After a brief exchange, the two parties departed, one heading south back to the Duchy Capital in the Golden Dragon Star Domain, the other north to the Dinghai Star Domain.

The Song family fleet, private communication channel between the Furious Lion and the Cang Qiong.

Song Mingsong asked with a solemn expression:

"Little Chi, what exactly is the method that directly melted half the head of the Golden Armored Giant Beast?"

He had previously told the Bai family that it was a type of one-off lethal move, merely to dispel their doubts and suspicions. In reality, even he did not know what kind of terrifying technique his grandson had used.

On a normal day, if Song Chi didn’t bring it up himself, Song Mingsong wouldn’t press for answers. But now was different, Song Mingsong had his own plans.

"Little Chi, Grandfather knows your temperament. You often hesitate to reveal the true combat power of your flagship in front of others, but now the situation is different. The competition for the seventh sequence of our family’s generation is about to begin."

As he said this, seeing that Song Chi was about to say something, Song Mingsong did not give him the opportunity and continued:

"The family sequence is not as simple as you think. Each generation of our Song family’s sequence, not only holds a status on par with the vein leaders of the family but also receives the full support of the family."

"Grandfather knows you’ve had some fortunes, and perhaps you don’t lack high-quality components, but what Grandfather wants to tell you is, the support the family offers for becoming a sequence goes far beyond just that."

Hearing this, Song Chi’s prepared response halted completely, and his eyes showed a mix of curiosity and faint anticipation as he looked at his grandfather.

Seeing this, Song Mingsong smiled and then continued:

"Setting aside other things, after becoming a sequence, the family will annually provide a certain amount of Titanium Crystal without any cost. You have many high-quality components on your flagship; you should understand the significance of Titanium Crystal, right?"

"Of course, this is just one type of the many resource supplements the family provides for sequences. Others, such as High-Level Floating Land Origin, Law Stones, Divine Soul Type resources, are also included."

Hearing this, Song Chi was already somewhat tempted, but Song Mingsong clearly had more to say.

"Besides, there’s something even more important. Let’s see how to put it..."

Song Mingsong paused, seemingly searching for the right words. Discover exclusive tales on empire

"Take the Golden Armored Giant Beast, for example. The reason this operation almost failed lies in its ability to burn its own Vitality to substantially increase its strength, you are aware of this, aren’t you!"

Song Chi nodded, as he had heard about it before in the group chat.

"The ability of the Golden Armored Giant Beast to burn its own Vitality is known as a secret technique within the Torch Human Civilization Territory. Secret techniques are extremely rare, requiring beings who have deeply explored the Power of Laws to create and pass them down."

"Without a doubt, lifeforms that can control such secret techniques are far superior in combat power to their peers. After all, compared to the Features bestowed by Starry Sea Oddities, secret techniques are not only mightily powerful, they can also grow along with one’s Law Comprehension, and more importantly, they have no cooldown time restrictions.

As long as you can endure, you can use them continuously to greatly improve combat power."

Taking advantage of a pause from his grandfather, Song Chi took the initiative to say:

"So, Grandfather, are you suggesting that our Song family also possesses Inherited Secret Techniques? And only after becoming a family sequence, one can learn and refine them?"

Song Mingsong coughed and explained:

"Of course not. The difficulty in refining secret techniques is immense, and generally, one has to control the Power of Laws before they can begin that process. Thus, the family Inherited Secret Techniques will be open to you once you advance to the Fourth Rank."

"But, can starting to refine these after reaching the Fourth Rank really be compared to becoming a family sequence, entering the family’s secret ground for training, and mastering the secret techniques one step ahead?"

"You should know, if you control the secret technique in advance, once you advance to the Fourth Rank, you will experience an unprecedented improvement in your control over the technique. Furthermore, it will also provide a certain boost to your Law Comprehension, which is greatly beneficial for your path beyond the Fourth Rank."

As he watched his grandson, now unable to fully hide his excitement, Song Mingsong stoked the flames further.

"Besides, it’s said that our family’s secret ground has a certain effect in enhancing Spiritual Force, further accelerating the breakthrough of a Torch Ship Captain’s Spiritual Force."

After hearing all this, Song Chi’s heart was already ablaze.

He took a moment to regulate his breathing, calming his somewhat agitated heart, and nodded quietly:

"Grandfather, the ability that the Cang Qiong used earlier is called ’Neutron Star Fission,’ it is..."

After telling his grandfather about the feature of Neutron Star Fission, Song Chi expected him to continue asking for specific information about the Neutron Star Core Armor. To his surprise, Song Mingsong burst into laughter and then dropped the subject.

"Very well, Grandfather understands. I will take care of the follow-up matters. For now, Little Chi, your main task is to accumulate as many Golden Merits as possible to exchange for an Orange Ascension Fire Source and upgrade the Seed of Torch’s Quality to Purple."

"To compete for the family sequence, a Blue Torch Seed is still a bit too weak."

Hearing this, Song Chi nodded. He knew this all too clearly.

And upon hearing ’Purple Seed of Torch,’ he suddenly remembered the attribute chart of the Furious Lion warship’s upgrade to Fourth Rank that his grandfather had posted in the family group chat.

Since Grandfather had already initiated the Fourth Rank upgrade mission for his warship, it naturally meant that the Torch body of the Furious Lion, which is Grandfather’s Seed of Torch, had already reached Purple.

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