A week later, after more than twenty days of arduous travel, the seventy-plus flying boats departing from Heavenly Square City crossed countless airspaces and the Shattered Star Sea, finally arriving at Dragon Emperor City, the core metropolis of the Dragon Emperor Domain, on April 7th, Year 3584 of the Wa Emperor Calendar in the Sky-Piercing Realm.
The moment Zhang Tie laid eyes on Dragon Emperor City, the temple structure at its center, towering more than ten thousand meters high, utterly stunned him.
And the dense swarms of flying boats filling the sky beyond their own vessel almost made Zhang Tie recall the sight he had seen at Xuanyuan Hill—without a doubt, this was the largest city and population center Zhang Tie had seen since coming to the Sky-Piercing Realm. It was also far more prosperous than Heavenly Square City.
"So this is Dragon Emperor City?" Zhang Tie asked Leng Manxue.
"That's right. In the Sky-Piercing Realm, Dragon Emperor City is one of the few colossal cities with a population exceeding one hundred million. Other than a handful of temples, few cities in the Sky-Piercing Realm have such a large population!" Leng Manxue nodded as she explained, then turned and asked Zhang Tie in return, "What do you think of this place?"
"Mm, not bad. Pretty good!" Zhang Tie replied perfunctorily.
To be honest, after seeing Great Xia's Xuanyuan Hill, Zhang Tie had long since grown numb to giant cities like this. Besides, no matter how vast or prosperous these cities were, they still fell short of Xuanyuan Hill. Xuanyuan Hill was the center of all humankind.
"Dragon Emperor City is the sacred city of the Dragon Emperor Temple. Of course it's good..." Somewhat dissatisfied with Zhang Tie's dismissive answer, Leng Manxue stressed the point.
Zhang Tie merely smiled and said