Chapter 272: Chapter 163: Cang Qiong’s Attributes Skyrocket * Million-Level Big Deal at a 20-Fold Price Difference_2

Over the past few months, although he had listed the acquisition information for these Divine Soul Type Strange Objects in the shops of the Ruins Market, he hadn’t made any gains.

Therefore, his current main targets were still the Secondary Cannons for Armor Break, Shield Break, and control.

Having retrieved the Cang Qiong, Song Chi strode to the Ultra Long-Distance Space Gate Random Deployment Platform. Over ten hours ago, the device had already cooled down and was ready to initiate the next Ruins Market trade.

However, before proceeding with the next Ruins Market trade, Song Chi first exited the Ruins Market.

Green Moon Manor, the small courtyard where his second uncle’s family lived.

Following Song Chi’s explanation of his intentions, his second uncle, Song Hai, took him to the backyard.

As soon as he entered the backyard, Song Chi saw a small mountain of Terrastones piled up.

With a wave of his hand, Song Chi summoned Zhao Lei over, and at his signal, Zhao Lei activated the mana within his body and, within a matter of seconds, stored all the Terrastones in front of him into his waist Storage Bag.

Such smooth actions surprised Song Hai, who was watching from the side.

Even though Song Chi had already mentioned that he acquired a special storage method in the Zhu Tian Ruins Market, Song Hai had been somewhat prepared, but seeing such fluidity in storage still piqued his interest considerably.

After a brief moment of contemplation, Song Hai quickly got back to the main topic, saying to Song Chi,

“Little Chi, this batch of Terrastones totals four million pieces. Including labor and transportation costs, the cost is roughly about 40 pieces for one strand of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin.

In other words, you only need to sell these Terrastones for 100,000 strands of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin, and we won’t suffer a loss. However, how much we can actually earn depends on the price you can negotiate with that High Level Goblin.”

Four million pieces, the number sounded not small, but converted into Zero Rank Floating Land Origin, it suddenly seemed not that much.

After all, it was just one hundred thousand strands of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin.

In terms of the assets in Song Chi’s own hands, he had nearly reached one million strands of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin, so one hundred thousand strands didn’t seem like a lot to him.

Of course, this did not mean that their Tenth Direct Vein could only come up with one hundred thousand strands of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin.

They had two Third Rank Torch Captains and nearly ten Second Rank Torch Ship Captains. Not to exaggerate, but Song Mingsong alone could probably take out hundreds of millions of strands if needed.

The reason why they only purchased four million Terrastones was firstly because time was too tight. From the moment Song Chi brought up the matter of Terrastones to now, it had barely been more than twenty days. In such a short period, they had only managed to initiate acquisitions within the Dinghai Star Domain.

Secondly, to prevent a spike in prices due to mass purchasing, they couldn’t buy too much at once in each Star Region.

Furthermore, Song Chi had already said they shouldn’t buy too much in the first round because he was not clear about the financial strength behind that Luke and how much Terrastone it could absorb in one go.

He clearly remembered that Goblin Luke himself had said that the Tor Viscount family behind it was declining, whether it could swallow too much Terrastone at one time was really questionable.

He also didn’t think that Luke was a fool; engaging in overeating when their energy was insufficient might trigger backlashes.

Ultimately, the Terrastones they acquired still had to be sold on in the Silver Goblin Empire, and if Luke didn’t have enough strength or means to covertly sell them, it would surely attract unnecessary coveting.

Therefore, in order to prevent this kind of situation, Goblin Luke would probably not buy too much Terrastone at once.

After ending the conversation with his second uncle, Song Chi quickly returned to the Zhu Tian Ruins Market.

Within a matter of minutes, less than two minutes after activating the Ultra Long-Distance Space Gate Random Deployment Platform, Goblin Luke rushed out from the second floor of the inn, looking frantic.

In contrast to Zhou Ping from the Primordial Continent, this little creature obviously showed too much enthusiasm.

Song Chi was quite clear about this. Most likely, it was the Goblin nature of being extremely greedy for money that was at work.

Every trade in the Ruins Market was a great opportunity to make money – why would they waste even a second?

For Luke, obtaining the Ruins Market Guest Token had come at a great cost, not earning back all of it and making a profit would certainly be a major failure in a Goblin’s life.

Seeing that there were no other Alien Races in the market, Luke trotted through the various shops of the Ruins Market.

Not surprisingly, it finally stopped at the mineral acquisition shop.

Its goblin eyes, sleazy and triangular, fixated on the “Terrastone” sales counter to the side of the shop.

However, looking at the Terrastones, Luke’s face was not filled with excitement or agitation but with rage.

“Swindler, swindler, oh great Silver Empire in the heavens, how can there be such swindlers in the Starry Sea!!”

At this, Song Chi, who had not yet shown himself and was hidden in the isolation storage space, twitched the corner of his eye, but quickly suppressed it.

He thought about the price he had set for the Terrastone and even felt a little embarrassed about it.

Two strands of First Rank Floating Land Origin.

This price was a staggering 200 times that of his family’s procurement price.

The reason he had set such a price was mainly because he was not familiar with the prices in the Silver Goblin Empire, so he wanted to allow enough room for negotiation.

As for the issue of the “market setting” in the Ruins Market, Song Chi had only one thing to say.

In front of creatures like goblins, market settings were just decorations; without enough room for bargaining, one simply couldn’t withstand their glib tongues.

While pondering, Goblin Luke began to loudly bargain.

His triangular eyes flickered multiple times, and finally, he tentatively spoke up.

“Oh great Ruins Market Lord, how about ten strands of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin for one strand?”

In an attempt to maintain the Ruins Market’s own style, Song Chi did not respond.

Even the initial price offered by the other party was already four times the procurement price of his family.

Even if there was no further change, after selling all four million Terrastones in his possession, he would make a profit of 300,000 strands of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin.

But this did not satisfy him.

To Goblin Luke, this silent silence seemed like the best response.

Soon, he carefully offered several more prices.

Two minutes later, when he gritted his teeth and said “Twenty strands of First Rank Floating Land Origin, which is the same as two strands of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin per Terrastone,” Song Chi decided that the offer was close enough and finally responded.

“Agreed!”

This price was already 20 times the cost price of his family, a very satisfying figure indeed.

As for Goblin Luke, he already had a pained expression on his face, making it clear that although he would also make a profit at this price, it likely wouldn’t be very large, perhaps only about three to five times.

Once the price was settled, Luke quickly asked a question of great concern to both parties.

“Oh great Ruins Market Lord, may I ask how much inventory of Terrastone you have at the moment?”

His attitude at this moment became extremely respectful again, a stark contrast from before.

Song Chi did not respond directly but instead asked:

“How much do you want?”

Seeing these six words, Goblin Luke pondered for a moment, seemingly considering his own financial capacity and how to carry it out. Since he had that foldable Space Box, there was no need to worry too much about transport.

“Do you have five hundred thousand pieces?”

Hearing his tentative offer, Song Chi was inwardly pleased. Based on the negotiated procurement price, five hundred thousand Terrastones would correspond to 250,000 strands of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin, a substantial sum.

However, considering that the current inventory of Terrastones in the Ruins Market was as high as four million pieces, he quickly replied:

“Of course!”

Seeing this, the previously hesitant Luke’s triangular eyes brightened.

“What about one million pieces?”

In fact, he had wanted to ask for two million pieces, but thinking of the current situation at the Viscount’s Mansion, he decided to keep the number at one million.

At this, a very pleased Song Chi replied with a single word.

“Agreed!”