Shadow Mask Group

95 - Liu Chen VI

Han Liangyi was currently in the bamboo forest that was inside the group headquarters. He was currently leaning against the bamboo tree grove. He also breathed a sigh.

"It's really hard to persuade him" Han Liangyi murmured. He looked up. There's no one here, but himself.

Flashback~

A few days after Liu Chen, Han Liangyi, Song Quon and Tao Mu returned to the headquarters.

As long as Han Liangyi returned from the demon world, he always noticed Song Quon's movements from a distance. Unbeknownst to the young man. But all this time, he had never seen anything strange with Song Quon.

Han Liangyi who was still suspicious of Song Quon wanted to see his past, so that he could know Song Quon's intentions were close to Liu Chen. Because he felt that Song Quon would not approach Liu Chen without having any intentions.

Han Liangyi looked for the right time. That was when Song Quon was off guard. Surely that moment must have been when he slept. However, since Song Quon had such a high level of strength, he could not sleep for days.

When he had the chance, Han Liangyi immediately sneaked into Song Quon's room while hiding his aura. He did all that well.

After making it into the room and being close to Song Quon, Han Liangyi immediately used her nurse who could see the past. All of Song Quon's past, from he was a child to the present. All the important information, Han Liangyi got from looking at the young man's past.

The next day, Han Liangyi invited Liu Chen to meet in the bamboo forest. Because of the quiet bamboo forest, Han Liangyi was able to freely say everything. But of course he would not believe it very easily due to the quiet environment. He immediately made an invisible protector before starting the conversation.

"Why do you want to talk to me here? Is there anything important? You even made a soundproof protector" Liu Chen said as he frowned.

"You better stay away from Quon. He is approaching you because he wants something from you" Han Liangyi said seriously.

Han Liangyi continued, "He wants to approach you in search of information about the sky emperor's sword. He was the subordinate of someone who knew about the demon race. His master is the one who killed you in his first life and the one who hurt me 1,000 years ago.

Quon was once helped by that dragon. So Quon would definitely not betray the old dragon. Moreover, his master said he would kill all humans. Since Quon has a grudge with humans, he also takes part in his master's plan. Quon was among the subordinates that the old dragon trusted the most.

Quon has forced many humans to enter his Master's group and made their group stronger. Moreover, there were two sky-level weapon owners in their group at the moment.

His master was eyeing the sky emperor's sword to become even stronger. Since the sky emperor's sword can only be used by the demon Emperor as well as his first descendant, he is also after you. To be exact, aim for your dantian.

Then, Quon as the one who did the second mission. That's taking your dantian. He waited for you to get stronger so that your dantian would also get stronger. Because, the sky emperor's sword would only acknowledge the emperor as well as his powerful first descendant. Otherwise, then he wouldn't be able to use the sky emperor's sword. He was either the Emperor or his first descendant.

So Chen, stay away from Quon. He's after your dantian right now. If he succeeds in taking it and giving it to his master. Plus if Quon knew the location of the sky emperor sword, then the human world would be in danger. All human beings can die. If, the sky emperor's sword was in the old dragon's hands, then he was extremely difficult to stop. Even impossible.

You better not stay away from Quon. But you got rid of him as well so that the dragon's plan was not achieved" Han Liangyi concluded.

Liu Chen frowned, "You mean I should kill Quon?"

Han Liangyi nodded, "Don't hesitate to kill him. Even if you think he's your friend. Because, Quon will be a threat to humans if he gives all the information he has to his Master and successfully performs a second mission to retrieve your dantian.

All this time, you've been lied to by him. You easily believe him. That's why Quon will get a chance to complete the mission more easily. Because I told you, so you have to kill Quon right away. Don't think he's your friend for now. Because he's the enemy in the blanket."

"You think I don't know Quon's intention to approach me?" said Liu Chen.

"Yes, you don't know anything about his evil intentions. You immediately believed so easily in that fucking Quon. Therefore, I tell you so that you can know his evil intentions. He approached you not out of good intentions."

"Do you think I'm that stupid as to not be aware of any evil intentions from Quon at all?" Liu Chen smiled.

"Of course you mean, did you know that Quon approached you with malicious intent? Then when it's like that, why are you still letting it go?! Is that because Quon is your friend? Until you can't kill him? Or because you believed in Quon and dismissed all your thoughts about Quon's evil intentions?" han Liangyi said firmly.

