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Chapter 742: Three Hundred Years and a New Market of All Heavens Transaction
Chapter 742: Three Hundred Years and a New Market of All Heavens Transaction
"The New Zhao Royal Family may not be renowned, but our lineage has endured for over ten thousand years. Patriarch Xuancang, please observe. This is the Legendary Floating Continent Spirit Root, the Lantern Ancestor Tree, which has nurtured the Lantern Fruit."
"Each Lantern Fruit matures once every fifty thousand years, yielding ten fruits. Upon consumption, one’s Guidance Technique practice speed will increase a thousandfold for the following year, and it can be used in conjunction with other spirit items and body-strengthening elixirs."
The reception room remained silent for nearly ten minutes before the silence was finally broken by the Dreadnought Captain of the New Zhao Royal Family.
His name was Zhao Nanchang. During the previous Civilization War, he had gained considerable renown and was now a top-tier Dreadnought Captain. Despite his status, he spoke to Patriarch Xuancang with considerable caution.
This was not only due to the formidable strength the Dragon Spine Song Family displayed but also because they were currently in a position of pleading.
The Demon Serpent Continent Public Open Area was neither small nor large. Currently, there were only a few dozen trading cities.
For an immortal lineage, acquiring a small shop might not be difficult, but securing a prime location in the city’s upper-middle district was a different story.
These golden shops were not just about paying a high price; they often required sufficient connections as well.
Patriarch Xuancang accepted the Lantern Fruit, feeling the immense energy it contained. After a brief moment of contemplation, he agreed.
"Alright, this Lantern Fruit will be exchanged for a century-long lease on a high-quality shop in the city. Of course, the transaction tax must still be paid!"
"Of course, but a century seems a bit—"
Zhao Nanchang was about to push for more when the Captains of the Sun and Liu Families, who were also present, chimed in urgently.
Their goal was the same: to secure a shop in the Dragon Spine Trading City.
Patriarch Xuancang ultimately agreed to their requests, and all three families secured a shop in the city.
Apart from the quality of the items they offered, the Song Family also wanted to further draw these three families into their own alliance.
While the Song Family’s strength had been rapidly growing, it still fell short of the requirements needed to participate in the transactions between the Ninth Rank forces on the Crimson Star Hyperdimensional Continent or the comprehensive cooperation in the Pantheon Market with the Wizard Civilization Sky Mechanica and the Komoyin Giant Serpent Sorcerer Family.
This was true not only for the current Song Family but also for the future, even if Song Chi successfully ascended to Galactic Ship Captain. This issue would be difficult to resolve in the short term.
Therefore, it was essential to secure a group of allies in advance.
The reason for choosing the three families of the New Zhao Kingdom was straightforward. Their lineages were not short, and their resources were considerable, but they were only average among the immortal lineages. Even if they benefited from the arrangement, it would be difficult for them to challenge the dominant forces in the short term.
This would ensure the Song Family’s absolute authority in the alliance, facilitating their control.
Lastly, and most importantly, the New Zhao Kingdom was relatively far from the Crimson Disk River System and the Dragon Serpent River System. Even if these three families developed significantly, they would not conflict with the Dragon Spine Song Family for a long time.
In contrast, the families from the Yao Han Kingdom, including the Dragon Spine Luo Family and the Silver Disk Tuoba Clan, were not suitable.
...
"Patriarch Xuancang, it’s settled then. We’ll need your assistance in sending someone to help our three families select shops. As for us, we need to return to the New Zhao Kingdom to mobilize various resources!"
"Agreed. However, before you leave, I have a small proposal. The Song Family is currently acquiring Demon Stones, Advanced Creature Cores, and various refined Floating Continent Spirit Plants. We are not limiting the quantity, and our purchase prices are fifty percent higher than market rates. After you return to your families, you can mobilize your entire family to collect these materials. The Song Family will continue to purchase them."
"That’s simple, Patriarch Xuancang, don’t worry. However, these materials seem to be related to magical civilizations. What do you mean? Have the Song Family formed a relationship with a high-level magical civilization?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the other two in the reception room also became interested, their gazes converging.
The fundamental reason the Civilization War had abruptly ended was that the Song Family had provided critical intelligence on the Truth Mechanica Civilization and the Star Sea Gigantic Ape Civilization. This was no secret.
