Chapter 443: Chapter 238: Yaohan Kingdom – Star-Annihilating Starship

With the increase in high-quality components on board the Cangqiong, the orange-quality engines indeed became somewhat inadequate. But a direct replacement was not necessary.

Red-quality shipborne engines were not readily available, and at least Song Chi had not seen one in the Family Merit Hall so far.

Perhaps the Merit Hall had some on the 60th floor or above, but that would start at a minimum of 500 Golden Merits, and Song Chi felt it might even be more.

In the Family Merit Hall, the price difference between orange and purple components was about tenfold; there was no reason that the difference between orange and red components was only fivefold.

As for the red-quality [Multi-eyed Tribe’s Origin Eyeball] on the 60th floor, Song Chi speculated that its original owner from the Multi-eyed Tribe might have just barely stepped into the Sixth Rank before its Origin Eyeball was removed, placing it among the lowest tier of red oddities.

The reason for this speculation was that Song Chi had a certain understanding of the Multi-eyed Tribe.

These creatures had some similarities with the Tri-Eye Race, as they both used their eyes as a dwelling for all divine skills, almost all abilities relied on this Origin Eyeball.

Therefore, the eyeballs of such creatures were highly prone to evolving into Starry Sea oddities. Song Chi had even seen a purple-quality [Multi-eyed Tribe’s Origin Eyeball] in the hands of a Mechanical Race who had offered the [Dark Matter Energy Shield Generator] component.

Unfortunately, the Multi-eyed Tribe was far from the Tri-Eye Race in that they had no formidable Starry Sea godlike beings that could transform all tribal Origin Eyeballs into bloodline sacred objects, making it extremely difficult for other Starry Sea alien races to use them.

It was this difference that led to the entirely different fates of the two groups.

One became an Overlord-Level Civilization in the Shattered Starry Sea, with territories sprawling across three galaxy clusters, flourishing and unchallenged.

The other was reduced to the most popular captive breed group among the many Starry Sea tribes, destined to continuously breed Starry Sea oddities, subject to arbitrary slaughter with no dignity whatsoever.

Shaking his head, Song Chi pulled his increasingly drifting thoughts back.

He certainly couldn’t amass hundreds or thousands of Golden Merits in a short time, but let’s not forget that he still had the [Silver Apple Mother Tree] in his possession. The hundred-meter-diameter silver apple would later be perfect for use on this [Light Energy Aggregation Engine], allowing it to advance from orange to red.

So, Song Chi’s current task was to exchange for some Fourth-Rank Floating Land Origin and Law Stones, to try to elevate the level of this orange engine further.

On the 49th floor of the Merit Tower, Song Chi took out one of the two unidentified ancient corpses he had, and directly handed it over to a clan member on duty today.

Seeing the clearly extraordinary corpse, the clan member’s eyelids twitched; he was not a novice and identified the unique nature of the ancient corpse immediately.

He stood up and apologized,

“Sorry, I am not in a position to appraise this corpse. I have reported it to one of the Deputy Hall Masters at the entrance; please wait a moment.”

Upon hearing this, Song Chi nodded slightly but was somewhat anxious and sighed internally.

Over the past few days since his return, he promptly posted the information about the ancient corpses on the family forum. However, perhaps because they had not yet been refined for Primordial Blood, not many clan members were willing to trade Fourth-Rank Floating Land Origin and Law Stones for them, and the few offers he did receive were not high.

With some confusion, Song Chi had no choice but to try his luck at the Merit Tower.

Soon, a portly middle-aged man found Song Chi. This person was named Song Yue, one of the Deputy Hall Masters of the Merit Hall and also a Third-Rank Torch Ship Captain.

Despite his unremarkable appearance, his insight was unique; he almost immediately saw the basic details of the two ancient corpses.

“They have been dead for at least eighty thousand years; a lot of the bloodline essence has dispersed from their bodies. However, the Primordial Blood that can be refined from them should be much more than average Fourth-Rank Primordial Blood. It’s just a pity…”

He sighed deeply as he spoke.

That sigh instantly drew Song Chi’s attention:

“Hall Master, is there something wrong with this ancient corpse?”

“You are a candidate in the family ranking; please, just call me grandfather. As for this ancient corpse, it originally belonged to a lifeform of Fifth Rank Level, but due to various reasons, it has degenerated quite a bit, which leads to a problem. Ordinary Fourth-Rank Torch Ship Captains will find the refinement process quite difficult and time-consuming, while Fifth-Rank Torch Ship Captains won’t value this Pseudo Fifth-Rank object much.”

After hearing this explanation, Song Chi understood the implication and asked,

“Grandfather, what should I do in this situation?”

Song Yue pondered for a moment, and then provided an answer.

“If you, young Song Chi, are willing to sell at a discounted price, all will be well. However, if you are not, then it depends on whether you have more of such ancient corpses. If so, the Merit Hall is willing to purchase them at the price of normal Fourth Rank Starry Sky Behemoth Primordial Blood.”

After hearing this, Song Chi’s eyes flickered, then he said,

“I have one more ancient corpse. If the Merit Hall wants to purchase it, take it; otherwise, let’s forget about it…”

He was not interested in haggling over this matter. If they were willing to purchase, that would be fine, but if they insisted on buying at a discounted price, he was no fool.

Even though the refinement might be more challenging, its effects were far beyond average Fourth Rank lifeform’s Primordial Blood, and even more so than that of a Starry Sky Behemoth. Thus, many Fourth-Rank Clan Elders with bloodline traits would not mind spending a little extra time.

Seeing Song Chi’s firm stance, Song Yue didn’t say much else because it was not his place to force a sale on someone who was a candidate for the family’s ranking; haggling was one thing, but coercion was quite another.

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