Eternal Beast Taming Family

A light mist rose from the knee-high grass, and the "Illusory Mica" body emitted a colorful halo, like clouds drifting across the sky.

Those underage, low-level illusory mica, only the size of a palm, floated up and down in the thin mist with their small umbrella-shaped bodies.

It had been twelve hours since Chu Shengyuan arrived at this mysterious grassland. The source beast that had dragged him from the mountains had disdainfully tossed him aside the moment it grabbed him, seemingly uninterested in him.

After the initial panic, Chu Shengyuan was filled with anger. He was not interested in him. Why did he bring him here?

Fortunately, his two good partners, Sen Sen and Xiao Jing, came along with him. Otherwise, he really wouldn't know what to do in this unfamiliar place.

After the jellyfish left him there, it flew back into the sky. Chu Shengyuan could only wander aimlessly, without any direction. He had no idea where the way home was.

He didn't see any other source beasts on this plain. Besides grass, there were jellyfish, some as big as clouds hanging from the sky, some only the size of a palm, and some as medium as houses.

Jellyfish of various colors, their luminescence able to penetrate the mist, give this grassland a hazy, neon-lit nighttime feel.

After a day of observation, Chu Shengyuan found that the source beasts here were very gentle. If you don't provoke them, they will just treat you like air.

Even if provoked, for example, when Chu Shengyuan patted a jellyfish the size of an umbrella, it only swayed its body and moved a great distance away from Chu Shengyuan, without taking the initiative to attack.

Chu Shengyuan lay on Xiao Jing's back, letting it carry him forward, while he himself let out a long sigh with a worried expression.

I miss home so much. I don't even know where this place is or how far it is from home. Will I never be able to go back?

The little child lay on the back of a giant python seven or eight meters long, gazing wistfully at the sky, experiencing for the first time what a sigh felt like.

……

The atmosphere in the Chu family mansion has been extremely oppressive these past few days.

The servants walking around all consciously kept their movements to a minimum, for fear of disturbing their master. Although the master was usually kind and generous, no one wanted to risk trouble at this critical juncture when the young master was missing.

On January 3, 3398, Jiang Nian, along with Chu Shenghan, arrived at the courtyard where Xu Yinyue lived, as usual.

Xu Yinyue was not surprised to see Jiang Nian, and she and Jiang Nian sat down at the wooden table one after the other.

"I'm sorry to trouble you again."

Xu Yinyue gently shook her head. "It's no trouble at all, it's my pleasure."

A glint of light gathered in her eyes, and then she softly began to describe what she had seen.

"Young Master Yuan was lying on the back of a giant gray-blue python, munching on a red berry. Not far from him, a rather shabby vine hut had been built, and it seemed that Young Master Yuan intended to settle down there."

The surrounding environment was still the same plain, and the jellyfish-like source beasts seemed to be quite gentle, showing no intention of harming Young Master Yuan.

After saying this, the spiritual light in Xu Yinyue's eyes slowly dissipated. She had to check on Chu Shengyuan's condition almost every day these past few days, so the time she could maintain her spiritual gaze each time was much shorter.

After listening to Xu Yinyue's description, Jiang Nian wiped her eyes and placed a few source stones on the table.

"Thank you, Xiaoyue. If it weren't for you helping me see his life now, I really wouldn't know what to do."

Xu Yinyue gently shook her head. "No need to thank me. I just relayed his situation and didn't really help in any way."

Jiang Nian sat for a while longer, not wanting to disturb the girls' private space, so she left Chu Shenghan behind and left the courtyard with Granny Liu.

……

At the entrance of Fuhe Village.

Many villagers gathered under the banyan tree at the village entrance, having heard that the "highway" built by the Chu family would soon reach their village.

They had heard of roads before; they were the kind with two deep ruts, specifically for horses to pull carriages.

However, they had never seen this road before. According to the news passed down by the Chu family servants, this road was designed for everyone to use, and it was flat and wide, making it incredibly convenient to walk on.

As the ground trembled, a dozen or so "stone monsters" of varying sizes appeared at the bend in the mountain road.

With each step they take, the area around the ground sinks by nearly a meter, and brownish-yellow energy fluctuations can be seen flashing on the soles of the "stone monsters'" feet as they touch the ground.

The shorter, lower-level "stone monsters" walked in front, while those several meters taller behind them passed by, causing the ground to sink even further.

The ground, which was originally a little rough, has been completely transformed into a hard, stubborn rock, as if it had been hammered by thousands of years of wind and frost, thanks to their skills.

Even if horse-drawn carriages run over it millions of times, or even if villagers pound it with giant hammers, the road surface will remain undamaged.

Of course, if other source beasts use their skills to attack, these roads will still be destroyed if they reach a certain limit, but for these ordinary villagers, destroying the roads is simply a pipe dream.

The "stone monsters" moved quickly and soon arrived at the village entrance. The villagers gathered there hurriedly made way for them.

As they drew closer, facing the oppressive aura of a higher level of life emanating from the "stone monster," the villagers involuntarily retreated to the courtyards on both sides of the road. Their expressions changed from initial amusement to restraint and tension.

Seeing the villagers' reaction, some of the contract masters sitting on the shoulders of a "stone monster" revealed disdainful smiles.

They genuinely didn't understand why the Chu family would spend so many source stones to hire them to build this so-called highway.

Whether the road is repaired or not makes no difference to these contract masters. Their transformed physical abilities allow them to ignore the fact that this road within the realm is not even considered winding.

On the contrary, it seems that the completion of this highway only brings more convenience to ordinary people.

I really don't know if the Chu family is just showing off their wealth or if they have so many Source Stones that they don't know what to do with them, that they have to go to such great lengths in this regard.

That's what he was thinking, but he didn't show it too much on his face. After all, it's not easy to find a job that can earn source stones so easily these days.

A dozen or so "stone monsters" walked from one end of the village to the other, and then, led by guards arranged by Chu Qinhui, they made their way to Qingsha Village.

Only after the "stone monsters" had left the village and gone far away did the villagers dare to come out of their courtyards, looking with some curiosity at the once muddy streets that had become smooth and clean.

They hesitated to step forward for a moment. Some only dared to stick out their fingers and poke at the ground, while others patted the ground with their palms, making "pat pat pat" sounds.

The hard texture told them that the ground was indeed very hard.

"Good heavens, this ground is so flat! It's even better than the kang (heated brick bed) I sleep on at home. I really don't want to step on it."

"Our threshing ground has been used for hundreds of years, but it's never been this flat or this hard."

A figure walked from the village entrance onto the smooth road, drawing the attention of many villagers who wanted to know who was the first person to stand on the solid ground.

But upon seeing the owner of the face, the villagers became even more excited: "Young Master Chu."

"What 'Young Master of the Chu Family'? You should address him as 'Master'." An elderly man patted his descendants to teach them a lesson.

Chu Qinhui walked on the ground and came to the village chief of Fuhe Village.

The village chief of Fuhe Village bowed and clasped his hands in thanks, trembling, "Thank you, Your Excellency, for building this smooth road for our Fuhe Village."

Chu Qinhui gave a very faint smile. "Village Chief Chen, no need to thank me. I'm here today to arrange other matters."