Shadow Mask Group
49 - Song Quon's

After days of walking towards the headquarters, they finally arrived in front of the cave. They entered it without hesitation.

As they headed to the deepest cave, they saw a woman who appeared to be walking out from inside the cave. "Eh?! The chairman and vice chairman" he said in surprise.

They just stop walking. Zong Xian immediately told the woman who was the representative of Yang Jia Li, Chan Juan. "Where are you going?"

Chan Juan sighed, "Huft.I intend to go to the Silver Moon Association, to sell the remaining pills. Fortunately, the second leader arrived soon. We're running out of pills to sell. We'd better get the chairman and vice chairman inside and see what happens"

Everyone became astonished when they saw Chan Juan sighing like that. But they just nodded and immediately went towards the end of the cave.

Chan Juan immediately went out of the cave. But before that happened, Feng Ying immediately drew closer to the woman, causing Chan Juan to stop her path. "What's the first vice-chairman?"

"How's my brother doing?" said Feng Ying. The older brother in question was Feng Yi who was then the organizer of the auction event.

"Your brother is fine. Why don't you go see him now? He seemed to miss the first vice-chairman" Chan Juan said.

Feng Ying shook her head. He wrote to Chan Juan, "I want to ask for help. Give this to my brother. Do not look at the contents inside this paper", Feng Ying gave a folded paper.

Chan Juan immediately accepted, "Alright, I'll give him this letter"

Feng Ying nodded and smiled, "Then thank you. You can go now"

Chan Juan nodded. He started walking out of the cave and went towards the Silver Moon Association. While Feng Ying was back following the others.

Before leaving, Chan Juan immediately put on the robe and mask of the shadow mask group. His identity is unknown to others. When he finished, Chan Juan immediately jumped between the trees.

Zong Xian immediately attached his token to the wall of the cave and at once the wall of the cave opened like a door and it was seen that there was a staircase leading underground. He and the others immediately went inside.

When they reached the last step, they walked towards a very large door. They soon become strange. Because there should be 2 people guarding the door. But now there is no one.

They opened the door and closed it again. Inside too, it looks lonely. But suddenly they can feel a little vibration in one direction. They immediately rushed towards the direction where the tremor was felt.

As it turned out, the vibrations came from the training room. A very large door closed part of the room.

They immediately opened it. When the door opened, they could hear screams. Not just one, there were even many sounds of screams of pain heard.

When they saw the surroundings, they were immediately shocked. The members of the group seemed to have a worrying condition. They can see many people who have lost a leg, or a hand.

"Hurry up! Don't be weak like that!" a voice that sounds angry.

"W-what's going on here?" liu Chen said in surprise.

When he heard that voice, everyone immediately directed their gazes at Liu Chen. The members seemed to smile happily and seemed full of gratitude when they saw the chairman and vice chairman who had returned.

"Chairman! Vice-chairman!" yell they are happy.

Liu Chen and the others immediately went towards a woman who looked to teach these members to practice.

"Oh, it turns out you're back. How's it?! What information did you guys get in that demon world?! Don't tell me you're not getting any information and just having fun there!" yang Jia Li said with great regret.

"We'll talk about it later. Now we want to ask, why do all the members have this condition? One hand left, a broken leg, a deep cut wound. Moreover, there is an incision wound in the abdomen that could have killed him" Liu Chen said firmly.

Just a single glance, Liu Chen and the others were able to figure out how much they had suffered when he and the others were away.

"I'm just training them. They also now seem to have developed with this exercise I did. The training I did was not heavy at all, was it?", Yang Jia Li immediately looked at the members who were around.

All the members nodded quickly before the woman tortured them.

Yang Jia Li looked at Liu Chen and the others back. But at that very instant, all the members immediately shook their heads quickly. The marks of the training that Yang Jia Li performed were very heavy for them. It could even be called, Yang Jia Li was like torturing them.

The training that Yang Jia Li had conducted was already almost 1 year. When Liu Chen and the others left, Yang Jia Li did a closed-door exercise for several months. The headquarters were managed by Chan Juan and Yelu.

At first everything was fine when the two of them were taking care of the headquarters. However everything changed when Yang Jia Li started training them. They are fed only once a day. Because they were still at a low cultivation level back then, so everyone still needed to eat.

They were given only 4 hours to sleep. In one week, they were given only one day off. The exercises they do are very strenuous. After waking up, they must eat immediately and when they are done, they practice by carrying the weight of a heavy stone. Then they also had to surround the forest for most of the day.

It was not the worst, but when one by one people started to compete with Yang Jia Li. Yes, they had to fight with the woman alternately for 30 minutes.

Yang Jia Li did not hesitate to severely injure them. Even cutting off the hands or feet. Since Yang Jia Li's strength was above them, they could only endure receiving all the attacks. Because the attacks they carried out were useless to Yang Jia Li. The woman had a faster speed than them because she had a high cultivation level, so she could dodge all attacks.

It is not just one or two members whose hands or feet have been cut off. But all the members felt it. When that happened, Yang Jia Li did not give any pills to cultivate the missing body parts. Liu Chen gave the pill quite a lot.

They will get the pill when it is 3 days. So they have to endure pain because of a cut leg or hand. Even in such circumstances, tomorrow they must continue to follow the training.

If anyone skipped training, then he would be punished by whipping by Yang Jia Li no matter what the reason was. Members who lose their legs during training, then the next day he will be difficult to practice especially when running around the forest.

Moreover, by eating that is only given once every day, not in accordance with the exercises they do. Even when someone tried to hide from the woman, she was found and she was immediately punished with a whip.

