Global Era of Star trekking

```

Although he had already learned from high-level family group chats that his ancestor was also a Sixth Rank Fearless Ship Captain, hearing about it and witnessing it firsthand were hardly the same.

Of course, as shocking as it was, Song Chi wasn't surprised.

Why were the Imperial Family of the Chenxing Principality and the Golden Horn Lu Clan recognized as the only two established powers of the principality?

Was it merely because they had a long heritage?

The answer, naturally, was no. If heritage were the only factor, the Eagle Family would not fall short of either clan.

The Imperial Family of Chenxing and the Golden Horn Lu Clan were recognized as the principality's strongest and most time-honored powers because these two clans produced some of the earliest Sixth Rank Fearless Ship Captains in the principality.

Keep in mind that even the Twilight Marquis had ascended to the Sixth Rank only thirteen hundred years ago, which was far later compared to these two clans.

With the successive arrival of the two Fearless Ships, more and more prominent figures made their appearances.

Such included the Twilight Marquis's Fifth Rank Battleship, Golden Dragon Zhao Clan's Fourth Rank Contending Warship, Golden Shark Chen Clan's Contending Warship, the Black Rose Consortium's Contending Warship, the Capital Bai Clan's Contending Warship, and so on.

In less than an hour, nearly all the recognizable forces of the Chenxing Principality had arrived. Though they might not be represented by their elders in person, the emissaries they sent were definitely powerful figures within their respective forces.

Inside the exquisite and grand first auction house, seats were now fully occupied. Looking around, one could see that the weakest among those who had managed to enter the auction hall were at the level of Third Rank Cruiser Captains, including some high-ranking civilian Contending Warship Captains from advanced exploration teams.

As for the VIP boxes above, those were exclusive to powers with Fifth Rank Battleships at their disposal.

As the auction officially began, a middle-aged man in formal attire appeared out of nowhere on the central stage of the auction. A rich Level 5 Life aura emanated from his body.

As this Life Pressure emerged, all the Torch Ship Captains below the Fifth Rank shuddered, feeling as if a giant boulder had been placed on their shoulders.

In a VIP box to the left, Song Yufeng quietly explained to Song Chi,

"Liu Yuanzhou, a distant relative of the Royal Family of the Yaohan Kingdom and also the deputy chairman of the Yaohan Commerce Association stationed in the Chenxing Principality. He is already over three thousand years old and is a seasoned Battleship Captain."

"However, it is said that his situation within the Yaohan Commerce Association isn't very good. He seems to have been ousted from the core circle and has lost support for ascending to the Sixth Rank. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been sent here to serve as the deputy chairman, and to have stayed nearly a thousand years at that."

Hearing this detailed introduction, Song Chi raised his eyebrows.

Though reluctant to admit it, what Song Yufeng said was correct. Compared to the Yaohan Kingdom, the Chenxing Principality was indeed just a remote corner of the Heavenly Disk Galaxy, and coming here to serve as a deputy chairman was certainly a tough assignment, let alone remaining in the position for nearly a thousand years.

As for the chairman above him, that was merely a formality. He didn't need to do anything, and every hundred years, he would be immediately transferred out.

"I'm sure all of you are eager to begin, so I'll spare you the opening pleasantries. The 52nd Yaohan Commerce Association Auction will now officially start, let's welcome the first item for auction!"

With those words, the Fifth Rank Life Pressure he emitted dissipated, and then two graceful female attendants brought in the first auction item.

As Song Chi saw the auction jade box open, his breathing suddenly quickened.

The first item up for auction turned out to be a Strange Object Fire Seed, radiating a thick, red light.

For the Yaohan Commerce Association to feature this as the premier item in their centennial auction, it was clearly no ordinary Fire Seed incapable of being converted into an UpRank Fire Source.

In other words, it was a Red Fire Source UpRank.

"This Strange Object Fire Seed is named [Star Crown Fire]. It is convertible into a Red Fire Source UpRank. Once used by a Torch Ship Captain, it can elevate an Orange Seed of Torch to a Red Quality."

[Name: Star Crown Fire]

[Quality: Red]

[Convertible: {Seed of Torch UpRank Fire Source}]

[Note: A spark of Origin Fire born within the body of the Starry Sky Behemoth 'Star Crowned Eagle' upon entering the Sixth Rank. After long periods of nourishment, it has turned into a Strange Object Fire Seed.]

