Beast Taming Begins with Inheriting a Legacy.

Chapter 59 The Scapegoat, Xian Jiu

Gu Ling didn't dare to look too long. She pretended to be calm and looked away, continuing to walk at her usual pace. After passing by the two of them, she walked into the next carriage without stopping.

After Gu Ling left the carriage where the two of them were, the gazes behind her disappeared.

Gu Ling continued walking forward, finally crawling into the car's toilet. After locking the door, she could no longer maintain her composure and revealed a look of horror on her face.

Gu Ling's brain raced: "Does the man with the scorpion tail know that security guard? Or is he their contact?"

"Could there be other people on this bus secretly contacting them... passengers? Or crew members?"

"If I go directly to the train crew now, what if I'm unlucky enough to find their accomplices... Am I really just going to do nothing? Pretend I know nothing? And then contact the Longfeng Cave Nature Reserve after I get off the train and make sure it's safe?"

Damn it! That's a 50 yuan bounty!

Between assisting in the capture of pet poachers and simply providing clues without getting involved, the reward for the former is definitely higher!

"Or should we just call the police? But what if they have informants outside who leak the information? They might be alerted before the police even arrive..." Gu Ling stared down at the "110" number already displayed on her phone screen, but hesitated to press the call button.

These people must have some secrets to be able to escape for so many days without being discovered.

Gu Ling didn't know any of the train attendants, nor any organization or personnel, and she didn't know who was trustworthy.

"...Oh, right! Teacher Zhou!" Gu Ling's eyes lit up when she saw Zhou Mengran's name in her phone's contact list.

"Professor Zhou is a graduate of Shanghai and has seen a lot. Her notebook contains information about pet poachers, so she may have encountered them herself."

"Furthermore, Teacher Zhou is the most powerful beast tamer I know, so I can trust him..."

After thinking it through, Gu Ling dialed Zhou Mengran's phone number directly.

"beep--"

"Teacher Zhou..." After the call connected, before Zhou Mengran could speak, Gu Ling immediately described the situation on her end to Zhou Mengran.

Upon hearing that Gu Ling had discovered two suspected escaped pet poachers, Zhou Mengran's voice became extremely serious: "Gu Ling, are you sure the pet egg was disguised?"

Upon hearing this question, Gu Ling was speechless for a moment.

Oops... I almost forgot!

How was she supposed to explain to Teacher Zhou that even the security personnel couldn't see the problem with the pet egg, yet she, a mere novice beast tamer, could?

If she couldn't do it herself, then in that situation... could others have?

Oh, right! Sword and Fairy 9!

Gu Ling closed her eyes and began to make up a story: "...It was Xian Jiu. Xian Jiu sensed that the spiritual fluctuations of those pet eggs were unusual."

I'm so sorry, Xian Jiu! I'll definitely buy you some Xiangbobo canned food when we get home!

"The mental fluctuations of grass-type pet eggs are the most stable, while the mental fluctuations that Xianjiu sensed at the time were very volatile. It even told me that its head was buzzing and it had a bit of a headache..."

Because Xianjiro 9 has an additional superpower attribute, Gu Ling also specifically looked into information about superpowered pets. One of the pieces of information was that superpowered pets, due to their active mental energy, are more sensitive to the emotional reactions of other creatures.

"Previously, I happened to hear a news report on TV in the waiting hall about the theft of dragon-type pet eggs in the Longfeng Cave Nature Reserve. Afterwards, I went online to check the number of stolen dragon-type pet eggs. There were 15 in total, which matched the number of pet eggs the two of us were carrying."

"There was also a little incident. One of the passengers, a child, said to his mother, 'Ren Kailong is so handsome.' The two of them happened to pass by and heard it. Their expressions were obviously a little off."

Gu Ling fabricated a story that was half true and half false, and with a series of coincidences, any normal person would notice that something was wrong.

Logically, apart from the child being fabricated out of thin air, there are no major flaws.

Because this series of reasoning is true, the result is also true.

Zhou Mengran also thought of the special nature of Xianjiu and immediately believed it to be true: "So that's how it is. Some super-powered pets have unique talents and can definitely sense the situation of other creatures through mental fluctuations..."

Immediately afterward, Zhou Mengran spoke up, instructing, "Gu Ling, no matter who those two people are, you're just a minor high school student right now. Your first priority is to protect yourself and not arouse their suspicion, understand?"

"Mmm," Gu Ling immediately replied.

Even if Zhou Mengran hadn't mentioned it, Gu Ling would never have dared to be careless about something that concerned his life.

"There were too many people and too many eyes on the bus, so we chatted on WeChat afterwards. I contacted the person in charge of the Longfeng Cave Nature Reserve to confirm the identities of these two people. You can describe their physical characteristics in detail first. It would be even better if we could take photos of them later, but it's okay if we can't."

"Like I said, prioritize your own safety," Zhou Mengran reminded her again, still worried.

