The only regret was that each exploration of the Alien Star Domain allowed only 24 hours, an excessively short ti, so short that it prevented Song Chi from really diving in and making a big impact.
"If only the Zhu Tian Ruins Market’s spatial anchor point feature could provide one more usable anchor point, then I could simply set a return anchor point at ho and shuttle between the two star domains without restrictions. Resource collection wouldn’t be limited like this..."
With a sigh in his heart, Song Chi shook his head, telling himself not to think any further.
Whether another usable anchor point would appear depended on the subsequent upgrade to Second Rank of the ruins market; if it didn’t happen, he needn’t think about it for the near future.
As he thought about it, a slight sense of weightlessness enveloped the entire Cang Qiong.
The return ti had arrived.
Above the sky of Dragon Spine Continent, an airship over twenty ters in length pierced through the clouds and descended rapidly from the Vault of Heaven before landing on Green Moon Island, where Green Moon Manor was located.
As soon as Song Chi returned, he imdiately went back to his room and then his figure vanished as he entered the Zhu Tian Ruins Market.
He couldn’t wait to begin the formal upgrade of the Cang Qiong.
Zhu Tian Ruins Market, the Free Stall Area.
Compared to the Free Stall Area, which had expanded to more than 400 ters in length and width, the Cang Qiong of just over twenty ters in length seed particularly small.
But not for long, as it would reach a hundred ters in length once this upgrade was successful.
Next to the Cang Qiong, as a flicker of Ghost Light twinkled between Song Chi’s brows, a strand of Origin Torch energy surged out from the Ancestral Torch and slowly rged into the spaceship’s hull in front of him.
It was at this mont that an emotionless chanical voice reached Song Chi’s ears.
[Current warship upgrade success rate is 90.1%, are you sure you want to start the official upgrade? Once initiated, it cannot be reversed, please decide carefully!]
Whoosh!
Song Chi took a deep breath, then his slightly squinted eyes suddenly flew open, and he uttered two words.
"Confird!"
As he spoke these words, the entire hull of the Cang Qiong in front of him began to quiver violently, and a mysterious and profound Ghost Light enveloped the entire body of the airship, seemingly undergoing so deep transformation.
Dozens of ters away from the Cang Qiong, Song Chi watched with a worried expression, his eyes betraying an undeniable tension.
Even though the Cang Qiong’s upgrade success rate had reached an astonishing 90.1%, it was still not one hundred percent.
Honestly, he feared being that unfortunate soul plagued by extre misfortune.
And if the upgrade failed, while there would be no danger to him as the Torch Ship Captain, the Cang Qiong would be lost.
Moreover, as the captain, the mont the Cang Qiong sunk, the Seed of Torch within his Ancestral Torch would be weakened, and without special items to repair it, it would take at least decades to recover.
That wasn’t the most important part. If it ca to that, he could quickly sell the valuable items he possessed, such as [Red Origin Heavenly Fire] and [Insect Mother Skin], which should be able to get him special resources to accelerate the recovery of the Fire Seed.
The key issue was that if the Cang Qiong sunk, over ninety percent of the components on board would be completely destroyed, and that was sothing Song Chi absolutely could not accept.
You see, among the components currently mounted on the Cang Qiong, there was 1 Red Component, 4 Orange Components, and 4 Purple Components. If more than ninety percent were destroyed, at best he’d be left with 2 high-quality components, sothing utterly unthinkable.
Ti passed minute by minute, and Song Chi’s heart hung heavy, unable to relax. However, the warship’s upgrade was not sothing that could be completed in a short ti, it required at least 24 hours at minimum.
Thus, he had no choice but to suppress the tension in his heart and stepped into the All-Attributes Cultivation Room.
In recent months his Guidance Technique had improved significantly, but it still wasn’t enough. After experiencing the last transaction at the ruins market, all he wanted was to ascend to Second Rank as quickly as possible.
This ti, instead of using the Second Rank Insect Race flesh, he took ten pounds from fifty pounds of Third Rank Peak Sand Worm essence at, using it in conjunction with the Advanced Body Tempering Potion and Body Tempering Liquid.
