Who Said A Mosquito Can't Cultivate?

As she said those words to me in an infuriated manner, I could not help but think as to why she became angry at me, even though I saved her chastity from being sullied. Of course, my proboscis was slurping the corpse's blood along the way at an incredibly fast speed, allowing the girl I saved to visibly see the process of the man's corpse drying up. Well, I did tell her to close her eyes. She did this out of her own volition.

Seeing the corpse gradually turn into a husk of its former self, the girl could not help but tremble in fear, possibly thinking that the mosquito she berated at would possibly head towards her next in order to turn her into the mosquito's food. If I was a mindless insect, I might have done that already. In exchange for that mindlessness though, I would definitely not be where I am right now, having this much power to easily kill a human at the peak of Qi Proliferation with just one attack.

It only took a few moments for the corpse's headless body to turn dry, prompting me to head towards the decapitated head I cut off as that also contained a bit of blood. At this point in time, I could not help but look at the girl once more, who was currently trying to calm herself down as she took a ton of deep breaths, pinching herself here and there as well to make her realize that what was happening was a dream.

Just as I was about halfway done from s.u.c.k.i.n.g the man's head…which could definitely go multiple ways depending on the perspective, the girl closed her eyes once more as an infuriated expression crept up on her face once more, shouting once more, "Answer me! Why did you do that to this innocent guy? He's my only ticket to escaping this hell!"

Hoh? Innocent guy?

Slurp. Slurp.

You consider the man that was going to remove your chastity without your consent as someone innocent? If I could smack some sense into you right now, I definitely would. You definitely have a lot of problems in your head, woman. Unfortunately, I don't want any responsibility regarding this thing I've done. I've saved you from your possible demise, so at the very least, shoulder this responsibility, okay?

Ding!

'You have absorbed 1562 points of Impure Blood Energy from this creature.'

'Human's Might (None) -> (Qi Proliferation Stage 3)'

'Constitution +0.3'

Since the corpse's head I s.u.c.k.e.d also became emaciated, the system then gave me a few notifications regarding the results of this small s.u.c.k.i.n.g session I did. Surprisingly, I was able to gain 1500 points from this human by just s.u.c.k.i.n.g this guy dry. Adding that up with the blood points I received from killing the guy, I gathered more or less around 1700 points from this one human alone. Hmm…I guess activating Expert Mosquito mode does have its good sides.

Other than that, now I know why the constitution skill for humans did not have levels like the other constitution skills I obtained from the animals I killed. It seems that the level of constitution skill is based on the highest cultivation realm a human has attained before being s.u.c.k.e.d by me. In other words, any cultivator at the peak of Qi Proliferation or below that would not give any effect to the constitution skill whatsoever.

"Hey! Are you deaf? Listen to me when I'm talking!"

Haah…there she goes again, trying to talk to me as I stand on top of the corpse I s.u.c.k.e.d, berating me because I removed her only chance from escaping this 'hell'. Speaking of which, what is this 'hell' she's talking about anyway? Is it her living a normal life? I don't know if that's really hell or not. Anyways, how does she even have the confidence that I would reply to her words? I'm a mosquito, do you think I have the vocal cords to reply to your words? Even though I have a skill to talk with humans, I do not want to waste it on a nutjob like you.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Activating Void Enhancement+ and Supersonic Flight, I zoomed off into the distance, far away from the crazy girl, wanting to head back to my original route towards Red River Town. Was I successful in getting away from the crazy girl? Technically, yes. Unfortunately, before I could really create a lot of distance between the two of us, she unhesitatingly shouted out, "I know you can understand me, you damn insect! I know you can talk! You have damn qi flowing all over your body!"

Hearing those words, that was when I stopped flying any further. I turned around to look back at the girl, who was standing beside the corpse I s.u.c.k.e.d, seemingly screaming at the heavens for giving her such a 'cruel fate'. I was quite surprised to hear those words from her, even if it was just through pure speculation or not. For some parts of her sentence, I knew that she had evidence for it, since she was a cultivator at the Qi Proliferation stage…albeit the introductory stage of Qi Proliferation.

I also get the part where I can understand her sentence, since I look like a unique mosquito rather than a normal one. It possibly clicked in her mind that I was someone who had awakened their blood by a few grades, giving me intelligence more or less equivalent to a human. As for the part where she knew I could talk, that's definitely bullshit. Has she ever heard a mosquito talk before? Normally, when you hear someone talk, the first one thing that would click in your mind is that it's a human doing that voice, right? To be honest, the situation where a human did kill the man where I just swooped in to suck the blood afterwards could definitely happen, which would more or less force her to put the blame on me instead of the theoretical man who killed the lecherous man I actually killed.

Anyways, I still did not want any responsibility regarding this situation, so I decided to go invisible as I activated Void Presence+ since my interest was piqued by her, even though she was a total nutjob. I gradually made my way down before hovering a couple of meters away from where she stood. Damn, she didn't even move an inch from the corpse. Does her anger for me killing the guy surpass her fear from the corpse in front of her?

