Chapter 822 - 432: The Trade
Creatures like Goblin Luke still abound at this moment.
No one is foolish enough, and many from the Alien Race see the great potential in the future of the Divine Country Mission Platform after seeing its detailed introduction, thus they keep raising their bids.
As a result, just from this Ruins Market transaction, Song Chi harvested profits far exceeding any previous transaction in the market, including but not limited to Starry Sea Oddities, High Rank Floating Land Origins, and various rare mineral resources, including two Fifth Rank Void Crystals.
Song Chi carefully calculated, and the gains from this Ruins Market transaction were nearly five times that of previous days, if not even more.
Moreover, the key point is that this is not a mere coincidence. Future Ruins Market transactions, while possibly less than today, will definitely not be much less.
In addition, as time progresses and the number of players recognized by this Divine Country Mission Platform increases, even on days when the Ruins Market is not opened, this Divine Country Player Trading Space will continuously provide profits for Song Chi.
This was what made Song Chi most satisfied; as the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong now upgraded to the Zhulu Warship, he increasingly felt that he was not as extravagant as he imagined, finding himself short on funds whenever he tried to enhance a few components.
Although he always enhanced extremely high-quality components, including enhancements to Fifth or Sixth Rank, Song Chi didn’t care about these details.
For other Torch Ship Captains of the same rank wanting to enhance a red or even higher-quality component to the Sixth Rank, it often required consuming all the assets accumulated over ten or even several decades. But what did that have to do with him?
Song Chi knew that every enhancement he made was tough; his pockets were instantly empty whenever he enhanced a few Silver or even Golden Sanctuary Components, which certainly meant that his wealth was insufficient.
Based on this, the future additional profits provided by the Divine Country Mission Platform naturally made him extremely content.
After tallying his gains, Song Chi first separated those strangenesses that could be transformed into shipborne components, logged into the Shaking Light Star Tower, and converted all to Star Tower Mall Points, and then he left the Ruins Market with peace of mind.
Outside, the Starry Floating Continent.
As soon as Song Chi appeared, he was greeted with the roaring shout from the Flame Giant in his heart.
With the assistance of the “Bridge of the Mind” feature, he understood that this was the Flame Giant’s way of communicating its joy.
Indeed, after more than five years, the Flame Giant, having fully digested that Sixth Rank Fire Attribute Giant Heart Core, and originally at the Fifth Rank Peak, successfully broke through to the Sixth Rank, now being a Sixth Rank Level creature.
With a thought, Song Chi quickly returned to the Dragon Spine Continent and fetched the recently advanced Flame Giant back.
With this, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong now had two Sixth Rank Enslaved Species.
However, whether it was the One-Eyed Giant Fiend or the Flame Giant, their elevation to the Sixth Rank had not been long, and they still belonged to the normal category of Sixth Rank Species, making the gap huge compared to those at the Sixth Rank Peak, or even Half-Step Seventh Tier Creatures.
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In the Main Control Room of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, just after calming the recently advanced Flame Giant, Song Chi suddenly turned his attention to the “Yang Concentric Medallion” component installed on the warship.
Shen Youran, who had remained alongside the Yaohan Kingdom’s central fleet due to concerns for her parents, sent a message that the distance between them would likely exceed five hundred thousand light-years.
It’s only the “Yin Yang Projection” feature of the “Yin Yang Concinnity Pendant” component that could ignore the distance restriction, allowing the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong to autonomously choose.
“Alright, you activate the ‘Yin Yang Projection’ feature in five minutes!”
Advancing through the northern hundred thousand light-years, over the years, the Kingdom’s central fleet had pushed forward by a hundred thousand light-years, now occupying a region that belonged to the Robber Star Civilization just a few years ago.
Hundred thousand light-years was evidently not a small distance, which is why all groups within the central fleet managed to earn lavishly, including the Yan family from the Gather North Star Domain, one of the top influential families in the northern part of Yaohan Kingdom.
Yet today, something rather displeasing to the entire Yan family had occurred.
Despite having gained much from this advancement, the Yan Family’s experience was marked by the unexpected activation of their Fearless Ship Captain seed’s formal promotion; despite being well-prepared and even boosting the success rate of the upgrade to nearly 60%, the upgrade regrettably failed.
This not only resulted in the loss of the Ultimate Battleship earmarked for the family’s Fearless Ship Captain’s seed but also left their Torch in a weakened state, unable to recover for potentially hundreds of years.
The Yan family, naturally, did not welcome this.
After several centuries, when cold dishes have chilled—a lone Dreadnought Ship under the elderly ancestor would garner limited benefits in this pioneering war. It was imperative to produce a second Dreadnought Captain before the end of the pioneering war.
Thus, the Yan family sought out Shen Youran who had previously circulated news about the Fifth Rank Moon Spring, showing clear intentions to buy it. However, after learning that Shen Youran was just an intermediary, they immediately asked to speak directly with the main dealer, also expressing that they had a considerable amount of Fifth Rank Void Crystals on hand.
At the temporary base of the central fleet, the home of the Northern Sphere Shen Family.
Accompanying a strong space fluctuation, the projection of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong materialized.
Just as he was about to say something to Shen Youran, who stood elegantly beside him, the fiercely urgent Yan family members took the initiative:
“My friend, are you sure you have the Fifth Rank Moon Spring?”
The speaking member of the Yan family was no ordinary individual; although he hadn’t summoned his flagship, Song Chi’s divided spirit in the projection of Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong could sense the high-order creature’s oppressive aura emitted by him.
“Guidance Technique above level 50?”
Song Chi glanced at him, straightforwardly stating,
“Rest assured on that point—as long as you can present satisfactory Fifth Rank Void Crystals, I will ensure the Fifth Rank Moon Spring reaches your hands through Youran immediately!”
