King of Creation Chapter 1928 - 1913: Xuan Hu’s Tears

In response to Hur Chimei and Yun Ben’s inquiries, the Guardian Demon Commander of the Black Tiger Prison simply feigned ignorance, leaving it unclear whether he truly didn’t know or was pretending.

Ye Zhen was not in a hurry; in any case, in fifteen minutes, he would meet Xuan Hu, and then everything would be revealed.

In this Black Tiger Prison, which forms a realm of its own, the Guardian Demon Commander led them downward the entire way, seeming to delve deeper underground.

Although only fifteen minutes passed, given the speed of Ye Zhen and his party, Ye Zhen estimated they had descended about ten thousand meters below ground.

After fifteen minutes, the Guardian Demon Commander stopped with everyone at a stone prison gate, faintly emitting a dull glow.

"Princess, Xuan Hu is imprisoned beyond this black jail. Princess, you understand the rules of the black jail—once you’re inside, you can’t stay more than fifteen minutes. Otherwise, even I can’t make exceptions," the Guardian Demon Commander said.

The previously admonished Hur Chimei learned his lesson this time, casting an inquiring look at Ye Zhen.

"No problem." Fifteen minutes was more than enough.

In the next instant, the stone prison gate began to glow as it was opened by the Guardian Demon Commander using a secret technique. A mix of foul odor, mold, and inexplicable bloody stench overwhelmed them, nearly suffocating everyone.

Hur Chimei and Ling Qianbi promptly activated their Protective Spirit Power to isolate the foul odors.

This was a water dungeon emitting extraordinarily cold air, overwhelmingly cold and damp.

Any normal person entering this water dungeon would definitely not survive more than two hours.

Even accomplished masters could not endure long periods here.

"This way, this way...."

The Guardian Demon Commander guided Ye Zhen and his party to an isolated cold pool within the water dungeon.

Inside the water dungeon, a massive tiger covered in black filth and stench was gasping painfully within the cold pool.

Its four tiger claws, and shoulders, were pierced by dark chains, pinning this huge tiger demon to the cold pool. Blood stains were faintly visible at the wounds.

At this moment, the tiger demon desperately stretched its two tiger claws out of the cold pool.

It was evident that most of the flesh on those claws was already rotten, with silver-white maggots writhing within the decaying meat.

The tiger demon then raised its claws, shaking off the silver-white maggots, voraciously devouring them without leaving a single one, before carefully chewing.

Ye Zhen’s eyes immediately turned red!

If not for someone leading, even barging in here, he might not have recognized the mighty Xuan Hu of the past, now living off flesh maggots.

Almost simultaneously, Ye Zhen and Yun Ben turned murderous gazes toward the Guardian Demon Commander.

Back then, when Xuan Hu returned to the Tiger Clan and joined under the Black Tiger King’s command, with Dao Entrance Realm Sixth Stage cultivation, he swiftly defeated seventeen masters of Late Stage Dao Entrance and Middle Late Stage Divine Communication, becoming renowned within the Tiger Clan, a noteworthy figure.

Subsequently, his astounding cultivation speed shook the Tiger Clan, becoming the Tiger Clan’s youngest Demon General.

Yet Yun Ben could never have imagined that the youngest Demon General, idolized by Tiger Clan successors, would end up in such a state.

As for Ye Zhen, he was purely enraged.

"It’s none of my business; it’s truly none of my business! I’m merely following orders, keeping him locked up, providing him with minimum sustenance until he begs for mercy!" the Guardian Demon Commander explained.

"What is the minimum sustenance?" Yun Ben demanded.

"One jin of minced meat per month...."

"You..."

If not for Ye Zhen holding him back, Yun Ben would have punched the Guardian Demon Commander.

A Demon General at Dark Palace Realm Fifth Stage, under normal circumstances, one jin of meat per month wouldn’t suffice for sustenance, yet it wouldn’t lead to starvation, much less surviving on maggots.

But the problem is, the current Xuan Hu isn’t just pinned in the cold pool, his powers seem restricted.

Unable to deploy his powers, forced to resist the cold pool’s invasion, surviving on one jin of meat a month—it’s miraculous he isn’t dead.

"How long has he been locked up?" Ye Zhen asked.

"It’s been over a year," the Guardian Demon Commander recalled under Ye Zhen’s gaze, "To be precise, one year and six months!"

Upon hearing this, both Ye Zhen and Yun Ben drew deep breaths.

"One year and six months? One jin of minced meat a month, he managed to endure one year and six months—unbelievable!" Yun Ben questioned.

"Well....." the Guardian Demon Commander hesitated, hand rubbing awkwardly.

"Just speak openly, no one here will expose it," Ye Zhen offered a storage ring containing ten thousand High Grade Spiritual Stones.

After examining it, the Guardian Demon Commander readily accepted the Spiritual Stones, revealing, "It’s nothing special. Xuan Hu has a friend who’s quite attentive, visited me several times, requesting minimal consideration for Xuan Hu.

Although Black Cloud Great Sage commanded one jin of minced meat per month, we dared not defy, but subtly mixed a few Pills into the meat provided by Xuan Hu’s friend.

