Shadow Mask Group

44 - Young General, Tao Mu

"Damn it! Why am I the one who lives in the headquarters now?!" upset a woman. It was Yang Jia Li. It was the third day after the tournament was over.

The winner was already determined, Yelu won the first champion. Since Yelu was the one whom Zong Xian brought, the young man came with Liu Chen.

The second place was Lao Tzu. Since Lao Tzu was the person that Zhang Jiangwu had brought with him, the young man had also joined Liu Chen. Then the third champion was a woman who also Zong Xian entered in the group.

While the fourth champion was the person that Zhang Jiangwu brought in and the fifth champion was the one that, Yang Jia Li brought in. Since they had previously agreed to determine the person who would go with Liu Chen by seeing who was the champion one to three, then Yang Jia Li did not come. Because the man he brought won the fifth champion.

"Fucking Haocun!", Yang Jia Li recalled the time Zong Xian had kept on teasing him for losing to him.

"Haha, you'll be the weakest of us all. Your cultivation level will be left far behind from us. Haha, congratulations on taking care of the princess's headquarters. Hopefully by the time we get home, the base won't be messed up!"

That was the voice of Zong Xian who was ringing in Yang Jia Li's head. He certainly did not want to be left behind with his three friends. He also did not want to be said to be an imprudent person in taking care of the headquarters so that Zong Xian would ridicule him more.

"Fucking Haocun!", Yang Jia Li directly scrawled the paper scribble before him at this moment.

"E-em.fourth chairman, don't get mad like that. Soon you will grow old" said Chan Juan (Vice Yang Jia Li).

Yang Jia Li looked at Chan Juan intently because his annoyance was said to be like that. "Did you say old me, huh?! I am so young!", Yang Jia Li directly kicked the table hard to make the table split in two. Finally, the paper on the table flew and scattered.

Chan Juan swallowed his saliva. It seems he said it wrong. And looking for a more precise word, "Ti-it's useless if you keep getting angry like this, fourth chief. You better prove to the first chairman that your cultivation will not be left behind and the headquarters will be more advanced if you take care of it" said Chan Juan who tried to calm down.

Yang Jia Li adjusted his breathing in annoyance. "In that case, for the headquarters business, then you will take care of it! I'll increase my strength"

Chan Juan became startled, "But.."

"There was no protest. You can ask Yelu for help. Don't interfere with my closed-door training", Yang Jia Li instantly stood up from his chair. He immediately opened the door. Before coming out, he looked back.

"Don't let there be any problems. You have to take care of our cooperation with the silver moon association and other work. You also have to organize all the members. You understand, don't you?" yang Jia Li said with great pressure.

Chan Juan nodded at him with a heavy heart. After getting the nod, Yang Jia Li directly came out and closed the door rather loudly to make the paper that was already scattered on the floor, now flying and getting messy.

Chan Juan let out a heavy sigh, "Why should I take care of it?", he shook his head resignedly.

Zong Xian, Feng Ying (Vice Zong Xian), Liu Chen, Song Quon, Zhang Jiangwu and Lu Tuoli (Vice Zhang Jiangwu) were already in the demon world after a few days of the completion of the tournament.

They are in a forest. They had originally arrived just to appear near the volcano. Fortunately, they do not appear directly above the volcanic lava. If not, maybe they will die splashing into the hot lava.

"I get creepy thinking about it. Fortunately, at that time we appeared near the volcano and did not appear on the hot lava of the volcano. Otherwise, then we will die plunging into the hot lava" Feng Ying said.

"You're right" said Song Quon.

"Our color is outside the headquarters, then call with real names only and do not call using the words 'chairman' and 'deputy chairman'. You understand?" said Liu Chen.

"Not you tell me, I already know" Zong Xian said. He also showed a white robe with a blue and yellow pattern. "Chen, is it true that this can keep us from being discovered that we're human?"

Liu Chen looked at Zong Xian. He nodded, "The cloak I ordered for our members is no ordinary robe. I explained it to you, didn't I? Do you still not believe?"

The robes that Liu Chen ordered while in the silver moon association could protect the body from attacks directed by opponents. However the robe can only withstand attacks up to the level of a warrior only.

But the robe that Liu Chen ordered was very useful for now. Because the robe he bought could dissipate energy. Precisely, human energy or anything can not be known to others when using it. So of course, the devil will not feel any energy released by the body. Liu Chen and the others would not be known as humans either.

"It's not that, it's just that I'm a little hesitant" Zong Xian said hesitantly.

Liu Chen sighed, "In that case, I will try it first", he immediately used his robe.

"Chen, wait. I'll come with you, I believe what you said before anyway" Song Quon said. He started wearing the same robe that Liu Chen was wearing.

