3 Chapter 2: To Rising Dawn City

Ulquiorra felt himself merging with something once the light appeared. Slowly, he could feel himself integrating with a small body. The body was changing in order to accomodate the immense power of the 4th Espada. The rapid destruction and reconstruction of the body was proof of this process.

Ulquiorra opened his eyes, and immediately noticed the drastic change in eye level. He stood at 5'6 feet in the past, but now he shrank to a mere 4'3 feet. It was either he became a dwarf or a child with the latter being the most likely situation. He then felt a rush of memories flood his consciousness.

The body was from a boy named Lin Feng who lived in a remote village far from any large cities. He was the only child of a woodcutter, and often helped with chores he could do. He was a young ten year old boy. Suddenly, a wandering early stage qi condensation cultivator saw that Lin Feng had "talent", and wanted to take him in as a disciple.

As a layman when it came to cultivation and an absolute novice when it came to interacting with them, the father of Lin Feng immediately agreed before Lin Feng got a chance to speak. Lin Feng was taken away, and then put on a caravan along with other people that were taken in as "talents".

Sadly, they weren't told were exactly they would go to. They merely traveled, and the next thing they knew, they were ambushed by bandits while the cultivator that took them in was nowhere to be found.

Ulquiorra also instantly learned the language of this world along with the new power system that it used based on Lin Feng's memory. Still, this degree of knowledge didn't suffice to the 4th Espada's standard. He only got a very shallow understanding of the power system.

Ulquiorra looked at his newfound body along with the environment. He could sense an energy similar to spiritual power, but there seemed to be something that separated the two. In any case, it seemed that he would have to live a new life as a human being as he mumbled some words out. After that, Ulquiorra then turned his attention to the two people near him that was panic stricken by the leaking power from his body.

"Tell me. Where am I?" Ulquiorra could feel the two tense up. It seemed that they were indeed very afraid.

The next scene that happened was the middle aged man biting his lip causing it to bleed. He then quickly held both his hands together and bowed. It seemed that the bite was from making himself to move amidst the fear he was feeling.

"Greetings, Esteemed Senior! I am Zhao Feng from the Gilded Dragon sect, and currently, you are at a forest north of Rising Dawn City." Zhao Feng said with a tone that was as respectful as he could use.

"This young one greets you too, esteemed senior!" Following Zhao Feng's lead, Zhao Bo also did a greeting.

Ulquiorra was puzzled by the polite attitude, but understood as it came from the fear they felt despite him having a child's body. This conjecture was right as Zhao Feng didn't dare treat the boy in front of him as a mere child. Which child would strike terror and despair into one's soul? He assumed that this was a senior spirit cultivator that possessed the body of a child.

"I see. Well then, I'll be off." Ulquiorra said as he used sonido to swiftly vanish from the view of the two people.

Zhao Feng watched as Ulquiorra seemed to have disappeared like a ghost. It seemed like he finally left as Zhao Feng fell to the floor as all tension left his body. The same could be said for Zhao Bo.

"Master, who was that?" Zhao Bo said shakingly.

"I also don't know, but whoever he was, he would be able to erase our sect many times over." Zhao Feng said while trying to calm himself down.

Zhao Bo widened his eyes in shock, but didn't try to refute. He was a novice in cultivation, but the same could not be said for his master that was familiar with the power of the sect. If he said it like that, then it would indeed be like that.

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Ulquiorra used sonido to traverse through the forest heading south of the forest, since Zhao Feng said that he was in a forest north of the city. It took him a few minutes even with sonido before he got to see the outline of the city. It showed that the forest was indeed vast.

Ulquiorra reigned in his spiritual power to the utmost minimum, and then created platforms using spiritual power to stand in the sky in order to see the city in a higher perspective. He saw large circular area that was walled on all sides. He could see a style of architecture that was different from the buildings in Las Noches. In any case, he decided to bypass the guards down below at the city gates by going into the city from above.

He used sonido mid-air, and then landed in an alleyway within the city. It was a dark alley with nothing but trash and rats in sight. Suddenly, Ulquiorra could hear some voices approaching him.

"Oh look at what we have here? A small pale boy without even proper clothes. Where did you come from?" A voice that screamed thuggish sounded out.

Ulquiorra could sense three large brutish men coming into the alley. The three men obviously had no good intentions. Ulquiorra was currently standing in a way that they couldn't really see the hole on his body. Sadly, the three men would soon find out what type of being they had encountered.