Chapter 73: Departure, Canglan Star

In the dark‑red starry sky, a round, disc‑shaped black spaceship kept moving forward.

"Ha ha, finally we've shaken them off!"

Inside the ship, Babata laughed excitedly.

"You little brats still dared to chase us; now you've seen the might of Lord Babata!"

Having successfully evaded the pursuit, its mood was especially elated.

"You're awesome!"

Zhou Yang and the others also laughed and gave an approving remark.

When they were discussing the retreat plan earlier, it was Babata who suggested using the ship's self‑destruction to explode and destroy the small spatial route.

Unexpectedly, it actually succeeded in the end.

By now they had successfully escaped the massive pursuers of adventurers and were heading back toward Earth.

"All right, we're safe now; let's see what we've gathered!"

Zhou Yang smiled and waved his hand.

"Wow!"

A huge pile of items materialized out of thin air, stacking on the ship's floor into a small mountain.

"Whoa, so many!"

Luo Feng and the two others were slightly astonished; even they hadn't expected to reap so many items this time.

Seeing their surprised expressions, Zhou Yang gave a faint smile.

"Babata, scan these items and sort them by type,"

"Ha ha, leave it to me!"

As Babata's laughter rang out, a hazy beam of light enveloped the pile of "mountain"-shaped treasures.

Moments later, Babata quickly announced the name and effect of each item.

"There are 15 Blood Soul Crystals in total; you already know their effect. I just looked it up—each can fetch at least 12 billion Qianwu coins, a sky‑high price. You're getting rich!"

"There are 75 unknown broken Scales; they can't be found online, but since they came from that ancient star, they must be valuable!"

"65 True Yang Grass leaf pieces; after a plant consumes them, they greatly accelerate advancement speed. Each leaf is worth at least 7.5 billion Qianwu coins!"

"15 pieces of E‑grade metal."

"Unknown weapon fragments."

Babata kept announcing each item's name, followed by his own valuation.

Soon the mountain‑like treasure pile was fully tallied.

All the various treasures and materials added up to 389 items.

Each item's estimated price ranged roughly between 70 and 150 Qianwu coins.

The total value of those 389 items exceeded 45 trillion Qianwu coins!

That already far surpassed the assets left in Huyan Bo's first account.

However, many of these items Zhou Yang does not intend to sell.

For example, the Blood Soul Crystals can enhance a Warrior's clarity of law perception.

Although the boost is limited, they are certainly rare treasures that are hard to come by!

And the dozens of broken Scales bearing strange secret runes seem especially useful to Luo Feng, so they cannot be discarded.

The True Yang Grass leaves must also be kept for cultivating Mo Yun Teng.

All told, only about a third are sellable, roughly fetching 15 trillion Qianwu coins.

15 trillion Qianwu coins sounds huge, but converted to Universe coins it's only 450 million.

If converted to Hunyuan Units, it's a pitiful 0.00045 Hunyuan Units.

It should be noted that Luo Feng, whether buying Derived Divine Soldiers or Mo Sha Clan skin fragments, starts at tens of trillions of Universe coins.

Moreover, as Zhou Yang's law comprehension deepens, the arc blade disc is gradually unable to match his power, so he must consider replacing it with a higher‑grade weapon.

There's also the continued cultivation of Universe‑level Mo Yun Teng, Earth's defense upgrades, purchasing other resources, and so on—all require spending money.

"We're short on funds,"

Zhou Yang sighed lightly, "Looks like the World Within World must be dealt with."

The black spaceship kept flying at Sub‑light Speed.

He began allocating this haul.

First the Blood Soul Crystals: two per person, with the remainder temporarily set aside by him.

It's not stinginess; after testing he found the usage limits are stricter than those of Blood Soul Sand.

Absorbing the first crystal yields the most pronounced effect, boosting his law‑perception clarity by nearly a tenth!

But using the second crystal cuts the effect in half, and the third's impact is negligible.

That's the reasonable behavior.

If Blood Soul Crystals could be used without limit, major powers would have monopolized them long ago; they couldn't be obtained freely.

After both crystals were absorbed, each person's law‑perception clarity rose by about 15%.

With this boost, Hong and Lei Shen each raised their Domain usage by one tier.

And Luo Feng, thanks to the powerful augmentation of the Golden Horned Beast doppelganger, directly sensed a faint ripple of the Gold Fundamental Law.

Their combat power jumped significantly!

The broken Scales etched with mysterious patterns were handed straight to Luo Feng.

When the 75 Scales were combined with a finger‑sized broken pointed horn, a severely damaged yet extremely powerful giant‑beast roar image was triggered.

No wonder Luo Feng seems born to be the protagonist; the moment he saw the image, he fell into sudden enlightenment again.

Zhou Yang thought, estimating that on this Soul River Secret Realm journey, this youngster got the biggest gain!

As for the other items, Zhou Yang divided them arbitrarily according to his needs.

Anything no one could use, he kept in his hand to later dispose of and turn into cash.

A month later, after they left the Soul River Secret Realm's bounds, Babata piloted the ship to accelerate beyond light speed, directly entering the Dark Universe.

After two months of Dark universe travel, the black ship safely returned to Earth.

Upon returning, Zhou Yang immediately headed to the "Bermuda" ruins, one of the Three Great Forbidden Lands of the original Earth.

Relying on the ultra‑strong protection of the Universe‑level Mo Yun Teng, he successfully entered that 1,200‑meter‑tall silver pyramid spaceship.

With Babata's assistance, he quickly secured that E‑grade pinnacle Mechanical Race spaceship into his possession.

Having that ship in hand, his confidence instantly surged!

An E‑grade pinnacle Mechanical Race ship, if operated properly, can be blasted with a single strike even by a Realm Lord‑level strongman!

Of course, his power is limited now, so he can only treat the ship as a trump card.

Unless it's a life‑or‑death moment, he would never reveal it lightly.

If people learned that a Stellar Level individual with no background possessed an E‑grade pinnacle Mechanical Race ship, they'd be killed or robbed in an instant.

On August 12, 2061, an entirely jet‑black disc‑shaped ship shot up from Earth.

After a brief reunion with their families, Zhou Yang and his party flew toward the Universe again.

They first made a short stop at Qiu Long Star, offloading all the unusable loot from the previous haul and making a spree of purchases.

After fully preparing, they set out again, heading straight for the final destination of this journey, Canglan Xing!

(End of chapter)