Shadow Mask Group
5 - Trained

"Then teacher, how can I reach that level? To go to the emperor level alone might it be very difficult. It took years. Will I be able to reach the emperor level before the demon lord awakens?"

Liu Chen felt insecure. However, leveling up is not easy. Moreover, it rose to the emperor level with a time of 7 years.

"It's actually impossible. But with these resources I have, maybe it's not impossible. Moreover, you have a twin dantian. Your strength will be greater than someone of the same level as you, Chen'er. Even if your rate increases will be slower.

You will also not fight alone to defeat the demon lord later. All three of my friends are actually doing the same thing, which is to keep some of their souls on spirit stones and store them somewhere different.

We did it because we were preparing. Preparation, if we can't kill the demon lord and we are dead then we will give that task to others by training him to become strong. So for a while we sealed the demon lord on the island of death without any occupants there.

You can be here because there's a teleport that allows you to get here. The teleport I installed was already arranged in order to work after about 1,000 years.

Also, we're actually on an uninhabited island. Originally there were many demonic beasts on this island, but all of that I had already cleared up.

I have also set up barriers on this island so that no one can get inside and from inside can not get out before getting my permission.

The point is, you're not going to be Chen'er alone. There will be 3 people who will also get that responsibility, like you"

"So I'll have to meet those three guys, teacher?"

"Yes, you have to find them. I have a way"

Liu Chen's eyes twinkled at his teacher's words. "really?! What kind of way is that, teacher?! Tell me, tell me!"

"Aish.alright. But I'll tell you later if you're done with my training for you to reach emperor level. While the level of the earth, sky or immortal even if you are lucky, then you yourself will try to reach that level"

Liu Chen nodded and did not ask any more. Until he remembered something that made him curious. He looked at Zhao Feng.

"Teacher, according to the teacher.does anyone have a defective dantian first and arrive for no apparent reason, the dantian turns into a usable dantian?"

Zhao Feng thought for a moment. "I think there's. I used to hear there was someone with a disabled dantian. But suddenly the dantian could be used. Moreover, the dantian he got was a special dantian.

In my opinion, the possibility of it happening is not without cause. However that particular dantian was the person's actual dantian. But his special dantian was not yet perfect so his dantian was like a flawed dantian. Because it is impossible for a defective dantian to become a special dantian suddenly, without any apparent reason. What's the matter, Chen'er?"

Liu Chen listened carefully to the explanation of this new teacher. He began to speak up. "Teacher, my dantian is actually his initial flawed dantian. Yet somehow arriving my dantian can be used"

"Your events are just like the people I'm referring to, Chen'er. Even your dantian is a twin dantian. All right, we'll finish our conversation. Now that I'm going to start training you", Zhao Feng started to stand up from his sitting position.

"What are we going to do first, teacher?", Liu Chen then stood up.

"First, do you know how to absorb Qi from the immediate realm, Chen'er?"

Liu Chen nodded.

"alright. Then from now until later in the afternoon, you just cultivate here. It has a thick Qi. I will wait in that wooden house", Zhao Feng pointed to a house that was behind the trees. Even Liu Chen was unaware of the existence of the house just now.

Liu Chen nodded immediately. "I'll do it teacher!"

"Don't disappoint me. When you're done, I'll tell you what to do later, Chen'er. Then remember this, while cultivating heartily", Zhao Feng went straight towards the wooden house.

After Zhao Feng left, Liu Chen immediately sat cross-legged near the lake and he started absorbing the Qi around. Here, the Qi is thick, different from in his village. It seems that what caused the Qi here to be thick was some plants that were around.

Zhao Feng watched from the direction of the wooden house. Smile too. "Don't let me down" suddenly her smile turned into a grin.

Liu Chen was now still sitting quietly cultivating near the lake. He had no idea what Zhao Feng was planning at the moment. If he found out, perhaps Liu Chen would be wary.

Until after 30 minutes, Liu Chen was still cultivating. Without knowing what would happen to him.

When he arrived, Liu Chen immediately slammed into the wall of the cave and spewed a mouthful of fresh blood from his mouth. "Ohuk..."

Zhao Feng appeared in front of Liu Chen. He did not help Liu Chen to get up and just pay attention to him.

