Reincarnated as a Mosquito, I Sucked the Reborn Empress to Tears

Chapter 43: Chapter 43: The Empress’s New Goal

Inside the tent, the cramped space shut out all the noise and chatter from outside.

Gu Yuexi sat cross-legged. Her exquisitely beautiful face was cold and impassive, but deep down, she was far from calm.

The protection from the City Lord’s Mansion was a welcome surprise, temporarily neutralizing the direct threat from the Jingzhe Guild.

But this was, in the end, an external force—a double-edged sword hanging over her head.

This feeling of entrusting her safety to the protection of others was deeply unsettling and unfamiliar to her.

In her past life, she had climbed to the pinnacle of the world and earned her title as the Beast Taming Empress, never relying on anyone’s protection, but on her own power!

To hold her destiny firmly in her own hands—this was the only truth she abided by across two lifetimes!

Besides, this sudden protection came at an equally steep price.

Once the value of the mosquito on her shoulder was reported to the higher echelons of the Great Xia Federation, it would certainly grant her a more powerful shield, but it would also inevitably lead to endless research and investigations.

The two of them, a girl and a mosquito, would likely become the most valuable—and yet the most imprisoned—guinea pigs, raised in a laboratory!

She, Gu Yuexi, would never accept such a fate.

Therefore, she had to be quick!

She had to quickly gain enough power to protect herself—enough to even stand on equal footing with those colossal entities!

’Or… talent!’

The Black Stone Secret Realm, three days from now, was her first and most crucial step to breaking this impasse!

She had to obtain that Spiritual Crystal!

A Spiritual Crystal was no ordinary Heavenly and Earthly Treasure.

Its purpose wasn’t merely to enhance Mental Power; it fundamentally raised a Beast Tamer’s “talent” and “ceiling” for it!

And for a Beast Tamer, Mental Power was the foundation of everything.

It not only determined the depth of the bond a Beast Tamer could form with their Contracted Beast.

It also determined the efficiency and power with which a Contracted Beast learned and used its Skills.

Take two Demon Beasts of the same Intermediate Bloodline and identical Spiritual Wisdom Grade, for example.

In the hands of a Beast Tamer with mediocre Mental Power talent, one might only ever learn two or three Low-Level Skills in its entire life.

But in the hands of a Beast Tamer with exceptional Mental Power talent, it could learn five or six, and even grasp powerful Combined Techniques!

The Spiritual Crystal was a supreme treasure capable of working miracles!

It could transform a person with ordinary Mental Power talent into a once-in-a-generation genius!

Once it was used, the effects would be permanent, regardless of one’s future cultivation realm.

Their total Mental Power, recovery speed, and control precision would forever surpass those of other Beast Tamers of the same grade!

At the same time, their Mental Power cultivation would also become much faster!

’My Mental Power talent was already extremely high… No, you could say it was unprecedented!’

’Otherwise, how could I have become an Emperor-Level Beast Tamer in just ten years in my past life?’

’In this life, if I can use a Spiritual Crystal in the early stages… then the time it takes for me to reach the Emperor Level could be shortened by at least a third!’

At this thought, Gu Yuexi’s heart burned with even greater fervor. She was now dead set on obtaining this supreme treasure!

Come to think of it… the Black Stone Secret Realm was just one of the lowest-level Secret Realms around Jiang City.

Logically, it should be impossible for a treasure on par with a Spiritual Crystal to appear there.

Gu Yuexi had pondered this question in her past life as well. The only explanation was the inherent instability of Secret Realms.

Secret Realms, in essence, are fragments of Alternate Spaces that overlap with this world.

These fragments vary in size and grade, drifting endlessly through the boundless void.

In extremely rare cases, a Low-Level Secret Realm might momentarily brush against or intersect with a High-Level Secret Realm during its drift.

In that fleeting moment, some of the “dust” from the higher-level world might fall into the Low-Level Secret Realm.

That Spiritual Crystal was most likely one such piece of “dust” from a higher-level world.

It might be insignificant to a higher-level world, but to a lower-level one, it was an unparalleled treasure!

Such an opportunity was a matter of pure, unrepeatable chance. If she missed it, she would never get another one in this lifetime!

’I must do everything I can to increase my strength over these next three days. The stronger I am, the better my chances of seizing this opportunity…’

Gu Yuexi’s gaze became incredibly resolute. She took a deep breath and retrieved the corpse of the Azure Flame Flying Lion cub from her Beast Taming Pouch.

’Huh? Is it mealtime?’

Perched nearby, Chu Sheng’s eyes lit up the moment he smelled the familiar, alluring scent of a High-Level Bloodline.

’I haven’t had a single drop of blood all morning!’

’I’m so hungry my stomach’s about to touch my back!’

Kai Xuan! Kai Xuan!

Without a second thought, he transformed into a dark red afterimage and pounced.

Gu Yuexi was speechless.

’Why does this mosquito always act like it’s a reincarnated hungry ghost?’

’Can’t you drink a little less?!’

’This is all my Cultivation Resources!!’

Gu Yuexi’s eye twitched, and she felt a pang of heartache, but she didn’t stop Chu Sheng.

Grumbling was one thing, but she knew that her ability to restart her journey of Beast Taming depended entirely on whether this mosquito could evolve a few more times and break through to the Fifth-Grade…

Otherwise, she would be completely unable to form a contract with a second Demon Beast.

Even if she managed to get the Spiritual Crystal, it would be a complete waste.

’Sigh… Drink up, drink up. Just evolve a couple more times… I’m begging you…’

Gu Yuexi’s gaze toward Chu Sheng was filled with resignation.

Chu Sheng paid no mind to her thoughts. He viciously plunged his [Melt Heart Demon Spike]—which had become even more fearsome and terrifying after his evolution—deep into the Azure Flame Flying Lion cub’s corpse!

SCHLURP—

A massive torrent of Qi Blood, dozens of times purer than that of the Spiritual Cyan Snake, flooded into his body like a bursting dam!

[Ding! Host has absorbed 24.7 Qi Blood! Current Total Qi Blood: 175.8!]

[Digesting blood… Estimated time: 20 minutes! Estimated gain upon digestion: 4.9 Evolution Points!]

’Whoa! Not bad, not bad!’

Chu Sheng felt the vast, warm Energy coursing through his body, and he was absolutely ecstatic.

’As expected of a High-Level Bloodline cub. Though it’s a far cry from its mother, this one mouthful is almost as much as I got from draining half of that Spiritual Cyan Snake!’

’Plus, my digestive ability got an epic-level boost after my third evolution!’

’Before, it took over half an hour to digest a mouthful of blood from the Spiritual Cyan Snake. Now, it only takes twenty minutes to digest this higher-quality blood from the cub!’

’My efficiency has skyrocketed!’

Chu Sheng flew back to Gu Yuexi’s shoulder, completely satisfied. As he waited for the digestion process to finish, his mind started churning.

’These two Azure Flame Flying Lion cub corpses won’t last long.’

’At my current blood-drinking efficiency, I can probably drain them dry in two days at most… and the Empress needs her share, too.’

’I should be able to get another two or three hundred points of Qi Blood, right?’

’Plus, I’ve still got over a thousand “Moving Blood Bottles” in my [Molten Fire Insect Nest], all filled with the Eighth-Grade Lioness’s blood!’

’Each of my little bros might not have drunk much, but there’s strength in numbers!’

’A thousand of them combined… that’s got to be at least half a water bottle’s worth, right?’

’If I drain all of this “inventory” dry, scrounging up another hundred-odd points of Qi Blood should be no problem!’