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Chapter 164: Soaring Attributes of the Azure Sky - A Million-Dollar Trade with a 20x Price Differenc
Chapter 164: Soaring Attributes of the Azure Sky - A Million-Dollar Trade with a 20x Price Difference
Before fully opening the Azure Sky's battleship attribute panel, Song Chi didn’t forget to reattach the few components he had dismantled. There were only five of them:
- Fire Chrysanthemum Soldier Tree
- Purple River Teleportation Device
- Fixed Deployment Platform
- Space Beacon Emitter
- Blood Soul Seal
These five components had only been reinforced to Level 20, consuming only some zeroth and first-stage Essence of Floating Lands, which was within Song Chi’s acceptable range.
As for the Servitude Medallion, Dark Matter Energy Shield Generator, Abnormal State Purifier, and Healing Fruit, they had already consumed a significant amount of second-stage Essence of Floating Lands, and in some cases, titanium crystals and third-stage Essence of Floating Lands. Song Chi didn’t have the courage to dismantle them all; he simply couldn’t afford the loss.
After reinforcing the Fire Chrysanthemum Soldier Tree and the four others to Level 20, the complete battleship attribute panel finally appeared before his eyes.
Name: Azure Sky
Model: Ember-Guardian Class Psionic Flyship
Level: Level 20
Basic Components:
- Blue Ember Ship Body (Level 20)
- Pure Yang Sword Light Cannon (Orange) (Level 30)
- Electromagnetic Thunder Cannon (Blue) (Level 30)
- Obsidian Ship Body Armor (Purple) (Level 30)
- Shadow Anti-Matter Hyperstate Engine (Purple) (Level 30)
- Dark Matter Energy Shield Generator (Orange) (Level 30)
- Silver III Generation Ultrawave Magic Energy Detection Radar (Orange) (Level 27)
- Psionic Training Room (Level 0) (8/11)
Additional Components:
- Fire Chrysanthemum Soldier Tree (White) (Level 20)
- Brainwave Remote Control System (Purple) (Level 25)
- Abnormal State Purifier (Blue) (Level 39)
- Purple River Teleportation Device (Blue) (Level 20)
- Healing Fruit (White) (Level 29)
- Fixed Deployment Platform (Blue) (Level 20)
- Phantom Thruster (Purple) (Level 23)
- Blood Soul Seal (Blue) (Level 20)
- Servitude Medallion (Red) (Level 30)
- Space Beacon Emitter (Blue) (Level 20)
- Void Phantom Assassin Soldier Tree (Orange) (Level 30) (13/26)
Psionic Pool: 60,000/60,000
Supplies:
- Fourth-stage Essence of Floating Lands: 40 strands
- Third-stage Essence of Floating Lands: 234 strands
- Second-stage Essence of Floating Lands: 188 strands
- 1 Titanium Crystal
Song Chi’s gaze lingered on the “Guardian Class Psionic Flyship” in the model section for a moment before shifting to the Basic Components section.
His eyes focused on the Pure Yang Sword Light Cannon first, and soon the orange main cannon’s attributes appeared.
As expected, although its reinforcement level was still Level 30, its attributes had significantly improved compared to when the Azure Sky was at Stage 1 two days ago.
Two days ago, the main cannon’s attack attribute was “490,200,” but with the successful advancement to Stage 2, this value had increased to “612,750.”
490,200 → 612,750
While this numerical increase wasn’t overwhelmingly shocking, the key was that this enhancement wasn’t limited to the Pure Yang Sword Light Cannon alone. It applied to all of the Azure Sky’s Basic Components, which was the most astonishing part.
For example, the Dark Matter Energy Shield Generator also saw a significant boost.
Before the advancement to Guardian Class, its defensive and shield attributes were as follows:
- Defense: 159,600
- Shield Value: 4,120,000/4,120,000
Now, they had become:
- Defense: 199,500
- Shield Value: 6,434,000/6,434,000
The same applied to other components like the Electromagnetic Thunder Cannon and Obsidian Ship Body Armor.
The reason for this enhancement was simple. In the past, when the ship was a Psionic Flyship, all basic component slots had an additional 20% attribute bonus compared to the zeroth stage. However, after advancing to Guardian Class, this bonus increased to 50%.
