Shadow Mask Group

10 - Separation

Zhao Feng was now standing beside Liu Chen who was lying on the ground with his face facing the sky. His breath was puffing because he was tired.

"Teacher. huh.. hah..it's the last training that's exhausting hah... huh.." Liu Chen said with a smile.

"Now take the Qi recovery pill you have and return your exhausted Qi"

Liu Chen nodded. He began to sit from his lying position. He took the pill that was in his space ring. He sat down cross-legged and swallowed the pill.

After he finished absorbing the efficacy of the pill, Qi Liu Chen was fully filled.

Zhao Feng nodded in satisfaction. "You are indeed great at making pills that can restore 100% Qi%"

"It's thanks to you teacher", Liu Chen stood up and smiled at his teacher.

Zhao Feng just smiled. He took off his space ring and thrust it at Liu Chen. He immediately got a look of wonder from his student.

"What does this mean, teacher?"

"Get it. It's a gift from me"

"But.."

"If you don't take it, don't call me a teacher"

Liu Chen hesitated for a moment. He nodded and took the ring that Zhao Feng had proffered. He looked towards Zhao Feng as if asking permission to look at the contents. He immediately got a nod from Zhao Feng.

Liu Chen immediately flowed his Qi and immediately saw the contents inside. He was immediately shocked when he saw the many gold and silver coins that were mounting, weapons, there were also some clothes, medicinal plants that were in the cave at the time, various kinds of pills, and some other types of pills, hundreds maybe even thousands of demonic beast corpses, many demonic beast cores and there were also beautiful looking crystals with a size of 8cm. He looked at his teacher.

The teacher just smiled. "That's for you. Then that red crystal you can use to contact three other people who have the same crystal. The crystal is connected to the three crystals my friend has. They also must have given the crystal to the person who became their disciple. So you can communicate with them easily, Chen'er"

"Thank you teacher, I don't know what to say to the teacher", Liu Chen saluted the teacher. He was so grateful to be able to meet Zhao Feng, that he could become strong like this. He re-stretched his body and smiled.

"Hahaha, you're my student. I'm only asking you three things. Don't let the demon lord create trouble for the human race. Make me proud as your teacher. Lastly, never choose the wrong path", Zhao Feng smiled towards Liu Chen.

"Sure teacher! I won't let you down!" said Liu Chen's spirit.

Zhao Feng smiled. He nodded, "Then remember my advice, if you have the strength, use it to help others who you think are worthy of help. Don't be arrogant, but if necessary you have to.

If you meet the three disciples of my friends, you should get along with them. You should be able to cooperate with them, also don't keep fighting. But fighting is also okay as long as you do not get to make you fight and hate each other and lastly, protect the people you care about. You understand what I'm saying, Chen'er?"

Liu Chen nodded. "I'll remember what the teacher said!" said spirit.

"Oh yes, about the lake that is in the cave. You go into the depths of the lake. There's a portal for you to go home to"

Liu Chen looked enthusiastic, "Is that really the teacher? So I can see my parents again?"

Zhao Feng nodded. "And this is the last day we will meet"

Liu Chen's spirit arrived down. "I-I mean teacher?"

"The fragment of my soul will soon disappear from here. I can't go with you, Chen'er. Actually, my friend and I kept a fragment of soul that could last for 5 years after coming out of the spirit stone. It will disappear after 5 years. So for 5 years, we will pass down our knowledge to the person who will be our student.

You must be wondering, how do we know that after 1,000 years after the battle with the devil, we can know that there will be people who will become our disciples?"

Liu Chen nodded.

"That's why we know it from an old man's prophecy. More precisely, I was told by him, then I told his friend. The prediction is, there will be some people who will fight the cause of the destruction of this world, after 1,000 years after the war against the devil. I learned of the prophecy when the demon lord had declared war on humans, for 5 years later the start of the war.