Either way, she continued to scream out to catch my attention a few more times, making my antennae ring quite a bit. Eventually though, she gave up and started to face away from the corpse as she looked down at the ground and sighed. She looked up at the night sky for a bit and said to herself, "At the very least, you could've removed the corpse before going away, you damn insect."

Well…yeah. If I had the skills to do so, I would've done so already. Unfortunately for you, I did not have any flame-based skill at hand. Then again, the chances of me helping you out to remove the corpse had gone to zero after you berated me for something that I did, even though it could look like something I did not do.

A few seconds later after looking up at the night sky, she turned her head to look at the path in front of her, before muttering to herself, "Just wait and see, you damn insect. Even if people think I'm hysterical, I'll spread your existence to the whole continent. I'll make sure you live a miserable life as a cultivator's pet for the rest of your life."

Okay, that's harsh. Say, is it worth it for you to really take revenge on an insect? Have you even heard yourself talk right now? You're saying some crazy things, woman. Also, I have an invisibility skill, so it would be easy for me to escape the clutches of cultivators. Not only that, I'm going to transform into a cat to become a guardian beast for the Fleeting Blade Sect. Would anyone recognize me as a mosquito by then? Of course, they won't.

Nonetheless, I can't help but feel a bit fearful since you don't really know the limits of crazy people in terms of effort. Not only that, the fact that she's going to make sure to spread rumors about me all over the continent would definitely increase the amount of effort I would have to exert to accomplish whatever Jeff tells me to. Rather than go through places in a straight line, I would have to always be alert for ambushes, as well as multiple cultivators trapping me in some sort of formation…if formations exist in this world anyway.

And so, I've decided. I don't want to make my life more stressful, plus I want to silence the girl from doing any crazy shit after my departure. In other words, I'll go and talk to a crazy person for once.

…

Around half an hour passed since the girl left the area where she was about to be defiled, opening the door to her home as she entered not long after. Not gonna lie, since the lecherous man said that she came from a rich family, I legitimately thought that she would live in a bigger house, not like the one I'm seeing right now. Then again, how big of a house can you make with black rocks?

She then closed the door shut behind her as I continued to follow her while maintaining my invisibility. Rather than continue to let out her anger at me in her mind, possibly cursing me to a life filled with eternal torment, she sat down on a chair in front of a desk, which was near a large window that let in a lot of moonlight.

She then lit the only candle on the desk, bringing a bit more light to the insides of her home as she looked at the moonlit sky once more and sighed. After that, she went silent for about a minute or so before sighing once more in a despondent manner. At this point, she opened her mouth and said, "Haah…I guess that plan failed miserably."

"I don't want to marry that man, so I guess I have no choice but to end my life at this instant."

"Oi, what are you talking about?" Not long after she finished talking, I used up some of my qi, starting to talk as I positioned myself in front of her field of vision before deactivating my invisibility skill. The first reaction she gave out after seeing me in front of her was extreme shock, which turned into anger, which turned into hopelessness.

"You've already ruined my plan, you damn insect. Are you here to make amends with me and end my life?" she said in an indifferent manner, as if she did not care if she lived or died at this moment. Man, I never knew I saved a girl like this.

"Why the heck would I kill you after I saved you?" I answered back, my tone slightly infuriated. "Do you really want to throw the life I saved away?"

"Well, why not?" she replied, yet again in a despondent manner. "It's better than being forced to marry that guy anyway."

Hmm…it seems there's a bit more to the reason why she got angry at me. Judging from what she's saying, she wanted to escape an arranged marriage by the looks of it. She definitely took a weird way to solve it though, deciding to sacrifice her chastity in exchange for it. Then again, even though she's stupid, she's got guts.

"So…you want to lose your chastity from someone you don't even know…so you can escape an arranged marriage?" I asked.

"Basically, yeah," she replied. "Other than that, I could just end my life here and now."

"As I've said, it's a waste," I replied back. "You could wait for me to leave the village before ending yourself, I wouldn't care either way since that's the path you've chosen."

"But it's only been a half hour since you've escaped from the clutches of a lecherous man," I continued. "Shouldn't you at least enjoy your life a bit more?"

"I'd rather face death than get married with that guy," she replied back. Not long after, she then asked, "Anyways, why the f.u.c.k did you come here? Didn't you fly away so you could leave the responsibility of disposing the body to me?"

"Yeah…haha," I replied with an awkward chuckle, before adding, "But I also somewhat feared the fact that you would spread of my existence to other people. By the looks of it though, it seems that you don't even have the drive to do so right now."

She maintained silence after I said those words. I guess she's contemplating her choices right now. Ah, right. I wanted to ask that.

"Speaking of which, you said a while ago that I removed your only escaping this 'hell'. Did you really have to resort to that to escape an arranged marriage?" I said after a moment of silence.

"Well…it's the only way for me to escape other than…well…you know already," she responded, adding not long after, "There's a rule in this village that if two people love each other very much, they could tie the knot by losing their chastities. Now, let me ask you, if you were a male human, would you marry someone who has already lost her chastity?

…

At this point, I could not even answer anymore.

Escaping arranged marriage by getting r*ped?

Well that's the first time I've heard of a method like that.