Eternal Beast Taming Family

Today is the first day of business for Chu Huan Lou, and people have already surrounded the entrance.

Liu Yuhuan, the head steward in charge, walked out of the door with several spirit-level guards, looking at the Chu family members who were coming in aggressively.

His expression remained as calm as ever, neither pleased nor angry as he looked at the elderly man at the head of the group.

"Patriarch Chu, you've surrounded my Chu Huanlou without cause. Do you intend to make us your enemy?"

Chu Jingxuan looked at Liu Yuhuan, who was only at the Extraordinary Rank, with a faint mockery in his eyes.

"A petty thief injured my Chu family's prodigy. Someone witnessed them hiding in Chu Huanlou. If Chu Huanlou wants to continue doing business normally, it must hand them over."

Otherwise, I'll have to send people in to search.

As he spoke, he unleashed the aura unique to top-tier Spirit Rank Contract Masters.

It was as if it was proclaiming an attitude: you, a low-level contract master, are not qualified to stand before me and speak with me.

The instant Chu Jingxuan unleashed his aura, the two spirit-level guards beside Liu Yuhuan stepped forward and skillfully blocked it.

Feeling bullied by someone based on their cultivation level, Liu Yuhuan's eyes flashed with anger, and his voice turned icy.

"Patriarch Chu, please have these people leave immediately. Whether you are really looking for someone or just looking for an excuse, you will absolutely not be allowed to enter this door today."

Hearing Liu Yuhuan's resolute attitude, Chu Jingxuan's eyes narrowed, revealing a dangerous glint.

"Looks like I'll have no choice but to break in."

Behind him, a golden-armored guard about five meters tall quickly materialized, wielding a greatsword as it was about to slash at Liu Yuhuan in front of it.

The two guards beside Liu Yuhuan reacted very quickly. One, the "Golden-Winged White-Eyed Sparrow," and the other, the "Martial Spirit War Ape," appeared swiftly, their golden feather blades transforming into golden shields to block the direction from which the giant sword was falling.

However, the expected ear-piercing impact sound did not occur.

A thin film of water appeared beneath the giant sword, blocking it in advance.

At the same time, a mocking voice also rang out.

"What, old man, are you looking for us?"

The voice was somewhat childish, and the eyes of many onlookers fell in the direction from which it came.

Two figures were seen leaping down from the fourth floor of Chu Huanlou.

Only after the two figures landed could their faces be clearly seen; they were a boy and a girl, both looking no more than twelve or thirteen years old.

Chu Jingxuan's gaze fell on the young man, and his pupils suddenly contracted. He was at the upper level of the Spirit Rank, the same realm as himself.

He understood all too well what this age and level of achievement meant.

His gaze fell upon the girl, but he could not discern her cultivation level at all. Perhaps she was hiding it with some special method, he thought to himself.

As he wished, the golden-armored guards behind him took a step back, and he himself spoke:

"You bullied my grandson by taking advantage of the difference in cultivation level. Shouldn't you give the Chu family an explanation?"

"I bullied him?" Chu Shengyuan sneered. "Your Chu family really follows the example of the upper class; the young and old are all the same."

Nan Li's temper and personality were even worse than Chu Shengyuan's. She immediately tried to attack, saying, "If you want an explanation, go talk to my source beast."

As she spoke, a firebird soared into the sky from behind her, then rapidly grew larger in mid-air. In just a moment, a red bird with a wingspan of several hundred meters appeared in the air.

"boom."

The red bird simply hovered silently in the air, without making any movement, and the temperature in the surrounding environment rose rapidly.

The moment the bird appeared, Chu Jingxuan's heart skipped a beat. If he wasn't mistaken, the source beast possessed an aura unique to the Domain Rank.

The girl whose abilities he couldn't fathom was actually a Domain-level Contract Master.

Moreover, the unreserved release of the domain-level aura struck his mind like a heavy hammer, causing him to lose his balance in an instant.

Moreover, although he didn't look up, he could feel that the giant firebird's attention was firmly locked on him. If he moved even slightly, a celestial fire might come down and burn him to ashes in the next second.

Chu Shengyuan's gaze fell on this Chu family head, and he could vaguely see some resemblance between his eyebrows and eyes and his grandfather.

But his grandfather never showed such a sinister and arrogant expression on his face.

For no apparent reason, Chu Shengyuan felt only pure disgust for the old man in front of him.

However, we cannot kill him now. It is better to leave the past grievances to Grandpa to handle personally, so that he can completely let go of his knot in his heart.

Thinking this, Chu Shengyuan looked at Nan Li and said, "Don't touch them yet."

Nan Li gave Chu Shengyuan a strange look, a hint of doubt in her mind, "Can't we kill him?"

"My grandfather came here for one of his purposes. Let's not touch him for now, and just send them back."

Nan Li nodded slightly in agreement. She raised her palm slightly, and the giant firebird that had covered the entire street shrank back to a tiny bird no bigger than a palm and flew to Nan Li's right.

However, whether it was Chu Jingxuan and his group who were overwhelmed by the aura, or the passersby who were watching, they all looked at Nan Li and the little firebird beside her with a bit of fear.

Chu Jingxuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his finger, took a deep look at Nan Li and Chu Shengyuan beside her, and waved his hand without saying anything more.

The guards, all wounded to varying degrees, hurriedly followed him and retreated.

They came with great fanfare, but left in disgrace.

Nan Li seemed to sense something and glanced in the direction of the City Lord's Mansion. She had just sensed a Contract Master of similar cultivation level locking onto this spot with his spiritual power, as if the person would arrive at any moment.

There was this same spiritual energy on that "ghost market" street last time, and the fluctuation of that spiritual energy just now was obviously stronger.

Is this the city lord?

He seems indifferent to matters within the city, but he appears to be quite concerned about them.

Nan Li told Chu Shengyuan about her discovery.

Chu Shengyuan smiled slightly, "Although Chuyan City is a dilapidated city, it seems that there are still some deep things going on inside."

An eighth-rank noble family with only the upper level of the Spirit Realm was able to act arrogantly and domineeringly in Chuyan City, and even the city lord's mansion, which possessed the Domain Realm, was not taken seriously.

"Young Miss, what do you think is the reason for this?"

Nan Li frowned, somewhat displeased with Chu Shengyuan's way of addressing her.

"Don't call me Miss, you can call me fiancée, Chu Shengyuan, my little husband."

In response to Nan Li's deliberate attempt to get close, Chu Shengyuan took two steps back, adopting a dismissive attitude.

"Don't do that, I'm a good kid from a respectable family."

Nan Li rolled her eyes at him without any airs of a princess, and then answered Chu Shengyuan's question.

"Either the Chu family has a master with a higher cultivation level behind them, making even the city lord fear them."

Either they are all in cahoots, harboring some unknown secret.