When Qin Banners Fill the World, I'll Admire the Cherry Blossoms with the First Emperor

Through his actions, Su Chen had earned the respect of Huaxia's 1.4 billion people.

Now, every person in Huaxia chose to trust Su Chen unconditionally.

In a small town in northwestern Huaxia, countless people crowded outside an ancestral hall, the atmosphere solemn.

Above the hall hung a plaque bearing four large characters.

"Qin Clan Ancestral Hall"

An elderly man who looked to be eighty or ninety sat in the center of the hall.

Though his face was gaunt and deeply wrinkled, his eyes remained clear.

"Is everything ready?"

The old man lifted his eyelids slightly, glanced outside, and asked softly.

A middle-aged man in a smart suit beside him hurriedly bowed.

"Great-grandfather, everything is ready."

"Good..."

The old man nodded slightly, his gaze settling on a jujube-wood tea table beside him.

On it lay a photograph of the Imperial Seal featured in Sakura's news reports.

The old man took a deep breath, forcing down the excitement in his heart.

The Qin Clan Lineage was a prominent clan in northwestern Huaxia.

Yet the entire Qin Clan Genealogy could only be traced back about three hundred years.

None of the Qin Clan Members knew where they had come from or where their roots lay.

However, the first few pages of the Qin Clan Genealogy handed down through the generations contained strange writing that none of them could understand.

After generations of research, the Qin Clan had finally confirmed that the writing had been left by the Qin Clan Ancestors, but no one knew what it said.

For all these years, they had searched far and wide and scoured historical records, hoping to find the same script, but had ultimately found nothing.

Then, just one day earlier, Sakura had released photographs of the Imperial Seal.

The Qin Clan Members had discovered, to their astonishment, that the characters on the seal were exactly the same as those in the Qin Clan Genealogy!

What did that mean?

It meant that Sakura's symbol clearly belonged to the Qin Clan Ancestors!

Could the Qin Clan Lineage actually be descended from Sakura?

Could the roots they had searched so desperately for really lie on that little island across the ocean?

The Qin Clan Members could not accept that claim, nor did they believe it.

Then, not long ago, news of Su Chen's visit to Sakura had suddenly broken.

Others might have found it baffling.

But the Qin Clan Members had understood at once.

If Su Chen could recognize the Nine Provinces Cauldron, he could surely recognize the relic of the Qin Family's ancestors.

His visit to Sakura at this moment was almost certainly for that seal.

Although the Qin Clan Members did not know exactly what the ancestral relic was or which Qin Clan ancestor it had belonged to.

Nor did they know why something belonging to the Qin Clan Ancestors had appeared in Sakura.

But their ancestral relic had fallen into the hands of their enemies!

The remnants of their ancestor's soul were under foreign control!

That was something the descendants of the Qin Clan could never tolerate.

"Su Chen has gone to Sakura alone to retrieve our Qin Family's ancestral relic."

"As descendants of the Qin Clan, how can we stand by and do nothing?"

Leaning on his cane, the old man rose and shuffled unsteadily to the hall's entrance, looking out at the dense crowd.

"Every Qin Clan Member is to leave for Sakura immediately!"

"We must protect Huaxia's inheritor!"

"We must bring our ancestor home!"

Not long ago, clan surnames might not have mattered so much to many people in Huaxia.

But now, a clan surname was more than a name passed down by their fathers.

It represented their bloodline!

Their origins!

Their shared ancestors!

The appearance of ancestor symbols had drawn those in Huaxia who shared a surname closer together and made them more united.

Tens of thousands of people bearing the Qin surname began traveling to Sakura by every means available.

Though they did not know what they could do.

They knew they could not do nothing.

On the third day after Su Chen announced his visit to Sakura.

A dedicated plane finally took off from Huaxia, bound for Sakura's Shentian International Airport.

The airport authorities in Sakura had long since made their preparations.

Whether or not Su Chen had come to extend goodwill and seek peace.

He was, after all, Huaxia's inheritor.

He commanded millions of Descendants of Dayu.

So regardless, they still had to observe all the proper formalities.

A bright red carpet had already been laid out from the apron.

An honor guard stood ready on either side.

Countless reporters packed the airport, both inside and out.

Every camera was trained on the runway, broadcasting the scene to the world.

At last.

A low roar came from the sky.

A passenger plane gradually came into view, descended slowly, and finally touched down on the runway.

