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

Zhou Heng asked, "Fourth Senior Brother, I remember that in the Zhang family of the Heavenly Serpent Sect, only you and King Jun have SS-level talent. Where did the other person with SS-level talent go?"

Fourth Senior Brother Rongtu Wang sighed, "He was a bit older than me and received the full support of the family, so he advanced to the eighth-tier Monarch Beast Tamer earlier than me. However, decades ago, he encountered the rebellion of the Dragon Cult and perished. At that time, I had already cultivated my main beast tamers to the peak of the seventh tier and stayed in the Eternal Order Holy Realm to break through the bottleneck, thus avoiding this incident. By the time I broke through to the eighth-tier Monarch Beast Tamer and came out, the rebellion of the Dragon Cult had been suppressed."

Another eighth-tier monarch beast tamer from the Zhang family of the Heavenly Serpent, King Juntian, is already over 550 years old and is not far from his end.

Once he passes away, since his lineage has not cultivated a new eighth-tier monarch beast tamer, the future leader of the Heavenly Serpent Zhang family will be the lineage of the fourth senior brother, Rongtu Wang.

However, this has nothing to do with Zhou Heng, because although Zhou Heng's maternal grandmother came from the Zhang family of the Heavenly Serpent, she was a direct descendant of his fourth senior brother, Rongtu King, and had no direct blood relation with Juntian King.

Zhou Heng steered the conversation to the main topic: "Senior brother, should we bring a few of our junior disciples along to pay respects to our second senior sister?"

Fourth Senior Brother Rongtu Wang nodded directly: "Of course."

Zhou Heng selected a few people: "Junior Brother Longyuan is Third Senior Brother's biological son, and Junior Brother Yiren is your personal disciple, Senior Brother. Both of them must be brought along. The children and personal disciples of Senior Brother and Second Senior Sister are all deceased. My son is still young, and I don't have any personal disciples. Although Junior Brother Tianyin and Junior Brother Qianren are only nominally junior, they have always followed me. This time, they can come with us to pay respects to Second Senior Sister."

Fourth Senior Brother Rongtu Wang showed no objection whatsoever: "No problem, let's do as Junior Brother says."

He explained, "Paying respects to our deceased senior brothers and sisters is partly to express our condolences on behalf of our master, and partly to offer some benefits to their descendants and help them. It also serves as a show of support for them, letting outsiders know that even though our senior brothers and sisters have passed away, their families are still under the protection of our master and us. Bringing more people shows that we value their passing, so there's nothing wrong with that."

Zhou Heng smiled and said, "Senior brother and I really think alike."

Subsequently, Zhou Heng and his fourth senior brother, Rongtu Wang, found Marquis Longyuan and Marquis Yiren, along with Marquis Tianyin and Marquis Qianren, making a total of six people. They went directly to the Xianhe Yi family, where Zhou Heng's second senior sister lived.

The Yi family of the Crane Sect is one of the more than one hundred small aristocratic families still existing in the Eastern Alliance. Since the death of Zhou Heng's second senior sister, the Yi family of the Crane Sect has not had an eighth-level monarch beast tamer. The strongest one is only a seventh-level feudal lord beast tamer.

Their base was located on the ancient star of Shenyan, relatively close to the Huo family of Mingdie.

All the members of the Yi family of the Crane Sect stayed in the Flowing Cloud Cave Heaven, which was opened up by the eighth-order beast that Zhou Heng, the second senior sister, had contracted.

Because they were descendants of the second senior sister, their lives were relatively comfortable.

As soon as Zhou Heng and his group arrived outside the entrance to Liuyun Cave, the Yi family beast tamers guarding Liuyun Cave immediately stepped forward to pay their respects, while a small group of people went to inform the clan's experts.

Soon, four figures passed through the portal to the cave and appeared in front of Zhou Heng and the others.

These four people, both men and women, were all seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamers.

Since the seventh-tier noble beast tamer is already the strongest among small aristocratic families, these four are all the current ancestors of the Crane Yi family.

The four men, their faces beaming with joy, knelt in unison in the void, bowing deeply to Zhou Heng and the others: "Greetings, Young Alliance Leader! Greetings, Fourteenth Elder! Greetings, esteemed seniors!"

Ordinary seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamers don't need to perform such a grand ceremony when they see Zhou Heng and the others; a simple bow is sufficient.

However, the four patriarchs of the Yi family were all juniors to Zhou Heng and the others in terms of seniority, so they paid more respects to Zhou Heng and the others, which was a customary rule among aristocratic families.

Zhou Heng raised his hand in a gesture of support: "No need for such formalities."

The four patriarchs of the Yi family kowtowed again before rising, saying, "Thank you, Young Alliance Leader."

Fourth Senior Brother Rongtu Wang spoke up: "You probably know why we've come here today. We're mainly here for Second Senior Sister."

The First Ancestor of the Yi family approached his fourth senior brother, Rongtu Wang, with a fawning expression: "Our ancestor Dan Guang is waiting for you!"

After Zhou Heng's second senior sister became an eighth-level monarch beast tamer, she was known as the Dan Guang King during her lifetime.

Fourth Senior Brother Rongtu Wang waved his hand: "Let's go! Take us to your ancestral hall first, so that my junior brother, my four nephews and I can pay our respects to Second Senior Sister."

"Please follow me."

The four patriarchs of the Yi family immediately led Zhou Heng and the others through the cave entrance and into the interior of the Flowing Cloud Cave.

The Flowing Cloud Cave was filled with clouds and mist, with one inverted mountain peak after another scattered above it.

The first patriarch of the Yi family waved his hand and opened up a spatial tunnel. The group passed through the spatial tunnel and soon arrived in front of the Yi family's ancestral hall.

Guarding the entrance to the ancestral hall was a seven-tiered crane, tens of thousands of meters long. Upon seeing Zhou Heng and his entourage, it respectfully lowered its head.

Zhou Heng and his fourth senior brother, Rong Tu Wang, took the lead and led everyone into the ancestral hall.

Then he took out the things he had prepared in advance and began to worship his second senior sister.

A pair of silver eyes suddenly appeared, and its voice was extremely ethereal: "Fourth Junior Brother, is that you?"

Fourth Senior Brother Rongtu Wang looked at the spirit of the cave that Second Senior Sister had transformed into and introduced Zhou Heng to it: "Second Senior Sister, I've come to see you again. The one next to me is Master's newly accepted disciple, our junior brother. He has dual talents like me, but his second talent is stronger than mine, it's SSS level."

The spirit of the cave, which was actually the second senior sister, turned her gaze to Zhou Heng: "Junior brother."

Zhou Heng smiled and nodded: "Second Senior Sister."

"Second Senior Sister, so many things have happened over the years, I..." Fourth Senior Brother Rongtu Wang rambled on to the spirit of the cave that Second Senior Sister had transformed into, recounting the events that had occurred outside.

The spirit of the cave, which was transformed from the second senior sister, listened quietly without any obvious emotional fluctuations.

Although the spirits of the grotto-heavens retain a certain level of intelligence, they are not living beings and do not possess the complete emotions of living beings.

After a while, the fourth senior brother, Rongtu Wang, continued talking, while Zhou Heng listened quietly without interrupting.

However, the spirit of the cave that the second senior sister had transformed into suddenly said, "I have been awake for too long this time, and I must continue to sleep."

Fourth Senior Brother Rongtu Wang looked annoyed: "I'm sorry, Second Senior Sister, I forgot again, you can't spend much more time with us now."

The spirit of the cave, which was transformed from the second senior sister, did not say much and disappeared directly before Zhou Heng and the others' eyes.