Shadow Mask Group

54 - Surprising Information

The next morning, Liu Chen went to the training room. He could see that all the members were already lined up neatly before him at this moment. While Song Quon, Feng Ying, Lu Tuoli, Yelu and Lao Tzu were standing on Liu Chen's right and left bank.

Liu Chen narrowed his eyes and was like glaring into the souls of all the members standing before him. Gaining such gazes, all of the gazing members looked the other way and stood even more upright.

"It looks like they are quite developed" Liu Chen said. He stared at Feng Ying, "How are they working together? Was it good enough to defeat the demonic beast I said back then?"

Back then, after a few days of Liu Chen making pills, he told Feng Ying to take the members to the forest that was above their headquarters. Liu Chen told him where the demonic beast was that all the members had to defeat, except Feng Ying and Lu Tuoli. The two of them were only allowed to move when the demonic beasts that were being fought threatened the lives of the members.

Feng Ying followed Liu Chen's instructions. He brought the members to the place Liu Chen said they were and there they met a large demonic beast with a cultivation level that was not low.

Feng Ying and Lu Tuoli noticed how the members fought against the stronger creatures several times over them.

In fact, the demonic beast that was fought was one of Liu Chen's undead. The young man deliberately told them to fight with one of his undead because he wanted to know how their cooperation. Liu Chen controlled the undead from the headquarters. So it was quite difficult to control it because he was not around the undead directly.

Actually Liu Chen was also able to see their fight from his undead. But still he asked how the members cooperated with Feng Ying. No one knew that the demonic beast they were fighting was undead including Feng Ying and Lu Tuoli did not know about it either.

Feng Ying nodded, "They are quite good at working together. They could even defeat that demonic beast with their cooperation. Although the demonic beasts they fought were at a level many times larger than them"

Liu Chen nodded. He looked at the members in front of him. "All good work!" he said with a smile.

Hearing such praise, made the members feel happy.

In the midst of the members' pleasure, a woman arrived just entered the training room.

Seeing that, Feng Ying immediately looked at him. "Why are you late?"

"I'm sorry, I'm a member that chairman Xinxin ordered to seek outside information. I never did the training here. Now I'm here on the orders of chairman Xinxin through his communications stone. I was told to tell you something" said the woman who arrived at the training room.

Liu Chen immediately walked up to him and was now in front of the woman. "What's really going on? What do you want to say?"

The woman looked directly at Liu Chen. He took a breath first because what he wanted to say was very serious and what he wanted to say could strain the members. "Chairman Xinxin wants all the members to go look for chairman Haocun"

Liu Chen frowned, "Did Haocun get into trouble?"

The woman shook her head, "Chairman Xinxin wants you to arrest chief Haocun immediately. Since the chief Haocun had already killed the empress, the mother of the chief Xinxin"

All the members who were initially a bit noisy and chatted immediately stopped. Everyone looked at the woman who came.

The room became very quiet. All eyes were on the woman who said she was a man from Yang Jia Li.

Not only the members, but Song Quon, Feng Ying, Lu Tuoli, Lao Tzu and Yelu looked at the woman. They felt they had heard something wrong. So did Liu Chen.

"Try me one more time" Liu Chen said.

"Chairman Xinxin wants you to arrest chief Haocun. Because chairman Haocun has killed the empress, the mother of the Xinxin chairman" said the woman before Liu Chen.

Everyone really heard clearly what the woman said. But they seemed to not believe the information told by the woman. It felt very unlikely that Zong Xian dared to kill the empress.

"There's no way Haocun could have done that. Don't try to deceive us" said Liu Chen, who couldn't believe the woman before him.

The woman shook her head, "I did not cheat the first chairman and the others. I got the information directly from the Xinxin chairman this morning from the communication stone. I'm not lying.

Chairman Xinxin wanted to kill chairman Haocun with his own hands. So the Xinxin chief asked you to help him find the Haocun chief"

The mood is still quiet. This information is unexpected and surprising.

"If it's true what you said earlier, what's the reason Haocun did that?" liu Chen said seriously.

"Chairman Xinxin didn't say anything to me anymore and just said that" the woman said.

"Chairman Haocun must have his own reasons. He can't do anything for no apparent reason. The reason that chairman Haocun had was definitely very strong" Feng Ying said.

He could not accept that Zong Xian was killed by Yang Jia Li. After all, Zong Xian was the one who brought him into this group and made him even stronger. Zong Xian was also his friend. There was no way he would want his friend to just die.

"But the killer is still the killer. Chairman Haocun betrayed by killing one of the closest people to the chairman of Xinxin" the woman told Liu Chen. He would certainly defend Yang Jia Li more because the woman had given him a decent life.

