Swallowing the Stars: The Rise of Emperor Wei

Exchange area.

The hall was incredibly tall and spacious, with nothing but white, private-room-like buildings; there were no counters or rest facilities.

All the rooms are the same, about fifty meters square, with only one door and an indicator light on the door, some red and some white.

At a glance, you can see thousands of such rooms, and there are probably many more that you can't see behind them.

There weren't many people to be seen; only a few occasionally went in and out of the room.

Xiao Ai said, "These are the private rooms for redemption. The red ones are occupied, and the white ones are empty. Just pick an empty one, put your hand on it, and you can go in."

"Only one person can enter each room, so you'll have to go to different rooms."

Gao Sheng and Nan Si exchanged a glance and each found an empty room.

"Beep." The door opens.

As soon as Gao Sheng entered, the room door closed automatically.

Inside the room, there was only a table, a chair, a sofa, and a pile of metal boxes. Above the table was a huge light screen.

The light screen lit up, and a red-haired beauty appeared on it.

"Trainee Mercenary promoted, welcome to the exchange room." The intelligent voice sounded, "Since this is your first time here, let me first introduce the functions of the exchange area to you."

"Here, you can use your merits to exchange for secret techniques, items, money, treasures, and other resources."

"If you exchange for money, it will go directly into your account, but there is a limit to the total amount of money each trainee mercenary can exchange, which is one hundred million cosmic coins..."

"To redeem items, you must first choose a pickup location. You can only choose a planet with an Alliance base. You will need to pick it up yourself; the Alliance will not deliver to your door..."

"If you exchange for this secret technique, you may only cultivate it yourself, and you are strictly forbidden from sharing it with others, let alone spreading it. Otherwise, you will be killed without mercy!"

After the AI ​​beauty finished speaking at length, the screen changed, and a menu appeared.

"Arcane Techniques"

"Weapons"

"Rare and Precious Items"

"Technological Weapons"

Materials

"Utility Class"

"Biological category"

"Other Special Categories"

There are eight main categories in total.

Gao Sheng opened the "Secret Techniques" category, which included three subcategories: "Basic Secret Techniques," "Advanced Secret Techniques," and "High-Level Secret Techniques."

One "advanced secret technique" and there are many more below.

There are many other filtering options, such as by weapon type or by law type.

Hmm? Gao Sheng's heart skipped a beat, and he chose "Soul Defense".

The list wasn't long, and Gao Sheng quickly found "The Cage of Requiem".

"The Cage of Souls, a high-level soul defense technique, has seven levels."

Trainee mercenaries can only be exchanged for the first tier, priced at 1000000 merits.

……

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The text then provides a general introduction to the secret techniques.

Gao Sheng was shocked!

First level, one million merits!

Moreover, trainee mercenaries are only eligible to exchange for the first level.

It's a version that can only be cultivated by oneself and cannot be exchanged for cultivation by others.

Emperor Wei exchanged for two levels, or even more than two levels, which could be used by others for cultivation. Just how much merit would that require?

After searching for a while, Gao Sheng saw "The Tower of the Void" again.

"The Tower of the Void, a high-level soul defense technique, has seven levels."

Trainee mercenaries can only be exchanged for the first tier, priced at 1000000 merit points.

Gao Sheng flipped through all the soul defense secret techniques, some with higher levels and some with lower levels, but he could only exchange for the first level.

As for the price, the cheapest costs 800,000 merits, and the most expensive costs 2 million merits.

No wonder, this soul defense technique is simply outrageous.

One million merits, converted into cosmic currency, is one hundred million, enough to buy dozens of top-tier planets.

Moreover, money can't buy it; it has to be exchanged for merit.

No wonder I've never heard of anyone at the Hengxing level cultivating a soul defense technique; even at the cosmic level, there probably aren't many.

