Wukong watched Xu Linglong gently feel along the black blade and could sense those eyes fixed on him.
But he also understood...
Those words were purely a threat.
If killing Pig Mask was not enough, Winter Melon could die too.
Either answer, and your mission could continue, or everyone died and your mission failed.
She did not hesitate even when striking at her own people, all to force out an answer she might have learned simply by spending some time.
After briefly piecing together the information Chu Xingchen had given him, Wukong answered:
"The Exalted One suspects that the destruction of Dongsheng Shenzhou may have involved betrayal by an insider. On the Exalted One's orders, I am to protect the last two people who know anything and help them find the insider."
Xu Linglong nodded in understanding, then said lightly:
"It's been quite some time, and they've had a Buddhist Child like you helping them. You must have some information by now?"
Wukong shook his head. "No information at all."
At that, Xu Linglong turned her gaze toward Winter Melon, who knelt to one side.
Sensing that gaze, Winter Melon answered in a trembling voice:
"Th-that's true. There's nothing."
"Oh..." Xu Linglong asked curiously, "I heard some of what you were saying just now. Are you unwilling to cooperate with this Buddhist Child, or is it just as he said-you don't care about our great undertaking and are simply muddling through one day at a time?"
Xu Linglong's tone was not stern. It sounded as though she were simply asking whether someone had eaten breakfast.
But to Winter Melon's ears, it meant-you dog, you're useless at your job. Better stew you for soup.
"Your subordinate does not know this monk, and he has never shown the slightest trace of demonic