"Chairman Haocun did not betray him at all. I'm sure of that" Feng Ying said.

"It's clear that chairman Haocun betrayed the fact that he killed one of Xinxin's closest people on purpose"

"But chairman Haocun definitely has his reasons. Don't want to order us to arrest one of our chiefs"

"But I'm just conveying what chairman Xinxin wants. He didn't force you to do it. It's just that, if you meet him, then you should take him to the head of Xinxin"

"Bringing it to the chairman of Xinxin, is tantamount to bringing the chairman of Haocun to death. Because you said that the Xinxin chief wanted to kill the Haocun chief"

"But chairman Xinxin did say such a thing"

"You guys have stopped arguing" Liu Chen said. He began to get upset because these two people continued to argue from earlier.

The woman in front of Liu Chen who had a lifespan of about 25 years was silent and did not say anything more. As well as Feng Ying, he was speechless at Liu Chen's orders.

"How is chairman Xun (Liu Chen). What decision? There's only you the chairman at this base. Will the chairman help Xinxin or will help chairman Haocun. Who did you choose?" said Song Quon who was standing beside Liu Chen.

"Chairman Xun, chairman Haocun must have had a reason to do that" a member said. He was the person that Zong Xian had brought.

"Chairman Xun, let's help chairman Xinxin arrest chairman Haocun because chairman Haocun has betrayed his. Don't let Haocun's chairman live" said another member. He was the one who was brought by Yang Jia Li.

"Chairman Xun, please help protect Chairman Haocun"

"Chairman Xun, we have to kill chief Haocun"

"Chairman Xun.."

"Chairman Xun.."

There are many opinions coming out of each member. Surely the person that Yang Jia Li brought back supported the woman to kill Zong Xian.

While the people that Zong Xian brought did not support to eliminate Zong Xian. They wanted Zong Xian to be protected because the young man must have had a reason and they were convinced that Zong Xian did not betray the group.

Song Quon knew that Liu Chen must be having a lot of thoughts when he heard the words of all the members of the group. After all, it was Liu Chen who had to decide all of this. If you choose the wrong decision, it will be fatal. Not just for the group but for themselves.

Song Quon patted Liu Chen on the shoulder from the side. "Don't listen to their words. Listen to your own heart. Do you trust chief Haocun or not. If you believe it, you should have protected him and if you believe chief Haocun is a traitor, then you should have helped chairman Xinxin arrest chairman Haocun"

The training room is now very noisy by the sound of the voices of the members. Moreover, the people were brought by Zong Xian and Yang Jia Li. Because it concerns both of those people.

Liu Chen was indeed very confused today who to choose, between Zong Xian and Yang Jia Li. Because both men are the same as friends. He can't side with one of them. But today, he was forced to choose.

Hearing that voice, all the members instantly fell silent. They were looking forward to the decision taken by Liu Chen.

Liu Chen stood facing the members of the group. He recalled the words from Zong Xian when he finished fighting with him.

"What would you do if you found out someone hurt your mother's feelings?"

"Then, what if your mother was disappointed in someone and killed herself because of that person? What are you gonna do? Is revenge on the man who disappointed and saddened your mother?"

"How much does this group and all these members mean to you, Xun?"

"Then what would you do if a member of ours got in trouble? Are you gonna help her? Or let it go because it feels like it's none of your business"

Liu Chen took a deep breath and exhaled. He also stared firmly at the members of the group, "If you find the first chairman, then tell me and I will take him to the fourth chairman" he said firmly.

All the members were surprised. While the people who supported Yang Jia Li were happy. Doesn't that mean Liu Chen supported Yang Jia Li to kill Zong Xian?

Song Quon was somewhat surprised by Liu Chen's remark. But his surprise did not last long. "I know you definitely won't let Jia Li kill Zong Xian, Chen. But you said that so that all the members felt that you were supporting Jia Li" inwardly. She smiled thinly.

"But chairman Xun, chairman Haocun is unlikely to betray" a member protested.

"True Chairman Xun, chief Haocun could not have betrayed him. We better protect him, Chairman Xun"

"This has been my decision. You guys can't deny it" Liu Chen said with a sharp look.

Everyone who wanted to protest fell silent when they saw Liu Chen's gaze. Even Feng Ying who wanted to protest at Liu Chen was not so. After seeing the young man's gaze.

Liu Chen faced towards the female messenger earlier. "Tell Xinxin that we'll help her catch Haocun"

After saying that, Liu Chen directly left the training room just like that.

