The Saint City of the Eight-Armed Sea Clan, in comparison to the Saint City of Zhang Nianxin’s branch, was even more splendid and possessed exotic charm.
Lin Qian was, of course, very happy to witness more of the scenery.
Not only that, but arriving here also meant that he might be able to find some news about his parents.
The specially crafted warship had already anchored at a certain area when it was still some distance from Coral Island.
"Your Majesty Lin, the warship you have provided us is too conspicuous. To avoid unnecessary trouble, shall we swim over?" Zhang Nianxin said to Lin Qian after they had anchored.
Lin Qian understood this and nodded, producing a soul device for breathing underwater and placing it over his nose and mouth.
After leaving the warship, Zhang Nianxin activated the warship’s spatial compression technology, shrinking the massive warship to the size of a normal vessel and properly stowing it away.
Following that, Zhang Nianxin led Lin Qian and the other Eight-Armed Sea Clanners toward the group of coral islands ahead.
From afar, these islands seemed to be guarding the Saint City.
In fact, the outermost coral islands indeed served to protect the Saint City.
To enter the Saint City, one had to pass the verification of the coral islands, ensuring that they were not enemies before they could feel at ease.
Otherwise, if someone approached straight toward the Saint City, they would face strong attacks from the guardian Eight-Armed Sea Clan members.
Lin Qian followed Zhang Nianxin toward the nearest outer coral island.
As they got closer, Lin Qian finally saw clearly—a nearly invisible barrier connected all the coral islands, evidently the protective array for the entire Saint City.
The coral islands, from a distance, seemed not too large, but upon approaching, proved to be about the size of a city.
Moreover, there were many powerful members of the Eight-Armed Sea Clan patrolling the island!
On the coral island, Lin Qian and the others reached an area near the outer edge, which made up only one-tenth of the entire island.
As for the majority of the area, it was completely separated by city walls forged from deep blue metal and guarded by members of the Eight-Armed Sea Clan.
Furthermore, Lin Qian was amazed to find that these guardians from the Eight-Armed Sea Clan all possessed at least Life and Death Realm strength, and their numbers were at least tens of thousands.
Casting a rough glance in other directions, Lin Qian deduced from the layout that there were likely hundreds of these outer coral islands.
That is to say, just the Eight-Armed Sea Clan members guarding the outer coral islands who were in the Life and Death Realm numbered over a million.
Moreover, these were only the guardians of the coral islands surrounding the Saint City – how many more were there in the inner islands and inside the Saint City itself?
How many people were there across the entire territory of the Eight-Armed Sea Clan, including all its branches?
From this, one could deduce the tremendous strength of the entire Eight-Armed Sea Clan.
Even though for the Huaxia Empire, this was just a drop in the ocean.
Nevertheless, compared to the strength Lin Qian could leverage now, it was overwhelmingly superior.
"Indeed, one must experience the outside world to understand how high the sky is and how vast the Earth is." Standing on this yellow Coral Island, Lin Qian also felt deeply moved.
At the same time, a sense of crisis arose in Lin Qian’s heart.
In Coastal State, he now had access to the unmatched power of the Huaxia Empire.
In the eyes of those in Coastal State, the strength of the Huaxia Empire was terrifyingly exceptional, unimaginable.
However, after coming here, Lin Qian realized that the forces outside this world were also very powerful.
If his own strength did not increase rapidly, and if more powerful enemies and stronger forces emerged in the future, having the powerful Huaxia Empire but being unable to utilize its power would be extremely frustrating.
Lin Qian did not want to be in such a passive position; his fists involuntarily clenched.
"If in the future I find my parents and they are in crisis, but I lack the strength to help them..."
"I must become stronger!"
At that moment, a member of the Eight-Armed Sea Clan guarding the Coral Island saw Zhang Nianxin and her party approaching and quickly stepped forward to ask, "May I ask where you come from, sir, and what business you have in Saint City?"
"Eastern Division Clan Leader Zhang Nianxin, here to attend the Clan Meeting," Zhang Nianxin said, taking out a pale-blue metal token and handing it over to the member of the Eight-Armed Sea Clan.
After taking the token, the member of the Eight-Armed Sea Clan used some soul skill. A deep blue sheen swept over the token, and then he respectfully handed it back to Zhang Nianxin.
"Sir, everything is in order; I will take you there now." After saying this, the member of the Eight-Armed Sea Clan looked up and, upon seeing Lin Qian, his gaze grew curious.
They knew that members of the Human Clan would come to this clan meeting.
Usually, the Human Clan survive underwater either by using Soul Crystals to isolate the seawater, practicing breath-holding techniques, or relying on Pills.
It was rather peculiar that this human had a strange metal over his mouth and nose, with bubbles occasionally emerging.
Although surprised, the member of the Eight-Armed Sea Clan did not forget his duty and turned around to lead Lin Qian and the others through the city wall toward Saint City.
After entering the city wall, Lin Qian discovered that there was a pathway connecting Coral Island to Saint City.
Once inside this Array-concentrated passage, the force of the Array would propel the water flow and swiftly carry them toward Saint City.
Lin Qian found this very interesting; it was even more thrilling than the water slides of his previous life.
"Hmm? If I could create amusement parks and water parks like those in my previous life, making a place for leisure where the citizens of the Empire could relax and be happy, it might also help their Heart Realm," Lin Qian thought to himself.
Soon after, Lin Qian ended this wonderful journey; the speed of sliding gradually slowed down until they finally arrived inside Saint City.
Within Saint City, the architectural style was similar to the Division Clans’ cities, but the buildings were much more ornate.
"Yo-ho, isn’t this Zhang Nianxin? The Clan Leader of the Eastern Division, you’ve arrived quite early," Lin Qian and Zhang Nianxin had not walked far when they encountered another group from the Eight-Armed Sea Clan.
Upon seeing the approaching group, Zhang Nianxin’s complexion turned extremely dark as if he was about to spew ink.
"Eh?" At that moment, Zhang Qi was also surprised to find that the Emperor of the Huaxia Empire, Lin Qian, was also frowning and staring at the group ahead, with fury nearly spewing from his eyes.
"It’s so strange, why does Emperor Lin seem to hate the Northern Division Clan so much?" Zhang Qi was utterly baffled.