Chapter 82

"Tell me, what treasures are you preparing to exchange this time?" the white-bearded old man said with a smile.

He casually waved his hand, and a huge virtual screen appeared inside the hut, displaying an exchange form; in just three days, several fifth-tier force weapons had already been exchanged.

"Lord Wu, we want to exchange two life fruits, fifth-tier force weapons Ice Soul Blade, Thunderbolt Staff, Void-Piercing Spear, Heavenly Soul Flute, fifth-tier mind-force weapons Tranquil Space Cauldron, Azure Mist Tower," Xiao Yu said, "and two d6-tier railguns."

"Oh, not bad this time, a total of ten treasures, and they're still available." Lord Wu, the white-bearded old man, waved his hand, and the exchange form on the screen changed, becoming the prices for the treasures Xiao Yu and the others wanted to exchange: "Two life fruits, 800,000 Leiting Stones each; fifth-tier mind-force weapon Tranquil Space Cauldron, 180,000 Leiting Stones; fifth-tier mind-force weapon Azure Mist Tower, 160,000 Leiting Stones…; fifth-tier force weapon Ice Soul Blade, 130,000 Leiting Stones."

The treasures Xiao Yu exchanged were all calculated by Baba Tower for optimal value; these fifth-tier weapons were basically exchanged for resale.

"These ten treasures altogether cost 2,840,000 Leiting Stones," the white-bearded old man said.

"Lord Wu, please accept this." Xiao Yu handed over an ordinary space ring; this space ring was one he had captured.

The white-bearded old man beckoned, and the space ring flew into his hand; he then smiled and said, "Hmm, no problem, a total of 2,840,000 Leiting Stones."

Afterwards, the white-bearded old man waved his hand, and a space ring appeared before Xiao Yu, saying, "Here are the ten treasures you exchanged."

"Thank you for your trouble, Lord Wu." Xiao Yu took the space ring, checked it, found no issue, and transferred all the items inside into his own space ring.

Xiao Yu and Luo Feng left the ancient castle together, meeting up with Hong and Lei Shen; as they departed from the core area, they encountered wave after wave of Stellar-level Ninth Tier armies, each formation numbering close to ten thousand.

These forces surrounded the ancient castle completely on all sides.

"It seems that out of the two-million-strong army, a detachment has been sent straight to this core area," Hong said quietly.

Fortunately they left early, otherwise they would have surely been discovered and forced into battle.

Although the army has now taken up residence, fortunately the Inter-Realm is large enough that the Leiting Stones have not been fully mined in the short term, and each major power remains busy in its own affairs.

In the following seven days, Xiao Yu dug out less than 800,000 Leiting Stones, yet he faced over ten sieges, mostly by hundred-strong squads, with only one encounter of a three-hundred-strong unit, which he and his companions naturally defeated, thereby seizing no less than one million cubic Universe Crystals and 1,300,000 Leiting Stones.

When Xiao Yu and his companions returned to the core area again, they discovered that it actually housed hundreds of thousands of Stellar-level Ninth Tier cultivators.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, Old Four, I'm going to the Virtual Universe for a bit," Xiao Yu said.

Virtual Universe, Heilongshan Island.

Xiao Yu sat on a simulated beach inside his villa, and a screen appeared before him, showing an immensely sturdy and burly man—none other than Mingyu, the external steward of the Heilongshan branch of the Virtual Universe Company.

"Haha, Xiao Yu." Mingyu laughed loudly.

"Lord Mingyu, I now see that the core area is heavily surrounded by large numbers of adventurer troops; we should be fine going there, right?" Xiao Yu asked.

"Those people in front of the castle are from the major organizations; after learning of the reward for the castle's intelligent life, they made a unified decision! They agreed that each side would dispatch one-tenth of its forces to form a joint army, encircling and monitoring the castle's surroundings, barring any non-organizational forces from entering to exchange treasures." Mingyu said with a smile.

One-tenth of the forces amounts to roughly 200,000 Stellar-level Ninth Tier troops.

These troops can both prevent others from entering the castle to exchange treasures and maintain the safety of the major powers in the castle area.

"However, you, Hong, and Lei Shen are fine; your three avatars and related information have already been sent, in my subordinates' name, to the temporary command headquarters." Mingyu said with a smile.

"Lord Mingyu, our team still has three members." Xiao Yu sent the avatar and information data of Luo Feng, Xiao Yi, and Xiao Er to Lord Mingyu.

"Fine, let them also be under my subordinates' name." Mingyu said with a smile.

"Thank you, Lord Mingyu." Xiao Yu bowed.

"By the way, you're now heading to the ancient castle; you must have gained something, right?" Mingyu's eyes held a hint of anticipation.

"Our team seized some early opportunities and managed to gather some Leiting Stones, but later it will probably become difficult; we'll just have to struggle to survive."

"Rest assured, I will certainly not let you down." Mingyu said bluntly.

"Thank you, sir."

The communication was cut off.

Inter-Realm.

Ahead of the adventurer army, several hundred li out, Xiao Yu and the other six gathered together.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, Old Four, I've already spoken with Lord Mingyu; as long as we act in his name, we should still be able to enter the castle, but if we exchange a large amount of treasure, we might still encounter danger." Xiao Yu said.

"Hmm, now every team has gone berserk." Hong said.

On their way back, they came across stretches of corpses numbering hundreds to thousands, belonging to all the major powers.

The garrison of Holy Black Dragon Mountain.

"Your Highness, this is the Leiting Stone delivered by the Third Brigade; they mined two areas and killed four squads, obtaining roughly 2,200,000 Leiting Stones." In the allied forces crowd, the Eight Prince Ailik, surrounded by eight bodyguards, sat there, while a nearby man respectfully handed over a space armguard.

Ailik took the space armguard and ordered, "Pass the word down: have the other brigades rush to send Leiting Stones over. To fully exchange the three-layer code of the inheritance crystal ball requires a full 30,000,000 Leiting Stones, and we're still far short."

"Yes, Your Highness."

The man nodded respectfully.

The Holy Black Dragon Mountain domain has a total of 500,000 troops, of which 280,000 obey the Eight Prince Ailik; he divided these 280,000 into seven brigades, each of 40,000.

As for the four major organizations, each commands 200,000 troops, while the sixteen great clans each have only 10,000.

Moreover, these forces are not necessarily united internally; in the Inter-Realm, basically no one can rival the Eight Prince.

Another man rushed in, performed a respectful salute, and presented a space ring, saying, "Your Highness, this is the 1,730,000 Leiting Stones obtained by the Sixth Brigade."

Ailik rose, took the space ring, and said, "Come, let's go to the castle; the Leiting Stones are now enough to exchange for the first-layer code."

……

In a hut within the ancient castle.

The white-bearded old man smiled and said, "Little one, what do you wish to exchange?"

"The first-layer code of the inheritance crystal ball." Ailik laughed, "plus a life fruit."

The white-bearded old man smiled and said, "Little one, sorry, the code of the inheritance crystal ball is still available, but the life fruits have all been exchanged."

"What?" Ailik exclaimed, startled.

He hadn't expected that someone had beaten him to it; upon returning, he would certainly have people investigate thoroughly just who had entered the castle recently.

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