**Chapter 85: Beauty of the Soul Beast? Take Her Directly**
After clearly seeing that the other party was indeed a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast, Gu Ziyi only thought for a moment before making a decision.
"Sister Fei, go knock her out, and then we can take her away. I'm very confident that she's a Soul Beast."
So, Gu Ziyi requested Li Chanfei to kidnap the girl directly.
As for confirming, he hadn't confirmed anything and would wait until later to obtain his final verdict.
The situation was full of uncertainties. There was no information about this girl named Xiao Tao in the entire original work.
Either she was hiding, or she was discovered by someone else and hunted down.
Now that she was discovered, she must be captured directly.
Otherwise, no one would know when she would leave the Botanic Academy and hide. She didn't even participate in the Soul Master Competition, and she could leave at any time in the near future.
So Gu Ziyi instructed Li Chanfei to kidnap the girl directly so that nothing could go wrong.
This was a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast he discovered himself, so this Soul Beast belonged to him; he had nothing to worry about.
He was one of the Pope's personal disciples.
If he couldn't use this Soul Beast himself, he might as well keep it for Bibi Dong to enjoy.
He had already seen that she had romantic feelings for him, so there was nothing negative about giving it to her. After all, Bibi Dong would be his in the future.
The only thing he needed to worry about was that Yu Long might become greedy.
With Li Chanfei, he wasn't so concerned. She was his woman; if he couldn't trust her, it would be difficult to trust anyone in the future. Besides, the yin-yang interaction she experienced with Gu Ziyi would be far more beneficial to Li Chanfei than a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast.
It might be more appropriate for her to exert strength in bed.
That's why Gu Ziyi asked Li Chanfei to accompany him.
After they left, there was no need to worry about what would happen with Yu Long since he was still with him here.
And even if Yu Long became greedy, he would only dare to steal the 100,000-year-old Soul Beast and desert immediately from the Martial Soul Hall, but he would never dare touch a hair on him or Bibi Dong.
It's not a big problem to simply steal and desert. If he and Bibi Dong suffered any harm, he would be just a solitary Douluo without any real support. He would face the full force of the Martial Soul Hall hunting him down, and he would definitely be unable to escape their hands.
And no faction, even the sects, would dare protect him from such a pursuit.
After interacting with him over the years, Gu Ziyi knew the other party might be a little snobbish, but he certainly wasn't stupid.
If he really dared to snatch Xiao Tao, he would still be a Douluo; only he didn't know how many years it would take to become a Title Douluo and enjoy his loot. So, by stealing a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast that had taken human form, he wouldn't even need the Martial Soul Hall to act; he would just need to spread the news, and he would be finished.
"Okay, got it!"
When Li Chanfei heard Gu Ziyi's request, her eyes sparkled, and she then silently moved to attack the girl from behind.
Bang—
…
"Ahhh..."
With a scream, Xiao Tao woke up from her nightmare.
In her dream, her identity as a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast was exposed to human society. As a result, she was hunted for her bones before even reaching maturity.
After entering human society, she had nightmares many times, all similar to this one.
It often made her regret her decision. If she had known this beforehand, she wouldn't have followed this path. She was always afraid of being discovered.
But if she didn't transform into a human, she wouldn't survive the catastrophe.
Every time after having one of these nightmares, Xiao Tao secretly cursed her situation.
As soon as she reaches the stage of maturity and no longer needs to be around humans to practice, she will return to the Taoyuan Valley and never leave again.
"Where am I?"
However, when Xiao Tao woke up, before she could curse again this time, she realized the scenery in front of her was very wrong.
She was no longer at the academy.
When preparing to get up, Xiao Tao noticed her body was still tied up with a rope, and she couldn't stand.
"Are you awake?"
"Hey ~ your name is Xiao Tao, right? Are you really a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast who chose the path of transformation?"
