The Side Character Who Wins by Doing Nothing

Seeing the greedy looks on their faces, Lu Sangjiu was amused.

She hadn’t even planned on bothering them, yet here they were, thinking of robbing her?

She was just about to speak when Shen Yuzhao, beside her, earnestly answered them first.

”Sorry, that belongs to my Little Junior Sister. I can’t give it to you.”

After he spoke, he took out a dozen or so Mid-grade Spirit Stones from his storage bag. With a sincere expression, he said, ”But you did protect me, so I’ll pay you double the market rate. How about ten Mid-grade Spirit Stones for each of you?”

Lu Sangjiu: ”...”

’Her third senior brother was so naive, he was the type who’d get sold and still help the seller count the money.’

The corner of her mouth twitched, and she moved to stop Shen Yuzhao.

But the man beat her to it, disdainfully slapping the Spirit Stones out of Shen Yuzhao’s hand and onto the ground.

”Ten Mid-grade Spirit Stones each? Are you treating us like beggars?!”

The Du cultivator sneered and grabbed Shen Yuzhao by the collar, a vicious glint in his eyes. ”I said, your Little Junior Sister is to hand over the Thousand-year-old Cold Iron Ore... Did you think I was negotiating with you?”

Shen Yuzhao’s face went deathly pale with fright. ”Wh-what are you doing? Let me go!”

Seeing this, Chi Yan and Feng Lin beside Lu Sangjiu couldn’t hold back anymore.

But just as they were about to make a move, they were stopped by Lu Sangjiu.

They both looked at her, confused, not understanding how she could remain so composed while her third senior brother was being bullied.

But they saw a cold smile playing on Lu Sangjiu’s lips as she said, ”Just watch.”

The two were still baffled when they saw Lu Sangjiu suddenly rush forward.

Her voice was filled with panic. ”What are you doing to my third senior brother? Let him go!”

As she spoke, she flailed at the man’s arm, looking for all the world like a helpless weakling.

Feng Lin and Chi Yan stared, dumbfounded. If they hadn’t witnessed how fierce Lu Sangjiu could be in a fight, they might have been breaking out in a cold sweat for her.

Of course, the Du cultivator didn’t know the truth. He just thought Lu Sangjiu was a genuine weakling. Annoyed by her antics, he waved a hand and shoved her aside.

”Get lost!”

Lu Sangjiu let out a cry as she was thrown aside, spitting up a mouthful of blood. She groaned in pain, ”Third Senior Brother...”

The Du cultivator was stunned. ’Did I even use that much force?’

However, before he could make sense of it, a sudden, ominous premonition washed over him. It felt as if some terrible danger was about to descend, a feeling so intense it made his hair stand on end.

”You. Dared. To. Hit. My. Little. Junior. Sister.”

He suddenly heard the coward he held by the collar speak, enunciating every single word.

He instinctively found it laughable. ’This weakling dares to act tough with me?’

”So what if I did? Not only am I going to hit her, I’m gonna have my fun with her later, and then...”

He never got to say the last word. A hand suddenly clamped around his neck, squeezing tight!

In an instant, immense Spiritual Power erupted from Shen Yuzhao. It was thick with killing intent, crushing the Du cultivator and leaving him with no strength to resist.

Feng Lin and Chi Yan, who were standing nearby, were caught off guard and forced to take two steps back from the sheer force of it.

At this moment, the two of them looked like they had seen a ghost, staring at Shen Yuzhao with wide eyes.

’This aura... was this really the same damn person as the naive simpleton from moments ago???’

The two looked as if they were questioning their very existence. Then they noticed that Lu Sangjiu, who had been lying pitifully on the ground, was now standing beside them.

She casually wiped the blood from her lips, a wide grin on her face as she settled in to watch the show.

Feng Lin and Chi Yan fell silent... and then it suddenly dawned on them why Lu Sangjiu had stopped them from intervening.

’A beatdown from them, a bunch of newcomers, wouldn’t be much of a show.’

’But watching him suddenly turn the tables on the very people who had been bullying and looking down on him? Now *that* was interesting!’

Shen Yuzhao’s eyes blazed with fury. Though he looked incredibly frail, he was holding the burly man clean off the ground by his neck.

The Du cultivator looked like a toad being strangled, his eyes filled with terror. His legs kicked wildly, but he was completely unable to escape his deadly predicament.

The other three men were aghast, utterly unable to believe that this wimp who was usually so easy to bully could possess such power.

But this was no time to be shocked. They quickly snapped out of it and prepared to rush forward to save their companion.

A barrage of Spells shot out, heading straight for Shen Yuzhao!

Feng Lin and Chi Yan reflexively broke into a cold sweat for him.

’After all, no matter how strong Shen Yuzhao is, his opponents are all at the Late-stage of Foundation Establishment. Fighting one against four has to be a struggle, right?’

But seeing that Lu Sangjiu remained perfectly calm, they held back... They were also curious: what terrifying power could this naive-looking boy possibly possess?

The next moment, they were astonished to see a shroud of blue flames suddenly ignite around Shen Yuzhao just as the Spells were about to hit him.

Even from a distance, they could clearly feel the searing heat... This was obviously no ordinary fire!

Sure enough, the incoming Spells were instantly devoured by the blue flames, vanishing without a trace.

The cultivator in Shen Yuzhao’s grasp didn’t even have time to scream before he was incinerated into a pile of ash.

Seeing this, the remaining three cultivators’ faces turned ashen with terror.

One of them stared wide-eyed and stammered, ”That’s... an Abnormal Fire... He actually possesses an Abnormal Fire!”

An Abnormal Fire was over a hundred times more potent than ordinary flames. Someone with a higher cultivation might have a way to resist it.

But with everyone’s cultivation suppressed to the Foundation Establishment Stage, it was safe to say almost no one could withstand the incineration of an Abnormal Fire.

In that instant, the remaining three lost all will to fight and turned to flee!

Shen Yuzhao’s brow furrowed slightly. He then muttered to himself, ”Little Junior Sister said to pull the weeds by the roots... Can’t let you get away.”

Chi Yan and Feng Lin snapped their heads in unison to stare at Lu Sangjiu. Their gazes were heavy with silent accusation, as if to say, ’What in the world have you been teaching him?’

Lu Sangjiu laughed awkwardly, with no way to explain herself... After all, she really *had* been the one to say that.

In that brief moment, Shen Yuzhao had already given chase, using his Abnormal Fire to reap the lives of the remaining three.

His power had left Chi Yan and Feng Lin feeling somewhat numb... In any case, it was understandable that someone with an Abnormal Fire would be exceptionally powerful.

What they couldn’t understand, however, was that after Shen Yuzhao finished the killing and turned around, his expression suddenly crumpled.

”Little Junior Sister! WAAAAH, that was so scary! I was scared to death, scared to death!”

Then he came whimpering to Lu Sangjiu’s side, seeking comfort. The death-god-like aura he’d had just moments before had vanished without a trace.

Chi Yan and Feng Lin were both instantly petrified.

’Kid... could you please look at those piles of ash on the ground and tell us who exactly is supposed to be scared to death here???’