Reincarnated as a Mosquito, I Sucked the Reborn Empress to Tears-Chapter 146 - 145: Infiltrating Lord Jing’s Hong Kong Island Study Group, Arousing His Displeasure?
Chu Sheng was, of course, aware of this, and he felt quite helpless.
After his last evolution, the system had added a new function: reaching Great Success (2000 points) in any Realm would allow for one minor evolution in a specific direction!
He had been quite excited about it at the time.
But as it turned out... this Realm stuff improved way too slowly!
Even after absorbing so much Power of Origin from all that King-level Essence Blood, his Earth Realm and Water Realm had barely reached the entry level. He was still a long way from Minor Success!
’Could it be... that the absorption efficiency of the Power of Origin from Essence Blood is too low?’
Chu Sheng couldn’t help but wonder.
According to the Empress, a Realm was born from one’s comprehension of the essence of the Martial Dao or the Power of Nature, making it something on a spiritual level.
’Does that mean... I need to absorb Mental Power that contains a powerful Realm to improve faster?’
Chu Sheng thought it was highly likely. ’Looks like I’ll have to keep an eye out for that sort of thing from now on.’
Next, he took stock of his current goals.
’For Qi Blood Cultivation, this batch of King-level Essence Blood is almost gone. At best, it’ll only get me to the Fourth-Grade Early Stage. I have to find new resources as soon as possible!’
’For Spiritual Cultivation... if I follow the Empress to Hong Kong Island, I can definitely freeload some good stuff!’
’Upgrade resources for my minions... this is urgent too. I need to find a chance to trick the Empress into going to a Secret Realm or into the wild to kill more High Grade Demon Beasts and collect their bodies!’
’The path to becoming stronger is long and arduous!’
Chu Sheng let out a long sigh. Thinking about it, after all this work, he had only just touched the limits of the Low Grade Realm.
He was still a ways off from the Middle-Grade Realm, to say nothing of the High Grade Realm, King-level, and Emperor Level that came after...
Everything was just beginning.
Just then, KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!
A knock came from the door of the Cultivation Chamber.
Qi Chongshan’s secretary walked in and said respectfully, "Miss Gu, it’s about time. We should be heading out."
"Yes."
Gu Yuexi opened her eyes and nodded.
"BUZZ BUZZ?! (’We’re finally going to Hong Kong Island? Wahoo!’)"
Chu Sheng’s compound eyes lit up, his heart filled with anticipation.
...
On that same day, the Sui Ming Provincial Government released an official announcement.
In light of the vicious assassination attempt on student Gu Yuexi during the recent Tri-Provincial Examination, the Provincial Government has decided to place her under the highest level of protection!
Effective immediately until the end of summer break, student Gu Yuexi will be in closed-door cultivation within the Provincial Government building. All visitors will be denied during this period!
When summer break is nearly over, Governor Qi will personally escort her to the Capital City!
The announcement sparked widespread public discussion, but most people expressed their understanding and support.
However, what no one knew was that at the very same time this announcement was made...
Gu Yuexi herself, led by Qi Chongshan’s secretary, had already used an extremely secret Teleportation Array to arrive silently in the neighboring Celestial Fire Province.
Nanfeng City, the provincial capital of Celestial Fire Province.
Inside the presidential suite of a luxury hotel.
Gu Yuexi had already performed a Disguise Secret Technique learned in her past life. Her once cold and stunningly beautiful face instantly became much more ordinary—the type that wouldn’t stand out in a crowd.
The secretary watched from the side, clicking his tongue in amazement. He felt that the number of secrets this young lady held was only growing.
Chu Sheng cooperated by changing back to his original White-striped Aedes Mosquito form. He hid deep within Gu Yuexi’s hair, concealing all of his aura so that no one could discover him.
With all preparations complete, Gu Yuexi took her forged identification and Hong Kong Island travel pass and walked into the coffee shop on the hotel’s first floor.
At that moment, a dozen or so fashionably dressed, arrogant-looking young men and women were sitting in a corner of the coffee shop.
They were students from the Array System of "Jiuzhou Academy" in the Capital City.
When Gu Yuexi approached, all eyes fell on her, each person with a different expression.
The information they had received was that this woman was the scion of some major family in Celestial Fire Province. She wanted to travel to Hong Kong Island for fun, but her strength was too low to go alone, so she had used her family’s connections to force her way into their group.
A yellow-haired young man in a white T-shirt muttered unhappily, "What the hell? We’re here to have fun, what’s with bringing along a dead weight? I can’t believe this. Pulling strings to get involved with us?"
A girl next to him wearing heavy makeup pursed her lips. "Exactly. Some major family from Celestial Fire Province? In the Capital City, they’re not even worth a fart! Why should we give them any face?"
Everyone felt a little uncomfortable and awkward.
As scions of major families from the Capital City, they had a high opinion of themselves, even though their abilities were lacking and they were widely known as wastrels.
In their eyes, aside from supercities like Zhonghai and Hong Kong Island, the so-called "major families" from other places were all the same: just a bunch of "stinking hicks." Naturally, they disdained the idea of associating with them.
Seeing the atmosphere grow tense, a young man with a relatively calm demeanor, who was sitting at the head of the group, finally spoke up.
His name was Li Wenbo, the leader of the group and the organizer and applicant for this study tour.
"Alright, that’s enough from all of you."
Li Wenbo lowered his voice and said with a sense of helplessness, "We’re on their turf, after all. Even a strong dragon can’t crush a local snake. Just bear with it for now."
The yellow-haired young man pursed his lips, annoyed. "Brother Bo, what did I say before? We never should have come to these crappy outer provinces to have fun! The people are poor and the places are full of trouble! Wouldn’t it have been better to just fly directly to Hong Kong Island?"
"Sigh. I originally thought we could have some fun on our way to Hong Kong Island, get a taste of what it’s like to be on an ’incognito inspection tour’ in the outer provinces! Who knew we’d get targeted by a local snake?"
Li Wenbo sighed helplessly, then reassured them, "Don’t worry, everyone. Once we get to Hong Kong Island, who cares who she is? We’ll just ditch her!"
"After we’ve had our fun, we’ll fly straight back to the Capital City from Hong Kong Island. No matter how powerful her family in Celestial Fire Province is, can they really reach all the way to the Capital City?"
Hearing this, the others agreed it was a viable plan, and the displeasure on their faces faded considerably.
Gu Yuexi watched them whispering amongst themselves, but her heart remained perfectly calm. She even felt a little like laughing. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
’A group of Array Masters about to become sophomores, and the one with the highest Mental Power—that Li Wenbo—has only barely reached the Third-Grade Middle Stage.’
’The rest are basically hovering around the Third-Grade Early Stage.’
’They were born into major families in the Capital City, with access to the Great Xia’s top-notch Cultivation and educational resources since childhood, yet this is all they’ve achieved?’
’What a bunch of utter wastes...’
She couldn’t even be bothered to acknowledge them. She found a seat, sat down, and closed her eyes to rest, as if everything around her had nothing to do with her.
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(I’m on vacation in Dali, Yunnan. Not sure if it was the mushrooms I ate, but last night I was up with vomiting and diarrhea, and I had a fever of almost 38°C today. I wrote all day and only managed four Chapters. Sigh, it’s been miserable...)
