Everyone who called Su Yang had to go through Jiang Hei's computer first. Only after Jiang Hei agreed could they call Su Yang.
Su Yang smiled faintly upon hearing this and said, "That old guy is quite fast, isn't he?"
As he spoke, Su Yang reached out and asked Yuan Kui for his phone.
Jiang Hei understood what Su Yang meant and connected the signal.
"Hello," Su Yang said with a smile, "You're quite fast. You've already arrived?"
Shangguan Zhongtang suppressed his anger and asked, "How did you know I arrived?"
Su Yang chuckled and replied, "I have a computer genius here who can tell where your incoming calls are coming from. It shows a call from Sangguo. Are you saying a ghost is calling me if you haven't arrived?"
In truth, it was normal for people like Su Yang to have some extraordinary individuals around them, but Shangguan Zhongtang hadn't expected that Su Yang's people could even track the origin of a phone number.
"Where are you? You haven't come, have you?" Shangguan Zhongtang questioned Su Yang.
"Ah, the scenery at sea is quite beautiful. I lingered a bit. Don't rush, I'll definitely be there. Why don't you wait there for a while?"
"I'll wait for your mom!" Shangguan Zhongtang roared, "Hurry up and come! I'll kill you myself!"
"Oh, oh, oh!" Su Yang found Shangguan Zhongtang's anger amusing and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? It's not yet decided who will kill whom."
"If you come, you die," Shangguan Zhongtang said to Su Yang word by word.
Su Yang chuckled softly and said, "Then I won't come."
"You dare!"
Shangguan Zhongtang, who was usually calm and collected, was provoked by Su Yang's few words. He probably didn't even realize himself how deeply he was being provoked by Su Yang.
Su Yang also hadn't expected Shangguan Zhongtang to be so easily provoked.
"There's nothing I, Su Yang, wouldn't dare to do. But I can responsibly tell you that you offended me long ago, and I won't let anyone from the Eight Great Families of Qingcheng go either. Wait for me properly in Sangguo, I'll be there soon."
After speaking, Su Yang directly hung up the phone.
Shangguan Zhongtang was used to hanging up on others, and had never had his call hung up on him before. Just as he was about to say something more, he heard the sound of the call being disconnected. This made him even more furious.
"Su Yang!" Gritting his teeth and clenching the phone in his hand, Shangguan Zhongtang wished he could crush the phone.
"Commander, what is Su Yang's background? How can he be so arrogant?" Sakata Chōng asked from the side.
Shangguan Zhongtang wasn't using speakerphone, but Sakata Chōng had heard some of their conversation. From Shangguan Zhongtang's reaction, he knew that he was extremely angered.
Shangguan Zhongtang didn't reply. Tang Shanhe, standing beside Shangguan Zhongtang, spoke up.
"This Su Yang is just a nouveau riche. I don't know where he gets his confidence to dare to contend with our Commander."
Hearing Tang Shanhe's words, Shangguan Zhongtang glared at him and said, "You still think Su Yang is just a nouveau riche?"
Tang Shanhe felt guilty under Shangguan Zhongtang's gaze and was momentarily at a loss for words.
Looking at the person before him, Tang Shanhe stammered, "Commander... isn't that so?"
"After all this time, if he were merely a nouveau riche, why would I have gone to such lengths, and why would you have gone to such lengths to come to Sangguo to meet him?"
Shangguan Zhongtang looked at Tang Shanhe and said no more, taking a deep breath and closing his eyes.
Tang Shanhe didn't understand what Shangguan Zhongtang meant, but he dared not speak further.
Shangguan Zhongtang had indeed thought that Su Yang was just a nouveau riche. However, gradually, Shangguan Zhongtang realized that if Su Yang were merely a nouveau riche, he wouldn't have been able to escape from Shangguan Zhongtang's grasp so many times.
Sakata Chōng looked at Shangguan Zhongtang. On the surface, he was calm, but inwardly, he was somewhat flustered. After all, he was currently Su Yang's man, and being a spy for Shangguan Zhongtang made him somewhat nervous.
However, perhaps due to some genetic talent, Sakata Chōng didn't show any flaws that Shangguan Zhongtang could detect.
"Commander, what do we do next? The forces of my Assassination Hall have been assembled. All our forces are here, except for the two who were sent to assassinate Su Yang earlier and whose whereabouts are unknown. The rest are all here."
Upon hearing Sakata Chōng's words, Shangguan Zhongtang opened his eyes and sighed, "Su Yang hasn't arrived yet, so we can't take action. Let's wait for Su Yang to arrive. Once he's here, we'll make other plans."
After receiving this information from Shangguan Zhongtang, Sakata Chōng immediately sent the message to Su Yang.
