Eternal Beast Taming Family

Chu Jingyu and Chu Qinhui could not sense the cultivation level within the person in front of them at all, which meant that Nan Zhuyao's cultivation level was definitely far higher than theirs.

However, this person spoke very politely and did not have the kind of attitude that used his cultivation level to intimidate people, which made Chu Jingyu and his son feel very comfortable.

Chu Jingyu cupped his hands in greeting, "Greetings, Your Highness. I apologize for not being able to personally greet you at the gate."

That's how it is in this world. Male members of the royal family are generally called "Crown Prince," while female members are called "Princess."

"This visit is for a secret matter and should not be made public, so there's no need for formalities. My purpose in coming here is to personally inspect the Misty Serpent Swamp before discussing further matters."

This meant they wanted to inspect the goods first. Chu Jingyu nodded, "Alright, I'll lead the way for Your Highness. This group shouldn't be too large; is it alright if it's just the two of us?"

"Okay." Nan Zhuyao nodded.

Chu Jingyu then turned to Chu Qinhui and said, "Qinhui, there have been many mundane affairs in town lately. If you're unsure how to handle them, go visit Magistrate Xiao and ask for his opinion."

This was to have Chu Qinhui hold Xiao Muchu back, since he was the one most likely to notice any unusual activity in the Misty Snake Swamp.

"By the way, have Xiao Nian and Xiao Han guard the tree and train its domain-level abilities. Also, make up a suitable reason to announce it to the entire Qixia Town."

This was intended to confuse all the contract masters in Qixia Town. Chu Qinhui understood and went to do as instructed.

Chu Jingyu then looked at Nan Zhuyao and said with a gentle smile, "Your Highness, please."

Unlike before, after issuing several orders, Nan Zhuyao's gaze towards Chu Jingyu clearly showed more seriousness.

He seemed to know that the person in front of him, who might not be as old as himself but looked much older, was not so easily fooled.

A dozen minutes later, Chu Jingyu and Nan Zhuyao appeared directly outside the boundary of the Misty Snake Swamp.

Given Chu Jingyu's advanced Spirit Rank cultivation level, it's impossible for him to arrive in such a short time. This was only possible thanks to the spatial passage opened by Nan Zhuyao's spatial source beast.

Looking at the jellyfish-like source beast trailing long, crystalline tentacles behind Nan Zhuyao, Chu Jingyu thought to himself that it seemed Xiao Fan and Xiao Yuan would also need to contract a space-type source beast to make up for their shortcomings.

Nan Zhuyao stared at the Misty Serpent Swamp for a moment, his eyes gleaming with spiritual light, as if he were using some method unknown to Chu Jingyu to probe for some information inside.

As time passed, Nan Zhuyao's brows furrowed slightly, as if there were some things in the snake swamp that he could not understand.

However, his expression remained extremely confident as he turned to Chu Jingyu and said:

"Sir, would you like to come inside with me, or stay outside?"

Chu Jingyu glanced at the mist, showing no fear. "We'll have to go into this snake swamp sooner or later. Since Your Highness wants to explore it, I, as the host, will naturally accompany you, even at the risk of my life."

"No, no, I would certainly do my best to protect the old gentleman."

As he spoke, one of the jellyfish-like source beasts beside him, only the size of an adult's head but with tentacles nearly ten meters long, had one tentacle glowing slightly.

The tiny lights instantly gathered around Chu Jingyu, as if they were forming a shield around him.

Nan Zhuyao gestured for him to proceed, then floated into the mist first. His gaze was fixed on the depths of the mist, but in his mind he was calculating...

There are still many uncertainties in the information that Granny Han brought. As for whether every source beast in this snake swamp has a paper kite inside its body, he needs to kill a few more to be sure.