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

Despite being a large and prestigious family, the Zhou family's talent is so low that no one can save them.

Even with abundant resources, an F-rank talent's contracted beast quality is limited, preventing them from ever leveling up.

Therefore, the only purpose of these uncles with less talent was to have more children and continue the Zhou family line.

As for Zhou Heng's aunts, they have all basically married out to other prominent families.

Further down the line, there are various cousins, including male and female cousins, nephews and nieces, and grand-nephews...

There were too many to remember.

The number of distant relatives, such as uncles, cousins, nephews, and grandsons, is astronomical.

It's impossible to meet everyone; you can only choose some to build relationships with.

During this period, Zhou Heng's grandparents also specially asked Zhou Heng's fourth uncle, who was the current head of the Zhou family, to send people to select clan members who adhered to the five virtues of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness, so as to collect the acquired five virtues for Zhou Heng.

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Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, the old patriarch of the Zhou family specifically summoned Zhou Heng.

He specifically asked, "Heng'er, Yuan Ting said you've raised the Phoenix Azure Luan to the third rank. Could you summon it so we can take a look?"

"Okay, Grandpa."

A purple light emanated from between Zhou Heng's brows, and a blue phoenix, over twenty meters in size, appeared before everyone.

The old patriarch Zhou raised an eyebrow: "Twenty-two?"

Zhou Heng immediately explained, "I was just promoted a couple of days ago."

Madam Zhou smiled and said, "Your grandfather and I thought you had just trained Fengyi Qingluan to level 21, but you quietly leveled up again. We never expected you to be so talented."

Zhou Heng remained calm and attributed everything to his parents: "It's all thanks to my parents for spending a lot of resources on me."

The old patriarch Zhou was an experienced man: "Even with abundant resources, the speed of a diamond-quality beast tamer will gradually slow down after reaching the third tier. You have only been contracting a beast tamer for a little over a month, and you have already cultivated the Phoenix Azure Phoenix to the twenty-second level. Such speed is already comparable to some SS-level talents, and may even surpass them."

Madam Zhou couldn't help but say with delight, "Moreover, the aura on your beast is very stable, and its foundation is particularly solid. It's obvious that it wasn't forced to grow. With such a good seedling like you, our Zhou family has truly struck gold this time."

Zhou Heng remained humble throughout: "Thank you for the praise, Grandpa and Grandma. I will work even harder."

Suddenly, the old patriarch Zhou's eyes narrowed: "Something's not right. Your tamed beast doesn't seem to be an ordinary Phoenix Azure Luan."

Zhou Heng was puzzled: "How could that be? My parents brought me Jiuxiao to receive it from the Beast Tamer Guild."

Old Madam Zhou looked closely and noticed something amiss: "Heng'er, when did your Phoenix Embrace and Azure Luan appear like this?"

Zhou Heng looked puzzled: "What's going on?"

The old patriarch Zhou pointed and said, "Look, your beast looks like an ordinary phoenix on the surface, but it has undergone a mysterious change inside. For example, some colorful phoenix feathers have grown at the base of its wings."

Zhou Heng knew that the change was caused by the Spirit Source Pearl, but he couldn't say it outright. He could only feign surprise and ask, "Could it be that my Phoenix Azure Phoenix has mutated?"

The old patriarch of the Zhou family appeared quite excited: "This is not an ordinary mutation; it is a very rare sign of autonomous evolution!"

This was the first time Zhou Heng had heard this term: "Autonomous evolution?"

The old patriarch Zhou patiently explained, "So-called autonomous evolution means that the quality of the beast has been evolved to a higher level without relying on an evolution ritual. The specific reasons are very complicated. It is said that only a very small number of beasts will show signs of autonomous evolution under extremely lucky circumstances."

Madam Zhou added, "However, autonomous evolution is extremely difficult. After signs appear, the process of complete evolution may take many years. Beast tamers generally cannot wait that long and often still need the help of an evolution ritual."

As Zhou Heng listened to his grandparents' story, a ripple of emotion stirred within him.

It seems he underestimated the power of the Spirit Source Pearl before.

Madam Zhou continued, "Actually, there's no need to be overly demanding of complete evolution. Even if autonomous evolution fails, it will greatly reduce the difficulty of using evolution rituals to improve the quality of your beasts later!"

The patriarch of the Zhou family looked at Zhou Heng, his eyes gleaming with admiration: "Heng'er, you have truly given me a pleasant surprise! I was originally worried that it would be difficult for your high-level diamond-quality Phoenix to skip the lower-level overlord and evolve into the mid-level overlord Rainbow-Winged Phoenix, and that you might have to fail two or three times before succeeding. But now that I have seen it, I can assure you that as long as you continue to grow step by step, your Phoenix will be able to evolve into the Rainbow-Winged Phoenix with just one evolution ritual! This will save the family a lot of precious resources."

Zhou Heng smiled and said, "Thank you for clearing up my doubts, Grandpa. I never expected to be so lucky. It's truly a blessing from our ancestors."

Old Madam Zhou said with kind eyes, "That's right! It's all thanks to the blessings of our ancestors. Not only are you exceptionally talented, but your luck is also astonishing."

The old patriarch of the Zhou family couldn't help but exclaim, "The phoenix species is evolving on its own; this is an auspicious sign! Perhaps this is a sign from heaven that the Zhou family is about to prosper."

Afterwards, Zhou Heng's grandparents asked him many more questions and gave him a lot of resources before letting him go back.

……

Another day has passed.

A servant entered Zhou Heng's courtyard and respectfully said, "Young Master Yu Heng, the old patriarch requests your presence."

Zhou Heng immediately followed the servant to the courtyard where his grandparents lived.

Mr. and Mrs. Zhou were already waiting here.

Zhou Heng stepped forward and said, "Grandpa, why did you call me over?"

The old patriarch Zhou said gently, "As a direct descendant of a clan with S-level talent, you should rightfully obtain a beast cub of overlord quality for a contract. Since the patriarch is free today, I will take you to pay your respects to the patriarch and receive the beast cub specially prepared for you."

Zhou Heng was overjoyed: "Thank you, Grandpa."

The old patriarch Zhou's brow immediately glowed with purple light, summoning his other beast from his beast-taming space.

This beast was five thousand meters long, with a deep blue body. It resembled a lion, but had dragon horns and a dragon tail, and possessed the unique charm of the dragon race.

Zhou Heng knew that this was his grandfather's most powerful beast besides the Qingtian Baxia, a sixth-order Taixu Suanni, of mid-level overlord quality.

Suanni is also one of the legendary dragon sons, a unique species born from the union of a true dragon and a spirit lion. Its bloodline is the same as that of Baxia, and is no less than that of an ordinary true dragon.

The old patriarch Zhou immediately flew onto the body of the Taixu Suanni.

Then, a gentle force pulled Zhou Heng onto the back of the Taixu Suanni.