Swallowing the Stars: The Rise of Emperor Wei

After the Weidi family's army had finished assembling and taking inventory, each of the cosmic-level elders led several hundred people to the planet's docking port.

Gao Shengluofeng's team followed Pero and several elders, including Gao Erduo, flying through Thunder City. Soon, a large manor, about five kilometers long and five kilometers wide, appeared.

Surrounded by a bustling city, the estate is a tranquil place with flowing streams, secluded woods, and numerous villas of varying sizes hidden among the trees. Pero Wedi had just purchased the estate a few months ago.

In the quiet courtyard, Pero looked at Gao Sheng, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen, while Nan Si, Di Xi, Mia, and Luo Feng's three bodyguards waited outside for the time being.

"Sit down, everyone! Don't be shy," Perrault said with a smile.

This was the first time that Luo Feng and his two companions had met a peak Domain Lord in real life, so it was impossible for them not to be nervous; they all sat up straight.

"Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen, I've heard Gao Sheng mention you. The three of you are all rare geniuses. Indeed, you are all very good." Pero smiled and nodded.

Luo Feng said sincerely, "Lord Pero, we were able to get out safely thanks to the Wei Di family."

"It's nothing. You're Gao Sheng's good friends, which means you're friends of the Wei Di family. No need to be so polite," Pero smiled. "In that realm within a realm, you're considered external members of my family, but that's only in name and doesn't count. I wonder if the three of you are interested in actually joining the Wei Di family?"

After exchanging glances, Luo Feng and the other two asked, "Lord Pero, what are the obligations, benefits, and rules to follow as an external member of the Wei Di family?"

"There are no obligations. We will only assign tasks to suitable external members when our family needs someone to do something. Whether you do it or not is up to you. You will benefit from doing it, and you won't if you don't," Pero said. "As for the rules, there are only two: First, you must not intentionally harm any members or core members of our family. Of course, if the other party attacks first, your retaliation is not considered a violation of the rules. Second, you cannot join the two holy lands, four major organizations, or other world-lord families of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire."

"As for the benefits, firstly, after becoming external members, you can log into my family's website in the virtual universe to purchase secret techniques. These are all relatively basic secret techniques, and they are chargeable. These secret techniques should be useless to the three of you, but you can pass them on to your family members. As for the more advanced secret techniques, you cannot buy them directly; you need to do things for the family and accumulate merits before you are eligible to buy them."

"Secondly, if you have something you can't solve, you can seek help from your family. Of course, it's not free; you'll have to pay a price."

Upon hearing this, Luo Feng realized that this was exactly the same as being an external member of the Virtual Universe Company, essentially meaning there were no constraints, only benefits and no drawbacks.

Moreover, you can also purchase basic secret techniques that can be taught.

The master of Meteorite Star takes the secret techniques very seriously. They have one personal disciple and two members of Meteorite Star, and they cannot even pass on the most basic secret techniques to outsiders.

The Earth needs it!

"We're willing," the three of them said after exchanging glances.

"Alright, alright," Pero laughed. "I now grant you access to the Virtual Universe Family website. You'll find out about the relevant functions once you're in the Virtual Universe."

After a while, Luo Feng spoke up: "Clan Chief, my brothers and I were able to leave the Realm Within a Realm safely under the protection of the clan. In the Realm Within a Realm, by chance, we also gained something and obtained a treasure that we wish to present to you."

Huh? Pero was taken aback and looked at Gao Sheng.

Luo Feng and his group are temporarily using the name of the Wei Di family because of Gao Sheng's relationship with them. Even if there are some transactions, they shouldn't be coming to him, the patriarch, for them, right?

Gao Sheng transmitted his voice, "Clan leader, they must have something to ask of us."

Upon hearing this, Perot asked Luo Feng, "What kind of treasure is it?"

"Please take a look, sir."

With a thought, Luo Feng conjured up a short-handled battle axe, four meters long, which floated in the air. The axe's surface was covered with incredibly complex runes, and these strange runes caused a chilling aura to emanate from the entire axe—the aura of the primordial laws.

"Lord Pero, this is the fifth-tier Force weapon, the 'Flowing Light Axe'," Luo Feng said.

"Oh? You've certainly reaped quite a harvest." Pero exclaimed, looking at the Radiant Axe. In terms of wealth, he was far superior to Ming Yu, and even comparable to some low-level Realm Lords. Moreover, with such a large harvest for his family this time, he wouldn't lose his composure like Ming Yu.

