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Dismissing the attribute panel in front of him, Song Chi nodded slightly. Generally, he was satisfied with the overall attributes of the level 15 Ruins Market. If he had to point out one disappointment, it might be that [Spatial Anchor Point] feature.

He had always been eager to add another self-settable anchor point. If he could just set a return anchor point at home, he would be able to confidently use Zhu Tian Ruins Market as a hub to freely explore any other star domains associated with the anchor points, without being subjected to the 24-hour limit imposed on each Alien Star Domain exploration.

But contrary to his wishes, even after enhancing the Ruins Market to level 15, he still hadn't gained another anchor point. To say he wasn't disappointed would be impossible.

Sigh!

Putting aside the helplessness in his heart, the status of this Ruins Market at his feet was intimidating enough. He couldn't be too demanding.

Comforting himself in this way, Song Chi indeed felt much better. He then shifted his thoughts and exited the Zhu Tian Ruins Market.

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The Illusion Space, family base.

Song Chi made his way to the monitoring room to relieve his father.

In the past twenty days, since he was busy trying to break through to Spectral Energy Guidance Technique level 9 using the Body Tempering Liquid, Song Chi had spent most of his time inside the Ruins Market and consequently missed quite a number of monitoring shifts, all of which were covered by his father.

He really didn't want to trouble his father. Cultivating the Second Rank Spectral Energy Guidance Technique required long periods of consistent practice, without any slackness allowed.

But needing so many continuous days, it was also difficult to bother Song Lin and Song You with this matter, so he could only ask his father to take over.

In the monitoring room, the familiar projection screen was still there, and the stronghold of the Blood Blade Star Thieves on it remained as usual, with not much change.

Song Chao was seated in front of the projection screen, half of his spiritual focus on visualizing the Mythical Mech Projection Imprint Blueprint in his mind, the other half concentrated on the screen, monitoring every move of the Blood Blade Star Thieves.

As Song Chi entered, Song Chao ceased his visualization of the Mythical Mech Projection Imprint Blueprint, turning the other half of his attention to his son.

After a while, his expression subtly changed, and he said with surprise,

"Spectral Energy Guidance Technique level 9 already?"

Even though Song Chi tried his best to restrain the fluctuations of energy within his body, having just broken through, it was not absolutely under his control, naturally not escaping the notice of Song Chao, who had undergone two Life Sublimations.

Song Chao looked calm on the outside, but inside, ripples of surprise were spreading.

He found the speed of improvement in his son's cultivation somewhat unbelievable.

Considering that Song Chi had only awakened half a year ago, to escalate his Guidance Technique from level 4 to level 9 was tremendously abnormal for any newly awakened Torch Ship Captain.

Although he was aware of the existence of "Deep Water Clam Pearls" and the previous "Body Tempering Liquid," these factors alone couldn't account for such a dramatic progress, even including the "Queen Insect Meat."

However, he kept his astonishment deeply hidden. Knowing his son had secrets, he naturally wouldn't probe. After all, didn't he have many untold secrets himself?

Soon, a look of relief appeared on Song Chao's face, not feigned but genuinely happy for his son.

Of course, there was also pride, feeling proud of his son's excellence.

"Good job, you're indeed my son. Keep it up and strive for your first Life Sublimation as soon as possible to step into First Rank," said Song Chao as he stood up and patted Song Chi's shoulder heartily, clearly pleased.

After Song Chi nodded, Song Chao strode towards the door, his pace carrying a hint of eagerness.

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Indeed, it was true. After only half a year, Song Chi had already approached the great threshold of the First Rank, which made his father, who was at the Second Rank, feel pressured for the first time.

It wasn't that he was afraid Song Chi would surpass him, but he couldn't let his son do so too soon; otherwise, he would have no idea where to put his face, after living for more than a hundred years.

What Song Chi did not know was, as soon as Song Chao had stepped out of the monitoring room, his eyes began to whirl rapidly, and he murmured in a voice that only he could hear,

"Half a year to reach level 9 in his Guidance Technique, plus the high probability of there being more than two components of Purple Quality on that warship, as well as the Purple Top-Rank Fire Source UpRank that the old man mentioned before, the possibility of him challenging the family hierarchy in the future..."

At this thought, Song Chao clenched his fists tightly, and even his breathing became heavier. Nevertheless, he quickly shook his head vigorously, pushing the thought to the deepest corner of his mind.

The Dinghai Song Family had a heritage spanning thousands of years, and the number of family members far exceeded imagination. There were no shortage of geniuses with extraordinary encounters. The challenge to climb the family hierarchy was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

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Keep in mind that even his father, the old master Song Mingsong, was far from the family hierarchy in his younger days.

No longer thinking about these things, Song Chao strode toward the warship docking area. Over the past twenty or so days, his time for practicing the Spectral Energy Guidance Technique had been limited, and he needed to make up for it.

"No, making up for it isn't enough. I need to increase the training duration even more. That damn kid really knows how to give his old man challenges."

Having just reached the warship docking area and summoned Qingkong, Song Chao gritted his teeth and set a new goal for himself, swearing not to lose face in front of his son, at least not too soon.

Unaware of the rich inner drama of his father, Song Chi, like Song Chao before him, divided his mind in two: one part to visualize the engraving map at the bottom of his heart, and the other to monitor the situation of the Blood Blade Star Thieves' nest in the projection screen in real time.

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Time flew by quickly, and nearly ten days had passed.

In these ten days, Song Chi had completely adapted to the surge in his physical attributes and had fully made up for the shifts his father had covered.

As for the exploration of the Alien Star Domain, sorry, that was not carried out. It wasn't that he intentionally omitted it, but rather the base prohibited the exploration of Alien Star Domains.

It wasn't just him, several others in the base had the same restriction.

The reasons? There were two.

First, to prevent exposure that might alert the Blood Blade Star Thieves to the family's intentions. Although the Illusion Space had a certain ability to shield energy fluctuations, after all, it was not a specialized shielding structure, and the risk of exposure still existed.

Second, even though the family had built the base in this cluster of fragments, that didn't mean that there were no spatial rifts or spatial winds nearby. It was just that, compared to other areas of the Star Region, there were much fewer such factors.

And as long as there were spatial rifts and spatial winds, there would be considerable danger in the Torch Warship's exploration of Alien Star Domains.

Based on these two points, there was a rule that forbidden exploration of Alien Star Domains during the execution of monitoring duties at the base.

Song Chi, Song Lin, and Song You did not have too much of an objection to this rule. Exploring the Alien Star Domains once a month was not a big deal if delayed a few times.

In the monitoring room, Song Chi couldn't wait to stand up from his cross-legged position. It was time to switch shifts, and Song Lin was about to replace him.

As for why he was in such a hurry, of course, there was a reason.

In these ten days, he had completely stabilized his level 9 Guidance Technique and could once again use the Body Tempering Liquid to accelerate his training.

Of course, this was not the key point. More importantly, he still had a dose of Advanced Body Tempering Potion refined with nine hundred years' worth of Deep Water Clam Pearls. He had been eagerly anticipating the effects of this potion for a long time.

Now that his Guidance Technique had broken through to level 9, with no more limitations, he was naturally eager to personally try out this High-Level Body Tempering Potion.

However, it was at this moment that the scene on the projection screen in front of him changed abruptly. A Torch Warship, a hundred meters in length, suddenly appeared in the projection screen!

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