Chapter 445: Chapter 239: The True Population Base of the Song Family

Having deduced this, everyone felt it was within reason.

The Blood Bodhi produced by the Blood Bodhi Floating Land has the effect of enhancing the potential of a creature’s genetic lineage, but through the previous family head’s provided data, they also knew the shortcomings of the Blood Bodhi.

A single creature can only use a limited number of Blood Bodhi, and only those that match its own rank.

Therefore, the impact of the Blood Bodhi on the improvement of an individual creature’s genetic lineage isn’t significant, unless the creature’s genetic bloodline is already at the limit of a phase, or the creature has an extremely low bloodline; otherwise, the effect of the Blood Bodhi is minimal.

This also significantly reduced the value of this resource; it might be considered important, but is definitely not a strategic resource at the clan level.

As a result, the family then implemented a policy of bi-centennial harvesting cycles, mostly harvesting lower to mid-rank Blood Bodhi to supply to their clanspeople around the Second Rank, to slightly elevate their genetic hierarchy.

More specifically, it allowed the clanspeople to improve their normal 20 point genetic lineages to around 31 points, also barely qualifying them into the second tier of 31 to 50 points genetic lineage spectrum and into the ranks of excellent species of the Starry Sea.

As for the effects, it was an increase of about twenty percent in the speed of cultivating the Guidance Technique, which, when used in conjunction with the Ghost Energy Cultivation Platform on a Torch Warship, was barely sufficient.

For nearly two hundred years, the family had arranged it in this way. Song Chi and Song You were also supposed to have enjoyed this benefit, but because they were not born in the clan, and when they returned two years ago, the last round of harvested Blood Bodhi had been completely used up, hence the delay until now.

However, after this round of harvesting is finished, the family will most likely allocate a sufficient amount of Blood Bodhi for them from the Tenth Direct Vein.

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Returning to the main point, based on the various limitations of the Blood Bodhi, the family wouldn’t naturally send a Fifth Rank Level Torch Ship Captain to oversee this place.

Even though the Song family has nearly a three-thousand-year legacy, the number of Fifth Rank Torch Ship Captains is very few, and without the involvement of resources critical to the lineage expansion, a Starry Sea Floating Land, or a relic of civilization, these high-ranking figures would not be dispatched lightly.

Simply put, the value of this Blood Bodhi Floating Land isn’t enough to warrant their attention.

While the eighteen from the Song family were chatting idly, on the other side of the fortress, an array of warships, ranging from a hundred meters to a kilometer long, descended into the docking bays. Noticing the presence of the eighteen Song family members, twenty figures, men, and women, emerged from the twenty Torch Warships.

Seeing this, one of the well-informed among the eighteen from the Song family whispered:

“They’re people from the Golden Lion Count’s family; the one leading is the Third Son of the contemporary count, ‘Gran Philip.’ Two years ago, he advanced to Third Rank, and reportedly fought three against one, killing three Torch Ship Captains of the same Rank from a notorious band of star thieves in the Chaotic Star Field.”

And that was not all. The same Third Rank candidate of the family went on,

“I heard that the Golden Lion Count’s family is currently selecting the heir apparent, and it seems that this trip to the Blood Bodhi Floating Land is part of the trials.”

Listening to the stream of information from his mouth, everyone nodded thoughtfully.

Song Chi at this moment recalled information regarding the Golden Lion Count’s family and the heir apparent.

The heir apparent to the Golden Lion Count, much like the Dinghai Song family’s sequence every generation, is also the focus of cultivation in the Golden Lion Count’s family. As far as he knew, the number of heirs apparent per generation in the Golden Lion Count’s family was less than ten. Their combat power might not compare to the Song family’s sequence, but they were definitely individuals of great renown.

As for why the Golden Lion Count’s family members were here, Song Chi was also clear.

According to the information provided by the family head, the Blood Bodhi Floating Land below their feet was first discovered by members of the opposing family, but due to the nearly peak of the Fourth Rank Floating Land Shield on the surface of the Floating Land, it was difficult for them to break through on their own, which was why they shared this Floating Land with the Song family.

The idea was to take advantage of the Song family’s means to easily enter and exit the Floating Land of Rank Four in the Starry Sea.

The Golden Lion Count’s family, also known as the Philip Clan, dates back nearly two thousand years and is considered one of the up-and-coming noble houses from the later periods of the principality.

Compared to the Golden Shark Chen Clan, the foundational depth of the Golden Lion Count’s family was much more significant, possessing nearly ten Fourth Rank Torch Warship Captains. Although they did not have a Fifth Rank, they were indeed regarded as the first noble house of the Golden Lion Star Domain.

For a long time, the Philip Clan has had close relations with the Song family, with frequent marital alliances among their upper echelons, indicating a very intimate relationship.

It’s said that even the wife of one of the current Fifth Rank elders of the family is from the Golden Lion Count’s house.

Precisely because of the close relations between the two families, when the Golden Lion Count’s family realized it was difficult to develop the Blood Bodhi Floating Land independently, they first thought of a joint venture with the Song family.

Pondering over this, the twenty individuals from the other side had already approached, with Gran Philip taking the lead with a smile, initiating the conversation.

“Members of the Song family, I’ve long heard that the eighteen candidates of the Dinghai Seventh Sequence have been decided, and I consider it a great honor to meet you all today.”

Without any of the cliche rivalry or status comparison, the twenty individuals from the Golden Lion Count’s family were also among the most outstanding of the younger generation in the Philip Clan. Besides their extraordinary innate Fire Seed talents, they were naturally skilled in social etiquette as peers, and none would behave inappropriately.

Although the relationship between the two major families has always been close and they often declare to cooperate fully, forming attack and defense alliances and the like, the fact remains that there’s always a hierarchy in terms of who has more say in matters.

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