While this single incident could be accepted, as the Ember Human Civilization had been developing for hundreds of thousands of years and it was natural for Captains to discover other Galactic Clusters and advanced civilizations over such a long period,
While rare, the vast majority of the Shattered Star Sea consists of void zones. Of the remaining regions, most are scattered star systems, star fields, and river systems. Galactic Clusters, formed by the convergence of hundreds or even thousands of river systems, are exceedingly scarce. However, there are always a few lucky ones, aren't there?
However, the Galactic Clusters discovered before had either already been ruled by their own civilizations or were extensively developed by the first Ember Forces to find them, making it unlikely for them to be relinquished easily.
This is why, in the end, the Dragon Spine Song Family benefited from the war against the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon Civilization.
However, lightning doesn't strike twice. If the Song Family were to easily discover another advanced or even top-tier technological civilization, it would be too much luck.
In such a case, everyone would inevitably cast their eyes on the hidden depths behind the Dragon Spine Song Family.
Song Xuancang's expression remained unchanged, and he only chuckled, shaking his head without a word. His gaze wandered back and forth among the three people.
Seeing this, Zhao Nanchang did not ask further but nodded and left, followed closely by the Sun and Liu families.
In the days that followed, the four families maintained a continuous trade, each enjoying the arrangement.
Although the Song Family seemingly increased their purchase price by fifty percent, giving the Zhao, Sun, and Liu families a significant taste of profit, the resources, once they reached the Pantheon Market, were quickly snapped up by the Sky Mechanica and the Bloodline Mage Families. The compensation they paid was, in strict terms, several times the price at which the Ember Human Civilization would acquire them.
By purchasing at a fifty percent premium and then reselling for several times the market value, the Song Family was the one reaping the greatest benefits in secret.
...
Time passed swiftly in the midst of these transactions and the rapid development of the families.
Before they knew it, three hundred years had passed since Song Chi formally returned from the Evil Buddha Continent.
For three hundred years, Song Chi never left the Pantheon Market, remaining in the deepest cultivation chamber in continuous seclusion.
One day, with a creak, the door of the cultivation chamber suddenly opened.
At that moment, a Song Family member happened to be walking by. Seeing Song Chi emerge from the innermost cultivation chamber, his face lit up with intense surprise.
"Grandson Song Bo greets Ancestor Chi!"
Song Chi's gaze swept over this family member, who was clearly at the peak of the third level of Guidance Technique, just one step away from level 40. He smiled and nodded, quickly leaving the all-attribute cultivation chamber without much concern.
Since ascending to the seventh rank in the Pantheon Market, the internal space of the all-attribute cultivation chamber had become increasingly vast. The Song Family later used various high-grade soundproofing and energy-shielding materials to construct dozens of enclosed cultivation chambers within, allowing dozens of Song Family members to meditate simultaneously.
As for Song Bo, he had recently ascended on a Huntship and was now preparing to leverage the cultivation chamber's high Spiritual Energy enhancement to attempt a breakthrough.
Song Chi was already accustomed to this.
What he was more concerned about was his own physical condition.
Over the long three hundred years, while this period might seem insignificant to a seventh-rank Annihilator Ship Captain in terms of advancing one level of Guidance Technique, it was different for Song Chi.
During these three hundred years, he had the full support of the Spiritual Energy cultivation chamber and the Wizard Power Auxiliary Training Pod, as well as a steady supply of seventh-rank Blood Flesh Lingzhi and ultra-grade body-strengthening elixirs. The family even sent him a Lantern Fruit.
With these enhancements, his Guidance Technique soared from level 73 to level 78.
To put it in perspective, if he had been cultivating normally, this would have taken no less than three thousand years.
Subtracting the thousand years gained from the Lantern Fruit, it would still have taken two thousand years, but Song Chi managed to compress this period to just three hundred years.
The greatest credit goes to the steady supply of seventh-rank Blood Flesh Lingzhi, followed by the all-attribute cultivation chamber and the Wizard Power Auxiliary Training Pod.
This clearly demonstrated how astonishing the production of seventh-rank Blood Flesh Lingzhi from the Blood Flesh Mountain was.
