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Chapter 218: A Fire Core Curiosity Worth 150 Points of Golden Merit
Chapter 218: A Fire Core Curiosity Worth 150 Points of Golden Merit
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Upon hearing this, Song Chi furrowed his brow.
"Only 28%? It's that difficult to upgrade?"
He knew that previously, after slaying the golden-armored giant and obtaining a drop of the vampire marquis's origin blood, the success rate had already reached 22%.
Now, with just 28%, it meant that after nearly three months, with the assistance of multiple family members, the Roaring Lion had only managed to slay over a hundred third-rank alien combat units, and the success rate had only increased by 6%.
If you did the math, each third-rank unit provided only about 0.05% success rate. This alone demonstrated the immense difficulty of upgrading a cruiser to a Deer Chaser.
However, if they could acquire the three special materials—the fourth-rank life crystal, the earth attribute law crystal, and the ten-thousand-year-old pure yang stone—along with the 10% boost from these materials, the success rate would be 38%.
Additionally, with nine more months to go, if everyone in the clan continued to work together, pushing the success rate to over 50% should be feasible.
Furthermore, if they could obtain the ten-thousand-year-old Moonlight Tree sap from the clan's Moonlight Secret Realm, the success rate could even reach over 55%.
A success rate exceeding 50% was quite terrifying for upgrading to a fourth-rank Deer Chaser.
Just as he was thinking, Song Ming Song chuckled.
"It's already quite high, considering you previously severely wounded that golden-armored giant."
"But to be honest, if upgrading to fourth-rank was that easy, wouldn't fourth-rank Deer Chaser captains be common in our Flame Human civilization? But the reality is different."
Without waiting for Song Chi to say more, Song Ming Song waved his hand.
"Alright, don't worry about it. Your uncle and I will continue hunting high-rank aliens in other star domains. I'm confident we can push the Roaring Lion's upgrade success rate to over 40%. You just focus on accumulating golden merit points!"
...
Song Chi didn't say anything more.
As for the Blood Savage Continent, the Roaring Lion wasn't yet upgraded to a Deer Chaser, so it wasn't suitable to go there. The risks were too high, and it wasn't wise to expose the market space anchor point. They would have to wait until the Spatial Beacon Emitter was ready to leave a new beacon mark.
As he pondered, Song Chi returned to his personal courtyard.
After a brief stay, he once again piloted the Azure Sky and soared toward the clan's merit building.
His goal was simple: to acquire enough fire-attribute materials.
The next market transaction was imminent, and if things went as expected, the fire elemental life would bring at least six purple-quality fire cores that could be converted into Flame Seed upgrades, in exchange for the strand of Red Origin Celestial Fire.
Beyond this planned transaction, Song Chi was particularly interested in the ten-thousand-year-old volcanic magma iron ore, the fire thorn fruit, and the thousand-year-old fire camphor wood core.
Given that the fire elemental life was a fire element, it would be interested in fire-attribute materials. Thus, he wanted to try exchanging a large quantity of fire-attribute materials for these three items.
While the fire elemental world was indeed filled with fire-attribute materials, it wasn't just one life form there. With so many fire elementals, even with an abundance of materials, there would still be a supply shortage.
Therefore, he believed this method had a good chance of success.
In the merit building, Song Chi, who still had over 100,000 merit points, made significant exchanges across floors 1 to 29.
- 10 merit points per ton of Inferno Iron
- 100 merit points per 10 kg of Fire Copper
- 50 merit points per Fire Mulberry Tree
- 1,000 merit points per Blazing Crystal
...
Soon, the over 100,000 ordinary merit points were all spent.
He then went up to the 30th floor and exchanged a purple-quality engine to the clan, successfully obtaining 5 points of golden merit. Adding this to his previous total, his golden merit points reached 11.
After finishing these tasks, Song Chi returned to the Azure Moon Manor, practicing the Shadow Energy Guidance Technique while meditating, waiting quietly for the next market transaction.
A few days later, the next market transaction officially began.
As expected, the fire elemental life arrived on time with eight purple-quality Flame Seed upgrade fire cores.
