King of Creation Chapter 1986 - 1971: Brotherhood Beyond Price

Forty thousand miles outside White Tiger City, in front of a great waterfall, the Divine Sense of the Teeth Tiger Great Saint shot out like a Meteor, chasing after the Xuan Hu that had been snatched away by that black shadow.

However, the aura of the Xuan Hu vanished in that very instant.

Without the slightest hesitation, the Divine Sense of the Teeth Tiger Great Saint chased after that black shadow, but that black shadow’s speed underground was incredibly fast, and its Escape Skill was extremely profound, constantly changing directions.

Two breaths later, the expression of the Teeth Tiger Great Saint dimmed; he completely declared that he had lost the target.

The aura of that black shadow escaped right under his eyelids, disappearing without a trace.

Of course, this did not mean that the Teeth Tiger Great Saint’s strength was lacking, but that he could only track with Divine Sense, and the distance was too far.

The farther a Martial Artist’s Primordial Spirit Divine Thought radiates, the more its perception and clarity will gradually decrease.

In just the distance of two breaths and four beats, that black shadow had already burrowed more than thirty miles underground; when Divine Sense penetrates into solid matter, its consumption is even greater, its attenuation even more severe.

Even with the Cultivation of the Teeth Tiger Great Saint, when delving thirty miles underground, his Divine Sense already felt somewhat unsustainable and he could only give up.

Of course, the most important reason was that the Teeth Tiger Great Saint had yet to receive the order of the Black Tiger King.

As a trusted aide of the Black Tiger King, the Teeth Tiger Great Saint knew very well how important those eight Dragon Saliva Peaches were to the Black Tiger King, so before the Black Tiger King’s order was issued, he did not dare make any rash moves.

Inside the Black Tiger King Palace, the Black Tiger King, his face full of deep wrinkles, was scowling as he held a Dragon Saliva Peach in his hands, controlling his Spiritual Power as delicately as an embroidery needle, carefully removing the vine coiling around the Dragon Saliva Peach.

He was afraid that if his strength slipped even slightly, the poisonous thorns on that vine would pierce into the Dragon Saliva Peach.

If something like that really happened, the Black Tiger King would probably kill someone on the spot.

Each Dragon Saliva Peach represented the life of the Black Tiger King.

Therefore, the Black Tiger King did not dare entrust this to others, and even less did he dare to issue the kill order as originally planned.

The performance of Ye Zhen, who traded with him today, was far too cunning.

So cunning that up to this moment, he still did not dare fully relax.

He was afraid that Ye Zhen might have left some kind of hidden trick within the Dragon Saliva Peaches, ready to be triggered the instant he showed any sign of going back on the deal.

Thus, the Black Tiger King had been delaying issuing any orders.

A Hundred Breaths later, after a Dragon Saliva Peach had been completely stripped clean and his Divine Sense penetrated it to confirm there was no hidden danger, the Black Tiger King finally tossed it into the Little World within his body.

This process continued eight times, and only after confirming that all eight Dragon Saliva Peaches had no problems did the Black Tiger King finally let out a sigh of relief.

Thinking about it, after he obtained the Dragon Saliva Peaches, the possibility of someone tampering with an item in the hands of the mighty Black Tiger King was simply too low.

But when one cares too much, one becomes confused.

There was nothing he could do; this thing was too important to him.

"How is it?" The Black Tiger King casually sent out a Talisman Communication to inquire about the situation from the Teeth Tiger Great Saint.

"Reporting to Great King, the other party is extremely cunning, and your subject did not dare act rashly; they have already escaped."

"Mm, then carry out the previous order. Lead the trusted aides under your direct command from the Black Tiger King’s guard, and conduct a thorough investigation of all suspicious individuals who entered the White Tiger City territory within these ten days. If there are any clues, kill them at all costs." The Black Tiger King issued his order.

"Yes, your subject obeys! May I ask, Great King, is this thorough investigation to be an open citywide search, or...?"

"Investigate in secret, and remember, keep it confidential."

"Yes!"