This battle axe is quite good even among fifth-tier Force weapons, worth nearly a hundred billion cosmic coins! It's worth several of the last treasure in the interdimensional realm, the "Heavenly Fire Wheel".

In fact, this was one of the less valuable treasures Luo Feng had exchanged, much less valuable than the treasures he had given to Ming Yu in another timeline.

It wasn't that Luo Feng was stingy; it was mainly because he felt that Mount Nuolan had most likely already flown to Earth, and this was just a matter of taking a chance, while also serving as a way of thanking Gao Sheng.

"Luo Feng, this gift of yours is quite heavy." Pero looked at Luo Feng and the other two with a complicated expression. "Do you know how much this gift is worth?"

Gao Sheng, of course, wouldn't tell Pero about Earth. He only said that these three were genius friends he met in the virtual universe's killing field, and that they had agreed to participate in the apprentice mercenary assessment together. Pero never expected that Luo Feng and his six-person team could obtain such a valuable treasure and be willing to give it up.

"An astronomical price!" Luo Feng laughed. "It's an unimaginable price; that's all I know."

"This treasure is indeed difficult for you to handle, but I will accept it from you. I won't treat you unfairly! Tell me, what are your demands?" Pero asked Luo Feng.

"I want to kill someone," Luo Feng said.

"Murder? Who?" Pero frowned.

"Nolan Mountain, the cosmic-level giant axe warrior of the Hundred Tigers Tower," Luo Feng said.

"It's him? But he shouldn't be on Canglan Star. He wasn't among the cosmic-level beings that Baihulou came this time." Pero closed his eyes again, and an invisible mental force quickly spread out, completely enveloping the entire Canglan Star, deliberately avoiding those world lords. Pero was a martial artist, but martial artists also have some mental force. It was not good for controlling objects or mental attacks, but it was fine for probing.

A second later, Pero opened his eyes.

Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen looked at him expectantly.

"He's definitely not here, so there's no way to kill him now," Pero said.

"Luo Feng, since Nuolanshan isn't on Canglan Star, I can't accept your gift. Besides, you're already outsiders to the Wei Di family. If you want to kill Nuolanshan, you can be considered to be seeking the family's help. I agree. I will order the family's intelligence department to keep an eye on Nuolanshan's movements, and if there's an opportunity, I will kill him. But killing a universe-level being isn't worth the value of your gift."

"Lord Pero! This is just a small token of our gratitude," Luo Feng said.

Perrault waved his hand and said, "How about this? I guess you don't have a safe way to convert this treasure into cash. I can help you with that. According to my family's rules, I take half the commission from ordinary people and 30% from external members. Are you willing?"

Luo Feng said helplessly, "I'm willing."

"Okay, this Flowing Light Axe usually costs around 1000 billion cosmic coins, but if you want to sell it quickly, it won't cost that much. I can only calculate it at 850 billion cosmic coins, so you can get 595 billion cosmic coins. Tell me your account number."

Gao Sheng chuckled inwardly. The clan leader's so-called channels probably just meant selling to the Cosmic Galaxy Bank. The clan leader was a three-star customer, but even three-star customers could only sell directly to the bank. However, the bank wouldn't offer such a steep discount, so he could probably sell it for about 85-90% of its value.

As for consignment services, that's only available to four-star clients.

This is easy to understand. Generally, only Immortals have some good stuff. What good stuff could Universe-level, Domain Lord, or World Lord have? Moreover, there are far too many below Immortal level. Would we entrust them with selling as well? That would cost a lot in operating costs. Of course, it's possible that a Universe-level might get lucky and obtain some treasures. Therefore, we provide item acquisition services for even one-star customers. After all, acquiring items is like waiting for them to be delivered to your door, so there are no operating costs.

In the entire Wei Di family, apart from Wei Di himself, only the patriarch is a three-star customer. It's not that he actually has that much money; this account has been used by patriarchs throughout the generations. Among the patriarchs of the Wei Di family throughout the generations, there have also been realm masters.

Luo Feng has a five-star account; he doesn't need your channels.

Normally, the clan leader might have other ways to trade with the Black Dragon Mountain Empire or even the realm lords of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom to gain greater benefits, but at this time, it is definitely not possible to reveal that the Wei Di family has obtained a treasure.

The Wei Di family truly lives up to its reputation as a business family, valuing integrity above all else, and the patriarch is absolutely honest and trustworthy.

Except for someone in the courtyard, but the person who was tricked is already dead, so let's not count them.

After Perrot offered a few more words of encouragement, Luo Feng and his two companions took their leave.