The old grandfather also told him the real danger was not the demon king, but another being. We did not believe the prophecy at first. But just in case, we stored soul fragments on spirit stones, we also prepared many resources for the use of people who were likely to be the ones predicted to defeat the cause of the destruction. Not just watch if the prophecy happens, but we keep watch if we die and cannot kill the demon lord. Then we will leave the task to others.

The old grandfather also told us that the one who will fight the cause of the destruction is the disciple we will train after 1,000 years of human warfare with the devil. So I set up the teleportation that brought you here 1,000 years later after the war.

It's no wonder that I've prepared so many needs for you, Chen'er. Then it's time we parted ways. This fragment of my soul will not last much longer because the time allotted is now 5 years"

Liu Chen's eyes glazed over when he heard his teacher's words. He tried to hug his teacher. But he only penetrated the body of his teacher.

Zhao Feng hugged Liu Chen. When he hugged Liu Chen, he did not pierce through his disciple's body. Because, he can touch things or anything. While others won't be able to touch it and will only penetrate.

"Teacher..! Don't go..!" said Liu Chen while crying in his teacher's arms.

Zhao Feng was also heavy to leave Liu Chen, yet what could he do? There's nothing he can do. "I don't want to leave you either, Chen'er. But I can't do anything. Don't cry, just listen to my words and advice. Remember, I will watch over you from up there and I'm sorry for all the things I did that made you sad and sorry that teacher was too hard to train you, forgive your teacher, Chen'er", he said", Zhao Feng came crying as he hugged Liu Chen.

"The teacher did nothing wrong. I'm the one who should apologize to you, teacher" Liu Chen said sobbing.

Zhao Feng let go of his embrace. He immediately held the shoulders of the other disciple. She smiled, even though her gaze described sadness. But his gaze also contained his pride towards Liu Chen. "You've grown up now, you've become a very handsome young man, Chen'er. I'm proud of everything you've done and what you've achieved. My day with you was fun. But it has to end now. I have one more thing for you, close your eyes, Chen'er. Remove your tears, don't cry like that. You're a man don't cry easily"

"Teacher was crying too", Liu Chen sobbed. He wiped away the tears that had soaked his cheek.

"Gu-teacher didn't cry", Zhao Feng instantly wiped away his tears quickly.

"No, I'm not crying. Ah, nevermind. Chen'er now close your eyes. Remember what I said earlier and one more thing I wanted to tell you", Zhao Feng immediately told Liu Chen what he had wanted to say all along. He said from the beginning the word he wanted to express.

Liu Chen was immediately shocked. "Gu-teachers aren't kidding, are they?"

"No Chen'er, what I'm saying is the truth"

Liu Chen pensively pensively. Zhao Feng immediately said. "Close your eyes. It's probably gonna hurt a little bit"

"But.."

"See what your teacher said, Chen'er"

Liu Chen immediately complied. He closed both his eyes. Zhao Feng directly held onto Liu Chen's two eyes using his index finger and the middle finger of his right hand. And also close your eyes.

After a few seconds, Zhao Feng opened his eyes. His originally red eyes turned black. "Open your eyes, Chen'er"

Liu Chen started to open his eyes slowly. He felt pain for a moment. He closed his eyes with both hands. "Ggrrhh aarkh!"

"Use it when the situation is desperate. Do not use it carelessly. The risk of wearing it then you will lose control and will become a bloodthirsty person if you can not control it, then attack anyone both friends and opponents. The rest of my strength right now, I give it to you. Goodbye, Chen'er", Zhao Feng slowly turned into a bright grain of light.

The darkness of the night sky makes the light look beautiful. But not Liu Chen.

The grains of light instantly entered Liu Chen's body and made his body glow for a few seconds and then returned to normal.

Liu Chen had not yet learned that his teacher had now disappeared. Perhaps he also did not listen to what his teacher had to say before disappearing. He was still screaming in pain while covering his eyes with both hands.

