Global Era of Star trekking

At Green Moon Manor, Song Chi first visited the courtyards of his eldest uncle, second uncle, and fourth uncle respectively, leaving each of them about one or two thousand catties of first rank insect race essence meat. As for that girl Song Ting, he also left her over a thousand catties.

He couldn't leave too much of this insect race essence meat, after all, the energy within it would slowly dissipate over time.

As for the tens of thousands of catties of second rank essence meat from the Zhu Tian Ruins Market, he specifically used the power of laws to seal it, preventing this situation. However, he couldn't discuss this with the elders, so he didn't use it on the first rank essence meat either.

Moreover, for those like Song Ting who hadn't awakened yet, about a thousand catties for each person was already enough. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing; they had not awakened and their bodies had limited digestive capabilities.

Originally, his eldest uncle and the others wanted to pay him with the First Rank Floating Land Origin as compensation, but Song Chi refused.

It wasn't that he liked to sacrifice his own interests to support his family members, but to him at this stage, things like First Rank Floating Land Origin really weren't in shortage. If it were those rare resources, he would still collect the money he deserved.

After resolving this matter, he then went to visit his grandparents' courtyard.

His grandfather Song Mingsong was set to leave for a garrison mission in two days. The mission location was said to be over two thousand light-years from the Dragon Spine Continent, so there were things he needed to ask as soon as possible.

"Grandfather, I wonder if our clan has any strong creatures suitable for enslavement?"

Hearing his question, Song Mingsong raised his eyebrows but didn't rush to answer. Instead, he asked:

"Did you get a control-type component this time from your exploration?"

Song Chi nodded, relieved that his grandfather did not ask about the specific quality.

After thinking for a while, Song Mingsong said:

"If grandfather remembers correctly, our family has indeed raised quite a few species with exceptionally superior genetic lineages, some of them are right here on the Dragon Spine Continent. However, these are the family's properties. If you really want to enslave them, you need to go to the Merit Hall!"

With this knowledge, Song Chi then took out the entire portion of the pseudo fourth rank insect queen's purple crystal skin.

To make this into artificial skin armor required a special crafting method, as well as the assistance of professional artificial skin technology personnel. He couldn't accomplish it with just a word; he needed his grandfather to make the decision.

Upon seeing the impressively large area of the pseudo fourth rank purple crystal skin, Song Mingsong was greatly shocked.

Yes, shocked, not just surprised. He could tell that this unique purple crystal skin from the insect queen had been recently removed, which meant that his grandson most probably had dealt with a powerful insect queen by himself during his exploration.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Song Mingsong didn't ask further questions. Instead, he called out the Furious Lion warship. He hadn't planned on accompanying Song Chi to the Dragon Spine Sacred Mountain, but given the involvement of the pseudo fourth rank insect queen's skin, which was no small matter, he decided to go there in person.

Midway, Song Mingsong cut a portion of the purple crystal skin into a 1:9 ratio and took only the hundred-meter section. He then said to Song Chi:

"Just this portion alone can be crafted into more than ten sets of artificial skin battle armor with pseudo fourth rank defensive power. Each member of our family should prepare a set. Don't worry, your grandfather won't let you suffer a loss. Your eldest uncle, second uncle, and the rest will pay you the corresponding merit points."

As he spoke, he handed the remaining more than nine hundred meters of purple crystal skin back to Song Chi, adding:

"As for the rest, you can deal with it as you see fit. If you submit it to the family, you should be able to exchange it for about 10 Golden Merit Points. Nonetheless, grandfather suggests that unless you're in a real hurry, try not to exchange it. Purple crystal artificial skin armor is an excellent thing for saving one's life.

If you encounter someone in urgent need later on, it could be sold for an even higher price!"

"Got it!"

Song Chi nodded.

Shortly after, one large and one small warship soared into the sky, warping towards the Dragon Spine Sacred Mountain.

Before warping, Song Chi approached the [Enslavement Medal], and with a thought, he unbound the forest wolf he had enslaved before.

