Eternal Beast Taming Family

Chuyancheng.

In the entire Jingyuan Dynasty, Chuyan City was considered a relatively remote small city.

According to the elders, in ancient times, Chuyan City was a medium-sized city with four or five Domain-level Contract Masters stationed there.

However, as time went by and the resources of the source beasts around the city became scarce, some powerful clans used various means to migrate to other cities.

Some powerful clans were unable to leave and could only decline generation after generation.

Now, even the city lord of Chuyan City is only at the lowest level of the Domain Rank. A city has become no different from a small county town in terms of its level of power.

The current city lord is not involved in any affairs, and the Chu family is the only powerful family in the city.

Even if the Chu family reigns supreme in Chuyan City, the family patriarch is merely a high-level Spirit Rank Contract Master, not comparable to the city lord.

The city was lifeless. In recent years, both the Chu family and the city lord's mansion had been issuing fewer and fewer opening spirit quotas, and there were hardly any contract masters walking on the streets.

However, a major event has indeed occurred in Chuyan City recently: a new tall building has been constructed in the city center, named Chu Huan Tower.

I heard it's a force from outside Chuyan City that deals in source beasts, selling things like source beast materials and all sorts of treasures.

The sudden opening of such a huge shopping mall in the gradually declining Chuyan City is undoubtedly huge news.

Nowadays, the Chu family controls all business related to source beasts in Chuyan City. Faced with their exorbitant prices, the independent cultivators and contract masters of small families in the city have long dared not speak out against them.

So, in the days leading up to the opening of this mall, the contract masters in the city were already very much looking forward to it.

On August 20th, the gates of Chu Huanlou, which had been tightly closed since its completion, were finally opened.

Without any boss showing up or a ribbon-cutting ceremony, the local staff hired by the building opened the door, and Chu Huan Lou began its business.

The contract masters, who had been waiting for a long time, eagerly poured into the building, and the next moment, various exclamations of surprise rang out.

"Wow, the hemostatic powder only costs two Source Stones. I remember the Chu family's shops usually sell it for at least five Source Stones, right?"

"This, this, the staple food of the horned sheep, is only one source stone for a bundle of grass. My horned sheep has a good chance of being promoted."

"They even sell source beasts here, as well as medicinal herb seeds."

……

The three floors below were bustling with noise, while the three floors above were completely silent.

Steward Liu and Jiang Yan, who were in charge of the construction of the entire Chu Huanlou, were receiving Chu Jingyu and others from Zhiyao County, so they naturally had no time to care about whether the store would open or not.

Chu Jingyu stood by the window, glanced outside, and saw the contract masters, having received the news, rushing into the building from all directions. He nodded in satisfaction.

"You two did a good job, but were you interfered with in any way during this time?"

Steward Liu was a man in his thirties, whose real name was Liu Yuhuan. His cultivation level was at the mid-tier of the Extraordinary Realm, not particularly high among the teams that came to Chuyan City to expand their territory, but he was very experienced.

Therefore, Chu Jingyu entrusted him with the responsibility of things here. Jiang Yan was planted by Chu Qinhui just to give him more experience.

Judging from the results, they did a very good job.

"We did encounter people from the Chu family causing trouble, but our team already had several Spirit Rank Contract Masters sent by you as guards."

They also contacted the City Lord's Mansion, offering them a portion of the profits, and he provided some protection when necessary, so the Chu family member didn't cause any trouble.

Thinking of what he had seen along the way, Chu Jingyu let out a soft hum.

"Both the city lord and the head of the Chu family are incompetent and lazy. It's a shame that Chuyan City has fallen to such a state."

Steward Liu was naturally unaware of the complicated love-hate relationship between the patriarch, the Chu family, and Chuyan City.

"That city lord was easy to fool. We gave him some benefits, and he agreed to give us this central location."

But the Chu family... seems very wary of us; there are quite a few people watching us around the area.

Chu Jingyu shook his head, not particularly concerned, "Let them be."

His fingers tapped rhythmically on the window frame a few times. "Go and send an invitation to every major and minor power in Chuyan City that you can think of."

They were invited to a banquet three days later on the fifth floor of Chu Huan Lou.

Butler Liu didn't ask why, nodded in agreement, and then made the arrangements.

Chu Qinhui glanced at his father and said, "Father, I want to go for a walk in the city."

Chu Jingyu looked out the window with a hint of reminiscence. In response to Chu Qinhui's words, he gave a soft "hmm".

"Me too! Me too!"

Seeing that his grandfather agreed, Chu Shengyuan immediately echoed.

After Chu Shengyuan agreed, Nan Li's eyes widened, and she quickly said, "Then I'll go too." She looked like a little follower.

"Go, all of you, go!"

With a slight twitch of her fingers, the old woman, Han, produced a fish with butterfly wings that emerged from her fingertips and swam to Nan Li's side.

"I won't go. This little fish will watch over you for me."

Nan Li responded and followed Chu Shengyuan out the door.

"Young Miss, why do you like following me around? I've already agreed to the marriage, can we keep our distance and give each other some personal space?"

On the street, Chu Shengyuan lowered his voice and said helplessly to Nan Li.

Nan Li's eyes darted around, a sly look flashing across her face. "To tell you the truth, they say good things will happen if you stay by my side. Why don't we go to an antique and curio shop and see if we can find something good?"

That's what I read in traditional Chinese novels—it's about finding bargains.

Chu Shengyuan glanced at his father and refused directly.

"No, I'm not going. My luck is meant for great things, not for wasting on such trivial matters."

Nan Li clicked her tongue twice. "You talk as if you can control your own luck. If you could, you wouldn't have let me break through when we first met."

Hearing Nan Li mention this, Chu Shengyuan felt discouraged. Just as Nan Li said, he had no way to control his own luck, and even Chu Zu could not see the upper limit of his luck.

Chu Shengyuan originally felt that he had already achieved quite a lot at this age and level, and was among the most outstanding in the academy.

Now, seeing Nan Li, who is about the same age as him, but is a whole realm higher than him, his desire to break through is incredibly strong.

"I know I can't control it, but I can choose to avoid it, so that things that are likely to happen will not happen again."

Upon hearing Chu Shengyuan's words, Nan Li's eyes suddenly lit up. "So, if you go, you can really find a bargain?"

"Why would a princess like you be curious about this? You might find some bargains, but they won't be of much value. It's just a waste of time for us."

Chu Shengyuan was extremely helpless; this princess was even more like a demon than he was.

"It's not the result that matters, it's the process. I've never gotten a bargain before. We finally have a chance to go on vacation, so will you come with me?"

Chu Qinhui, who had been watching their argument from the sidelines, also chimed in.

"Xiao Yuan, let's go there. I seem to remember such a place, but I don't know if it's still there."

"Alright then..."