"You mean you deployed the Mysterious Yin Seven Fiends Canopy to find something he was carrying?"
Tang Changsheng understood at once. His eyes gleamed as he turned to Zhang Monkey.
Zhang Monkey wore an ingratiating smile and looked at Tang Changsheng with fear. He was only a small-time Tomb Robber. After seeing such a grand display, boarding a Great Chu warship, and coming face-to-face with someone as important as Tang Changsheng, he had already lost his nerve.
When Tang Changsheng looked his way, Zhang Monkey instinctively averted his eyes, afraid to meet his gaze.
Tang Changsheng smiled faintly. Da Xiang was an old hand. If he had failed to search the thing out, it meant Zhang Monkey was not carrying it on his person.
"Tell me. What is it, and where have you put it?" Tang Changsheng asked calmly.
The guards around them said nothing. Each tightened his grip on his gun and stared at Zhang Monkey, adding to the pressure on him.
In front of Da Xiang, Zhang Monkey could play deaf and dumb or make a shameless scene. But under all these eyes, even the slightest movement felt unbearable.
Cold sweat trickled down his forehead, yet he did not dare wipe it away.
Tang Changsheng spoke slowly. "Perhaps you don't know who I am. I am Mister Yuan Zhen, appointed by the Son of Heaven of Great Chu; the Sect Leader of the General's Temple; one of the Three Elders of the Elder Council... Are you going to answer my question or not?"
Zhang Monkey was only a small-time nobody. When had he ever faced a scene like this, let alone heard someone announce so many imposing titles?
Tang Changsheng did not speak loudly or harshly, but the pressure behind his words weighed on Zhang Monkey like a