"Little Qian, I wasn’t dreaming just now, was I?" Ye Xin said as she pinched her cheek, feeling the sharp pain and struggling to calm her mind for a long time.
Lin Qian didn’t say much; he simply sat beside Ye Xin, quietly waiting for her to settle down.
He knew that exposing Ye Xin to the true Huaxia Empire might have greatly shocked her.
But Lin Qian believed in her, that Ye Xin would definitely be alright, and her Heart Realm wouldn’t be disturbed.
Because she was his woman, how could she disappoint?
Sure enough, it wasn’t long before Ye Xin had calmed down. Instead, she excitedly shared with Lin Qian about the marvels within the Huaxia Empire.
"That Xu Meng is really funny, he actually cried!"
"And Elder Huasheng, what is the medicine that Little Qian asked him to make? Did he have to make it himself, so he didn’t come earlier?"
"The central sea bottom is much more beautiful than the Southern Sea Domain. I never imagined the underwater scenery could be so magnificent."
Lin Qian just smiled and watched Ye Xin, quietly listening to her stories.
It was his own empire, yet he was listening to Ye Xin describe it to him; the feeling was strange yet enjoyable for Lin Qian.
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"By the way, who else knows the real affairs within the Huaxia Empire?" Suddenly Ye Xin seemed to think of something and asked Lin Qian curiously.
Lin Qian shook his head and told Ye Xin, "Now, only you know. This is our secret."
"Our secret…" Hearing Lin Qian’s words, Ye Xin’s cheeks flushed again, but she wore a blissful expression.
At the same time, Lin Qian also put away the Soul Pearl.
A puppet body without Dantian meridians naturally lacks Soul Power and cannot maintain the normal operation of the Soul Pearl for a long time. Having it work this long was already enough.
Unless he found the true Body Refining Scripture, obtained the techniques and material names within, and completed the puppet body plan, the puppet body could only be such.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in Ye Xin’s mind, and she hastily said to Lin Qian, "What if we let everyone experience the outside world in this semi-finished puppet body like me?"
"Foolish girl, you can come and go, but they can’t because they’re too strong." Lin Qian had thought about Ye Xin’s idea but eventually had to give up on it.
Ye Xin’s strength was weaker than Lin Qian’s, so the Soul Power fluctuations emitted by the Soul Pearl were not strong. It didn’t affect his body when passing through Sky Trace.
For other generals, however, the physical strength because of the puppet body wouldn’t affect them, but the Soul Power fluctuations were a significant problem.
When on Xuanhuan Star, in the outside world, their presence didn’t affect Lin Qian at all.
But passing through Sky Trace was different; it was an indiscriminate influence.
The reason lay within Lin Qian himself. He wasn’t influenced by the aura of the people of the Huaxia Empire because of the Emperor’s domineering aura he carried, which formed a protective layer around him.
But there was no such protection inside his body. A puppet body without Soul Power simply couldn’t control the fluctuations of Soul Power; it would only hurt Lin Qian.
Therefore, Ye Xin’s idea could only be abandoned.
At that moment, a huge collision sound suddenly erupted outside, and the entire house trembled uncontrollably.
The enormous impact made Ye Xin fall into Lin Qian’s arms.
Lin Qian held his fiancée tightly as Soul Power surged out, steadying their forms before quietly waiting for the shaking to cease.
As the noise gradually subsided, Lin Qian and Ye Xin could both see the confusion in each other’s eyes, and they got up and walked toward the outside of the house.
The Eight-Armed Sea Clan was notorious throughout the Southern Sea Domain, a formidable presence that was better left unprovoked. Who could be so bold as to trouble them?
From the previous noise, it was clear that something had collided with the mighty King Whale.
After stepping out of the doorway of their residence, bothLin Qian and Ye Xin put on their aquatic breathing Soul Devices and headed toward the direction of the noise.
As they exited the doorway of the residence and looked into the distance, they were astonished to find another King Whale in front of them.
The presence of another King Whale didn’t surprise Lin Qian.
The King Whale was a type of Sea Soul Beast that the Sea Clan liked to enslave for transportation due to its convenience, especially since a structure could easily be constructed within the "crown" on its head.
"Brother Zhang, what’s going on?" In front of the residence, some people were watching the quietly floating King Whale. Lin Qian walked up to Zhang Zide, frowning as he asked.
Lin Qian sensed an unusual aura. The floating King Whale in front of them seemed completely lifeless, as if it had died.
Zhang Zide also shook his head gently, looking gravely ahead, "This King Whale suddenly rushed in with the current and hit us before we could dodge. Uncle and a group of people have gone to check the condition of this King Whale."
"The estate in its crown, Uncle Liu has also taken a few disciples to check. We should have results soon, let’s wait and see." Li Yunfeng had also approached at some point, looking at the King Whale ahead.
Zhang Qi and Zhang Wenxuan had been alarmed by the incident and hurried over.
Not long after, the body of the King Whale in front suddenly turned as they observed closely, it was indeed Uncle Zhang and his group who had flipped the whale’s body over.
When the belly of the King Whale faced the crowd, Lin Qian’s eyes narrowed slightly, and Ye Xin by his side also constricted her pupils, gripping his hand tightly.
The belly of the King Whale had a huge wound, and its internal organs were missing, presumably flushed out by the seawater, whereabouts unknown.
The absence of organs, not a single drop of blood left, indicated that this King Whale had been dead for quite some time.
As the body of the King Whale was turned over, people from the Carefree Sect also came out from the residence and reported their findings.
They also brought back several corpses, laying them in front of everyone, quietly floating in the water.
The corpses were also from the Sea Clan and looked very similar to the Black Blade Fish Clan that Lin Qian had seen before, but they were taller and their skin was dark black.
The Black Blade Fish Clan, a very powerful Sea Clan, had strength comparable to that of the Eight-Armed Sea Clan.
There were no wounds on the corpses, yet they were dead.
The blood and organ-drained corpse of the King Whale, and the unwounded corpses of the Black Blade Fish Clan, left many feeling uneasy.
What had happened that led to such malicious treatment of the Strong Clans who had come to participate in the Ancient Human Clan relics?
"Little Qian..." The unexplained deaths of these Black Blade Fish Clan members made Ye Xin tremble with fear, clinging tightly to his arm.
Lin Qian gently patted Ye Xin’s shoulder, his eyes fixed on the large hole in the belly of the dead King Whale, lost in thought.