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

Time flies, and soon it was February 15th.

The Qingyang Guild Master, Yougui Wang, once again came to the Canglan Plane to pay a special visit to Zhou Heng.

He once again brought with him the vice president of the Qingyang Society, Marquis Linfeng, and a large group of followers, including Liu Yao, an old acquaintance of Zhou Heng and Li Lang.

The meeting place was still the Ruilin Palace on Ruilin Island.

Zhou Heng sat in the head seat at the top, while the group from the Qingyang Society sat in the guest seats below, accompanied by the Zhou family patriarch and his wife.

Because of his good relationship with Zhou Heng, Li Lang also sat in the guest seat, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Zhou Heng sat imposingly on his throne, one hand casually resting on the armrest, the other propping up his chin, appearing quite languid: "King of the Netherworld, it's been a while since we last met, hasn't it? How have you been?"

The Qingyang Guild Master, Yougui Wang, wore a light green robe, which made him appear extremely thin.

His words, however, were somewhat cheesy: "It has indeed been a while. Thanks to the young leader, I've been living quite comfortably lately. Ever since our last meeting, your heroic image has been imprinted in my mind, lingering there, making me think of you constantly and always hoping to see you again. This time, my wish has finally come true. I wonder if the young leader shares my sentiment and has also been looking forward to seeing me again?"

Zhou Heng smiled and said, "Of course, I really enjoy chatting with a knowledgeable high-level beast tamer like you. This time, let's speak freely."

Guild Master Yougui Wang chimed in, "Although the young leader is young, your talent is undeniable, and chatting with you has been very beneficial to me."

Zhou Heng smiled and said, "You're too kind. We're in the same boat."

Qingyang Guild Leader Youguiwang glanced at the six shrunken beasts beside Zhou Heng and said, "I haven't yet congratulated the little alliance leader on how much stronger his beasts have become. In particular, the quality of the little alliance leader's initial beast, second beast, and third beast has all evolved. The little alliance leader's strength is now much higher than when we last met."

Upon hearing the Ghost King praise them, the Three-Headed Azure Phoenix adopted an even more elegant posture, the Ghost Abyss Demon Dragon arrogantly raised its head, the Lucky Qilin King revealed a human-like shyness, while the Ruins God Dragon, Titan Lord, and Star Devouring Kunpeng remained unmoved.

Zhou Heng sat up straight: "It's just a slight improvement, nothing to brag about."

Guild Master Qingyang, Youguiwang, clicked his tongue in admiration: "The Three-Headed Azure Phoenix and the Netherworld Demon Dragon are both of superior overlord quality, while the Returning Void Divine Dragon is of inferior mythical quality. I remember the last time we met, the Three-Headed Azure Phoenix was just a Colorful Winged Azure Phoenix, the Netherworld Demon Dragon was just an Eternal Night Demon Dragon, and the Returning Void Divine Dragon was just a Sea-Covering Silver Dragon. To evolve three mid-level overlord quality beasts into superior overlord quality and inferior mythical quality beasts in such a short time, and to accomplish this feat, is something that no one in the entire alliance except the Little Alliance Master could do."

Zhou Heng dismissed it, saying, "What's so difficult about that? Doesn't your Qingyang Society have enough mythical beasts hidden away?"

Guild Master Qingyang, Youguiwang, shook his head: "It's different. Others might fail ten or eight times when trying to evolve their beast taming abilities, but Little Alliance Leader, thanks to your second talent, you succeed on your first try, which is equivalent to a 100% success rate. Who wouldn't envy such a method?"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but reveal his true feelings, lamenting, "If everyone could evolve their beasts successfully on the first try like the Little Alliance Leader, the Eastern Alliance would probably be full of kings and lords would be as worthless as dogs. But in reality, there are only a handful of eighth-tier king beast tamers and seventh-tier lord beast tamers in the entire universe. Our major forces only have a little over thirty king beast tamers and a little over a thousand lord beast tamers combined. Besides the limitations imposed on beast tamers by talent, the main reason is that the failure rate of beast evolution is simply too high."

Zhou Heng first agreed, then mentioned another angle: "The number of high-level beast tamers is indeed too small, but this is also related to the Dragon Cult. If the Dragon Cult hadn't caused chaos decades ago, resulting in the deaths and injuries of many high-level beast tamers, there should be even more high-level beast tamers in the universe today."

Guild Master Qingyang, Yougui Wang, nodded repeatedly: "That's true."

Seeing that the Ghost King was still not getting to the point, Zhou Heng stopped beating around the bush and asked, "You came here today, is it just to catch up with me?"

The Qingyang Guild Master, Yougui Wang, quickly stated, "Of course, it's not just that. The main reason I came here is that I heard the young guild leader's son is about to turn one year old and will be holding a 'grasping ceremony' (a traditional Chinese custom where a child chooses objects to represent them). So I came here specifically to congratulate the young guild leader and, on behalf of the Qingyang Guild, Baiyang Guild, and Hongyang Guild, to present congratulatory gifts."

He stood up, and three storage bracelets—one blue, one white, and one red—appeared in his hand, all of different colors but identical in design. "These are a small gift prepared by our three associations. Please accept it."

Zhou Heng raised his hand and took the three storage bracelets into his palm, playing with them: "You three are too kind. It's just a child's first birthday, not a big holiday. It's too much trouble for you, an eighth-level king beast tamer, to make the trip in person."

The Qingyang Guild Master, Yougui Wang, deliberately adopted a humble attitude: "No matter is too small for the young leader. Although I am the guild master of the Qingyang Guild, I am nothing in front of the young leader. If I didn't come in person and only sent someone else, wouldn't that be disrespectful to the young leader?"

Zhou Heng naturally agreed with these words, but he said aloud, "Anyone who comes from afar is a guest, regardless of their status or wealth."

Guild Master Qingyang, Yougui Wang, smiled and chimed in, "What the young guild leader said is truly comforting to hear. No wonder everyone wants to be friends with the young guild leader."

Zhou Heng said meaningfully, "Perhaps! I also hope to be friends with everyone, but that's obviously impossible."

Qingyang Guild Leader Youguiwang's expression turned serious: "I don't know about others, but our three guilds really want to gain the friendship of the Little Alliance Leader."

Zhou Heng gave a half-smile and immediately retorted, "Aren't we friends now?"

The Qingyang Guild Leader, Youguiwang, revealed his intentions: "Naturally, we are friends, but our three guilds hope to deepen our friendship with the Little Alliance Leader and make it last forever."

Zhou Heng didn't make a definitive statement, but instead chose to draw a vague line: "As long as your three associations don't affect the interests of our Shenlong Zhou family, we can always be friends."

Whether the shadow affects interests or not, it's all essentially a matter of a single word from the Zhou family of Shenlong.

Qingyang Guild Master Youguiwang readily agreed: "Please rest assured, Little Alliance Leader, our three guilds aim for mutual benefit and win-win outcomes, and will never compromise the interests of our allies."

Zhou Heng revealed a meaningful smile: "Your reputation has always been very good, so I'm naturally at ease."

The Ghost King smiled knowingly as well.