chapter 75.2

“He’s trying to kill himself by refusing to eat?” Zhu Hongyi frowned a little—

Demons were allowed to eat prisoners who wanted to kill themselves. If so, there wasn’t a transgression to punish.

“Brother Wang, tell the Parlor Lord, quick! That prisoner already wanted to die! I helped you seek approval for such a benefit. You should at least testify for me!” Northern Gambling God urged.

Still, Wang Ke was silent.

“Wang Ke? Is he telling the truth?” Zhu Hongyi asked.

“No, that prisoner was not intending to die!” Wang Ke replied.

Northern Gambling God looked at Wang Ke with widened eyes. You brat, how dare you bite the hand that feeds you!

“How so? Everyone saw it. We’re talking about the Heavenly Wolf Sect’s second senior apprentice. He’s been on a hunger strike for many days. Wang Ke, don’t you dare slander me just because he’s now dead!” Northern Gambling God roared with glaring eyes.

“He’s not dead. He’s alive and kicking!” Wang Ke explained.

Northern Gambling God: “…………………………!”

Zhu Hongyi looked at Northern Gambling God coldly and asked, “Are you sure that the second senior apprentice is trying to kill himself by starving?”

“Yes, I can confirm!” Northern Gambling God said before swallowing saliva. But somehow, he had a premonition that things would take a turn for the worse.

“He really is alive! Why don’t you take a look for yourselves? He’s still in that room!” Wang Ke pointed to the cavern room nearby.

Zhu Hongyi was doubtful, but a demon went quickly to open the door.

The spell array laid on the door made it difficult to open from the inside, but opening from the outside was easy.

And soon, the door to the cavern room was opened, and everyone walked in.

They saw a group of prisoners surrounding the now infamous second senior apprentice who had been chained to a pillar. He was at the moment holding a spirit stone on each hand, absorbing their energy to heal himself. At the same time, he was munching on a chicken drumstick that one of his juniors was feeding him.

The hole dug by Wang Ke had allowed the prisoners from the other cell to meet with their senior brother.

The second senior apprentice chomped away on the drumstick while recovering his essence energy with the spirit stones.

“You call this starving himself to death? Are you trying to insult our intelligence?” Zhu Hongyi looked at Northern Gambling God with a murderous look.

“No, no. He wasn’t like this before. He really was on a hunger strike! Honest. You have to believe me!” Northern Gambling God immediately cried out in fear.

Troubles came crashing into him one after the other. He had just escaped the charge of attempting to murder the Sacred Child, and now he was slammed with another charge, butchering prisoners no less? It was an order from the Demon Sovereign himself! They were not allowed to kill prisoners who still had the will to live. Northern Gambling God’s actions were an obvious challenge to the Demon Sovereign’s authority!

“Baam!”

Tong An’an slapped Northern Gambling God despite the pain in his heart, deforming the poor man’s face and dislodging one of his teeth; blood was gushing out from his gum.

“You bast*rd! How dare you lie to me! Why did you tell me this prisoner was trying to kill himself? Even I was deceived by you! I would have remained convinced if our Parlor Lord hadn’t investigated the fact. This also makes you a suspect of the attempted murder of the Sacred Child. If I don’t deal with you today… I would be betraying the Demon Sovereign and the Parlor Lord’s trust in me! Tell me, why did you try to harm the Sacred Child!” Tong An’an roared furiously.

He had to stay clear of any implication. Damn you, Northern Gambling God. You caused me so much trouble.

“I did not!” Northern Gambling God rebutted weakly.

“Still trying to hide? Good. Seems like you have forgotten our demonic sect’s punishment. Anyone! Use our demonic sect’s torturing tools on him until he spills out the truth!” Tong An’an ordered fiercely.

“Understood!” The demons dragged Northern Gambling God to the nearby torturing device.

“Ahhhhh~~~~~~~~~~~~!”

Northern Gambling God’s shrieks of pain reverberated throughout the prison complex.

Such a shrilling voice made the Sacred Child shudder.

“That’s enough,” Zhu Hongyi said, “Let the Sacred Child go back first before you continue! Don’t frighten him!”

“Yes, understood. Rest assured, Parlor Lord; I will surely unveil the truth and give you, the Sacred Child, and Brother Wang a satisfying account of what happened!” Tong An’an said immediately. His forehead was covered in sweat.

Zhu Hongyi looked at Tong An’an with a troubled expression before glancing at the demons present. Eventually, he still chose to approve of his underling’s hunt for truth.

Zhu Hongyi comforted the Sacred Child by saying, “Sacred Child, this place is not safe, please return with me. Follow me for the time being!”

“I… I don’t want to. I want to stay with Wang Ke! What if… What if someone else tries to harm me?” The Sacred Child rejected the offer, still wary.

“Don’t worry; no one will harm you again. On the other hand, Wang Ke is too weak to protect you. Follow me, and no one will be able to harm you. Just follow me back to take some rest; Wang Ke will be there in the afternoon!” Zhu Hongyi continued.

“The afternoon?” The Sacred Child was hesitating.

Zhu Hongyi turned to look at Wang Ke with a grim face, “Come to my place in the afternoon. Qing’er woke up. She wants to see you!”

Qing’er woke up?She Miejue woke up?Finally! I’m safe now.

“Yes, Parlor Lord,” Wang Ke said with great relief, “I will surely be there!”

After that, Zhu Hongyi turned to look at Tong An’an, “Chapter Lord Tong!”

“Yes, Parlor Lord?” Tong An’an acknowledged; he was covered in cold sweat.

“Trying to murder the Sacred Child… Hehe, that’s not a small offense, huh!” Zhu Hongyi laughed coldly.

“Parlor Lord, it wasn’t me. Parlor Lord, I will surely find out the truth!” Tong An’an replied in great fear.

“Sure. I will wait for your report!” Zhu Hongyi smiled with a threatening demeanor.

“Yes, I will surely give you a satisfying answer!” Tong An’an said and bowed.

Zhu Hongyi looked at Tong An’an intently before leaving with the Sacred Child in his arms.

The demons bowed respectfully to send them off.

Zhu Hongyi ignored everyone. He scanned around and saw Zhu Yan, who was walking over.

“Ancestral uncle!” Zhu Yan approached his ancestral uncle with a smile, even though he had yet to clear the venom inside him.

But then Zhu Hongyi’s heart raged for some reason, just by laying eyes on that grand-nephew of his. Forget about what happened before. How many days has it been since you arrived at the Divine Dragon Island? How did you end up covered in dirt and poisonous blood?Your face is full of bruises! How did you manage to become so unkempt?

“Look at Wang Ke, and look at you! You’re a real embarrassment to me, humph!” Zhu Hongyi harrumphed.

And then, he walked away without a care for Zhu Yan; the latter was left hanging in frustration. Why are you comparing me with Wang Ke again?The poisonous blood on my clothes is all because of him! Aren’t you going to kill him? Why are you praising him now? Why? Why!