Chu Yunsheng laid on the ground waiting for his body to take care of the alcohol .
A few minutes later, he opened his eyes . He slowly stood up and opened up his palm, the body armor next to him and the helmet on the ground suddenly disappeared .
But when he spread out his arms, the body armor and helmet quickly re-appeared on his body .
He picked up his sword, walked towards the edge of the building and jumped off . While he was mid-air, the symbol that represented ‘levitation’ began to flash .
It flashed a total of three times . Each time it flashed, his falling speed would be reduced . After it flashed three times, Chu Yunsheng had landed on the ground .
On the ground, he began to run . While he ran, the symbol that represented ‘speed’ began to flash this time .
The air was torn apart and the snow on the ground was blown sideways . Numerous people were knocked over as he ran past them .
Soon, he arrived at a building in the Akizuki Clan's territory .
His sudden appearance instantly startled all the people that were in front of the building . They all quickly moved back and drew their swords to form a defence formation in panic .
“Step back!” An awakened samurai dressed in red armor shouted from inside the building .
“As agreed, I am here now . ” Chu Yunsheng stabbed the sword on the ground and proclaimed .
“Please this way, our honored guest . ” said the samurai in Chinese .
“You know Chinese?” Chu Yunsheng picked up his sword and followed him into the hall .
“I used to work in China for some time . So I learned a bit . ” The samurai replied respectfully .
“That's good . It’ll save a lot of trouble… Is your leader not here?” Chu Yunsheng glanced around the hall and frowned .
“Please wait here for a moment, honored guest . I'll inform our leader right now . ” The man still replied respectfully, despite Chu Yunsheng having been two hours earlier than the agreed time .
“Huh?” Chu Yunsheng glanced around the hall again . Looking around, he realized something .
He deactivated his armor and checked the time on his watch while slowly walking towards the seat that the man showed to him . He nodded at the man and signaled that he could leave . Chu Yunsheng sat on the chair, waiting for the leader to come .
Right after he sat down . A girl hurriedly walked into the hall and served him a glass of boiled hot water .
The news about the arrival of a powerful master spread quickly throughout the building . Especially the information about how the Chu Yunsheng’s armor disappeared all of sudden, it shocked everyone .
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Everyone inside the building began to speed up the preparations . Despite the hall being very quiet, Chu Yunsheng could still hear people’s hurried footsteps .
Akizuki Tanenaga adjusted his clothes and quickly got into the hall from the stairs on the side . He gave Chu Yunsheng a respectful bow before he entered the hall .
“It is truly discourteous of us to keep our honored guest waiting,” said Akizuki Tanenaga in fluent Chinese
Chu Yunsheng put down the glass of water and stood up . “Mr . Akizuki, I just need to ask a few questions . All this is unnecessary . ”
Akizuki Tanenaga was dazed for a second, but he quickly regained his composure and reached his hands out .
“We can sit down and talk more in detail,” he said while pointing at Chu Yunsheng's chair .
Chu Yunsheng didn't want to waste time here, so he just pointed at two places in the hall . Instantly a set of full body armor and a pile of food appeared in the hall .
“I don't like to owe people favors . Answer my questions, then you can have one of those,” Chu Yunsheng said .
“Please . It is our honor to answer your questions . We will never ask for anything from our guest . ” said Akizuki Tanenaga . He had already got information about the strange ability that this man had from the red-armored samurai . So he didn't have much reaction to the sudden appearance of the food and the amour .
Originally, he didn't believe what Hao Xu said . He thought that Hao Xu was just trying to intimidate him . But now he changed his mind .
“That's new . ” Chu Yunsheng thought for a second and stored the food back in his storage talisman, leaving only the armor set in the hall .
“I want to know how you sailed across the sea . ” he said .
“Sailed across the sea?” Akizuki Tanenaga was confused . He didn't know why the man would want to know this .
“Yes . I know how bad the situation in the ocean is . I don't think you have the ability to sail across the sea . So I need to know what method did you use . ” Chu Yunsheng said coolly .
Akizuki Tanenaga frowned and his face twisted slightly . He bowed his head down and seemed to be thinking about something . After a few seconds, he looked at Chu Yunsheng and said . “Please come with me, our honored guest . ”
Chu Yunsheng stared at him for a few seconds and then nodded his head .
The third floor of the building had been temporarily converted into a dining area . Many pieces of furniture were moved out leaving only one long table in the middle of the floor that had many dishes on it .
Seeing Chu Yunsheng sit down but not touching any food on the table, Akizuki Tanenaga smiled bitterly .
“The people who are living west of the river also asked us this before . What we know, they also know about it . What they don't know, we also don't know about it .
When the swarm pushed into our last defence line, more than ten million people were forced to escape into the sea .
Amongst them, half of the people had tried to escape to Seoul, while the other half tried to escape to Shen Cheng city .
Our clan was one of the people who tried to escape to Shen Cheng City because I used to have some investments here . ”
Akizuki Tanenaga took a sip of alcohol and sighed .
“There were millions of people and countless ships . However, only less than ten thousand managed to get here .
It was an eight hundred kilometers journey on the sea, but it was covered with bodies floating all over the surface of the ocean . Many ships were overturned by all kinds of sea monsters . They were chewing and tearing the bodies of our people, turning the sea below us into a bottomless blood sea . A lot of people couldn't bear to see the bloody scenes and chose to commit suicide… . ”
Tears were running down from the Akizuki Tanenaga’s face uncontrollably as he told what happened in the sea .
“I’m sorry . It is very easy for an old man like me to get emotional . I couldn't help but think about the young relatives who passed away, every now and then . . . please do not mock me,” said Akizuki Tanenaga after a moment of silence .
“I know how it feels . ” Chu Yunsheng responded .
“That is how we got here . But about those who escaped to Seoul, we also don't know how they got here . ” Akizuki Tanenaga turned slightly around and wiped tears off his face .
“You mean the Tachibana Clan?” Although Chu Yunsheng just came here not too long ago . He had heard that there was more than one clan in Eastern Huangpu River .
“I know that Tachibana Clan has a thing called ‘Shinki’ . It’s not a secret . Everyone, including your friends who live west of the river, also knows about it .
We’ve never seen it before . Same as those people who escaped here with us . We’ve only heard of it .
It is said that because of that thing, the Tachibana Clan was able to gather a group of powerful samurais, and they were able to sail across the sea in a much safer way than us .
However, how exactly they sailed across the sea, no one really knows,” said Akizuki Tanenaga .
Chu Yunsheng frowned . He thought for a second and replied . “The armor is yours . ”
He then stood up without any hesitation .
“See you,” he added and walked away .
“Are you going to Tachibana Clan!?” Akizuki Tanenaga suddenly raised his head in shock and asked .
But Chu Yunsheng didn't answer him . He simply walked straight out of the building .
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