Ye Qin left the Blood Sea Merchant Guild and wandered through the city's market districts before returning to his residence.

Huangfu Bing'er emerged from her cultivation chamber, having just finished her practice.

Ye Qin recounted his visit to the Blood Sea Merchant Guild to her.

"Going by Elder Qing's quote, constructing a small Divine Ability-grade early-stage Great Wing Battleship would require nearly three hundred million low-grade spirit stones just for the raw materials of Rank Ten and above. Add to that the fees for commissioning the artifact refiners and formation masters. The final cost to complete it will likely be around five hundred million. Husband, can you manage that sum?"

Huangfu Bing'er was astonished.

"I can't produce it right now. Selling the Rank Nine pills I refine will likely take more than ten years to gather such a massive amount of spirit stones and acquire