Chapter 86: Rank-2 Demon Beast Level Pests? I Can Upgrade My Minions Now

The expressions of the masters from the Capital City changed instantly the moment they heard the phrase "top-tier clan from the Capital City."

The Capital City!

What kind of place was that? The heart of the Great Xia Federation’s power! The foot of the Imperial City Wall!

Any family that could be called a "top-tier clan" there was, without exception, a behemoth with immense influence and overwhelming power.

Especially those few, the supreme existences with an Emperor Realm powerhouse presiding over their clan!

’Could it be... this Gu Yuexi is a lost Bloodline of one of those clans?’

The moment this thought surfaced, a tempest erupted in the hearts of the masters from the Capital City.

"Ahem!"

Master Wang, who had been furious just a moment ago, cleared his throat. The anger on his face had vanished, replaced by an amiable and kind smile.

He declared righteously, "Principal Chen, I don’t think we can refuse Gu’s request!"

"Why, you ask? Just think about it. She’s a child who grew up in a small place like Jiang City. She surely hasn’t seen much of the world!"

"Your Du Nan First Middle School has such a large, nationally famous Spirit Medicine Base. It’s only natural for her to be curious and want to come in for a tour to broaden her horizons, isn’t it?"

"As her elders, as educators, how can we crush a child’s curious desire for knowledge just because we’re in a bad mood? That wouldn’t be right!"

"Yes, yes! Master Wang is right!"

Another expert from the Capital City immediately chimed in, his face wreathed in smiles. "I agree, we should let Gu come in and have a look!"

"We can even give her a personal tour and explain the different types of Spirit Grass! That’s a form of teaching by example! Who knows, it might even spark her interest in Spiritual Plant cultivation!"

"That’s right! Let her in! We must let her in!"

In the conference room, the experts from the Xiao Group stared at them, speechless.

’Didn’t you just tell her to scram?’

’How has it suddenly become "we can’t crush a child’s curiosity"?’

’Talk about shameless... Is their skin as thick as a fortress wall?’

The experts from the Xiao Group were, in fact, quite reluctant to let Gu Yuexi in.

Solving the insect calamity in Du Nan City was their most pressing issue, one that directly affected their personal interests. Who had the time to entertain some "Country Cinderella"?

As for the top-tier clan from the Capital City behind Gu Yuexi?

They were, after all, a local Du Nan power. No matter how strong a clan from the Capital City was, it was unlikely to have any connection with them, so naturally, they didn’t care too much.

However, since the masters from the Capital City had spoken, it wouldn’t be right to disrespect them, so they could only tacitly agree.

Chen Xiaozhang watched this dramatic scene unfold, feeling speechless himself.

But he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Since these masters from the Capital City, the most difficult ones to handle, had agreed, things would be much easier.

He nodded to the staff member at the door. "Go on, let Gu in. Just say... Master Wang from the Capital City will personally accompany her on the tour."

"Yes, yes, yes! I’ll go! I’ll go!"

Upon hearing this, Master Wang was overjoyed. He quickly straightened his collar and hair, then strode toward the door.

He had already made his calculations.

’This is a heavensent opportunity!’

’The suspected illegitimate daughter of an Emperor-level Clan, still in her humble beginnings—isn’t she the perfect investment target?’

’If I can build a good relationship with her now and leave a decent impression, when she returns to her clan in the future and puts in a good word for me, won’t my career just take off for the rest of my life?’

’Vice President of the Spirit Plant Master Association? I’d have more than enough qualifications to be the President!’

Soon.

Gu Yuexi was led into the conference room by an enthusiastic Master Wang.

As soon as she entered, a dozen or so gazes fell upon her in unison.

The masters from the Capital City all wore amiable smiles, their eyes filled with the "loving care" of an elder for a junior.

As for the experts from the Xiao Group and local to Du Nan, while most of them disliked this "Cinderella," they didn’t dare to offend her due to her potential background, so they too forced smiles onto their faces.

Then, their gazes were drawn to the ferocious-looking mosquito resting on Gu Yuexi’s shoulder, and they were all slightly taken aback.

’This... isn’t a White-striped Aedes Mosquito, is it?’

