Chapter 407: Chapter 220: Purple [(Holy Cross Beacon)] and Fourth Rank Star Devouring Vine

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Clicking on the poster’s avatar, Song Chi initiated a private chat with the other party.

“Is that [Proportional Scaling Instrument] still available?”

For some reason, nearly half an hour had passed since the message was sent, and there was still no response from the other side.

Song Chi didn’t just wait idly; he continued to browse through various posts on the family’s Dragon Spine Continent forum.

Of course, this time he focused solely on posts related to “high-quality Space Beacon Emitters.”

The Space Beacon Emitter was an extremely rare component. Although Song Chi was quite short on money, compared to ordinary Torch Ship Captains, he could definitely be considered exceedingly wealthy.

In just over two years, his flagship was already fitted with two red, seven orange, six purple components–absolutely top specifications among Second Rank Torch Warships.

Even so, he hadn’t spared any effort to acquire a Space Beacon Emitter, but like the “Individual Shield” and “Medical Cabin” components, he hadn’t received any news about them at all.

Why was that?

The answer was simple: such components were very rare to begin with.

Even if a clan member did obtain one, they would generally keep it for their own use, or it would be bought by the family, given that large-scale operations to develop Alien Star Domains and expeditions to Starry Sea Floating Lands all required these kinds of components!

“As expected, it’s not easy to get one’s hands on these space beacon components.”

Having found nothing after much searching, Song Chi sighed softly. Although he had anticipated this, he still felt somewhat upset.

Whether he could acquire a high-quality Space Beacon Emitter was crucial to his subsequent exploration of the Ancient Starry Sky Battlefield.

However, he knew that this kind of thing couldn’t be rushed. Without dwelling on it for too long and after careful consideration, he posted his first message on the forum.

The title, of course, was to the point.

[30 Golden Merit points, seeking to purchase a Purple Quality Space Beacon Component!!]

He happened to have exactly 31 Golden Merit points on hand, so he offered 30 points straight away. As for whether it was worth it or not, that could be set aside for now; the first step was to get clan members with such components to show themselves.

As long as these people were willing to come forward, they could negotiate the price later.

Of course, Song Chi believed that 30 Golden Merit points was a fair price.

In actual terms, even though it was several times higher than the 5-10 Golden Merit points for a standard Purple Component, it was still less than the price of one top rank Purple Quality Fire Source UpRank. It couldn’t be considered expensive.

Shortly after he posted this message, there was finally some activity in the private chat.

“It is still available. Is it convenient to meet in person?”

Dragon Spine Continent, Taihe Mountain, located several light-years from Green Moon Lake.

As the residence of the Ninth Direct Vein of Dinghai Song family, Taihe Mountain had been developed for nearly two hundred years. With over four hundred thousand clan members within the pulse, it seemed far busier than Green Moon Lake.

In a secluded courtyard near the peak of Taihe Mountain, Song Fu, a middle-aged man with a stern face, stared intently at the private chat panel projected from his Communication Bracelet.

His eyes held a trace of gravity and a flicker of anticipation.

Indeed, he was the one who had posted the [Proportional Scaling Instrument] for sale. At first, seeing that the private message sender was only of Second Rank, he didn’t think much of it, but instinct told him that the name “Song Chi” seemed familiar.

It wasn’t until he opened Song Chi’s basic information and confirmed that Song Chi was from the Tenth Direct Vein and had been listed as a candidate for the Seventh Sequence of the family, that he replied immediately.

The younger generation of the family might not be aware, but Song Fu, who was five hundred years old, had witnessed many rounds of the family’s sequences being established and contested. He was well aware of the terror of the family’s sequences.

He recalled three hundred years ago when he was just a new Second Rank, at a time when the family was on an expedition to a Fourth Rank Starry Sea Floating Land. It was then that he witnessed the most astonishing battle of being the underdog–fighting from a position of weakness yet prevailing in strength.

That generation’s Third Sequence of the family, with a Third Rank Warship, single-handedly defeated a Fourth Rank Lifeform boosted by the Floating Land’s core rules–the battle that made him truly understand the significance of “family sequence.”

Because of this, over the years, he paid close attention to each generation’s family sequence and the struggles for it.

Thus, he knew full well that even those who were only listed as candidates for the family sequence were all brilliant and exceptional individuals, the absolute pride of a new generation in the family.

They may not be able to fight a class above like a Third Rank against a Fourth Rank, which could change the level of civilization, but defeating a Third Rank as a Second Rank should be effortless for them.

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Ten minutes later, a black stream of light shot out from the clouds and headed straight for Taihe Mountain below.

On the side of Taihe Mountain, a young girl was sitting cross-legged on a bluestone at the edge of a cliff.

Her skin was fairer than snow, and her long black hair danced in the mountain breeze…

At that moment, the girl’s eyes suddenly opened wide, her delicate and lovely eyes tracing the slow descent of the black streak across the sky.

“Who might this be?”

She frowned slightly, her gaze settling on the dark energy shield around the descending warship, sensing the impressive fluctuations radiating from the shield.

As she spoke, a figure at the peak of Third Rank emerged from behind the tree shadows.