Mainly, Bai Xiurong explicitly stated that the Golden Armored Giant Beast was in a severely injured state, its strength far from its peak of a hundred and ten percent. Now, it is slumbering within a large copper ore deposit in the Copper Mountain Continent, drawing on the rich metallic energy within the copper ore to recover from its injuries.

If it weren’t for this, Song Mingsong would never have agreed to it.

After all, the lineage of Bai Xiurong has already declined within the Bai Family and does not have a Fourth Rank Torch Ship Captain. The risk was not small.

...

"Okay, let’s go back first. Your mother has also been promoted to Third Rank. Later on, the Third Rank Floating Land Origin Eruption Eye at the garrison can be suppressed by the Sky Zither. With elder brother’s Mountain also present, the risk in this operation will be much reduced..."

Hearing this, Song Chao’s eyes lit up with joy. If Bai Xiuqin could complete her promotion during this period, then the subsequent situation would become much better.

Above Green Moon Lake, Qingkong broke through the clouds and slowly descended onto Green Moon Island.

With the return of the five members who participated in the expedition, the whole Green Moon Manor suddenly became lively, especially after receiving the news that no one was injured.

In the underground secret chamber, a large gathering of the family was convening.

Click!

From the side corner, a door to an inner stone chamber opened, and Song Mingsong and Song Shan stepped out.

Previously, in order to transplant the [Divine Tempering Fruit Tree] into the Dragon Blood Mystic Realm, the entrance to that secret realm in the family was canceled by Song Mingsong. Only now had it been reopened.

Approaching the crowd, Song Mingsong said:

"This [Divine Tempering Fruit Tree] was found by Little Chi. Therefore, when the eight Divine Tempering Fruits on the tree mature, he will get half first. In the future, with each new round of maturity, he must also be given one for free."

Having said this, Song Mingsong looked around the crowd. Seeing only smiles on everyone’s faces, happy about the prospect of high-level Divine Soul Type resources like the Divine Tempering Fruit being produced continuously in the lineage, and no one expressing any objections, he then turned the conversation to the matter of Copper Mountain Continent.

"Regarding the operation in the Copper Mountain Continent, with this promotion of the Sky Zither, there is the suppression of the Origin Eruption Eye. In addition, with elder brother’s Guidance Technique also promoted to Third Rank with the help of Body Tempering Paste, we can send more people over this time."

As he spoke, the gathered seniors started discussing the specific personnel list.

About five minutes or so later, it was still Song Mingsong who made the decision:

"Let’s settle it like this: apart from me and elder brother, there will be Hongxue, the third brother and his wife, the fourth brother and his wife, and then add Little Chi and Little Qi."

"Well, this operation should take place in about three months. Everyone should make preparations as much as possible. Although the Golden Armored Giant Beast is severely injured, it is after all a Fourth Rank lifeform. We must not be careless!"

"Understood!"

...

Once the discussion ended, everyone gradually left. Song Chi stayed behind last once again. Of course, this time he didn’t have any other matters; he was simply there to withdraw a sum of Merit Points from his grandfather.

From the previous over one million intermediate-rank Soul Stones, the lineage still owed him two million Merit Points. After his return this time, he was ready to go to the Family Merit Hall to redeem a "Thorned Flying Dragon Enslavement Certificate," naturally needing to prepare a sum of Merit Points beforehand.

Two minutes later, Song Chi walked out of his grandparents’ courtyard. At this moment, his personal Quantum Communication Bracelet showed an additional 500,000 Family Merit Points.

As for Golden Merit Points, there was no need to worry about that. The [Obsidian Ship Armor] he had exchanged before, and the Purple Relics he had obtained through the Ruins Market Guest Token in the past year were still in his hands, enough for him to exchange for about thirty Golden Merit Points.

Speaking of the [Ruins Market Guest Token], it’s worth mentioning that over the past year, the ones in the hands of Goblin Luke and the centaur had already expired. However, both had renewed them with Purple Relics, so these two are still regulars at each Ruins Market trade.

As for Zhou Ping, due to Titanium Crystal and Body Tempering Paste, he doesn’t need to use up a token every time he enters the Ruins Market.

And those other Alien Species? They generally switch out every few months, as their hands do not hold sufficient wealth to renew the [Ruins Market Guest Token].

Time passed, the next day, in the afternoon.

After telling his parents, Song Chi piloted the Cangqiong to Dragon Spine Sacred Mountain.

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At the Family Merit Hall, Song Chi handed over two Purple Main Cannons and an Energy Shield through the exchange counter to the family, obtaining 13 Golden Merit Points.

The two main cannons accounted for four points each, and the Energy Shield with its decent attributes earned five points from the person in charge of exchanges at the Merit Hall.

