After brewing thoughts for a moment, Song Chi’s mind started to work and he began to craft a reply.
“How can you prove the existence of the ‘Orange Glory Quality Fire Seed’ Starry Sea Oddity? And since you’ve only seen it and do not possess it, how can you ensure that you can ultimately obtain this Strange Object?”
Seeing the response on the light screen, the expressions of the First Rank Centaurs flickered uncertainly. From this reply, it was not hard to discern that the great existence behind the market indeed had the means to permit them re-entry into the market.
But just as the answer on the screen posed, how could they persuade an existence of such an unknown and high position?
With that thought, they stopped hinting with their eyes and started to speak openly instead.
With only the last ten minutes remaining before the end of the current Ruins Market transactions, time was running out for them.
“Gairo, are you referring to the ‘Red Origin Heavenly Fire’ from the ‘Red Origin Tribe’? But the Red Origin Tribe was once an ancient and large tribe, and even though it has declined, it is still not something our ‘Eastern Green Tribe’ can currently provoke,” one said.
“Indeed, we have seen that Red Origin Heavenly Fire, but how can we prove it now? Moreover, it’s rumored that there’s a Third Rank heavenly Centaur sitting in the Red Origin Tribe, which is not an entity we can reckon with.”
“What I meant was certainly not to start a war with the Red Origin Tribe. We just need to stir up some trouble. Haven’t the Grey Wolf Tribe and the Red Origin Tribe been engaging in small-scale conflicts lately? We just need to add fuel to the fire, and once they start an all-out war, we can take action in secret.”
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Listening to these ongoing discussions, Song Chi’s thoughts raced.
He could tell that the other party was unable to provide proof of the ‘Orange Quality Fire Seed Marvel,’ or else they wouldn’t be beating around the bush like this. What he was contemplating now was whether to trust this group of Centaurs even once.
Even if they couldn’t present any evidence and there was no assurance of obtaining that so-called Red Origin Heavenly Fire, it was, after all, an Orange Quality Fire Seed involved.
Orange Glory Quality. This was a title component. It was said that it could be enhanced to the Fifth Rank, and at this level, one would be known as the Lord of the Starfield in the entire Shattered Starry Sea. The value of the title alone made its worth evident.
After hesitating for a while, a sudden inspiration struck Song Chi, and an idea came to mind.
The reason he didn’t continue enhancing the Zhu Tian Ruins Market after it reached level 10 was that to enhance it to level 11, the market’s transaction volume needed to reach 100,000 strands of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin, which had not yet been met.
However, after this transaction, this condition would naturally be fulfilled, so after this market session ended, he could enhance the market once more.
And once the market was enhanced to level 11, according to his previous guess, a second “Guest Room” on the inn’s second floor would likely open up, granting him a second ‘Ruins Market Guest Token.’
With that thought, Song Chi made up his mind.
In the purchasing shop, the First Rank Centaurs were anxiously staring at the light screen in front of them, waiting for a potential reply. Just then, the font on the screen changed, and a brand-new sentence emerged.
To say it was a sentence, but it was really just one word.
“Agreed!”
The Centaurs within the shop were overjoyed. After more than twenty hours, they were acutely aware of the value of the market they stood on.
After discreet inquiries by their tribe, they understood that all creatures that traded in this market came from different Floating Lands, different Star Domains, and even different River Domains.
Just this fact alone had allowed their entire tribe to earn more wealth in the past 24 hours than they might have accrued over decades. With a few more entries into this market, their entire tribe would stand to gain endlessly.
Amid their joy, a bronze Token suddenly appeared out of nowhere and finally landed in the hands of the First Rank Centaur who had first entered the market.
As the Ruins Market Guest Token came into contact with the First Rank Centaur’s body, all the information about this Token surfaced in his mind.
Knowing that this Token was the key to entering the Zhu Tian Ruins Market in the future, that Centaur explained to its companions, and their excitement mounted even more.
But just as they were reveling in excitement, the light screen in front of them began to change once more, and a new message appeared.
“This Ruins Market Guest Token can only be used once. I will give you one year. If you can obtain that Orange Fire Seed Marvel within this time, the number of uses for this Token will increase to ten. In the future, if you can provide other high-quality Starry Sea Oddities, the number of uses can be further increased. Otherwise, after a year, this Token will be retracted.”
After reading this message, the excitement on the Centaurs’ faces quickly faded.
One year, this timeframe was not long, even exceedingly short, to fully instigate a conflict between two medium to large tribes and profit in the chaos was no easy task.
“One year might not be enough, may I ask for more time…?”
The Centaurs wanted to continue to haggle, but a sudden strong force of rejection acted upon them, not allowing any resistance.
After a dizzying whirl, when they came to their senses, they found themselves standing in a dense forest not far from their own tribe’s lands, right where the Spatial Gate from the market had been placed. Behind them, there was a large group of Zero Rank Centaurs, equally bewildered, holding various small goods in their hands.
