Shadow Mask Group
60 - Zhong Dian II's

Inside the headquarters, all the members were made shocked by Zhang Jiangwu's arrival. The reason, there were no guards guarding the entrance to know about Zhang Jiangwu's arrival at all. Though the entrance is always guarded by two members in turn.

They are all in the training room. Their gazes were sometimes fixed on Zhang Jiangwu. They asked, about the arrival of Zhang Jiangwu who had very arrived arrived. But they are back to focusing on the front.

Zhang Jiangwu was a bit strange when he saw the attitude of the members. Because when he looked at them, they looked hostile to each other. He still did not know about the death of the empress caused by Zong Xian. So it was only natural that he did not know the conflict that was within.

Song Quon breathed a sigh of resignation, he had already tried several ways to reunite the two hostile camps. But his efforts are nil. The two camps within the group still exist.

"Today, you will fight with a Demobic beast. You must work together to defeat him. Do you guys understand?" said Song Quon.

"Yes!"

They all started to come out from inside the base and went into the deeper forest. There was no talk between them all. Silence happens too. Usually, they will look excited, when before the incident two camps occurred.

Their current gaze was like competition. Not like that time.

"They why?" zhang Jiangwu said in a soft voice towards Lu Tuoli who was walking beside him.

Zhang Jiangwu, Lu Tuoli, Song Quon, Yelu, Lao Tzu and Feng Ying were in the vanguard at the moment.

Lu Tuoli let out a coarse breath, "This happened after the empress' death"

Zhang Jiangwu seemed to have yet to understand what Lu Tuoli was saying. However, Lu Tuoli again explained, "Chairman Haocun (Zong Xian) killed the empress, who was the mother of the chief Xinxin (Yang Jia Li). Then there was a division of two camps in this group.

One of the strongholds supporting the Xinxin chief killed the Haocun chief. While the other side wanted to protect the Haocun chief", Lu Tuoli explained in detail. He explained in a soft voice so that no one else would hear. But surely Song Quon could hear their conversation. So did Yelu, Lao Tzu and Feng Ying. Because they walked in front of leading the members.

The sound of a fairly strong wind rang out and blew away the leaves. Also, the sound of birds chirping made Lu Tuoli's voice somewhat muffled so as not to be heard by the other members.

"So so, chief", Lu Tuoli ended his story. Not forgetting the sighing also sounded from his mouth.

Zhang Jiangwu now thought that this was a serious matter. If these two camps still remained, then the group created by him and his three friends would be destroyed, sooner or later. If the two camps continued to exist, then they would never be able to cooperate properly.

Zhang Jiangwu thought of trying to use a sky-level weapon, the story magic pen. But the risk is too great. People who enter the story, then they're the ones who have to solve the problems in the story. Zhang Jiangwu wouldn't be able to take them out just like that, since it had to be them alone 'who did it.

While at this moment, his group members were in chaos. They will not cooperate, even if they are in such an emergency. When viewed from the expressions of their faces and gazes. This problem can only be solved when the main problem is solved.

Zhang Jiangwu only sighed, he could not do anything for now. He could only hope for the main problem to be resolved quickly.

It had been a few minutes, they finally arrived in front of a large cave.

"You all go inside" said Song Quon.

They hesitated to enter.

"Why? Are you guys scared? Cih, if you are afraid to fight against the demonic beasts inside, how can you help fight the demons later? Even before you attacked, you were already dead in the war because you were too afraid to fight back" Song Quon said in a rather high and disparaging tone.

Hearing Song Quon's trivial remark certainly made all parties angry. They went straight into the cave quickly and with furious steps.

Song Quon smiled faintly, "Now we just wait here"

"But what if there's a demonic beast so powerful that they can't beat it?" lu Tuoli.

"They inevitably have to work together. We won't help them before it's a very emergency that could cause all the members to die. But if only one or two die, we just shut up. This will make them think that we will not help them. So they have to do whatever they can to survive. Isn't that so, chairman Guang (Zhang Jiangwu)?", Song Quon glanced at Zhang Jiangwu.

Zhang Jiangwu hesitated a bit in thinking. But even what Song Quon said had a point. Likely in this way, they can return to work together as before. So he nodded at Song Quon's words. He agrees with this.

Lu Tuoli sighed and shook his head, "If chief Guang has already agreed, yasudah. I agree too"

Meanwhile, at the place where Liu Chen was.