After confirming the orders via Talisman Communication, the Teeth Tiger Great Saint dove beneath the waterfall and circled around underground, and, having found nothing, returned to White Tiger City to carry out the secret slaughter.

Inside the Black Tiger King Palace, the Black Tiger King gently stroked the shriveled peel of a Dragon Saliva Peach in his hand, as if he were caressing the satin-like skin of a peerless beauty, utterly intoxicated.

Eight Dragon Saliva Peaches could increase his lifespan by eight thousand years, giving great promise to the schemes he planned for the future.

However, precisely because of this, he had to silence everyone involved; the fewer people who knew about this matter, the better.

Because once this news leaked, it would make the White Tiger Demon Emperor even more wary of him and might even provoke further action.

Besides that, and even more importantly, treasures from the household of the Eastern Azure Dragon Emperor were not things easily taken.

Even if it was something the Eastern Azure Dragon Emperor had lost while playing around, it was not something others could just casually pick up and eat.

That would bring tremendous trouble!

Therefore, he had to kill all witnesses.

...

One two hours after completing the deal with the Black Tiger King, Ye Zhen appeared, panting, in the wine cellar of an inn in White Tiger City.

During this two hours, Ye Zhen had practically exhausted all means at his disposal; Escape Technique, Illusion Technique, Ancient Mirage Qi layered upon layer, all arranged just to avoid any possible tracking.

There was no other reason; the strength of his trading partner this time was simply too terrifying.

The Black Tiger King—number one beneath the White Tiger Demon Emperor of the Tiger Clan. Although he had yet to step into the Creation Realm, his strength was said to have long since reached that level.

Therefore, Ye Zhen did not dare be the slightest bit careless.

He had even abandoned all the Avatars previously nurtured at great Spiritual Power cost by the Little Demon within the Tiger King Palace.

It was all to avoid any unforeseen accidents.

However, within this two hours, Ye Zhen had already erased all possible traces.

The reason he returned to White Tiger City was because Ye Zhen felt that, at this moment, most people’s normal thinking would be that after completing the trade, Ye Zhen’s group would definitely flee far away, the farther the better.

If he were deliberately scheming, the Black Tiger King might very well set up ambushes in the distance.

By comparison, White Tiger City instead became the safest place.

Besides that, Ye Zhen returning to White Tiger City had another purpose.

Ye Zhen was not the kind of coward who would swallow his anger and choke down his own broken teeth with blood.

Black Cloud Great Saint ruined Xuan Hu like that and brought Ye Zhen so much trouble; if Ye Zhen doesn’t make him pay and show him some color, he really doesn’t deserve the surname Ye.

Ye Zhen can’t afford to provoke the Black Tiger King for now, but as for Black Cloud Great Saint, that’s another story.

Especially now that Xuan Hu has been rescued, Ye Zhen no longer has any worries at his back; in what he’s about to do, he no longer needs to be bound hand and foot.

With a stir of his Divine Sense, Ye Zhen returned to the Mirage Dragon Pearl Space to first check on Xuan Hu’s condition.

Hu Qingtong, Zhu Hong, Sunx Ba, and Xuan Hu—these four who hailed from the Devil God Palace of the True Profound Continent—after coming to the Primordial Continent, were reunited once again ten years later.

Only, the circumstances of this reunion were really a bit... miserable!

Even now, the breath Sunx Ba exhaled still carried a bloody stench; from time to time when he coughed, he would spit out large chunks of black blood and fragments of viscera.

A full-force strike from the Stone Monkey Saint is not something a Dark Palace Realm Demon General like him could take.

As for Xuan Hu, he was in even worse shape.

All the bones over his body were covered only by ghastly white granulation flesh; many of his wounds, for lack of treatment and because of the vile environment of his prison, were crawling with countless maggots burrowing in and out, so much so that Chi Ling’er didn’t even dare look.

Hu Qingtong, however, was hanging her head with tears flowing, personally cleaning Xuan Hu’s wounds bit by bit.

