037 Recovery Period of Fire Seed

Although a fire ship's sinking does not extinguish the fire seeds within the Fire Ancestral Orifice of the human body, these seeds fall into a weakened state and require decades to fully recover. 

Once recovered, the human body can be integrated with another Scout-class shuttle and start from scratch. 

My mother, Chen Lixia, is now a hundred years old. Although her life level has undergone a transformation and reached a level with a life span of 200 years, the decades required for the Fire Seed to recover make it practically impossible for her to cultivate a new fire flying ship and have a second chance to reach the second level.

Without the blessing of the Nether Energy Training Platform in the Dragonfly, also strengthened to level 19, my mother's guidance technique wouldn't break through to level 20 in less than a hundred years.

Song Chi's guidance technique is only at lv5. It will take more than half a year to practice to lv6, and that's with a 580% training room blessing. Without the blessing, it would take at least three years to advance from lv5 to lv6. And that's just one level; advancing beyond lv15 is even more challenging.

Not to mention that there is a solid bottleneck between lv19 and lv20. Without the assistance of the Nether Energy Training Platform, it is not uncommon for this level to be stuck for hundreds of years.

Thinking of this, Song Chi couldn't calm down. The good mood from his recent exploration of the alien star field was completely ruined.

Seeing him like this, Chen Lixia rubbed Song Chi's cheek and said with a smile:

"Okay, you know my son loves his mother the most. Your dad will find a way. This time he is busy, so he is most likely thinking of something."

When he mentioned this, Song Chi's eyes lit up. He knew very well what his father was investigating. Given how his father had been busy for more than ten days, the news about the "titanium crystal" was probably not groundless.

With the preciousness of the titanium crystal, if his father could obtain it, they might be able to exchange it for something that would further increase the success rate of advancing the airship to the second level.

Thinking of this, his mood improved.

With Dad and Uncle Shen, two second-tier Xinhuo captains, joining forces, the probability of finally getting the titanium crystal should be quite high.

However, Song Chi was still a little worried. With the value of a strategic resource like titanium crystal, it would be okay if the news was kept locked in Jiangyuan City. But once it spread, the two second-level Xinhuo captains alone might not be enough.

Thinking of this, he clenched his fists tightly, becoming more and more eager to improve his strength as soon as possible.

As for the "Dinghai Song Family" that he heard about from his father not long ago, it was still unclear how strong they were and whether they were reliable. If he had to place his hopes on these four vague words, Song Chi wouldn't rely on them.

Rather than relying on outsiders, he preferred to believe in himself.

Turning his eyes, Song Chi asked his mother to go home first. Song Chi walked around the city center several times, then changed his appearance slightly, and after making sure that no one was paying attention to him, he quickly rushed to Jiangyuan Black Market.

The batch of fine gold in hand needed to be disposed of quickly. As for the scattered pieces, they could be sold through normal exploration and harvest, yielding 15% more money.

As for the more than 110 tons of Phantom Crystal, he would keep it for himself, as it had many uses for him.

He rented a large resource transport truck and sold all the thousands of tons of fine gold ore in one trip. Song Chi did not stop at the black market. He had to use the funds exchanged for fine gold to purchase goods.

Buying directly on the black market was generally more expensive than formal channels.

The ultra-long-range space gate random delivery platform in the market would be buffered the day after tomorrow. It would be time for him to start the second market transaction. This time, there were nineteen space gates, and the number of aliens entering the market would be greater. He would feel sorry for himself if he didn't take this opportunity to buy more goods and sell them at a high price to make a big profit.

After all, this opportunity came only once every thirty days. The more than 3,000 rays of zero-order floating land source he earned last time were all spent on the Sky in two attempts. This time he had to earn more.

…

At Dongjiang Xinhuo Shopping Mall, Eagle Machinery Store, the clerk was already familiar with Song Chi. As soon as he walked in, she greeted him with a smile.

"Welcome. Did you get any good results from this exploration?"

Song Chi smiled slightly and summoned the Sky, selling all the scattered minerals to the Eagle Machinery Shop.

Perhaps due to his previous experience, the Eagle Machinery Store's purchase price this time was still 80% of the market price. Song Chi could only spend the money at the Eagle Machinery Store; otherwise, the transaction would be void.

Without hurrying to select goods, Song Chi dug through his clothes and took out the Crystal of Life from the Gold-Eating Vine.

"Will you accept the Crystal of Life bred by the first-order peak Gold-Eating Vine?"

The reason he took out this Crystal of Life here was that the Eagle Machinery Store also sold genetic medicine.

Genetic medicine requires "Star Grass" as the main material for its production. Therefore, the output of Star Grass determines the annual production quantity of genetic medicine for all forces in the genetic medicine business.

As a result, the Crystal of Life, which can shorten the growth cycle of plant organisms, has always been among the top items purchased by pharmaceutical manufacturers.

The clerk's eyes lit up slightly, and she quickly nodded.

"Of course. The market price of the Crystal of Life at the peak of the first-order energy level is 30 strands of the first-order Floating Continent Origin. Our purchase price here is 32 strands. What do you think?"

For this price, Song Chi was quite satisfied.

But before he could nod, the girl in front of him spoke again:

"This was also obtained during this exploration of the alien space?"

Song Chi smiled and said nothing, giving no response.

Seeing that he didn't want to say more, the clever clerk changed her tone.

"I wonder if you have the remaining body of the Gold-Eating Vine in your hands? If so, together with this Crystal of Life, our Eagle Mechanical Shop is willing to purchase it together for 35 strands of the first-order floating land source."

Song Chi sighed softly in his heart and had some doubts. He had never heard that the body of the Gold-Eating Vine, once inactive, had any value. If it were a starry sky plant, its remaining body might still have considerable research value, but this vine should be common without the Crystal of Life.

"How can I say that the body of the Gold-Eating Vine has other functions?"

Song Chi asked casually, and as expected, the other party just smiled and shook her head without answering.

He didn't care. If there really was a secret, why would anyone tell him?

"I'm sorry, I got this Crystal of Life accidentally. I don't have the remaining vine body of the Gold-Eating Vine in my hand."

Indeed, he didn't have it in his hand. He didn't bring back the remaining vine body of the Gold-Eating Vine. It had no value in his mind, so naturally, he wouldn't bother to keep it.