Upon hearing this, Gu Ling began to carefully recall the physical characteristics of the two men: "These two are around thirty or forty years old. The first one is over 1.85 meters tall and is a bald, muscular man. The second one is about 1.77 meters tall, just a little taller than me. He is rather thin, with a sickly pale complexion, and has a scorpion-tail braid tied at the back of his head..."

"Okay, I've memorized these characteristics."

On the other side, Zhou Mengran turned off the recording and spoke in a calm and methodical tone: "Since they have communicated with the security personnel on the bullet train, just in case, don't trust anyone on the train. Stay vigilant. If possible, pay close attention to their movements on the train and who they have contacted."

"Send me the train's route later, and I'll contact the Pet Alliance branch in Hailan City to have them send out Beast Tamers to stake out the later stations... Gu Ling, have you remembered everything I said?"

Gu Ling took a deep breath and replied, "I'll remember, Teacher Zhou."

After discussing the details with Zhou Mengran, Gu Ling hung up the phone, opened the door, and walked out of the bathroom.

When Gu Ling returned the way she came, she found that the two people were no longer in the same place.

The scorpion-haired man has disappeared, while the security guard is still loitering nearby, appearing no different from any other security guard.

……

the other side.

Zhou Mengran, who had just contacted a person in charge of the Longfeng Cave Nature Reserve, received bad news.

"What? Those two pet poachers are top-tier professional beast tamers!"

A top-tier professional beast tamer... means that you have at least one lord-level pet beast in your contract!

Zhou Mengran was all too aware of the destructive power of a lord-level pet.

In just a few minutes, all the passengers on that bus would die!

On the other end of the call, the voice of the person in charge of the Longfeng Cave Nature Reserve came out: "Yes, the pets of these two are very strong. Even a master-level professional beast tamer would have a hard time dealing with them together."

"However, when the two broke out of the protected area's encirclement, all their contracted pets were seriously injured. They definitely wouldn't dare go to the pet medical center for treatment. Right now, there are probably no more than three pets that are still capable of fighting..."

Even so, Zhou Mengran's complexion did not improve in the slightest.

These are two top-tier professional beast tamers!

Even if all the contracted beasts are seriously injured, they can take the life of a novice beast tamer like Gu Ling with just a flick of a finger.

"Miss Zhou, please don't worry..."

Zhou Mengran interrupted the person in charge with an unfriendly tone: "How can I not be anxious? My student is currently on the same high-speed train as two dangerous individuals!"

"Isn't your Longfeng Cave Nature Reserve supposed to be the most difficult reserve to be poached in? Now not only have you let pet poachers in, but you've even let two escape?!"

The head of the Longfeng Cave Nature Reserve was somewhat speechless, but then he thought of the outstanding graduate from Shanghai University on the other side, who was also a promising and top-notch professional beast tamer...

In short, it boils down to three words—

We can't afford to mess with them.

"I'm very sorry, this was our mistake, which has caused a great deal of impact on society. On behalf of Longfeng Cave Nature Reserve, I would like to thank Ms. Zhou and your students for providing clues to the reserve. The number of pet eggs carried by the two pet poachers matches the number of pet eggs we stole."

"If you can successfully retrieve these pet eggs, the 50 yuan reward will be deposited into Ms. Zhou's and your student's accounts."

The person in charge of the Longfeng Cave Nature Reserve mentioned two people, not because they were stingy enough to split the 50 yuan reward in two, but because both of them would receive the 50 yuan reward.

Zhou Mengran didn't care about the 50 yuan reward, but it was very important to Gu Ling.

Without the support of her parents and family, Gu Ling's choice to become a Beast Tamer means that every step, whether it's raising new pets or contracting new ones, will require a lot of money.

As Gu Ling's teacher, Zhou Mengran had no choice but to consider her feelings.

Zhou Mengran softened her tone slightly: "It's too early to talk about this before we've even arrested them. Your reserve should send people over as soon as possible, but make sure nothing leaks out..."

"Please rest assured, Miss Zhou..."

"..."

After hanging up the call, Zhou Mengran turned her head and saw Zhou Xinhong walking in from outside the door.

Seeing this, Zhou Mengran quickly asked, "Father, what did the Alliance branch in Hailan City say?"

Zhou Mengran had only been back for a short time, and in terms of connections within Hailan City, Zhou Xinhong, the principal of Nanping No. 1 Middle School, still had a wider network.

So Zhou Mengran told Zhou Xinhong about the pet poachers and asked him to contact his acquaintances in the Hailan City Alliance branch.

Zhou Xinhong shook his head: "The Hailan City Alliance branch has two master-level beast tamers stationed there, namely the branch manager and the deputy branch manager. However, the branch manager went to the neighboring Yunchuan Province the day before yesterday to meet an important person from Shanghai, while the deputy branch manager led a team into a new, undeveloped secret realm three months ago and has not yet come out."

Upon hearing this result, Zhou Mengran's heart sank.

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