Swallowing the Stars: The Rise of Emperor Wei

A few minutes later, the spaceship landed in a valley. Gao Sheng stowed the spaceship and began flying towards the castle with Mia.

Hundreds of people had already surrounded the gates of the Blue Castle. They were all from the five major powers that were originally in the Realm Within a Realm. Although the garrison had not yet arrived, the safe zone was already in effect. Adventurers who were not from the two holy lands, the four major organizations, or the sixteen families could not even think about getting close, let alone exchange items!

"Stop!"

A burly man, over three meters tall, shouted.

The two men, Gao Sheng and Gao Li, fell to the ground.

"No one other than members of the two holy lands, four major organizations, and sixteen world-leading families is allowed to enter the castle! Furthermore, fighting is prohibited within a 20-kilometer radius of the castle, unless you intend to force your way in!"

The burly man made the announcement while looking at the two of them.

"We are from the Weidi family," Gao Sheng said.

"Oh?" The burly man shone his light on the computer and looked down at the smart computer screen on his arm. The screen did indeed display Gao Shengmia's portrait and other simple information.

"That's fine..." The big man smiled. "Since you are brothers from the Wei Di family, you can come in. However, the main army hasn't arrived yet, and there are no other members of the Wei Di family here. There are only a few people from other realm lord families over there. You can find a place anywhere, or you can go over there. Just stay within the safe zone. Once you leave the safe zone, your safety cannot be guaranteed."

"Thanks." Gao Sheng smiled and led Mia directly into the crowd.

Gao Sheng looked around and immediately spotted Brolin in the crowd at the Black Dragon Mountain Holy Land, with two bodyguards standing beside him.

"Two are dead, and there are two more here. It seems there are five outside commanding the army. However, I don't know if his detector is on him or with one of his bodyguards. He should be with the bodyguards leading the team in digging." Gao Sheng pondered to himself.

"Forget it, it has nothing to do with me." Gao Sheng once considered whether to use the orbital cannon to destroy Brolin first, but then felt it was pointless. Brolin's goal was the inheritance crystal ball. After changing those two codes, how many Thunderstones and treasures would he still have?

Moreover, now that the opportunity to kill him has been lost, Brolin will no longer leave the safe zone, and he will likely remain on his ship until the entire army leaves.

Even if he didn't travel by spaceship, Gao Sheng wouldn't do something like this. Why would he bomb Brolin? To steal the password?

Brolin certainly saw Gao Sheng as well. In fact, he had seen Gao Sheng in the virtual universe, where Gao Sheng had nodded and registered. However, he did not recognize him. Logically, a star-level person's memory should not be so bad. The main reason was that Gao Sheng was no longer the chubby boy. After his energy evolution, his face had become much more handsome, and his temperament had also changed drastically. Moreover, he no longer wore the family crest of the Wei Di family.

……

Gao Sheng and Mia entered the crowd, but several people walked over.

"Brother, do you have any Thunderstones? I can offer 180 cubic cosmic crystals for one stone," a tall ape-man transmitted his voice.

"Do you have any Thunderstones? I can offer 200 Cosmic Crystals for one Thunderstone," a skinny, monkey-like man transmitted telepathically. "Anyway, your master doesn't know how many Thunderstones you've obtained here. Why not sell some and exchange them for Cosmic Crystals?"

These small, scattered teams that arrived early on—no one knows whether they've found any Thunderstones, or how many they've found. Since the quantity isn't enough to exchange for treasures, many secretly sell them for Cosmic Crystals.

"160 cubic meters per piece." A beautiful blue-haired woman sent a telepathic message to Gao Sheng, giving him a flirtatious wink that instantly made him dizzy with infatuation.

Gao Sheng said directly, "We were indeed lucky to dig some up. Anyway, we can't exchange them for anything. Beautiful lady, you're the one."

Nan Si rolled her eyes at him.

Gao Sheng chuckled inwardly. This Baihulou's offer was far too low! How many people could they possibly fool?

Skinny Monkey glared at Nan Si resentfully and walked away. What price did you ask for? So what if you know a little bit of seduction?

In a short while, the two exchanged spatial rings.

Gao Sheng found an open space and sat down with Mia.