Of the eight fire cores, two could not be converted into upgrade fire cores, but the remaining six could all be converted into Flame Seed upgrades.
In addition to the strand of [Heavenly Abyss Flame], there were two more fire seeds known as [Primordial Sage Flame], which could also be converted into high-grade purple ascension flames.
So, the total would be:
40 + 40 + 40 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 150
Just these six fire seeds were enough to exchange for a sufficient amount of gold merit points at the family merit hall, allowing him to trade for a strand of orange-grade ascension flame.
The two fire seeds that couldn't be converted were more like bonuses, essentially freebies.
Seeing the fire elemental life form in the center of the shop with an expectant look, the projection screen in front of it flickered and finally displayed a single word.
[Agreed!]
As soon as this word appeared, an inexplicable force surged into the rare item exchange shop. The eight strands of purple flames in the fire elemental’s hands were all swept up. The two strands that couldn't be converted were left behind, becoming new rare items on the counter.
The other six strands vanished into thin air, and then the strand of [Red Origin Celestial Flame] slowly fell into the fire elemental’s hands.
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Meanwhile, as the slightly excited fire elemental left the rare item exchange shop and headed toward the free market area, Song Chi quickly set up his stall, taking advantage of the opportunity.
At this moment, he had transformed into a two-meter-tall second-stage Wolfman.
Swish!
As he laid out a large number of fire-attribute resources on his stall, the fire elemental, who had carefully stored the [Red Origin Celestial Flame], was predictably drawn to the numerous fire-attribute materials on Song Chi's stall.
With that unique voice, the fire elemental asked:
"Boss, how much are these fire-attribute materials?"
Song Chi, who had already considered this, quickly replied:
"Trade for other items, preferably fire-attribute resources!"
Hearing this, the fire elemental hastily rummaged through its body.
After pulling out the ten-thousand-year-old volcanic lava iron ore, Li Fire Copper, thousand-year-old fire camphor wood core, and fire thorn fruits, it asked again:
"Will these do?"
Song Chi felt a wave of joy internally but kept a straight face, pointing to the ten-thousand-year-old volcanic lava iron ore and fire thorn fruits.
"These two are quite good. Do you have more?"
The fire elemental paused.
"The ten-thousand-year-old volcanic lava iron ore is rare, and it's a matter of luck. As for the fire thorn fruits, I can get more, but not until the next market day. You..."
Hearing this, Song Chi, who was prepared, immediately showed the fire elemental his [Market Guest Pass].
"Don't worry, I can come back to the market next time too."
With that, he took the ten-thousand-year-old volcanic lava iron ore, thousand-year-old fire camphor wood core, and fire thorn fruits from the fire elemental, and in return, pushed a large portion of the fire-attribute materials from his stall to the other side.
"These should be enough to exchange for these three items. Additionally, if you can get older fire thorn fruits next time, I can provide even more fire-attribute materials!"
Both parties were satisfied with the trade, and the fire elemental had no reason to refuse. However, Song Chi noticed that it was hesitating to collect the batch of fire-attribute materials.
"What's wrong?"
The fire elemental looked at the large pile of fire-attribute materials and said with difficulty:
"I can't carry this much at once."
Hearing this, Song Chi, still in his Wolfman form, feigned surprise.
"Didn't you know? There's a [Star Source Empire Shop] inside the market. Have you never been there?"
The fire elemental: ???
Facing the fire elemental's puzzled expression, Song Chi, who had been tracking its movements all along, pretended to be unaware.
"No wonder. Look!"
With that, he reached behind him and pulled out two palm-sized capsules.
He lightly tapped the capsules, and they slowly opened. Song Chi then flipped his hand and poured out a large amount of fire-attribute materials from the capsules.
These materials were previously exchanged from the family merit hall, but he hadn't used this many in the trade with the fire elemental.
The fire elemental's eyes, which burned with fiery flames, blinked.
It was both envious of the large amount of fire-attribute materials in the Wolfman's hands and secretly resolved to gather more fire thorn fruits when it returned to the fire elemental world. Fire thorn fruits were only effective for fire-attribute physical life forms and were useless to elementals like itself, making this trade a win-win for it.
