In just two short sentences, A Meng had already revealed plenty of information.
Since she knew Su Jiu and the others' main reason for coming, she must have investigated them long ago. Of course, the less obvious implication was that they might also have information about Eldest Senior Brother.
No wonder A Meng was not worried about anything happening to the Nightmare Demon. They had probably held this trump card all along, waiting for it to save their lives at a critical moment.
A quarter of an hour of silence followed.
Su Jiu raised her head and stared at A Meng. "You kept your composure and said nothing until now... Weren't you afraid things would go disastrously wrong while you were in my sea of consciousness?"
After all, if her consciousness had not awakened in time, A Meng would truly have died at Little Gift's hands.
The smugness froze on A Meng's face. She had never actually considered that things might go wrong... Yet the truth was that they had. It would have been better if Su Jiu had left it unmentioned. Now that she had brought it up, A Meng remembered how foolish she had been in the illusion realm.
Su Jiu was the master of that sea of consciousness, so she had undoubtedly witnessed everything A Meng had done. A Meng felt that she had probably never been so stupid or so humiliated in her entire life. That was precisely why she reacted so strongly when Su Jiu mentioned it.
In the end, all of this had come down to her being too clever for her own good.
Seeing A Meng's expression, Su Jiu more or less guessed what was on her mind. "So you really thought your soul possession would succeed?"
A Meng's expression darkened further. "You're