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

Chapter 82: Chapter 82: Xiao Ran’s Thanks: 100 Third-Grade Spirit Grasses

“One hundred stalks of Third-Grade Spirit Grass?”

Huo Mingxuan and Ye Xiaotao’s eyelids twitched at the offer.

It was important to note that even in a first-tier metropolis like Du Nan, the vast majority of Spirit Herbs and Elixirs circulating on the market were below Third-Grade.

There were two reasons for this.

First, the vast majority of Cultivators in this world were below Third-Grade in strength, making them the largest consumer base.

And second,

the difficulty of cultivating Spirit Herbs and Elixirs of Third-Grade or higher increased exponentially!

Even for an Alchemy giant like the Xiao Family, their annual output was limited. For Fifth-Grade Spirit Herbs and Elixirs in particular, the yearly yield never exceeded double digits.

Moreover, most of it had to be supplied to the Federation and the military!

Even Xiao Ran, the most valued direct-line prodigy of the Xiao Family, couldn’t get more than a hundred stalks of Third-Grade or higher Spirit Herbs and Elixirs per year!

For him to offer a hundred stalks in one go, he was definitely paying a steep price!

When Chu Sheng heard this, he was ecstatic.

’One hundred stalks?!’

’Even if each stalk only gives me 3 Evolution Points, that’s a full three hundred points!’

’This is going to be a huge boost!’

Chu Sheng nodded his little head in satisfaction, indicating that he accepted the offer.

“Th-Thank you, Lord Mosquito! I… I can also give you fifty stalks of Third-Grade Spirit Grass!” Ye Xiaotao finally snapped back to her senses. Clutching her little fox, which had just evolved a King-level Bloodline, she was so excited she was incoherent, bowing repeatedly in thanks.

Looking at these three prodigies who had been screaming to kill him just a second ago, now acting as deferential as grandchildren.

Perched on Gu Yuexi’s shoulder, Chu Sheng was feeling incredibly smug.

’To subdue three top prodigies without lifting a finger!’

’And I made a huge profit on top of it!’

’It’s like Emperor Qin Shi Huang spending two hours on the toilet—a total win!’

Meanwhile, Gu Yuexi watched this absurd scene unfold. Remembering her own box of drained Spirit Grass, her heart filled with a mix of complicated feelings.

’This damned mosquito…’

’He caused trouble for me, but it seems… he also resolved it perfectly?’

’And even made a huge profit in the process?’

’What is this?’

’Committing all the bad deeds, yet reaping all the benefits?’

…

Meanwhile, in the classroom of the top class, Class One of the third-year Beast Taming Department, the atmosphere was utterly oppressive.

The few most powerful Second-Grade Early Stage Beast Tamers in the class, who were usually full of vigor, now had their heads bowed, their expressions complex, and were as silent as mutes.

They were just one step away from the Hidden Dragon Class.

How much effort had they put in over the past three years? How many all-nighters had they pulled? How much money had their families spent just to increase the strength of their Contracted Beasts?

Some had even sold their family’s old house just to buy a single stalk of Third-Grade Spirit Grass!

And for what?

That post on the forum was like a knife twisting in their hearts.

Gu Yuexi, from a backwater place like Jiang City, was supposedly only at the First-Grade Middle Stage, and her Contracted Beast was a White-striped Aedes Mosquito… and someone like that was parachuted directly into the Hidden Dragon Class?!

What the fuck was that?

Their effort, their investments, their blood, sweat, and tears—what did it all count for in the face of someone with “connections”? It was all bullshit!

In a corner of the classroom, a sullen-faced boy gripped his phone so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

His name was Wang Tao, and he was Wang Li’s younger brother.

He stared intently at the forum post, every word a needle piercing his heart.

He knew his sister must have been the one who posted it.

Last night, Wang Li had come home with one side of her face swollen like a pig’s head and had cried in his arms for a full hour.

She told him everything—how unreasonable that student Gu Yuexi was, how she had abused the rules, and how Chairman Wang had slapped her in public without a word of explanation…

Wang Tao burned with rage as he listened, wishing he could rush to Jiang City that very moment and tear that woman, Gu Yuexi, to pieces!

He knew better than anyone what his sister had sacrificed to help him get ahead in life.

