Chapter 48: Cultivating Blood-Feeding Mosquitoes

On Emerald Planet, aside from a continent with four major mountain ranges, the rest is covered by oceans. The four major cultivation sects—Xianyun Sect, Huoyue Gate, Xuanyang Temple, and Yusu School—each control one of these mountain ranges, representing the cultivation forces on the continent. Essentially, the only places on the Four-Range Continent where cultivation resources can be found are the four major mountain ranges held by these sects. Although there are scattered cultivation resources in other areas, their quantities are too small to interest the four sects.

Therefore, in order to compete for these resources, the four sects naturally turned their attention to the oceans. The oceanic resources were abundant, but when their disciples went out to plunder them, they could only operate in nearby and shallow waters, fearing the powerful sea demons that lurked in the deeper seas.

Xianyun Sect, located in the western part of the Four-Range Continent, sent its disciples to the western oceans in search of resources. This area was known as the Wuxi Sea, meaning the ocean west of the Zuiwu Mountains.

Li Ji and Wang Mo, as the second and third disciples of Sect Master Huai Qing, had reached the later stages of the Foundation Establishment phase. Feeling that their progress would be slow staying at Xianyun Sect, they invited each other to go to the Wuxi Sea, where they stayed for six years. Although their strength improved somewhat faster than while practicing at Xianyun Sect, they still hadn’t reached the early stages of the Golden Core phase, leaving them dissatisfied. However, after detecting unusual phenomena at sea and learning of treasures hidden beneath it, they immediately returned to Xianyun Sect to report the discovery.

Now, Huai Qing had gathered the ten senior elders of the sect in the Xianyun Hall to discuss the emergence of these treasures.

“Elders, Li Ji and Wang Mo have just explained the matter of the emerging treasures. What are your thoughts?” Huai Qing asked gently, smiling at his two disciples.

After the elders gathered, Li Ji and Wang Mo repeated their findings from the sea before standing beside Huai Qing, quietly awaiting their questions.

“Senior Master, after listening to their account, I don’t think what’s emerging from the sea is some magical artifact. It’s likely a rare material for refining weapons,” said Huaimiao, the elder in charge of weapon refinement, thoughtfully.

If it weren’t about refining materials, Huaimiao would never have spoken a word. He usually only attended meetings in the Xianyun Hall to show his presence, never caring to offer suggestions or share his opinions.

Huaimiao’s words immediately dampened the enthusiasm of the other elders.

These elders were only concerned with magical artifacts—after all, having powerful artifacts would instantly raise their strength by several levels, changing their status as well.
“Elder Instructor, I think there’s no need to decide here whether it’s a magical artifact or material. What matters is that we must obtain this item. So, all we need to do now is determine who will go to the Wuxi Sea region,” said Elder Huaiyou calmly.
This statement also clarified the purpose of this gathering.
Instantly, all the elders shifted their focus back, assessing their own strength and considering whether to send disciples from their own peaks to try their luck in the Wuxi Sea region.
“I’ll go!” Suddenly, Elder Huaijin spoke up first.
“I’ll go too!” Huaiyou added right after.
With these two declaring their willingness, the other eight elders hesitated. Huaijin and Huaiyou were the two strongest among the ten elders. If they both went, it would be difficult for the others to compete with them, so what was the point of going?
Thus, the eight elders remained silent.
Seeing this, Huaiqing thought for a while before smiling and saying, “Elders, since Elder Huaijin and Elder Huaiyou are both willing to go, it seems none of you are interested. That’s fine. If you can’t go for some reason, you should still secretly select some disciples to go to the Wuxi Sea region to gain experience.”
Though he said this, Huaiqing wasn’t very happy. Every time the sect needed to go out to seize resources, it was always the elders who went in person, and even the instructor had to supervise them. It was truly sad to have reached such a level in cultivation.
Upon hearing this, the ten elders agreed—it was true that disciples in the Foundation Establishment and Qi Guidance stages couldn’t stay on their peaks forever; they also needed to go out and gain experience, so they could understand the cruelty of the cultivation world.
“Yes, Instructor!” The ten elders replied affirmatively.
Huaiqing glanced around and realized there was no need to continue. Smiling, he said, “Elders, since this matter is settled, you may go back to your tasks. In three days, all disciples who will go to the Wuxi Sea region should gather at the Return Altar to set off together.”
“Yes!”
The ten elders replied before flying away each.
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The Guiyang Mountains, located in the east of the Four Veins Continent and stretching vertically from north to south, were the territory of Xuanyang Temple.

