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

Du Si'an had been keeping his eyes on Zhou Heng's six tamed beasts, and now he finally couldn't help but flatter him, saying, "Young Alliance Leader's progress is truly astounding! Before even starting university, you had already cultivated the Star Devouring Kunpeng to the third level of the fifth rank, which was unprecedented. Now, in your second year of university, you've already advanced the Star Devouring Kunpeng to the seventh level of the fifth rank. Along with the other tamed beasts, except for the Fortune Qilin King, which you only contracted two years ago, they have all basically reached the fifth rank. Such speed truly makes us bow down in admiration."

Zhou Heng, possessing the Titan Lord's skill of keen observation, immediately discerned Du Si'an's level, yet still deliberately asked, "Brother Du, you have an SS-level talent; you must have made considerable progress in the past two years, right?"

Du Si'an sighed: "Compared to you, my progress is far too slow. I worked my butt off and only managed to train my main beast tamer to the fourth level of the fifth rank a few days ago. I'm already thirty years old, seven or eight years older than you, and I'm far behind you. I can't compare to you at all."

Zhou Heng comforted Du Si'an before asking, "This is already quite good. I remember you graduated with your doctorate last year, and now you are...?"

Du Si'an explained his current situation: "After graduation, I stayed at Yaori University as a teaching assistant. After all, my background is too ordinary. Even with my SS-level talent, I can't compare to you geniuses who were born into aristocratic families. Only by staying at Yaori University can I get the best development. Because Yaori University will provide me with the corresponding resources to help me continue to grow."

He joked, "In the future, I'll most likely just work my way up from teaching assistant to lecturer, and then to professor. I can see the end of my life laid out before me."

Zhou Heng, however, did not think so: "Such a steady and rapid promotion is something that countless people yearn for but cannot achieve."

Du Si'an has a clear plan for herself: "It would be too much to ask for something and not get it. This is just the easiest path that I, with my background, can choose."

Zhou Heng smiled and shook his head: "While background is important, it's not the most important thing. Talent is the key. Which of these aristocratic families today didn't come from an aristocratic background? Their earliest ancestors all relied on their exceptional talent to become powerful and establish their families."

He knew Du Si'an's thoughts, so he deliberately said, "With your talent, Brother Du, you're guaranteed to be a seventh-tier noble beast tamer at the very least. Even becoming an eighth-tier monarch beast tamer wouldn't be difficult. At that time, establishing a large clan single-handedly—what a legend that would be!"

"That's right, Young Alliance Leader! Talent is the most important thing."

"Senior Du has a very promising future!"

"Yeah yeah……"

Yan Haosen and the others echoed his sentiments, looking at Du Si'an with envy.

After all, their S-level talents are only one level lower than Du Si'an's SS-level talents, but they are worlds apart.

Even with their distinguished backgrounds, it's difficult to bridge the gap between the two sides.

Du Si'an will easily advance to become an eighth-tier monarch beast tamer in the future, while those with S-level talents are different.

For most people with S-rank talent, becoming an eighth-tier Monarch Beastmaster is a very difficult hurdle to overcome, even for those from noble families.

Even for those not born into a prestigious family, becoming a seventh-tier noble beast tamer is a hurdle that many S-level talents cannot overcome.

Zhou Heng, using the Titan Lord's shared skill to see everything clearly, glanced at everyone and knew the beast-taming levels of everyone except Du Si'an.

Yue Wujiu and Gu Yixuan were two years older than Zhou Heng, and their main beast taming skills had both reached the fourth rank, sixth level.

Yan Haosen and Ling Yisheng, who were in the same year as Zhou Heng, both reached the fourth level of the fourth tier in terms of their main beast taming.

Although Wei Qingwen and Qiao Xinrui were in the same year as Zhou Heng, Wei Qingwen's main beast taming skill was only at the second level of the fourth rank, while Qiao Xinrui's was at the third level of the fourth rank.

They were all far behind Zhou Heng.

Even Zhou Heng's weakest tamed beast, the Lucky Qilin King, was of a much higher level than their tamed beasts, which was only because the Lucky Qilin King was contracted relatively late.

The difference in talent is obvious and can be seen at a glance.

Du Si'an was extremely happy to hear Zhou Heng's words.

He had indeed long ago made up his mind to establish a prestigious family in the future.

Zhou Heng bringing this up in public now is a sign of his approval.

The group then chatted for a while, enjoying themselves immensely.

……

February 20th arrived quickly, and the Canglan Plane was still bustling with guests.

As before, guests were seated in three categories: the most honored, the second most honored, and the least honored, based on their status.

In the area where the highest seat was located, Xuan Chen Supreme, as the supreme tenth-order Supreme Beast Tamer, sat in the main seat.

A large number of high-level beast tamers surrounded him. At first, these people kept saying all sorts of flattering words, but Xuan Chen Supreme remained indifferent throughout.

Seeing this, no one dared to fawn over Xuan Chen Supreme, and could only flatter his disciple Zhou Heng even more diligently.

When the auspicious hour arrived, Zhou's mother personally carried Zhou Hongzheng out.

A huge soft couch, ten meters long and three meters wide, had already been set up in the room.

Various items are displayed on it, such as seals, swords, writing brushes, and ruyi scepters, which are treasures with auspicious meanings.

The items prepared for the baby's first birthday celebration are all carefully chosen; it's impossible to prepare anything unlucky.

Therefore, no matter what a child catches, there are only good things to say about it, never bad things.

Of course, some people will train their children with food beforehand to ensure that the children can grab the items with the best symbolic meaning.

Some of these items were prepared in advance by the Zhou family of Shenlong, while the rest were placed there by the guests present.

The most precious item was a dark green square seal with a dragon-turtle knob. It was placed there by Zhou Heng's master, Xuan Chen Supreme, and was an eighth-tier treasure. It was placed in the most conspicuous place.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Zhou's mother placed Zhou Hongzheng on the soft couch.

Zhou Hongzheng is now one year old. Although he can't stand up and walk yet, he can crawl.

He was wearing a red jacket with a gold unicorn pattern, a dragon hat on his head, and a purple longevity lock with auspicious cloud pattern on his chest. He looked chubby and very cute.

Faced with a large pile of items around him, Zhou Hongzheng showed great curiosity.

However, a child is not an adult, so he lingered in the same spot for a long time, whetting everyone's appetite, before finally stopping for a while next to a golden ruyi (a type of scepter).

But soon, he put the Ruyi aside and tried to pick up the Dragon Turtle Seal with both hands.

Unfortunately, the Dragon Turtle Seal was an eighth-tier treasure, and he clearly couldn't lift it.

Upon seeing this, Supreme Xuan Chen couldn't help but feel annoyed, saying, "How could I forget? This child is too young to lift such a heavy treasure."

Zhou Heng quickly said, "Master, don't worry, as long as we run into each other, that's fine."

Supreme Xuan Chen nodded slightly: "That's good then."