Eternal Beast Taming Family

The performance of the "Golden Armor Jade Eye Beast" in the past few days has thoroughly demonstrated to all the villagers of Qixia Village just how terrifying a Spirit-Rank Source Beast can be.

The two mountains that had separated their ancestors for generations were leveled in just a few days. Looking at the hard, flat ground, it was hard to imagine that just a few days ago, these were two mountains hundreds of meters high.

After designating one of the high mountains as the site for the new Qixia Village, Chu Qinhui looked at the plain formed by another mountain.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Let's fence that area off and turn it into grassland."

The Chu family has been breeding and raising more and more source beasts recently, and the small space in the backyard is no longer enough. Moreover, the Chu family wants to create a guard team composed entirely of contract masters that belongs exclusively to their own family in the future, which will greatly increase their demand for source beasts.

All of these require advance planning, so it's a good idea to start building up a pasture specifically for raising source beasts now.

The previous steward had already left with the skilled craftsmen, so Chu Qinhui assigned the task to another, slightly younger steward.

Without further ado, the steward accepted Chu Qinhui's order and went out to gather the servants to do his work.

Chu Qinhui picked up a book from the desk and read it for a while when someone knocked on the door.

They let him in and found that he was a steward who had been sent to town to handle some matters.

Upon seeing Chu Qinhui, the man first bowed respectfully, then said with a hint of joy, "Young Master, we have made initial contact with two members of the Zhang family's main branch."

"Two people?" Chu Qinhui's expression shifted.

"Yes, one of them is Zhang Qinghe, the son of the second uncle of the Zhang family patriarch, who is also his cousin."

Another person is Zhang Jingchan, the fourth uncle of the Zhang family patriarch. These two, besides the current acting patriarch Zhang Jinglu, are the most likely to have contact with the family's source artifact.

A hint of joy appeared on Chu Qinhui's face. "How did things go after the initial contact?"

"It's neither good nor bad. After getting to know him, it seems that Zhang Jingchan, the fourth uncle of the Zhang family, doesn't have a strong sense of family belonging."

However, Zhang Qinghe seemed somewhat agitated after we mentioned the Zhang family's source artifact. We always felt that Zhang Jingchan had a better chance of succeeding.

As for specifics, we need to engage in deeper discussions before we can formulate appropriate strategies.

"Alright, let's make contact with these two first, without alerting them too easily. You can promise them that if they can exchange their family's source artifacts, you can provide them with a stable method to advance their family's source beasts to the spirit-level species."

The manager took a deep breath. Spirit-rank beasts were definitely among the top-tier source beasts in Heyu Town. If there were a method to stably cultivate spirit-rank beasts...

That means the Zhang family can produce Spirit-Rank Contract Masters generation after generation, and not just the current Zhang family head who was forcibly promoted.

With this condition as leverage, the steward's confidence in making the matter more likely increased. No family is without its parasites, especially a family like the Zhang family that has existed in Heyu Town for too long.

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In the Thousand Spirits City, within the assessment secret realm, the sky gradually darkened.

Chu Shengfan looked helplessly at Ye Chunheng, who was leisurely leaning against "Jinlan Wanghu". He didn't expect that after an afternoon, Ye Chunheng would still be able to find him, especially at such a dark time.

The outcome of the attack on the "Queen of the Dark Blood Bees" is unknown, but the blood mist in that area has not yet dissipated.

Moreover, although Ye Chunheng in front of him appeared calm and collected, his expression was clearly somewhat listless.

Moreover, the "Golden Orchid King Tiger" has extremely fine scars on its body. Even with its powerful self-repair ability, it has not been able to repair them successfully in such a long time, which shows what a fierce battle it went through that afternoon.

Looking at the somewhat proud and strained young man, Chu Shengfan opened his mouth, "Do you want me to help with the treatment?"

Ye Chunheng glanced at Chu Shengfan, somewhat tempted, but then seemed to remember something, shook his head, and replied in a nonchalant manner, "It's nothing, just minor injuries."

Chu Shengfan touched the corner of his mouth with his hand. He really was a stubborn duck.

He saw the attraction in his eyes just now. Could it be that he's forcing himself to refuse treatment just to save face in front of his "little brother"?

Upon hearing his answer, "Jinlan Wanghu" looked deeply incredulous, as he hadn't said that when he came to find him before.

Who was it that comforted me back then, saying that my newly recruited little brother had a powerful source beast, and that once found, he would be cured and no longer suffer from the constant stinging pain? How come things have changed here?

Thinking this, "Jinlan Wanghu" snorted and cast a disdainful glance at Ye Chunheng, who was leaning against him.

Then, caught off guard, Ye Chunheng took a step to the side and staggered. He quickly steadied himself to avoid the embarrassing sight of falling to the ground in front of Chu Shengfan.

Chu Shengfan moved closer to the man and the beast, and the "Myriad Flower Butterfly Spirit" on his shoulder flew out automatically, arriving above them.

With a gentle flap of its wings, pinkish-purple pollen fell from between the fluttering wings, and the fine wounds slowly began to heal in about a minute.

There were no more injuries visible on either the person or the beast.

"Your source beast is very powerful." Seemingly not one to express gratitude, Ye Chunheng hesitated for a long time before finally offering a word of praise.

To be honest, this afternoon we experienced three more invasions by different types of source beasts. Chu Shengfan even suffered quite a few injuries. It was only because he had a medicinal beast by his side that he is still standing here in good condition.

After the treatment, Chu Shengfan lit a campfire on the flat ground in front of him, sat down by the fire, and asked Ye Chunheng about the attack on the "Dark Blood Bee Queen".

Upon hearing the question, Ye Chunheng waved his hand in frustration, "I wandered around in the blood mist for most of the day, and I didn't even see a shadow of the Queen of the Dark Blood Bees."

Chu Shengfan was puzzled. "Then what about these injuries on your body?" He had originally thought they were caused by the Queen of the Dark Blood Bees.

"I ran into a group of annoying people and got into a fight with them."

It was clearly a personal grudge. Chu Shengfan was a very principled person, so he didn't ask any further questions and changed the subject:

Will there be another horde of Source Beasts attacking tonight?

Ye Chunheng sat down opposite Chu Shengfan and consciously added a few pieces of firewood to the campfire.

"These examiners are really cunning; the nights must be even harder than the days."

Perhaps to put pressure on the remaining children who were taking the test in the secret realm, that voice rang out again.

"After the daytime assessment, there are currently 1,300 candidates remaining. Please keep up the good work. The evening assessment will begin soon, and the source beasts you will face afterward will not be announced."

Wishing all test takers a peaceful Christmas Eve.

The usually calm voice, when giving the report, showed a shift in emotion, seemingly containing a hint of mockery.