Eternal Beast Taming Family

The county magistrate immediately stood up from his seat, bowed deeply to the man in the main seat, and replied with unusual humility.

"In response to your question, sir, Xiao Muchu naturally accepts this punishment."

Seeing that he made no excuses, the man in the main seat seemed quite satisfied.

"In that case, I will now explain your punishment."

The county magistrate stared at the ground in front of him, feeling inevitably nervous, wondering if his family had intervened on his behalf.

The man in the main seat threw something in front of County Magistrate Xiao Muchu. Xiao Muchu glanced at it, and at just one look, the blood in his veins seemed to freeze.

"Xiao Muchu, a renowned family of the seventh rank, failed to properly monitor the local area, which led to the Huo family fleeing with the boundary-suppressing artifact. Paper Hawk County faced the danger of breaking the boundary and its fortune declined."

As punishment, Xiao Muchu's lineage was relocated from the seventh-rank Xiao family, forging a new contract for the Origin Artifact and establishing the Paper Hawk Xiao Clan to suppress destiny.

After hearing the words of the burly man in the main seat, Xiao Muchu was almost stunned on the spot. He stared blankly at the stone statue of a god on the ground in front of him, feeling a chill run down his spine.

"Xiao Muchu, do you accept your punishment?"

Seeing that Xiao Muchu did not respond for a long time, the man asked again in a cold voice.

Xiao Muchu was brought back to his senses by those words. He raised his head, his eyes gradually regaining their calm.

"Xiao Muchu, accept the punishment."

How could the man not see the resentful anger beneath Xiao Muchu's calm exterior? But he didn't care. He stood up from his seat and walked down to the hall.

The stone statue rose between the two, asking, "Did you separate yourself from the Xiao family bloodline, or did you bring your branch with you?"

"It's enough for just me."

After saying this, Xiao Muchu raised his palm, and crimson blood energy surged from his palm, enveloping all the stone statues in the air.

About fifteen minutes later, the statue seemed to absorb the blood energy of the deity, and its entire body was surrounded by tiny, shimmering spiritual light.

Xiao Muchu felt a blood connection between himself and the source artifact in front of him at this moment, but he felt no joy at all.

This means that he has completely changed from the Xiao family of Qianling to the Xiao family of Zhiyao County. Although his feelings for the Xiao family are still there, he is now a bloodline that has truly been separated from the family.

They will no longer be able to withstand the various enhancements from the Xiao family's source artifacts, and any advancements they make will not be able to be reported back to the clan, thus truly becoming disconnected from their bloodline.

Watching Xiao Muchu sign the contract with the Source Artifact, the burly man pointed his right hand to the sky and his left hand to the Source Artifact.

"With the source artifact, the paper kite is established, and the fortunes of all races converge here."

A flash of golden light appeared, and the source artifact in front of him grew larger, becoming taller than a person in just a moment.

"This source artifact is the foundation of the realm, so I hope you will protect it well. If such a situation occurs again, it will not be a matter of picking it up high and putting it down lightly."

After saying his last words, the burly man vanished from Xiao Muchu's sight in a flash.

Xiao Muchu bowed slightly as a farewell gesture. After a moment, he straightened up and stared at the source artifact statue in front of him with a complicated expression.

From then on, he had to guard the statue and could not leave it; this small county of paper kites became the prison that confined him.

After a long pause, he turned around and shouted fiercely towards the outside of the hall:

"Pass on my order: immediately capture any remaining members of the Huo family and execute them in a sacrificial ceremony three days later."

A chilling wind blew from inside the hall to outside, eventually spreading throughout the entire Paper Kite County.

……

As Qixia Mountain was the Chu family's private territory, it was naturally led by Chu Jingyu to the area during the extermination of the source beasts.

Therefore, the jellyfish and ice lotus in the back mountain of the Chu family are now in a semi-free-range state.

Upon returning home, Chu Jingyu told him about resigning from his position on Chu Shengfan's behalf and his plan to send him to the prefectural city to take the entrance exam for school.

Chu Qinhui and his wife naturally had no objections, but Chu Shengfan was somewhat puzzled.

"Why would Grandfather suddenly decide to send me to the prefectural city for further studies?"

Faced with Chu Shengfan's doubts, Chu Jingyu smiled and said, "If your grandfather hadn't brought it up, I really wouldn't have had this idea. Before, when our family was poor, all we had was for your father to teach you to read a few words."

Now that we're somewhat well-off, we naturally want you to go out and broaden your horizons.

"Has Grandfather ever been to the prefectural city?" Chu Shenghan asked curiously from the side.

Chu Jingyu paused for a moment, then readily admitted, "Of course I haven't been there, but as a city of a higher rank than our Paper Hawk County, one can imagine its prosperity and extravagance."

Seeing the longing in the eyes of everyone in the Chu family, Chu Jingyu smiled.

"However, I heard that the entrance exam for Thousand Spirits Academy requires an assessment, and there are still nearly three months until the assessment. Considering the travel time, Xiao Fan has more than two months to prepare."

"You should stay with your Grandpa Sun in town. He goes to many places, so you can ask him more questions. Also, go to the Treasure Pavilion and buy some books to broaden your knowledge, okay?"

A nameless panic welled up inside Chu Shengfan at the thought of leaving home. He steadied himself.

"Grandpa, I don't really want to go to the academy. How about we wait until my younger siblings are older and let them try it out?"

"Your younger siblings will be going. As the older brother, shouldn't you go first to scout things out and find out what kind of place the Fucheng Academy is?"

Chu Jingyu assumed that Chu Shengfan was just afraid of spending his family's money.

"Don't worry, we don't lack spirit stones at home right now. At worst, we can sell a few more Moon-Worshipping Rabbits. I'm even thinking of using you as a springboard to expand our business to the prefectural city."

Hearing his grandfather say this, Chu Shengfan suddenly felt at ease. He placed his hand on his chest and said, "Okay, then I'll go and try it first."

……

The next day, in Heyu Town, the bright sunlight shone into the Medicine Heart Hall. The apprentices had just opened the door when they discovered several figures standing outside, like statues.

Squinting from the intense sunlight, the apprentice waited until his eyes adjusted before recognizing one of the figures.

"Mayor, please come in, please come in. Shopkeeper, the mayor is here."

Upon hearing the apprentice's words, the shopkeeper quickly pulled back from his stretch and jogged to the door. Sure enough, Tang Cheng was standing outside the shop.

He immediately bowed and said, "Please, Mayor, go to the flower hall to wait. I will go and inform my master right away."

Tang Cheng looked questioningly at the middle-aged man beside him, who nodded slightly before he spoke to the shopkeeper:

"I hope the shopkeeper won't mind if I bring a few more people?"

The shopkeeper had witnessed the interaction between the two men. He couldn't discern the other man's level of cultivation, but he could sense that the other man seemed to be even more distinguished than Mayor Tang.

As for the others, they stood outside the door like guards and did not follow Tang Cheng and the mysterious man into the Medicine Heart Hall.

He led the people into the flower hall, had the servants serve them the finest tea, and then personally went to inform the other courtyards.

In the backyard, Sun Chunchen, who was holding the "Moon-Worshipping Rabbits" and personally feeding them the pills they had prepared, glanced back at the shopkeeper.

"You mean, Tang Cheng brought along a man who seemed to be of even higher status than him?"

The shopkeeper nodded. "Yes, and I always feel that their auras seem to come from the same lineage, and they are very likely from the same family."

Sun Chunchen clapped his hands, brushing off the medicinal powder that had gotten on them.

"If one person knows, a hundred will know; we can't stay here for long."