Beast Taming Begins with Inheriting a Legacy.

After Gu Ling and Lin Zhixuan left, Li Rui finally remembered something.

—Gu Ling.

These are the names of the students who entered the guaranteed admission training camp this year, as submitted by the Hailan City Education Bureau.

"That guy Ye Wuyan seems to have been staying in Hailan City for the past few months, so he should know this Gu Ling, right?"

Judging by the time, it should be time to get off the plane now.

After much deliberation, Li Rui made a voice call.

"Feed~"

Ye Wuyan teased, "How strange, you actually contacted me on your own initiative?"

Without exchanging pleasantries, Li Rui went straight to the point: "Do you know a student from Nanping No. 1 High School named Gu Ling?"

"Gu Ling? You saw your classmate in Liuyun City?"

"Hmm," Li Rui responded indifferently.

This guy still hasn't curbed his habit of giving people nicknames.

Li Rui briefly explained the background, and then asked, "...She's the student recommended by the Hailan City Education Bureau for the pre-admission training camp, right?"

Ye Wuyan: "Yeah, what do you think?"

Li Rui: "Not bad." But that's about it.

The students who can participate in the training camp are basically two-star beast tamers.

How much strength Gu Ling truly possesses depends on how long he can persist in the special training camp.

"That's right~" Ye Wuyan's voice carried a hint of pride: "This is a junior I've taken a liking to~ You're not allowed to snatch him away!"

"cut."

Even though the other person couldn't see him, Li Rui couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Who cares? Mianmian isn't much worse than Gu Ling."

"Really? How about we take a gamble?"

"What are we betting on?"

"Let's bet on these two, who will be the outstanding graduate of this year's college admission training camp."

Li Rui was somewhat surprised: "You have that much confidence in Gu Ling?"

On the other end of the call, Ye Wuyan, who had just come out of the airport and gotten into a taxi, looked at the scenery rushing past outside the car and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

He wasn't confident in the younger student's abilities.

Instead, they understand that given the student's money-loving nature, he will definitely strive to become an outstanding graduate and obtain more resources and subsidies.

"Just tell me if you want to bet or not?" Ye Wuyan urged.

"What's the prize?"

"Your Hundred Flowers Dojo's Thirty-Seventh Secret Manual."

Li Rui frowned subconsciously: "Didn't you already see the Thirty-Seventh Secret Manual...? Did you ask for it for Gu Ling?"

"You really dare to say that."

"Even though Mianmian is the only daughter of the dojo master, everything has to be done according to the rules, and she has never seen the Thirty-Seven Secret Manual."

Ye Wuyan's tone was nonchalant: "Then give her a chance~"

"If I lose, you can do whatever you want with me."

Li Rui's eyelids twitched.

This guy has never lost a bet, no matter how outrageous the wager was.

Although this condition is quite "tempting," if Ye Wuyan loses, Li Rui can finally settle old scores.

"No, try another one."

Li Rui said, "If Mianmian becomes an outstanding graduate, I remember that the Longfeng Cave Nature Reserve owes you a favor a few years ago. You can find a dragon-type pet for Mianmian then."

"...That happened eight hundred years ago? You still remember it?!" Ye Wuyan gritted his teeth.

Moreover, he had long ago promised to reserve a dragon-type pet from the Longfeng Cave Nature Reserve for the younger student.

However... giving one is the same as giving two. If we really lose, we can just ask the reserve to give us another one.

"Just tell me if it's okay or not?" Hearing the other party's uneasy tone, Li Rui knew that his conditions were correct.

"...Fine! I can't possibly lose!"

"Then it's a deal." Li Rui smiled.

"By the way, is your little classmate still with you? I want to say a few words to her."

Li Rui looked up in the direction the two had just left: "They're gone. Gu Ling and Lin Zhixuan are both gone."

"Who is this person who possesses the shapeshifter?" It seemed like the sound of someone cracking sunflower seeds could be heard coming from Ye Wuyan's side.

Li Rui felt somewhat speechless; this guy was trying to get into gossip again.

"I'm not sure, we're still investigating. But we've already caught them. We can retrieve the information from the population database, so it shouldn't be too difficult to find out."

However, what happened after that was outside Li Rui's scope of work.

Thinking about how easily they caught the fake Lin Zhixuan this time, Li Rui still felt uneasy, and casually mentioned it to Ye Wuyan.

"It seems that the fake Lin Zhixuan doesn't trust the shapeshifter much; he was abandoned by it during the battle..."

On the other end, Ye Wuyan, who had been looking rather lazy, immediately lost all his nonchalance upon hearing these words. "Are you sure the fake Lin Zhixuan only has one shapeshifter?"

"What do you mean?" Li Rui frowned.

"I once saw an international thief who contracted two shapeshifters. Each shapeshifter had a disguise. When the disguise of the first shapeshifter was torn off, people would subconsciously think that what was revealed was the true face, but little did they know that it was also a disguise."

Ye Wuyan recalled certain past events, and his eyes darkened.

"You'd better go and verify now whether there's anything on the fake Lin Zhixuan's face."

It's virtually impossible for a contracted pet to abandon its tamer and run away alone, especially since it's a shapeshifter.

If there isn't enough trust, how can a beastmaster feel comfortable letting a shapeshifter disguise itself?

Ultimately, it was because Li Rui's trip went too smoothly; he captured the person so easily that it was almost abnormally easy.

"Ye Wuyan, I don't have Gu Ling's contact information. Just in case, please inform her first..."

Immediately, Li Rui disregarded everything else and summoned the White Feathered Eagle, turning back to the abandoned building.

The two investigators had finished cleaning up all the traces inside the abandoned building and were about to escort the fake Lin Zhixuan away when they saw Li Rui descend from the sky, his face cold and stern.

"Mr. Li?"

Ignoring the two investigators, Li Rui walked straight up to Lin Zhixuan.

Li Rui had held back earlier, and hadn't let the Snowbound Beast freeze the fake Lin Zhixuan's head as well.

At this moment, although the fake Lin Zhixuan was frozen solid, his expression was disheveled, and he looked like he was on the verge of death, he still had a faint breath.

Li Rui raised his hand and touched the fake Lin Zhixuan's face. Soon, the extremely unfamiliar face in front of him 'distorted', and a lump of pink mud wriggled on it.

Li Rui's face turned completely cold, and with a forceful tear, the shapeshifter was ripped off.

And the face hidden beneath the disguise becomes "Lin Zhixuan"!

"This is... a shapeshifter?!"

"Isn't the shapeshifter still inside the cage?"

Both investigators were shocked by what they saw.

One of the investigators was carrying a pet restraint cage that had previously imprisoned the shapeshifter. A casual glance revealed that the shapeshifter was still lying safely on the cage.