At this moment, inside a secret palace in the middle of Lingyang Peak, a high mountain in the heart of the Guiyang Mountains, two Yuan Ying stage cultivators from Xuanyang Temple—Chengchang and Master Qingyang—were there. Inside the palace, in front of Chengchang and Master Qingyang, there was a large pit, filled with over thirty Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes. Yet, all of them had died! “After a year of cultivation, we’ve tried every method possible, but still failed. All these Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes are dead,” Master Qingyang said reluctantly. Over this year, Master Qingyang had given up on meditation and devoted all his time to breeding Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes, hoping to create a large population. But no matter what methods he tried—pills, spiritual herbs, exotic fruits, etc.—everything failed. Eventually, these Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes could no longer survive and died all. “Master, I think the Xianyun Sect, Huoyue Gate, and Yusu School will be in the same situation as us. Even if they secretly captured Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes, they surely won’t be able to breed a large population. So, we don’t need to worry about their threat anymore,” Chengchang said calmly. It turned out that the eight Yuan Ying stage cultivators from the four sects were all aware that the others had also secretly captured Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes. Master Qingyang nodded slightly; he was sure the other three sects would also fail. As expected, things were just as Chengchang said. Master Dongzhen from Xianyun Sect, Master Han Yue from Huoyue Gate, and Master Bingyu from Yusu School returned to their respective sects and immediately started breeding Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes. After enduring a year of efforts, they all failed. As a result, Master Han Yue from Huoyue Gate became furious and killed several arrogant disciples within his sect. … Inside the Tiny Realm Sphere, Qu Yi entered. “Instrument God, what did you just say? That the Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes have been successfully bred? Has a new Blood Mosquito King been born?” Qu Yi shouted loudly. It turned out that the Instrument God had just informed Qu Yi that the Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes had been successfully bred, so Qu Yi immediately entered the Tiny Realm Sphere. “Of course! Who am I? I’m the Instrument God. Although my specialty is crafting, I’ve lived for so long that there’s nothing I don’t know. Breeding Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes might be a bit tricky, but it’s nothing I can’t handle,” the Instrument God said joyfully. “Then bring them here for me to see!” Qu Yi exclaimed excitedly. Adult Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes possessed the strength of a Golden Dan stage. If he had a large number of them, Qu Yi was confident he would be the strongest person on Cuimu Planet, even though he hadn’t reached the Yuan Ying stage yet.

“Wait a moment, I’ll move the space where the Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes are over here.” The Artifact God didn’t want to disappoint Qu Yi either, so he immediately agreed.
Soon, next to the square area where Qu Yi stood, a transparent barrel-shaped space appeared, containing no less than a hundred Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes.
Ten Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes had grown into a hundred!
“Artifact God, you’re truly amazing. I adore you! Can you tell me how you managed to breed them successfully?” Qu Yi knew the Artifact God must be feeling a great sense of achievement, so he asked eagerly to make him even happier.
Indeed, although the Artifact God had succeeded in crafting countless items throughout his life, the feeling of success had long become mundane. But this time was different—it was the first time he had bred a monstrous beast, and it had taken him a year of day and night effort to succeed, giving him a profound sense of accomplishment.
“Qu Yi, I can tell you for sure that on Emerald Wood Planet, only you have the conditions to successfully breed Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes. Do you remember those blood spirit crystals in that blood pool? That’s right—these Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes can only grow, reproduce, and evolve into Blood Mosquito Kings by feeding on those blood spirit crystals,” the Artifact God exclaimed happily.
Qu Yi immediately remembered those fist-sized square blood-colored crystals, which had all been taken by the Artifact God. Now they finally came in handy.
“Great! Now only I have Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes. Whenever I meet someone I dislike, I’ll just eat them,” Qu Yi announced eagerly.
…
After a year of seclusion, Qu Yi finally left the Cloud-Chasing Tower to pay his respects to his master, Huai Qing.
“Master, your disciple has emerged from seclusion!” Qu Yi bowed deeply.
Huai Qing glanced at Qu Yi, his eyes lighting up, and immediately asked, “Qu Yi, have you reached the later stage of the Foundation Establishment phase?”
Qu Yi smiled and nodded. “Master, this time you’ve finally discovered my true strength. Yes, not long ago, I reached the later stage of Foundation Establishment.”
At that moment, Qu Yi’s aura actually reflected the strength of the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. After all, since others already knew of his strength at that level, there was no need to hide it, so he simply kept his aura at that level.
Huai Qing had been feeling somewhat depressed earlier. He had just visited Master Dongzhen’s mountain and learned that the Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes were almost extinct, confirming the failure of the breeding plan. Now, hearing that Qu Yi’s strength had advanced again, the gloom in his heart vanished instantly.
“Very good, Qu Yi. Your emergence from seclusion is timely. Tomorrow, come with me to the Wuxi Sea region. I’ll take you out to experience the outside world,” Huai Qing said with a smile.

“Oh, since the master has specifically asked me to go, how could I refuse?” Qu Yi agreed without asking about the details. With the Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes and the safety provided by the Dimensional Ball, Qu Yi was no longer afraid of anything.