At the same time, it was fascinated by the two capsules in Song Chi's hands. Despite being only palm-sized, they could hold so much, which truly piqued its curiosity.
Understanding the gist of the situation, Song Chi spoke up:
"This item is called a Storage Capsule. It's a storage device jointly launched by the Marketplace of All Realms and the Star Source Empire's shop. Despite its palm-sized appearance, it has an internal space of one cubic meter."
After saying this, Song Chi pointed down the central street of the marketplace.
"Alright, boss, I'll leave the items with you for a bit..."
Following the marketplace street, they passed through three-story inns, curio exchange shops, cultivation retreats, special resource acquisition shops, the House of Silver, floating land essence exchange shops, centaur boutiques, and mineral resource shops. The fire elemental lifeform finally arrived at the Star Source Empire's shop.
As they passed the House of Silver, the goblin Luke, who was idly sitting in his shop, pouted. Ever since the Star Source Empire's shop introduced the Storage Capsule, and with the heavy promotion on the entrance rules screen of the marketplace, business at the shop had been booming. This made Luke incredibly envious.
He had approached Aaron multiple times, hoping to collaborate and buy a large number of Storage Capsules to sell at a high price back in the Goblin Empire of Silver. However, Aaron had already signed an agreement with the marketplace, allowing only small-scale sales within the marketplace itself. Any large-scale orders required the marketplace's approval.
Moreover, the marketplace was currently stockpiling a large number of Storage Capsules. How could it be Luke's turn?
Upon entering the Star Source Empire's shop, the fire elemental lifeform immediately inquired about the Storage Capsules.
At the shop counter, Aaron smiled and said:
"Storage Capsules? We have three types here.
The first type is palm-sized with an internal space of one cubic meter, priced at 3 strands of first-tier floating land essence.
The second type is about 30 centimeters long with an internal space of two cubic meters, priced at 1 strand of second-tier floating land essence.
The third type is about 40 centimeters long with an internal space of four cubic meters, priced at 5 strands of second-tier floating land essence.
Which one would you like?"
Hearing this, the fire elemental lifeform thought for a moment and then said:
"Give me one of each, no, make it three of the first type!"
As it was about to take out the floating land essence it had, Aaron from behind the counter said:
"I'm truly sorry, but unless you can provide a star sea curiosity, each person can only purchase one of each type of Storage Capsule!"
In the end, the fire elemental lifeform took out 3 strands of first-tier floating land essence and 6 strands of second-tier floating land essence, buying one of each type of Storage Capsule.
Song Chi watched this entire scene with no significant change in his expression. He was the one who had imposed the purchase limit.
The reason was that although Aaron had gained some influence in the Star Source Empire over the past year, the number of Storage Capsules he could acquire at a low price each month was still limited. Additionally, Song Chi himself was stockpiling these Storage Capsules, planning to sell them in the Ember Human Civilization's territory later. He also wanted to increase the circulation of curios within the marketplace.
While this restriction would mostly only bring out white and blue-quality curios, it was better than nothing.
As time passed, just before the marketplace was about to close, Song Chi once again took out the "Marketplace Guest Token" and the "Marketplace Access Token" for a bidding auction. The results, however, were quite disappointing, as nothing satisfactory appeared.
The only unexpected joy was the fire elemental lifeform's intense interest in the new attribute of the "Marketplace Access Token," which caused its flames to flicker excitedly. This gave Song Chi some hope for its future.
What Song Chi didn't know was that the fire elemental lifeform's inner excitement far exceeded his expectations. Compared to the "Marketplace Guest Token," which only allowed one entry and exit per month, the "Marketplace Access Token" was a lifesaver, especially in the extremely chaotic fire elemental world, where it was most needed.
Seeing that the auction had no results, Song Chi didn't delay further. When the time came, he directly ended the marketplace transaction.
As for the floating land essence exchange, he had already adjusted the exchange rates in the floating land essence shop to match the values he had previously listed, which indeed increased the exchange amounts for the last two marketplace transactions.
Exiting the marketplace, Song Chi, holding six purple fire seeds, had only one thought: to head to the family merit hall as soon as possible to exchange for the orange-quality advanced fire source.
(End of Chapter)
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