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Chapter 209: A New Species - Fire Elemental Life
Chapter 209: A New Species - Fire Elemental Life
Just moments ago, he completely lost contact with the Bloodthirsty Vine.
When he focused his mind on the Mini Cosmos inside the Ember Ancestral Meridian, the Bloodthirsty Vine was no longer listed on the [Enslavement Medal], and one of the enslavement marks was once again vacant.
Clearly, the Bloodthirsty Vine had either died or the family’s higher-ups had used some special ability to dispel the enslavement mark on the [Enslavement Medal].
Song Chi sighed softly.
He mourned for the Bloodthirsty Vine. Each Bloodthirsty Vine could only parasitize and devour once. Once the flesh was returned to the mother plant or the vine’s lifespan expired, it would die completely.
This made the subsequent handling of the ancient corpses in the starfield battlefield even more challenging.
Otherwise, with the Bloodthirsty Vine, he could have quickly processed the flesh from those corpses and maximized their value.
"Pity!"
...
Shaking his head in resignation, Song Chi pushed aside his thoughts. The Bloodthirsty Vine’s nature was unchangeable, unless he could enslave a Bloodthirsty Vine mother plant.
But that was a pipe dream. Bloodthirsty Vines were already extremely rare as starfield plants, and if one were discovered, it would likely be a highly evolved mother plant, far beyond the reach of ordinary beings or civilizations.
Lower-tier Bloodthirsty Vine mother plants were mostly already under the control of mid-to-high-tier civilizations in the fractured star sea. How could others even think of enslaving them?
Banishing these thoughts, Song Chi focused on examining the various stalls around him.
His luck in this market was pretty good. The spatial gates had been deployed in favorable locations, and in just a few hours, the number of alien beings in the market had surpassed two thousand, twice as many as in previous markets.
With such a large number, the appearance of rare items was naturally more frequent.
For instance, white and blue quality rarities, which were usually hard to come by, were now visible in more than five instances.
However, none of them were top-tier rarities. Some couldn’t be converted into ship components, and those that could were only basic parts, which no longer held much appeal for him.
Of course, if there were items with a significant price difference, with low value in the Ember Human Civilization, he would snatch them up without hesitation. Why pass up a good deal?
Besides the free market area, the rare item exchange shop also had some good finds.
Over a few hours, several aliens had brought out different white and blue quality rarities to exchange for other items of the same quality in the shop.
Among these, a few could be converted into ship components, allowing him to trade several useless rarities for valuable ones of the same quality.
This exchange netted him several ten thousand strands of zero-stage Floating Land Essence.
The only downside was the absence of purple quality rarities, which reduced his expected gains.
Additionally, the Floating Land Essence exchange shop saw few visitors.
Song Chi could roughly determine that the exchange rates he offered lacked market competitiveness.
After all, with over two thousand aliens and more than a hundred second-stage beings in the market, it was highly unlikely that none of them had mid-to-high-tier Floating Land Essence. That would be too unusual.
With this in mind, Song Chi’s thoughts shifted, and he transformed into one of the market vendors.
"Step right up, don’t miss out, Floating Land Essence at a loss-leading exchange rate..."
In a corner of the free market area, Song Chi, disguised as a wolfman, set up a small stall.
Though the stall was small, his cries were loud, quickly attracting the attention of many surrounding aliens. Soon, a large crowd gathered around his stall.
On the stall, there were only three items, three dense light orbs.
The largest light orb was filled with zero-stage Floating Land Essence, amounting to over a million strands.
Below this orb was a sign written in the star sea’s common language.
[14 strands of zero-stage Floating Land Essence for 1 strand of first-stage Floating Land Essence]
The second light orb contained first-stage Floating Land Essence, with a quantity of over 100,000 strands.
Below it was another sign.
16 Strands of First-Tier Floating Land Essence for 1 Strand of Second-Tier Floating Land Essence
The third item listed was Second-Tier Floating Land Essence, with only about ten thousand strands available.
