Hong Yu stared, dumbfounded, at a pitch-black corner of the Royal Treasure Vault.
The corner was tucked away between the shelves holding the *Celestial Soul Nine Refinents* and an array of other Secret Manuals. It was extrely dark; almost anyone would miss it unless they were specifically looking.
Hong Yu had only discovered this corner because the Profound Celestial Tower inside him had suddenly pulsed as he was leaving after obtaining the *Celestial Soul Nine Refinents* and passing by this very spot.
'There aren't many things that could make the Profound Celestial Tower react!'
Even an Advanced Primordial Weapon like the Godslaying Spear, with all of its Spirit Array Runes still under Seal and its power untapped, hadn't elicited any response from the Profound Celestial Tower.
But one thing was certain: anything that could pique the Profound Celestial Tower's interest was definitely no simple object.
"What is this?"
Hong Yu squatted down.
He was stunned to find a small, thumb-sized golden insect squirming desperately in the dark corner.
The little bug was shaped sowhat like a caterpillar.
However, its entire body was covered in a golden Flowing Light, giving it a peculiar aura.
"A Void Devouring Insect? Oh my god, it's an infant Void Devouring Insect? Hong Yu, hurry up and catch it! Don't you dare let it get away!" Little One shouted excitedly from within the Profound Celestial Tower.
Hong Yu froze. "A Void Devouring Insect? What's that?"
Little One yelled, "Stop asking so many questions! Just catch it! If you can grab it, I'll help you once in the future, for free!"
"Oh?"
Hong Yu's eyes lit up.
'Little One is the esteed Tower God of the Profound Celestial Tower. He claims to be helping beco stronger, but at every critical mont, he either shalessly extorts or just disappears altogether.'
'It's rare for him to be this straightforward!'
Although he was suspicious, he saw that the golden Void Devouring Insect seed to have noticed it was found. It was wriggling its body, preparing to escape.
Hong Yu grinned, channeling Elental Power into his palm and reaching out to envelop the Void Devouring Insect.
He had thought it would be as easy as taking sothing from his pocket, but in the blink of an eye, Hong Yu found that the chubby Void Devouring Insect had transford into a streak of flowing light and vanished.
"How is that possible? Th-this little thing is so fast?"
Hong Yu said in astonishnt.
"To your left! It's on your left!" Little One shouted.
Hong Yu quickly looked over.
Sure enough, he saw the chubby little insect wriggling on the bookshelf to his left.
"An adult Void Devouring Insect can devour space-ti and travel freely through different dinsions or Seals. This one is just a newly-hatched larva, but it's still incredibly fast. You have to catch it before it escapes," Little One reminded him nervously.
Hong Yu nodded. He held his breath and focused, but just as he was about to strike, a flash of black and white light shot past his eyes.
SWOOSH!
Little Beast Huhu, who had been sleeping all this ti, was awake.
It appeared before Hong Yu in a flash, standing upright on its chubby, furry body. The three golden hairs on its head glowed with a golden light.
Its pair of gem-like eyes glinted with greed as it stared intently at the Void Devouring Insect.
"Holy shit! That little bastard is trying to steal my Void Devouring Insect! Hong Yu, do sothing!" Little One exclaid.
But...
Before Hong Yu could react, Huhu had already made its move. With a flick of its chubby paw, it snatched the Void Devouring Insect from a distance. With a SWISH, the escaping insect was in its grasp.
"You got it? Huhu, you're fucking aweso!" Hong Yu's eyes widened as he praised it sincerely.
He had witnessed the Void Devouring Insect's speed with his own eyes. It was faster than a bolt of lightning, yet Huhu had caught it without any resistance.
"Huhu?"
Huhu tilted its head at Hong Yu, as if to ask, 'You want it?'
Hong Yu shook his head. "Little One wants it!"
"Huhu! Huhu!"
Huhu seed to be laughing. The corners of its mouth curled upwards, and its black, gem-like eyes narrowed, glinting with a cunning light.
It slowly opened its mouth and, with a GULP, tossed the Void Devouring Insect inside.
