Final Exchange

“You must be a five-person squad, right?” Captain Ben Di looked at Luo Feng and the other three.

As one of the two Cosmic-level experts in the Three Axe Mountain faction within the Realm within a Realm, Ben Di had detailed information.

“There were five of us before, but one has already died,” Luo Feng sighed.

“Killed by whom?” Ben Di frowned.

“The Ninth Prince’s people.” Luo Feng’s mood was quite heavy. Although Tienan River was a servant, there were originally no slaves on Earth, so Luo Feng subconsciously didn’t treat the servant army as mere ‘goods,’ but rather as bodyguards. Therefore, Tienan River’s death filled Luo Feng with both gratitude for Tienan River’s loyalty and anger towards the Ninth Prince.

“The Ninth Prince?” Ben Di shook his head. “Then there’s nothing to be done. Far too many people have died at the hands of his subordinates.”

“We understand,” Luo Feng nodded.

“Master Mingyu will be very happy that you’re alive,” Ben Di smiled. “A reminder, I am also under Master Mingyu.”

“Oh?”

Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen were all greatly surprised. As the head of the four major organizations, Three Axe Mountain indeed had many Realm Lords and Domain Lords. Mingyu wasn’t considered among the absolute top in Three Axe Mountain, but one of the two Cosmic-level experts who emerged from the Three Axe Mountain organization this time was under Mingyu.

“So Captain Ben Di is also under Master Mingyu,” Luo Feng said with delight.

“Haha, when we leave the Realm within a Realm and return to Canglan Star, you can come with me to meet Master Mingyu,” Ben Di smiled. If not for their shared superior, ‘Master Mingyu,’ Ben Di wouldn’t have personally come to see Luo Feng and the other three.

“Certainly,” Luo Feng replied with a smile.

Ben Di then left. After all, as a high-ranking member of the Three Axe Mountain faction, Ben Di had many matters to attend to.

…

Although it was late at night, many people wearing combat suits and masked helmets could often be seen entering the central Thunder Castle.

Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen stood among the crowd, gazing at the distant Thunder Castle in the center.

“Big Brother, Second Brother, what are you planning to exchange for?” Luo Feng transmitted mentally.

“A D6-grade orbital cannon, and lightning secret techniques,” Lei Shen said.

“Alright,” Luo Feng chuckled.

Such was the advantage of being wealthy; they could buy whatever they liked.

“Big Brother, what about you?” Luo Feng looked at Hong.

“There doesn’t seem to be much that’s very useful to me. If there’s a Life Fruit, help me buy one. Also, a Star Core, if available, buy one for me too. Other than that, nothing for now,” Hong said.

“Understood,” Luo Feng nodded, then smiled. “Big Brother, Second Brother, I’ll use all the remaining Leiting Shi to exchange for other treasures… These treasures also represent immense wealth, and once we’re out, we can use that wealth to buy what we truly need.”

“Sounds good,” Hong smiled.

“Sanzi, you decide. After all, you’re the one who mostly acquired these,” Lei Shen chuckled. “Big Brother and I are just taking advantage of you.”

…

Luo Feng wasn’t in a hurry to exchange immediately. Instead, he quietly observed. Indeed, many people entered the Thunder Castle. However, 99% were probably just decoys, deliberately misleading others.

The night gradually gave way to a faint glimmer of dawn in the Realm within a Realm.

With the cold wind sweeping across the plain, Luo Feng, clad in an alloy combat suit, carrying an alloy battle blade on his back, and wearing a masked helmet—the standard attire of a cosmic adventurer—walked directly towards the Thunder Castle.

“He’s going to the ancient castle.”

“Is he a decoy, or is he really going to exchange?”

“Never mind if he’s really exchanging, quickly report to the master that the captain of that four-person squad has gone to the ancient castle.”

“Yes.”

The Ninth Prince’s adventurer surveillance personnel immediately reported the news. Luo Feng was completely unaware of this. However, even if he knew, Luo Feng would probably just scoff… In this allied forces’ base, amidst the Three Axe Mountain army, Luo Feng truly feared nothing.

Under the gaze of many people from the allied forces, Luo Feng stepped through the castle gates.

…

Inside a desolate old room in the Thunder Castle.

Luo Feng stood silently.

“I want to exchange for treasures,” Luo Feng called out.

“Little fellow, wait a moment,” a deep voice echoed through the old room. “Many people are exchanging treasures these past day or two, so it’s quite busy. I’ll finish with this one first.”

Luo Feng was secretly startled: “Is that intelligent lifeform currently attending to someone else?”

“Treacherous, truly treacherous!” Babata howled.

“What’s wrong?” Luo Feng thought.

“This intelligent lifeform is truly perverse, a cunning fellow,” Babata fumed. “Although people frequently enter this castle in the allied forces, it’s usually one every few minutes. This is considered a lot! Isn’t this intelligent lifeform now hinting to you… that the person who entered the castle before you is exchanging treasures?”

Luo Feng was greatly shocked.

“You have no power or influence, but if you were one of those powerful individuals controlling those teams, what would you do?” Babata asked.

