Was trying to get to sleep when a thought hit me: what if I transport chains of salt instead of converting it to vitae before transporting it? I'm basically throwing away half of my transportation speed for no reason. This insight granted me an extra 59 distance. I also thought about bonding chains of alternating vitae and mors to save on cost, but it was way more annoying to get the mors in place, would've took longer, and converting the salt at the end grants just a smidgeon of extra distance.