92: I don't dare to gamble

Gu Xiaoyue turned toward the direction the sound came from, and two slightly shorter men appeared not far away.

These two were twins, standing on the left and right as if they were mirror images.

One of them let out a cackling laugh, "Little beauty, whatever treasures you have on you, hand them over! That way, I can leave your corpse intact!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the two men summoned their pet beasts simultaneously, and two two-headed snakes appeared beside them.

Gu Xiaoyue swept her eyes over them; the two two-headed snakes were only at the mature second-tier level. How did they think she would die at their hands?

Chu Li was about to step forward, but Gu Xiaoyue held him back, "Let me handle this."

She took out her dual swords from her Yu Beast Space, tipped her toes, leaped forward, and slashed directly at the man who had been mouthing off at her.

"Wood Thorns!"

Seeing Gu Xiaoyue slash with her sword, the two men hurriedly commanded their two-headed snakes to unleash their skills.

"Bang—"

"Bang—"

Gu Xiaoyue spun around, using her dual swords to parry the two Wood Thorns.

Immediately after, her dual swords struck one of the two-headed snakes, and it let out a hissing wail.

It seemed that the Lianxin Waterfall had not only improved her Mental Power and pet beast grade, but her body had also been strengthened.

The two men were startled and, just as they were about to retract their pet beasts, Gu Xiaoyue quickly slashed the other two-headed snake as well.

With one sword for each, she pressed them against the two men's throats.

"Speak, who sent you here?"

Gu Xiaoyue looked at the two of them coldly, as if looking at two dead men.

The man who had just been mouthing off was now so scared he was stuttering.

"Bounty, a bounty—we accepted a bounty from the Beastmaster Association to, to, to take your life."

Gu Xiaoyue narrowed her eyes. A bounty?

"Do you know who it is?"

The man was already trembling like a sieve, "We don't know, it, it, it was an anonymous bounty—"

As he spoke, he opened his brain to show Gu Xiaoyue.

Gu Xiaoyue took a glance; her bounty was only 300,000 star coins, but it noted that she possessed many rare treasures.

Her profile stated she was an intermediate Beastmaster; with a low level and many treasures, wasn't she the perfect fat sheep!

These two assassins must have thought she was only intermediate, which is why they attacked so carelessly.

While Gu Xiaoyue was looking at the bounty notice on the brain, the two assassins secretly exchanged a glance, and one of them prepared to strike at Gu Xiaoyue.

"Watch out!"

Chu Li noticed and called out to warn Gu Xiaoyue.

Who knew someone was faster than him? A dagger slashed directly across the two men's throats.

They froze for a moment, trying to cover the wounds on their necks with their hands, but after struggling for a few moments, they both fell to the ground and died.

"You?"

Gu Xiaoyue looked up and discovered that the person who had killed the two assassins for her was actually Shui Lingyu!

Shui Lingyu's breathing was a bit ragged; perhaps it was because he had rushed out of the Beastmaster Association to find her that he was like this.

"Did you pass your assessment?"

She had clearly watched Shui Lingyu enter the simulator; based on the time, he must have ended the assessment early.

Shui Lingyu did not answer directly, "My telepathy—I sensed you were in danger—"

"So you came out early?"

Not having received an answer, Gu Xiaoyue couldn't help but ask again.

Shui Lingyu said nothing, which counted as tacit agreement.

Gu Xiaoyue sighed, "How could they possibly hurt me?"

Shui Lingyu looked at her steadily and said gently, "Perhaps, but—I dare not gamble."

Gu Xiaoyue avoided his gaze and turned to see what good things the two assassins had.

They were twins, and there was only one pet beast egg left; it seemed this two-headed snake was also a twin from one egg.

There were no other materials either; after all, for someone to go around killing for 300,000 star coins, they must have been incredibly poor.

Gu Xiaoyue put their corpses and the pet beast egg into her Yu Beast Space.

She would leave the corpses for Xiao Jiu to incinerate and sell the pet beast egg when she had time.

After handling everything, Gu Xiaoyue turned and walked toward the academy, with Chu Li and Shui Lingyu following closely behind.

Not until they entered the academy gates did Gu Xiaoyue stop and say to Shui Lingyu, "Principal Zheng said he would give us an opportunity to enter the Graduates Secret Realm. Is there anyone you want to bring in?"

Shui Lingyu shook his head with a smile in his eyes; he had no one he wanted to bring in.

"Xiao Yue, who do you think put a bounty on your life?"

Chu Li had been holding it in the whole way and finally couldn't help but ask.

Gu Xiaoyue had also thought about it; she had made quite a few enemies by now.

Xiao Yun was locked up in the Xiao Family, and Yang Zheming shouldn't know she was an intermediate Beastmaster.

Lv Hao and Su Anxi were arrogant and proud; they wouldn't use a bounty to kill her, they would only think about defeating her in the arena.

Wei Liuyun and Bai Youlian should still be locked up in the psychiatric sanitarium.

Eliminating them one by one, the only person left who knew she was an intermediate Beastmaster with many rare treasures, yet was unwilling to spend a large amount of money to place a bounty on her...

...was likely only one person—Guan Yue!

Now that the assassins who took the bounty had been dealt with by them, the bounty would naturally be reissued in a week.

A Beastmaster who would accept a murder bounty for 300,000 star coins probably wouldn't be high-level, and Gu Xiaoyue wasn't afraid.

If they knew that the 300,000 star coins was a bounty for a quasi-Master Beastmaster, no one would likely take this job at all!

Gu Xiaoyue told Chu Li and Shui Lingyu her thoughts, and both of them seemed to have the intention of tearing Guan Yue to pieces.

"Although I'm not afraid of her, we are entering the secret realm in just over a month, so let's try not to leave the academy for now. After we come out of the secret realm, we'll settle the score with her!"

Shui Lingyu had given up his half-completed Beastmaster assessment to save her.

This matter itself wasn't particularly moving, but Shui Lingyu had been in an invisible state from the beginning and only revealed his form in front of her after killing the two assassins.

He must have done it on purpose, deliberately exposing his invisibility skill to Gu Xiaoyue.

This action was equivalent to Shui Lingyu willingly showing his trump card to Gu Xiaoyue.

In the future, as long as she wanted to, she could even manipulate Shui Lingyu at will.

No matter how stubborn Gu Xiaoyue was, Shui Lingyu had indeed saved her just now.

She was no longer awkward and went to find Principal Zheng to report the teammates for the secret realm.

Seeing that the knot between Gu Xiaoyue and Shui Lingyu seemed to have been untied, Principal Zheng happily registered the personnel.

Gu Xiaoyue didn't bother Principal Zheng much longer; as soon as things were done, she hurried back to her dormitory.

She hadn't even had a chance to check what the System Mall had unlocked yet!

With her consciousness entering the Yu Beast Space, the System Mall had unlocked accessories for an advanced Beastmaster.

Necklaces, rings, bracelets—800 points for one, with selectable attributes, redeemable once a month.

This was similar to what Shui Lingyu had given her before; they were accessories that added attributes and could be worn by both Beastmasters and their pet beasts.

When she opened the System Mall to see the items unlocked for a quasi-Master Beastmaster, she gasped.

How could it be—