Chapter 40: Chapter 40: The Trickster King Song Chi
Zhu Tian Ruins Market.
As time passed, more members from different alien races entered the Ruins Market, and the streets gradually bustled with activity.
However, Song Chi was not happy. He had remained in the stall area, hoping to discover one or two Starry Sea oddities like he had the last time, but none had surfaced.
As for the commodities in the stores, which were all sold at five times the purchase price, though they were still extremely popular, these were already within his expected income and not at all surprising. He yearned for unexpected earnings.
Just then, his eyes brightened, and he fixed his gaze toward the entrance of the Ruins Market.
With intense excitement and anticipation, Gore returned to the Ruins Market, its objective very clear, bypassing the overcrowded freely set up stalls and heading straight for the store selling gene optimization potions.
“How many of these genetic potions can a three-hundred-year-old Deep Water Clam Pearl be exchanged for?”
In the center of the store, Gore seemed somewhat nervous.
The Copper Gore Tribe had long declined, and even with his father being the tribe’s leader, a Second Rank merman, the Deep Water Clam Pearls over three hundred years old that he could bring out numbered no more than six. Naturally, the more genetic potions he could exchange them for, the better.
In the free stall area, Song Chi’s figure remained motionless, yet his spiritual focus had already shifted to the genetic potion store.
After pondering for a moment, he gave a price.
[One three-hundred-year-old Deep Water Clam Pearl can be exchanged for three genetic potions.]
According to the prices in Chenxing Principality, a three-hundred-year-old Deep Water Pearl could sell for more than 200,000 Credit Points, while three basic gene potions cost 30,000 Credit Points. He would be earning a profit margin of more than six times, which wasn’t even considered excessive, was it?
Gore, of course, did not know Song Chi’s thoughts. It reached into its belongings, and four Deep Water Clam Pearls, roughly three hundred years old, appeared in its palm.
After a moment’s hesitation, it put three pearls back and handed one across the counter.
“I’ll have three genetic optimization potions first.”
Song Chi was not in a hurry. He controlled the Power of Laws within the Ruins Market to take the three-hundred-year-old Deep Water Clam Pearl. Then, three basic genetic potions automatically floated out from below the counter, delivering them into Gore’s hands.
Unable to wait, Gore picked up one potion and immediately downed it.
For creatures that had never used it before, the effect of a basic level gene potion was quite remarkable. After enduring a rather painful gene optimization, feeling that familiar powerful bloodline in his body, Gore could not help but burst into laughter.
Following this, it took out those three Deep Water Clam Pearls again, exchanging them for nine genetic optimization potions. That wasn’t all; to Song Chi’s surprise, it brought out two even larger Deep Water Clam Pearls.
“These are seven hundred and nine hundred-year-old Deep Water Clam Pearls, much more precious than the three hundred-year-old ones. If I use these two pearls for an exchange, how many genetic potions can I get?”
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Song Chi quickly gave a reply.
[A seven hundred-year-old Deep Water Clam Pearl can be exchanged for ten gene optimization potions, a nine hundred-year-old Deep Water Clam Pearl for twenty gene optimization potions.]
Seeing this exchange rate, Gore’s eyes showed internal conflict. While excited, there was also a hint of struggle.
Deep Water Pearls older than seven hundred years were highly valuable. Even when the Copper Gore Tribe was once a royal merfolk tribe, the clan’s treasury wouldn’t have more than fifty such pearls over seven hundred years old.
If he exchanged these two pearls, considering the current size of the territory controlled by the Copper Gore Tribe, it would likely be difficult to collect pearls of this age again.
As he was still wrestling with the decision, footsteps approached from behind, and Gore turned to look; it was a member of the Starry Sea Human Race who had walked in.
The aura emanating from this human was only average, but his tone was indeed alarming.
“May I ask how much stock of this genetic potion do you have in your store? If it’s not too much, I’ll take it all.”
While speaking, the person threw a large amount of Floating Land Origin and Life Cores onto the table, including Zero Rank and First Rank ones.
Upon hearing this, Gore no longer hesitated and quickly said:
“Deal, these two seven-hundred-year and nine-hundred-year Deep Water Clam Pearls will be exchanged for all the genetic potions.”
The moment the words left his mouth, Gore failed to notice the slight upward curl at the corner of the mouth of the human standing behind him, which was quickly concealed.
The human who had come in was naturally Song Chi, who saw the hesitation of the merfolk and thus came over to add fuel to the fire.
He couldn’t help it; seven-hundred-year and nine-hundred-year Deep Water Clam Pearls were extremely rare, and for him at level 5 of the Guidance Technique they were of great assistance. He couldn’t bear to let them slip through his fingers.
With his current cultivation progress, even with the acceleration of an All-Attributes Cultivation Room, it would still take half a year for his Guidance Technique to break through to level 6. This pace was not slow; in fact, it could be considered extremely fast, seeing as he had taken less than a month to break through from level 4 to level 5.
But Song Chi was not satisfied with this speed. The cultivation of the Guidance Technique still had a long way to go. If it was this sluggish in the early stages, what would he do when he reached level 30 or even level 40?
With these two seven-hundred-year and nine-hundred-year Deep Water Clam Pearls, he was confident that he could break through to level 6 of the Guidance Technique within a month. And with the additional four three-hundred-year pearls, he felt somewhat certain he could break through to level 7 within three months.
After handing over thirty Basic Gene Potions to Gore, Song Chi felt certain; as long as the transaction was completed, no amount of regret from Gore would matter afterward.
The trading rules he had designed for the Zhu Tian Ruins Market were such that transactions had to follow the principle of mutual consent, and a trade could not happen unless both parties agreed. But once a trade was successful, any regrets would be moot.
Ahem!
Seeing that the merfolk’s transaction was complete, Song Chi knew it was his turn to step in. He cleared his throat to catch Gore’s attention and continued to ask:
“May I know how much stock of the genetic potion you have in the store?”
With that thought, the characters on the screen changed accordingly.
[Nearly five figures.]
Knowing full well the situation, he pretended to lament:
“There’s so much? It’s a pity I don’t have enough funds, otherwise I would definitely buy them all.”
Hearing his voice, Gore subconsciously nodded in agreement.
Seizing the opportunity, Song Chi took the initiative to start a conversation.
“Friend, I saw that you’ve also purchased quite a few of these genetic potions; it seems you’ve realized their potency. How about we make a deal?”
Gore’s brow furrowed, a flicker of wariness in his heart.
“What kind of deal?”
Song Chi feigned ignorance, whispering:
“I’ll give you a sum of Floating Land Origin, and in return, you help me buy an Enhancement Gene Potion, how about that?”
Gore’s eyes focused, taken aback for a moment. He did not agree straight away but instead countered with a question.
“Enhancement Gene Potion? What’s that?”