In fact, it wasn't necessary to send it, as the outcome would be the same regardless.
Su Yang, who had just arrived at the shore, received Sakata Chōng's message and replied, "Observe the situation, wait for my news."
After replying, Su Yang put down his phone and went to meet the leaders of the other six assassination organizations.
The contact information for these six assassination organizations was provided by Sakata Sōgetsu. However, due to Sakata Sōgetsu's special identity, Su Yang did not have him accompany him when meeting these individuals.
Apart from Yuan Kui and Jiang Hei, the rest were temporarily on the Yangwei.
The war had not yet begun, and they could not expose themselves at this time.
The six assassination organizations waiting on the coastline were somewhat incredulous to see only three people disembark from the ship.
After exchanging glances, an elder with white hair and white clothes stepped forward to greet Su Yang.
"Greetings, I am Zuo Sheng, the hall master of Jishēng Hall. These are the hall masters of the other five organizations."
Zuo Sheng introduced the others to Su Yang in not-so-standard Longguo dialect. Su Yang didn't listen very clearly, but he didn't really care about the names of the others.
He only needed to know that they were the leaders.
"I am Su Yang. I have spoken with all of you on the phone before. This time, I am here to discuss a big business with you."
Like Sakata Chōng, the six of them had booked a stretch of the coastline. The coastline was filled with people, all from these six assassination organizations.
Despite the large number of people, Su Yang was not afraid at all.
Because he was the one in charge.
They entered a house and everyone sat down.
The six men exchanged glances, and it was Zuo Sheng who spoke first, "Mr. Su, what is the big business you mentioned on the phone?"
In fact, Su Yang had only mentioned a "big business" on the phone, but not the specifics.
However, because of Su Yang's identity as a Longguo person, these individuals had come to meet him within the stipulated time.
Business from Longguo was generally big business.
Especially now, Sangguo was in no way comparable to Longguo.
Looking at the people before him, Su Yang smiled faintly and said, "Have you all noticed that someone seems to be missing today?"
"Someone is missing?"
Since not everyone was proficient in Longguo dialect, although they all knew some, they were not fluent. Therefore, each of the hall masters had a translator beside them.
The six men looked at each other, and after a while, they still didn't know who Su Yang was referring to.
Su Yang smiled again and said, "It seems the relationship between the seven great assassination organizations in Sangguo is indeed not good. Even with my hint, you still don't know who I'm talking about."
With Su Yang's words, they all understood.
Just as Su Yang had investigated, when they realized that the missing person Su Yang was referring to was Sakata Chōng, their faces showed more resentment.
"Mr. Su is referring to Sakata Chōng, the hall master of Assassination Hall?" Zuo Sheng, who appeared to be the most dignified, also showed anger when mentioning Sakata Chōng.
"If the missing person Mr. Su is referring to is Sakata Chōng, then indeed, our relationship with him is not good." Zuo Sheng was about to stand up when Su Yang raised his hand and said, "Ah, Hall Master Zuo, please don't be rash."
Then, Su Yang said, "Since I didn't invite Sakata Chōng, I naturally know that your relationship is not good."
Before coming, Su Yang had asked Sakata Sōgetsu and learned that the relationship between the seven great assassination organizations was not good, although Sakata Sōgetsu wasn't entirely sure why.
However, Sakata Sōgetsu knew one thing: the other six assassination organizations had a decent relationship among themselves, but their relationships with Assassination Hall were poor.
Upon learning this information, Su Yang felt that there must be some underlying reason.
He then asked Jiang Hei to investigate.
More than twenty years ago, the seven great assassination organizations in Sangguo held significant positions, and the relationships between the seven hall masters were good. They would help each other out when someone was in trouble.
It was only after Assassination Hall changed its hall master more than twenty years ago that everything changed.
All of this was due to Sakata Chōng.
Sakata Chōng acted without leaving any room for others.
He even stole business from other assassination organizations.
More than twenty years ago, the business that originally belonged to Jishēng Hall was snatched by Sakata Chōng.
That single transaction allowed the once precarious Assassination Hall to be reborn.
Moreover, Sakata Chōng seemed to have received some kind of assistance at the time, as if divinely aided, leading Assassination Hall to great success.
However, Sakata Chōng left no room for the other six assassination organizations to survive.
Previously, the six assassination organizations had approached Sakata Chōng, but he had only said "the strong prey on the weak" and sent them away.
From that moment on, the seven great assassination organizations were at loggerheads.
Years have passed, and Sakata Chōng has not changed, so their relationship has not changed.
Sakata Chōng's dominance turned Assassination Hall into the leading organization among the seven, and no one dared to object.