Having said that, Song Chi ceased speaking and waited to see how many Fifth Rank Void Crystals they could produce.
From a previous transaction with Li Chengxuan of the Sheng Tang Dynasty, one part of Fifth Rank Moon Spring was exchanged for four Fifth Rank Void Crystals given by them. Now, given the apparent urgency of the Yan family, Song Chi’s thoughts were simple; not necessarily asking for more, but at least it shouldn’t be less than four.
Opposite, the Yan family discussed for a moment, then they offered a number that made Song Chi’s face turn cold.
“One piece!”
Song Chi sneered a few times, too lazy to mock, simply replying with four words.
“Are you sure?”
After several rounds of negotiation, the Yan family still stubbornly offered only three Fifth Rank Void Crystals, and Song Chi was not going to indulge them.
With a flicker of his mind, the projection of Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong began to gradually dim, indicating that he was actively cancelling the projection.
This action from Song Chi was not to intimidate, but he was truly preparing to cancel the projection.
It had been five years since his last trade with Li Chengxuan, during which he tried many methods but only managed to obtain three portions of Fifth Rank [Moon Spring] from the Dark Night Elf Tribe, a rarity even for them.
Given its popularity, he wasn’t worried about lack of interest from Torch Ship Captains; since the other party lacked sincerity, he naturally didn’t bother to argue further.
However, this move seemed to have frightened the Yan family, who quickly backtracked:
“Wait, 4 pieces… no… 5 pieces. We are willing to trade you the Fifth Rank [Moon Spring] in your possession for 5 Fifth Rank Void Crystals!”
At that, Song Chi finally stopped his action, and said:
“Deal!”
The trade was confirmed by both parties, and initially, the Yan family took out three Fifth Rank Void Crystals as a deposit, only handing over the last two crystals after Shen Youran produced the Fifth Rank [Moon Spring].
After Song Chi left, with Shen Youran as the intermediary, the subsequent trade was quickly completed.
Back in the Starry Floating Land, inside Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, Song Chi looked at the five Fifth Rank Void Crystals recently acquired from Shen Youran and started to enhance [Chicang’s No. 004 Breeding Secret Realm].
During this period, he had gathered a sizeable number of Fifth Rank Void Crystals, ready to try enhancing this onboard secret realm component.
With two portions of Fifth Rank Starry Sky Plant Heart on hand, failing to enhance the Breeding Sanctuary to a higher level would make it impossible to promote the [Silver Apple Mother Tree] later.
“Confirm consuming 3 strands of Fifth Rank Floating Land Origin + 60,000 Spectral Energy Points + 123 Titanium Crystals + 54 Law Stones + 1 Fifth Rank Void Crystal to enhance Chicang’s No. 004 Breeding Secret Realm from lv50 to lv51?”
“Confirm!”
After six consecutive enhancements, the component [Chicang’s No. 004 Breeding Secret Realm] was stabilized at lv56. Hmm… all the Fifth Rank Void Crystals were now used up, unable to continue enhancing.
Song Chi calculated; enhancing this component to lv60 would require another 34 Fifth Rank Void Crystals, causing him some distress.
Having struggled previously to obtain just 21 pieces, he now needed even more.
For a moment, he hardly knew where to acquire more, only hoping that future expeditionary wars might yield more crystals.
Muttering to himself, Song Chi stopped thinking about it, consoling himself that if he wanted an endless supply of Sixth Rank [Silver Apples] in the future, these were necessary trials.
Summoning back Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, Song Chi returned to the Ruins Market.
He had forgotten something previously; now calculating it, since the last Ruins Market trade concluded, it seemed the market already met the upgrade conditions again.
Opening the Ruins Market attribute panel, Song Chi’s lips curled instinctively.
“Name: Zhu Tian Ruins Market”
“Ruins Market Master: Song Chi”
“Level: lv47”
“Specifications: 170km X 170km”
“Basic Configuration: 1200 shops, a 24km X 24km stall area, a four-story inn, one lv47 All-Attributes Cultivation Room (doubles the efficiency of Spectral Energy cultivation), one lv47 Spectral Energy Protection Formation, one lv47 Ultra Long-Distance Space Gate Random Deployment Platform, one Fourth Rank Spirit Mechanism Synthesis Platform.”
“Extra Configuration: Stealth Light Platform (Purple) lv40, Fourth Rank Bloodline Baptism Altar (Red), Divine Country Mission Platform (Gold) lv66 (7/20)”
“Feature: Averting Misfortune (able to move freely in the void, naturally avoiding disasters)”
“Feature 2: Spatial Anchor (able to set three coordinate anchors in any Star Region of the Shattered Starry Sea)”
“Feature 3: Dominion Position (possessing the power of dominance while in the Ruins Market)”
“Upgrade Requirement: 240 strands of Fourth Rank Floating Land Origin, Ruins Market Trading Volume to reach fifty thousand (972,400/960,000 strands of Fourth Rank Floating Land Origin)”
As his thoughts moved, a notification sound followed.
“Upgrade conditions met, confirm upgrading Zhou Tian Ruins Market from lv47 to lv48?”
“Confirm!”
With his confirmation, Zhou Tian Ruins Market successfully reached lv48.
This upgrade wasn’t merely about raising other configurations up by one level; importantly, with this upgrade, the last projection room on the fourth floor of the inn was unlocked, and the fifth [Ruins Market Projection Rank] was officially available.
Just previously, a [Ruins Market Projection Rank] was used in the Chaotic Star Zone, and with one in his hands, one with Shen Youran, and one exchanged from the Dark Night Elf Tribe, there were no extra [Ruins Market Projection Ranks] available for external exchange. Song Chi was reluctant to use a Silver Oddity for recharging, but this newly acquired rank was perfectly timed.