Quan Yi walked in front of everyone, his back to the sea, and with open arms, he enthusiastically shouted, "Welcome to the vast world of the sea!
From now on, please be mentally prepared, because everything you are about to see will be completely different from the sights of the continent.
I have prepared a grand welcoming ceremony for everyone, please enjoy it to the fullest."
The Quan family has always adopted this approach to welcome new members into the fold, escorting them back to the island.
Even though Quan Yi and Huo Wu possessed the ability to quickly transport people, they did not skip this customary tour to save time.
Because this sea voyage, neither too long nor too short, not only allows both factions time for close contact, but also demonstrates the Quan family's formidable strength, gaining recognition from the newcomers.
Compared to winning hearts and minds and strengthening close relationships, a mere half a month or so is hardly a waste of time.
Considering these factors, ever since they mastered the production technology of steamships, they stubbornly hold this 'routine' even with numerous troubles.
A steel behemoth releasing black and white smoke approached the coast where they were, and although it had no obvious soul power fluctuations, it brought a powerful aura similar to that of a giant ten-thousand-year-old ferocious beast to the many soul masters present with some cultivation.
"Is this a soul tool ship?"
Watching the large steel warship without sails or oars float straight in front of them, everyone looked for the ship's propulsion device.
However, they couldn't find it; at least on the surface, they couldn't see anything propelling the ship.
Therefore, they could only conclude that this giant ship was a soul tool.
Even Ye Lingling thought so.
However, Lin Mu and Qi Feng, with their higher cultivation, quickly realized that this was no simple soul tool.
"No, although I can sense some soul tool fluctuations, the power driving this ship is not soul power, but scorching flames.
I can feel a pure flame burning inside the ship."
Qi Feng refuted Ye Lingling, presenting the results of his investigation.
But this rebuttal only made the listeners more surprised and incredulous.
If it's not a soul tool, then what could it be?
At this moment, Quan Yi heard their conversation and replied with a smile, "Don't worry, you'll soon see what this ship really is."
As he spoke, Quan Yi tapped the ground lightly with the toe of his left foot.
In an instant, milky white light was released from his toe, extending towards the sea behind him.
"Crack, crack."
The light carried astonishing cold air, quickly freezing the swaying water surface, constructing a large pier extending to deeper waters.
Watching the ice road to the sea being built in the blink of an eye, Quan Yi's image in everyone's eyes became even more mysterious.
Isn't he a fire-attribute soul master? How does he also possess such powerful ice-attribute abilities?
With increasingly confused but excited feelings, everyone stepped onto the solid ice road.
As they approached the pier and looked up at the towering steel warship, their eyes were filled with awe for the mysterious object.
To this group of clueless newcomers, the sailors on board, wearing white uniforms with black patterns and carrying long-handled firearms, looked well-trained and stood straight and firm.
Under the captain's command, they issued a sincere greeting to the newcomers in unison.
"Welcome to the Ye family on board!"
The simultaneous shouts and the sound of heels hitting the steel deck dispelled the Ye family's inner embarrassment.
With the enthusiastic help of the crew, personnel and goods began to board the ship in an orderly manner.
It wasn't until the two sides came into close contact that the Ye family members were surprised to find that most of the crew members were ordinary people without cultivation.
And the captain, who seemed to have the highest cultivation on the entire ship, also didn't seem to have exceeded level thirty.
When the captain saw Quan Yi and Huo Wu, he quickly walked forward, saluted, and greeted, "Young Master, Young Madam, Quan Ming, the captain of Gray Whale One, greets you both."
In response to Quan Ming's greeting, the two returned the same gesture and instructed, "Please have the captain expedite the preparations and prepare to set sail immediately."
"Yes, please rest assured, Young Master, the ship will depart on time in a quarter of an hour."
After speaking, Quan Ming turned around to preside over the overall situation and speed up the preparations for departure.
Under his command, the hundreds of crew members on board operated in a well-trained manner, like a precise machine, completing all the preparations before departure quickly and efficiently.
Qi Feng exclaimed in admiration. He had only seen such a scene on the Royal Knights.
Although there was a large gap in cultivation between the two groups, in terms of the qualities and training of soldiers, the members of this ship were in no way inferior to professional soldiers.
And it was this discovery that gave Qi Feng a deeper understanding of the Quan family's power and strength.
You must know that cultivating professional soldiers, or to put it more bluntly, 'raising troops' with the family's power, is not an easy task.
He couldn't even imagine how much financial resources and energy it would take.
What's more, as a soul master family also residing in Tiandou City, the Ye family also had some basic understanding of the Quan family.
Until recently, to be honest, the strength of the two families was basically not much different, both being small soul master families in the lower-middle class.
But what earth-shattering changes had taken place in these short years that had caused the Quan family to become a mysterious and powerful existence that even he had to look up to?
Including Qi Feng, everyone felt a strong curiosity and wanted to explore the secrets behind this.
A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and with all preparations completed, at Quan Yi's signal, Quan Ming pulled the lever on the deck, and the ship suddenly emitted rhythmic blasts of air.
Under this special signal transmission, from below the deck, came the noisy sound of gears turning and metal colliding.
Accompanied by hot black smoke and steam erupting from the two exhaust pipes above, the large iron ship, large enough to accommodate a thousand people, sailed towards the sparkling blue sea.
Quan Yi and Huo Wu stood at the very front of the deck, and with relaxed and expectant expressions, shouted loudly:
"Set sail, going home!"
Infected by the homesickness, the crew members burst out with joyful shouts, and infected by them, the Ye family members also shouted loudly with passion.
On the west coast of an unknown continent, a sea ship unknown to outsiders, covered by a suddenly rising fog, quietly disappeared on the sea.
At the same time, within Tiandou City, some high-ranking and well-informed forces were surprised to find that the Ye family had quietly disappeared overnight.
The original Ye family residence was also completely emptied, leaving no trace.
What was chilling was that no one saw any signs of a large number of people and supplies being moved out during the entire process. They seemed to have disappeared into thin air, leaving Tiandou City.
