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

The reason why the Shenlong Zhou family and the Jinwu Li family are as close as family is that the two families have been intermarrying frequently since they first became prominent families. This relationship has never been broken for thousands of years, and they are already inseparable.

The reason why the Zhou family of Shenlong and the Yue family of Bingjiao advance and retreat together is because of their long-standing relationship and huge interests, which unites the two families together.

The Zhou family of Shenlong and the Meng family of Qiongqi have neither had a marriage alliance spanning hundreds or thousands of years, nor have any huge interests binding them together.

The reason they wanted to join forces with the Zhou family of Shenlong was simply because of Zhou Heng, who was a highly sought-after prize.

Zhou Heng understood what Ancestor Wanbao meant: "Ancestor, I understand. We will neither openly reject the Qiongqi Meng family, nor will we completely open our hearts to them."

Ancestor Wanbao revealed a "teachable" expression on his face: "That's right, the Qiongqi Meng family has something we can use, so why not? But we can't completely trust them; we need to investigate first. If there are no problems later, we can arrange for the direct descendants of both families to intermarry. If they can maintain this for more than ten generations, then they'll be trustworthy."

Zhou Heng nodded: "This is indeed the best way."

With a flick of his sleeve, the purple robe fluttered in the wind as he stood with his hands behind his back: "Time will tell. Our Shenlong Zhou family has a 3,000-year heritage; the one thing we have in abundance is time."

Time can indeed bring many things and change many things.

After leaving Wanbao Patriarch, Zhou Heng went to Bixi Island and met his grandparents and several uncles.

The Zhou family patriarch and matriarch pulled Zhou Heng aside and asked him all sorts of questions, which Zhou Heng answered patiently.

Grandma Zhou looked at him with doting eyes: "My dear grandson, are you having a good time at school?"

Zhou Heng replied truthfully, "I'm very happy. At school, besides training beast tamers, I've been improving my level as a breeder. I've been honing my skills at the upper gold level for a long time, and I should be able to advance to diamond breeder this year."

Upon hearing this, Patriarch Zhou beamed with joy: "This is wonderful news! You're so young to be promoted to Diamond Breeder. In the more than three thousand years of history of the Zhou family, this is extremely rare."

Fourth Uncle's eyes gleamed with admiration: "The family has produced many nurturing masters in the past, but none have progressed as rapidly as you."

Zhou Heng didn't try to explain anything, attributing everything to his talent: "Maybe I was born to be a nurturer!"

The old patriarch of the Zhou family put his arm around Zhou Heng's arm and said excitedly, "Heng'er, you are truly an all-around genius! Not only are you so talented as a beast tamer, but you are also so talented as a breeder. Our Zhou family is truly blessed to have you."

Madam Zhou's eyes also filled with anticipation: "Heng'er, seeing how outstanding you are, we are truly happy for you from the bottom of our hearts!"

Zhou Heng took the arms of the old patriarch and his wife, saying, "Thank you, Grandpa and Grandma."

Old Zhou asked pointedly, "At school, no one dares to mess with you, right?"

Zhou Heng grinned, seemingly harmless, yet ruthless: "Of course no one would dare to provoke me. Anyone who dared to provoke me is already dead."

The old patriarch Zhou nodded in satisfaction: "That's good!"

Madam Zhou looked quite envious: "Heng'er has only been gone from us for a few months, and his strength has increased again. He's already at the fifth level and seventh stage of the Star Devouring Kunpeng. It's like he's been on a rocket."

Uncle Shi appeared quite objective: "Heng'er's second talent is SSS level, so such speed is not exaggerated."

Patriarch Zhou then said, "That's true. Talents below S-rank will progress very slowly after advancing to the fifth-tier Battle General Beastmaster. Even with S-rank talent, it takes several years to advance to a minor level. Even with SS-rank talent, the advancement speed is measured in years. Only our Heng'er's supreme SSS-rank talent can allow the Star-Devouring Kunpeng to advance to a minor level every few months on average."

His uncle couldn't help but tease, "Heng'er, at this rate, you're not far from becoming a sixth-tier Commander Beastmaster. You should be able to advance to a sixth-tier Commander Beastmaster before you graduate with your doctorate, right?"

Fourth Uncle chimed in, "Big Brother, you underestimate Heng'er. I bet Heng'er will be able to advance to a sixth-tier Commander Beastmaster during his postgraduate studies."

Looking at his family members who were wholeheartedly devoted to him, Zhou Heng said directly, "I feel like I can become a sixth-tier commander beast tamer before I even start graduate school."

Fourth Uncle was astonished: "Although you're only a sophomore this year, it's only been a little over two years, less than three, before you start graduate school. Time flies! In such a short time, can the Star-Devouring Kunpeng really advance several levels and simultaneously cross a major realm to advance to the sixth rank?"

Zhou Heng was confident and assured: "I am still confident about this."

The higher the quality of the beast, the better the effect of the spirit source points. This is why Zhou Heng is so confident.

The old patriarch glared at his fourth uncle: "You dare to question Heng'er now? How dare you question Heng'er's talent? Heng'er has only been in contract with the Star-Devouring Kunpeng for three years, and the Star-Devouring Kunpeng has already reached the late stage of the fifth rank. In another two or three years, advancing to the sixth rank is only a matter of course, isn't it?"

Fourth Uncle said sullenly, "The main problem is that, according to common sense, it becomes more difficult to advance further. Although the Star-Devouring Kunpeng is a high-level mythical-quality beast, and Heng'er has an SSS-level supreme talent, advancing from the fifth to the sixth rank is no easy task. Logically speaking, this speed is still a bit too fast."

Madam Zhou also had great confidence in Zhou Heng: "Heng'er's Spirit Source Master is more powerful than the other dozen or so SSS-level talents in history in terms of improving beast taming strength and accelerating beast taming growth. It is only natural that Heng'er's advancement speed is faster than other SSS-level talents."

The uncle thought of the legends and records Zhou Heng had created before, and he already believed nine-tenths of what Zhou Heng said: "Heng'er is still a few months away from turning twenty-three. When he graduates from his senior year of college and goes straight to graduate school, he will be around twenty-five years old. If he can really advance to the sixth-level commander beast tamer at that age, it will definitely cause a huge sensation."

Fourth Uncle suddenly remembered that Zhou Heng never boasted, so he chimed in, "That's for sure."

Tenth Uncle looked at Zhou Heng with a complex mix of emotions: relief, envy, and a hint of complete admiration. "I only became a sixth-level commander when I was thirty-five, but among my peers from aristocratic families, I was already the most outstanding. Now, compared to Heng'er, I'm not even qualified to carry his shoes."

Zhou Heng quickly comforted him, "Tenth Uncle, you are too modest. It is already very impressive that you were able to advance to the sixth-level Commander Beastmaster at the age of thirty-five. You truly deserve your SS-level talent."