In between Liu Chen's fingers, there was blood coming out. "Aarrkkhh!!", Liu Chen instantly fell to the ground. He rolled a few times. Until he finally fainted. Seen under Liu Chen's eyes was blood coming out at the end of his eyes.

The next day, Liu Chen immediately woke up. He opened his eyes and looked up at the sky. He also began to sit from his lying position. Until Liu Chen remembered Zhao Feng. Liu Chen immediately stood up. "Teacher..!!! The teacher..!! Master..!!!" his yell.

However, there was absolutely no answer from this teacher. Making Liu Chen moody. "Has the teacher really gone?", his eyes were glazed back. But suddenly he remembered the words of his teacher.

"You've grown up, you've become a very handsome young man, Chen'er. I'm proud of everything you've done and what you've achieved. My day with you was fun. But it has to end now. I have one more thing for you, close your eyes, Chen'er. Remove your tears, don't cry like that. You're a man don't cry easily"

Liu Chen instantly wiped away the tears that were almost dripping. He saw his palms with blood. "What blood is this?"

Liu Chen directly rubbed his hand against part of his face and saw in the palm that it was blood that was on his face. "What's going on?"

Liu Chen went towards the lake not far from him. He saw the shadow of his face in the water and the blood on his face. "What happened exactly?", Liu Chen immediately washed his face on the lake.

Liu Chen's face was finally clean from the bloodstains. When he looked towards the lake he could see that the color of his eyes changed, "My eyes turned red?"

"My eyes are like teachers. Did the teacher give it to him?" thought Liu Chen. "Thank you teacher"

He closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the color of his eyes had turned black again. "If the color of my eyes can turn red and have the ability like the eyes of a teacher, then I can resurrect a corpse into an undead like a teacher?" thought Liu Chen. Suddenly a knowledge of Liu Chen's way of making undead entered his mind. Yet the words Zhao Feng said at night were nonexistent. In that knowledge, there is no news of the risks.

"All right, I get it. I won't let you down teacher" Liu Chen murmured. He went straight to the cave. But when he saw the pile of corpses where the demonic beast was, made him stop. "First I have to burn all these bodies first"

Liu Chen moved his hand. "Fire element:fire ball"

Instantly behind Liu Chen were several fireballs. He immediately swung his hand and immediately all the fireballs went in different directions and immediately burned all the bodies there.

"Eh?", Liu Chen was surprised to feel that he was stronger now. He now knew that his strength had increased, which was originally a 3-star emperor level, was now a 5-star emperor level.

He seems to know why it happened. He looked up at the sky, "Thank you teacher"

After burning all the corpses, Liu Chen walked towards the cave. After arriving at the cave where there is a lake, he stared around for a while.

He recalled that when he was with Zhao Feng, it was a lot of fun, even though the training Zhao Feng had given him was extremely harsh.

For example, when he woke up late, he would be immediately kicked out of the house. Then when he mispracticed a move, Zhao Feng immediately attacked him with a few moves, which of course at that moment Liu Chen could not avoid his teacher's attack. But after a few years with his teacher, he was able to dodge Zhao Feng's attacks little by little.

Liu Chen sighed as he remembered it. "The training that the teacher gives is very hard. But with the teacher, it was fun. It feels different now without him"

"Teachers say there's a portal at the bottom of the lake. What is it that makes the lake look radiant? But it seems like the light that the natural lake is giving off. Perhaps it was because of the luminous crystal at the bottom of the lake" Liu Chen murmured.

"What's important now is that I have to go to the bottom of the lake"

Liu Chen went straight into the lake after being satisfied to remember his time with his teacher in this cave.

After arriving at the bottom of the lake, Liu Chen could see many of the same glowing crystals as in the cave. "really guessed".

Then his gaze was directed at a white vortex that was at the bottom of the lake. Although it is a vortex, but the vortex does not affect the water around it. "What does teacher mean?"

Liu Chen finally went in. Along with Liu Chen's entry, the vortex disappeared. Also, the protectors protecting the island disappeared, allowing others to enter or exit the island.