10: Chapter 10 Empress, don't be greedy! Give me a bite of the Spirit Green Serpent's essence blood too!

"Could it be... a variant?" Gu Yuexi quickly considered a possibility.

The so-called variants were spirit beasts whose bloodlines had undergone some unknown mutation; they often possessed potential far exceeding their peers and certain special abilities, the most prominent of which was the ability to "evolve autonomously."

"That's it, it must be so!" The more Gu Yuexi thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. "It drank my blood, which contains Qi and blood, triggering the mutant bloodline within it and thus completing its first evolution!"

Having figured this out, Gu Yuexi's mood suddenly became complicated.

On one hand, contracting a variant that could evolve autonomously, even if it was just a mosquito, could be considered a silver lining in her misfortune.

But on the other hand...

"Even if it is a variant, so what?"

Gu Yuexi's gaze quickly returned to calmness, even carrying a hint of rational scrutiny.

"Throughout history, no matter how powerful a variant is, its number of evolutions has a limit, at most three times."

"A mosquito, even if it evolves three times, how strong could it possibly get?"

"The first evolution just means its body gets a bit bigger, its proboscis gets a bit harder... it still has no combat power, it doesn't even count as the lowest rank-one spirit beast."

"Even if it has heaven-defying luck and evolves twice more, at most, I estimate it'll just be at the level of a rank-one spirit beast, right? To me, it's still a burden."

Gu Yuexi analyzed silently in her heart and quickly sentenced Chu Sheng to a "suspended death sentence."

A bit of potential, but not much.

Still a piece of trash.

Chu Sheng: "???"

Chu Sheng, who was lying on the table digesting blood and happily feeling the changes in his body, heard the Empress's inner thoughts clearly, and his mosquito face was immediately filled with indignation.

What the heck?

Evolve at most three times?

At most just a rank-one spirit beast?

Big sister, who are you looking down on here?!

"Heh, naive! Too naive!" Chu Sheng ranted frantically in his mind. "Do you think I'm an ordinary variant? I'm a mosquito with a system! An Infinite Evolution System! Do you understand what 'infinite' means?!"

"Three times? That's the limit for you mere mortals! My journey is the stars and the sea! It is the necks of the gods!"

Chu Sheng was a bit angry at her "frog in a well" remarks, but upon second thought, he became happy again.

Looking down on me is good!

The more you look down on me, the more wonderful your expression will be when I evolve into a god-mosquito that swallows the heavens and the sun in the future!

When that time comes, I'll definitely make you sing 'Conquer' for me every day!

Just as Chu Sheng was letting his imagination run wild, Gu Yuexi had stopped dwelling on his issue.

In her view, this mosquito, Chu Sheng, was at most a "burden" that required long-term investment but had an extremely low return rate, and might even result in a total loss.

Right now, what was most important was improving her own strength!

Thinking of this, Gu Yuexi didn't hesitate anymore and dragged out the large bag containing the corpse of the Spirit Green Snake from under the bed.

As soon as the bag was opened, a thick, bloody smell instantly permeated the air.

But mixed into this bloody smell was a hint of strange, refreshing fragrance; that was the unique scent of the essence blood of a high-bloodline spirit beast!

"Holy crap!" Chu Sheng's eyes went straight when he smelled this scent!

His passive skill, [Blood Food Tracking], allowed him to clearly perceive that the "energy" contained in this snake blood was more than ten times denser than Gu Yuexi's blood!

If only I could take a sip... No! How is one sip enough? At the very least, I need to drink until my stomach explodes!

Chu Sheng immediately threw his previous annoyance to the back of his mind, his black-bean-sized eyes staring fixedly at the Spirit Green Snake that had already turned cold, his proboscis moving involuntarily, and he was almost drooling.

This is a potent tonic!

Gu Yuexi paid no attention to his longing; she sat cross-legged on the ground, placed the snake corpse in front of her, and pressed her hands against the wound again.

"Myriad Beast Furnace, Activate!" She closed her eyes and began to circulate that forbidden evil art once more.

Wisps of essence blood, crimson with streaks of emerald green, began to slowly flow along her arms and into her body.

The familiar, intense pain struck again, but with the experience of the first time, Gu Yuexi was clearly much more composed this time, guarding her mind tightly and refining this power with all her might.

Chu Sheng watched from the side, anxious to no avail.

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't hog it all for yourself! Leave a sip for your brother!"

The blood in his stomach was still digesting, and he couldn't eat any more for the time being, so he could only watch helplessly as Gu Yuexi sucked away that high-bloodline snake blood bit by bit, his heart aching so much he twitched.

Those are all my evolution points! No! Once I finish digesting, I must find a way to take a sip too!

Time passed minute by minute. Chu Sheng lay on the table, staring longingly at Gu Yuexi, then looking at the Spirit Green Snake that was emitting an alluring "fragrance," feeling as restless as a cat scratching at his heart.

Hurry up and digest! If you don't hurry, that snake is going to be sucked dry by her!

Perhaps his resentment worked; an hour later, the system's notification sound finally rang out like music to his ears.

[Ding! Blood digestion complete, Evolution Points + 0.4!] [Current total Qi and blood 1.9, total Evolution Points 0.9...]

It's here! Chu Sheng perked up, feeling his round, bulging stomach instantly deflate, and a strong sense of hunger swept over him once again.

He immediately cast his gaze toward Gu Yuexi, who was sitting cross-legged. He saw that she had her eyes tightly closed, her brows furrowed, her exquisite face covered in sweat, and her complexion somewhat pale; she was clearly at a critical moment in her cultivation and had no time to pay attention to anything else.

Good opportunity! Chu Sheng chuckled inwardly; this wasn't me wanting to steal a bite, it's that you don't have time to watch me!

He carefully flapped his wings, doing his best to keep the sound of his flight to a minimum. Fortunately, after evolving, his control over his body had become much stronger; although there was still a "buzzing" sound when he flew, it was much quieter than before, just like a phone on silent vibration mode.

He landed lightly on the corpse of the Spirit Green Snake, right next to the wound that Gu Yuexi had pierced with her dagger earlier.

An even richer, bloody fragrance rushed toward him, making Chu Sheng almost faint from happiness on the spot.

"Dig in!" Chu Sheng didn't hesitate any longer, aimed at a piece of skin and flesh on the snake corpse that looked relatively soft, and thrust his thick, hard Level 2 proboscis down fiercely!

Puchi! With a soft sound, the proboscis pierced through the snake skin without any obstruction! Although it was a high-bloodline spirit beast, it was a cub after all, and its defense wasn't enough to look at!

The next second, a liquid completely different from Gu Yuexi's blood surged into his body along his proboscis!

If Gu Yuexi's blood was a gentle, potent tonic, then this Spirit Green Snake's blood was simply a bottle of high-concentration energy drink, intense and fierce!

A wild and pure energy instantly exploded within his body!

[Qi and blood + 0.5] [Qi and blood + 0.6] [Qi and blood + 0.5...] [Warning! The blood energy being consumed by the host is too massive, please be aware of your body's endurance limit!]