Eternal Beast Taming Family

The wind and snow swept across the Chu family's courtyard.

Even amidst the swirling snow and within the entire borders of Heyu Town, that ice pillar standing between heaven and earth strongly proclaims its existence.

Chu Jingyu stared at the ice pillar with a solemn expression. Such a grand scene taking place in Heyu Town could not possibly be unknown to those "big shots" in the county, and their failure to stop it undoubtedly meant that they tacitly approved of the event.

Chu Jingyu, who had once lived in a powerful family, understood that those "big shots" wanted to use the lives of all the common people in Heyu Town to create a "domain-level" source beast.

He had witnessed the fragility of ordinary people's lives since he was a child, but this time he stood on the side of the common people.

The "Golden Jade Beast" quietly gnawed at a piece of ore with golden patterns on Chu Jingyu's shoulder, seemingly unaware of the impending crisis.

Chu Jingyu patted the "Golden Jade Beast" on the head and sighed, "Time to get to work."

Upon hearing this, the "Golden Jade Beast" threw the remaining ore into its mouth and chewed it up in a few bites.

Then he went to a corner of the main room, extended a pair of pliers, and carefully lifted the wooden board, revealing a huge hole slanted downwards in the room.

At this moment, the rest of the Chu family, who had simply packed some luggage, appeared in the main room.

Chu Jingyu nodded to Chu Qinhui, then walked to the octagonal table and held the stone book in his hands.

"Please forgive me, Ancestor Chu, but it will be difficult for you to bear with this for a while."

After respectfully speaking to the stone book, Chu Jingyu turned to look at Chu Qinhui.

"Qinhui, take them underground to hide. I have a feeling the Liu family's ceremony is about to begin."

"Father, aren't you coming down with us to hide?"

Chu Qinhui's gaze revealed surprise, and the two little ones, Chu Shengyuan and Chu Shenghan, also tugged at Chu Jingyu's sleeve with some unease.

Chu Jingyu pulled out his sleeve and patted the two little ones on the head, looking at them with affection.

"I can't go underground with you. Grandpa's energy fluctuations are too strong, and he'll be easily tracked. Besides, having you around will restrict his movements. Stay with your parents."

The two little ones nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

After calming the two little ones down, Chu Jingyu looked at Chu Qinhui and said, "Let's hurry, or we'll be too late."

Jiang Nian couldn't help but ask, "Father, Xiao Fan, he..."

"Xiao Fan, don't worry. He'll be safer at the Medicine Heart Hall in town than with us."

Seeing Chu Jingyu's resolute expression, Jiang Nian, though still worried, could only shut her mouth and say nothing more.

Chu Qinhui gripped the stone book tightly and led the two children to the cave where the "Golden Jade Beast" had disappeared. He gave his father one last deep look before leading the children inside.

Seeing that they had all entered the cave, Chu Jingyu opened the door of the main room, letting the wind and snow pour into the room. About half an hour later, the "Golden Jade Beast" reappeared at the entrance of the cave.

It patted the entrance of the burrow twice, and a golden light swept across it. The soil at the entrance was turned upside down and piled up, covering the entrance. After a moment, it became flat and smooth.

Seeing that the "Golden Jade Beast" had done all this, Chu Jingyu picked up a simple bundle from the table and called out to the "Golden Jade Beast," "Let's go."

Chu Jingyu originally intended to go directly into the mountain, but after hesitating for two seconds, he still braved the snowflakes and went to Fuhe Village at the foot of the mountain.

He didn't go anywhere else; he went straight to the village chief's house.

"This is not a natural disaster, but a man-made one. The cold weather may get even colder in the future, so we may be able to take refuge in the old mine."

After finding the village chief, Chu Jingyu didn't say much. After saying this, he turned and left.

The village chief and his family, who remained silent for a long time, were left behind.

In this promotion ceremony, ordinary civilians only need to face harsh environmental disasters; if they can survive, they will survive.

However, for Chu Jingyu and the other contract masters, this bit of cold was not a problem; what they would likely face was the 'hunting team' sent by the Liu family.

He had only heard of such a bloody promotion ceremony when he was in the family before. He never expected that decades later, he would actually have the opportunity to witness and participate in such a ceremony.

Of course, it would be even better if I didn't become a consumable in the 'ritual'.

Lost in thought, Chu Jingyu walked slowly into the deep mountains, where the more secluded the place, the safer it would be.

……

The "Ice Jade Lotus" covered the entire square. It is an evolved form of the "Ice Ling Flower" and can release cold air that is far less intense than that of the "Ice Ling Flower".

The Liu family members gathered outside the square, all looking excitedly at the gradually taking shape within the ice pillar in the center of the square.

"Source beasts are blood, humans are souls. This Source Beast advancement ceremony of the Liu family... something seems a bit off to me."

At this moment, a sudden sound rang out, making the atmosphere in the air somewhat strange.

Standing beside the ice pillar, the head of the Liu family looked out of the square at Tang Cheng, who was riding the "Azure Scaled Spirit Tiger." He looked at the newly appointed town mayor.

"Mayor, you are also from a prominent family, so you should understand the thoughts of our Liu family. To obstruct us at this time is an irreconcilable enmity."

Tang Cheng stared at the soul-destroying ice crystals drifting from all over the town, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

"If it were a normal evolutionary ritual, that would be one thing, but this is a blood sacrifice ritual that extends the sword of slaughter to your own kind. How dare you begin it?"

Green markings appeared on Tang Cheng's body, and a phantom of a large, emerald-green snake quietly appeared behind him. The snake's aura seemed even more ferocious than the "Azure Scaled Spirit Tiger" he rode.

"How dare you? Our Liu family has been planning this for a thousand years. Even if you are a member of the Tang family, you can't stop us."

"Qianshan, Fuyu, Minghu, Gengyuan, all of you go together and take him down."

As soon as he finished speaking, four figures rushed out from the outside of the square, along with the source beasts beside them, and attacked Tang Cheng.

Tang Cheng was locked in battle with four Liu family contract masters who were also at the Spirit Rank. The Liu family patriarch nodded in satisfaction as he watched Tang Cheng gradually fall into a disadvantageous position.

Then he touched the icicle with both hands, feeling the increasingly powerful aura within it, and a hopeful smile appeared on his face.

"bite"

At a certain moment, a strange sound came from the ice pillar, and then a deep blue light spread outwards from the ice pillar.

The blue light formed an ice ring, and wherever it passed, the earth instantly froze into a layer of frost, and the buildings were also coated with a layer of ice.

The blue ice ring's target was clearly not just the Liu family; it steadily and slowly spread towards the entire Heyu Town and the surrounding mountain villages.

Wherever it passed, it froze into a world of ice crystals.

An ice ring swept past a family huddled together in a house, shivering from the wind and snow. The family, who had been barely breathing, were now covered in diamond-shaped ice crystals after the ring passed, their movements and expressions frozen in time.

However, this ice ring did not seem to have any special effect on the contractors who possessed energy within their bodies; it simply passed through them.

The head of the Liu family stroked the ice pillar with both hands, then turned and gave the second order, "Liu family men, listen up, the hunt may begin."

These words were the signal; most of the Liu family members surrounding the square vanished instantly, replaced by various ice-type source beasts.

"The Liu family has raised Heyu Town for nearly a thousand years, and the time for harvest has come."

Under such natural conditions, the Liu family and their source beasts seemed to have gained a boost, their aura appearing even more terrifying than usual.

All the wild contract masters living in towns and mountains will be found and hunted down by them.