At sunset of the next day, Chen Kai was inside Zhihao City, he had to enter undercover, and that's thanks to the great number of members from the Divine Sect who seemed to be hunting him, he even had to use a secret path to the city that only he and his grandmother knew
Chen Kai could beat most of all of those cultivators if he wanted, the real problem was that they were in groups with an Elder or a Teacher from the sect and they were equally or stronger than him, so if he began to fight them he would attract the attention of the other elders and teachers and it will be over
Chen Kai was wearing a brown robe with a hood that hid his face completely but even like that it seemed that they were removing the hoods and robes from everyone who crossed their ways so he didn't have any other option than to avoid the patrols, thankfully, he could feel them even before they were on sight and that's because the difference in power between them and the citizens
Chen Kai was walking through a dark alley avoiding the crowded and wider streets as much as possible, despite the risk he would do anything to arrive at the Chen clan and the reason for that is of course the Divine Sect
Why the Divine Sect? well the reason is simple and is what could happen to his family, his father was once the strongest member of the Chen Clan even stronger than Elder Kang, despite that, the Divine Sect has elders that surpass by far that strength not to mention the Supreme Elder, a legend that has lived centuries and which strength was leagues above his and his father's strength
Chen Kai, just as he did in the entrance will use a secret passage to the Chen Clan, the passage was made by his father and leads directly to the main hall. He is the only one who knows it thanks to a day when he visited his room to remember him and his mother, that's why he hasn't forgotten about their faces yet
' He is in the city now ' Chen Kai felt a very familiar strength getting close, that strength was Elder Lin Wu, he had memorized his strength
' I have to hurry ' Chen Kai was wondering if the old man could recognize his strength because if he could he wouldn't stand a chance to escape this time, he would rather free his family and die together than let himself get killed alone
Chen Kai began to run keeping the same tactic as before avoiding the big streets, after a few minutes Chen Kai arrived near the wall of the Chen Clan, there was a pile of rocks that a first sight looked like decorations with a small altar and some silver receptacles at both sides, it seems that this place was very visited by how clean everything looks and the candles in the altar
Chen Kai kneeled and began to remove the rocks one by one doing it as fast as he could, and at the moment when there wasn't anyone around, then after a couple of minutes he removed all, and there it was a hole, it wasn't too big, it could be big enough to let him crawl inside so he did exactly that
Chen Kai crawled in the tunnel for a few minutes until he arrived at the end, the tunnel arrived at a bigger tunnel, where he was in a position where he needed to let himself fall *BAM* he fell like a rock from the smaller tunnel ' There was a lamp around here, but it will be too risky to turn it on ' And like that, Chen Kai walked in the dark through the tunnel touching the tunnel walls as a guide
Even more, minutes passed and he finally saw a light at the end of the tunnel, he could only see small dots of light but it was thanks to the rocks in the wall, he would need to remove them as well to enter the hall but just as he was getting closer he could hear some voices
" How is my son's progression, Supreme Elder? " Chen Kai makes a surprised expression upon hearing that voice, he knows that voice, it was the voice of his uncle Chen Fen ' Supreme Elder?! ' He then makes a serious expression and stays still to hear what he will say, he wants to know why the Supreme Elder would train Chen Wen
Then he hears a man's elderly voice answer him " He is the most talented student I ever had, he has reached the Spiritual Core Formation Advanced State, but it's not enough, if he wants to kill Chen Kai, he needs to be stronger than that " Chen Kai was even more surprised hearing the Supreme Elder's responds, that means that the gap between him and Chen Wen was still there and not only that he is targeting him
' The Divine Sect and the Chen Clan want to kill me ' Chen Kai makes a thoughtful expression then he hears Chen Fen's voice again " Supreme Elder I want to ask you something about those artifacts how do they work? "
' Artifacts? ' Chen Kai made a confused expression hearing him so he paid more attention to them
" I don't know how the old lady Lei got them but they seem to be able to track those monsters " The Supreme Elder answered with a calm voice
