Eternal Beast Taming Family

A brief and fragile alliance was formed, based solely on verbal promises from the two teenagers.

However, one side believes that it has gained a little follower who owns a medicinal beast.

One side believes that the two are currently in a temporary working relationship.

Chu Shengfan was indeed much better off after that. The tiger-shaped source beast that the boy was riding was of unknown quality. Even when facing the siege of dozens of "Netherblood Mad Bees" at the same time, it was still able to easily deal with it with a roar.

All Chu Shengfan needed to do was wait until those "Dark Blood Bees" were controlled in mid-air, then go up and finish them off with a single blow. That way, he could at least feel a sense of participation.

An hour had passed since the voice appeared, and the dark clouds covering the sky had finally thinned considerably. At this moment, the voice appeared again.

"The Dark Blood Peak has appeared in the assessment area. Successfully defeating it will grant an additional 100 assessment points."

Chu Shengfan's heart skipped a beat; there would actually be an extra task assigned during this assessment.

The dark clouds in the sky slowly gathered into several strands, and then converged in a certain direction in the dense forest, as if that was the location of the "Queen of the Dark Blood Bees".

The tiger-driving boy's face lit up with excitement as he shouted to Chu Shengfan, "Let's go take a look!"

Chu Shengfan frowned slightly, sensing that the place where the queen bee was located must be a place of trouble. After all, when the examinees were gathered, he had seen many spirit-level examinees come in.

This mission seems to be designed for contract masters of the Spirit Rank. He and the tiger-driving boy are both of the Other Rank, so they'll probably just be there to join in the fun.

But seeing the boy's excitement, and his innocent, untouched appearance, Chu Shengfan didn't say anything and just silently followed him.

……

Heyu Town.

The day after the Zhang family patriarch was transferred to the outer region, the Chu family's pharmacy and animal medicine shop reopened.

This time, the Zhang family truly learned to be honest and did not send anyone to cause trouble through underhanded means.

The very next day, Shi Jingtai from the Shi family visited again, this time not secretly at night, but in broad daylight.

Chu Qinhui received him in the main hall of the front yard.

"Young Master Chu, how is it? Our Shi family has fulfilled our pledge of allegiance. Are you satisfied?"

When Shi Jingtai said this, there was a hint of pride on his face, as if he were telling Chu Qinhui that the Shi family had the ability to do this.

Chu Qinhui slowly shook his head. "Actually, I'm quite curious how your Shi family managed to wipe out the group of people guarding the mine in an instant. After all, your Shi family only has three high-ranking contract masters."

Even under siege, it's impossible to remain completely silent. Moreover, there's almost no trace of the aftershocks of the battle there.

Shi Jingtai's expression stiffened. "Then naturally there are other methods. As an ally, does Young Master Chu even need to inquire about this?"

"It's not that we need to find out the details, it's just that things were too clean and efficient. Unless the Shi family also has a Spirit Rank Contract Master behind them, the mere traces of battle wouldn't have allowed the Zhang family to directly attack our Chu Family Mountain."

Chu Qinhui spoke lightly, as if he were floating down from the sky, but Shi Jingtai broke out in a cold sweat.

Chu Qinhui's gaze sharpened, piercing straight into Shi Jingtai's heart; he clearly didn't believe Shi Jingtai's earlier words.

Shi Jingtai chuckled dryly, "Is that so? Then it seems that Young Master Chu still needs to learn more about our Shi family. As allies of the Chu family, we can't fall too far behind."

Chu Qinhui withdrew his gaze. It seemed that Shi Jingtai had made up his mind not to say anything. He lifted the lid of the teacup beside him and asked softly:

"Now that the Zhang family has been refuted by the county magistrate, and even the patriarch has been transferred to a post outside the territory, they should no longer be bullying your Shi family for some time. So what brings you here today?"

Shi Jingtai steadied his turbulent emotions and put on a gentle smile again. "As the saying goes, what goes around comes around. The Zhang family is so arrogant; if they wait until that woman in the county gives birth..."

The Zhang family patriarch has also returned from beyond the border. The oppression they suffered today will surely be returned. At that time, the Zhang family is the maternal uncle's family of the county magistrate's son. If they say a few words, how can our two families survive?

Chu Qinhui paused in his actions. "So, according to your opinion?"

"Why not use some means to bring the Zhang family down to earth? Not to mention whether Zhang Qingyuan can return to the realm alive, even if he does, the family will be severely damaged, and it will take time to repair anything they want to do."

Isn't this the best opportunity for both our families to develop?

Hearing his words, Chu Qinhui smiled, but his eyes turned cold. The Shi family's intentions were really obvious. They were using Chu Jingyu, the head of the Chu family, as a weapon to kill the people the Shi family hated.

"Shi Jingtai, your Shi family is really good at scheming. Now, apart from the town mayor Tang Chengke, my father is the only Spirit Rank Contract Master in the town."

"Before, just because one person died, they blamed it all on my father. If a few more members of the Zhang family die, do you think a few more big shots from the county won't come to investigate?"

Upon hearing Chu Qinhui's clear refusal, Shi Jingtai's expression also turned somewhat cold.

"Allies should give and take. Our Shi family doesn't ask for much; we just want the Chu family to do something in return—kill only one member of the Zhang family who is a high-ranking outsider. How about that?"

Chu Qinhui chuckled softly, "Your Shi family committed murder, and my Chu family took the blame. Logically, the score should be even. But if you kill another member of the Zhang family, wouldn't that confirm that the first one was also killed by my Chu family? Your Shi family can completely get away with it. How ingenious!"

Upon hearing this, Shi Jingtai stood up angrily. "So this is what the Chu family thinks of my Shi family. My Shi family led our allies with utmost sincerity, only to be met with their utmost suspicion. I think this alliance should be nullified."

Having said that, he flicked his sleeves and strode out the door.

Chu Qinhui did not speak up to stop them. He guessed that the Shi family had no good intentions in wanting to cooperate with the Chu family. He guessed that it was some powerful family in the county that had approached the Shi family.

It wasn't aimed at the Chu family, but rather they just wanted to find a knife to eliminate the Zhang family. After all, the other powerful families in the town probably didn't want another powerful family to emerge in the entire Paper Hawk County.

Although it's not certain that the Zhang family will extend their influence into the town, that's how those powerful families always are—nipping problems in the bud. Unless someone suddenly rises to prominence, any sign of trouble will be suppressed by them.

Perhaps involving the Chu family was simply a matter of following the trend.

Chu Qinhui sighed softly, it was just a pity that he hadn't been able to find out which family in the county was backing the Shi family.

Unable to find an answer, Chu Qinhui didn't force himself to think about the question any further, and instead turned his attention to another, more difficult problem.

How exactly can we obtain the source artifact from the Zhang family?

As the lifeblood of a family, one can only have contact with a very limited number of people.

The problem posed by Chu Zu is indeed quite difficult to solve!