Now he and his two friends continue to walk away from the capital. In front of them was currently a dense forest. As he was about to enter the forest, Zong Dian held Liu Chen's hand and made the young man stop stepping.

Liu Chen stared at Zong Dian, "What's wrong, Dian'er?"

Zong Dian shook his head, "Don't go in there Brother Chen. It is said that in the forest there is the headquarters of the scorpion bandits"

Liu Chen frowned. "What's going on inside the scorpion bandit headquarters?"

"It seems like big brother hasn't found out about the bandit yet", Zong Dian removed his handrails from Liu Chen.

"The scorpion bandit group is a bandit feared by the public. They had 5 headquarters with the main headquarters located near this capital", Zong Dian stared at Liu Chen.

Liu Chen nodded, "But don't be afraid, there's me and Liangyi here. So nothing will happen to you. Just trust us"

Zong Dian nodded, "Alright"

Liu Chen glanced at Han Liangyi, "Let's hurry, we go inside"

Liu Chen immediately walked in, followed by Zong Dian behind him. Then Han Liangyi who was also coming in.

"Somehow I feel you're near here, Xian "inner Liu Chen. He glanced to the left and to the right like he was looking for someone.

Han Liangyi closed her eyes for a moment and opened them. "Time control:stop it", it performs hand movements and lastly unites both palms.

Instantly, the time around stopped. Liu Chen and Zong Dian stopped. Han Liangyi directly walked up to a tree and raised his head up.

"Hey out. I know you're on top of this tree" Han Liangyi said.

But there is no answer at all. This made Han Liangyi somewhat annoyed. He took out the sword sheathed at his waist and instantly poured Qi on the sword. He swung his sword at the tree trunk.

Bruukks

The tree fell because of Han Liangyi's sword. Coinciding with that, someone immediately jumped out before the tree collapsed completely. Han Liangyi also returned to sheathing his sword.

"The cup is you, the fugitive" Han Liangyi said.

In front of Han Liangyi was Zong Xian. Zong Xian originally wanted to walk the path in the forest for a while, but accidentally saw Liu Chen with two people. One of those people is like he knows. Zong Xian followed and watched them from the moment the three men entered the forest.

Zong Xian was surprised when Liu Chen and Zong Dian stopped like they could not move. Actually, Zong Xian was still able to move it because Han Liangyi's wishes did not want Zong Xian to be affected by the cessation of time.

"What are you doing?" zong Xian said as he looked at Han Liangyi.

"I just cut down the tree earlier" Han Liangyi said casually.

"I mean what did you do to Chen?", Zong Xian stared intently at Han Liangyi.

"What is your purpose in this forest?" zong Xian said flatly.

"We're looking for you"

Zong Xian raised his eyebrows, "I?"

Han Liangyi rolled her eyes lazily, "Of course. Chen and your sister want to see you"

"Sister? Who?"

"Of course Zong Dian. She's your sister. He wants to find you and meet you"

"Zo-zong Dian?" zong Xian said with a brick. There was a sense of disbelief when he heard the name. "Aren't you lying?"

"What's with that name? And why would I lie? You better meet them soon so that their business is done" Han Liangyi said. He also snapped his fingers. In a moment, time went back.

Liu Chen and Zong Dian walked back. They don't realize what just happened. They also do not realize that the person they are looking for is already near them.

"Hey, you! I've found the person you're looking for" Han Liangyi shouted.

Liu Chen and Zong Dian stopped his steps and looked towards the sound.

Liu Chen narrowed his eyes when he saw the person behind Han Liangyi. He immediately gasped, "Xian!", he immediately went towards Zong Xian. Zong Dian followed Liu Chen.

Han Liangyi turned her body to face Zong Xian. He pointed to the young man, "Well, the man you're looking for"

Zong Xian looked towards Zong Dian who was walking after Liu Chen. The more he noticed, the more convinced he was that Zong Dian was his sister. But how can it be? Isn't his sister dead? That was what Zong Xian was thinking at this moment.

"Finally we meet as well" Liu Chen said with a happy smile.

"Chen, who is he?", Zong Xian pointed at Zong Dian who was standing beside Liu Chen.

"She, Zong Dian"

Zong Dian immediately hugged Zong Xian when he saw the young man's face. "Sister!"

Zong Xian gasped when hugged suddenly. But he did not refuse. He returned the hug, "Dian'er, is that you?"

"Mn", Zong Dian muttered in response to 'Yes'.