```

(PS: For those in the know, wink wink!)

"Now, I declare that the starting bid for this strand of [Star Crown Fire] is 100 strands of Fifth-Rank Floating Land Origin, with each bid increase no less than 10 strands of Fifth-Rank Floating Land Origin. Let the auction begin!"

As Liu Yuanzhou's words fell, bidders in the entire auction hall successively made their offers without end.

"110 strands of Fifth-Rank Floating Land Origin!"

"120 strands!"

...

"180 strands of Fifth-Rank Floating Land Origin!"

In a short time, the price soared to 180 strands of Fifth-Rank Floating Land Origin, instantly crushing the sliver of bidding impulse in Song Chi's heart into fine dust.

180 strands of Fifth-Rank Floating Land Origin, if converted into Fourth-Rank Floating Land Origin, would be at least 4000 strands. Clearly, this was not an amount the current him could produce, not to mention not even the few dozen "Top Rank Dragon Blood Fruits" he had left would suffice.

Unless the Yaohan Consortium was willing to purchase them at the rate of 5 strands of Fifth-Rank Floating Land Origin per fruit, just like Goblin Luke did.

Besides, he could put up the Golden Star Annihilator Cannon, but that would surely cause a stir in the entire principality, even to the extent of shaking the Yaohan Kingdom, an option Song Chi obviously could not consider.

If he were to casually bring out the Star-Annihilating Cannon, and if any problems arose later on, he feared that even the Song Family wouldn't be able to protect him.

Helpless, he could only watch as the strand of [Star Crown Fire] was bought by a Fifth Rank Battleship Captain from the Eagle Family for 260 strands of Fifth-Rank Floating Land Origin.

After the first auction item, the quality of subsequent goods declined considerably, mostly consisting of warship components of Purple and Orange Quality, and occasionally a component of Red Quality would appear.

However, most of these components were common ones like Energy Shields, Warship Armor, Main Cannons, Super Main Cannons, which could be very attractive to other Third and Fourth Rank Torch Ship Captains, but Song Chi remained unmoved.

Him being expressionless was clearly noticed by Song Yufeng who was at his side. Although on the surface, there were no emotional changes, inside he was truly astonished.

Song Yufeng didn't believe that Song Chi, as a member of the Seventh Sequence of the family, could possibly be out of money, as yearly Sequence Subsidies were no small matter, and in his eyes, Song Chi was simply not interested in these warship components.

"Main Cannons, Energy Shields, Warship Armor, these three, aren't they all at least Orange Quality? This configuration might even surpass my great grandfather's flagship!"

...

Song Chi was unaware of Song Yufeng's inner thoughts, but his attention was suddenly grabbed by the first auction item that had piqued his interest.

"A piece of Ten Thousand Years Pure Yang Jade, one of the few special resources potentially required when upgrading a Cruiser to a Zhulu Warship, has a starting bid of 20 strands of Fourth-Rank Floating Land Origin, with each increase no less than 2 strands of Fourth-Rank Floating Land Origin. The bidding starts now!"

Although the Cang Qiong had not been a Cruiser for long and it would still be quite some time before it could be upgraded to a Zhulu Warship, collecting the materials for upgrading was not an overnight matter, and preparations had to be made as early as possible!

"30 strands of Fourth-Rank Floating Land Origin!"

As he pondered, the bidding price had already reached 30 strands of Fourth-Rank Floating Land Origin, and it showed no sign of stopping.

Upon this, Song Chi thought it over and dismissed the idea of offering the Top Rank Dragon Blood Fruits. Instead, he decided to advance withdraw the 200 strands of Fourth-Rank Floating Land Origin from this year's Sequence Subsidy through Song Yufeng.

As the Deputy Manager of the Dragon Spine Shops, Song Yufeng had a certain amount of funds on hand and easily took out 200 strands of Fourth-Rank Floating Land Origin.

With these 200 strands of Fourth-Rank Floating Land Origin at hand, Song Chi naturally won the piece of Ten Thousand Years Pure Yang Jade.

However, only 160 strands of the initial 200 strands of Fourth-Rank Floating Land Origin remained.

While lamenting that the Floating Land Origin was insufficient, Song Chi was still overjoyed as he carefully stored away the Ten Thousand Years Pure Yang Jade delivered from the auction house, after all, it was one of the key materials for Cang Qiong's continued upgrades.

PS: The second chapter is almost here!