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

Zhou Heng stared intently at the Tide Sound Sea Lion and cut to the chase: "If you want to acknowledge me as your master, do you want me to initiate the evolution ritual for you?"

The Tide Sound Sea Lion replied respectfully and honestly, "I dare not hide it from you, Master. I did have this thought, but the more important reason is that you are kind-hearted, unlike ordinary beast tamers. I am impressed by your magnanimity, which is why I want to serve you and be your servant. Even if you don't initiate the evolution ritual for me, I will still be loyal to you wholeheartedly."

Zhou Heng casually made a grand promise: "It's not difficult for me to initiate the evolution ritual for you, it just depends on your future performance."

The sea lion was overjoyed: "Thank you so much, Master!"

Zhou Heng then asked, "Do you have a name?"

The Tide Sea Lion immediately said, "Please bestow a name upon me, Master."

Zhou Heng thought for a moment: "From now on, you'll be called Hai Chao (Sea Tide)!"

The sea lion sang loudly, "Thank you for your kindness, Master."

The Abyss Troll Zhang hurriedly said, "Master, I want a name too."

Without hesitation, Zhou Heng said, "You'll be called Troll!"

The eight tentacles of the Abyss Troll Crest waved back and forth: "Thank you, Master."

Zhou Heng looked at the two enormous creatures, the Abyss Troll Octopus and the Tide Sound Sea Lion: "You two are not my tamed beasts, nor can you be considered contracted partners. You are merely my servants, and you are not qualified to stay by my side normally. Just stay in the Thousand Sound Blessed Land for now and guard it well! I will come to see you when I have time."

The Tide-Sound Sea Lion and the Abyss Troll Octopus said in unison, "We obey our master's command."

Zhou Heng then took the opportunity to meet with the principal of No. 3 Middle School and others, reminiscing with them before returning to the Canglan Plane with his parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Zhou immediately went to find the old head of the Zhou family and Mrs. Zhou.

Zhou Heng immediately went to visit Wanbao Laozu.

Ancestor Wanbao glanced at the six shrunken beasts beside Zhou Heng and couldn't help but stroke his beard and smile with satisfaction: "In just a few months, your beasts have basically all made breakthroughs. You truly deserve your SSS-level talent. Advancing your beasts is as easy as eating and drinking."

Zhou Heng glanced at the six beasts beside him, his expression full of affection: "Mainly because all six of them are of high quality now, so their advancement is naturally quite rapid."

Ancestor Wanbao kept praising, "Among your six tamed beasts, apart from the Fortune Qilin King, the rest have all reached the fifth rank, especially the Star-Devouring Kunpeng, which has reached the seventh level of the fifth rank. You are only twenty-two years old this year, a few months away from turning twenty-three. To have achieved such success at this age is truly astonishing."

Zhou Heng smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Ancestor."

Ancestor Wanbao couldn't help but say, "Your growth rate is truly unexpected. Although I am not an SSS-level talent, I am still an SS-level talent, and I have seen what the growth rate of ordinary SSS-level talents is like. But based on my observation, let alone us SS-level talents, even the SSS-level Thunder King doesn't have such a rapid advancement as you."

Zhou Heng said modestly, "My second talent, the Lord of Spiritual Source, is characterized by its ability to quickly enhance the strength of beast tamers, but it does not provide any combat bonus. Compared with ordinary SSS-level talents, the main difference lies in the focus."

Ancestor Wanbao understood perfectly: "Although your Spirit Source Master doesn't seem to provide direct combat boosts, it can infinitely enhance the level and bloodline of your beast tamers. In a way, isn't that a different kind of combat boost? Moreover, the Spirit Source Master allows your beast tamers to ignore bottlenecks and continuously grow stronger. This talent is truly amazing. In my opinion, the Spirit Source Master can definitely be considered the strongest talent since the Beast Taming Era."

Zhou Heng smiled and said, "Ancestor, you flatter me. Apart from me, the other twelve Beast Tamers who awakened SSS-level talents in the past six thousand years also had their own unique talents, and they were definitely no worse than me."

Ancestor Wanbao sighed, "This is different. At least from my perspective, the Spirit Source Master's talent is significantly stronger than other SSS-level talents. If given a choice, I believe that most of the twelve Beast Tamers in history who awakened SSS-level talents would probably choose to exchange their talents with you."

Zhou Heng smiled but remained silent.

The old patriarch Wanbao then suddenly asked, "Have you had some kind of conflict with the Qiongqi Meng family?"

Zhou Heng was somewhat surprised: "It was just a small matter, it's already been resolved, how did the Ancestor know about it?"

Ancestor Wanbao said calmly, "I am, after all, an eighth-tier Monarch Beast Tamer. Although Yuandu and Weidu are nearly a thousand light-years apart, when you dealt with the Qiongqi Meng family in Hanyue Cave Heaven, you deliberately chose to make an example of them. What's so difficult about that?"

Zhou Heng tentatively asked, "What does Ancestor think of my handling of this matter?"

Ancestor Wanbao praised Zhou Heng highly: "You handled it very well. You can handle things this way in the future. Although our Shenlong Zhou family is only a large family, our foundation is no weaker than that of ordinary top families. Even if we are in conflict with top families, we do not need to back down in the slightest. The Zhou and Li families will always be your strongest support."

Encouraged by Ancestor Wanbao, Zhou Heng became even more confident: "I understand what Ancestor means. I am the young patriarch of the Zhou family. When facing outsiders, I will definitely take the strongest stance and let the world know that the majesty of our Divine Dragon Zhou family is inviolable."

Ancestor Wanbao nodded repeatedly: "Good child! The future of the Zhou and Li families is entirely in your hands."

Zhou Heng continued, "Ancestor, I feel that the Qiongqi Meng family may be interested in joining forces with us. Because of Meng Lide's matter, the Qiongqi Meng family gave me generous compensation and gifted me dozens of high-level magic weapons. The Kunling King of the Qiongqi Meng family also specifically sought me out to express goodwill and conveyed their attitude of wanting to advance and retreat together with our Shenlong Zhou family."

Ancestor Wanbao made no attempt to hide anything from Zhou Heng: "Your feeling is correct. The Qiongqi Meng family has also contacted me through other channels. They do indeed want to unite with our Shenlong Zhou family to form a defensive alliance."

Zhou Heng pressed further, "Does the Ancestor think we should cooperate with them?"

The old patriarch of Wanbao deliberately gave a cryptic answer: "I want it, but I don't want it."

Zhou Heng, puzzled, said, "Please enlighten me, Ancestor."

Ancestor Wanbao analyzed the current situation between the two sides: "Although the Qiongqi Meng family has been established for less than three thousand years and cannot be considered an ancient family, it has produced two ninth-tier Emperor-level Beast Tamers in the modern era, Emperor Luxie and Emperor Minghui, firmly placing it among the top families. Even though Emperor Luxie's lifespan is nearing its end and the Qiongqi Meng family will inevitably decline, they are still not to be underestimated. Directly antagonizing them would be unwise. However, it would also be inappropriate to easily ally with the Qiongqi Meng family, because an alliance between two families cannot be achieved with just a few words."