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The Melting Soul Mountain Range’s western foothills extend for a thousand miles, and are still under the control of the Soul Spirit Clan; otherwise, the Song family members, with their various unique warship components, would have discovered and begun extensive mining of the Soul Stone veins that even the Soul Spirit Clan hasn’t found.

And since that area is still under the control of the Soul Spirit Clan, if we want to mine there without their knowledge.

It’s essential to have components for warship stealth and sound suppression.

Not everywhere is like that Cave Space, with a special spatial separation screen that isolates it and prevents any commotion inside from attracting outside attention.

"Hmm... This component isn’t bad!"

Song Chi’s eyes lit up as he found a suitable component in the family’s exchange mall.

Sonic Silence Field lv0

Quality: Blue

Consumption: 500/usage (Spectral Energy Points)

Effect: Upon activation, it creates a silent space within a 50-meter radius centered on the warship, within which all noise made by specified energy levels will not produce any sound.

Duration: 1 hour; Buffer: 48 hours

UpRank Requirement: 5 strands of Floating Land Origin (Zero Rank), 500 Spectral Energy Points, 5 Life Cores (Zero Rank)

Exchange Price: 5000 Merit Points

After thinking it over, Song Chi purchased the blue component; although the 50-meter range was small, it was only lv0, and he assumed it could be further enhanced later on.

As for not having enough Merit Points at the moment, he would just wait for the personnel responsible for delivery from the Family Merit Hall to arrive and then offset the cost with the Soul Stones he had.

According to the Third Rank Soul Spirit Clan, that Intermediate Rank Soul Stone vein is at least a small one, and fully mining it would yield at least thirty thousand Intermediate Rank Soul Stones.

Hmm, how does that saying go? n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The investments now are for greater returns in the future.

Without pausing his actions, Song Chi continued browsing the mall for another ten minutes and eventually spent another 5000 Merit Points on a Void Membrane component, just like the one his grandfather had on his warship.

Whether the family can produce this item steadily is still unknown, but as far as Song Chi has seen, this has already appeared four or five times.

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The Song Family Merit Hall, the branch located in the Soul Spirit Floating Land.

"There’s a new order from the Southern Region’s Melting Soul Mountain Range area, from a Second Rank Clansman named Song Chi in the Tenth Direct Vein, ’Void Membrane’ and ’Sonic Silence Field’—who will go make the delivery?"

In the western region of the Soul Spirit Floating Land, within a one-kilometer high mountain, the branch of the Family Merit Hall was set up here.

As the Clansman responsible for sorting the order information spoke, the grand hall below buzzed with conversation, then a First Rank delivery Clansman spoke up.

"I’ll go, I’m also familiar with the Southern Region..."

But before he could finish speaking, he was suddenly interrupted by someone at the back of the hall.

"Song Yan, did you just say Song Chi of the Tenth Direct Vein?"

The interrupted Clansman was about to retort, but his angry expression instantly vanished when he turned around, replaced by respect.

"Song Ze, why have you suddenly decided to make a trip to the Southern Region?"

Indeed, the person who had interrupted was Song Ze, born of one of the family’s two major legitimate bloodlines, that of the land lineage. As the great-grandson of a Fourth Rank Clan Elder and with his exceptional Innate Gift of Purple Fire, everyone tasked with this delivery knew that he was really just there as a formality; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been assigned to the Merit Hall subsidiary.

All he needed to do was to be a nominal delivery man, without the need to actually make deliveries. Once the expedition was over, he would naturally be allocated a significant amount of Divine Soul Type resources.

So, his unexpected offer took others in the grand hall by surprise.

Song Ze responded with a smile, gazing calmly at Song Yan, the order sorter above him.

"Yes, Song Chi from the Tenth Direct Vein in the Southern Region’s Melting Soul Mountain Range."

After speaking, Song Ze nodded lightly, his face revealing a pensive expression. Then he looked up and said:

"I will go!"

Minutes later, discussions continued in the great hall of the mountain.

"What’s gotten into him? A sudden whim?"

"Who knows, maybe he just wanted to go out for a stroll!"

"That too, being a Fourth Rank Clan Elder’s great-grandson, it’s understandable he occasionally wants to prove himself."

"Still, I feel like it was hearing the name Song Chi that prompted Song Ze to react."

...

In the Melting Soul Mountain Range, at the mountain stronghold.

Inside his personal cave, Song Chi sat cross-legged on a stone platform, with his hands resting on his knees, each palm clutching several egg-sized Crystal Stones.

Deep within his mind, the Mythical Mech Projection Imprint Blueprint, which hadn’t been visualized in over twenty days, resurfaced.

Indeed, he was attempting to visualize with the help of Intermediate Rank Soul Stones.

Ten minutes later, after the special Soul Power within the four Intermediate Rank Soul Stones had been drained, Song Chi opened his eyes again and tossed the stones, now turned into ordinary rocks, aside. He then carefully felt his own Spiritual strength.

Soon, a look of joy crossed his face.

"As expected, my Spiritual Force has made progress..."

He pondered for a moment but soon began to sigh.

Although there was indeed progress in his Spiritual Force, it wasn’t significant. To break through the first stage of the Ordinary Thought State, he would likely need at least a hundred thousand Intermediate Rank Soul Stones.

Thinking this, his eyes grew resolute, and the Intermediate Rank Soul Stone Vein spoken of by the Third Rank Soul Spirit Clan seemed more essential than ever.

Just as he was prepared to continue visualizing with the Soul Stones, the Seed of Torch in his mind suddenly quivered. Upon reconnection to the temporary Torch network, he discovered that the family’s delivery person was almost there.

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