Don’t underestimate this effect. It’s equivalent to giving all basic components a stable and unchanging “50% Performance Boost” purple quality characteristic.
This is why, even with the same reinforcement level and quality, the combat power of basic components on a Psionic Flyship is far inferior to those on a Guardian Class ship.
Additionally, the addition of three secondary cannon slots after advancing to Guardian Class is another major reason for the enhanced performance.
(Please note: A reader asked in the previous chapter why Song Chi chose to advance the Azure Sky rather than directly reinforcing the main cannon, energy shield, and other components. The reason is that advancing the ship provides a comprehensive enhancement to all basic components. The same applies to cruisers and other ship classes.)
Song Chi retracted his gaze from the Dark Matter Energy Shield Generator component and turned his attention to the three additional secondary cannon slots.
After the Psionic Airship was upgraded to a Frigate, it didn't gain additional primary cannon slots—those would come with the next upgrade to a Cruiser. However, it did gain three new secondary cannon slots, bringing the total to four. This modest enhancement in firepower would certainly be beneficial.
Song Chi had already planned out what he would do with these three new secondary cannons. The current Electromagnetic Thunder Cannon already had area-of-effect capabilities, so he was likely to focus on secondary cannons with effects like slowing, armor-piercing, and shield-breaking.
He could also consider secondary cannons with special damage types, such as those effective against spiritual bodies or souls.
For the upcoming Soul Spirit Floating Land expedition, the Soul Spirit race had a significant advantage in soul attributes. Equipping a secondary cannon that could deal targeted damage to souls would likely yield excellent results.
However, Song Chi wasn't holding out much hope for finding such specialized primary cannons. Before Song Hengtong announced the mission, the first direct lineage had quietly snapped up all the ship components with special effects on souls, whether primary, secondary, or special.
Over the past few months, he had posted acquisition requests for such soul-related items in the marketplaces, but without much success.
Therefore, his current focus was on secondary cannons with armor-piercing, shield-breaking, and control effects.
Recollecting the Skybound, Song Chi stepped up to the ultra-long-range spatial gate random teleportation platform. It had already completed its cooldown of over ten hours and was ready for the next marketplace transaction.
However, before initiating the next marketplace transaction, Song Chi exited the marketplace.
He then made his way to the Qingyue Manor, where his Uncle Song Hai's family resided.
After explaining his purpose, Uncle Song Hai led Song Chi to the backyard.
As soon as they entered, Song Chi saw a small mountain of Terra Stones. With a wave of his hand, he summoned Zhao Lei, who, under Song Chi's direction, channeled his magical energy and, in a matter of seconds, transferred the entire pile of Terra Stones into his waist storage bag.
The fluid motion caught Uncle Song Hai's attention, and he couldn't help but show his surprise.
Although Song Chi had previously mentioned acquiring special storage methods from the Multiverse Marketplace, Uncle Song Hai had only been somewhat prepared for it. Seeing the speed at which the Terra Stones were collected, he became quite intrigued.
After a moment of thought, Uncle Song Hai quickly returned to the main topic and said to Song Chi:
"Xiao Chi, this batch of four million Terra Stones, including labor and transportation costs, comes to about 40 zero-grade Floating Land Essences.
In other words, you need to sell these Terra Stones for 100,000 zero-grade Floating Land Essences to break even. The exact profit will depend on the price you negotiate with the High Goblins."
Four million, while a large number, didn't seem as significant when converted to zero-grade Floating Land Essences. After all, it was only 100,000 zero-grade Floating Land Essences.
Song Chi himself currently had nearly a million zero-grade Floating Land Essences, so 100,000 wasn't a large amount to him.
Of course, this didn't mean that the tenth direct lineage could only afford 100,000 zero-grade Floating Land Essences. They had two third-tier Ember Fleet Captains and nearly ten second-tier captains. Song Ming Song alone could probably produce hundreds of millions of zero-grade Floating Land Essences with ease.
The reason they only acquired four million Terra Stones was twofold. First, the time was too short. From the moment Song Chi proposed the idea to now, it had only been about twenty days, during which they could only conduct acquisitions in the Dingshai Star Domain.
Second, to prevent price hikes due to large-scale acquisitions, they couldn't buy too much at once in any given star region.