Cosmic level. This kind of secret technique requires at least the second level of cultivation. Gao Sheng guessed that it would require at least ten million merits! Even if converted to cosmic currency, that would be 10 billion cosmic currency. Can an ordinary cosmic level cultivator have that kind of wealth? Not to mention that this is merit, not something that can be obtained simply by having money. It would probably only be possible for a very senior one-star mercenary to obtain it.

Gao Sheng looked through those combat techniques again, and thankfully, they were much more normal now.

Soon Gao Sheng found a secret sword technique.

"Seven Killings of Fiery Blaze":

A single-sword secret technique that primarily uses the law of fire and secondarily uses the law of space, consisting of nine levels in total.

Trainee mercenaries can only be exchanged for the first tier, with an exchange price of 120000 merits.

……

This is the most expensive of the secret techniques that Vidi suggested in exchange.

Gao Sheng clicked to redeem without hesitation.

Old Tie didn't offer any cultivation suggestions. If not this, then what? Could his own judgment be more accurate than that of the Wei Emperor Ancestor?

After 120,000 merits were deducted, a hole immediately appeared on the table. A thick, hardcover book slowly rose from the platform, and then the hole disappeared.

Gao Sheng took the book directly.

He can take this book directly back to his residence in Nine Star Bay.

But only he can practice it; even if others see it, they cannot practice it, as that would be suicidal.

Moreover, Gao Sheng suspects that anyone other than the person in question may not be able to see the contents of this virtual book at all.

Then Gao Sheng found the "Myriad Threads Flow" among the secret techniques of movement.

"The Flow of Ten Thousand Lines":

The basic movement techniques based on spatial laws consist of four levels in total.

Trainee mercenaries can be exchanged for the first two tiers, exchange price:

The first two levels of "Ten Thousand Streams": 100000 merits;

The first level of "Ten Thousand Streams": 10000 merits.

……

"It's really not expensive." Gao Sheng nodded secretly.

In the email, Emperor Wei said that "Wanxianliu" is a widely circulated movement technique. Many immortals are qualified to spread it. For example, almost every world lord in the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region has it, and some of their disciples also have it.

Therefore, the exchange price in the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance is also very cheap.

But cheap doesn't mean bad.

According to Emperor Wei, although Gao Sheng has only grasped a trace of the Law of Fire, the Law is a whole. As his understanding of the Law of Fire deepens, he will eventually be able to grasp the Law of Space. Now, by practicing this secret technique, it will be easier for him to touch the Law of Space. Moreover, as a movement technique, even if he does not understand the Law of Space, its basic parts alone are a very good secret technique.

Emperor Wei only asked Gao Sheng to exchange for these two advanced secret techniques. After exchanging for the first level of "Myriad Threads Flow", Gao Sheng returned to the "Advanced Secret Techniques" category.

This promotion allowed him to exchange for over a hundred secret techniques, all of which were complete and varied in type, including illusion techniques, melee techniques, movement techniques, telekinetic weapons, soul attacks, and so on.

Expensive ones have hundreds of merits, while cheaper ones have only one or two merits.

The three levels of secret techniques of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance are different from those of the Qianwu Dojo.

So-called "advanced secret techniques" are all related to laws, while "advanced secret techniques" are all related to domains and do not involve laws.

Even with hundreds of advanced techniques combined, the merit is only a little over five hundred.

"That's really cheap. No wonder Nansi said two hundred merits is a lot. Even one hundred merits can be exchanged for many secret techniques, more than enough for a level two elite to cultivate. Besides, various organizations and families also have many secret techniques to impart..."

As for basic secret techniques, at most reaching the "artistic conception" level, it would cost a little money at the Ganwu Dojo, but here it's all free.

After exchanging the books, Gao Sheng put them all into a suitably sized box, which he could then take out of the room.

"No rush, we still have over 60,000 merits left. Let's see what we can exchange them for," Gao Sheng pondered.

I won't even look at the secret techniques for advancement; I don't know how long it would take to cultivate just these secret techniques, so where would I find the time to cultivate anything else?