Below it, the sign read:
18 Strands of Second-Tier Floating Land Essence for 1 Strand of Third-Tier Floating Land Essence
Seeing the prices he offered, many of the alien races became immediately interested. They started inquiring or directly brought out their higher-tier Floating Land Essence for exchange.
In no time, a considerable number of Second-Tier and Third-Tier Floating Land Essence strands were brought out by various aliens.
Song Chi, who had mentally prepared for this, remained unperturbed.
The Floating Land Essence Exchange Shop had always offered the following prices:
13 Strands of Zero-Tier Floating Land Essence for 1 Strand of First-Tier Floating Land Essence
14 Strands of First-Tier Floating Land Essence for 1 Strand of Second-Tier Floating Land Essence
15 Strands of Second-Tier Floating Land Essence for 1 Strand of Third-Tier Floating Land Essence
Compared to the exchange rates he was currently offering, these were significantly lower, so it was understandable that no one wanted to trade at the shop.
At his stall, Song Chi, disguised as a wolf-like humanoid, his eyes flickered as he quickly handled the exchange requests from the surrounding aliens. He also considered whether he should proactively adjust the exchange rates at the Floating Land Essence Exchange Shop.
The main reason he had set up this exchange shop was to obtain more mid- and high-tier Floating Land Essence from the alien races, as well as to save time. Now, disguising himself and running a stall was indeed a waste of time.
As he thought, an alien with sharp, scythe-like limbs, resembling the xenomorphs from his past life, caught his attention.
The alien produced a clump of extremely high-tier Floating Land Essence—yes, Fourth-Tier Floating Land Essence.
Song Chi was naturally very interested. He knew how rare and important Fourth-Tier Floating Land Essence was.
For one, when his Spark Seed ascends, the components of the Skybound that have been reinforced to Level 39 will need Fourth-Tier Floating Land Essence to continue their enhancement.
Even though the Fourth-Tier Floating Land Essence the alien offered was only five strands, and Song Chi had a limited supply of Third-Tier Floating Land Essence, he was still very hopeful.
"Friend, how would you like to exchange?"
He asked in the universal language of the star sea, casually scanning the alien's body. Noticing that the alien seemed to have recently ascended to Second-Tier, with his aura not yet fully stabilized, he added:
"Do you need Second-Tier Floating Land Essence, or all Third-Tier?"
Since the alien had just ascended to Second-Tier, they would likely need Second-Tier Floating Land Essence. If that was the case, it would be a good deal for him as well.
He was currently in dire need of Third-Tier Floating Land Essence, but he had a considerable stock of Second-Tier Floating Land Essence.
The scythe-limbed alien responded in the universal language:
"All for Second-Tier Floating Land Essence, but the exchange rate must be higher. This is Fourth-Tier Floating Land Essence, and it's hard to come by!"
Song Chi thought for a moment and then offered a rate.
"360 strands of Second-Tier Floating Land Essence for 1 strand of Fourth-Tier. Does that work?"
The 360:1 ratio was based on the shop's rate of 20 strands of Third-Tier Floating Land Essence for 1 strand of Fourth-Tier, combined with his stall's rates for Third-Tier and Second-Tier Floating Land Essence.
The scythe-limbed alien shook his head.
"Not enough. If you calculate it that way, the exchange rate for Third-Tier and Fourth-Tier Floating Land Essence would be the same as the shop's. No way!"
After a brief hesitation, Song Chi raised his offer.
"378:1 then!"
He quickly added, seeing the alien about to speak:
"This is already a very high rate, and the highest I can accept. If you're not satisfied, then forget it!"
Because of his preemptive statement, the scythe-limbed alien fell silent.
Meanwhile, Song Chi continued to converse with the other aliens, his fierce wolf head feigning indifference.
After about ten minutes of stalemate, the scythe-limbed alien finally agreed.
In the end, Song Chi successfully exchanged 1890 strands of Second-Tier Floating Land Essence for the 5 strands of Fourth-Tier Floating Land Essence.
However, this left him with only about six thousand strands of Second-Tier Floating Land Essence.