In the Free Stall Area, Ghost Light circulated around the hull of the Cang Qiong, and in the All-Attributes Cultivation Room, the flow of Spectral Energy continued without interruption.
Thirty hours later, Song Chi erged from the All-Attributes Cultivation Room after more than a day of secluded cultivation.
His aura still showed his Guidance Technique at level 16, with no new breakthroughs.
At this, Song Chi felt a bit disappointed, yet it seed normal to him.
Level 16 Guidance Technique. This was no longer the Zero Rank era; a regular Torch Ship Captain looking to advance to First Rank would need at least a decade. Yet, in just a few months, he had surged from level 11 to level 16—an already terrifying feat.
How could advancing to level 17 as quickly as this be simple?
Even the peak Third Rank sandy worm’s essence at could not make it happen.
Of course, that didn’t an there were no gains at all. Song Chi could feel that under the triple boost of the high-level Body Tempering Potion, Third Rank sandy worm’s essence at, and Body Tempering Liquid, his Guidance Technique was not far from reaching level 17—perhaps with a few more months, it would naturally fall into place.
Arriving at the free stall zone with anticipation, Song Chi’s eyes twitched slightly. The Cang Qiong, still enshrouded in Ghost Light, had not finished its promotion even after 30 hours.
Thus, Song Chi could only exit the Ruins Market for the ti being.
More than three hours later, after freshening up and completing today’s visualization of the Mythical ch Projection Imprint Blueprint, Song Chi returned to the Ruins Market.
As he gazed at the Cang Qiong, still flickering with Ghost Light, he originally wanted to grumble a bit, but his eyes soon widened once more, anxiousness flickering within them.
Because just then, the Ghost Light that had been enveloping the outer hull of the Cang Qiong began to slowly recede.
In the teachings of the past, this was the sign that a Torch Warship’s promotion was entering its final stretch. Whether a Torch Warship would succeed in its promotion was all decided in these final monts.
"It must succeed!!"
Constantly whispering in his mind, Song Chi’s gaze was glued to the Cang Qiong, not daring to miss a single detail.
Ti passed.
Ten seconds;
Thirty seconds;
...
Two minutes quickly passed, and the Ghost Light above the hull of the Cang Qiong was about to dissipate, when suddenly the body of the Spectral Airship started to vibrate violently again.
His breath stopped for a mont. Then, a second later, a fierce joy appeared in Song Chi’s eyes, and his heart, which was suspended in mid-air, settled down heavily.
In front, the Cang Qiong, over twenty ters long, was expanding rapidly. Within a brief ti, it had grown from twenty ters to thirty ters.
Then, forty ters, fifty ters...
After a dozen seconds, the hull of the Cang Qiong reached one hundred and twenty ters, officially completing its promotion from a Spectral Airship to a Guardian Class Spectral Warship.
And this also ant that, from that mont on, Song Chi was officially a Second Rank Torch Ship Captain. Although his own Guidance Technique was still sowhat lagging, it didn’t change this fact.
Looking at the Obsidian Armor Layer that wrapped around the entire hull of the Cang Qiong, and the streamlined body of the warship, as well as the three new secondary cannon slots at the bow.
Song Chi felt a sudden, faint sense of pride swell within him.
This warship, which was already beginning to live up to the na of a steel behemoth, was the result of his efforts over the past year and a month. How could he not feel proud?
In just over a year and two months, he had taken a Torch Warship from Zero Rank to Second Rank. Even among scions of a prominent family like the Dinghai Song family, this achievent was undoubtedly outstanding.
Without trying to suppress the excitent and elation bubbling up inside, as the Captain of the Cang Qiong, Song Chi felt he had every right to rejoice, at least in this mont he did.
Striding into the newly transford interior of the Cang Qiong, Song Chi’s eyes swept around, taking in everything, silently observing the various changes inside the warship.
He soon arrived at the Cang Qiong Main Control Room. Without any other actions, the mont he entered the Main Control Room, he eagerly accessed the warship’s attribute panel.
[Na: Cang Qiong]
[Model: Torch-Guardian Class Spectral Warship]
[Level: lv20]
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