Three Years Later

"This is for you."

A burst of fiery-red light flared around Leng Yaozhu's wrist, and a ball of red flame flew out, landing in Gu You's hand.

As the red glow faded, the flame changed back into its original shape: a jade bracelet.

The jade bracelet was red all over, carved with exquisite detail, its interior engraved with dense arrays of tiny Soul Guidance formations.

"A level-five storage Soul Guidance Device, with five hundred cubic meters of storage space. You can call it the Fire Phoenix Bracelet. Its quality isn't especially good, but it'll be enough for you for now. As for the soul power milk bottle you mentioned, the soul power needed to use the Sky Crystal Barrier requires at least a level-seven soul power milk bottle. I'll think of a way to get one for you in the next few days."

Leng Yaozhu spoke calmly.

Gu You stared blankly as he put the Fire Phoenix Bracelet on his left wrist. He still had not quite recovered.

It was not because of the Fire Phoenix Bracelet, but because Leng Yaozhu had said that the black card currently in his hand had previously held two hundred million Federal Coins!

Even after subtracting the money he had spent at the auction, there was still over a hundred million left.

He had become a billionaire just like that?

When Gu You thought back to the orphanage, to how Chen Hui could worry over one thousand Federal Coins, while he could now take out a hundred million, it all felt a little dreamlike.

When Leng Yaozhu had money, she really gave it!

Coming back to his senses, Gu You drove his soul power into it, and the Fire Phoenix Bracelet emitted a red glow. The Seven Deadly Sins and Sky Crystal Barrier he had set down were sucked inside.

He sensed the soul power consumption. It was not much. Storage Soul Guidance Devices were clearly different from normal Soul Guidance Devices in how much they consumed. If this had been a normal level-five Soul Guidance Device, he would probably have been drained dry by now.

Thinking this, Gu You put the black card into the Fire Phoenix Bracelet as well. The black card had to be kept safe. It concerned the foundation of his life.

With that, his body was completely freed. He no longer had to carry things on his back or in his hands.

"Stop standing there like an idiot. Come on, I'll take you to the residential floor and show you the room you'll be living in from now on."

Leng Yaozhu put away the ancient map, reached out, and lightly flicked Gu You on the forehead before turning and walking toward the elevator.

"Coming!"

Gu You rubbed his forehead and followed.

The hall.

Outside the glass wall, the setting sun had vanished completely. Nothing had happened. For Gu You, it was another flourishing, wonderful day.

He looked forward to tomorrow being even better.

Time galloped by like a horse whipped onward; the years flowed past like falling blossoms on running water.

Three years later.

The sensation of weightlessness vanished.

Gu You felt his feet land on solid ground, and the fresh scent of grass and trees rushed into his nose.

He opened his eyes and instinctively raised a hand to shield them. Through the gaps between his fingers, he saw layer upon layer of green.

The calls of unknown birds came from the distance, and a breeze brushed through the treetops with a soft rustling sound.

Gu You raised his right hand. On his wrist was a silver bracelet with a red button on it.

After making sure the bracelet was there, his Golden Pupils focused. There was no need to worry too much anymore. On this trip through the Riot Spirit Ascension Platform, he had to kill to his heart's content.

Outside, in the Riot Spirit Ascension Platform monitoring room.

"Captain, will that kid be all right on his own? With the Riot Spirit Ascension Platform opening this time, quite a few younger generations from clans and factions have gone in as teams. A lot of them are at the peak of three rings. Some are even stuck just under the limit of no more than seven people, forming six-person teams."

Watching Gu You on the monitoring screen, a staff member asked the director in charge of the monitoring room.

"Nonsense! Do you know whose disciple that child is? He's the disciple of the Heaven Phoenix Titled Douluo, and he's also the current rising star of the Spirit Transmission Pagoda's younger generation. You know the Continent Wind and Cloud Ranking, right? He's ranked first on the junior list, titled Dragon Phoenix!"