They came from an ordinary working-class family. Their parents had died early, and his sister had raised him all by herself.

To scrape together the exorbitant tuition and resource fees for him to enter Du Nan First Middle School, his sister, Wang Li, had married and divorced seven times!

Each time, she received a hefty “youth compensation fee” and a bride price from the man.

Later, she hooked a wealthy businessman and became his secret mistress, just barely managing to cultivate him to the Peak of First-Grade and get him into the top class.

Every bit of his progress was soaked in his sister’s blood, sweat, and sacrifices.

But what about that Gu Yuexi?

Just because she was born lucky, because she has a good father, she can do whatever she wants? She can get a big shot like Chairman Wang to back her up? She can let his sister suffer such humiliation?!

On what grounds?!

A few students nearby were also murmuring, their voices filled with resentment and anger.

“Her Qi Blood is only First-Grade Middle Stage, and her Contracted Beast is a White-striped Aedes Mosquito… and she can get into the Hidden Dragon Class? What a joke!”

“Exactly! Anyone from our class could crush her, right? By what right does she get in?”

“What right? The forum said it all—she’s the illegitimate daughter of a top family from the Capital City! She relies on her background; we rely on our lives. We can’t compete!”

“Damn it, even if we can’t compete, we have to fight! I don’t believe she can rely on her background forever! The joint exam is in three days. I’d like to see how she embarrasses herself then!”

“Embarrass herself? Bullshit! She’s already in the Hidden Dragon Class! She’s guaranteed a spot at Huaqing Jing University, okay? She doesn’t even have to take the joint exam!”

“…The hell! Fuck!”

Hearing the discussions of the students around him, the rage in Wang Tao’s heart was gradually replaced by a sense of powerlessness.

’Yeah… what can we do?’

’Go teach that Gu Yuexi a lesson?’

’Don’t be ridiculous. For her to be parachuted into the Hidden Dragon Class, the power behind her is something students like them can’t even imagine.’

’Expose her online?’

’My sister already did that, but so what?’

’She doesn’t even have to take the joint exam; she’s already guaranteed admission! What effect can public opinion have on her?’

’Am I… just supposed to let it go?’

’Just watch my sister suffer this injustice for nothing? Watch that nepotism baby continue to enjoy the honor and resources that shouldn’t be hers?’

’No! Absolutely not!’

Wang Tao’s mind raced. After thinking it over and over, he felt there was only one way.

’The only way…’

’…is to blow this thing wide open!’

’Blow it up so big that not even the school, or even the Provincial Education Bureau, can suppress it!’

’I have to use the pressure of public opinion to force the school to compromise!’

’I’m not asking for much. I just have to force that Gu Yuexi to take the joint exam!’

’As long as she dares to show up for the exam, I’ll have my chance to make her pay for everything today in blood!’

But…

what kind of influence did he, Wang Tao, have?

He was just an average-strength student in the top class, someone who barely had any presence at all!

Who would listen to him? Who would dare to stir up trouble with him?

Just as Wang Tao was sinking into despair, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly glimpsed a familiar figure with a grim expression walking past in the hallway outside the classroom.

’Qin Zheng?’

Wang Tao froze for a moment, and then an idea flashed through his mind!!

’I really don’t have any influence, but this Qin Zheng is a different story…’

Qin Zheng!

The sole anomaly in the Hidden Dragon Class!

A guy from an ordinary family who had clawed his way into the Hidden Dragon Class through sheer, life-risking effort and talent!

There wasn’t a single person in all of Du Nan First Middle School who didn’t know his story!

He was practically the idol and spiritual leader for all students from ordinary families!

’If… I could get him to take the lead?’

’All he would have to do is raise his arm!’

’And the response would be in the thousands, if not tens of thousands!’

Once this thought took root, Wang Tao couldn’t sit still any longer. He shot to his feet and rushed out of the classroom.

“Brother… Brother Qin!”

Qin Zheng stopped and looked back at the unfamiliar classmate who had blocked his path. His brow furrowed slightly; he was in a terrible mood and didn’t want to talk to anyone.

But Wang Tao paid that no mind. He hurried forward and said in a low voice, “Brother Qin, you know about what’s on the forum, right? That nepotism case, Gu Yuexi, was parachuted directly into your Hidden Dragon Class! This whole thing… what do you think about it?”