Eternal Beast Taming Family

A thoughtful look flashed in Qingluo's eyes. Was the Chu family worth investing in? Perhaps she could consider it later.

She nodded slightly to Chu Jingyu, her skirt fluttering gently, and then stepped out of the private room.

Chu Jingyu watched the somewhat unpredictable girl leave. She usually seemed approachable and showed no airs of a pavilion master, but even when facing the Huo family, the local tyrants of Paper Hawk County, she did not yield an inch.

To be honest, Chu Jingyu was somewhat curious about the family background of this Qingluo girl.

A moment later, a maid carried in another tray. Chu Jingyu took out one of the two jade pendants from the tray and used his spiritual power to examine the internal space of the jade pendant.

The space inside was found to be quite spacious, roughly the size of a main hall in the Chu family mansion, and could usually accommodate quite a few things.

Chu Jingyu handed one of them to Chu Qinhui, hung the one in his hand on his waist, and then put all the materials and source spirit stones on the table into his spatial storage.

On the first floor of the Treasure Pavilion, Chu Jingyu and his son encountered Qi Hongyu again.

He seemed to have been waiting there specifically, and upon seeing the Chu father and son, he immediately came forward with a warm and welcoming smile on his face.

"Clan Chief Chu, please forgive me for my rudeness earlier."

The young man in front of me has found out about my family so quickly; he seems to be quite resourceful.

Chu Jingyu disliked Qi Hongyu, who seemed rather cunning, but he still had to maintain appearances. So, Chu Jingyu said calmly:

"There's no need for a formal apology. We're just a small family in town and have no intention of getting involved in the conflicts within your county."

Hearing Chu Jingyu's words, Qi Hongyu smiled gently, "I come from the Qi family, a lowly family in the county town. We are not a big family. In this world, we small families should stick together to survive."

If the old gentleman ever comes to the county town, I must treat him with the utmost hospitality.

Hearing him introduce himself, Chu Jingyu became even less afraid of him and waved his hand lightly, "No need, our Chu family will just focus on developing in the town and won't get involved with the families in your county."

As he spoke, Chu Jingyu strode past Qi Hongyu, purchased some materials from certain stalls on the first floor of the Treasure Pavilion, and then left the Treasure Pavilion.

With their enormous wealth, the two did not linger in town and went straight back to their family.

That night, Chu Jingyu bowed before the octagonal table and then placed the materials requested by Chu Zu on the table.

The stone book lit up with colorful threads and vortexes, and the threads carried the material and the "Emerald Bird" held by Chu Shenghan into the vortex on the book.

About fifteen minutes later.

A bird about half a meter long, with long, green tail feathers, appeared in the main room.

Its beak is long and curved, its eyes are narrow and long, with a tuft of open feathers above them. The feathers on its body are like a gorgeous robe, giving it a shimmering feel.

If the previous evolutions of the source beasts could still be vaguely seen as having a connection with their original race, then this "Emerald Bird" had virtually no connection with them before and after it went in, except that they were both birds, in terms of size and appearance.

The "Phantom Sound Sparrow" fluttered its wings slightly, glanced at the Chu family, and then walked with firm steps to Chu Shenghan's side, gently nuzzling her with its slender head.

Chu Shenghan, somewhat bewildered, gently patted the head of "Phantom Sound Sparrow" and felt inexplicably at ease.

"So beautiful."

The first word of praise came from Chu Shengyuan's mouth. Upon hearing his praise, the rest of the Chu family members subconsciously lowered their heads.

The evolved "Kingfisher" is indeed beautiful, just like the legendary phoenix.

Seeing that everyone else was gathered around the "Phantom Sound Sparrow", Chu Jingyu waved his hand and said, "Go out and ask. I have something to say to Ancestor Chu."

Chu Jingyu spoke in a serious tone, and the rest of the Chu family members immediately left obediently, leaving the main room empty and quiet.

Chu Jingyu first bowed reverently to the physical book again, "Greetings, Ancestor Chu. The Chu family now needs a stable industry. I would like to ask if Ancestor Chu could evolve a batch of specific source beasts for the Chu family to sell and trade?"

Under Chu Jingyu's tense gaze, the stone book shimmered with colorful light, as if the Chu Ancestor residing inside was considering Chu Jingyu's question.

"The Chu family needs a proper, large courtyard. We're short-handed, and there are many miscellaneous tasks that family members don't need to do personally. Get these things sorted out first, and I'll consider it."

Upon hearing Chu Zu's reply, Chu Jingyu was initially startled, but then relaxed. It seemed that Chu Zu meant it was possible, as long as he did the two points he mentioned first.

This was exactly what Chu Jingyu wanted to do later, so he quickly bowed again, "I will obey Ancestor Chu's orders and Jingyu will take care of these matters."

"Um."

A faint voice came from the actual book, and then the book's brilliant light faded, turning back into an ordinary stone carving.

Chu Jingyu walked out of the main room, looked at the twinkling stars, and then touched the jade pendant at his waist, which contained a large number of source spirit stones. These should be enough to complete the two tasks assigned by Chu Ancestor.

……

Time flew by, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.

After this time, two rounds of heavy snowfall had already occurred in winter.

Even in this harsh winter, a courtyard house covering more than ten acres was built next to the Chu family compound.

If it weren't for the fact that we spent Source Stones to hire many contract masters specializing in construction during the building process, such a massive project would probably have taken at least a year or two to complete.

From a distance, the Qixia Mountain where the Chu family is located looks as if half of it has been flattened, except for the outermost platform and plaza, and some medicinal herb fields.

The most central and largest building is an antique-style structure, complete with pavilions and towers, which is further divided into many independent courtyards.

Overall, it covers an area of ​​more than ten acres, and finally resembles a large family mansion.

However, the Chu family is relatively small now, so many courtyards have to be left vacant for the time being.

Today, a light snow was falling, but the villagers of Fuhe Village at the foot of Qixia Mountain were very hospitable.

The main family on Qixia Mountain, the Chu family, sent word that they wanted to select a group of maids, servants, and rough old women from the village to go up the mountain.

If one were to become a servant in an ordinary wealthy household, the whole village wouldn't be so lively, nor would they make them come out to wait so early.

However, this servant is no ordinary one. He is a servant recruited by a legitimate aristocratic family. Not to mention that the Chu family is a newly established aristocratic family with no stewards, if one performs well, one can get a steward's job.

The Chu family offered ten taels of silver a month for maids and servants, and eight taels of silver a month for maids. That was enough to make them go crazy for it. Besides, the Chu family said that the contract was not a contract of servitude.

It's not about the salary for several years of work; if you don't want to continue when the contract expires, you can simply choose not to renew and return home.

The generous reward and the Chu family's good reputation led the villagers to bring their children of school age to the village square early in the morning, waiting for the arrival of the Chu family.

Some clever and quick-witted parents even dressed up their children carefully, not necessarily for the most exquisite or beautiful things, but just to make them look more dashing than other children.