The director scolded him angrily.

"Watch closely and learn properly. See why someone like him is so outstanding as a soul master. If anything unexpected happens, force him out immediately. Don't wait for him to press the button himself. If it really comes to that, you can all wait to be dismissed!"

"Yes, I understand!"

Hearing this, the staff member who had asked immediately stood at attention, cold sweat streaming down as he went off to monitor the screens seriously.

He really had not expected the child on the screen to be the disciple of the Heaven Phoenix Titled Douluo—the Vice Tower Master of the Spirit Transmission Pagoda, who held half of the Spirit Transmission Pagoda in her hands. (Note: This is merely the thought of a minor character like him.)

After scolding him, the director let out a long breath. He looked at Gu You on the monitoring screen with a complicated gaze.

From the information he knew, this young genius had already entered the Spirit Transmission Hall.

This training trip through the Riot Spirit Ascension Platform was his final training session.

Real combat and slaughter were the theme of this training.

After this, through the Spirit Transmission Pagoda, he would be dispatched across the continent to carry out missions, hovering between life and death.

He could not understand what the Vice Tower Master was thinking. A genius like this would surely reach the Titled Douluo realm in the future, so why take such a great risk and let him enter the Spirit Transmission Hall?

But the thoughts of the higher-ups were not something he could understand. In any case, he greatly admired Gu You. Once one joined the Spirit Transmission Hall, life and death became boundless and uncertain.

This was the resolve of heaven's favored children. Ordinary people like him could only look up to their backs in admiration.

"Rustle, rustle..."

Who was there?

Inside the Spirit Ascension Platform, Gu You had just arrived in a new area when a nearby thicket stirred, shaking violently.

He stood proudly where he was, without even the thought of releasing his martial soul.

Three years had passed. Time had moved quickly, and he was no longer the Gu You he had been before.

Gu You was now one meter sixty tall. His facial bones were more defined, his nose bridge high, his brows and eyes relaxed. Beneath his short black hair, his Golden Pupils still shone brilliantly, only compared to back then, they seemed deeper and steadier.

And the change was not merely in his appearance. Gu You's cultivation had also reached the peak of rank thirty-nine. If he had not deliberately suppressed it while waiting for this Riot Spirit Ascension Platform, he would have broken through to rank forty long ago.

"Oink, oink!"

The thicket was still shaking. The next second, a completely black wild boar suddenly shot out, grunting nonstop as its eyes locked firmly on Gu You.

"A ten-year boar? This..." The corner of Gu You's mouth twitched. He had thought some powerful being had dared approach him, but it turned out to be only a pig.

"Oink, oink!" Seeing Gu You staring at it in a daze, the wild boar grunted twice, gathered its strength, and charged fiercely toward him.

"I don't mind making roast suckling pig in the Spirit Ascension Platform!"

Gu You smiled faintly, and three purple soul rings instantly rose beneath his feet.

The next second, a pair of colorful phoenix wings spread behind him, and the illusory image of the Creation Heaven Phoenix appeared.

Sensing the aura on Gu You, the black boar that had been charging so aggressively slammed on the brakes. Terror surfaced in its beady eyes, and it turned to flee.

"You want to run? Too late!"

Gu You snorted coldly and swung his right arm. A wave of colorful flame swept out, instantly engulfing the boar.

The boar did not even have time to let out a scream before it turned into a cloud of spiritual power motes and merged into Gu You's body.

"That didn't even feel like one year's worth of age spiritual power. Going by one-tenth, this thing only counts as an ordinary creature."

Feeling the accumulation of spiritual power in his body that was almost negligible, Gu You shook his head.

Was this the Riot Spirit Ascension Platform? Why was it spawning trash like this?

The colorful phoenix wings flapped, and he rose from the spot. Adjusting the output of soul power within his body, his figure drew a dazzling arc through the air as he flew toward the depths of the Spirit Ascension Platform.