Chapter 77: Exchange the Thunder Secret Technique

Zhou Yang didn't act rashly; at this time most people had only just set out to search for Thunder Stones, so if he went to exchange them now, it would be far too conspicuous.

Exchanging the treasure is easy; the hard part is how to get these treasures out.

One must know that now the forces of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire have blocked off the entire Canglan Xing, making it water‑tight; once they attract others' attention, escaping will be difficult!

They found a nearby spot where Thunder Stones were distributed, and they dug while waiting quietly.

They waited until the end of the first day, then began flying swiftly toward that Thunder Castle.

"Zhou Yang, how many Thunder Stones do we have in total now?"

Lei Shen, his face full of excitement, asked Zhou Yang.

"How many? Let me see!"

Zhou Yang briefly communicated in his mind with Babata, and quickly reported a number.

"We now have. 235 wan Thunder Stones!"

"Sss~~~"

Everyone inhaled a cold gasp.

"So many!"

They had previously seen the exchange price of that treasure from afar.

The cheapest fifth‑level Original Force weapon costs 100,000 Thunder Stones, so these Thunder Stones are enough to exchange for more than twenty such weapons!

"Yangzi, how did you know the use of these Thunder Stones?"

Luo Feng asked curiously.

At first they wondered why Zhou Yang was exerting great effort to collect those seemingly useless Thunder Stones.

Until the Thunder Castle opened, they realized that these inconspicuous stones were the truly useful treasures within the World Within World!

"It was a guess."

Zhou Yang gave a mysterious smile, offering no further explanation.

The group hurried quickly toward the core area of the World Within World.

Soon, a massive Thunder Castle, its whole body wrapped in terrifying electric light, appeared on the distant plain.

Surrounding the castle, a large number of adventurers left behind by the Five Great Powers encircled it.

Anyone approaching the castle area must undergo inspection by the Five Great Powers; only those belonging to them may enter.

"Damn, these major powers are so overbearing!"

Lei Shen couldn't help but curse.

"Can't help it, who's making them so strong!"

Zhou Yang gave an indifferent smile, "Let's go, let's head over."

When the Thunder Castle opened, Zhou Yang had already contacted Lord Ming Yu through the Virtual Universe, the representative of the Virtual Universe Company's Black Dragon Mountain Branch.

The person resides on Sanfu Mountain, the leader of the four major organizations of Black Dragon Mountain; with his prior arrangement, Zhou Yang and the others traveled unimpeded and entered the core area smoothly.

At this time, figures repeatedly entered and exited the castle entrance.

However, the vast majority of them were likely meant to confuse others, not actually to exchange treasure.

Zhou Yang waited a while longer; after someone emerged from the castle, he instructed Luo Feng and the others, then rose and walked toward the castle.

At that moment he was clad in a silver‑gray Force Battle Suit, helmet on his head, covering his entire face.

Inside the suit and helmet, there was Universe‑level Mo Yun Teng‑formed armor providing close protection.

"Huh, someone else went to exchange!"

"Which faction is that person from?"

When Zhou Yang left the main force, he immediately attracted the attention of many nearby people.

However, throughout the day, people frequently entered, almost all wearing masked helmets.

Many of these people were sent out by the major powers as smoke screens; no one knows who exchanged the treasure and who didn't.

"It must be another faction trying to mislead people."

Yet no one paid much attention to Zhou Yang.

"Tap tap."

Zhou Yang entered the castle smoothly, following the guidance of the intelligent lifeform, and soon arrived at a cold, ancient house.

The ancient house was cold and dim, a faint light illuminating its interior.

The mottled marks on the walls told of its ancient history; the walls of bluish‑black bricks faintly exuded an aura.

"Little one, are you here to exchange treasure?"

"First show your Thunder Stones; today many people have no Thunder Stones, yet they come to tease Lord Wu!"

"Lord Wu?"

Zhou Yang smiled; it must indeed be that intelligent lifeform.

He raised his hand and waved; instantly a heap of Thunder Stones fell onto the floor of the ancient house.

"Heh, not bad, finally someone truly came to exchange!"

The deep voice resonated.

Then footsteps echoed in the dark corridor behind the ancient house, and soon a chubby white‑bearded old man stepped in.

Zhou Yang understood; this must be an energy body of the intelligent lifeform Lord Wu.

"Little one, speak up, what do you wish to exchange?"

The white‑bearded old man looked at Zhou Yang and asked coldly.

Zhou Yang didn't mind his attitude and directly stated the purpose of his trip.

"I want to exchange for the full set of the 18th entry, the Thunder Secret Technique."

"Thunder Secret Technique?"

The white-bearded old man nodded gently.

"Alright, one set of Thunder Secret Technique, that'll require 350,000 Thunder Stones. Do you need to exchange for anything else?"

"Ahem, Lord Wu—"

Zhou Yang coughed lightly, then looked at the white-bearded old man and explained, "Lord Wu, what I mean is, I want to exchange for all the Thunder Secret Techniques—all six sets!"

Others might not know, but he certainly did.

The true inheritance of this World Within World was hidden within these few sets of Thunder Secret Techniques.

The Space Inheritance Crystal ranked first on the exchange list and that inheritance account were actually both giant traps set up by the intelligent life of the deceased Kabu World Master.

"All six sets?"

Hearing Zhou Yang's words, the intelligent life in the form of the white-bearded old man couldn't help but raise his voice slightly.

He stared at Zhou Yang for several seconds, then a trace of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"No problem. Six sets of Thunder Secret Techniques, totaling 2.1 million Thunder Stones!"

He collected 2.1 million Thunder Stones from the large pile on the ground, then raised his hand and waved it, and six small auxiliary optical computers quickly flew toward Zhou Yang.

Zhou Yang stored the auxiliary optical computers into his storage space, and a relaxed smile also appeared on his face.

"With the remaining Thunder Stones, help me exchange for one Ice Soul Blade and one Heavenly Fire Wheel."

Soon, Zhou Yang walked out of that Thunder Castle.

After reuniting with Luo Feng and the others, he first stayed with the main force of Three Axes Mountain for half a day.

When the next morning came, they pretended to go search for Thunder Stones and rapidly flew outward away from the crowd.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~"

In a stretch of pitch-black barren mountain range, the figures of Zhou Yang and the others streaked past in a rush.

They circled around within the mountain range for a long time, and only after confirming that no one was following them did they quickly burrow into the ground.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle~~~"

They went straight down to a depth of over 9,000 meters before the group came to a stop.

"Zhou Yang, instead of hurrying to snatch Thunder Stones, what are we doing coming here?"

Lei Shen asked in puzzlement.

"No rush."

Zhou Yang smiled and manipulated the Mo Yun Teng to prop open a spacious space underground.

Then he took out all six of the auxiliary optical computers storing the Thunder Secret Techniques that he had exchanged earlier.

"Lei Ge, this is the Thunder Secret Technique inheritance of that Kabu World Master. Take a look at it first."

"Thunder Secret Technique!"

Lei Shen's eyes instantly lit up.

He himself cultivated the lightning attribute, so this Thunder Secret Technique was undoubtedly extremely suitable for him.

He just hadn't expected that Zhou Yang's first exchange wouldn't be to choose some treasure, but rather to exchange for a complete set of Thunder Secret Techniques for him. His heart was immediately deeply moved.

"This Zhou Yang... never mind, I won't say any polite words. If there's anything you need my strength for in the future, just say the word!"

Lei Shen wasn't overly sentimental about it either; he straightforwardly took the several sets of Secret Techniques and began examining them.

But just a moment later, an expression of extreme astonishment appeared on his face!

(End of this chapter)