"Sister Mu, where exactly is that Shadow Beast? We haven't found a single clue so far. This is so frustrating."
Lan Yu reached the apartment door and immediately heard Ai Tutu's complaining voice.
"Let's keep looking. We'll find it eventually."
He entered the password and opened the door, then went to the entryway to change his shoes.
The two women stopped talking and turned to look at Lan Yu as he changed his shoes.
"Why are you both staring at me? Is there a clue on my face?" Lan Yu asked.
"By the way, Lan Yu, did you find any clues about the Shadow Beast?" Ai Tutu asked.
Lan Yu shook his head. "The city's so huge. It's not that easy to find."
"Anyway, let's not talk about it. I'm going to take a shower."
As usual, he inadvertently glanced at Mu Nujiao's alluring long legs, then went to get some fresh clothes.
Only after he entered his room did Ai Tutu mutter under her breath, "That guy. Are my long legs really not as good as Sister Mu's?"
"You little brat!" Mu Nujiao felt a little awkward. Why did this little brat always speak without thinking?
She was like this in front of Senior Sister Ding Yumian, and she was like this in front of Lan Yu himself.
"Sister Mu, have you noticed? There's something a little off about Lan Yu," Ai Tutu whispered again.
Mu Nujiao composed herself and said, "A little. He must have been in a fight."
"Could those two, Jia Wenqing and Han Luo, have brought people to ambush him?" Ai Tutu speculated.
"..." Mu Nujiao didn't answer. She only fell into thought.
After a good night's sleep, Lan Yu climbed out of bed and went downstairs from the second floor, yawning.
"Lan Yu, Lan Yu, come have breakfast! Senior Sister bought it," Ai Tutu called.
Sister Yu Mian?
Lan Yu immediately perked up. In three quick steps, he reached the coffee table, grabbed the breakfast, and started eating like a starving ghost.
"You're getting more and more shameless," Ai Tutu said scornfully.
"This is my home. Shouldn't I be able to let loose a little?" Lan Yu didn't think it mattered.
"By the way, how's your search for the Shadow Beast going?" he asked casually.
Ai Tutu sighed and said helplessly, "You heard us talking about it last night. Why are you asking again?"
"Actually, I don't think this test is simply about finding the Shadow Beast," Mu Nujiao suddenly said from beside Ai Tutu.
"Sister Mu, what do you mean?"
Mu Nujiao thought it over before saying, "Dean Xiao said we had to bring the Shadow Beast to the Beast Taming Cage at the school to complete the task. In other words, even if we catch the Shadow Beast, that doesn't mean the task is complete."
"That's easy. Camp the bridge," Lan Yu said.
Camp the bridge?
The two women looked at Lan Yu, puzzled.
"Ahem," Lan Yu cleared his throat. "I mean, camp along the only route to the Beast Taming Cage."
"Oh!" Ai Tutu suddenly understood and let out a strange cry. "Then I get it. We just have to wait near the cage for someone to deliver the Shadow Beast right to us!"
"So in the end, it's still a fight between the students!"
"..."
After breakfast, Lan Yu rested in the apartment, ready to get things done under the cover of night.
Only when evening came did Lan Yu ask Lingling if she had found any clues about the Shadow Beast.
"Lingling, did you find the Shadow Beast?"
"You sure know how to order people around..." Lingling sneered, then continued, "Finding the Shadow Beast is hard, but figuring out who caught it isn't. Right now, it's been caught by someone named Shen Mingxiao."
"Find them for me."
"No problem."
Lingling's slender fingers tapped a few keys on her little pink notebook, and she soon tracked down Shen Mingxiao and the others.
"According to their phones' location data, they're in an old courier warehouse south of Pearl Academy," Lingling said.
When it came to finding information, Lingling considered herself second to none.
"Thanks. I'll buy you a strawberry milkshake next time," Lan Yu said with a grin.
"I told you, I'm not a little kid!" Lingling said. "Remember, I want the extra-large size."
"No problem."
The warehouse was clearly due for renovation. It was about the size of a classroom, and a lot of building materials were piled inside.
At that moment, the entire warehouse was filled with a bone-chilling cold. In the center stood a leopard-sized creature.
It was bound by thick Ice Locks and couldn't move.
The creature had a thick coat of fur, and its long tail shimmered beneath the lights.
"Keep a close eye on it. Once it gets later, we'll take it to the Beast Taming Cage. Then the grand prize will be ours," Shen Mingxiao ordered.
"I'm dead tired. That beast can really run." Luo Song patted his own bulky, fleshy body. "I can't do this. All I want right now is to sleep."
"Same here," Shen Mingxiao said. "We can leave the three of them here to watch it."
He and Luo Song had done most of the work catching the Shadow Beast. The other three had barely lifted a finger, so naturally, the task of keeping watch fell to them.
The other three didn't complain. They prepared to stay up all night.
Then Luo Song and Shen Mingxiao headed to the restaurant with their arms around each other, completely unaware that, after they left, something happened in the warehouse that would make them fly into a rage.
Inside the warehouse, Lan Yu tied up the three sleeping men with rope.
The Shadow Beast, freed from its restraints, crouched before the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, looking utterly submissive.
"Let's go. It's time to bring this test to an end," Lan Yu said.
Then Lan Yu and the two beasts left the warehouse and headed for the Beast Taming Cage.
Meanwhile, an operation to purge the Black Court's evil faction was underway across the city.
The Blue Deacon was the first to be caught. Night Hawk captured him personally.
Leng Qing led the adjudicators under her command in arresting the Black Court members hiding in all walks of life.
As for Pearl Academy, Tang Yue personally led the operation to arrest the Black Court members posing as students.
Elsewhere, Lan Yu quietly brought the Shadow Beast to a spot not far from the Beast Taming Cage.
Lan Yu sent the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger off to knock out some of the students lying in wait there.
Luckily, he wasn't Mo Fan, and he didn't have a habit of posting photos.
Sneaking the Shadow Beast into the Beast Taming Cage like this was a good plan.
Fortunately, not many students had thought to lie in wait near the Beast Taming Cage. Otherwise, sneaking the Shadow Beast inside would've taken a lot more effort.
After successfully getting the Shadow Beast into the Beast Taming Cage, Lan Yu finally let out a relieved laugh.
"I'm the ultimate winner!"
"Ke ke ke..."
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