By now, Xuan Hu had long lost any semblance of his former self; whether he was in pain or trying to smile, that smile looked as horrifying as a vengeful ghost!

"Brother Ye!"

"Brother!"

"Ye... Brother!"

"Quick, don’t move, everyone sit!"

When they saw Ye Zhen come in, Zhu Hong was the first to rise, followed by Sunx Ba struggling to his feet, then Xuan Hu tried to struggle up as well, only to be quickly held down by Ye Zhen.

"We four, this time..." Zhu Hong looked at Ye Zhen, wanting to say something, but realizing that no matter what he said, he couldn’t express what he felt right now. "This great debt... words of thanks are useless!" Zhu Hong cupped his fists.

Long-Armed Fire Monkey King Sunx Ba, however, smashed his fist into Ye Zhen’s chest three times in a row, each blow thudding heavily. His eyes were bloodshot, and beyond that, he had no more words.

Xuan Hu struggled twice to sit up, but was pinned down hard by Hu Qingtong; he wanted to say something, his Adam’s apple bobbed violently a few times, yet not a single word came out.

Two hot tears flowed silently down; he turned his head, and those two hot tears, like raindrops, were flung off to the side, turning into a crystalline sheen.

Everyone saw this scene, yet none of them pointed it out.

What kind of hardship and danger they had faced these past days—only those who had gone through it themselves could know.

Perhaps, in others’ eyes, it was just that they kept a life and saved one person.

But to them, this was loyalty and brotherhood!

Loyalty shown by actions, not just spoken with the mouth!

Priceless!

True brothers!

"Come on, let’s drink!"

Long-Armed Fire Monkey King Sunx Ba suddenly shouted, and a few hundred-jin wine jars appeared in his hands.

"You’re all injured, you can’t drink!" Hu Qingtong hurriedly reached to snatch the jars from Sunx Ba’s hands, but was stopped by Ye Zhen.

"Bring the wine!"

"Hahaha, good!"

The massive wine jars, each thicker than Ye Zhen’s waist, flew from Sunx Ba’s hands, crashing down toward the group.

Whether it was Ye Zhen, Zhu Hong, or even the heavily injured Xuan Hu, each had a jar in hand!

"Drink!"

"Drink!"

"Drink!"

"Drink!"

They slapped open the clay seals, and Ye Zhen, Zhu Hong, Sunx Ba, and Xuan Hu raised their jars at the same time, tipping them back and gulping down the liquor.

The wine was a very ordinary rustic sweet-potato spirit from the Taimeng Demon Realm, considered the worst kind of liquor on the Primordial Continent; this was all Sunx Ba had.

It burned down the throat like a knife.

Yet it boiled like fire!

The faces of the four all flushed red at the same time.

As they guzzled, the knife-like liquor that Sunx Ba, Zhu Hong, and Xuan Hu swallowed suddenly carried a faintly salty, bloody tang.

Hidden by the wine jars, the tears of Sunx Ba, Zhu Hong, and Xuan Hu poured down like a flood, running along their cheeks into the large jars covering their faces, then mixing with the wine and being poured down their throats.

The wine mixed with the salty taste of tears had an indescribably strange flavor, yet it was as keen as a blade, as blazing as blood!

Hu Qingtong leaned against Ye Zhen’s side, watching this scene, rubbing at her eyes nonstop.

Chi Ling’er, watching at the side, her little eyes suddenly shone as bright as the stars, as though she wanted to etch this moment into eternity.

Bang bang bang bang!

After draining their jars, Ye Zhen, Zhu Hong, Sunx Ba, and Xuan Hu roared in unison at how satisfying it was, and in the midst of those cries, they smashed their wine jars to pieces.

Borrowing the instant when the jars shattered, a sweep of their sleeves wiped away the tear marks on their faces, leaving only their reddened eyes.

"Brother Monkey, Brother Zhu, Brother Hur, you all stay here and heal in peace. Allow me to go collect a bit of interest for you!" Wiping the wine from the corner of his mouth, a ferocious killing intent suddenly bloomed across Ye Zhen’s face!