Eternal Beast Taming Family

"That was three days ago. Now, I can try again."

Xu Yinyue covered her face with her hands. After a moment, she removed her hands, and her eyes shone with an extraordinary light, radiating a special spiritual aura that spread outwards.

As if she had seen something, Xu Yinyue's eyes widened and her hands clenched involuntarily.

"What did you see?" Chu Qinhui asked in a deep voice.

"I saw it. The moon was fighting with a painting. They punched a deep hole in the forest, and the people in the painting looked like they were seriously injured."

She couldn't observe for long before the light in Xu Yinyue's eyes suddenly vanished, and she seemed to rub her head as if she had a headache.

Jiang Nian gently pulled her into her arms.

Chu Qinhui frowned slightly. "Shouldn't you be seeing your grandfather? Why are you seeing a battle between high-level source beasts?"

Xu Yinyue shook her head blankly. "I don't know."

As she spoke, she secretly glanced at the direction of the offering table. The illusory figure she had seen last time was looking at them leisurely, which gave her quite a creepy feeling.

Xu Yinyue didn't know if the Chu family knew about the existence of the illusory figure, so she didn't reveal its existence for the time being.

However, Chu Mu, who was observing them closely, noticed that Xu Yinyue's eyes kept secretly falling on him, as if she was looking at him.

He was taken aback, wondering if this little girl could see his thoughts, and if her bright eyes had such a function.

Even members of the Chu family who signed the contract could only see him in that special space.

To test whether the little girl could really see him, Chu Mu waved his hand in her direction.

Seeing the little girl's face and body stiffen, Chu Mu confirmed his guess with just this one action.

Chu Qinhui sighed softly. Although the little girl's behavior just now was somewhat strange, the scene she described seemed illogical, leaving him unsure whether to believe her.

Chu Qinhui looked at Jiang Nian, about to say something, when a thread appeared on the altar behind him, winding around to his brow, causing him to freeze in place.

Seeing this, Xu Yinyue shuddered. Could it be that the illusory figure had discovered that he could see him, thus violating some rule, and that the ghost was now going to kill them?

The young girl was terrified, but Jiang Nian had seen such a scene before and immediately realized that Chu Zu had summoned her husband's consciousness away. So she was not panicked and only wondered what Chu Zu's sudden summons was about.

Xu Yinyue's finger trembled as she pointed towards the offering table. The figure from before had vanished. She spoke in a panic to Jiang Nian:

"This man's soul was lured into that book. A strange ghost stole his soul."

Jiang Nian grabbed Xu Yinyue, who was trying to run into the courtyard out of fear, and said, "Don't be afraid, that's my ancestor, he won't hurt anyone."

Upon hearing Jiang Nian's words, Xu Yinyue, who was running away, suddenly stopped in her tracks. She stared blankly at Jiang Nian, her voice filled with anticipation, "Will my grandfather come looking for me too?"

Hearing her childlike question, Jiang Nian gently bit her lip and said softly, "As long as you miss each other, you will meet again. Your grandfather will definitely come to find you."

Thinking about the illusory figure from earlier, Xu Yinyue suddenly felt less afraid. If that ghost was an ancestor of the family, it certainly wouldn't have harmed her family.

Inside the stone book, Chu Qinhui was visiting this place for the first time, and he looked around at the world with some confusion.

Under a blue sky and white clouds, with soft grass beneath my feet, not far away, a very young-looking figure was leisurely lying on a rocking chair.

A guess flashed through his mind. He bent down slightly, cupped his hands in a gesture of respect towards the figure on the rocking chair, and asked softly, "Excuse me, where is this place?"

"Of course, this is the place to answer your questions."

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Chu Qinhui finally recognized the figure before him and prostrated himself in worship.

"Chu Qinhui greets Ancestor Chu. May I ask what important matter Ancestor Chu has summoned me for?"

Although he had sensed the youthfulness from the voice, Chu Qinhui was still filled with disbelief when he saw Chu Zu's appearance.

They actually called someone who looked exceptionally young in every way "Chu Zu"? And from Chu Zu's eyes, I didn't see any sense of vicissitudes of life.

Chu Mu raised a finger, and Chu Qinhui, who was lying on the ground, felt his body involuntarily stand up.

Chu Mu stood up from the rocking chair, walked three feet into the air to Chu Qinhui, and said calmly, "Don't let that little girl leave the Chu family for now."

Chu Qinhui was taken aback. "Xu Yinyue?"

Chu Mu nodded. Chu Qinhui didn't ask for the specific reason, but simply nodded and said, "Okay."

His eyes were filled with doubt. The ancestor had summoned him here for this very reason, when he could have simply given the order from inside the ancestral hall.

Chu Mu could sense the doubt in his heart. "Letting you keep her here is to ask you to adopt a policy of appeasement, understand?"

"I see," Chu Qinhui suddenly realized. If he were to adopt a conciliatory approach, he indeed couldn't give orders in front of the young girl.

Chu Mu glanced at Chu Qinhui a few more times, sighed, and felt that he still needed to tell him some good news on this New Year's Day.

"Your father is fine for now. He may be on his way back, or he may be temporarily stuck outside the border and unable to return."

Upon hearing Chu Mu's words, Chu Qinhui visibly became excited. "Ancestor Chu, could you tell me Father's exact location? I..."

Before she could finish speaking, Chu Mu interrupted her, "What do you want to do? Go find him? Your father, a high-ranking alien, is trapped in that place. What can a mere high-ranking mortal like you do there? Are you going to hold your father back?"

Chu Qinhui mumbled something, unsure of what to say.

Chu Mu sighed, "What you need to do now is to support the Chu family, so that your father can rest assured."

"Yes," Chu Qinhui replied in a muffled voice.

Chu Mu waved his hand, sending Chu Qinhui back.

He looked at the jade book floating to the side, which displayed Chu Jingyu's page.

Name: Chu Jingyu (Head of the Family)

Rank: Higher Rank than Other Ranks

Age: 56

Contracted Source Beasts: Golden-Armored Jade-Eyed Beast (Carapace Shattered), White-Browed Mountain Eagle (Mental Trauma)

Status: Injured

Family relationships: ..."

In fact, Chu Mu had only reported good news to Chu Qinhui and not bad news. With Chu Jingyu and his two source beasts injured, how good could their current situation be?

Chu Mu wasn't sure if Chu Jingyu could return safely. All he could do now was spend all his source spirits to boost Chu Jingyu's cultivation, hoping that this boost would help him even just a little bit.

After spending several months together, Chu Mu couldn't help but worry about his safety.

However, Chu Mu was ultimately a soul imprisoned within a source artifact, and there wasn't much he could do.