He was good at reading people. When he saw how interested Lin Yifei looked, he knew he'd caught the young woman's attention.
He continued, "Dizang Protector is notorious around the base as a lecher. I heard that the wife of the Golden Fox Envoy, one of the base's four Gold-robed Envoys, was slept with by Dizang Protector. It caused quite a scandal back then. And I heard the Golden Bull Envoy recently got confined and sent to reflect on his actions for letting the secret slip."
A lecher—and the base's second-in-command, no less.
That was undoubtedly important information.
Just then, Poisonous Insect Guardian walked over and stood smiling in front of the man. "Brother, you seem to have a good source. You're an engineer, not a combatant. You didn't pick up this intelligence through the grapevine, did you?"
The man gave an awkward smile and opened his mouth to explain, but Poisonous Insect Guardian suddenly flicked a finger. The man felt a tiny foreign object in his throat. As he swallowed, it went straight down.
"Taste good?" Poisonous Insect Guardian asked with a grin. "A little sweet and sour?"
The man had no idea what he'd just swallowed. It did taste a little sweet and sour, but fear of the unknown drained the color from his face. He nodded with difficulty, his smile more pained than cheerful.
Especially with Poisonous Insect Guardian radiating such an evil aura, he felt even less sure of himself.
He stammered, "B-Brother, what did you make me eat?"
"Nothing much. Just a little insect egg. You look so healthy, plump and well-fed. You must eat well. With a natural nest like you, these eggs will thrive. Then I'll be counting on you to hatch a whole batch of spirit insects for me. Keep it up.