Eternal Beast Taming Family

The others wanted to persuade him further, but Chu Jingyu stopped them with a look. He waved his hand, and the rest of the Chu family members had no choice but to leave.

However, Chu Qinhui still kept the "Fusheng Fairy Boy" behind so that he could keep an eye on Chu Jingyu's physical condition at all times.

After everyone had left, Chu Jingyu let out a long sigh, then looked at Chu Daoling, who was terrified by the scene and seemed somewhat lost, and spoke with a reassuring smile.

"What's wrong? You were scared today, weren't you?"

Chu Daoling looked at her great-grandfather with teary eyes, and she carefully approached the bedside.

"Great-grandfather, what can little Ling'er do for you now? As long as you are well..."

Chu Jingyu smiled and nodded, "It's good that you have this thought, Little Ling'er. Now, your great-grandfather really does have something to trouble you with."

Chu Daoling immediately perked up, "Great-grandfather, please speak."

"Help my great-grandfather to sit in the courtyard; it's too stuffy in this room."

Chu Daoling quickly stepped forward and supported her great-grandfather's arm. Through the sleeve, Chu Daoling could feel the very clear texture of the bones.

In just one day, my great-grandfather became so thin that most of his vital energy seemed to have vanished into thin air.

Sensing this situation, tears welled up in Chu Daoling's eyes again, but she forcefully suppressed them.

The "Lucky Child" remained silent as he followed the two into the courtyard.

However, a light and agile ray of light always connected it to Chu Jingyu, continuously supplying him with life and purification energy.

Chu Jingyu sat down under the increasingly desolate old tree. He looked up at the fallen leaves and sighed.

"You bastard, I've been feeding and taking good care of you, and now that I'm old and can't take it anymore, you actually want to go before me?"

What, you want to be my coffin lid? Cough cough cough…

Chu Daoling gently patted Chu Jingyu's back to help him catch his breath.

After calming down for a moment, Chu Jingyu looked at the tree again and started nagging.

"However, the old man's status is no ordinary one now. You, a mere mortal tree, are probably not qualified to be my coffin lid."

Chu Daoling looked up at the old tree that was showing signs of decay, then walked to the tree and gently placed her delicate, fair hand on the rough trunk.

A faint white ripple, like the ripples of a lotus flower, burst forth from her palm placed on the tree trunk and slowly spread throughout the trunk.

The spiritual energy in this space seemed to converge on Chu Daoling's hands, and the lush green instantly covered the entire branch again, as if the old tree had been given a second spring.

Seeing the scene before him, Chu Jingyu's ashen complexion seemed to regain some color, and he nodded with a smile.

"It's all thanks to Xiao Ling'er's talent that this old tree was saved."

Name: Chu Daoling

Family identity: Bloodline member

Equal level: Domain level upper level

Birthday: October 3, 175th year of the First Holy Calendar

Contracted Source Beasts: Phoenix Flame Butterfly Spirit Fire (Upper Domain Rank), Frostfall Withered Butterfly (Upper Domain Rank), Elemental Spirit (Upper Domain Rank), Crystal Auspicious Cloud Carp (Middle Domain Rank)

Contract Master Talent: Celestial Spiritual Path (Gathers the spiritual essence of heaven and earth to form a spiritual path that nurtures the target, greatly enhancing the target's talent and aptitude. The talent itself is favored by all the laws of heaven and earth, making it easier to resonate with many laws.)

Status: Worried, Unleashing Talent

Family Relationship: Daughter of Chu Shengyuan and Nan Li…

……

After leaving their grandfather's courtyard, the Chu family members had a brief discussion before going their separate ways to find a cure for Chu Jingyu.

Chu Qinhui went to the library, hoping to find some clues in some hidden ancient books.

Chu Shengfan went to Medicine King Valley to see if there were any source beasts among the many medicinal beasts that could counter the curse, and planned to select them for large-scale training.

Chu Shengyu then went back and used his talent, Dream Evolution Through the Ages, to try to find a solution from different eras.

According to the original plan, Chu Shengyuan was supposed to interrogate the people and things his grandfather had been in contact with in recent days, but after everyone left, he turned around and headed straight for the ancestral hall.

With a creak.

The heavy doors of the ancestral hall were slowly opened.

A few minutes later, in the center of the vast ancestral hall, Chu Shengyuan, the newly promoted Radiant Rank expert, knelt respectfully on the prayer mat.

"Chu Shengyuan, a descendant of the Chu family for three generations, respectfully requests the awakening of his ancestor, Chu. Is there a way to break the curse upon my grandfather?"

Chu Shengyuan was never one to follow the rules. Even though his grandfather repeatedly asked him not to disturb Chu Zu, he still resolutely came to the ancestral hall.