When Bibi Dong saw Xiao Tao awake, she immediately stepped forward, knelt in front of her, and then curiously asked Xiao Tao.
Although she believed what her younger brother said, she still wanted to hear the girl's personal admission to confirm.
"I'm not a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast transformed; who are you? Let me go!"
After hearing Bibi Dong's words, Xiao Tao's face turned extremely pale, but she definitely didn't dare to admit it, so she struggled and shouted at her.
"You... You... who are you?"
"Uuuuuuh... How could I be a Soul Beast? Please let me go..."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuh~" (N/T: *Crying*)
Then she began to cry in fear of the situation.
She genuinely cried.
Fear and panic. That's what she felt.
She also remembered at this moment that she had been knocked out by a stealth attack on the academy campus.
If the other party could still guess her identity, Xiao Tao felt she was in big trouble now.
However, she definitely wouldn't admit it, as the girl questioning her obviously wasn't certain.
"Your Highness, is she really a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast?"
Seeing the poor, frightened, and helpless girl crying, Yu Long couldn't help but ask Gu Ziyi.
He doubted the boy or just wanted the boy to confirm it for him.
As for snatching Xiao Tao, he had no such plan.
"It shouldn't be wrong!"
Gu Ziyi said with a calm smile.
"No..."
"How could I be a Soul Beast? Brother, please don't talk nonsense…"
"Please let me go, I'm really not a Soul Beast!"
Upon hearing Gu Ziyi's words, Xiao Tao suddenly cried out in injustice.
After hearing the group's doubts, she was even more certain that there wasn't a Title Douluo among them who could see through her secret identity, otherwise there would be no such doubts from them.
"Younger brother, are you really certain?"
"Look how pitiful she looks; she doesn't resemble a Soul Beast at all!"
When Bibi Dong saw Xiao Tao's weak and pitiful expression, she immediately rose to support her and looked at Gu Ziyi.
In her impression, how could a Soul Beast act like this?
Aren't all Soul Beasts exceptionally fierce?
"If it's truly not the case, we can just let her go when the time comes!"
"We just need to take her back with us; our teacher can quickly confirm whether or not she is a Soul Beast."
Gu Ziyi's expression remained unchanged, and he didn't doubt himself because of Xiao Tao's appearance.
Xiao Tao, who was still pretending to be hurt, suddenly changed her expression upon hearing Gu Ziyi's next words.
Only a Title Douluo could see through her identity at a glance!
If the teacher on the other side was truly a Title Douluo, then once she was taken back, her game would definitely be over.
"No, I'm from the Botanic Academy, you can't take me away like this."
"You bandits, let me go back quickly…"
Anxious and scared about the situation, she still struggled as if her life depended on it.
"You're scared!"
"It seems that the younger brother is right; you really are a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast who took the path of transformation!"
But this time, Bibi Dong noticed the frightened look on Xiao Tao's face with certainty.
"No... I'm not..."
But before Xiao Tao could finish speaking, Bibi Dong summoned a spider silk ball to seal her mouth.
"It's almost time to end the rest; let's continue on our way!"
"We'll return directly to the Martial Soul Hall!"
Seeing this, Gu Ziyi also stood up.
"Yes, yes, I've captured a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast. The Pope will definitely be shocked when he finds out!"
"Your Highness is still very good. You can even guess her identity through only a few loose clues."
Li Chanfei nodded upon hearing him and then carried Xiao Tao.
'It's over...'
Xiao Tao's eyes darkened in despair, feeling there was no hope left to escape her situation.
'Damn it, it's all because of that bastard!'
Xiao Tao, who already knew she had no hope of escape, could only look at Gu Ziyi with hatred in her beautiful eyes.
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(End of chapter)
N/E: I'll be taking a personal day off, I'm reaching the final stretch of my studies for the test, there's one month left until the date, I'll be reorganizing my schedule, because now it's just review and doing questions, so I'll be back in a day. Thank you for your understanding, guys.
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