"Who is Xuan Hu’s friend?" Ye Zhen asked.

"The exact name, I don’t know either, I only know it’s a fierce-looking red-haired monkey, quite loyal," said the Guardian Demon Commander.

"Red-haired monkey?"

In Ye Zhen’s mind, the image of the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King Sunx Ba appeared immediately. This loyal person is most likely Sunx Ba.

"You are not going in?" Watching Ye Zhen standing at the prison gate, the Guardian Demon Commander hesitated and asked.

"Let him finish eating! He definitely wouldn’t want me to see him eating this stuff right now!" Ye Zhen said heavily, looking at Xuan Hu who was still eating maggots with shaking arms.

Yun Ben was quite surprised, glancing at Ye Zhen. Even Hur Chimei, who had gradually started chatting with the little cat, fiercely glared at the Guardian Demon Commander.

Everyone understood what Ye Zhen meant.

They understood that Ye Zhen was leaving Xuan Hu with a final piece of dignity.

Even though the Guardian Demon Commander was used to such scenes, he was somewhat surprised and moved. Only true friends would consider this aspect for the other.

"You can stay with Xuan Hu for half a quarter-hour longer!" said the Guardian Demon Commander.

"Thank you!"

Watching Xuan Hu eating maggots, Ye Zhen felt as if a ten-thousand-kilogram stone pressed against his chest. Xuan Hu was once a proud figure, never speaking unnecessary words, only acting and not explaining.

Now...

However, Ye Zhen believed that it was precisely Xuan Hu’s resilience that allowed him to live until now.

Ye Zhen hated the person who put Xuan Hu in the Black Prison to the bone now!

Imagine, not to mention eating maggots, but letting them devour the flesh and blood, watching the body decay daily, the agony is imaginable.

If it were an ordinary person, they would either die or go insane.

But this hard-headed Xuan Hu has endured this torture, surviving until now, enduring for a full year and six months.

After roughly a hundred breaths, Xuan Hu shook the last maggot off his tiger paw into his mouth, carefully swallowed it, and once more placed his claws into the cold pool, attracting the spawning maggots, then slowly leaned his tiger head against the stone platform and closed his eyes.

Ye Zhen still didn’t enter; he waited another half a quarter-hour until Xuan Hu inside was nearly asleep, then slowly pushed open the prison door.

The creaking sound instantly woke up the sleeping Xuan Hu.

His eyes snapped open, glancing at Ye Zhen who had walked in. Xuan Hu shook his head as if finding it hard to believe.

Illusion!

In his view, Ye Zhen appearing here was an illusion!

Maybe Sunx Ba would appear, Zhu Hong would appear, but Ye Zhen absolutely wouldn’t.

"Could it be I’m about to die, that even such an illusion would appear....?" A self-deprecating smile appeared on the massive tiger head’s mouth, then Xuan Hu slowly closed his eyes again.

But in the next moment, Xuan Hu felt a sudden chill beneath him, as if the cold pool water submerging most of his body had disappeared.

At the moment he opened his eyes, he saw Ye Zhen had just removed the pool water, emitting strands of spiritual power to seal the cold pool’s outlet.

Looking down at his own flesh filled with decay, some places already exposed white bones, with maggots crawling everywhere, Xuan Hu looked dazed.

"You... how... is it really..."

"I’ve come! What, am I not welcome?" Ye Zhen looked at Xuan Hu with a laugh, but the smile was strained.

"No... how did you know I was here? Did Sunx Ba find you?" Xuan Hu struggled to shake his tiger head, wanting to transform into a human, but a year and a half of Black Prison life couldn’t sustain even partial shapeshifting.

"Don’t speak, let me check your body first."

"Here, eat this first."

A few healing pills worth tens of thousands of high-grade spirit stones were fed by Ye Zhen swiftly into Xuan Hu’s tiger mouth.

Then, a spirit blade appeared in Ye Zhen’s palm, "Bear the pain, I’ll heal you first!"

"Pain..." Xuan Hu wanted to laugh self-deprecatingly, but the smile appeared more wretched than crying.

A year and more of Black Prison tribulation led him to despair countless times, yet countless times he endured.

At this moment, suddenly seeing an old friend made him have an impulse to cry.

Watching Ye Zhen healing Xuan Hu, the Guardian Demon Commander opened his mouth, wishing to stop it, but seeing Ye Zhen’s murderous gaze, he ultimately remained silent.

Ye Zhen’s knife flew quickly, slicing away the decay on Xuan Hu’s body, while maggots dropped amidst the flying decayed flesh.

Watching the dropping maggots, Xuan Hu’s throat suddenly shook.

Two silent tears slid from the corners of Xuan Hu’s eyes!

"Princess Chimei, help me get Xuan Hu out of this Black Prison, I’d even agree for the little cat to be your consort!"

Ye Zhen’s resolute voice suddenly rang, making both Hur Chimei and Yun Ben lift their heads abruptly, yet making the Guardian Demon Commander’s face drastically change!