The imposing aura of the Radiant Rank enveloped the Chu family's source artifact placed on the offering table with restraint and forbearance, ensuring that even if the source artifact was stimulated, it would not disturb the grandfather in the neighboring Taici Courtyard.

After waiting for a while, colorful threads slowly condensed from the source artifact and gradually formed the shape of a young man in the ancestral hall.

Seeing that his ancestor had awakened him, Chu Shengyuan knelt on the ground again and repeated his question with exceptional sincerity.

"I did not wish to disturb Ancestor Chu's slumber, but a catastrophe has befallen my family, leaving me no choice but to awaken him. May I ask if Ancestor Chu has a way to break the curse upon my grandfather?"

A curse? Chu Mu, who had just woken up, was slightly stunned for a moment.

He never expected that Chu Jingyu would be associated with these two words, so he quickly opened Chu Jingyu's information and carefully checked it.

Name: Chu Jingyu

Family Identity: Bloodline Member / Former Clan Head

Rank: Evolutionary Path - Spiritual Path

Birthdate: March 17, 56 BC

Contracted Source Beasts: Pupil Spirit Jade King Beast (Evolutionary Rank - Spirit Path), Snowfield Heavenly Lotus (Upper Domain Rank), Azure Domain Cloud Eagle (Upper Domain Rank), Healing Purifying Spirit Flame (Upper Spirit Rank)

Contract Master Talent: Spirit of Artifact Transformation (Through this talent, one can transform the source beasts they have contracted into suitable artifacts, allowing the contract master to manipulate these artifacts in battle.)

The Way: ...

Status: A curse from another era (A terrifying race exists that uses bloodlines as sacrifices to curse the source of the Chu family's bloodline, attempting to suppress the birth of the Chu family at its source and thus eradicate its existence entirely.)

Family relationships: ..."

Upon seeing the status section, "Curse from Another Lifetime," Chu Mu was slightly stunned for a moment.

If he wasn't mistaken, the content described was set in the distant future, where enemies of the Chu family cast a curse on the very source of the Chu family's bloodline across terrifying times.

They wanted to use this to change history and completely erase the existence of the Chu family.

Putting aside the power of the curse, the fact that it can curse the Chu family across time allows one to glimpse how terrifying the Chu family's future enemies will be.

From another perspective, this also reflects how powerful the Chu family will be in the future, to the point that such a terrifying enemy can only resort to secretly casting curses in an attempt to erase the Chu family's existence.

However, there seems to be a problem with the timing. The curse did not occur before the birth of Chu Qinhui and the subsequent children. Even if Chu Jingyu himself was cursed, it would not affect the rest of the Chu family.

Chu Mu told Chu Shengyuan, who was kneeling on the prayer mat, about what he had seen. Upon hearing the situation, Chu Shengyuan was momentarily stunned.

However, Chu Shengyuan quickly realized that what he wanted to ask was not the reason, but the solution.

But when he asked Chu Zu this question, Chu Zu shook his head helplessly, despite his expectant gaze.

"I'm afraid you'll have to find a solution yourself; there's nothing I can do for you."

Upon hearing Chu Zu's answer, the light of hope in Chu Shengyuan's eyes slowly faded. Just as his grandfather had said, even Chu Zu was helpless in dealing with his condition.

He rose from the prayer mat and bowed deeply in Chu Mu's direction.

"I hope you will not take offense at my disturbance to Ancestor Chu today."

After saying this, he left the ancestral hall as if he were somewhat lost and dejected.

"Sigh~"

Chu Mu sighed deeply. He was truly helpless against the curse that had befallen Chu Jingyu. All his abilities were now reliant on the Source Artifact.

However, the "Book of Ten Thousand Paths" never had the ability to remove the curse from the body.

Chu Mu's fingers lightly traced across the "Myriad Paths Heavenly Book." He hadn't expected to face such a situation upon waking.

Although he already knew about Chu Jingyu's physical condition, he still wanted to go see him in person.

However, before that, he needed to check the changes in his source weapon. Upon waking up this time, he discovered that Chu Shengyuan had unknowingly advanced to the Radiant Rank, and his advancement had also led to the advancement of his source weapon.

As Chu Mu wished, the pages of the "Myriad Paths Heavenly Book" slowly opened, presenting its current information to Chu Mu.

Source Artifact: The Book of Myriad Paths

Rank: Radiant

Source Spirit: 1545123 points (3000 points recovered daily)

Attribute Tendency: None

Abilities: 1. Awakening...

2. Bloodline Enhancement: Members of a bloodline-bonded family can enjoy a cultivation boost, receiving a 500% cultivation bonus. Their maternal relatives can enjoy a 200% cultivation bonus. (Consuming Source Spirit can increase the bonus for specific family members, with a maximum cap of 1000%.)