The cabin door opened, and as Su Chen appeared, the Sakura citizens present erupted into earthshaking cheers.

But they were not cheering for Su Chen. They were cheering for themselves.

People in other countries were also stunned. They had never expected Su Chen to actually go to Sakura.

The whole world knew of the hatred between Huaxia and Sakura.

As far as everyone was concerned, whatever Su Chen intended to do would have little effect.

When the day came that Sakura had the strength to attack Huaxia again.

They would not hesitate in the slightest because of his goodwill visit today.

And Sakura's current attitude seemed to confirm that.

According to protocol, Sakura's inheritor should have stepped forward to greet Su Chen as soon as he emerged from the cabin.

But even after Su Chen had walked down from the plane and stood on the red carpet.

Sakura's inheritor, Noda Shino, remained dozens of meters away, without moving.

He was observing.

His thoughts differed from those of the vast majority of Sakura's citizens.

He did not believe Su Chen would come of his own accord at a time like this to offer goodwill and seek peace.

Because he, too, was an inheritor.

He knew what an inheritor meant to a nation.

Even if Huaxia's second symbol had shattered.

It still possessed a terrifying number of Descendants of Dayu.

At a time like this, it was impossible-and entirely unnecessary-for Huaxia to bow to Sakura.

Under these circumstances, Su Chen's purpose in coming alone was certainly suspect.

But the other side had sent a diplomatic letter and publicized the visit so widely that the entire world knew about it.

Even if he doubted Su Chen's motives, he could not refuse.

Because refusing would amount to admitting that Sakura feared Su Chen.

For the past few nights, Noda Shino had lain awake until dawn, unable to figure out why Su Chen was coming.

What gave him an even greater headache was this.

After Sakura obtained the Imperial Seal, historical experts from across the nation had worked day and night for three days, yet found no clues whatsoever.

Never mind activating the symbol-they could not even identify the eight characters on the underside of the seal.

Their second symbol had yet to be activated, and Huaxia's inheritor had suddenly come calling.

No matter how he looked at it, something seemed wrong.

To be safe, after long deliberation, Noda Shino had simply decided to bring the Imperial Seal with him.

In his view, no security measures could be more reassuring than keeping it right under his nose.

When he saw Su Chen emerge from the cabin and confirmed that, apart from staff, he had brought no Awakened with him.

Only then did Noda Shino's anxiety ease by half.

Tens of thousands of Sakura's Awakened had already gathered in the Chiyoda District, ready for orders at any moment.

Su Chen was alone now. No matter how strong he was, he could not cause much trouble.

As Su Chen stepped off the plane and onto the red carpet, his gaze drifted almost imperceptibly toward an attendant behind Noda Shino.

From his appearance, the man was a burly bodyguard.

But Su Chen could easily tell that he was an Awakened.

Yet it was not the man himself who truly drew his gaze.

It was the black briefcase in his hand.

A familiar aura emanated from the briefcase, instantly seizing Su Chen's attention.

It was as though he had heard some kind of summons.

The feeling was exactly the same as when he had first seen the Nine Provinces Cauldron.

But this aura lacked the ancient, weathered quality of the Nine Provinces Cauldron.

Instead, it brimmed with imperial majesty and the ferocity of conquest.

For a fleeting moment.

Su Chen seemed to see millions of Qin Army soldiers waving their banners and roaring.

He seemed to see a towering figure standing before their formations, commanding a vast army.

In just an instant.

Su Chen was certain.

What lay inside the briefcase was unquestionably the Imperial Seal!

I thought I'd have to wrangle with those Sakura bastards after landing before I got a chance to approach the Imperial Seal.

Who knew they'd bring it straight to me the moment I got off the plane?

How thoughtful of them!

Outside Shentian Airport, cherry blossoms danced through the air, merging with the vision before Su Chen's eyes.

Beautiful petals rose on the wind and drifted among countless Qin Banners, settling at the feet of that towering figure.

At that moment, Su Chen suddenly recalled a line he had seen online.

When Qin Banners fill the world, I'll admire the cherry blossoms with the First Emperor!

That line had originally belonged in a wish-fulfillment novel.

Today, it might truly become reality!

The corners of Su Chen's mouth curled upward despite himself.

Looking at Noda Shino in the distance, he called out loudly.

"Would you like to hear a story?"

"A story called Great Qin!"