“I would arrange for someone to watch him and act once he leaves the allied forces’ base,” Luo Feng’s eyes were filled with astonishment.

He understood, he understood!

“Exactly. This intelligent lifeform is truly cunning. As an intelligent lifeform, could it not predict the consequences of anything it says? Its computational ability is astonishing. It couldn’t possibly make such a low-level mistake; it can only mean one thing… it’s doing it on purpose!”

“Its purpose in doing this is singular: to make you kill each other!”

“This intelligent lifeform is truly insidious,” Babata cursed incessantly.

Luo Feng also felt a surge of anger.

If his guess was correct, the reason he was chased by the Ninth Prince Bro Lin’s people back then was likely related to the intelligent lifeform in the ancient castle. Otherwise, there was no explanation… why the esteemed Ninth Prince would not bother the many other people entering the castle, but specifically target Luo Feng and his companions!

…

Footsteps came from the corridor, and a chubby, white-bearded old man, smiling amiably, walked in. A halo surrounded his body, and upon closer inspection, one could barely discern… that this white-bearded old man was not a real person, but an energy body formed by aggregated energy.

“Master Wu,” Luo Feng said, maintaining politeness despite his anger.

It would be foolish to contend with a ‘perverse’ intelligent lifeform that had been lonely for millions of years.

“Little fellow, this is our second meeting, isn’t it?” the white-bearded old man smiled. “It seems your harvest was quite good. Tell me, what do you want to exchange for?”

“One Life Fruit,” Luo Feng said.

“You exchanged for a Life Fruit last time, and again this time?” the white-bearded old man looked at Luo Feng in surprise.

“Yes,” Luo Feng nodded.

“None left, none left,” the white-bearded old man shook his head repeatedly. “All the Life Fruits here have been exchanged. Not a single one remains.”

“Not a single one left?” Luo Feng was stunned.

That’s right.

Leiting Shi represented treasures, but it didn’t mean that having Leiting Shi guaranteed one could exchange for desired treasures. Because the treasures here were limited! For example, even if the Ninth Prince Bro Lin accumulated more Leiting Shi later, he still wouldn’t get the third password for the inheritance crystal ball.

“Then I’ll exchange for a Star Core,” Luo Feng said.

“Also none,” Babata shook his head.

“What? Also none? Then… there must be D6-grade orbital cannons, right?” Luo Feng stared at the white-bearded old man.

D6-grade orbital cannons were not very cost-effective for Realm Lords and Domain Lords. The likelihood of them being exchanged was probably low, and there were three D6-grade orbital cannons here.

“Also none,” the white-bearded old man shook his head. “All three D6-grade orbital cannons were bought by one person on the very first day.”

“Ugh—”

Luo Feng took a deep breath.

This was gone, that was gone, everything he wanted was gone.

“Master Wu, what treasures do you still have?” Luo Feng looked at the white-bearded old man.

“After all the exchanges, there are still 63 treasures left,” the white-bearded old man smiled at Luo Feng. “I like you, so I won’t waste your time.” With a wave of his hand, energy gathered around him, forming a screen. The screen displayed a list of treasures, clearly indicating the remaining quantities.

“No.1 Complete set of space secret technique inheritance crystal ball bank account (triple account), Quantity: None.

No.2 Master’s deposit bank account, Quantity: None

No.3 Domain Lord-level bloodline potion (one dose), Quantity: None

…

No.18 Lightning Path Secret Technique (six sets), Quantity: Five sets

…

No.68 Fifth-tier primal energy weapon Skyfire Wheel (one item), Quantity: None”

Luo Feng gasped as he looked at the list.

Good heavens.

None, none, none, none, none, none! A long string of ‘None’ was truly disheartening.

“Little fellow, what do you want to buy? Choose,” the white-bearded old man smiled at Luo Feng.

Luo Feng, however, began to feel troubled. What should he choose?

“Luo Feng, why are you staring blankly? Foolish!” Babata’s voice rang out.

“You want a Star Core? It’s not here, but it exists in the universe!”

“You want a Life Fruit? They exist in the universe too!”

“As long as you have enough wealth and access to special channels, you can buy them. So… there’s no need for you to stare. You just need to ‘exchange’ for the treasures with high cost-effectiveness from this list. These treasures represent immense wealth, and later in the universe, you can just buy the treasures you need, right?” Babata said.

Luo Feng laughed wryly.

Such a simple truth, yet he had been limited by his own thinking, confined to the list.

“These are the cost-effective ones; I recommend you buy these,” Babata communicated mentally with Luo Feng, telling him what to buy.

“This one, that one.”

“And these, I want them all.”

“The Lightning Path Secret Technique, there are five sets left, I want them all too,” Luo Feng said with an air of wealth.

The white-bearded old man was dumbfounded.

Those with a lot of Leiting Shi usually bought things early on. The later it got… the people coming to exchange wouldn’t have too much Leiting Shi. But Luo Feng wanting so many at once would require an astonishing amount of Leiting Shi.

“A total of 9.02 million Leiting Shi are needed,” the white-bearded old man stared intently at Luo Feng.