’What kind of White-striped Aedes Mosquito looks like this? With interwoven patterns of eerie blue and dark red on its carapace, and a halo of fire burning around its head?’

’This is clearly some kind of never-before-seen Alien Species of Demon Beast!’

However, they were only surprised for a moment before looking away.

No matter what kind of Alien Species it was, it was still just an insect-type Demon Beast.

The upper limit of an insect’s Bloodline was pitifully low by nature. At best, it could reach an Intermediate Bloodline; those that reached a High-Level Bloodline were exceedingly rare.

Something like this wasn’t worthy of their attention.

The most important thing right now was still how to solve this insect calamity.

They just hoped this "Country Cinderella" wouldn’t cause trouble for too long and would leave quickly.

But Gu Yuexi had ignored everyone since the moment she walked in.

Her gaze passed through the conference room’s massive floor-to-ceiling windows and locked directly onto the vast fields of medicine outside.

To be more precise, it was locked on the tiny black dots swarming like a tide at the roots of the plants in those fields.

’Spirit-Devouring Worms?’

Gu Yuexi was slightly surprised.

Of course she recognized them.

In her past life, this type of insect had caused several national-level insect calamities across the globe, each time resulting in terrifying losses.

The individual strength of these insects wasn’t high, but their reproductive ability and Life Force were monstrously extreme. Ordinary methods were completely ineffective at killing them.

Not to mention their numbers, which were often in the hundreds of millions. They were practically a walking catastrophe.

In her past life, the only way to completely eradicate them was to have an Emperor Level or even an Emperor Realm powerhouse take action, using the Power of Law to wipe them directly from existence.

Otherwise, there was no solution.

For smaller nations without an Emperor-level Powerhouse, an outbreak of the Spirit-Devouring Insect Calamity was... almost equivalent to the destruction of the country.

’These things... have already appeared in Du Nan?’

’No wonder these people all look so miserable, like their world is ending.’

A glint flashed in Gu Yuexi’s eyes as she quickly thought of something.

She turned to glance at Chu Sheng on her shoulder and saw that he was staring intently at the medicine fields outside, his compound eyes flashing with an irrepressible light of excitement.

’So that’s what he’s after?’

’His ability to control insects... can it even control these Demon Beast Level insects?’

Meanwhile, Chu Sheng was ecstatic.

’That’s right!’

’When I was back in the Central Hall, I detected the situation over here from afar using my [Nether Vision]!’

’I realized it immediately—my chance had come!’

’Saving the school from dire straits?’

’Aren’t these the "dire straits" right here?!’

’And!’

’This wasn’t just about the Palace Level Contribution and the King-level Essence Blood for me!’

’It was for something else, something equally important to me—’

’Upgrading my insect swarm army!’

Chu Sheng had been troubled before. As his own strength increased, the ordinary insects he’d just grabbed from outside, with a Qi Blood Value of only 0.01, were finding it harder and harder to keep up with him.

Even when enchanted with Nether Flame Power, their might was limited. Against enemies of the same grade, they were basically just cannon fodder, at most serving as a distraction.

’But...’

’What if I could replace all the insects in my [Nether Flame Insect Nest] with these Spirit-Devouring Worms?’

’Those things, even though they look smaller than mosquitoes, are genuine First-Grade Demon Beasts!’

’Every single one has a Qi Blood Value of over 100!’

Chu Sheng could even Perceive that deep within the medicine fields, there were quite a few mutated ones whose strength had broken through to the Second-Grade Early Stage! Their Qi Blood Value exceeded 500!

’My [Nether Flame Insect Nest] can Tame insect-type Demon Beasts of the same grade as me!’

’In other words, I can totally Tame those Second-Grade Spirit-Devouring Worms!’

’A thousand of them!’

’One thousand Second-Grade Early Stage Self-destructive Nether Flame Insect minions!’

At this thought, Chu Sheng was so excited his wings trembled!

’If I really f*cking assemble them, how terrifying would my combat power be?’

’At that point, forget a Third-Grade Martial Artist, I’d even dare to take on a Fourth-Grade!’

’This move gets me the Palace Level Contribution for the King-level Essence Blood! And I get to build a world-destroying swarm army on the side!’

’It’s killing two birds with one stone! Two eagles with one arrow! A double win!’

’I’m a f*cking genius!’