"Coincidentally, there are countless dead trees on Blue Silver Island right now, which can be used as firewood to power the Steam engine.
In the initial development phase, we won't even need to transport too much fuel.
This will greatly reduce our losses."
"Good, I didn't expect you to even consider this."
Yun Qiong praised him greatly and was surprised by Quan Yi's thoughtfulness.
She had seen the situation on the island with her own eyes, just like Quan Yi, but she hadn't thought of turning it into arable land.
It can only be said that the two of them have different perspectives on things.
Quan Yi put down the drawing in his hand and continued, "Actually, besides the Steam device, I have another trump card that I haven't revealed yet."
Then, Quan Yi smiled mysteriously and took out a piece of dark metal from the Blazing Sun Heart.
The appearance of this object immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Quan Li said in surprise, "Soul Power fluctuations, this is the aura of a Soul Guidance Device!"
Before they could ask, Quan Yi placed the metal piece on the table and then took out another metal piece of the same shape and color from the Blazing Sun Heart.
Even more surprising was that this metal piece also had the Soul Power fluctuations characteristic of Soul Guidance Devices.
Quan Yi didn't stop his movements, one piece, two pieces.
A full ten metal pieces were neatly arranged on the table.
Then, he picked up a metal piece in one hand and a drawing in the other. Immediately, Quan Yi channeled Soul Power into the metal, and with a flash of White Light, the drawing near the metal disappeared before everyone's eyes.
"This is a Storage Soul Tool!"
Quan Li's expression changed drastically. He quickly walked around the table, picked up another metal piece, and channeled Soul Power into it.
Sure enough, this metal piece also showed slight spatial fluctuations.
"Xiao Yi, you didn't make this, did you?"
Quan Li said in disbelief.
Quan Yi took out the drawing from the metal block and replied, "Yes, this is a Storage Soul Tool that I imitated by observing Storage Soul Tools.
Moreover, after experimentation, as long as you master the method and have Soul Power, you can replicate Soul Guidance Devices.
With these Storage Soul Tools, ships can carry more supplies while reducing weight.
At that time, only one voyage will be needed to transport ten times, a hundred times the supplies."
Everyone picked up the metal blocks and tested the effect.
They found that the storage space of this metal Soul Guidance Device was a full five cubic meters.
Converted into steel, it could store seven tons of metal.
Such a Storage Soul Tool would sell for at least tens of thousands of Gold Soul Coins at the Auction House.
"Xiao Yi, how much time and cost are required to manufacture a Storage Soul Tool?"
Yun Qiong's glasses shone. As a merchant, she saw amazing commercial profits in this Soul Guidance Device.
"The most difficult part of manufacturing a Storage Soul Tool is forging ordinary minerals into Soul Guidance Metal. On this basis, a Soul Master needs to use Soul Power to perfectly carve the corresponding Soul Guidance patterns into the Soul Guidance Device.
Therefore, to forge a Soul Guidance Device, it can only be done by a Soul Master forging iron and carving.
At the same time, the effect of the Soul Guidance Device is related to the Soul Guidance properties of the material, and such materials are mostly rare and expensive.
However, even so, as long as you can successfully create a Soul Guidance Device, its profit is more than a hundred times the cost of the material.
Moreover, we should be the only family on the continent that has mastered the technology of manufacturing Soul Guidance Devices.
The benefits brought by the monopoly will be even more terrifying."
The more Yun Qiong listened, the more shocked she became, but at the same time, she also felt a little regretful.
"Everyone must remember that information about Soul Guidance Devices must never be revealed to the outside world.
If the outside world knows that we have mastered the technology to manufacture Soul Guidance Devices, it will definitely attract the covetousness of all the Soul Master forces in Continent."
She issued a gag order to everyone in a serious tone.
"However, with the existence of these Storage Soul Tools, the development plan will be greatly shortened."
Quan Li looked at the Soul Guidance Device on the table, and had more confidence in the plan Quan Yi had told him.
Quan Yi continued to walk to the sea chart, took out a long wooden stick, and pointed it in the direction of Hanhai City.
"If everything before was to reduce the technical difficulty of development, what I'm going to talk about next is the real development plan."
As he spoke, Quan Yi's wooden stick slowly extended westward from Hanhai City.
The tip of the wooden stick slowly moved from Hanhai City. His wooden stick paused twice rhythmically in the middle. Finally, Quan Yi stopped at Ghost Island.
Seeing Quan Yi's movements, Yun Qiong revealed an understanding smile.
The positions where Quan Yi stopped all pointed to an island.
More importantly, the distances between these three islands were almost the same.
They were all nearly five hundred miles apart.
Five hundred miles, three islands.
These clues immediately made Yun Qiong think of her Soul Bone Skill, Dark Hidden Spirit.
She smiled and said, "It seems that this old bone of mine will have to move around more in the future."
Quan Yue asked suspiciously from the side, "Mother, what exactly are you talking about? I don't understand."
Yun Qiong replied, "Didn't I tell you about my Soul Bone Skill last night?
Xiao Yi, the three selected islands will be our three supply points for entering the deep sea in the future.
At the same time, this will also be our safe route for transporting supplies in the future.
The voyage to Blue Silver Island can be roughly divided into two sections.
The first section is from Hanhai City to Ghost Island.
The second section is from Ghost Island to Blue Silver Island.
These two sections are similar in distance, but the fleet cannot stop during the entire second section of the voyage.
If we can rest on the islands we pass through in the first half, it will reduce our fatigue during the voyage and allow us to face the long journey ahead in better condition.
Moreover, although there are many islands in the first section of the voyage, the complexity is much greater than in the second section.
In this sense, it is also necessary to build a safe route relying on the islands.
The meaning of these three islands is simply to provide safety and supplies."
After speaking, Yun Qiong looked at Quan Yi and asked, "Xiao Yi, am I right?"
Quan Yi nodded in admiration and replied, "Grandma is indeed the think tank of our Quan Family. She can deduce my intentions with just this little information.
These three islands are carefully selected by me from among many islands.
Not only is the size of the islands suitable, but the distance is also just within the range of Grandma's Dark Hidden Spirit.
As long as we engrave the Dark Mark on these three islands, this route, which is as long as one thousand five hundred miles, will be completely in our hands."
Yun Qiong's Dark Hidden Spirit is said to be a Teleportation Skill, but in fact, it is more like a teleportation skill.
Combined with Yun Qiong's own space-based Soul Skill, Scroll of Mountains and Rivers, it exerts a multiplicative effect.
Yun Qiong's ability is strategically more powerful than any Soul Skill.
From the moment Quan Yi learned about Yun Qiong's ability, he had been thinking about how to use it.
Coincidentally, when drawing the sea chart, the three islands were connected into three equal-length straight lines like a constellation map.
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