A visit to Sakura

Li Shuhua stood dumbstruck, staring blankly at Su Chen.

Although the name alone had told him how important the Imperial Seal was.

Only after hearing Su Chen's explanation did he truly understand what the Imperial Seal meant to Huaxia.

Mandated by Heaven, may you enjoy eternal longevity and prosperity!

This jade seal.

Represented the rightful imperial throne of Huaxia!

Represented the supreme authority of Huaxia!

More importantly.

This Imperial Seal had been made by Qin Shi Huang!

It was the symbol of that peerless emperor!

Yet now, this Imperial Seal had fallen into Sakura's hands!

To put it bluntly, this was tantamount to Huaxia's supreme authority being controlled by the Foot-Basin Chicken!

The legacy of Huaxia's Ancestral Dragon might also fall into foreign hands!

Who the fuck could stomach that?!

Who the fuck would dare stomach that?!

Li Shuhua's face alternated between livid and pale. Suddenly, he let out a shriek and grabbed Zhu Yuanzheng by the collar.

"No! The Imperial Seal must never fall into the Foot-Basin Chicken's hands!"

"Send a diplomatic ultimatum immediately! If that doesn't work, declare war!"

"Our navy! Our aircraft carriers must set out right now!"

"And our nuclear weapons-aim every last one at Sakura!"

"Whatever the cost, we must take back the Imperial Seal!"

Li Shuhua's eyes were bloodshot as he shouted on like a madman.

"That's right! We still have the Descendants of Dayu!"

"We have three hundred million Descendants of Dayu!"

"Su Chen! You're Dayu's inheritor. All the Descendants of Dayu obey you!"

"Give the order! Send everyone to Sakura and take back the Imperial Seal!"

Zhu Yuanzheng was equally stunned. Only after some time did Li Shuhua's shouting snap him out of it.

"Old Li, can you calm down?!"

Zhu Yuanzheng reached out and held down Li Shuhua, who was jumping and shouting.

"If young Su hadn't told us, who would have known the Imperial Seal was a symbol of Huaxia?"

"Even now that we know, do we have any evidence to prove it?"

"Those Japanese bastards are convinced the Imperial Seal is their second symbol. Do you think they'll hand it over easily?"

"Yes! We have three hundred million Descendants of Dayu. We're not afraid to fight the Foot-Basin Chicken."

"But this situation is completely different from our earlier fight with Haidong!"

"We killed Jin Dachang and wiped out Haidong's Awakened because they invaded us first. We had right on our side."

"But if we send our Awakened to invade Sakura en masse now, we'll be the aggressors!"

"Do you think those Western powers will stand by and watch?"

"Do you think those fence-sitters will still side with us?"

"Then Huaxia won't just be facing Sakura, but the entire Gull Continent, perhaps even most of the world!"

"You know perfectly well that those countries have been looking for a chance to curb Huaxia."

"Wouldn't we be giving them the perfect excuse?"

"Do you really want to exhaust all of Huaxia's strength in a fight to the death with them?"

"Then let's fight! What else can we do if we don't fight now?!"

Li Shuhua struggled desperately out of Zhu Yuanzheng's grip and shouted in fury.

"That's the Imperial Seal!"

"It's Qin Shi Huang's symbol!"

"Are you willing to stand by and watch the Foot-Basin Chicken awaken our ancestor and obtain Qin Shi Huang's legacy?!"

"When that happens, even if Qin Shi Huang's descendants awaken their bloodlines, they'll still be under the Foot-Basin Chicken's control!"

"We children of Huaxia! The descendants of Great Qin! We'll all have to obey foreigners!"

"Can you bear that outcome?!"

"Su Chen, are you willing to let that happen?"

Zhu Yuanzheng looked at Li Shuhua, his lips trembling for a long while, before finally falling silent.

His old friend had always been composed.

Even when Haidong had pressed them relentlessly, he had remained calm and even urged Zhu Yuanzheng not to act rashly.