At the castle gate, people were constantly going in and out, all wearing masks and helmets. It was impossible to tell who had redeemed the treasures or who was just going in for a visit.

"You're just making things complicated." Gao Sheng scoffed.

But their trick was indeed effective. Unfortunately, Gao Sheng only had these two people, so what was the point of covering their faces?

Within the Hundred Tigers Tower camp, a thin man with silver eyes smiled and asked Nan Si, "Junior Sister, how was it?"

"Senior Brother Tieqiong, we received 455 this time," Nan Si said with a smile, waving her hand as a pile of thunderstones appeared.

"So many? Great!" the thin man exclaimed happily. "I'll give you more cosmic crystals later."

"Junior sister is indeed amazing," another man in black praised.

This Iron Dome is another Level 1 elite from Hundred Tigers Tower; the previous one had already been killed by a laser gun.

The other man was named Qiu Yu, the highest-ranking member of the second-level elites, and he was the deputy captain.

A few hours later, Nan Si collected some more Thunderstones, handed them to Tie Qiong, and said, "Senior Brother, I also want to go inside that castle."

"Oh? Okay, go ahead." The skinny man smiled.

……

Inside the cold, old house, Nan Si gazed intently at the walls made of dark blue-green bricks, her heart pounding with excitement.

"What do you want to exchange, little one?" a deep voice echoed. "Not here for a visit again, is it?"

"I want to exchange for treasures," Nan Si said.

"Do you have any Thunderstones? A lot of people have come here on purpose these past few days, but none of them have any Thunderstones to exchange for."

"have."

Nan Si waved her hand, and a large pile of thunderstones appeared in front of her.

"Oh? That's right, what would you like to exchange for?" A chubby old man with a white beard walked in.

Nan Si waved her hand and put the Thunderstone away again, saying, "One dose of the third-ranked Domain Lord-level Bloodline Potion."

"Hmm? Little girl, you don't have enough thunderstones," said the white-bearded old man.

"Lord Mist, I have many more."

"Oh, okay, anything else?"

"Two Dark Bloodstones," Nan Si continued in a sweet voice.

"F9 grade metal..."

"F8 grade metal..."

"A fifth-tier Force weapon..."

……

"Two Fruits of Life."

"Two Star Hearts".

"A single piece of gold-plated thunderstone."

"A fifth-tier telekinetic weapon..."

"This one's gone; it's already been redeemed," the old man interjected.

"Then let's change to this one..."

"Wait a minute," the white-bearded old man suddenly said.

Nansi looked at the old man.

"Little girl, yesterday a little fellow also came to exchange things," the white-bearded old man said with a smile. "He wanted this and that."

"Oh," Nan Si said.

"As a result, he couldn't produce the Thunderstone," the old man said with a smile.

"Oh, and then what?" Nansi asked softly.

"Hahahaha..." The old man laughed heartily. "Later, he died, right here in this room. Hahahaha... Don't you think he was courting death? Hahahaha..."

Nansi giggled, "He really deserves to die for daring to tease Lord Wu."

The white-bearded old man was taken aback.

"Yes, that's right. Alright, do you have anything else you want to exchange?" the old man said seriously.

"Oh, yes."

"..."

"And this..."

"This one isn't available either."

"Then this one..."

"..."

As the old man with the white beard finished recounting the long list of Nan Si's stories, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

Finally finished reporting, Nan Si breathed a sigh of relief, "That's it, 43 items in total."

"Hmm, a total of 1591 million Thunderstones." The white-bearded old man was too lazy to count them out for Nansi, and stared at her as he spoke.

Nan Si chuckled, fiddled with the Thunderstone for a while, and then handed over a spatial ring, "Please check, Lord Mist."

The old man took a small amount, his expression shifting, then he smiled and said, "Little fellow, you really surprised me! Can you tell me how you did it?"

"Do I have to say this too?" Nansi asked, blinking her big eyes.

"Oh, no need, the quantity is fine, I'll give it to you now." The white-bearded old man suddenly became serious.

Just as the old man was taking out treasures one by one, people were going in and out of several other similarly quiet and cold old houses.

"Little guy, are you trying to exchange for treasure? Wait a moment, there are people exchanging items here." A deep voice echoed in the old house.