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

Cha-ching!

Big time…

Chu Sheng rubbed his hands together in excitement.

One million Life Essence!

For an army of hundreds of thousands of insects, that wasn’t a huge amount. But this was what he had harvested in just a few hours!

“This trip was worth it!”

Chu Sheng glanced at the sky.

The eastern horizon was already showing a sliver of dawn.

The wind and snow of the Northern Domain showed no signs of stopping, but it was getting late.

’Time to head back. I’ll come again later.’

“Time to go!”

Chu Sheng took one last look at the dark red “demonic eye” hanging in the sky, still tightly shut, a glint flashing in his own eyes.

The next second, SWISH!

He activated his Boundless Wings.

Space rippled slightly, and Chu Sheng’s figure instantly vanished into the vast, swirling snow.

…

Jing University, women’s dormitory.

The first rays of morning sun slipped through a gap in the curtains, spilling onto the clean floor.

The isolation Array in the room was still active, blocking out all the noise from outside.

On the bed, Gu Yuexi slowly opened her eyes.

For a moment, a dark light seemed to flash in the depths of her pupils, as captivating and profound as an abyss.

After a night of refinement, she had gained preliminary control over the first Soul-Etching Nail.

The process had gone more smoothly than she’d expected.

Although the Law contained within the nail was incredibly complex, the moment it touched her Divine Soul, it showed a strange submissiveness, as if it had met its former master.

This only deepened the doubt in Gu Yuexi’s heart.

She shook her head and instinctively turned to look at the desk.

It was empty.

That blasted mosquito wasn’t there.

Gu Yuexi’s elegant brows furrowed slightly.

’Where did that little guy run off to now?’

Just then, BZZZZ—

The air in the room trembled slightly.

A dark shadow materialized on the desk.

It was Chu Sheng, who had just returned via Instant Teleportation.

The chill on his body had been mostly dissipated by the Spatial Power of the teleportation, but Gu Yuexi was so perceptive that she still caught a lingering trace of ice and snow, and… a faint, faint scent of blood unique to a battlefield.

“Where did you go last night?”

Gu Yuexi stared at Chu Sheng, her beautiful eyes filled with scrutiny.

But Chu Sheng ignored her completely.

“Bzz bzz (It’s a secret).”

He flapped his wings, flew right over to Gu Yuexi, and then, as if he’d done it a thousand times, dove straight into the inner pocket of her clothes.

’Mmm, it’s still warm in here.’

’After being battered by the cold wind in the Northern Domain for hours, coming back to this is pure bliss.’

Pillowing his head on the familiar softness, Chu Sheng snuggled in comfortably and promptly fell fast asleep.

Gu Yuexi’s body stiffened for a moment. She glanced down helplessly at her bulging pocket.

’This little guy…’

’He’s getting more and more audacious.’

But for some reason, feeling the faint warmth from her chest, the icy state of mind she’d entered from her Cultivation inexplicably softened.

“Forget it.”

Gu Yuexi shook her head, stood up, and straightened her clothes.

’I have important business to attend to today.’

…

「Nine in the morning.」

Jing University Credit Hall.

Even though classes were in session, the hall was still bustling with people.

Under the Sect-based management system, students had a great deal more freedom.

When Gu Yuexi’s figure appeared at the entrance, the noisy hall fell silent for a moment.

Countless gazes snapped in her direction.

They were filled with envy, awe, admiration, and jealousy.

The current Gu Yuexi was a living legend at Jing University.

A first-year student, in the Seventh-Grade Realm, a global champion, who had crushed the White Eagle Empire.

Each of these titles was enough to make any of her peers despair.

Gu Yuexi stared straight ahead, walking directly to the credit exchange counter.

It was the same female intern instructor from yesterday.

Seeing Gu Yuexi arrive, her face beamed with an enthusiastic smile, though she was also a little nervous.

“G-Gu, you’re here!”

“The credit reward you applied for yesterday has been calculated. The higher-ups worked on it overnight.”

Gu Yuexi nodded, her expression indifferent.

“How much?”

The instructor took a deep breath. With a trembling hand, she tapped a few keys on the keyboard to pull up the data.

She already knew the number, but at this moment, staring at the long string of zeros on the screen, her heart couldn’t help but pound wildly.

She swallowed, her voice trembling slightly as she announced,

“After a unanimous decision by the university’s upper management…”

“The special credit reward for Gu for this competition is…”

“F-Five million!!”

Five million!

Those two words were like a bomb dropped into a calm lake.

Although the instructor’s voice wasn’t loud, it was exceptionally clear in the suddenly quiet hall.

“Holy shit? How many?!”

“Five million?! Did I hear that right? Was it fifty thousand?”

“Are you deaf? She said five million!”

HISS—!!!

A collective gasp echoed through the hall.

The entire Credit Hall erupted.

Everyone stared at Gu Yuexi with wide, incredulous eyes.

Five million credits!

What did that even mean?

That was enough for a normal student to graduate a million or two times over!

Want to save up five million? You’d have to work from your first year to your last and then borrow another five hundred years from the heavens!

With that many credits, you could take more than half—or even all—of the coveted top-tier Cultivation Techniques, Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, and even Holy Artifacts from the Credit Hall!

“My god… Isn’t that a bit much?”

“A bit much? I don’t think it’s an exaggeration at all! She risked her life for it! She earned it with her strength!”

Listening to the discussions around her, Gu Yuexi’s expression remained as calm as still water.

It was as if the five million credits were just a meaningless string of numbers to her… although, she had to admit, it was more than she expected.

She nodded slightly and said to the still-dazed instructor,

“Understood.”

“Deposit it all into my card.”

With that, she turned to leave.

’These credits are for entering Secret Realm Zero. Five million should be enough for now.’

However, just as Gu Yuexi turned to leave amidst the crowd’s looks of envy, jealousy, and hatred, a calm voice suddenly rang out.

“So what if you have a lot of credits?”

The voice wasn’t loud, and it didn’t even sound particularly sarcastic, but it was extremely unpleasant to hear.

The tone was condescending, as if offering pity from on high.

“Mere credits, no matter how many.”

“The spot for Divine Son is still gone, isn’t it?”

As soon as those words were spoken, the noisy hall fell silent once more.

Everyone turned to look in the direction of the voice.

The crowd automatically parted to form a path.

A handsome young man in a white training uniform slowly walked out.

Seeing him, the expressions of many people changed.

The newcomer was none other than the long-unseen… Qin Wudao.