"I don't know!"
Upon hearing Jiang Liu's inquiry, the Crab Demon Marshal shook his head and said, "I only received the Dragon King's orders to hide. As for where the Dragon King and the others have gone, we have absolutely no idea!"
"You don't know!?" Jiang Liu's eyebrows knitted slightly upon hearing the Crab Demon Marshal's words, and he put on a ferocious deanor, "Since you don't know, then you're of no value to . Die!"
"No, please, master, I really don't know, spare my life!" Hearing Jiang Liu's words, the Crab Demon Marshal scread in terror and begged for rcy.
However, Jiang Liu paid no heed to the Crab Demon Marshal's pleas for rcy. He activated the Ninth Grade Black Lotus and continued to launch his attack.
Amidst the screams, the health bar above the Crab Demon Marshal's head shrank like a deflating ball. In just a mont, the health bar was emptied, and the Crab Demon Marshal was left in a severely injured and dying state, collapsing to the ground.
Having no intention of delivering a coup de grâce, although he verbally threatened to kill the demon, Jiang Liu didn't actually harbor any killing intent. He simply took the thousands of Experience Points from the Crab Demon Marshal.
Threatened with his life, the Crab Demon Marshal still did not disclose the whereabouts of Dragon King Wansheng and the others. In Jiang Liu's view, he truly must not have known.
Moreover, putting himself in their shoes, if he were Dragon King Wansheng and knew a formidable enemy was coming, he would naturally not let anyone know his whereabouts while preparing to flee for his life.
So it was within reason that the other mbers of the Demon Clan did not know Dragon King Wansheng's whereabouts.
"However, if they have all run away, where should I look for them next?" Jiang Liu's brow furrowed slightly as he pondered the thod to track down Dragon King Wansheng.
"Master, look, isn't that soone familiar over there?"
Just as Jiang Liu was furrowing his brows and silently pondering how to pursue Dragon King Wansheng, suddenly, Sun Wukong, with his sharp eyes, pointed in a certain direction and spoke.
Following the direction of Sun Wukong's finger, indeed, one could see a fish-headed humanoid Demon Marshal cautiously making an escape. He looked as though he were acting like a thief.
This Demon Marshal was none other than Benboba, whom they had t before.
"Although Benboba is also just a Demon Marshal, he is a confidant of the Nine-Headed Serpent. Perhaps he knows the whereabouts of the Nine-Headed Serpent!?" With a thought, Jiang Liu instructed everyone to hide, then approached where Benboba was fleeing.
"Hey, Benboba, where are you heading?" Blocking the route that Benboba had to take to escape, suddenly, Jiang Liu erged from the shadows and greeted him.
"It's you! Tang Monk!?" Seeing Jiang Liu, Benboba was so frightened that he fell to the ground.
His appearance was like that of an ordinary human who had seen a demon, falling to the ground in a complete state of panic and scrambling backwards.
"Don't co any closer, don't co any closer, if you co any closer, I'll scream!" Benboba warned as he scooted back, his voice tinged with hasty alarm.
"Go ahead and scream. Even if you scream your throat hoarse, no one will bother with you. Don't forget, the Dragon King and everyone from Green Wave Pool have fled; no one will co to your rescue!" Hearing Benboba's words, Jiang Liu reflexively replied.
After saying this, Jiang Liu couldn't help feeling there was sothing wrong with their conversation?
But upon reflection, it seed perfectly fine.
"Holy Monk, we have no old grudges or recent quarrels; you won't really kill , will you?" Hearing Jiang Liu's words, Benboba pondered for a mont, realized the logic in them—his screams would indeed be futile—and feeling sowhat hopeless, he began to plead with Jiang Liu.
"Of course, I won't kill you if you cooperate with !" Jiang Liu nodded, looking at Benboba's foolishly endearing behavior, and chuckled to himself.
"Cooperate with you? What do you want to do!?" Benboba looked at Jiang Liu with a mix of dread and fear, still retreating.
anwhile, his eyes darted around, and he earnestly said, "Holy Monk, I'm telling you, I don't know where our Prince Consort and the Dragon King have gone. Even if you ask , I won't tell you!"
"Pfft..." Hearing Benboba's words, Jiang Liu suddenly burst out laughing.
"What are you laughing at?" Seeing Jiang Liu laughing, Benboba looked at him in bewildernt, not understanding why.
"You don't even know how to lie!" Jiang Liu looked at Benboba with an expression reflecting the care for soone slow-witted, after he finished laughing.
"How do you know that!?" Jiang Liu's words elicited an automatic scream from Benboba.
He then seed to realize he had misspoken, quickly covering his mouth. After pondering for a brief mont, he corrected himself, "Why would you say that? I don't—I don't know anything; you're making it up!"
"If you truly don't know their whereabouts, how could you know the Nine-Headed Serpent and Dragon King Wansheng left together?" Jiang Liu asked, finding Benboba's reaction amusing.
"Eh? That—that was only my guess!"