Third, Song Chi had already instructed them not to acquire too much in the first round. He wasn't sure about the financial strength of the force behind Luke. The Goblin Luke had mentioned that the Thor Viscount family had fallen, and it was uncertain whether they could handle a large quantity of Terra Stones at once.
Luke didn't seem like a fool. If his backing was weak, overloading himself could lead to backlash.
Ultimately, these Terra Stones would need to be resold in the Silver Goblin Empire. If Luke lacked the strength or means to discreetly offload them, it would attract unwanted attention.
Thus, to prevent such issues, the Goblin Luke was likely to avoid acquiring too many Terra Stones at once.
After finishing his conversation with his uncle, Song Chi quickly returned to the Marketplace of All Realms.
A few minutes later, the goblin Luke rushed out of the second floor of the inn, barely two minutes after the ultra-long-range spatial gate's random teleportation platform had been activated. Compared to Zhou Ping from the Primal Continent, this little creature was far more enthusiastic.
Song Chi was well aware that this was likely due to the goblins' insatiable greed for money. Every market transaction was a golden opportunity for them, and they wouldn't waste a single second.
For Luke, obtaining the Market Pass had cost him a great deal. He wouldn't consider his goblin life a success unless he not only recouped his investment but also made a substantial profit.
Seeing no other alien races in the market, Luke jogged around the various shops. As expected, he eventually stopped at the mineral acquisition shop. His lecherous triangular eyes were fixed on the "Titanium Crystal" display counter.
However, instead of excitement or enthusiasm, Luke's face was twisted with anger.
"Scoundrel! Scoundrel! By the mighty Silver Empire, how can such scoundrels exist in the star seas?!"
Hiding in the isolated storage space, Song Chi's eyes twitched, but he quickly suppressed his reaction. He remembered the price he had set for the Titanium Crystals, and even he felt a bit embarrassed.
1 strand of First-Class Floating Land Essence for 2 Titanium Crystals.
This price was 200 times higher than the family's acquisition cost.
The reason he set such a high price was mainly because he wasn't familiar with the Silver Goblin Empire's market prices, so he wanted to leave enough room for negotiation.
As for the market rules, Song Chi had only one thing to say:
In front of creatures like goblins, market rules were just for show. Without enough room for haggling, their silver tongues could be unbearable.
As he pondered, Luke began to loudly haggle. His triangular eyes flickered several times before he tentatively spoke.
"Great Lord of the Marketplace, how about 10 strands of Zero-Class Floating Land Essence for 1 strand of First-Class Floating Land Essence?"
Song Chi, trying to maintain the market's dignity, didn't respond. Even though the price Luke initially offered was already four times the family's acquisition cost, it still wasn't enough to satisfy him. Selling all four million Titanium Crystals at this price would net him 300,000 strands of Zero-Class Floating Land Essence, but he wanted more.
For Luke, Song Chi's silence was the best response. He quickly gave several more prices, each more cautious than the last. After two minutes, when he gritted his teeth and offered 20 strands of First-Class Floating Land Essence for 1 strand, which equated to 2 strands of Zero-Class Floating Land Essence for 1 Titanium Crystal, Song Chi finally responded.
"Agreed."
This price was 20 times the family's cost, a price that was more than satisfactory.
Luke's face showed visible pain. It was clear that while he would still make a profit, it wouldn't be as substantial as he had hoped, probably just three to five times the cost.
Once the price was set, Luke quickly asked a question that both parties were deeply concerned about.
"Great Lord of the Marketplace, how much Titanium Crystal do you currently have in stock?"
His attitude had once again become extremely respectful, a stark contrast to his earlier demeanor.
Song Chi didn't answer directly but countered:
"How much do you need?"
Seeing these six words, Luke pondered for a moment, considering his financial situation and how to transport the goods. With the foldable spatial chest in his possession, transportation wasn't a major concern.
"Half a million?"
Hearing this tentative offer, Song Chi was inwardly pleased. At the agreed price, half a million Titanium Crystals would equate to 250,000 strands of Zero-Class Floating Land Essence, a significant amount.
But remembering that the market currently had four million Titanium Crystals in stock, he quickly replied:
"Of course."
Luke's triangular eyes lit up, his initial hesitation fading.
"A million?"
He had initially wanted two million, but thinking about the current state of the Viscount's mansion, he settled on a million.
Song Chi, quite pleased, replied with a single word.
"Agreed."
(End of Chapter)
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