Devouring Evolution: I Reborn as an Arctic Wolf Chapter 1901 - 1061: Stirring Hearts, Disrupting Public Opinion!
Previously on Devouring Evolution: I Reborn as an Arctic Wolf...
Thanks to Su Lin's covert efforts in stirring things up, soul stones quickly turned into a scarce commodity.
Remember, soul stones originate from refined soul spirits, which makes them far rarer than blood stones or star stones.
They're even scarcer than luck stones.
Indeed, luck stones can be amassed in huge quantities by simply overpowering rival groups that hoard fortune.
Consequently, within mere months, soul stones in the outskirts of the two Star Nebula Great Clans grew desperately rare,
and soon afterward, various profiteering groups started jacking up prices, since scarcity always boosts value!
It wasn't long before the surge in soul stone prices spread across every corner of the two Star Nebula Great Clans, with adjacent areas seeing sharp increases too.
The trading ratio, starting at one soul stone for ten blood stones, luck stones, or star stones, skyrocketed to one for twenty.
Yet this escalation showed no signs of halting.
Nevertheless, this chaos hasn't drawn the formal notice of the two Star Nebula Great Clans, much less sparked any real worry.
They're still caught up in deciding their allegiances, even taking Su Lin's spies posing as supporters for genuine allies!
Right now, they're figuring out the amount of supplies and bargaining power to stake!
"Hehe, that's some bold spirit from these Star Nebula Great Clans, but their foresight is way too limited, chasing petty gains!"
Su Lin glanced over the reports from his spies masquerading as supporters beneath Ghost Firefly and shook his head with a chill.
No Star Nebula Great Clan is straightforward; all boast their unique strengths.
That said, every Star Nebula Great Clan inevitably harbors its weaknesses.
For those Star Nebula Great Clans locked in endless conflicts, overlooking such matters is typical, as they're used to betting it all on whims!
Yet amid this wave of avarice, even if they itch to go all-in, they'll find no worthwhile foe.
At the same time, Su Lin ordered the Dream Guards loyal to the Twelve-winged Dream Butterfly to channel every bit of his Origin Space's assets straight into this frenzy of greed.
He even pledged another portion of the River of Spirituality Essence to 'Unspeakable' for trillions worth of supplies.
Though Su Lin's full commitment of these assets couldn't topple the markets of the two Star Nebula Great Clans outright,
merely offering that foundation proved more than enough!
After all, in every faction, clever minds abound; these are the profiteers, already the richest bunch.
Once they jumped in, they truly rattled the foundations of the two Star Nebula Great Clans!
As a result, numerous races relying on soul stones to nurture their soul forms, mend their divine senses, or restore soul spirits faced brutal exploitation.
Furthermore, nearly all factions, spotting a commodity's price explode, would hold back from offloading their stocks.
This fueled the ongoing climb of soul stone values, hitting tenfold the starting price in only a handful of years!
Countless exotic beasts and races eyed this with burning envy.
For it was clear to all just how massive the earnings were from such a tenfold markup!
With profits that huge, plenty of exotic beasts were willing to ignore official laws and orders!
Even numerous minor factions and elite exotic beast masters dared to snatch up soul stones wildly from hostile Star Nebula Great Clans!
But right as these lesser groups and exotic beast elites had grabbed a haul of soul stones, without savoring the rewards yet,
abruptly, a flood of soul stones hit the market!
Amid this rapid dump of vast soul stone reserves, the Erosion Spirit King of the Undead Holy Sect boldly declared that the undead's thirty armies held enough soul stones to last ten thousand years, ruling out any buys in the near future!
This revelation left countless shrewd hoarders of soul stones utterly dumbfounded.
In a flash, every faction and profiteering group rushed to unload their holdings.
This triggered a nosedive in soul stone prices over just one or two months, crashing from ten times the original to only five times!
At that fivefold level, a few frantic profiteers tried uniting to manipulate the market, only to get crushed by its merciless force.
For lurking in the market were two unseen forces stoking the fire.
One belonged to Su Lin!
Leveraging his acquisition of trillions in cheap soul stones, Su Lin played the buy-low-sell-high game, raking in more than two trillion billions!
This represented pure, staggering wealth.
The Erosion Spirit King wasn't dimwitted, either, pocketing billions from the chaos!
Their enormous dumps and the ensuing market hysteria wiped out anyone scheming to defy the tide.
In essence, this soul stone frenzy let some factions and exotic beasts pocket resources, but far more got ruthlessly stripped bare.
Where those stripped resources ended up? That's obvious!
Yet this soul stone episode marked only the beginning.
Through the soul stone frenzy, countless exotic beasts and factions had tasted the wild gains from price swings.
So subtly,
yet another fresh commodity started climbing in value.
This time, it was the Heavenly Realm Blood Pill!
Heavenly Realm Blood Pills outshine blood stones in rarity; they're distilled essences of pure blood power.
They match the caliber of heavenly exotic plant fruits.
Traditionally, Heavenly Realm Blood Pills served as premium cultivation aids for the offspring of profiteering elites.
And post-storm, they grew hyper-aware of price volatilities.
Hence, Heavenly Realm Blood Pill costs rocketed even wilder, blasting past twenty times the base!
This hit heavenly heights!
The stakes from around twenty Heavenly Realm Blood Pills spiraled to utterly mad proportions.
Legions of powerhouses beyond Heavenly Venerate rank didn't balk at draining their vital essence blood to craft Heavenly Realm Blood Pills, suddenly amassing fortunes overnight.