Eternal Beast Taming Family

Xu Yinyue placed two fingers on her brow, and white light gathered in her eyes.

After a moment, she described softly, "A light mist, a source beast like a parasol, with long tentacles floating around, and many small umbrella-like things emitting different lights floating in the air. There are no trees around, only low grass."

As she finished speaking, the light in her eyes could no longer be maintained and slowly dissipated into the air.

Hearing that the environment described was completely unfamiliar to her, Jiang Nian nearly fainted. "Where is this? Is my son alright?"

Xu Yinyue gripped the Source Stone and slowly recovered its dissipated energy. "Young Master Yuan doesn't seem to be in any danger. The two large snakes beside him are protecting him very well."

"Outside the boundary, that place must be outside the boundary," Chu Qinhui said as if confirming, then he grabbed Jiang Nian's arms with both hands, "Xiao Nian, you guard the house first. I'm going to town to tell Father about this. Don't do anything rash. Wait for my news, okay?"

Jiang Nian's eyes were filled with tears, and then she nodded heavily to her husband.

Seeing that Jiang Nian was still relatively calm, Chu Qinhui turned his head and hurried down the mountain.

After glancing at her husband's departing figure, Jiang Nian wiped away the tears in her eyes, turned to face the ancient tree, and coldly instructed:

"Gather all the servants who are searching the mountain here and have them carefully observe the surroundings. Report any unusual activity immediately."

In addition, we sent people to tell the villagers to go home quickly and be careful. Since there is a passage leading to the outside world, there might also be a passage from the outside world to our place. If one or two source beasts come in, they are not something ordinary people can handle.

"Let us write down the names of all the villagers who helped us today, and after this matter is settled, my Chu family will thank them one by one."

Despite her anxiety, Jiang Nian still managed to arrange each matter properly.

The two guards beside him received their orders, whispered among themselves, and then went off to carry out their missions separately.

In the town, Chu Qinhui had just arrived at Yaoxintang when he ran into his father, Chu Jingyu, and son, Chu Shengfan, who were about to leave.

Upon seeing Chu Qinhui, Chu Jingyu grabbed his arm and asked anxiously, "What happened? How could Xiaoyuan just disappear?"

Chu Shengfan was equally anxious, staring intently at his father, waiting for his answer. As the elder brother, he was filled with regret. He wished he had gone to check on his younger brother in the courtyard earlier that morning, so that his brother could have disappeared sooner.

"They say that when Xiao Yuan was playing outside, a crack suddenly appeared in the ancient tree leading to the outside world. A tentacle stretched out from inside and pulled Xiao Yuan in. Xiao Yuan's two pythons also entered the crack along with him." Chu Qinhui quickly described the general situation.

"Who witnessed this scene, and when exactly did Xiao Yuan disappear?"

"It's Xu Yinyue. She has the ability to see what's happening across time and space, but she hasn't had a chance to tell her father yet."

Xiao Yuan disappeared around midnight yesterday.

Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information, Chu Jingyu, a contract master of a different rank, was momentarily disoriented. He rubbed his temples.

He had never heard of such a special ability before, but the most important thing now was to find Xiao Yuan as soon as possible. Regardless of whether the clues were true or false, he had to seize the opportunity.

"Assuming what you're saying is true, can you tell where Xiao Yuan is right now?"

"The exact location is unclear. Xu Yinyue only saw a source beast with tentacles that looked like cloud umbrellas, a light mist, small umbrellas with colorful light floating in the air, and low grasslands."

Chu Qinhui dared not make any changes and recounted the environment described by Xu Yinyue item by item.

Chu Jingyu frowned. He had never encountered this kind of environment during his two trips outside the boundary, even though he had gone far enough the second time.

Turning away from home, Chu Jingyu led Chu Shengfan and Chu Qinhui down another street.

"Father, where are we going?"

"Treasure Pavilion definitely knows more about the area; let's go there and ask."

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the interior of the Treasure Pavilion was deserted, with many stalls empty and very few open.

Chu Jingyu went straight to the main counter, glanced at the lazy shopkeeper behind it, and said, "I want to buy some information; I should go there."

The shopkeeper glanced at the three hurried figures in front of him with surprise, seemingly not expecting anyone to arrive so early. He then beckoned to a servant nearby.

"Honorable guest, just go with him."

Chu Jingyu nodded and followed the servant around to the back of the stalls. After walking for a while, they saw rows of rooms with their doors wide open.

The servant pointed to a plaque that read "All-Knowing" and said respectfully, "Honored guest, this is the room."

Chu Jingyu nodded and went inside first.

The room was very large, with bookshelves five or six meters high standing on the walls, displaying stone carvings, bamboo slips, silk cloths, books, jade pendants, and all sorts of ways of recording text.

On the tables scattered around the room, only one young man sat in front of one of them, staring at a tattered scroll in his hands, his brows furrowed and his face contorted in thought.

Chu Jingyu moved closer to the young man and said, "Are you the owner of this 'All-Knowing' company? We have some information to inquire about."

Startled by the sound, the young man seemed to snap out of his thoughts. He glanced at Chu Jingyu and nodded. "Yes, that's me. Let's make it clear first, I'm here to gather information, and I'll charge you based on the value of the information."

"You ask first, then I'll assess the price and see if you can afford it, and then I'll let you know."

"What I want to inquire about is a place outside the boundary." Chu Jingyu looked at Chu Qinhui and asked him to describe the environment outside the boundary again.

After hearing the description, the young man sitting behind the desk stroked his chin and pondered for a moment.

"Worth three spirit stones, want to buy?"

Seeing the young man's confident demeanor, Chu Jingyu said in a deep voice, "Buy it."

As he spoke, he conveniently took out three Source Spirit Stones and placed them on the table.

The young man looked somewhat surprised; the price was not cheap, yet the elderly man in front of him, who was missing an arm and dressed simply, did not hesitate at all.

"The cloud-like, umbrella-shaped source beast with long tentacles should be the Illusory Light Mica, a spirit-rank source beast. Combined with your description of the environment..."

I can confirm that the place you're looking for is in the Illusionary Mist Plains.

"Phantom Mist Spirit Plains." Chu Jingyu and the other two silently repeated this unfamiliar name.

"To reach the Illusionary Mist Spirit Plain, you need to first cross the Moonlit Forest, then head north through the Poisonous Swamp, then cross the Magnetite Mountain, and finally cross the Sandy River to arrive."

The young man looked Chu Jingyu and his two grandchildren over and then concluded, "Judging by the speed of a different-level contract master, it would probably take at least three months to reach that point."

If we add the dangers along the way, and the possibility of getting lost, it seems like reaching that place would be a very long and uncertain process for a contract master of a different rank.