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

Chapter 811: Chapter 810: Is There Something Wrong With Your Dragon’s Brain? Chu Nianci’s Confidence

Chu Nianci was stunned for just a second before she burst out laughing.

She looked at Gu Yuexi, who stood opposite her, her tone dripping with unconcealed scorn.

"That dragon of yours doesn’t seem too bright."

For the Frost Bone Dragon to be fixated on Xiao Feng and ignore a stronger enemy like her was utterly foolish.

But now...

Gu Yuexi had to face her—a much stronger, insurmountable opponent.

’She’s bound to be terrified. She’ll panic and even start begging for mercy.’

After all, there was a gap of nearly three Grand Realms between them. For someone at the Integration Realm Peak to crush a cultivator at the Divinity Transformation Realm First Layer was no different than squashing a mosquito.

However...

Gu Yuexi paid her no mind, her expression as serene as ever.

It was as if she, a prodigy at the Integration Realm Peak, was nothing at all.

And she was just a Cinderella who couldn’t fit into the glass slipper.

The feeling of being so utterly ignored made Chu Nianci flush with shame and anger.

"You’re only at the Divinity Transformation Realm First Layer, yet you insist on this high-and-mighty act. Who are you trying to impress?"

Chu Nianci’s voice grew cold, and the Divine Power around her began to surge restlessly.

"I don’t care what power is backing you."

"Whether it’s a Hidden Clan or one of the Ten Great Sects."

"Today, I swear I will beat you until you’re on your knees, begging for mercy."

"I’ll teach you that the Eight Great Clans are not to be trifled with."

"And Luoping City isn’t some place you can just waltz into and start killing people!"

Only after hearing Chu Nianci’s tirade did Gu Yuexi’s expression finally change.

A trace of astonishment flickered across her brow.

’So that’s why...’

’So that’s why they’ve been hesitating to make a move. They’re worried I have someone backing me!’

’They’ve even concocted this whole drama involving Hidden Clans and the Ten Great Sects.’

Gu Yuexi disdained the idea of using a non-existent backer as a bargaining chip, so she stated plainly, her face devoid of expression.

"I don’t belong to any power."

Chu Nianci froze.

Then she burst out laughing, throwing her head back and forth.

It was as if what Gu Yuexi had said was the greatest joke in the entire Spirit Realm.

"Gu Yuexi, even at a time like this, you’re still holding back."

"What’s the point?"

"Who do you think you’re fooling!"

"A cultivator who just entered the Divinity Transformation Realm, able to bind an Integration Realm Frost Bone Dragon as a mount?"

"A cultivator who just entered the Divinity Transformation Realm, with the power to slay an Integration Realm Peak cultivator and destroy a Divine Level Magical Treasure?"

"A cultivator who just entered the Divinity Transformation Realm, binding a..."

Chu Nianci had wanted to say, "...binding a mosquito as a Beast Pet."

But on second thought.

The idea of binding a mosquito was just too ridiculous; it didn’t fit the image of a cultivator with a powerful background.

Saying it out loud would only make her sound like she was talking nonsense.

So she swallowed the rest of the sentence, cleared her throat, and continued.

"If you didn’t have a powerful force backing you, would you dare to kill two members of the Jiang Family’s direct lineage so brazenly?"

"Without leaving yourself any way out?"

"Oh, give it a rest. Take off that hypocritical mask of yours."

"We’re all intelligent people. Stop the act."

"Whatever your purpose is in Luoping City, whatever little schemes you’re plotting..."

"The Eight Great Clans are not pushovers that you can toy with as you please."

"Even if it means our destruction, the Eight Great Clans will take you down with us!"

Gu Yuexi frowned, her expression once again becoming placid.

’She wouldn’t believe me no matter what I said. Anything more would be a waste of breath.’

She simply looked at Chu Nianci as if she were a fool.

Seeing her silence, Chu Nianci assumed she’d guessed correctly and became even more smug.

"Though we haven’t yet determined exactly which power is behind you..."

"...we have already investigated your every move since arriving in Luoping City with perfect clarity."

