Eternal Beast Taming Family

Family: Chu Family

Rank: Ninth Rank, Humble Beginning

Family members: ...

Family assets: an 18-mu residence, Qixia Village (3,217 villagers), 1,300 source spirit stones, 17,044 source pattern stones, a medicine shop, a medicine and animal shop, 10 mu of ordinary-grade medicinal fields, and other items and land.

Family Origin Beasts: Moon-Worshipping Rabbit (21 mortal-rank), Herbal Powder-Eared Rabbit (55 mortal-rank), Azure Fang Wolf (3 extra-tier), Azure Wolf (19 mortal-rank), Azure Water Crocodile (5 extra-tier), Water Crocodile (10 mortal-rank).

Family location:…

Family Reputation: 60 points (Fame and Jade Town)

Family fortune: White, six inches

Chu Mu examined the "Nameless Book" in the ancestral hall, observing the changes in the Chu family's information, and sighed helplessly.

The Chu family is still missing the appearance of a second Spirit Rank Contract Master before it can be promoted to an eighth-grade aristocratic family. According to the normal cultivation speed of Contract Masters, even Chu Shengfan, who currently has the highest level, would probably need four or five years to achieve this.

If things don't go smoothly, it could take another ten years or more.

This was only possible because Chu Mu was there, who evolved all the source beasts they had contracted into spirit-level species. Otherwise, they would have needed additional opportunities and many more years of training to give birth to the next spirit-level beast.

This is the current situation of many aristocratic families in this world, and it is also why, after so many years of accumulation, the Zhang family and other aristocratic families are still only a lowly ninth-rank family.

Because many evolutionary paths are controlled by powerful families, lower-ranking families have no path to evolution. Even if a source beast reaches a bottleneck, it can only endure the passage of time. Only when it encounters some special materials does it have a chance to transform.

Name: Chu Shengfan

Family identity: Bloodline member

Rank: Lower rank of another rank

Age: Thirteen years old

Contracted Source Beasts: Myriad Flower Butterfly Spirit (Lower Tier), Spirit Origin Mica (Middle Tier)

Contract Master Talent: None

Condition: Tired, needing to rest

Family Relationships: Son of Chu Qinhui and Jiang Nian, grandson of Chu Jingyu…

During the time Chu Shengfan was away from home, Chu Mu would frequently check on him, fearing that something might have happened to him when he wasn't paying attention.

Although he knew that even if he visited frequently, it wouldn't help much, just seeing that he was alright was a comfort, after all, this child was so precocious that it was heartbreaking.

To be honest, having spent so much time in the Ninth-Rank Humble Family, Chu Mu is now very much looking forward to the day when he is promoted to the Eighth-Rank Elite Family and his Origin Artifact will undergo new changes in ability.

So, on this ordinary day at the end of spring, just before the start of summer, Chu Mu summoned the two current leaders of the Chu family to the ancestral hall.

After summoning the two, Chu Mu only mentioned two points: the future development direction of the Chu family.

"Build a school and level the mountain."

Upon hearing Chu Mu's request, Chu Jingyu cupped his hands in greeting, "Ancestor Chu, what kind of school do you wish to build? Which mountain do you want to level?"

"Build a school for all school-age children in Qixia Village. We can start by teaching them some basic common sense, and then teach them some professional knowledge when they are older, so that we can continuously produce the talents that the Chu family needs."

Pingshan means that, apart from Qixia Mountain, the two nearby mountains will be leveled to build a larger town, which will also create more fertile land and make it easier for villagers to travel.

Based solely on Chu Mu's few words, Chu Jingyu's eyes flickered, and he guessed that Chu Zu was not building a village at all, but clearly wanted to build a town independent of Heyu Town.

Although the initial investment was high, it was a good thing for the Chu family for generations to come, so Chu Jingyu did not raise any objections. Instead, he asked Chu Mu some questions about some details.

They were determined to complete these two tasks perfectly. They still had no clue how to seize the Zhang family's source artifacts, as Chu Zu had instructed them to do. If they couldn't complete this task successfully, they would truly have no face to face Chu Zu.

Chu Jingyu and Chu Qinhui stayed in the ancestral hall for nearly an hour, finalizing all the details with Chu Mu before excitedly bidding farewell and returning home.

After the father and son left, Chu Mu continued to browse through the information of everyone in the Chu family out of boredom. It wasn't until he saw Jiang Nian that he noticed a significant difference from before.

Name: Jiang Nian

Family status: Wife of the young clan leader

Rank: Upper Mortal Rank

Age: 35

Contracted Source Beast: Pink Rock Crystal Python (High-level Mortal Rank)

Contract Master Talent: None

Status: Pregnant, sleepy, currently practicing meditation

Family Relationships: Chu Qinhui's wife...

Chu Mu's eyes lit up. Jiang Nian was already pregnant. It seemed that in the near future, the Chu family, which was already sparsely populated, would welcome a new member.

……

Inside the secret realm of assessment.

Led by Ye Chunheng, the tiger-driving boy, the two gradually approached the dense forest where the "Dark Blood Queen Bee" was located.

However, many contract masters had already been here before the two of them. The source beasts and the corpses of contract masters scattered everywhere, as well as the fallen trees and the fireballs burning in only a small area, all indicated the ferocity of the previous battle.

Seeing the horrific scene before him, Chu Shengfan frowned slightly, seemingly unaccustomed to the sight. "They all died here?"

Ye Chunheng jumped off the tiger-shaped source beast, moved closer to Chu Shengfan, patted him on the shoulder, and whispered in his ear:

"Let me tell you a secret: the battlefield scene you're seeing is real, but not all of these corpses are real."

Those contract masters and their source beasts had already been teleported away when their lives were in danger. These corpses left behind are merely to emphasize the brutal atmosphere of the battlefield, serving as another kind of test.

Chu Shengfan blinked, surprised that all of this was fake. Looking at it again with this mindset, he did notice a slight sense of incongruity.

Without paying much attention, a figure swept past the two, accompanied by a cold voice.

"This is a battlefield for Spirit-rank Contract Masters. You two of different ranks, get away from here quickly."

Chu Shengfan didn't even get a clear look at the person who spoke before the person disappeared ahead.

Ye Chunheng, standing to the side, was so angry at these words that he jumped up and down. "Hey, hey, hey, how can you talk like that? Don't underestimate those of different ranks, okay? My sworn brother, Wang Hu, is no pushover either."

Jinlan Wanghu, Chu Shengfan looked at it again. It was a tiger-shaped source beast that seemed lazy when it wasn't fighting. He pondered the name in his mind. Could this tiger have some connection with the king beast?

The naming of the source beasts in this world follows certain patterns. Sometimes it is related to their skill attributes, and sometimes it is related to their realm.

For example, in "Lingyuan Yunmu", the character "Ling" represents its racial potential, and "Lingyuan" is related to its realm.

For example, the "异" in "寒号异鸟" means that its racial potential is of an "异" rank.

Furthermore, the "spirit" in "Fengjiao Huanglinglu" represents its realm.

The character "王" (king) in the "金兰王虎" (Golden Orchid King Tiger) before him naturally made Chu Shengfan think of many things. However, it was also possible that it only contained a trace of royal blood, hence the inclusion of the character "王".

Regardless of the possibility, it indicates that Ye Chunheng's background and identity are by no means ordinary.