Chapter 383: Chapter 208: A New Species – Fire Elemental Life_2

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At the stall, Song Chi, disguised as a member of the Jackalwolf People, flashed a glint in his eyes as he swiftly handled the exchange requests from the various Alien Races around him while also considering whether he should proactively adjust the exchange ratios at his Floating Land Origin exchange shop.

The reason he had specifically set up this exchange shop was not only to exchange more medium-high rank Floating Land Origin from the Alien Species but also for convenience, and now coming here to set up a stall in disguise seemed like a waste of time.

As he thought about it, his attention was suddenly drawn to a member of an Alien Race resembling the xenomorphs from his previous life, who stood out with a sharp scythe-like limb and interesting air.

The creature presented a clump of extremely high-quality Floating Land Origin–ah, Fourth-Rank Level Floating Land Origin.

Naturally, Song Chi was very interested and began communicating with it at once, fully aware of how rare and important Fourth-Rank Level Floating Land Origins were.

Not to mention anything else, once his Seed of Torch advanced, those components on the Cang Qiong that had been enhanced to Lv39 would require the Fourth-Rank Floating Land Origin for further enhancement.

So, even though the Alien Species had brought out only a small amount of Fourth-Rank Floating Land Origin–just five strands–Song Chi had pretty high hopes, even with his very limited supply of Third-Rank Floating Land Origin.

“My friend, how would you like to exchange?”

He asked in the common language of the Starry Sea, his gaze casually scanning the other’s figure, which seemed to have recently advanced to the Second Rank and whose aura was still not quite stable. He added another question.

“Do you need Second-Rank Floating Land Origin or the entire Third-Rank?”

If the Alien Race had indeed just recently advanced to the Second Rank, then it should be in urgent need of Second-Rank Floating Land Origin, which would also be a good thing for him.

At the moment, he himself was in dire need of Third-Rank Floating Land Origin, but he had stockpiled quite a bit of Second-Rank Floating Land Origin.

Upon hearing his question, the scythe-like Alien Race also responded in the common language of the Starry Sea:

“I’ll exchange all for Second-Rank Floating Land Origin, but the exchange rate must be higher. This is Fourth-Rank Floating Land Origin, not easy to come by!”

After some thought, Song Chi offered an exchange rate.

“360 strands of Second-Rank Floating Land Origin for one strand of Fourth-Rank, does that work for you?”

The reason he offered a 360:1 exchange ratio was simple; he based it on the [20 strands of Third-Rank Floating Land Origin for one strand of Fourth-Rank Floating Land Origin] exchange rate provided by the Floating Land Origin exchange shop, in addition to the exchange ratio of Third-Rank to Second-Rank Floating Land Origin at his own stall.

The scythe-like Alien Race shook its head repeatedly.

“Not enough, if you calculate it like that, wouldn’t the exchange ratio between Third-Rank and Fourth-Rank Floating Land Origin be the same as that of the Ruins Market shops? No way!!”

After a moment of hesitation, Song Chi raised his offer once more.

“Then make it 378:1!”

Having said that and seeing that the scythe-like Alien Race was about to say more, Song Chi hastily stated:

“This price is already very high and is the limit I can accept. If you’re still not satisfied, then forget it!”

Because of his preemptive words, the scythe-like Alien Race did not say anything further but rather fell silent.

On the other side, Song Chi continued talking with the other Alien Species nearby, forcibly maintaining an air of nonchalance on his fierce wolf-like head.

The stalemate lasted for about ten minutes before the scythe-like Alien Race eventually decided to compromise.

In the end, Song Chi successfully exchanged 1,890 strands of Second-Rank Floating Land Origin for the five strands of Fourth-Rank Floating Land Origin.

However, after this, his supply of Second-Rank Floating Land Origin had significantly diminished, leaving him with only about six thousand strands.

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Time slowly passed by in this manner, and more than ten hours later.

In the free trading zone, not many Alien Species were left in front of Song Chi’s stall, where he continued to appear as a member of the Jackalwolf People.