However, Song Chi had his reasons for choosing to exit his seclusion now.
Apart from the fact that the seventh-rank Blood Flesh Lingzhi had been exhausted, he had also occupied the Wizard Power Auxiliary Training Pod for three hundred years and it was time to pass it on.
Even though his older brother Song Yan, the Patriarch, and the Progenitor had never urged him, Song Chi knew his limits.
The Wizard Power Auxiliary Training Pod was originally exchanged for by his older brother using merit points, intended for the four Annihilator Ship Captains of the family to use in rotation. Now that the Blood Flesh Lingzhi was depleted and his cultivation speed had slowed down, he naturally could not continue occupying it.
The four Annihilator Ship Captains of the family had all completed the Seventh Rank Ascension Guidance Technique within a millennium. Now, Song Wujian and the other two were still stuck at levels 72 and 73, unable to break through. In comparison, Song Chi, who had already reached level 78, was clearly far ahead.
...
Just as Song Chi stepped out of the All-Attribute Training Chamber, he was about to head back to the Dragon Spine Continent to check on the family's current state after a three-hundred-year seclusion.
However, the dense wave of alien beings ahead quickly stopped him in his tracks. The new Market of All Heavens trading session wasn't the main issue; what caught his attention was a familiar figure he spotted from his god-like perspective.
"Brook Benjamin..."
Song Chi's interest was piqued by something he remembered.
Although he had been in seclusion for the past three hundred years, the Market of All Heavens' trading sessions had continued uninterrupted. With his Market of All Heavens-powered avatar maintaining order, the trading sessions were never in jeopardy.
If his memory served him right, Brook Benjamin had inquired about antimatter energy multiple times during previous Market of All Heavens sessions.
As soon as he recalled this, his attention was almost entirely focused on Brook Benjamin.
Brook Benjamin didn't disappoint. After entering the Curiosity Exchange Shop, he soon took out a storage ring. A flash of light revealed several familiar energy orbs and crystals—precisely the antimatter sources and antimatter energy crystals.
Brook Benjamin didn't have much, only two antimatter sources and three antimatter energy crystals. Though the quantity was small, these were two resources that the Skygale of Tianxu desperately needed.
As more and more high-tier components were installed on the Skygale of Tianxu, the ship's energy supply gradually became insufficient. Even a level 90 black engine, facing multiple high-tier and mid-tier components, as well as numerous golden and black components, occasionally struggled to meet the energy demands.
This left two options: replace the engine or further enhance its quality. Replacing the black engine with a lower-tier colored engine would be extremely difficult, so in reality, there was only one viable choice.
Fortunately, the Antimatter Evolution Engine had a special characteristic that could be tested right now.
"These are the resources we agreed upon!"
In the Curiosity Exchange Shop, Song Chi spoke through a projection screen. Several Storage Capsules then appeared in front of Brook Benjamin, who quickly inventoried them and extracted all the antimatter sources and energy crystals.
Feeling the deep tremors from the ancestral aperture in his forehead, Song Chi knew this was a reaction from the Skygale of Tianxu.
After the transaction was completed, Song Chi summoned the Skygale of Tianxu to absorb the antimatter resources. However, a small incident soon occurred.
Leaving the Curiosity Exchange Shop, Brook Benjamin didn't head to the free stall area but instead began searching for the identity of "Bluelood Centaur."
Curious, Song Chi transformed into a Bluelood Centaur and waited for their subsequent interaction. Brook Benjamin's first words filled him with excitement.
"Brother Bluelood, I have confirmed the exact location of the Earth Mother Stone you were looking for. It is indeed the Earth Mother Stone, but the seller insists on a personal meeting with the buyer, so..."
Song Chi paid no attention to the rest of Brook Benjamin's words. His focus was entirely on the Earth Mother Stone.
The Earth Mother Stone was one of the special resources needed for an Annihilator Ship to upgrade to a Galactic Ship. In the Ember Flame Civilization, it was an extremely precious resource. Now that his Guidance Technique had reached level 78 and he already had the Dragon Blood Stone, along with the Chaos Blood Organ and Ninth Rank Chaos Demon Ape Spirit Bone, the Earth Mother Stone was one of the few resources he most desperately needed.
(End of Chapter)
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