Liu Chen nodded, "Alright, it just so happens to be near where we now have a city. We can try it by walking there"

Song Quon nodded. He immediately followed Liu Chen who was walking towards a place. Zhang Jiangwu put on his robe and followed Liu Chen.

Just as Lu Tuoli wanted to follow Zhang Jiangwu, Zhang Jiangwu directly said that he did not need to come along and told Lu Tuoli to stay here.

"But.."

Zhang Jiangwu looked at Lu Tuoli as if saying don't refute him. Finally Lu Tuoli obeyed Zhang Jiangwu's words.

Zhang Jiangwu started following Liu Chen and Song Quon.

Zong Xian, Feng Ying, and Lu Tuoli were still in place. They'll shut up here first and keep watch.

"You're with Jiangwu too?" said Liu Chen while slightly glancing back. He only got a nod from the young man.

They went to the nearest town around. Surely they used the robes of the shadow mask group members and used the hoods on the robes to cover their heads.

When they got there, they could see many demons walking the path. They all have two horns on their heads.

All demons look like ordinary humans, because they do the same activities as ordinary humans. Like buying and selling done and other things.

Liu Chen, Song Quon and Zhang Jiangwu looked around. They felt that these demons did not know that they were human. Because if they find out, they will attack immediately.

"It worked. It turns out that the robe you gave him did indeed work, Chen" Song Quon said in a small voice.

Liu Chen just nodded. "It turns out the demons aren't what I imagined. I guess they only know how to fight. It turned out that they were just like humans, there were buying and selling transactions, and other things" Liu Chen's inner self.

Around it looks very crowded. Today was already afternoon and it was about to be evening, but it was seen that the demons were increasing in number.

"Why is it so crowded here? Is there going to be an event done here?" said Liu Chen.

"It seems so, judging from the crowded city" said Song Quon.

A demon who heard their conversation instantly walked forward even more and aligned himself with Liu Chen.

"You don't know, do you? There will be a lantern festival. You see a lot of people selling lanterns on their stalls" he said.

Liu Chen and Song Quon were shocked when a demon answered their curiosity. They try their best not to be found out that they are not demons.

"O-oh is that right? Thank you for the information" Liu Chen said awkwardly.

The demon who looked to be the same age as Liu Chen nodded. "Where are you guys from? And what was the purpose of you coming to this city?"

"We are just travelers who come to visit this city" said Song Quon.

Liu Chen nodded at Song Quon's words. "Hopefully he didn't ask any further. If not, over time maybe we will be found out" his mind. Liu Chen could tell that this demon walking beside him was no ordinary demon. He could see that the clothes this young man was wearing were like soldiers. Liu Chen could also see that this level of demon cultivation was at the general level.

What he did not know, however, was that the demon youth had a higher cultivation level. It is at the level of 5-star earth.

The demon in the clothes of this warrior hid his cultivation level. He is actually hundreds of years old. But his face looks young, about 450 years old. But such a big age was said to be young for the demons. Because the devil has a very long life, different from humans.

This demon youth was actually one of the generals. But he disguised himself as a soldier to be able to take a short break from the task he had. Perhaps right now, his soldiers were searching for this demon general.

"Ah, yes. Sorry for not introducing yourself before. My name is Tao Mu. What's your name?" said the demon youth.

"Do you guys not have a clan?", Tong Mu frowned while looking at these three youths beside him.

"Well, that's how it is" said Song Quon.

Tao Mu just nodded. "What if we go to the lantern festival? That would be fun. I haven't attended a festival like this in a long time. How's it?" he said with spirit.

Liu Chen and Song Quon looked at each other. The two of them simultaneously looked towards Zhang Jiangwu. The young man with a flat expression replied with a nod. He knew, if only to reject the offer of Tao Mu, maybe the devil would continue to force. Therefore, Zhang Jiangwu immediately agreed to it. They could have gotten information about these demons.

Liu Chen and Song Quon nodded simultaneously while looking at Tao Mu. "All right"

Tao Mu smiled, "Thank you. Then let's walk for a while here. Then after nightfall, we'll buy lanterns to fly together"

Liu Chen and Song Quon nodded. Liu Chen asked with a heart. "Are you a soldier? From your clothes, you look like a soldier. But, if you're a soldier, there should be other soldiers here, right?"

Tao Mu chuckled softly, "I'm not a soldier. I'm just undercover"

Song Quon frowned. "What exactly are you?"

"Later I'll tell you after the lantern festival is over" said Tao Mu.

"Alright", Song Quon nodded.

The four of them walked together. Only Zhang Jiangwu remained silent without saying a word.

"Why did your friend just keep quiet from earlier?" said Tao Mu.

"Ah, he does not like to talk much" Liu Chen said with an awkward smile.

