Setting aside that issue for the moment, Song Chi proceeded to tally the other three types of resources in his possession.

After a whole year of mining, it was only natural that he discovered more than just Lower Rank and Intermediate Rank Soul Stone veins.

Six months ago, when he had just entered the Central Region for two months, he was fortunate enough to detect a High Rank Soul Stone vein in a deep mountain valley; regrettably, it was only a tiny vein, and in the end, he only mined 8,900 High Rank Soul Stones. Including the few remaining scattered mines, the High Rank Soul Stones in his hands barely exceeded 10,000 pieces.

In addition, throughout this year, wherever he went mining, the Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurines were also released, which likewise brought him quite a few gains.

The most significant among these were the more than 300 Second Rank Soul Cores, along with 16 Third Rank Soul Cores; of course, there were only 14 Third Rank Soul Cores left now.

"With these items, my Spiritual Force should still be able to experience a period of rapid improvement in the future."

After tallying all the Divine Soul Type resources in his hands, Song Chi’s thoughts moved, and he exited the Ruins Market.

...

Outside, in the Soul Ho Mountain Range at the farthest eastern edge of the Central Region.

Acting as the dividing range between the Central Region and the Eastern Region within the Soul Spirit Floating Land, the Soul Ho Mountain Range stretched nearly two million kilometers, perfectly separating the Central and Eastern Regions of the Soul Spirit Floating Land from north to south.

Today, the entire Central Region is largely under the control of the Song family; to keep the Song clan members out of the Central Region, the Soul Spirit Clan set up a huge defensive line along the Soul Ho Mountain Range.

Within this defensive line, the remnants of the Soul Spirit Clan from the Eastern Region allocated a considerable amount of Combat Power, including nearly a hundred Third Rank Soul Spirit Clan members, and more than three hundred Third Rank Level creatures such as Chimeras and Blackwater Xuan Snakes.

Opposite them, the Song family also assembled quite a few family members, including over fifty Third Rank Torch Ship Captains and more than five hundred Second Rank Torch Ship Captains.

The two sides had been facing each other over the Soul Ho Mountain Range as the boundary for more than three months.

In the southern part of the Soul Ho Mountain Range, within a mountain body spanning several thousand kilometers.

Song Chi stepped out from his personal cave; this was their family’s new guard point.

The mountain peak beneath his feet had been named South Peak 14, and accordingly, the area they were responsible for was called the South Section 14 defensive line.

At the entrance to Grandpa’s cave, Song Mingsong, who pushed open the door, looked at Song Chi with some surprise.

Over the past year, Song Chi had been a rare visitor, taking Song You with him and almost setting foot in half of the territories in the Soul Spirit Floating Land, only recently returning.

Before Grandpa could speak, Song Chi took the initiative to say:

"Grandpa, does our vein need Intermediate Rank Soul Stones?"

Song Mingsong’s eyebrows rose.

"So, you’ve spent the last year leading the little guy to hunt for Soul Stones?"

Song Chi didn’t expect that to be the first thing Grandpa said; he could only awkwardly twitch the corners of his mouth while lightly nodding.

Seeing this, Song Mingsong didn’t ask further, but said directly:

"Tell me, how many do you have?"

Song Chi gestured twelve with his hands.

"12,000?"

Song Chi shook his head.

Seeing this, Song Mingsong wasn’t surprised; after all, his grandson had been out and about for nearly a year, and indeed 12,000 seemed too few.

"120,000? You lad are impressive, managing to..."

Before he could finish, Song Chi shook his head again. Discover hidden content at empire

At this point, Song Mingsong’s expression suddenly became serious, no longer light-hearted as he spoke slowly:

"Little Chi, you aren’t going to tell Grandpa it’s 1.2 million, are you?"

Seeing Song Chi nod without any sign of joking, even with Song Mingsong’s composure at over two hundred years old, his heartbeat still uncontrollably accelerated.

1.2 million Intermediate Rank Soul Stones, which represented 3.6 million Family Merit Points. Three and a half million Merit Points in one year?

For a moment, Song Mingsong fell silent, uncertain what to say.

No matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t figure out how his grandson had managed to acquire such a quantity of Soul Stones.

After a brief moment of astonishment, Song Mingsong recovered quickly; he might be initially surprised, but it was not enough to lose his composure, being someone who had lived over two hundred years.

At this instant, Song Mingsong was filled with profound joy; these were indeed Divine Soul Type resources. Although just Low Rank Divine Soul Type resources, their vast quantity couldn’t be understated, and they were greatly beneficial for Zero Rank and First Rank Torch Ship Captains.

If they were to be placed into their clan’s secret vault, they would certainly become one of the most popular resources.

However, he found it somewhat difficult to handle 3.6 million Merit Points; even as a Third Rank Torch Ship Captain, it would be really challenging to come up with that in a short period of time.

It wasn’t that he wasn’t wealthy enough, but most of Song Mingsong’s assets were other Strange Objects, Titanium Crystals, and such; who would carry so many Merit Points on them all the time?

Song Chi had certainly considered this point. Seeing Grandpa didn’t reply, he immediately said:

"Grandpa, you can also deduct it with High Rank Soul Stones and Second Rank Soul Cores."

Two minutes later, Song Chi, clutching a thousand Second Rank Soul Cores and fifty thousand High Rank Soul Stones, contentedly returned to his cave.

Of course, it wasn’t just these two; strictly speaking, together, they only amounted to roughly 1.6 million Merit Points.

As for the following two hundred million Merit Points, Grandpa stated that they would be paid back in instalments over the next three years.

To this, Song Chi naturally had no objections.

Otherwise, if he had to dispose of them himself, it was uncertain how long it would take to deal with the 1.2 million Intermediate Rank Soul Stones.

Besides, he still had over a hundred thousand Intermediate Rank Soul Stones left, which he planned to reserve for Song Ting’s future use.

"However, speaking of which, Grandpa’s luck is really good, to have found over a hundred thousand High Rank Soul Stones while killing a Third Rank Peak Soul Spirit Clan member and searching its hiding spot..."

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