The Outer Realm fiends had deliberately imprisoned him with Senior Sister Mingyan. Naturally, it could not simply be because they adored Zhang Huaibing and wanted to toss him some perks.
There had to be some special arrangement at work here, some hidden trick.
Right. They must have wanted to use Senior Sister Mingyan to test whether the information he had provided was reliable.
Perhaps this seemingly empty private cell had listening formations or tools set up within it.
If, afraid of angering his senior sister, he panicked and revealed the real plan, then the Outer Realm fiends eavesdropping in the dark would immediately know he had been lying before. All that suffering he had endured would have been for nothing.
One must never lack the vigilance to guard against others~ The Outer Realm fiends truly were cunning.
With that thought, Zhang Huaibing instantly became possessed by the spirit of an actor. His face filled with misery, as though he had suffered the greatest injustice. "Senior Sister Mingyan, how could you say that about me? Did you expect me to stand by and watch you be sliced to death by the Outer Realm fiends?"
What followed was a torrent of grievances, mixed with words of admiration for Senior Sister Mingyan. His words were so earnest and his attitude so sincere that he nearly talked himself into believing them.
Wu Mingyan was left utterly bewildered by his nonsense. She had initially believed him seventy to eighty percent, but now it had suddenly risen to eighty or ninety percent.
"Alas~ Junior Brother Huaibing, you truly are foolish~" Wu Mingyan put on a moved expression and feigned another complaint. "For my sake, you committed such an act of betrayal against humanity. How am I supposed to face myself?"
"One person bears the consequences of