Eternal Beast Taming Family

At this moment, the sky was just beginning to brighten, and thin clouds had already begun to spread around the mountain peak.

But in the soft light of dawn, a young girl slowly emerged from the tall and stable spatial gate beside Wandao Mountain.

Her attire looked somewhat unconventional. Although her dresses were the common type seen in Wandaoshan, her skirts and shoulders were adorned with many mask-like decorations.

Looking at her face, she was already stunningly beautiful without any makeup, and surrounded by many masks, she also had a somewhat eerie and sinister beauty.

If you look closely at those masks, you can see that the eyes of those masks seem to be alive, staring back with emotions corresponding to the patterns on the masks.

What's even more captivating is that with each step she takes, faint mask-like patterns spread out around her, as if engraving her own Daoist principles into the world.

Without any vehicle, she walked alone towards the Chu family's residence. Although the Chu family had many guards, very few people had actually seen this Miss Han before.

The patrolling guards were about to question him, but Chu Daoxuan stepped out from the courtyard and warmly greeted Chu Shenghan.

"Auntie, you've finally arrived. If you had been any later, we wouldn't have made it in time for the ancestral hall ceremony."

Chu Shenghan often participated in some family activities remotely through the illusion of Wanlishu, and Chu Daoxuan had many opportunities to meet her, so the two did not feel any awkwardness when they met offline for the first time.

Chu Shenghan smiled slightly. "I'm a little late because I broke through a cultivation level."

Upon hearing this news, Chu Daoxuan was extremely surprised. "Breaking through a realm? Then you mean..."

Chu Shenghan nodded in affirmation of Chu Daoxuan's unfinished words.

"But why do you give me a completely different feeling compared to my father and uncle?"

Chu Shenghan walked into the courtyard and explained to Chu Daoxuan with a smile, "Because the Dao I am currently cultivating is concealment, my aura is hidden, so you will naturally not notice anything unusual."

"I see," Chu Daoxuan nodded in understanding.

During their conversation, the two arrived at the main hall. Chu Daoxuan, looking at the servants and stewards waiting in the courtyard, smiled and explained to Chu Shenghan:

"Aunt, because you've been away from home for so long, many people have changed the people in charge of the household. So we've gathered them here so they can get to know you and won't dare to offend you in the future."

Chu Shenghan glanced casually at the stewards and servants, and simply nodded slightly.

The managers, as if they had rehearsed beforehand, greeted in unison, "Greetings, Miss Han."

Seeing this, Chu Daoxuan asked, "Do you want to give them a lecture?"

Chu Shenghan shook his head slightly, "There's nothing to say. I might not stay at home for long anyway, so they'll just act as usual."

Chu Daoxuan could only wave his hand, "You all go and do your own things first."

"Yes."

Having received Chu Daoxuan's order, the stewards withdrew from the courtyard in order of their rank.

The maids behind Lu Yunxuan looked completely bewildered. They had made careful preparations, yet they didn't even get a chance to pay their respects individually.

This was also their first clear understanding of the Chu family's social class. If they hadn't been servants of the Chu family, they might never have seen someone of this level in their lives.

On the other side, Chu Shenghan and Chu Daoxuan passed through the central hall and headed straight for the ancestral hall.

In the ancestral hall, after many years, the Chu family members were finally able to gather together completely to hold the New Year's sacrifice.

The sacrificial ceremony was not complicated; it consisted of reciting eulogies and the Chu family members burning incense in turn.

Then came the lighting of firecrackers, creating a crackling sound. This custom was something Chu Zu had instructed them to do.

Although they didn't understand the deeper meaning, seeing the scattered red fragments on the ground, they felt that it added a touch of the New Year atmosphere.

After the sacrificial prayers, the Chu family held a grand banquet to entertain the subordinate forces.

One after another, floating islands slowly rose into the air from around Wandao Mountain, standing around the mountain peak, with seats already arranged on the floating islands.

The sound of firecrackers that had just rang out atop Chu Family Mountain seemed to be a signal, as a continuous stream of people poured out from the spatial gate next to Wandao Mountain.

They were either city lords, heads of families of the sixth or seventh rank, or perhaps they were specially invited by the Chu family to attend the Chu family's centennial banquet on this day.

Meanwhile, in the Wandao Mountains halfway up the mountain, there were also many figures of people and beasts that had come from all over the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Although there were many people, a large portion of them did not have the opportunity to reach the mountaintop and enter the Chu family compound to participate in the most high-end banquet.

Most of them were diverted to various floating islands halfway there. After the invitations were verified, those who were able to continue towards the summit became the subject of much discussion.

"Hey, who is that woman with the indifferent expression? Not only is she able to go up by herself, but she can also bring two guards with her?"

Someone in the know glanced at it, gasped, and then explained in a low voice,

"That person is extraordinary. She is the mentor of the Mortal King, from the Thousand Spirits Academy. She is the famous Master Yang. If she is not qualified to go up, we probably won't even need to go to the Floating Island."

"Holy crap, it's her! Then she really can bring as many followers as she wants."

Upon hearing that it was Master Yang, the people around him showed expressions of sudden realization. As the days of his transformation from a mortal to a king continued, some of his past experiences were gradually unearthed and widely disseminated throughout the dynasty.

Almost everyone knows that he once studied at Qianling Academy, and now, with the support of the dynasty's policies and the influence of its reputation, it has undoubtedly become the dynasty's premier academy.

"And what about those guys over there? They seem a bit lazy and irresponsible."

Hearing the person ask the question again, the person who had answered earlier twitched their lips.

"You really know how to ask. Those are the senior brothers of the Heavenly Fortune Void King... As for their personalities, to be frank, they are indeed a bit hard to describe."

Upon hearing the man's vague words, the curious onlookers gathered around, whispering, "What's so complicated about it?"

However, no matter how much the people around him pressed him for answers, he refused to say another word about his fellow disciples, Tianyun Xuwang.

Those nearby could only shift their focus, asking, "Where's that large family over there?"

"Hiss." The man being questioned gasped. "Why do you always pick on the most difficult ones? They're even more remarkable, from the Zhang family, a seventh-rank aristocratic family on Wandao Mountain."

"Well, aren't we all from seventh-rank aristocratic families? What's so special about that?"

"Do you think being a powerful family on Wandao Mountain is easy? In all these years, besides the Chu family, there have only been four powerful families on such a large mountain as Wandao Mountain. Moreover..."

When it came to the crucial moment, he kept everyone in suspense, prompting someone nearby to eagerly press for details.

"Besides what?"

"Tell me quickly!"