Upon hearing Liu Chen's words, the woman became delighted. He immediately went to tell Yang Jia Li through the communication stone and he would also help look for Zong Xian.

Now the members who supported Yang Jia Li and Zong Xian, seemed to be far apart. They seem to be enemies. The atmosphere is different and changing.

Lu Tuoli, Song Quon and Lao Tzu did not side with anyone. While Feng Ying looked furious upon hearing Liu Chen's decision. How could Liu Chen side with Yang Jia Li killing Zong Xian? Isn't Liu Chen Zong Xian's friend? Then why did he want Zong Xian dead?

Feng Ying immediately left the training room in anger and disbelief about this decision.

Everything's getting messed up. The members of the group were divided into two camps, the one who sided with Zong Xian and the one who sided with Yang Jia Li.

In a room with minimal light. This place is in the demon world.

"Haha, it turns out to be what I thought. The boy killed the mother of one of the leaders in the group. It's all according to plan. It was not in vain that I waited for another year.

We can destroy them easily. But it would be more interesting to destroy them in other ways" said a demon general. He is the Demon General, Jing Mi.

He was in a room with little light. Around him there were only a few demons. There is no other demon.

He had just heard that Zong Xian had killed the empress. He had also just heard that Zong Xian had subdued the bandit group to hide himself.

"Now you can come back here. Your job is done. Their group may be currently in chaos" General Jing Mi said inwardly.

"Then I'll be back. I'm tired of following him" said General Jing Mi.

General Jing Mi also ended her telepathy with the demons who continued to follow Zong Xian. He smiled cynically, "Heh, the plan I did was done and as planned"

He walked out of the room, "The emperor will rise soon. We have to prepare a festive welcome for His Majesty" he muttered with a happy smile.

When night fell, Liu Chen immediately went out of his base. But not until he was in front of the exit, someone patted him on the shoulder from behind.

Liu Chen's reflexes turned his body around and looked at the person who patted him on the shoulder. It was Song Quon.

"Why are you here, Qiang (Song Quon)?" said Liu Chen.

"You alone?"

"...", Liu Chen answered nothing.

Song Quon chuckled softly.

Seeing that, Liu Chen immediately asked, "What are you laughing at? Nothing funny here"

Song Quon smiled, "I know you must want to go look for Haocun's chairman. You're worried about her"

"Ma-where is there?! I'm not worried about her at all. After all, he was the one who had already killed the empress. So he betrayed. Traitors should be put to death" Liu Chen said nervously.

Song Quon chuckled at Liu Chen who was drunk answering his question like that. "Don't lie to me. You're not very good at lying. It's obvious that you're worried about chairman Haocun. So you really want to look for her and ask her for an explanation, huh?"

Liu Chen looked at Song Quon and sighed, nodding. "I want to ask him for an explanation. I know, he must have had a good reason to kill the empress. A few days before she left, she said something quite strange to me and from the question she asked me at the time, I knew she killed the empress because of her mother.

I don't know if my guess is right or wrong. But my gut tells me this has something to do with his mother"

"What would you do if you found out someone hurt your mother's feelings?"

"Then, what if your mother was disappointed in someone and killed herself because of that person? What are you gonna do? Is revenge on the man who disappointed and saddened your mother?"

Liu Chen recalled Zong Xian's remark back then. That's where he figured that Zong Xian did all this because of his mother.

Song Quon simply nodded upon hearing Liu Chen's words earlier. "Then what now? You're going to go now and look for chairman Haocun?"

Liu Chen nodded. "I'm handing over the task that's here to you. Please bring all the members back together as long as I'm gone. I will try to bring Haocun back safely here" he said in a pleading tone.

Song Quon had never seen such a pleading gaze from a Liu Chen. He felt that this group meant so much to Liu Chen as well as everyone in this group, not least.

Song Quon nodded, "I will try to reunite them. You be careful, don't die before you meet Haocun's chairman" Song Quon joked, chuckling softly.

Liu Chen smiled, "Sure. I will not die for now because I did not mean to die today either. There are still many tasks to do. Please take care of everyone here for me, Qiang"

Song Quon nodded. "Observe your heart on the road"

Liu Chen nodded. He went to look for Zong Xian. The only ones who knew of his departure were Song Quon and the two guards guarding the gate. No one else knows of his disappearance.

Song Quon sighed, "Why do you care so much about others? You should be worried about yourself. Perhaps there are currently some members who intend to kill you for thinking you are siding with Jia Li", Song Quon shook his head.

"You're so different from anyone I've ever met. Most of them are self-centered and do not care about others. You're too good to them" muttered Song Quon. He began to walk away from the exit.