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

Under the cover of night, the principal and many teachers of No. 3 Middle School did not rest. They remained hidden in the shadows, observing everyone and offering their comments.

The principal of No. 3 Middle School beamed: "Zhou Heng from the top-performing class in the first year of high school is truly outstanding. Our No. 3 Middle School has really struck gold this time."

Chen Qingshan exclaimed, "This is truly a dragon among men!"

Xu Weiran also said, "Yes! Not only is he highly talented, but he also has strong management skills, is principled, has a bottom line, and is very open-minded. He can listen to other people's advice, and his methods of handling problems are extremely mature. He is indeed a young master from a large aristocratic family. Not to mention ordinary poor and commoner children, even many wealthy children pale in comparison to him."

Zhang Peng's gaze was profound: "How can ordinary families compare to the more than three thousand years of foundation laid by the Shenlong Zhou family and the Jinwu Li family?"

The principal of No. 3 Middle School added, "Li Lang from the first-year high school rocket class is also a promising student. Although he is a bit impulsive, he works very well with Zhou Heng."

Zhang Peng speculated, "This Li Lang also has a background; he is very likely someone specially trained for Zhou Heng by the Shenlong Zhou family and the Jinwu Li family."

Chen Qingshan smiled calmly: "In any case, they are now students of our No. 3 Middle School, and they will surely bring glory to our No. 3 Middle School in the future."

Xu Weiran flattered, "Congratulations, Principal!"

The principal of No. 3 Middle School turned his attention to the other side: "Fang Yushu, a student in the second-year elite class, is also a smart kid. It's a pity that his talent is a little low, only A-level. If he had S-level talent, I wouldn't be worried about next year's college entrance examination or Zhou Heng's class. The only thing we're worried about is the college entrance examination the year after next. Our No. 3 Middle School is destined to fall behind."

Zhang Peng quickly reassured him, "Principal, don't worry. Things change every thirty years, it's normal."

The principal of No. 3 Middle School looked on with anticipation: "What am I worried about? With such a good kid as Zhou Heng, our No. 3 Middle School's reputation will definitely shake the entire alliance in the college entrance examination three years from now."

All the teachers said, "The principal is wise..."

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Another day passed, and in the morning Zhou Heng had just gathered many classmates together, ready to lead them on a new day of camping activities.

Zhang Peng suddenly flew over from a distance: "Classmates, I have something to announce here. Yesterday we received a message from the Garrison Command that, according to the latest regulations from the Alliance Headquarters, the titles for Beast Taming levels have changed."

Zhou Heng asked loudly, "Teacher, what's changed?"

Zhang Peng slowly explained to everyone: "From now on, the official levels of beast taming will no longer be represented by simple numbers from one to one hundred, but will be expressed as Tier 1 Level 1, Tier 1 Level 2, Tier 1 Level 3... Tier 2 Level 5, Tier 2 Level 6... and so on."

Li Lang looked troubled: "Teacher, I don't quite understand."

"It's actually very simple. Levels one to ten are called Tier 1, levels eleven to twenty are called Tier 2, levels twenty-one to thirty are called Tier 3, levels thirty-one to forty are called Tier 4... For example, a Tier 3 beast will be called a Tier 1 Tier 3 beast, a Tier 17 beast will be called a Tier 2 Tier 7 beast... and so on."

Zhang Peng explained in detail: "For example, my tamed beast, the Sky-Piercing Silver Serpent, can no longer be called a level 43 tamed beast. It must be called a level 5, level 3 tamed beast. Zhou Heng's tamed beast, the Sea-Covering Silver Dragon, can no longer be called a level 26 tamed beast. It must be called a level 3, level 6 tamed beast. The same applies to the other tamed beasts."

Li Lang instantly understood: "My Little Ice is level 15 now, so won't it be called Tier 2, Level 5 from now on?"

Zhang Peng nodded: "That's right."

Li Lang curled his lip: "Teacher, what's the point of changing this form of address? The Alliance is so boring."

"There's nothing we can do. I also think this renaming is meaningless, but it's an order issued by the Alliance through the Council of Elders, and we have to obey it. Over the past six thousand years, the names of the Beast Taming level and the talent classification have changed several times. In fact, they are all just different names for the same thing."

Zhang Peng explained patiently: "For example, six thousand years ago, talents were named directly by color. S-level talents were called purple talents, A-level talents were called blue talents, B-level talents were called cyan talents... Four thousand years ago, first-tier apprentice beast tamers were called novice beast tamers, second-tier senior beast tamers were called intermediate beast tamers, third-tier elite beast tamers were called advanced beast tamers, and fourth-tier grandmaster beast tamers were called master beast tamers... In short, no matter how the names changed, the core remained the same. The naming of beast taming levels is the same now, only the names have changed, everything else remains the same."

Zhou Heng listened quietly from the side.

He was very accepting of the change in the way beast tamers were addressed.

Because similar things happened many times 6,500 years ago.

He remembered that when he was a child in his previous life, the character "骑" (qí, meaning "to ride") in textbooks was a polyphonic character, but after he grew up, it became a monophonic character.

Originally, the pronunciations of "mount" and "horse" were different, but one day they suddenly became the same.

In fact, it is perfectly normal for the name of something to change over time.

If there is absolutely no change, that would be abnormal.

Seeing that everyone was still a little confused, Zhou Heng immediately stood up and said to them, "Look on the bright side, we are witnessing history in a certain sense."

Gao Wenwu quickly chimed in, "The captain is right. Actually, I think it's easier to pronounce the beast-taming levels by using terms like 'first tier, level X, second tier, level X,' etc. In the past, we used numbers to represent beast-taming levels, which wasn't as concise and clear as this new way of referring to them."

Li Lang echoed, "Since the captain has said so, I think it's a good idea too."

Zhang Peng's face showed a satisfied expression: "Alright, the Alliance will soon announce this to the entire universe. From now on, students should gradually change their old way of addressing their beasts and use the Alliance's newly introduced hierarchical system to address their respective beasts."

Then he turned and flew away.

He also needs to notify the second-year high school students.

Li Lang frowned: "Ah Heng, why would the Alliance Headquarters suddenly change the titles and ranks for beast tamers?"

Zhou Heng casually said, "It's not exactly a sudden change. Before, when the beast-taming levels were divided according to numbers between one and one hundred, there was also a division from level one to level ten. Now it's just more standardized."

Li Lang suddenly realized: "What you said makes sense."

That afternoon, as expected, everyone received an alliance-wide announcement from the ninth-tier Beast Taming Spirit Message Spider at the Alliance headquarters.

From then on, the ranking of beast tamers was officially renamed.

However, it didn't have much impact on the many beast tamers; everyone continued as before.

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