Zong Xian smiled happily, "I miss you. I thought you were dead, Dian'er"

"I miss you too, Xian'er gege" Zong Dian said with a happy smile.

Liu Chen became happy when he saw his friend happy like that. He wanted to meet his brother.

"Uhuk.", Zong Xian suddenly coughed blood. This made both Liu Chen and Han Liangyi shocked.

Zong Dian immediately jumped back. In his hand was a kitchen knife covered in blood.

Zong Xian took a few steps back. He immediately held his stomach which appeared to bleed. He also knelt on the ground. Liu Chen immediately helped Zong Xian stand up. "Are you okay, Xian?"

"Uhuk... What are you doing, Dian'er?", Zong Xian looked at Zong Dian in disbelief.

"By killing Xian'er gege, I can get a reward from the Emperor. My life will be much better after this", Zong Dian smiled without any guilt at all.

Liu Chen looked at Zong Dian in disbelief, "What do you mean, Dian'er?"

Han Liangyi just stared at Zong Dian without saying a single word.

"Why are you doing this, Dian'er?" zong Xian said limply.

"Xian'er gege, you didn't know my plight all along. I've always waited for you to come to my aid from this cruel life. I always look forward to you, I always hope you come to me and help me. But the truth is, you never came to help me even you didn't look for me at all" Zong Dian said with a sad look.

"Dian'er.." said Zong Xian softly.

"Sister Chen, do you know? Why did the person who helped me die?", Zong Dian smiled at Liu Chen.

Liu Chen just kept quiet, didn't do anything.

Zong Dian smiled grinningly, "I killed him. I'm the killer of that man. You know what reason I did it?", he was still staring at Liu Chen.

"And do you know why I wear this blindfold, Brother Chen?" said Zong Dian. His eyes were covered with a black cover. So he looked with his eyes that were not closed.

Zong Dian also looked at Zong Xian, "Xian'er gege, you don't know my suffering. I suffered so much", he opened the blindfold that covered his one eye. It was seen that Zong Dian's eyes were closed.

"This is one of the sufferings I've been through. My eyes were taken by the old man to replace those eyes that were accidentally pierced back then. It felt so painful when my eyes were taken by him. But he did not care about me who felt pain at that time.

And you know, Xian'er gege. The life I've been living with the old man is very bad. He treated me like a slave. He always tortured me for his own pleasure. He helped me back then just because he wanted to torture me. She was very fond of activities when torturing a child", Zong Dian was like vaporizing everything that was buried in her heart.

Zong Dian looked at Liu Chen, "Sister Chen must have seen that I had many wounds on my body. You thought it was because of two grown men who wanted to take my money. But the real scars on my body are not just because of them, but because of the old man who helped me. Exactly the old man who likes to torture me for 2 years.

The wound he gave was indeed very long in my body. But all that was gone after I was healed by you, Brother Chen"

Both Liu Chen, Han Liangyi and Zong Xian were able to see Zong Dian's gaze looking extremely miserable. All this time, Zong Dian had always suffered.

"You're just a human being, you can kill us easily. Aren't you afraid of stabbing your brother, and then we attacked you?" said Han Liangyi who tried to scare Zong Dian so that the child would not do more than this.

Zong Dian smiled wryly, "I have no more reason to live. I am still alive today because I wanted to meet Xian'er gege and kill him or hurt him to tell him that I was angry with him because he didn't help me. At the time, I still remember what he said to me"

"Dian'er, I will always protect you. I won't let you suffer. I promise you "

"But actually? You didn't even look for me, Xian'er gege" Zong Dian said with a smile. But his gaze portrayed sadness.

"Dian'er.", Zong Xian could not say anything. He was holding his stomach which was still bleeding.

Liu Chen immediately took out a red-colored pill, "Xian swallow it for you to heal", he thrust it at Zong Xian. But the young man shook his head. "What's wrong? Quick swallow. You can die if your blood keeps coming out like that"

"I deserve it. I did not keep my promise. Don't you really want to see me hurt like this, Dian'er? And don't you want to kill me? Then just do it" Zong Xian said limply but he smiled sincerely. He was kneeling on the ground. Liu Chen was beside him.

Liu Chen was silent at Zong Xian's words, and he stared at Zong Dian. He wanted to know what the boy was going to do.

Zong Dian's eyes trembled looking at Zong Xian like that. Moreover, hearing the words that came out from the young man. He gripped his knife tightly.