...
Time slowly passed as the exchanges continued. After more than ten hours:
At the free market stall, the number of alien visitors in front of Song Chi’s stall, which resembled a jackal, had dwindled considerably.
After such a long time, most of the aliens who had mid-to-high-grade Essence of Floating Lands and were enticed by the exchange ratios he offered had already completed their transactions.
The remaining aliens either lacked mid-to-high-grade Essence of Floating Lands or were unwilling to trade.
Realizing there was no point in continuing, Song Chi didn’t waste any time and promptly packed up his stall.
However, just as the market was about to close, something unexpected happened.
Having just packed up and preparing to explore other areas, Song Chi’s mind was set on acquiring a few items he had identified as profitable from his omniscient perspective. Suddenly, he paused, his gaze shifting toward the entrance of the market.
As he stepped forward, he detected the distinct ripple of energy emanating from a freshly activated dimensional portal.
The energy signature that triggered this gate was markedly different from that of ordinary carbon-based life forms. The energy waves it emitted were particularly dense and singular in nature, radiating an intense, pure attribute.
"What is it? Could it be a ball of flame?"
"Or perhaps something like the Vermilion Bird or the Golden Crow from ancient tales, a fire attribute creature?"
Multiple guesses raced through Song Chi’s mind.
Indeed, his perception confirmed that the entity triggering the new spatial gate was carrying a searing, fiery force.
As he pondered, the spatial fluctuations at the market entrance grew stronger, and a figure bathed in brilliant red light appeared at the entrance.
He stifled a light exclamation.
If he wasn’t mistaken, this figure wasn’t a physical entity but a humanoid form composed entirely of flames.
Song Chi recalled that the Flame Academy textbooks had a specific section on such beings.
"An elemental life form... and a fire attribute one at that!"
"Elemental life forms, also known as Fire Spirits, possess unparalleled talent in the realm of fire. They are the favored children of flames, and once they reach the fourth tier, their understanding of the laws of fire accelerates tenfold or even a hundredfold. Additionally, in environments with corresponding attributes, their combat power is significantly enhanced."
With this realization, he quickly reviewed the relevant information about fire elemental life forms in his mind.
Meanwhile, the fire elemental life form entered the market through the gate.
The sudden appearance of this unique creature immediately piqued the curiosity of the various aliens in the free market area.
However, before some of the aliens could approach, the rare fire elemental life form darted straight toward a corner of the free market area.
Through his omniscient perspective, Song Chi noticed that the stall it approached displayed a variety of different fire attribute materials.
"Is it interested in various fire attribute materials and curios? That makes sense, being a fire elemental life form, most fire attribute items should promote its growth."
As he pondered, the second-tier fire elemental life form quickly left this stall and headed straight down the central street toward the inner part of the market.
Clearly, while the stall had many fire attribute materials, they were mostly low-grade ores, which didn’t hold much appeal for the fire elemental life form.
In another corner of the free market area, Song Chi’s eyes suddenly lit up.
If he wasn’t mistaken, the fire elemental life form was heading toward his own curio exchange shop.
Its purpose was not hard to guess.
What was the highest-tier curio currently available in the curio exchange shop?
The Orange-quality Red Origin Celestial Fire.
An orange-quality fire seed and a fire elemental life form—putting these two together, it was hard not to draw some conclusions.
However, the only thing he could be certain of was that the Red Origin Celestial Fire was what attracted this second-tier fire elemental life form. The allure of the orange-quality Red Origin Celestial Fire was far beyond what he had imagined.
The question was, could it offer something of sufficient value? After all, it was only a second-tier fire elemental life form.
Additionally, he had explicitly noted that the Red Origin Celestial Fire could only be exchanged for a fire seed of the same quality. If it could indeed offer another curio of the same quality, should he agree to the exchange?
Without dwelling on it further, Song Chi focused his attention on the curio exchange shop. Perhaps the fire elemental life form couldn’t even produce a curio of the Orange-quality Red Origin’s caliber.
(End of Chapter)
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