Liu Chen was still sitting near the cave wall. "Uhuk.guru.ap-what is.guru.do.uhuk"

"You should always be on the lookout with your surroundings, Chen'er. This exercise is training your reflexes. Even if you're cultivating, you still need to be vigilant. Without good reflexes, you will be easily defeated by Chen'er. Even if your strength is higher than the one you're fighting"

Zhao Feng said that. However he had not started to help Liu Chen stand up. He seemed to be still calmly standing in front of Liu Chen without any worries. "Now stand up, don't be spoiled. Only one hit, you've lost and don't want to get up again?

If so, there's no point in having great power, Chen'er. A weak person without cultivation is even better than you. Stand up, Chen'er", Zhao Feng's speech sounded resolute. He did not even look pityful towards Liu Chen.

Liu Chen still sat down while coughing. Several times he coughed up blood. The attack arrived just now was very powerful for him.

Liu Chen had difficulty standing up. When he was about to stand up, he always fell back. But hearing his teacher's words, Liu Chen tried to get up. He was also a bit upset about what his teacher had said. Liu Chen did not protest. He stood up with difficulty while holding his stomach.

He looked at his teacher softly.

"Now continue your cultivation again. Remember, be careful when cultivating. I already said it to you, Chen'er", Zhao Feng immediately turned around and flew back towards the wooden house that was a few meters away from him.

Liu Chen just stared at Zhao Fengs back which started to drift away. He felt his body hurt very much. Now Zhao Feng didn't even seem to care about it. Liu Chen walked towards where he was cultivating and then sat there.

Liu Chen was difficult to focus at this moment. He was less focused because his body was in pain. He also lacked focus because of what his teacher said earlier. Liu Chen thought, Zhao Feng will definitely attack him again by arriving and that made Liu Chen unsettled. One blow alone was enough for him to feel pain he had never experienced. Especially if Zhao Feng attacked him again.

Due to his lack of focus, Liu Chen became difficult to cultivate. But Liu Chen tried his best to do it.

Zhao Feng smiled as he watched Liu Chen from his wooden house. "Chen'er had indeed become wary at this moment. But his vigilance made him unable to focus on cultivating" he murmured.

Meanwhile, at Liu Chen's house.

Liu Hongli and Li Wei had already asked some people in the village to ask Liu Chen for whereabouts. However they were all unaware of Liu Chen's whereabouts.

Liu Hongli and Li Wei were almost desperate. They had searched for hours, but did not find Liu Chen. They were worried about their second son.

Until a middle-aged woman approached them. "Wei, are you looking for Chen?"

Li Wei nodded. Likewise Liu Hongli nodded as he looked towards the middle-aged woman before him.

"I saw him go out into the forest this morning. I don't know what he's going to do. But clearly, Chen went into the forest" the woman explained.

Directly Liu Hongli and Li Wei were shocked. "Did you not look wrong? Is it true that the person walking towards the forest is Chen'er? Are you sure?", Liu Hongli tried to make sure.

The middle-aged woman immediately nodded. "I didn't see it wrong, I really saw Chen walking into the forest"

Li Wei immediately showed a worried face. He looked at the middle-aged woman in front of him. "Can you show me where you last saw Chen'er?"

"Alright, sure. But I won't go into the woods. I'll just take you guys to the front of the forest. After that I'll go straight home"

Li Wei nodded. He turned his attention towards Liu Hongli. "Li'er, let's go to the forest to find Chen'er"

Liu Hongli nodded. They also went to the forest led by the middle-aged woman.

In accordance with what the middle-aged woman said, she immediately took a break after escorting Liu Hongli and Li Wei to the front of the forest.

Li Wei did not forget to thank the woman. Eventually he and Liu Hongli entered the forest to look for Liu Chen.

Meanwhile, it had been about 30 minutes Liu Chen was cultivating. But the Qi that went into his dantian was less than the one before. It happened because he did not feel calm after what happened earlier. He became more alert.

While the pain in his body slowly disappeared as he healed with his Qi. That was certainly told by Zhao Feng so that Liu Chen could heal his wounds by using his own Qi.

"The control over his Qi is pretty good" Zhao Feng muttered with a smile. He is still in his wooden house, precisely on the outside of the house.