Surely the training given by the Emperor's daughter was very inhumane. At the very least, he should have directly given the body-growing pill that was lost when any member lost their leg or hand. However Yang Jia Li gave it to him after 3 days had passed.

Originally there were many members who liked Yang Jia Li. Because of its beautiful appearance. But after the training was done, they all became afraid of the woman. They don't want to be close to him. It could be that when the woman was angry at them, they would be made to die and even be killed. That's what they think.

Liu Chen shook his head when he saw the condition of all the members. Even Zong Xian and Song Quon were like that.

"Give them the red pill I gave you back then" Liu Chen said.

"The pill is up" Yang Jia Li said with a chuckle. Because he was still upset with everyone in front of him.

"The "fourth chief is very inhumane. Look, pity them" Lu Tuoli said.

Yang Jia Li stared at Lu Tuoli sharply. "You dare me, huh? Do you want to be like them too?"

Lu Tuoli immediately took cover behind Zhang Jiangwu, shaking his head towards Yang Jia Li. "No, no. I mean, the fourth chairman is very pretty and nice. Even many people like the fourth chairman" he said with a forced smile.

"Hmph!", Yang Jia Li threw his face away in annoyance.

After hours of travel, Chan Juan arrived at the Silver Moon Association. He immediately did the job as usual. Give the manager a pill and receive half of the proceeds from yesterday's sale and take the plant the manager gave him to make the pill. After all, the plants needed were not too difficult to find and not too expensive.

When he finished, Chan Juan immediately went to see Feng Ying's older brother, Feng Yi.

"There's a letter for you, Brother Yi" Chan Juan said. He handed a piece of paper to Feng Yi.

Chan Juan already knew Feng Yi. Feng Yi had a lifespan several years older than him.

Feng Yi had also known Chan Juan who always went to the Association once a month. But he did not know the woman's face and did not know her real name, all he knew was Chan Juan's pseudonym. But he knew that Chan Juan was a friend of his sister.

Feng Yi immediately received the letter Chan Juan gave him. "Is this from my sister?"

Chan Juan immediately nodded. "Well, since I gave it to Brother Yi, I left" he went straight from there.

Feng Yi opened the letter given to him. As he read that, making the veins appear on his temple. He squeezed the paper in annoyance, "Ying'er! Why are you handing over your debt repayment to me?! Your debt is huge too! Ying'er, shit!"

After hours of pill making, Liu Chen had finally finished making it. He then distributed the pill to all members based on the injuries experienced. Many people have lost their hands and feet. Seeing that condition made Liu Chen feel sorry for them.

"It must be difficult for you because of the training that the fourth chairman did, right? But take it easy, you will not practice like that anymore" Liu Chen said.

Hearing that, made all the members look at Liu Chen with gratitude. It was fortunate that there was a good chairman on them and took them out of the tormenting training.

"Thank you, thank you, second chairman!" say them.

Liu Chen just smiled. He went to see Yang Jia Li. "It's best that I, Haocun and our representatives train them"

"Hmph! It's up to you! I don't care" Yang Jia Li said with a sniffle.

"Do you agree, Haocun?", Liu Chen glanced at Zong Xian.

Zong Xian immediately nodded, "I agree. I can practice too"

Liu Chen glanced towards Song Quon and Feng Ying. "What about you guys?"

"I agree" Feng Ying said.

"I agree. But I will leave first tomorrow and will be back in a few days" Song Quon said.

"Where are you going?", Liu Chen looked at Song Quon. It was not usual for the young man to leave.

"I have business with my stomach. I'm going to go and go around outside and look for food" said Song Quon.

Liu Chen blinked, he sighed. "All right, it's up to you. But hurry back again. Because we don't have much time"

Song Quon nodded.

The next day, Liu Chen, Zong Xian and Feng Ying began training the members. They trained better than Yang Jia Li. Feeding is given twice a day, training is not done to cause serious injuries. This makes the members even more eager to show that they can be useful for later wars.

Liu Chen and Zong Xian also withdrew time to fight each other. Because they have to teach their members this.

Meanwhile, Song Quon continued flying towards somewhere. For days he continued to fly non-stop. When night fell, he still continued to fly in the sky very quickly. No one knew where he was going.

After a long journey, Song Quon finally stepped on the ground. He started walking towards a forest with a lot of bamboo.

As it passed through the tenth bamboo, Song Quon's gaze changed. In front of him was no longer a bamboo forest. But a big gate. Song Quon could see that there were two people standing guard at the gate.

When he saw Song Quon, the two people slightly bowed and opened the gate with hearts.

This place was like it was covered by an illusion almost the same as the demon palace. However, the difference is that the person who can see the real thing from before them and go inside is only a certain person.

If that person was not a allowed person, then they could only see the bamboo forest. Even if they had entered the tenth bamboo path, there would be a smoke disturbing their vision and they would soon be killed at that very moment because the gatekeeper would immediately kill him.

Song Quon went inside immediately. After he entered, the gate was immediately closed. He walked straight ahead. There were quite a number of people training around him.

When he saw Song Quon, there were those who looked at him with hate but there were also those who looked at him respectfully while slightly bowing. No one knew what their problem with Song Quon was until they hated the young man. But only they know it all.

Song Quon paid no heed to the hateful gazes directed at him. He just kept walking to a big building in front of him without caring about everyone around.

When he arrived in front of a large door, he immediately looked at the two guards present. The guard immediately opened the door when it was stared at by Song Quon.

After the door was opened, the young man directly entered and the door was again tightly closed.

Song Quon immediately knelt before a man who appeared to be in his 30s who was now sitting on a chair that looked like a throne to the Emperor.

"My respect to you" Song Quon said respectfully.