After a while, when he saw that the [Enslavement Mark] slot on the item's attribute panel changed back from 3/4 to 4/4, he nodded in satisfaction.

He had originally thought about testing the "Enslavement Mark: Frenzy" feature of the component, but considering its long three-year buffer time, he eventually dropped the idea.

At the foot of the Divine Mountain, at the entrance of the five major halls of the Song family, Song Chi and his grandfather Song Mingsong went separate ways.

Song Mingsong headed to the Technology Department under the Internal Affairs Hall to deal with the purple crystal skin, while Song Chi went to the Merit Hall, partly to trade the remaining thirty thousand catties of insect race essence meat to the family, and also to take the opportunity to explore the Merit Tower.

He had heard from his grandmother that the Merit Tower was an all-encompassing treasure trove, allegedly stocked with all kinds of novel and rare items, and Song Chi had been curious about it for a long time.

In addition, he had some Merit Points on him, so he thought about seeing if he could get his hands on some good stuff.

Merit Hall, Merit Exchange Room.

"First Rank Insect Race essence meat? How much do you have?"

In the exchange room, the clan member responsible for the exchange asked.

Song Chi, who didn't know what was considered a lot, didn't answer but instead asked a question.

"Does the amount have a direct connection with the actual exchange price?"

"Of course, ordinary First Rank Insect Race essence meat, if the quantity isn't much, 1 jin can be exchanged for 1 Family Merit Point. If the quantity exceeds ten thousand jins, 1 jin can be exchanged for 1.2 Family Merit Points."

Hearing this, Song Chi immediately took out all of his First Rank essence meat that exceeded thirty thousand jins.

Half a minute later, this Merit Hall clan member finally finished counting.

"A total of thirty-seven thousand two hundred jins, which can be exchanged for 44,640 Merit Points. Do you confirm the exchange?"

Song Chi quickly nodded.

Before long, his Quantum Communication Bracelet showed an increase of 44,640 Ordinary Merit Points. Added to his previous amount, he now had 94,640 Ordinary Merit Points, approaching the hundred thousand mark.

He was extremely satisfied with this.

Ignoring the clan member's questions about Second Rank Insect Race essence meat, Song Chi quickly left the Merit Hall premises and made his way to the ancient tower thousands of meters tall behind it.

Looking at the high-rise that exuded an ancient aura, Song Chi stepped into it.

Inside the building, Song Chi found that the space within was far larger than it appeared from the outside. Just the first floor alone covered an area of more than ten thousand square meters. Looking upward, there were dozens, if not hundreds, of similarly sized floors.

Having withdrawn his gaze, he started to look around on this floor. There were quite a few people, easily hundreds of them, all Song family clan members like Song Chi, here to purchase and exchange the resources they needed.

Mercury Crystals, gas mines, purple copper, Phantom Crystals, Life Cores, Intermediate Body Tempering Potions, white oddities, blue oddities...

In just a short time, Song Chi saw all kinds of resources.

However, more interesting to him than these resources were the counters on which they were displayed.

They seemed to employ some special spatial folding technology. Although they didn't look large, Song Chi witnessed a clan member exchange for over a thousand tons of some resource all at once—yet the amount displayed behind the counter seemed as if it hadn't decreased at all.

After wandering around, he quickly finished exploring the first floor, and not seeing any of the resources he urgently needed, Song Chi wasn't disappointed. Instead, he moved on to the second floor, then the third, and the fourth.

It wasn't until he reached the tenth floor that he finally saw something he needed.

Name: Advanced Body Tempering Potion

Exchange Price: 500 Merit Points per bottle

Quantity for Exchange: Unlimited

Note: Strictly forbidden to sell to the outside world. Violators will be severely punished without leniency!!!

"Five hundred Merit Points per bottle, so ten thousand Merit Points for twenty bottles..."

Mumbling to himself, Song Chi then directly purchased twenty bottles.

This Advanced Body Tempering Potion would still have a great effect on him. He had a feeling that, used in conjunction with the Body Tempering Liquid and Insect Race essence meat, his Guidance Technique would soon be able to break through to lv11.