198: The two have different talents

Hearing Chu Jingyu's words, the other Chu Family Members showed joy one after another. After the Chu Family suffered their calamity, the news of Ancestor Chu Awakening served as a shot in the arm, allowing their hearts to finally settle.

Before Chu Jingyu announced this news, Chu Qinhui had mentioned taking Chu Shengfan to see the newly built Qixia Town. Given the current situation, Chu Qinhui also spoke up quickly.

"The matter of going to town isn't urgent. Quickly follow your grandfather to the ancestral hall."

It had been a long time since he last saw Ancestor Chu, so Chu Shengfan felt a bit excited at this moment. He also held a small expectation, hoping that Ancestor Chu could provide hints regarding the evolution paths of his current two Source Beasts.

He nodded to his father and followed Chu Jingyu toward the ancestral hall.

A few minutes later, Chu Jingyu slowly pushed open the doors of the ancestral hall, leading Chu Shengfan through the front courtyard and a corridor before reaching the small inner courtyard.

In the main hall at this time, a figure stood tall and elegant, with a faint light radiating from his body.

Seemingly hearing the movement in the courtyard, the person slowly turned around, looking at the grandfather and grandson with a slight smile.

With just this smile, the entire hall was filled with radiance.

Chu Jingyu and Chu Shengfan walked quickly to the front of the hall and bowed slightly. "We welcome Ancestor Chu's Awakening."

Seeing his restrained behavior, Chu Mu smiled helplessly. "It's only been a few days, and you've become formal again. I called you here today for an important matter."

Chu Jingyu straightened up slightly. "Please instruct us, Ancestor Chu. The Chu Family will certainly do our utmost to fulfill it."

"I'm not asking you to do anything. I have new Talent seeds that happen to suit the two of you. Step forward."

Talent seeds. Chu Jingyu was momentarily stunned. He immediately thought of Xiao Yuan's 'Source Beast Twin Birth' and Xu Yinyue's 'Truth-Seeking Divine-Peering Spiritual Eyes'.

Now that Ancestor Chu had awakened, could he and Xiao Fan actually possess them as well?

Chu Shengfan only had a partial understanding of this matter of Talents, but seeing his grandfather's excited expression, he could sense that this should be a good thing for them, so he silently stepped forward.

Chu Mu opened his palm, and two spherical seeds glowing like rosy clouds fell from the 'Nameless Book' beside him. With a gesture, the two seeds merged into the foreheads of Chu Jingyu and Chu Shengfan according to his will.

Colorful rays of light slowly spread from their foreheads to their entire bodies, as if draping them in a layer of rosy garments.

However, unlike when Chu Shengyuan merged with a Talent seed and fell into a deep sleep, perhaps because these two had higher Realms, the Fusion and Awakening of the Talent were much faster.

Neither of them fell asleep. After about two minutes, the brilliance on their bodies receded, and the new Talents were completely stabilized and formed within their bodies.

[Name: Chu Shengfan

Family Status: Bloodline Member

Rank: Spirit Rank Lower Stage

Age: Thirteen

Contracted Source Beasts: Myriad Flower Butterfly Spirit (Spirit Rank Lower Stage), Spirit Origin Cloud Mother (Spirit Rank Lower Stage)

Contract Master Talent: Root of All Spirits (Any spiritual seed, whether dying or damaged, can grow healthily and safely under your cultivation. Furthermore, through the nourishment of your Talent, the spiritual seed's Aptitude can be improved.)

Status: Healthy, examining self (Ancient Medicine King Tree seed, human fruit parasite)

Family Relations: Son of Chu Qinhui and Jiang Nian, grandson of Chu Jingyu...]

Root of All Spirits. Chu Mu was truly surprised to see this Talent. It seemed useless, but in certain situations, it could be extremely powerful.

If he encountered some ancient tree or a strange spiritual seed, he could completely cultivate it. Moreover, it seemed very well-suited for plant-type Source Beasts.

After all, this Talent of his could continuously improve the Aptitude of spiritual seeds. In some sense, within the same race, the higher the Aptitude, the stronger the combat power, and breaking through Realms would also be easier.

It seemed Chu Shengfan's next Source Beast would have to be sought from among plant-type Source Beasts.

Furthermore, looking at Chu Shengfan's status, Chu Mu frowned slightly. He wondered if the existence of those two seeds was what caused Chu Shengfan's body to give birth to such a Talent, wanting to conversely command the two seeds.

The Ancient Medicine King Tree—judging by the name alone, it was extraordinary. Chu Mu held a faint expectation that this Talent of Chu Shengfan's could make the seed sprout, allowing him to form a contract. That way, there would be no need to worry about the choice of a third Source Beast.

He sighed inwardly. It was only after this promotion that he could see such detailed information from Family members. Only now did he realize that this kid Chu Shengfan was hiding quite a lot in his heart.

It wasn't good for a child to be too mature; they always carry dangerous burdens by themselves.

With a secret sigh, Chu Mu looked at Chu Jingyu's information.

[Name: Chu Jingyu

Family Position: Clan Chief

Rank: Spirit Rank Lower Stage

Age: Fifty-seven

Contracted Source Beasts: Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast (Spirit Rank Lower Stage), Ultimate Ice Lotus (Spirit Rank Middle Stage), Azure Ridge Cloud Eagle (Upper Tier of the Extraordinary Rank)

Contract Master Talent: Spirit of Artifact Transformation (Through this Talent, one can transform their contracted Source Beast into a suitable artifact, allowing the Contract Master themselves to manipulate the artifact transformed from the Source Beast to fight.)

Status: One-armed old man, joyful

Family Relations: ...]

Compared to Chu Shengfan's Talent, Chu Jingyu's Talent seemed much more interesting.

Source Beast artifact transformation—turning a Source Beast into a weapon. Chu Mu himself couldn't contract Source Beasts, so he didn't know if this was redundant.

Because in his view, Source Beasts and Contract Masters were already connected in heart and mind; performing skills was just a matter of a thought. Was there any difference between transforming into a weapon like this and redundant as taking off one's pants to fart?

However, no matter how this Talent was, the text description only provided a general understanding. It would still require Chu Jingyu to personally demonstrate it to appreciate the difference.

After Chu Mu finished checking their Talent information, Chu Jingyu and Chu Shengfan also came to understand their own Talent skills.

Chu Shengfan's face was now full of thought, seemingly considering the future application of this skill.

Beside him, Chu Jingyu's face was full of eagerness. If not for his fear of being disrespectful to Chu Mu, he probably would have already experimented with his new Talent.

Chu Mu looked at Chu Jingyu with a smile. He was also curious about the effect of this skill, so he said, "Try your Talent first and see if there are any other hidden effects."

Hearing Chu Mu speak, Chu Jingyu couldn't wait to summon all three of his Source Beasts.

The Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast lay lazily on the ground, the Ultimate Ice Lotus stretched its body in his palm, and the little brother, the Azure Ridge Cloud Eagle, stood properly to the side, its wings tucked obediently against its body, looking like a well-behaved baby.

Chu Mu still had a faint impression of the Azure Ridge Cloud Eagle. He only remembered that when it was first contracted, it had a wild and untamable temperament. He didn't know what it had gone through during this time to become so obedient.

Chu Jingyu's gaze first fell on the Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast. The person and beast had been old partners for decades, and their rapport was unmatched by the other two Source Beasts. It was the most suitable choice for the first experiment of the Talent skill.

He knelt down slightly, slowly placing his palm on the Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast's head, and mentally attempted to communicate with his Spirit of the Source Artifact Talent.

After a dozen seconds, a layer of faint golden light erupted from the Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast's body.