"Hahaha," Liu Chen laughed loudly when he heard Han Liangyi's words. But not laughter as usual. His laughter sounded very creepy. It even made Han Liangyi who was in front of him disbelieve.

Liu Chen stopped laughing. He looked at Han Liangyi with a flat face, "You think I'm so stupid as to let someone who's mean to me continue following me without me suspecting anything at all? I can tell a person's intentions just by looking at it," Liu Chen held the bottom of his eyes.

"When I saw him, I knew there was a hidden intention he wanted from me. Then, after I finished fighting with one of the Demon Generals, I was able to see Quon's intentions to me more clearly. I can see evil intentions from just looking at his eyes. Even though I don't know the purpose. But now that I know of it from you," Liu Chen's hand that was under his eyes was instantly lowered.

"Then, why are you still letting it go?!" rephrase Han Liangyi.

"I let him come with me so I can change him. Although I knew he had evil intentions for me, at the same time, I also saw his good self. Quon is not entirely evil. He was just used.

Then as for my dantian problem that could have been taken away by him, it would not have happened if Quon's determination to continue to be by his Master's side was reduced. I will lower his resolve so that he cannot attack me. I gave him a chance to change."

"You're too kind to let a demonic beast like Quon stay alive," Han Liangyi gave Liu Chen a sharp look.

Liu Chen chuckled, "I? Too well? Hehe, do I indeed look that good to you?", Liu Chen stopped laughing. He stared at Han Liangyi flatly, "I let Quon live so he can give me strength."

Liu Chen started to grin and walked around Han Liangyi. "You might feel like I'm a fool who easily trusts others, right?"

The tone from Liu Chen's speech sounded cold. Han Liangyi gulped his saliva and he just stared ahead.

"I'm not the one who trusts them easily. But they're the ones who trust me easily. I trained and raised their abilities not without reason."

"Didn't you create this group to help people? That's your aim. So you have to strengthen all the members" Han Liangyi said.

Liu Chen's irises were no longer black. But it turned red, ever since he started circling Han Liangyi. "You're right, that could also be the reason why I trained them. Yet there was another reason why I gave them such great resources and trained them. You know why? That's because they can be my strength.

You know, when I give all the members a mark on their palms? The sign is not just a sign of loyalty so that they do not betray. But the ability of the sign is to suck the life energy of someone who has it.

Even though I had once made that mark with Jiangwu and gave it to all the members, but I still gave a sign that could suck their life energy as well.

Every day, their life energy is constantly being taken in and making their life time decrease. The amount of life energy is determined by how much power you have. So, the more they are strong.. Then the life energy possessed was also getting bigger.

The life energy taken by the sign, will be channeled to me whenever I want it. So before life energy is channeled to me, that life energy is still in the sign. Life energy had a power stronger than Qi. So I can get stronger faster.

When the life energy in a person is exhausted, then that person will only die. Meanwhile, the power in the fire sign will be directly channeled to me if they die, even though I do not want it. They are like food to me. The more powerful they are, the stronger I will be.

Even if that person released the seal of loyalty mark without my permission, their life energy would still be absorbed and channeled to me directly."

Liu Chen stopped talking for a moment. He also stopped surrounding Han Liangyi. Now he was in front of the young man to see how his expression would show.

"J-so.. You're just using them for your own benefit?!" surprised Han Liangyi. He did not expect, it turns out that the figure he considers good and stupid because it is easy to trust others, turned out like this.

Liu Chen smirked, "It's not just the group members whose life energy is absorbed every day. But also all the people who were already holding the gold coins I gave back then to a group of bandits. If an ordinary person held it, then they would die quickly. Because the energy of life is constantly being absorbed.

Those gold coins must have been scattered throughout the entire point of the Yang empire, or perhaps had already reached another empire. Therefore, more and more people can give me strength."

"Aren't you thinking, how many people have died because their life energy has been exhausted?! You better stop this!" han Liangyi said with half a shout.

"Hahaha, stopping? Can't do. I've already done it. Then I won't just stop him. Besides, I also have another reason why I did all this. After all, even though your life energy is taken up continuously.. It won't make you die. Because you are one of the pillars of the world," Liu Chen looked at Han Liangyi leisurely, "Alright.. Now you open that soundproof shield. I want out."

"You need to stop what you've done!" han Liangyi said with annoyance.