3. Source Artifact Spirit Land: Within the territory controlled by the family, different types of energy can be combined to create spirit lands with different attributes, making the spiritual energy and corresponding attribute energy within the spirit land twice as abundant as in ordinary areas.

4. Evolution Chart: Consume Source Spirit to explore the evolution paths of different Source Beasts. It can also consume Source Spirit and a portion of Luck to allow Source Beasts to evolve regardless of evolution conditions. Furthermore, it can consume a large amount of Source Spirit to directly create Source Beasts with aptitude no lower than Perfect that have already been lit up in the chart.

5. Paged Spirit Book: This can transform some of the Source's abilities into a book for use by members of the family bloodline. Currently available paged abilities are: Spirit Awakening, Evolution Chart (Incomplete Version), and Spirit Pointing.

6. Seed of Talent: Condenses a Seed of Talent for a family that has formed a bloodline, which can enable family members to be born with the talent of a Contract Master. Currently, 300 seeds can be condensed (increased probability of giving birth to high-quality talents).

7. The Book of Ten Thousand Miles: ...The Book of Ten Thousand Miles can record certain hidden and secret information that will not be detected by certain beings known as taboos.

8. The true nature of all things: ...

9. Spiritual Enlightenment: ...

10. Source Artifact Clan: The Myriad Paths Heavenly Book possesses all the abilities of every Source Artifact it devours, and its affiliated Source Artifacts can normally form contracts with clans to advance the clan's rank.

Current auxiliary source artifacts (White Crane Stone Wall, Immovable Spirit Mountain, Jade Chasing Ring, Fire Spirit Rock Plate, Golden Xuan Geng Sword)

11. Source Artifact Heavenly Spirit: The Myriad Dao Heavenly Book condenses special Daoist rhymes into artifacts, creating source artifacts at the Spirit Rank and below.

12. Myriad Paths: Gathering myriad paths, seeing all living beings, every ten years a wisp of Dao principle can be condensed, enabling a Domain-level Contract Master and one of their Contract Source Beasts to advance to the Evolutionary Rank.

13. Dao Fruit: The Myriad Dao Heavenly Book continuously absorbs the spiritual essence of the Dao principles within the family's territory. Depending on the activity level of the Dao principles within the territory, a Dao Fruit is born every long period of time.

The information about the abilities mentioned earlier was simply an expansion or a diversification of the original abilities, which was almost entirely within Chu Mu's expectations.

However, when he saw the last newly created ability, Chu Mu was slightly stunned for a moment.

If he understood correctly, this "Dao Fruit" should be the one that countless forces in the world are vying for.

If that's true, wouldn't that mean that even if the Chu family doesn't try to seize the so-called Dao Fruit, they can still obtain it simply by managing the dynasty's territory properly?

Moreover, it's the kind that's continuous, appearing every so often.

Thinking of this, Chu Mu couldn't help but feel excited. This ability was extremely important to the Chu family, as it meant that the restrictions on the Chu family's advancement in this world were much lighter.

Unfortunately, the description of this ability is somewhat vague. How large a territory or how prosperous a dynasty must exist for a 'Dao Fruit' to be born?

In the future, we will only be able to make some rough calculations when the first 'Dao Fruit' is condensed.

After retrieving the "Book of Myriad Paths," Chu Mu sighed softly. Then, like a normal person, he slowly opened the door of the ancestral hall and stepped out once again after seventy years of slumber.

He arrived at the entrance of Taici Temple, raised his hand, and slowly knocked a few times on the wooden door made of spirit wood.

The grandfather and grandson, who were sitting in the courtyard, looked at the gate with some curiosity. If they were members of the Chu family, they probably wouldn't knock and would just push the door open and barge in.

If it were the maids and servants, they would probably have already started calling out from outside the door.

It's a bit strange to just knock on the door without saying a word.

Chu Daoling glanced at his great-grandfather, then said softly, "Please come in."

The gate slowly opened, and Chu Mu stepped into Taici Courtyard.

Almost immediately upon seeing Chu Mu, Chu Daoling stood up from her seat. Although she had never met Chu Zu before, she had a deep impression of him and knew that he was the embodiment of the family's source artifact.

Sensing Chu Daoling's movement, Chu Jingyu, who was in a daze, seemed to sense something as well, and turned slightly to look towards the courtyard gate.

Upon seeing Chu Mu, he tried to stand up from his seat, but Chu Mu appeared beside him in a flash and gently pressed him back down.

"If you have physical limitations, you don't need so many formalities."

Chu Jingyu sat down smoothly. "Ancestor Chu... which brat has disturbed you?"