She confidently ticked points off on her fingers, starting from the moment Gu Yuexi entered Luoping City.

"No matter how poorly a Loose Cultivator is doing, how could they possibly not have enough money to stay at an inn?"

"Ostensibly for Spirit Stones, you made a special trip to the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion to accept the quest to capture Soul-Collecting Butterflies, right?"

"That quest has been posted for many years, and no one has ever been able to complete it."

"What sane cultivator would accept a quest that can’t be completed?"

"After returning from the North Suburban Forest, you didn’t turn in the quest."

"Everyone else assumed that, like all the cultivators before you, you had failed to capture the Soul-Collecting Butterflies."

"The reality, however, is that you took *all* the Soul-Collecting Butterflies from the North Suburban Forest. You didn’t leave a single one."

"Something even Integration Realm cultivators couldn’t do, you—a mere Early Stage of Profound Realm cultivator at the time—did with ease."

"And yet, you didn’t take those Soul-Collecting Butterflies to turn in the quest for Spirit Stones."

"Obviously, your goal wasn’t that paltry amount of Spirit Stones, but the rare Demon Beasts themselves: the Soul-Collecting Butterflies."

"And you captured those Soul-Collecting Butterflies in bulk precisely to prepare for entering the Land of Burial, am I not correct?"

Chu Nianci paused. Seeing Gu Yuexi still silent, she was convinced she had figured it all out.

She grew even more smug, tilting her head back as she continued.

"Next, you checked into an inn."

"In a single night, you advanced from the Early Stage of the Profound Realm to the Late Stage of the Profound Realm, jumping two minor realms."

"Then you refused all invitations to join a team and entered the Land of Burial all by yourself."

"At the Late Stage of the Profound Realm, you snatched the treasure of the Land of Burial from a group of cultivators at the Peak of the Profound Understanding Realm."

"And you escaped completely unscathed."

"Is that something an ordinary Profound Understanding Realm cultivator could do?"

"Is that even possible?!"

"And by the time you left the Land of Burial, you were somehow already at the Divinity Transformation Realm First Layer."

"That’s equivalent to four consecutive jumps in a single day."

"A leap that even crossed a Grand Realm!"

"Who do you think you are, some kind of chosen one?!"

"You must have used some Secret Technique or powerful Magical Treasure to hide your true cultivation, deliberately pretending to be weak to prey on the strong."

"If I hadn’t already used a Secret Technique to probe your cultivation and confirmed that you truly are only at the Divinity Transformation Realm First Layer..."

"...I would suspect your true strength is far beyond the Divinity Transformation Realm!"

Here, Chu Nianci’s voice suddenly dropped much lower.

"Among all these events, there was one thing I could never figure out."

"What kind of treasure could possibly have made Patriarch Jiang come knocking himself?"

"It was only when Jiang Qingyao died a moment ago, in the instant her Divine Soul dissipated, that I captured a shocking glimpse from a fragment of her soul."

"The treasure in the Land of Burial... it was a Dragon Egg!"

"If you had no powerful backer, how could you possibly have known there was a Dragon Egg in the Land of Burial?!"

"Forget Loose Cultivators—we, the Eight Great Clans, have been in Luoping City for years and even we didn’t know that!"

"Furthermore, the Dragon Race values the sanctity of its bloodline above all else. They would never allow one of their own to become a human’s mount."

"Yet you took it without any qualms, completely unconcerned about retaliation from the Dragon Race."

"If you don’t have a powerful backer, what other reason could there be?!"

Chu Nianci snorted coldly, her tone resolute.

"You tell me: if you have no one backing you, how could you know so many secrets?"

"And how could you dare to take the Dragon Egg without an ounce of fear for the Dragon Race’s retaliation!"

"Stop acting, Gu Yuexi. Aren’t you tired of this charade?"

"Even if you refuse to talk, once I have you captured, I have plenty of ways to pry the truth out of you!"

"Hmph!"

"And by then, I won’t be in such a good mood, nor will I be speaking so pleasantly."

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