Eternal Beast Taming Family

Heyu Town.

The carriage marked with the character "Chu" stopped on the street in front of the town mayor's mansion.

Not long after they arrived, the heads of the Shi and Zhang families, who were greeting each other, huddled together at close range.

With the passing of the old patriarch and the rise of the Chu family, the relationship between the two families seems to have become much closer.

Chu Jingyu stepped down from the carriage, and behind him, Chu Suyuan was carefully helped down from the carriage by her maids.

The current head of the Zhang family, Zhang Qingyuan, glanced at Chu Suyuan, a slight smile playing on his lips, and whispered to the head of the Shi family beside him:

"I really don't know where the Chu family got this girl from. Even if it's a fake, they're not putting in any effort. Her looks are far too ordinary."

Both families were familiar with the Chu family's population situation and knew that the girl who was to be sent to the county town was someone the Chu family had gotten from somewhere.

Shi Jingchun, the head of the Shi family, lowered his eyes, making his emotions unreadable.

"It seems the Chu family had no intention of being selected. That's fine, it saves them from trying to climb the social ladder by clinging to the county magistrate, lest there be no place for either of our families in Heyu Town."

Zhang Qingyuan pursed his lips. He didn't know if being chosen by the county magistrate for a wife was a good thing. But in any case, his Zhang family had to seize this opportunity, otherwise they would be forever suppressed in Heyu Town.

Thinking this to himself, he lowered his eyes to look at the slender girl behind Shi Jingchun. Her appearance was not particularly beautiful, but her eyebrows and eyes were sharp and she had a heroic air about her. Among the charming girls, she was quite attractive.

Chu Jingyu watched the Shi and Zhang families from afar. Seeing that they were getting close, he didn't come up to greet them. At this point, the two families had already formed an alliance, and he was too lazy to go up and make them unhappy.

Upon seeing Chu Jingyu's arrival, the guards at the door immediately went in to report. A short while later, Tang Cheng emerged from the town mayor's residence.

After a few days apart, Tang Cheng's internal injuries seemed to have improved; his complexion was rosy and he looked quite well.

He glanced at the girl behind the three family heads, and had already figured out their thoughts and intentions.

However, this was a matter between the various families and had little to do with him. After exchanging greetings, they didn't waste any more words and headed towards the passage leading to the outside world.

Upon arriving here, ordinary people could no longer accompany them, so the number of attendants was reduced significantly.

At this moment, Chu Jingyu noticed that behind the Zhang family patriarch were two veiled girls.

Chu Jingyu raised an eyebrow slightly; it seemed the Zhang family had put in quite a bit of effort.

The team consisted entirely of contract masters who had awakened their spiritual powers, so they moved quickly and arrived at the passage leading to the outer realm.

The relationship between the Paper Kite County and its subordinate towns is actually like a blooming flower.

The flower's stamen represents Paper Kite County, and each petal is like a subordinate "town".

Paper Hawk County acts as the stamen, connecting several independent "petals" together. Although they are all subordinate towns, they are not connected to each other, and travel between them requires using Paper Hawk County as a stepping stone.

Besides the Paper Kite County, the "Treasure Pavilion," which is independent of the towns, also connects the various towns. However, for some unknown reason, the "Treasure Pavilion" never allows people from different towns to use it as a springboard to connect with each other.

Thinking this, the group had already passed through the passage and arrived on the city wall.

As soon as we arrived outside, a blizzard began to fall from the sky, turning the surrounding world into a vast expanse of white.

Chu Jingyu thought that this might be a follow-up effect of the collapse of the ice valley on the surrounding environment. He wondered how long this change in the environment would last.

The family heads were alright, but the two girls brought by the Zhang family, as well as Chu Suyuan behind Chu Jingyu, were somewhat stunned. They seemed to be amazed by the wild and desolate scenery beyond the boundary.

Tang Cheng wasn't in a hurry; he waited until they calmed down before continuing to walk along the city wall.

After traveling about two kilometers, passing through the whirlpool passages on the city wall leading to other towns, a large and most frequently used whirlpool passage appeared on the side of the city wall.

Because the town mayor was leading the way, the group did not need to queue or pay any fees to enter the county town. They quickly entered the vortex passage and returned to the boundary.

The county town was indeed bustling, with a noticeable increase in the number of contract masters on the streets. Small source beasts also roamed freely without any regard for people, and various hawking cries filled the air.

Suddenly, they went from a wild and untamed place to a human world full of warmth and life.

As you approach the vortex passage, the streets are lined with vendors selling things like animal hides, special medicinal herbs and crystals, and some specially made weapons.

As they moved further away from the vortex tunnel, more and more ordinary people appeared on the streets, and they seemed to have more vitality than the town's residents.

Because of important business, Tang Cheng led them directly to the Xiao residence, where the county magistrate lived.

The Xiao Mansion was built in a grand style, with Qinggang stone casually paving the streets in front of the gate, and the walls were made of feather-patterned ore, a material that could be sold for hundreds of Yuanwen stones if just a piece was picked off.

People came and went in front of the Xiao residence, mostly town mayors from other towns. Tang Cheng would nod and greet some of them.

As they approached the Xiao residence, servants from the Xiao family soon came to greet them. After asking Tang Cheng and his companions which town they came from, the servants readily led them to the courtyard.

Upon entering the Xiao residence, they arrived at a gate and saw a row of servants dressed as maids, the one in the lead exuding the aura of a different-level contract master.

She curtsied to Tang Chengfu, "Welcome, distinguished guests. The front courtyard is for a banquet prepared for you gentlemen, so it is not appropriate for these ladies to accompany you."

Please, adults, hand them over to me. I will take them to another courtyard so they can participate in the next selection process.

There are indeed quite a few rules, which has a hint of the emperor selecting his concubines.

Tang Cheng had no objection, and the three family heads did not express any opinion either, so they let the four girls stay there and were taken away elsewhere by the maid behind the head maid.

"Then I will not disturb your enjoyment any longer. Please, sirs, enjoy your drinks tonight."

Tang Cheng then entered the courtyard behind the maid with the other family heads.

It's more like a plaza than a courtyard, with nearly two hundred square tables set up, one table per person. A number of people are already sitting there sparsely.

Tang Cheng stood at the courtyard gate, looked around for a moment, and then said, "Please take a seat."

Tang Cheng didn't seem to like crowds, so he chose a seat on the edge of the room. The heads of the Shi and Zhang families seemed to have some old acquaintances here, so they apologized to Tang Cheng and went elsewhere.

Chu Jingyu had never been involved in such a world of fame and fortune, nor did he particularly like polite but fake noise, so he sat down next to Tang Cheng.

As soon as the two sat down, the maids serving them immediately arranged for wine and food to be served. In no time, the nearly one and a half meter long table was filled with food.

What surprised Chu Jingyu was that none of the maids serving him were ordinary people; some were of lower mortal rank, while others were of higher mortal rank.

Tang Cheng glanced at Chu Jingyu beside him and smiled, "This is a good opportunity to establish relations with other aristocratic families. After all, your Chu family is a newly emerging aristocratic family, so it's never a bad thing to exchange ideas with them."