Benboba's expression froze for a mont, then hastily he began to explain, "Holy Monk, you must believe ! I really didn't know! Our Prince Consort said, even if I am killed, I absolutely cannot reveal their whereabouts! I am truly loyal!"
"Mmm, yes, you are very loyal, that much I know!" Jiang Liu said with a smile on his face.
After a brief silence, he looked earnestly at Benboba and said, "Now, if I were to kill you, would you tell the whereabouts of the Nine-Headed Serpent and the others?"
"No!" In response to Jiang Liu's question, Benboba firmly shook his head.
However, he imdiately took on a pleading tone and said, "But, Holy Monk, why would you want to kill ? Think about it, killing won't be of any benefit to you, right?"
"Right! I actually think what you're saying makes sense!" Jiang Liu seed genuinely convinced by Benboba's plea and nodded in agreent.
However, as soon as those words were spoken, Jiang Liu looked at Benboba seriously again and said, "So even if I were to kill you, you wouldn't be able to tell their location, right? That's what your Prince Consort said?"
"Yes, that is indeed what the Prince Consort said at the ti!" Nodding, Benboba admitted.
"Then, looking at it from another angle, if I don't kill you, shouldn't you tell the whereabouts of your Prince Consort?" Jiang Liu nodded and followed up with another question.
"That... that won't do!" Benboba went rigid for a mont and then shook his head.
"Why won't it do? Your Prince Consort said if I kill you, you can't tell ; but now, I'm not killing you, so shouldn't you tell ?" Jiang Liu argued with reason upon hearing Benboba's refusal.
"This, this..." Jiang Liu's words seed to make Benboba feel a bit dizzy.
But, it seed like he was making sense, wasn't he?
"Aren't you listening to your Prince Consort's words? If I wanted to kill you, indeed you shouldn't tell , but now I'm not killing you, so you can tell , right? Isn't that logical?" Jiang Liu stared earnestly at Benboba, pressing him further with questions.
"Well, that seems to be correct?" Benboba reached out and scratched his bald fish head, feeling sothing was amiss, yet it seed nothing was amiss?
The analysis of the Tang Monk really made sense, didn't it?
"Now that you understand, tell where your Prince Consort and the others have gone," Jiang Liu said seriously, seeking an answer from Benboba.
"The Prince Consort and the other two went to the northeast. About three thousand li away, there is a Sun Moon Lake, which is said to be the Taoist Arena of our Dragon King from a very long ti ago!" Convinced by Jiang Liu's reasoning, Benboba fell silent for a mont before pointing in a direction and speaking.
"Hmm, very good, you truly are loyal to your Prince Consort. Alright, you may go. Since you have told , of course, I won't kill you!" Jiang Liu waved Benboba away upon learning the whereabouts of the Nine-Headed Serpent and his group.
As his voice trailed off, Jiang Liu turned around and after reconvening with Sun Wukong and the others, they flew directly towards the Sun Moon Lake to the northeast.
"Whew, thank goodness, I actually didn't die, that's great..." Watching Jiang Liu leave and truly having no intention of killing him, Benboba finally let his guard down as he spoke with the relief of one who had narrowly escaped death.
But, thinking that he had revealed the whereabouts of the Prince Consort and the others to the Tang Monk, Benboba felt sothing was wrong, yet it also seed nothing was wrong?
The analysis of the Tang Monk didn't seem to violate the Prince Consort's wishes, did it?
Shaking his head, feeling that the issue was a bit convoluted and unclear, Benboba decided not to think about it any further and left for the distance...
"Master, how did you find out their whereabouts?" While flying midair, Sun Wukong curiously asked Jiang Liu.
"Eh, well, that took a little bit of thought!" Jiang Liu hesitated for a brief mont before giving a vague answer to Sun Wukong's question, noticing the curious glances from the White Dragon Horse and the others.
Oddly enough, as he coaxed the information from Benboba's mouth, Jiang Liu felt not the slightest sense of accomplishnt; instead, he even felt a twinge of guilt as if he had deceived a child with intellectual challenges.
It was really sothing he didn't feel good about bragging.
Traveling three thousand li with the Art of Cloud Soaring naturally didn't take long, and quite quickly, Jiang Liu and his companions, including Sun Wukong, arrived above Sun Moon Lake.
As for Sun Moon Lake itself, it was indeed much smaller than Green Wave Pool, but its expanse still covered several dozen li.
Making eye contact with Sun Wukong, who nodded in understanding, he then extended the Jingu Bang and poked it directly into Sun Moon Lake, stirring the lake's waters.
"Damn it! What kind of thod did you use? How did you know I was hiding here?"
As Sun Moon Lake was disturbed, shortly thereafter, the Nine-Headed Serpent realized it had been discovered, its form shot into midair and it glared angrily at Jiang Liu and his companions, exclaiming.
"Tell , if I claid to have just asked around casually and found out, would you believe ?" Jiang Liu calmly replied.
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