It began to chew with a CRUNCH, CRUNCH.
A mont later...
GULP!
Huhu raised its furry paw. A sharp, silver claw shot out from the fur with a 'SHING'. It picked its teeth, then let out a pretentious burp.
"Huhu! Huhu!"
Huhu made a sleepy gesture at Hong Yu.
Hong Yu's eye twitched. "Alright, you can go back to sleep."
"Huhu!"
The Little Beast hopped onto Hong Yu's shoulder, gave his cheek a big, loud "SMOOCH," and then returned to the space inside the Profound Celestial Tower.
Hong Yu touched his face. "..."
Inside the Profound Celestial Tower...
Little One was furious. With his hands on his hips, he pointed at Huhu. "Damn you! That Void Devouring Insect was so precious! How could you just eat it?"
Huhu lay on the ground, shot him a sideways glance, and let out a disdainful "Huhu."
Little One flew into a rage. "Waaaah! I'll fight you!"
As he spoke, Little One charged forward, brandishing his Big Smoking Pipe.
But...
With a SWOOSH, Huhu, who had been lying on the ground, vanished and reappeared ten ters away.
Little One froze, then stared at Huhu in horror. "Y-y-you... you gained the Void Devouring Insect's ability? You gained its power just by eating it? C-could it be... are you..."
Little One quickly covered his mouth.
His shocked and suspicious eyes sized up Huhu, which was now curled up into a fluffy ball on the ground. A look of utter disbelief flashed in his eyes.
After a long mont, he finally let out a long breath. 'I can't believe it... Not only did Hong Yu obtain Master's Profound Celestial Tower, but he even found *that person's* successor. Fate... can this really be fate?'
Of course, Hong Yu knew nothing of this.
He rummaged through the vault for a while longer and selected a Spirit-Level High-Grade Martial Skill called *Tyrant's Walk* and a Spirit-Level High-Grade Spear Technique manual titled *Illusion Spirit Spear Technique*.
As his strength increased, Hong Yu found that his *Dragon Roaming* Body Technique was no longer sufficient for his current realm. Likewise, his *Destruction* skill had also beco too weak.
Especially after obtaining the *Celestial Soul Nine Refinents*, it was clear that so of the Martial Skills and Body Techniques he had previously mastered would have to be gradually replaced.
Now, with *Tyrant's Walk* and the *Illusion Spirit Spear Technique*, he could patch up his shortcomings in both areas.
His Ice Divine Blade had already reached a strength of ninety-nine stars. If he added *Tyrant's Walk*, the *Illusion Spirit Spear Technique*, and the *Eight Desolates Saint Slaying Technique*—which he could cultivate to the Sixth Transformation Realm after breaking through to the Celestial Soul Realm—he would even stand a fighting chance against a Late-stage Celestial Soul Realm expert.
As for a Mid-stage Celestial Soul Realm expert, he would be able to slay them head-on.
It would be a far cry from his previous victory over Huo Yan, which he had only achieved through the elent of surprise!
Looking around the vast Royal Treasure Vault, Hong Yu muttered to himself, "It would be great if I could just haul all this stuff away..."
"Huhu?"
Inside the Profound Celestial Tower, Little Beast Huhu's ears twitched upon hearing this. It lifted its head to look at Little One.
Little One's face darkened, and he yelled, "Hong Yu, Huhu is asking if you want it to clean out the vault. It says if Master Hhu makes a move, he won't leave a single Gold Coin behind for them!"
Hong Yu's eye twitched. "..." He waved his hands repeatedly. "No, no, this is Sister Qin's family treasure vault, after all. We can't touch it!"
"Oh!"
Little One shrugged at Huhu.
Huhu pouted, looking extrely dejected, and buried its head to go back to sleep.
Hong Yu didn't dare linger any longer. It would be bad if Huhu really couldn't resist and ran out to empty the treasure vault.
Sister Qin had been waiting outside the vault door the whole ti.
She seed completely unconcerned that Hong Yu might take extra Treasures. She smiled, took his arm, and started walking out. "Little brother, I wonder what Treasures you found?"