Aside from these three, the other purple components had already been distributed by the First Direct Lineage, like the [Obsidian Ship Armor] which was acquired by my big uncle for my older brother Song Qi, also for 8 Golden Merit Points.

After all, exchanging them with the family would also cost 8 points, so might as well give the benefit to our own lineage.

I scanned the personal information panel on the Quantum Communication Bracelet.

Ordinary Merit Points: 532,180

Golden Merit Points: 35

With the addition of those 13 points just now, I now have a total of 35 Golden Merit Points.

With this, Song Chi was quite satisfied. Actually, if he wanted, he could have obtained about 4 more points because he still had more than 20 Third Rank Soul Cores in his possession. For every 5 Third Rank Soul Cores contributed to the family, one could gain an additional Golden Merit Point.

However, Song Chi didn’t do so.

Now, his Spiritual Force had already entered the second stage of the Ordinary Thought State, and to continue advancing rapidly, he would need to use these Third Rank Soul Cores.

On the 20th floor of the Merit Tower, in front of the Floating Land Origin exchange counter.

Song Chi first retrieved ten thousand strands of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin from between his brows and exchanged them for 1,000 strands of First Rank Floating Land Origin.

Then, he took out an additional 2,000 strands of First Rank Floating Land Origin, and together with the previous 1,000 strands, exchanged them for 200 strands of Second Rank Floating Land Origin.

As for the final exchange of 1,000 strands of Second Rank Floating Land Origin for 50 strands of Third Rank Floating Land Origin, Song Chi did not use up this annual quota.

In the Ruins Market, the [Spirit Mechanism Synthesis Platform] could synthesize 100 strands of Third Rank Floating Land Origin from 1,000 strands of Second Rank, which was a much better deal by a full two times and not really worth it.

Of course, the main reason was that over the past year, he had already synthesized 1,100 strands of Third Rank Floating Land Origin through the [Spirit Mechanism Synthesis Platform], and he now had over 1,200 strands of Third Rank Floating Land Origin in his hands.

He only needed to replace the [Shadowcapture Antimatter Overstate Engine] later on, then he could further enhance components like the [Dark Matter Energy Shield Generator] and [Neutron Star Core Armor].

After exchanging Floating Land Origin, Song Chi went all the way to the 29th floor of the Merit Tower.

Entering this floor, he immediately exchanged for a Third Rank Thorned Flying Dragon enslavement certificate, which was his main reason for coming to the Merit Tower; naturally, there was no reason to hesitate.

What surprised him, though, was the efficiency of the Family Merit Hall; it had only been two days since the Soul Spirit Floating Land was fully controlled by The First Direct Lineage, and now there were already enslavement certificates available for the Blackwater Xuan Snake and the Two-Headed Chimera.

Of course, although it was unexpected, he wasn’t particularly interested. Compared to them, he preferred the Thorned Flying Dragon.

With the deduction of 300,000 Ordinary Merit Points + 5 Golden Merit Points, the Ordinary Merit Points in Song Chi’s personal account had been greatly reduced.

He didn’t rush to go above the 30th floor; instead, he spent 30,000 Ordinary Merit Points at another counter on this 29th floor to exchange for three vials of Top-Tier Body Tempering Potion.

Currently, his hands held quite a few 700-year-old and 900-year-old Deep Water Clam Pearls. Presumably, it wouldn’t be long before the Guidance Technique breaks through to Lv20.

When that time comes, he would need these top-tier Body Tempering Potions to work in conjunction with the 1,500-year-old Deep Water Clam Pearl, to make the most of the hard-earned Deep Water Clam Pearl.

Well... It’s not that he didn’t want to exchange for more, but there was a limit of three per year; however, that would be enough for him for a short time.

On the 30th floor of the Merit Tower, in front of the Titanium Crystal exchange counter, now that he had enough Golden Merit Points, Song Chi did not hesitate and exchanged all of his remaining quota of 300 Titanium Crystals.

For this type of strategic resource, the family’s exchange restriction is a maximum of 500 crystals every three years; he had already exchanged twice more than a year ago, and now he only had the quota for the final 300 crystals left.

After deducting another 3 Golden Merit Points, there were only 27 Golden Merit Points left in his account.

After exchanging for Titanium Crystals, Song Chi began to wander above the 30th floor of the Merit Tower.

However, to his disappointment, until he reached the 49th floor, he hadn’t seen anything he wanted.

It wasn’t that there was nothing good between the 30th and 49th floors; on the contrary, there were plenty of great items.

Orange Main Cannons, Orange Energy Shields, Purple Engines, Space Solidification Stones, Green Spirit Fruits, and 3,000-year-old Sea Conch, etc.

It’s just that these weren’t what Song Chi needed, at least not at the moment.

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