But now, this leading authority on Huaxia's history had completely broken down. Not a trace of composure remained.

Still, he understood why Li Shuhua had lost control.

Because even Zhu Yuanzheng himself wanted nothing more than to march east immediately and reclaim Huaxia's symbol.

But he could not do that.

Openly seizing another country's symbol without justification was an absolute taboo that no nation in the world could tolerate.

Haidong Country had dared to attack Huaxia before because, for a long time, most countries had considered Huaxia a dependency of Haidong, a land inhabited by its surviving people.

On top of that, Huaxia had failed to activate the Nine Provinces Cauldron for an entire year.

That had convinced many people that Huaxia's symbol actually belonged to Haidong's ancestors.

Thus, even if Haidong attacked, it would merely be taking back what already belonged to it.

Other countries might consider Haidong overly aggressive, but they would not object too strongly.

But with Huaxia in that position now, things were different.

No historical records had ever documented a relationship between ancient Sakura and Huaxia.

Let alone stated that Sakura had been subordinate to Huaxia.

Now that the Imperial Seal had been found in Sakura's waters, it was Sakura's symbol.

First, Huaxia had no support in public opinion.

Second, it had no evidence proving that the Imperial Seal belonged to Huaxia.

If it acted rashly, it would be openly seizing another country's symbol.

If Huaxia could rob Sakura today, it might rob someone else tomorrow.

With that mindset, Huaxia would inevitably become everyone's target.

Never mind that Huaxia currently lacked the strength to oppose the entire world.

Even if it had that strength.

It would still be burdened by war in the future.

Its prosperity and stability would cease to exist.

There would be no talk of the country's rise or its people's rejuvenation.

With Li Shuhua's insight and sophistication, how could he fail to understand all this?

Yet precisely because he understood, he felt such profound resentment that his emotions had collapsed entirely.

Seeing Li Shuhua gradually calm down, Su Chen, who had remained silent throughout, finally spoke slowly.

"Elder Li, General Zhu, although the Imperial Seal has fallen into the Foot-Basin Chicken's hands."

"Things haven't reached the point of no return yet..."

Only when the two looked up at him did Su Chen continue.

"You know about the Imperial Seal and Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng, because of me."

"But how would the Foot-Basin Chicken know what the Imperial Seal is, or which ancestor it symbolizes?"

"As long as they can't activate the symbol, things aren't that bad."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzheng immediately nodded.

"Exactly! If young Su hadn't told us, who would know about the Imperial Seal or Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng?"

"None of this is recorded in the history books. The Foot-Basin Chicken has even less chance of finding out!"

"As long as they can't activate the symbol, there's no need for us to be so anxious. We can take our time finding a solution."

"Old Li, stop getting so hung up on this!"

After venting his anger, Li Shuhua gradually calmed down as well.

But his expression remained grim, his brows still tightly knitted.

"That may be true, but the Imperial Seal is still in the Foot-Basin Chicken's hands."

"It's our national treasure, our ancestor."

"It's the unlikely chance that worries me..."

Su Chen nodded.

"Elder Li is right. An ancestor symbol is no trivial matter."

"Even if the Foot-Basin Chicken can't activate it, we can't leave it in their hands."

"Doing so would disrespect our ancestors and desecrate Huaxia's history!"

"No matter what, we must retrieve the Imperial Seal as soon as possible!"

Zhu Yuanzheng froze for a moment, then hurriedly spoke.

"Young Su, it's one thing for Old Li to act recklessly, but you mustn't be impulsive!"

"If you lead Dayu's descendants over there to attack, that would be tantamount to declaring war on the entire world!"

Su Chen glanced at Zhu Yuanzheng and said evenly.

"I'm definitely going."

"But I won't be going there to attack, and I won't take a single Awakened from Huaxia with me."

"Please make the arrangements for me."

"I'm going to visit Sakura in my capacity as Huaxia's inheritor!"