Genius Beast Taming: Starting from Awakening an S-Rank Talent

Zhou Heng became increasingly curious: "What's the real reason?"

Zhou's father's expression was solemn: "The real reason involves a complex power struggle between the major families and the official alliance."

Zhou Heng asked in bewilderment, "How could a simple communication signal issue have such a huge underlying connection?"

Zhou's mother spoke gently, "My dear son, think about it. If communication signals could be transmitted freely across planets, an order issued by the Alliance headquarters one second would be known to all the beast tamers in the entire Alliance the next. What would happen if something happened on a remote planet one second and the Alliance headquarters knew about it the next?"

Zhou Heng frowned and pondered.

Father Zhou's words were very straightforward: "In this way, the Alliance headquarters' control over numerous planets will reach a new level. However, major families, including our Divine Dragon Zhou family, do not want the Alliance to completely control these planets, nor do they want the Beast Tamers below to be completely loyal to the Alliance. This is because it will squeeze the development space of our families."

Zhou Heng blurted out, "Is the alliance really going to tolerate us like this?"

Zhou's father's expression was complicated: "The Alliance naturally has countermeasures. Back in his later years, the Supreme Being Wuyou used absolute force to compel all the aristocratic families to establish their family headquarters on the four core planets, preventing them from arbitrarily seizing stars and becoming kings. This was a restriction on our family. Even though the Supreme Being Wuyou has long since perished, his tamed beasts are still alive, upholding his will and maintaining the stability of the Alliance system."

Zhou's mother smiled and said, "In the end, many first-level, second-level, and third-level planets need strong people to protect them. It is indispensable for the powerful families to contribute. Therefore, the alliance cannot stop our major families from extending their tentacles to many planets and carrying out subtle infiltration."

Zhou Heng frowned in thought: "Since Supreme Wuyou's beast is still alive, it should be a tenth-tier beast. Why would the Alliance allow us aristocratic families to engage in such underhanded tactics?"

Zhou's father said solemnly, "Thousands of years ago, a powerful family once produced a supreme ruler who could stabilize the sea. Moreover, the alliance's top leadership was composed of powerful families. For example, the Elder Council nominally held the highest decision-making power in the alliance, but the ordinary elders and senior elders in it were all ancestors or core members of the major powerful families."

Mother Zhou smiled faintly: "To put it bluntly, although Supreme Wuyou's beast taming is powerful, it's a delicate matter where a single move affects the whole situation. For the sake of the alliance's stability, it has many concerns and dares not go all out. Moreover, this also involves the Beast Tamer Guild and the Four Religions and Three Associations. In the end, after a series of negotiations, it chose to focus on the big picture and let go of the small details. Since four thousand years ago, it has been dormant for most of the time. As long as we don't act recklessly and cause a huge mess, it won't interfere at all."

Father Zhou sighed deeply, “In essence, aristocratic families and alliances are interdependent. They are intertwined and confrontational, yet they also integrate and compromise with each other, maintaining a tacit understanding of fighting without breaking apart. No one will be the first to break this balance.”

Zhou Heng frowned again: "But I remember, aren't announcements from the Alliance headquarters supposed to spread to all planets in an instant?"

Father Zhou explained, "This is also the result of the power struggle between the aristocratic families and the alliance. Ultimately, the alliance is the nominal ruler of the universe. The alliance headquarters has a ninth-tier beast-taming creature, the Spirit Message Heavenly Net Spider. Its ability is very special; it can instantly connect to all communication devices in the universe for one-way information transmission. Therefore, it is used for various official announcements of the alliance, but it can only conduct one-way announcements. Moreover, the Spirit Message Heavenly Net Spider is ultimately a ninth-tier beast-taming creature; the alliance will not bother it with trivial matters."

Zhou Heng instantly understood everything: "So that's how it is, I get it now, thank you Mom and Dad for clearing up my confusion."

The family of three chatted for a while longer before steering the conversation back to the Green Maple Secret Realm.

Mr. Zhou said firmly, "Alright, it's all settled then. I'll switch shifts with my colleague right away. I'll be going to Green Maple Satellite with you this time."

Zhou Heng said tactfully, "Dad, you only recently became a fifth-tier Beastmaster, so your combat strength is probably not as good as Elder Zhong's and Elder Yong's, right?"

Father Zhou flashed the white jade ring on his hand: "My combat strength is indeed inferior to theirs, but have you forgotten Senior Xiaolang? Senior Xiaolang has always stayed in this Beast Taming Ring. Although there is no contract, it can protect us when we encounter danger."

Zhou Heng raised an eyebrow: "Senior Xiaolang didn't return to his family?"

Zhou's father countered, "What's the point of going back? The family has plenty of sixth-tier beast tamers; we don't need another Senior Xiaolang. Staying here to protect us will allow Senior Xiaolang to shine even brighter."

Zhou Heng casually asked, "Dad, I've always been curious, which ancestor of the family did Senior Xiaolang leave behind?"

Father Zhou recalled, "Come to think of it, Senior Xiaolang was a beast that your great-grandfather's cousin had contracted. Later, when your great-grandfather's cousin's lifespan ended, Senior Xiaolang stayed in the family. The family always treats these beasts left behind by their ancestors very well. If it weren't for those two idiots from the Su and Zheng families who tried to kill me five years ago, your grandfather wouldn't have sent a sixth-tier beast to protect me."

Zhou Heng clung to his father's arm: "Is this what Dad always talks about—family heritage?"

Father Zhou was very proud: "That's right, this is the foundation of our Divine Dragon Zhou family! Although our Zhou family currently only has more than eighty sixth-level commander beast tamers, the number of sixth-level beast tamers left by our ancestors far exceeds that number."

Zhou Heng then asked, "Dad, a sixth-tier beast tamer can live for 240 years, but how many years can a sixth-tier beast tamer specifically live?"

After a moment's thought, Zhou's father said, "Even the shortest-lived sixth-tier beast tamers have lifespans that are more than ten times that of sixth-tier commander beast tamers. Most of them have lifespans that are a hundred times or even a thousand times longer. There are even some long-lived species, such as plant-type or elemental-type beast tamers, whose lifespans are even longer and difficult to estimate."

Zhou Heng's eyes lit up: "If you calculate it this way, as an ancient family with a history of over three thousand years, the number of sixth-tier beasts hidden within our family is probably not small; it should already be quite substantial, right?"

Zhou's father became even more smug: "That's only natural."

Zhou Heng suddenly realized: "No wonder that even though they are all aristocratic families, ancient aristocratic families are more prestigious than ordinary and newly established aristocratic families."

Zhou's mother praised him softly, "My good son, you are so smart."

Suddenly, Zhou's father's expression turned serious: "By the way, son, there's something I need to tell you. Stay away from Liu Yao these days."

Zhou Heng, confused, asked, "Dad, what happened?"

Zhou's father stated bluntly, "Based on the information I have, his father has a problem."

Zhou Heng sat up straight: "What's the problem?"

Zhou's father said coldly, "Liu Yao's father, Liu Hao, has probably already betrayed the alliance."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Heng fell silent instantly.

He didn't know what to say about this news.