Zhao Feng disappeared and appeared in front of Liu Chen. He immediately struck towards Liu Chen. While Liu Chen who was quite alert with his surroundings was somewhat aware of the attack, Kala felt the wind blow as a fist shot towards him. But even though he knew, Liu Chen could not avoid Zhao Feng's quick attack and made Liu Chen hit the wall again quite hard.

"Uhuk.uhuk.", Liu Chen had just recovered, now he had to feel the pain again.

This time Liu Chen did not ask his teacher anything. Because he knew that it included training. Zhao Feng also now had already disappeared from before him at this moment.

Liu Chen stood up with great difficulty. He wiped the blood on the edge of his lips. Several times he coughed in blood, but Liu Chen kept walking towards where he was cultivating again. After arriving, Liu Chen sat down at the venue.

"Is it supposed to be like this, continuously?!" inner Liu Chen grumbled inwardly. He then calmed himself down and started absorbing the Qi around. Now Liu Chen had to divide his focus into three. First absorbing the Qi around, second healing himself with his Qi and third was the vigilance against his teacher's surprise attack.

Until time goes on. It's afternoon now. Seen on Liu Chen's clothes, his clothes looked messy. Especially on his shirt there were quite a lot of blood stains.

Liu Chen's breathing was irregular. He tried to catch his breath first. In front of him was Zhao Feng. Zhao Feng had already attacked him 15 times during this day with different timeframes. Moreover, the punch Zhao Feng had dealt was no ordinary blow to Liu Chen.

His punch was very powerful for him. Even because of the attacks Zhao Feng had always made, Liu Chen had to continue healing himself, making Liu Chen only able to raise his 2 tiers which he now became a 5-star beginner.

If the other person who was cultivating here with his level was just a 3-star novice, he might have gone up 3 tiers if he had not been attacked arrived, just like Liu Chen. While a genius, 4 levels for the day. Because the Qi here is very thick. The higher the level of a person, the more difficult it is to increase the level. While beginners are the lowest tier, so it is quite easy for the beginner level to go up. Especially in a place with such a thick Qi.

Liu Chen seemed to be unable to cope with the training Zhao Feng had done on him.

"Take this", Zhao Feng threw a pill at Liu Chen and was instantly caught by him.

"This.pil...what.guru?" liu Chen said weakly. It felt like he was going to faint.

"It's a pill that can restore your stamina, even if it's half. So eat now and absorb the properties. When we're done, we'll continue the exercise"

Zhao Feng's words earlier made Liu Chen both happy and helpless. He was glad that Zhao Feng gave him a pill that allowed Liu Chen to restore his stamina. But Liu Chen felt like he wanted to faint when he heard that his training had not been completed.

"Now absorb the efficacy of the pill. We'll continue the training"

Liu Chen simply nodded upon hearing his teacher's remark. He wanted to protest, but he was too tired. Also if he were to protest, it would definitely not be responded to by Zhao Feng.

Liu Chen started to sit cross-legged and started to swallow the pills he had in his hand. It was quite bitter, yet Liu Chen still swallowed it. He began to absorb the properties of the pill. While Zhao Feng stood waiting near Liu Chen.

When he finished, Liu Chen felt that his body felt better. His stamina returned, even if it was only half. Liu Chen stood up again and faced his teacher.

"Now all you have to do, walk out this cave and hang out there for 1 week. About food, there are many fruits out there, there is also a river or lake. If you're hungry, you'll have to find your own food.

I'll give you 3 stamina pills. Just like you swallowed, Chen'er. Also I will give you 3 pills that can heal minor wounds. As long as the wound is not a big one, then this pill I will give you can be useful. I will also give you 3 blood enhancement pills.

All you have to do is not just survive outside this cave. But you also have to continue cultivating so that you quickly level up. Although the Qi outside will not be as thick as here. But don't be lazy, Chen'er and.hopefully, come here unharmed", Zhao Feng smiled as if he had planned something.

Zhao Feng's last words sounded mysterious to Liu Chen. But he just nodded.

Zhao Feng immediately gave the pill he said to Liu Chen.

Liu Chen saluted and went straight out of the cave. While passing through the cave passage he passed with Zhao Feng earlier this morning, Liu Chen could see at the end of the door with a material made of stone visible open. The door was closed when he and his teacher entered. But Liu Chen paid him no heed and went straight out.

"Good luck", Zhao Feng smiled grinning. His position is still the same today, he did not budge at all from his place.