Chapter 568: Chapter 301: Red Fire Source UpRank [Star Crown Fire]

Time flies like an arrow; years pass like a shuttle. In the blink of an eye, nearly two months had passed.

On this day, Cang Qiong soared into the sky from Sky Rush Valley. As soon as it entered the clouds, it immediately initiated a spatial jump.

Inside the battleship’s main control room, Song Chi’s expression was anything but calm, anticipation swirling in his eyes.

Just a few hours ago, he had received a message from Song Yufeng.

It was unrelated to the “Man Feng” exploration team, which still had three days before their official return. Song Yufeng’s message was about an auction, a highly prestigious auction.

Immersing his spirit into the Ancestral Torch, Song Chi quickly connected to the Torch network.

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The voyage across the Starry Sea is fraught with obstacles and long journeys.

The fire of civilization, eternally unquenchable.

Following the familiar opening, he connected to the “Ring of Chenxing Floating Land Local Network”.

“{Chi Pond}:@{Yuan Jiang}, has your team received the invitation?”

“{Yuan Jiang}: Nonsense, our captain reached the Third Rank Peak over fifty years ago, how could he miss the Yaohan Commerce Guild auction!

“{Dead Sea}: I heard that the exploration teams ranked within the top hundred in Holy Star City all received at least one invitation, and some high-level exploration teams even received up to five.”

“{Long River}: As a brother who’s new to the Imperial City, can you tell me what kind of force Yaohan Commerce Guild is to hold such a grand auction?”

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Reviewing these messages, Song Chi secretly thought as expected. The news of the auction had been spreading like wildfire over the past month.

Song Chi also had some understanding of the background of this Yaohan Commerce Guild.

It was the royal commerce guild of “Yaohan Kingdom”, the sole overlord of the Heavenly Disk Galaxy, backed by the star-annihilating starships of the Yaohan Kingdom’s imperial family.

According to Song Yufeng, the auctions held by Yaohan Commerce Guild in Holy Star City occur once every hundred years, and each time there would be extremely rare resources and strange objects, even components of Silver Legend class warships had appeared in the past.

Although it was just a branch in Holy Star City, Song Chi was greatly interested. Perhaps at this auction, he might find the desperately sought-after “Ether Crystal” and “Sand of Time” resources.

The Sand of Time was still manageable; he should be able to obtain a fair amount later by reaching an agreement with the Man Feng team. But the Ether Crystal was still without any leads, which was most distressing for Song Chi.

For years, the Dragon Spine Shops had been searching without any news of the crystal, which was the biggest concern for Song Chi, the lord of the Zhu Tian Ruins Market.

It was precisely the Ruins Market that had been the foundation for his rise. Now, being stuck at the Second Rank Peak for over ten years, as the Ruins Market Lord, he naturally felt the pressure.

This was the reason he looked forward to this auction—if he could acquire the Ether Crystal, or even just information related to it, that would be excellent.

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Three days later, at Star Avenue, the First Auction House!

As the designated location for the Yaohan Commerce Guild’s once-in-a-hundred-year auction held by their branch in the Chenxing Principality, the First Auction House was unusually bustling today.

Not to mention the sea of people, many bigshots who were rarely seen were also present in droves.

Humming sounds filled the air!

A ten-thousand-meter warship suddenly appeared above the First Auction site, immediately drawing gasps of surprise from countless pedestrians.

“[Hurricane God Eagle], has that Fifth Rank old ancestor from the Eagle Family’s following faction personally come?”

“Following faction? What do you mean?”

Amidst the exclamations, a novice ship captain was confused, quickly attracting explanations from many veteran Torch Ship Captains around him.

“You haven’t heard of the three major factions of the Eagle Family that have lasted for over a thousand years?”

“The following faction, the direct lineage faction, and the collateral lineage faction.”

“The following faction is said to consist of descendants of the followers of the original Marquis of the Eagle.”

The direct lineage goes without saying; they are mainly the direct descendants of the original Marquis of the Eagle.

“And as for the collateral lineage faction, it is said to be formed by the people who came with Marquis Eagle when he established the principality under Duke Rosetta.”

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While the citizens discussed fervently.

In the sky above, a hundred-thousand-meter Fearless-class warship slowly descended, stirring up such strong airwaves that it almost caused all pedestrians on Star Avenue to fall into disarray.

For a moment, countless people looked up in amazement, overwhelmed by the sight of this colossal ship.

“[White Night Chenxing], it’s Lord Angele Chenxing’s [White Night Chenxing]!”

“Even he has come; this auction held by Yaohan Commerce Guild must really be incredibly attractive!”

“This [White Night Chenxing] is reportedly an ancient Fearless Ship that ascended a thousand years ago. A few hundred years ago, Lord Angele himself also entered the Sixth Rank, becoming the second truly Sixth Rank Torch Ship Captain of the Chenxing Imperial Family. It’s astounding that even he has been stirred.”

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As if it had been deliberately arranged, no sooner had the [White Night Chenxing] settled down than a second Fearless Ship followed close behind.

The hundred-thousand-meter length of the ship’s hull once again covered much of Star Avenue.

“Hiss, another Fearless Ship!”

“It looks like it’s the Golden Horn Lu Clan’s [Golden Light Crossing].”}

“Golden Light Crossing? The flagship of that Lu ancestor who successfully ascended to the Sixth Rank two thousand five hundred years ago?”

“They say that Lu ancestor was a fierce one. Barely three hundred years after his ship’s ascension, he brazenly entered the Chaotic Star Field, killed two Fifth Rank Gold-Splitting Sky Spiders of the ‘Sky Spider Race’, and later retreated unscathed despite being surrounded by two Sixth Rank beings from the Chaotic Star Field.”

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Below, sitting in the latest model of the sprinting vehicle specially provided by the Dragon Spine Shops, Song Chi also glanced upwards. This single glance at the hundred-thousand-meter long Fearless-class Fire Warship solidified the light in his eyes.

Even from a distance, the pressure exerted by the colossal warship was simply too strong, giving him a profound sense of awe.

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