Tao Mu simply nodded, "Let's eat that. Seems good", he pointed at a trade stand.

Liu Chen and Song Quon nodded somewhat doubtfully. Because they doubt if the money in the world of this demon race is different from them. But they just follow me to Tao Mu.

Fortunately, the money used here is the same. The food Liu Chen bought did not look strange either. He ate it and when he first bit the burnt meat, his eyes widened. They eat quickly too. It was delicious according to Liu Chen.

Song Quon also tasted it. When he first bites, his eyes also widen. But there were tears on the edge of his eyes. It's not because it tastes so good that he likes it. Only, it felt like he was familiar with the texture of this meat. Meat from animals he dislikes.

Song Quon immediately spewed the food onto the ground. His face looked somewhat pale, "I-this is actually what meat?"

Tao Mu was surprised to see Song Quon spewing out the food. "Didn't you like it? This was the meat of a caterpillar-shaped demonic beast. Named hornworm"

Liu Chen, who had just finished his meal, choked on hearing the word 'soul'. Did he just eat the meat of a caterpillar?

"Did I hear wrong?" said Liu Chen.

"This food is indeed made from the flesh of hornworms. Why why anyway? Usually most demons like it" said Tao Mu in surprise.

Liu Chen was eager to spit out his food back. But can't. The food went into the stomach.

Song Quon gave Tao Mu his food, "This is for you. I don't have an appetite"

"Yes, then. Eh? Are you okay, Xun?", Tao Mu immediately looked at Liu Chen who looked like he wanted to vomit. But the young man could not spit out what he wanted to get out.

Liu Chen nodded. But his face was a bit pale, "I-I'm fine. Uhek, disgusting. I ate a caterpillar? I hope there's nothing worse than this"

Liu Chen thought that if he ate the caterpillar, then he would itch itch. But Tao Mu immediately said that the hornworm was different from other caterpillars. The caterpillar will not cause itching when eaten.

Liu Chen became somewhat calm. But he now did not want to carelessly buy food in this demon world. He could eat something even more disgusting.

As for Zhang Jiangwu, he did not buy even the food that Liu Chen and Song Quon bought. Because he's not interested in it at all.

They walked back the street in this bustling city.

"I don't want to eat that food anymore" Liu Chen said. The moment he imagined when he ate the meat of a caterpillar, made Liu Chen want to vomit.

Liu Chen did not know the meat he had eaten was caterpillar meat. Because, the meat is shaped like meat in general which is cut into several parts. Merely, the shape of the meat that Liu Chen ate earlier was perfectly round. With flat surface.

"The festival is about to begin, let's buy a lantern soon", Tao Mu asked.

Liu Chen and Song Quon immediately nodded. They also started buying lanterns. Zhang Jiangwu originally did not want to buy it. But Liu Chen immediately bought a lantern for the young man.

Many demons gathered at a point of place.

Although Liu Chen, Song Quon and Zhang Jiangwu used robes, all the demons were unsuspecting. It is not only those who wear robes. There were often travelers who looked like these three young men. So it's normal for them.

"What are we doing with this lantern? And why don't we fly directly?", confused Liu Chen.

Tao Mu looked at Liu Chen. "You write what hope you want on your lantern. We haven't flown it yet because the great general hasn't flown it either"

"Great general?" inner Liu Chen and Song Quon.

"What does the great general mean is the general who is the right hand of the emperor and is the strongest?" liu Chen said with a heart so as not to arouse suspicion.

Tao Mu immediately nodded, he frowned. "Why don't you know this? Where do you live until you don't know about the great general?"

"A-ah, we seem to have stayed in the forest for too long and forgotten about many things here" Song Quon said.

"Just whatever. Now you write your hopes on each lantern" said Tao Mu. He began to write a wish on his lantern.

"Can we borrow your pen?" said Liu Chen.

"Yes, sure. But when I'm done with my writing" Tao Mu seems to keep writing in the lantern and finally finished. He gave Liu Chen a pen.

"Thank you"

Tao Mu nodded at Liu Chen's words. He stared at Liu Chen's lantern which was now beginning to be written something.

"Don't look at it" Liu Chen said. Covering the writing on the lantern.

"Uh, okay"

When he finished, Liu Chen gave Song Quon a pen. "Now you write. After that, Gu.."

Liu Chen's words stopped when he saw the young man with a flat expression writing something on the lantern. Doesn't that mean, the young man brought his own pen?

"Guang brought her own pen. It seems like he always carries it" Song Quon said. He received the pen that Liu Chen gave him and began to write. "You don't look at my writing"

"Alright", Liu Chen turned his gaze in another direction.

After it was done, Song Quon gave the pen back to Tao Mu. "Thank you"

"No problem"