After such a long time, those Alien Species who had medium-high rank Floating Land Origin and were tempted by the exchange rates he offered had already completed their exchanges.

The remaining Alien Species either did not have medium-high rank Floating Land Origin or were unwilling to trade.

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So, realizing there was no need to continue trading, Song Chi didn’t dawdle and promptly closed his stall.

Just as this Ruins Market transaction was nearing its end, something somewhat unexpected occurred.

He had just packed up his stall and was preparing to look around elsewhere, intending to acquire several items he had spotted with his divine perspective that seemed profitable, when Song Chi suddenly paused, turning his gaze toward the market entrance.

There, he sensed the fluctuations of a brand new Spatial Gate being activated.

And the aura that triggered this Spatial Gate seemed vastly different from ordinary carbon-based life; it radiated particularly intense energy fluctuations, that of an extremely pure, singular attribute.

“What is it? Could it be a ball of fire?”

“Or perhaps it’s a fire-attributed creature like the Vermilion Bird or Golden Crow from the novels of my previous life?”

A variety of speculations sprouted in Song Chi’s heart.

Indeed, in his perception, the entity that caused this new Spatial Gate to appear carried the searing power of flames.

As he speculated, the spatial fluctuations outside the Ruins Market’s gate grew stronger, followed by the appearance of a figure bathed in a brilliant crimson glow at the entrance.

A light exclamation in his heart.

If he wasn’t mistaken, this figure wasn’t solid but entirely an anthropomorphic body shaped from flames.

And for such life forms, Song Chi recalled seeing a dedicated section in his textbooks from the Torch Academy.

“Elemental life, fire-attributed elemental life it is!”

“Elemental life, also known as flame spirits, possess incomparable innate gifts in the domain of fire. They are the darlings of the flames, and once they enter the Fourth Rank, their comprehension of the Law of Fire is naturally accelarated tenfold or even a hundredfold. Furthermore, their combat power gets an enormous boost in environments with matching attributes.”

With this answer, he quickly reviewed the associated information about Fire Elemental Life in his mind.

At that moment, the fire-attributed elemental creature also passed through the gate and entered the Ruins Market.

Given the sudden appearance of this exotic creature, all the alien races in the free trading area showed immense curiosity.

However, before some of the Alien Race could get close, this rare Fire Elemental Life darted straight to a corner of the free trading area.

Song Chi noticed through his divine perspective that the stall it approached was displaying a variety of fire attribute materials.

“It seems interested in all sorts of fire attribute materials and strange objects… which makes sense. After all, as a Fire Elemental Life, the vast majority of the fire attribute items should be able to promote its growth.”

While his thoughts were whirring, the Second-Rank Fire Elemental Life quickly left that stall and headed straight down the central street to the inner parts of the Ruins Market.

Clearly, while there were many fire attribute materials on that stall, they were mostly low-rank ores, which might attract the Fire Elemental Life but not strongly.

In another corner of the free trading area, Song Chi’s eyes suddenly gleamed.

If he saw correctly, the destination of this Fire Elemental Life this time was none other than his own Oddity Exchange Shop.

And its goal was not hard to guess.

What is the highest-ranked strange object currently in that Oddity Exchange Shop?

The Orange Quality Red Origin Heavenly Fire.

An orange Fire Seed and a Fire Elemental Life – linking the two, he couldn’t help but speculate further.

However, the only thing he could be certain of at the moment was that the Red Origin Heavenly Fire of Orange Quality was what attracted the Second-Rank Fire Elemental Life, far beyond what he had imagined.

It was just unclear whether it could offer anything of sufficient value in return, considering it was only a Second-Rank Fire Elemental Life.

Moreover, he had made it explicit that this strand of Red Origin Heavenly Fire could only be exchanged for a strange object of the same quality. If it really could produce another object of the same quality, should he agree to the exchange?

Without overthinking it, Song Chi focused his attention on the Oddity Exchange Shop. Perhaps the other party wouldn’t be able to offer a strange object of the Orange Glory rank, after all.