Hong Yu didn't hide anything, laying out the *Celestial Soul Nine Refinents*, *Tyrant's Walk*, and *Illusion Spirit Spear Technique*.
Sister Qin glanced at them, surprised. "You actually chose the *Celestial Soul Nine Refinents*? Does that an you've cultivated the *Nine Refinents of the Primordial Spirit*?"
Hong Yu nodded.
An excited look flashed in Sister Qin's eyes. She looked at Hong Yu, then at the *Celestial Soul Nine Refinents*, seemingly hesitant.
Hong Yu frowned and asked, "Sister Qin, is there sothing you're finding hard to say?"
"Little brother, if one day, I wanted to ask you for a favor, would you help ?" Sister Qin said suddenly.
Hong Yu patted his chest. "Whatever it is, just say the word!"
Sister Qin looked at Hong Yu earnestly.
Looking into his clear and sincere eyes, Sister Qin smiled and said seriously, "Alright. Then when the ti cos and I ask for your help, you can't refuse, okay?"
"Don't worry, Sister Qin!"
Hong Yu laughed. "I'm a real man. My word is my bond!"
"Mm-hmm!"
Sister Qin smiled gently and pulled Hong Yu along to have lunch with her...
......
「The Beichen Family.」
CRASH!
Wang Fei threw the jade bottle in her hand, worth one hundred thousand Gold Coins, to the ground. She glared at Master Fan. "Bastard, how could this happen? Didn't you say Hong Yu was no stronger than Tier Two Middle Level? Look now! He's the champion, the champion of the Young Spiritual Craftsman Tournant! I've received reports that so people are already making moves, planning to defect to that girl Beichen Tianshuang's side. Tell , what should we do now?"
"Matron, how can you bla for this? Who could have expected that Huo Yan would be so useless he couldn't even deal with a single Hong Yu?" Master Fan snorted coldly.
Wang Fei frowned.
Master Fan's displeased expression instantly extinguished her anger.
Her eyes darted about before she suddenly said, "Master Fan, in your opinion, what should we do?"
Wang Fei was truly a terrifying woman!
She could change her attitude and expression in an instant for the sake of profit. A person like that—venomous as a viper and cunning as a fox—was the most difficult to deal with.
Master Fan raised an eyebrow, slowly lifted his hand, and made a chopping motion. He softly uttered three words: "Root him out."
"Oh? And how do you propose we root him out?"
A glint flashed in Wang Fei's eyes.
Master Fan narrowed his eyes. "The Blood Killing Tower!"
Wang Fei frowned and said gravely, "No. My father once told the people from the Blood Killing Tower are all lunatics. We can't provoke them unless we have no other choice. We'll find another way."
Master Fan fell silent, but a look of disappointnt flashed in his eyes.
「anwhile...」
Beichen Tianshuang had just finished lunch with Little Feng and settled him in his bedroom when she received a report from a subordinate: two neutral Elders had requested to et with her.
She instructed Little Feng to stay in the bedroom and not wander around, then left the Beichen Mansion.
Little Feng was very well-behaved. He quietly read and practiced his calligraphy in the bedroom. Just as he was getting to an enjoyable part, the door was suddenly kicked in with a loud bang.
A girl of about six or seven years old stood nacingly in the doorway, flanked by a dozen brutish-looking servants.
Though the girl was young, her eyes shone with a bone-chilling coldness as she stared at Little Feng. "You're Beichen Feng?"
"Yes, I'm Beichen Feng!"
Little Feng stood up and asked politely, "And who are you, little sister?"
The girl completely ignored Little Feng's kind greeting. She waved a hand at the dozen servants behind her, brandishing a leather whip. "You lot, get him for . Teach this little half-breed who has sullied my Beichen Family a good lesson... oh, no, just beat him to death and throw him in the Lotus Pond!"
"Yes, miss!"
The dozen murderous servants cracked their knuckles, closing in on the frail Beichen Feng...
[Two more chapters will be updated before 9 o'clock!]
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