Jin Dachang's Fury

Time flew, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.

But the scene at Di'anmen Square three days earlier had already been etched deep into the minds of everyone in Huaxia.

They would remember it forever and tell their children and grandchildren about it again and again.

Their Huaxia actually had five thousand years of history.

Over four thousand years ago, there had been an ancestor named Dayu.

Yet as their excitement settled, the doubts in many people's hearts grew heavier with each passing day.

After stepping down from the platform that day, Su Chen had personally said that the authorities would issue a statement soon.

But three days had passed, and every official media outlet remained utterly silent.

There had been no statement.

Even Su Chen, Huaxia's inheritor, had not appeared again.

No one in Huaxia had awakened their bloodline.

And both the authorities and the inheritor remained silent.

Under these circumstances, it was hard not to let their imaginations run wild.

Did no descendants of Dayu truly remain in Huaxia today?

Had this ancestor from four thousand years ago left no trace of his bloodline behind?

Doubt and uncertainty continued to spread, both online and in the real world.

Every heart that had only just filled with pride grew heavy once more.

Yet the Huaxia authorities continued to turn a blind eye to these comments.

Not only did they offer no explanation.

Instead, they released several articles about Kim Chunchu.

A thousand years earlier, Goguryeo and Baekje had formed an alliance to destroy Silla.

The king of Silla had no choice but to pay annual tribute to Huaxia and acknowledge himself as its vassal, begging Huaxia to send troops to his aid.

Seeing him grovel and beg for mercy, Huaxia's ancestors had sent troops and dealt Goguryeo a crushing blow.

Only then had Silla been allowed to cling to survival.

Those people of Silla were the ancestors of today's Haidong Country.

And that king of Silla who had grovelled before Huaxia.

Was none other than the ancestor Haidong had awakened, King Taejong, Kim Chunchu!

Every one of these articles presented sound arguments backed by evidence, making them hard to dismiss.

A rumor had also emerged from some unknown source that the information in these articles had come from Su Chen himself.

Although no one had ever encountered this part of history before.

Su Chen's activation of the Nine Provinces Cauldron and summoning of Dayu's phantom were undeniable facts.

Articles originating from Su Chen instantly became countless times more credible.

As a result, not only Huaxia but the entire world was thrown into an uproar.

No one understood what Huaxia hoped to achieve by releasing these articles now.

In the past, although Haidong Country had used historical disputes to suppress Huaxia.

It had always voiced its claims through the internet or private television stations, while its authorities had never become involved.

After all, however much of a stir the public caused, it remained a civilian matter.

They could say something today and deny it tomorrow without any consequences.

So no matter how dissatisfied Huaxia was with those claims from Haidong, its people could only trade insults with them. The authorities had no way to intervene.

But now that Huaxia's authorities had personally entered the fray, the nature of the conflict had changed.

Once a claim was affirmed in the name of a nation, it could not be changed. There would be no room left to maneuver.

Kim Chunchu was, after all, the ancestor Haidong Country had summoned!

He had well over a hundred thousand bloodline descendants within the country!

By doing this, Huaxia was undoubtedly grinding their ancestor's face into the dirt right before their eyes.

This was no longer merely a historical dispute.

It was undermining Kim Chunchu's prestige!

Undermining the standing of Haidong's inheritor and bloodline Awakened!

Under these circumstances, Haidong Country had to retaliate, whether it wanted to or not.

Because failing to retaliate.

Would be tantamount to admitting that Huaxia's articles were true.

Tantamount to admitting that their ancestor had grovelled before Huaxia.

Not only would Kim Chunchu's descendants lose all face.

The standing of Haidong Country itself would plummet!

Animal Ears.

The Blue-Tiled House.

Jin Dachang stared at the fax his subordinates had delivered, his expression utterly grim.

Over the past few days, he had dispatched countless spies to infiltrate Huaxia in secret and search for Su Chen's relatives.

In his view, once Su Chen's family fell into his hands, he would have the man's fatal weakness in his grip.

Perhaps he could even use them to control Huaxia's inheritor in the future.

Then Huaxia would still be his for the taking.

But what he had not expected was this.

After days of searching, every spy had come back empty-handed.

They had failed to find not only Su Chen's relatives, but even a single neighbor or classmate.

Only after making inquiries had they learned that Huaxia's military had taken all those people away three days earlier.

As for where they had gone, there was not a single clue.

In Jin Dachang's eyes, Huaxia's military was nothing to fear.

But Huaxia's territory was vast. Finding a handful of people deliberately hidden and protected by the military was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

He was an inheritor, not a god.

Faced with such circumstances, he could only give up, however unwilling he was.

Huaxia only had one inheritor anyway. How much trouble could he possibly cause?

If he could not control him, then he would simply have to kill him.

As long as he killed the brat before the next national symbol emerged, Huaxia would have no hope of turning its fortunes around.

Yet just as Jin Dachang was racking his brains over how to deal with Su Chen.

Huaxia's authorities suddenly released several articles, all about his ancestor, Kim Chunchu.

Jin Dachang took one glance and flew into a rage, tearing the papers in his hands to shreds.

"Has Huaxia gone mad? What the hell are they trying to do?"

The several Haidong Awakened beside him were also livid, their teeth clenched.

Everything they possessed now had been given to them by Kim Chunchu.

Insulting their ancestor meant insulting them.

"Commander!"

An Awakened stepped forward and spoke loudly.

"Last time, Huaxia falsely accused us of being their vassal territory."

"We haven't even settled that score with them, and now they dare slander our ancestor!"

"This isn't just a grave insult to King Taejong!"

"It's a grave insult to you as well, Commander!"

"We must make Huaxia pay!"

Hearing this, Jin Dachang grew even angrier and slammed his palm onto the desk.

Boom!

With a deafening crash, the desk made of expensive wood shattered into fragments that scattered across the floor.

Another Awakened hesitated before speaking cautiously.

"Commander, Huaxia's authorities have suddenly changed their usual approach. They may be plotting something."

"In my opinion... you should avoid acting rashly, Commander, lest you fall into Huaxia's trap..."

"Get out!" Jin Dachang glared at him.

The Awakened who had spoken was sent flying as though struck by a sledgehammer. He slammed into the wall with a bang, spewing a great mouthful of blood.

"Huaxia only has one inheritor! So what if they're plotting something?"

"Those Huaxia barbarians! I haven't even gone looking for trouble with them, and they dare provoke me first!"

"Insulting King Taejong means insulting me and all of us descendants!"

"If we back down now, won't everyone think those articles from Huaxia are true?"

"If that happens, the entire Jin Clan will become a laughingstock!"

As his fury surged, Jin Dachang's inherited power erupted, sweeping through his surroundings.

The Awakened standing nearby all felt their hearts tighten and no longer dared make a sound.

Although Jin Dachang did not possess the same innate power to suppress members of the royal family as Moonfall Country's inheritor.

His status as an inheritor alone gave him strength far beyond that of ordinary Awakened.

At that moment, Jin Dachang was like an enraged beast, ready to devour anyone at any time.

Everyone lowered their heads, afraid to meet his eyes for fear of becoming his next victim.