" But if that's the case isn't it that dangerous for the elders? what if they track that demon Shallot by mistake, they will die if they go against him " Chen Fen responded with worry
" I don't think so, Lady Lei told me before that the artifact only tracks the weak ones like Chen Kai, for example, if he turned into one of them his strength would be weaker than that demon Shallot, so much weaker, that's why the artifact could detect him, but there are some problems with that " Said the Supreme Elder with a calm voice
" What? problems? what problems Supreme Elder? " Answered Chen Fen with doubt
" As miraculous, as they are they have a limited range of detection, besides that, we have only had a couple of them they need to be recharged after every use and the process takes a while " The Supreme Elder said with a serious voice
" That's a serious problem Supreme Elder " Responded Chen Fen with a serious voice as well
Then the Supreme Elder says " And that's not the worst thing "
" What?! " Chen Fen sounded surprised by the Supreme Elder's words
The Supreme Elder continues " When I used the artifact to show the elders how they can activate it, I detected a second presence beside Chen Kai's, that means that there are more like him out there and that means that there could be even more of those monsters "
" No way... " Chen Fen sounded shocked by what he heard
" This is the worst situation possible, I have to tell this to an old acquaintance we can let them grow strong, no matter what they have to die, I have to leave the city for that I won't be able to help you in anything for a few months " The Supreme Elder said with a very serious voice
" ... " There was a silence that lasted a few seconds until the Supreme Elder spoke again " Now the last good thing was the Chen Kai was close here, let's just hope that the elders can kill the little bastard before Chen Wen "
Then Chen Kai begins to walk back making a shocked expression ' That's why they found me, they can track me, it wasn't a coincidence ' Chen Kai begins to feel fear from the situation in which he was in, then he thinks ' My father.... my mother... they aren't here yet even when two more years have passed... ' Chen Kai's expression turned dark and he walked back to the tunnel and then he sits on the ground keeping a depressed expression ' Maybe they are dead... or maybe they... have forgotten about me... '
Chen Kai was very depressed, his only hope remaining was gone and there wasn't anything for him here, the only thing that awaited him here was dead
Chen Kai began to think that maybe that wasn't a bad idea but then he remembered someone, a beautiful girl with long silver hair, Chen Kai raised his head and with a serious expression he stood ' Yue, I have to see her, but first I have to leave this place as fast as I can ' then he walked back to the small tunnel
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At the same time in the Side Sect
" AH!! ha! ha! ha! " Callion yelled through the cave, he was moving very fast jumping around the cave as he left a trail of red light while he tried to catch Fannel
Callion had his body surrounded by a red aura even his skin, clothes, and hair had turned red " Ha! Ha! Ha! " he was punching like a madman trying to hit his target, his punches were so fast that it could look like he has multiple arms
" Good! You learn very fast boy! keep it up! " Said Fannel with a smirk stopping Callion's punches with just his left hand
" Grr! " Callion grits his teeth when he notices that Fannel wasn't even sweating when he had almost reached his limit after practicing like this for four hours without stopping
Callion's tired and sweating face became more noticeable and that's when Fannel said " Alright, let's end this for now " Then *SWOOSH* he disappeared from Callion's sight and reappeared beside the White Tiger who was sitting near the entrance of the cave
" Ha... Ha... " Callion pants and kneels
" Very nice, he did surpass the other brat by a day, now I see why he was chosen " The White Tiger said to Fannel who nodded with a grin then Fannel yelled at Callion " Let's go out to eat something, brat, you have earned it! "
Callion turns to see Fannel and the White Tiger with a tired face, then he stands and says while panting " This isn't the limit... of that technique... right? Which... is? "
Fannel snorts and the White Tiger groans lightly then Fannel says " For you, your limit is five times, any more than that, and you will damage your body "
Callion frowns and whispers " Five times... " Then he turns to see Fannel and says " Then... what do I have to do... to get that even further? "
Fannel shakes his head and leaves the cave so the White Tiger answers " Just get stronger brat, it's the only thing you have to do " and with that, he leaves the cave
Callion sees them leave with a serious face but then he smirks and leaves after them