Song Chi, King of Sweet Talk

Myriad Heavens Market.

As time passed, more and more alien races entered the market, and its streets gradually grew livelier.

Yet Song Chi was not happy. He had remained in the stall area, hoping to find another Star Sea Marvel or two like last time, but he had yet to discover anything.

As for the goods in the shops, all sold at five times their purchase price, they remained extremely popular. However, those were profits he had planned for long ago and could not be considered a surprise. What he wanted was unexpected profit.

Just then, his eyes lit up as he looked toward the market gates.

Filled with intense excitement and anticipation, Gore returned to the market. Its goal was clear—it passed through the crowded free-stall area and headed straight for the shop selling gene enhancement potions.

"Excuse me, how many of these gene enhancement potions can one three-hundred-year deep-sea clam pearl be exchanged for?"

Standing in the middle of the shop, Gore looked somewhat nervous.

The Bronze Halberd Tribe had long since declined. Even though his father was the tribe chief and a second-rank merman, he could only produce six deep-sea clam pearls over three hundred years old. Naturally, the more gene potions they could exchange for, the better.

In the free-stall area, Song Chi did not move, but his consciousness had already shifted to the gene potion shop.

After pondering for a moment, he named a price.

One three-hundred-year deep-sea clam pearl could be exchanged for three gene potions.

Based on prices in the Morning Star Duchy, a three-hundred-year deep-sea pearl could sell for over 200,000 credits, while three basic gene potions cost 30,000 credits. He was only making a markup of more than six times. That was not excessive at all, was it?

Naturally, Gore had no idea what Song Chi was thinking. With a rummage through his belongings, four deep-sea clam pearls around three hundred years old appeared in his palm.

After hesitating slightly, he put three of them away and handed one over to the counter.

"I'll take three gene enhancement potions first."

Song Chi was in no hurry. He controlled the market's power of laws to collect the three-hundred-year deep-sea clam pearl, after which three basic gene potions automatically floated out from beneath the counter and into Gore's hands.

Having obtained the gene potions, the impatient Gore immediately picked one up and poured it into his mouth.

For a creature that had never used them before, basic gene potions were remarkably effective. After a rather painful round of genetic correction, Gore felt the familiar powerful bloodline within his body and could no longer hold back his laughter.

He then took out the other three deep-sea clam pearls and exchanged them for nine gene enhancement potions. That was not all. To Song Chi's delighted gaze, he brought out two more, larger deep-sea clam pearls.

"Seven-hundred-year and nine-hundred-year deep-sea clam pearls are far more precious than three-hundred-year ones. How many gene potions can these two be exchanged for?"

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Song Chi swiftly gave his answer.

A seven-hundred-year deep-sea clam pearl could be exchanged for ten gene enhancement potions, while a nine-hundred-year one could be exchanged for twenty.

Seeing those exchange rates, conflict appeared in Gore's eyes. Alongside his excitement was a faint struggle.

Deep-sea pearls over seven hundred years old were immensely valuable. Even when the Bronze Halberd Tribe had still been a king-class tribe of the merman race, the clan treasury had contained no more than fifty deep-sea clam pearls over seven hundred years old.

Once these two deep-sea clam pearls were exchanged, given the size of the sea region currently controlled by the Bronze Halberd Tribe, it would likely be difficult to collect any more of such age in the future.

Just as he was wavering, a set of footsteps sounded behind him. Gore turned around and saw a Star Sea human walking in.

The aura this human gave off was nothing special, but his words were downright startling.

"May I ask how much stock of these gene potions your shop has? If it isn't too much, I'll take all of it."

As he spoke, the man tossed out a large amount of Floating Continent Essence and Life Cores, some rank zero and some rank one.

Hearing this, Gore stopped hesitating and quickly said,

"I'll exchange them. Both the seven-hundred-year and nine-hundred-year deep-sea clam pearls will be exchanged for gene potions."

The instant the words left his mouth, Gore failed to notice the faint upward curve at the corner of the human's lips behind him, which soon disappeared.

That human who had entered was naturally Song Chi. Seeing that the merman was hesitating, he had come over to add fuel to the fire.

It could not be helped. Seven-hundred-year and nine-hundred-year deep-sea clam pearls were extremely rare and would greatly aid his current Guidance Art at lv5. He simply could not accept letting them slip away.

With his current cultivation progress, even with the acceleration of the All-Attribute Cultivation Room, it would still take half a year for his Guidance Art to reach lv6. That was not slow; it could even be called extremely fast. After all, it had taken him less than a month to advance from lv4 to lv5.

But Song Chi was not satisfied with that speed. The later stages of the Guidance Art would be a long road. If it was already crawling along this slowly in the early stages, what would he do after lv30, or even lv40?

With these seven-hundred-year and nine-hundred-year deep-sea clam pearls, he was confident he could raise the Guidance Art to lv6 within a month. Adding the previous four three-hundred-year ones, he was fairly confident he could raise it to lv7 within three months.

After handing thirty basic gene potions to Gore, Song Chi's heart settled. As long as the transaction was completed, it would be useless for Gore to regret it afterward.

This was how he had designed the trading rules of the Myriad Heavens Market. Transactions had to follow the principle of mutual consent. As long as either party disagreed, the transaction could not proceed. But once it succeeded, regret afterward was meaningless.

Ahem! Ahem!

Seeing that the fishman's transaction had been completed, Song Chi knew it was time for him to take the stage again. He cleared his throat, drawing Gore's attention, and continued asking,

"May I ask how much stock of gene potions the shop has?"

At the same time, a thought crossed his mind, and the words on the light screen changed accordingly.

Nearly five digits.

Seeing this, though he knew perfectly well what was going on, he put on an act and said,

"There are actually so many? What a pity I don't have enough funds on me, or I would certainly buy all of them."

Hearing him, Gore nodded subconsciously, feeling the same way.

Seeing this, Song Chi seized the chance to strike up a conversation.

"Friend, I saw that you bought quite a few gene potions just now. It seems you've also discovered how powerful these gene potions are. How about we make a deal?"

Gore raised his brows, a trace of vigilance flashing through his heart.

"What kind of deal?"

Song Chi acted as though he had noticed nothing and lowered his voice.

"I'll give you some Floating Continent Essence. Could you buy a strengthened gene potion on my behalf?"

Gore's gaze sharpened, and he froze for a moment. Rather than agreeing immediately, he asked in return,

"A strengthened gene potion? What is that?"