made Jichen hide the fact that he had saved her, all to create a misunderstanding between them.

In the end, he was just toying with people’s hearts because he found it amusing.

But in truth, Lu Sangjiu felt that even without this incident, there probably wouldn’t have been any further connection between her and Jichen.

After all, one was a Buddha Son, the other a Demon. They were destined to be on opposite sides.