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

Zhou Heng didn't rush to respond. Instead, he turned and asked, "Dad, Mom, I'm all grown up now. Can you tell me more about our family?"

When Zhou Heng left his family with his parents, he was still young. He only knew that his family was powerful, but he didn't know exactly how powerful they were.

Although you can learn some things through conversations between your parents, it's not in-depth enough.

Mr. Zhou nodded happily: "What information would you like to know?"

Zhou Heng immediately asked, "How many eighth-tier Monarch Beast Tamers does your family have? I'm not referring to those on the surface; I know the ones in the open. I want to know about the ones hidden behind the scenes."

Zhou's father directly told Zhou Heng: "The Zhou family and the Li family each have an eighth-level monarch beast tamer on the surface, and in fact, they each have an eighth-level monarch beast tamer, who are the Wanbao Ancestor and Linglong Ancestor that we usually talk about. Outsiders call them Wanbao King and Linglong King, which are their exclusive titles certified by the East Asia Association."

Beastmasters in the Eastern Alliance will have exclusive titles starting from the seventh-tier feudal lord level.

Zhou Heng then asked, "How many eighth-tier Monarch Beastmasters are there in the Eastern Alliance?"

Zhou's father looked proud: "There are only thirty-three eighth-tier Monarch Beast Tamers in total."

Zhou Heng's eyes lit up: "Did you include the two patriarchs?"

Mr. Zhou nodded: "Of course it should be included."

Zhou Heng frowned in thought: "Are these eighth-tier monarch beast tamers all under the command of the Eastern Alliance government?"

Zhou's father listed them off as if they were his own treasures: "Of the thirty-three eighth-tier monarch beast tamers, eighteen belong to the Eastern Alliance government, seven belong to the Beast Tamer Guild, and eight belong to the Four Religions and Three Societies."

Zhou Heng was very curious: "Which side do the two ancestors belong to specifically?"

Zhou's father replied, "They belong to the ASEAN government; nominally, they are all senior members of the ASEAN headquarters."

Starting from a seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamer, one can become an elder of the Eastern Alliance, but this is only an ordinary elder. Only when one reaches the eighth-tier monarch beast tamer can one become a sequence elder.

Moreover, starting from the sixth-tier Commander Beastmaster, one must choose a side.

At least nominally, one of the two parties, the ASEAN government and the Beastmaster Guild, must be involved.

Otherwise, they would be suppressed by both sides and would have no choice but to seek refuge with the Four Teachings and Three Associations.

Zhou Heng stared into his father's eyes: "Now that the two ancestors have become senior elders of the Eastern Alliance, is the Eastern Alliance taking precedence, or is the family taking precedence?"

Mr. Zhou said matter-of-factly, "Of course, the family comes first! You have to understand that an alliance is a force formed by the united efforts of our families. Although we must unite against those outside the alliance, we cannot avoid open and covert struggles within the alliance for power and profit! Only the family is a safe haven forever."

As Zhou Heng processed this information, he asked, "How many seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamers are hidden within the family?"

Mr. Zhou sighed: "Not a single one."

Zhou Heng was shocked: "How could this be? I used to think the family was hiding their talents, but I never expected it to be true! This is such a huge gap in the family's talent pool."

Zhou's father immediately explained to Zhou Heng: "Fifty years ago, our two families had quite a few seventh-tier noble beast tamers, but at that time a great demon named Chen Bufan appeared. His talent was unknown, but he possessed heaven-defying opportunities and cultivated his beast taming to the ninth tier... Because he came from a poor background, he had great prejudice against our aristocratic families, so he founded a force called the Dragon Cult, specifically to oppose us ancient aristocratic families... Originally, we didn't care too much, but later he plotted to kill many people from aristocratic families, including a large number of our family's elites... In the end, Chen Bufan's many evil deeds led to his downfall, and the Eastern Alliance government led many powerful people from aristocratic families to wipe him out."

Zhou Heng instantly understood: "So all the seventh-tier beast tamers in our family were killed during that period?"

When Zhou's father mentioned this matter, he was filled with indignation and couldn't help but grit his teeth: "That's right. At that time, our two families not only lost a group of seventh-level feudal lord beast tamers, but also many sixth-level, fifth-level, and fourth-level beast tamers. We were severely injured, so even after fifty years, we have not been able to fully recover. Fortunately, we had the two ancestors to support us, otherwise we would have fallen from the level of a noble family."

Seeing this, Zhou Heng quickly changed to a lighter, more cheerful topic: "Grandpa and Grandma should be becoming seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamers soon, right?"

Zhou's father immediately beamed with joy: "It'll be soon. Your grandfather's Mountain and Sea Overlord was originally of mid-level overlord quality, but now it has evolved into the Sky-Supporting Overlord quality of high-level overlord."

Baxia, also known as Bixi, is a tamed beast born from the union of a true dragon and a powerful spirit tortoise.

It has a dragon's head, a tortoise's body, dragon's claws, and a dragon's tail, carries a giant stele on its back, and possesses immense strength.

Not all offspring born from the union of a divine tortoise and a true dragon can be called Baxia.

Below the Overlord quality, it can only be called a Dragon Turtle at best.

Baxia has a mutated bloodline and is no weaker than an ordinary true dragon.

Zhou's mother added, "Your grandmother's Fufeng Golden Roc was originally of mid-level overlord quality, but now it has evolved into the high-level overlord Nine Heavens Wind Roc. They have been stuck at the bottleneck between the sixth and seventh levels for decades, so they are not lacking in resources. Therefore, they will probably be able to become seventh-level feudal lord beast tamers within ten years."

Zhou Heng was also happy about this: "Once they become seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamers, the family's situation should be better."

Although seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamers are not as good as eighth-tier monarch beast tamers, their numbers in the Eastern Alliance are still very small.

Anyone who can become a seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamer is qualified to establish a noble family.

Most of the powerful families in the Eastern Alliance only have seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamers, but no eighth-tier monarch beast tamers.

Families like the Zhou and Li, which have eighth-tier monarch-level beast tamers but no seventh-tier feudal lord-level beast tamers, are actually in the minority.

Father Zhou regained his composure and said, "Of course, but there's no need to worry now. As long as the two ancestors are still alive, the Zhou family and the Li family's positions will always be as solid as a rock."

Mother Zhou smiled brightly: "Moreover, although there is a gap in the number of beast tamers in our Zhou and Li families, and we are currently lacking seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamers, we still have some seventh-tier beasts left behind by our ancestors. When necessary, they can be a very strong fighting force! This is the foundation of our ancient families, which those short-sighted nouveau riche cannot compare to."

Zhou Heng smiled and then asked, "How many seventh-tier lord-level beast tamers are there in the Eastern Alliance now?"

Zhou's father did not hide anything: "There are only 1,500 people in total, of which only 900 have joined the Eastern Alliance official organization, and the remaining 600 are scattered in the Beast Tamer Guild and the Four Religions and Three Societies."

Zhou Heng already had a rough idea of ​​the alliance's strength: "When you calculate it this way, it really isn't much."

Finally, Zhou Heng asked his parents a few more questions, which gave him a detailed understanding of the family's high-level combat power.

Although the family lacks a seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamer, both the Zhou family patriarch and the Li family patriarch are eighth-tier monarch beast tamers.

Looking at the entire ASEAN region, they are a very prestigious group.

Zhou Heng felt a stronger sense of belonging to his family.