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

The old servant sighed, "Young master, do you really have to be the head of the family?"

Ji Chao sneered, "Even if I don't become the head of the family, I must become a powerful elder. Even if none of that works, there's no harm in siding with Young Master Zhou. After all, in this world, whoever has the strongest backing can go the furthest!"

The old maid frowned: "What if Young Master Zhou just sees you as a sucker?"

Ji Chao was exceptionally confident: "No way, do you think I just randomly approached Young Master Zhou? I observed him for a long time before I decided to curry favor with him. Although Young Master Zhou comes from a prestigious family, he doesn't have the typical spoiled attitude of a scion of a wealthy family. On the contrary, he is very loyal and righteous."

The old servant asked, puzzled, "How do you know?"

Ji Chao said matter-of-factly, "Even a fool like Li Lang can get along so well with Young Master Zhou, which shows how tolerant Young Master Zhou is of his subordinates. As long as Young Master Zhou sees my loyalty, he will definitely promote me."

Upon hearing this, the old servant was momentarily speechless: "That's really true."

Ji Chao took out five crystal cores and carefully stroked them: "Furthermore, Young Master Zhou is extremely magnanimous. He doesn't care about petty gains and doesn't like to take advantage of others. Didn't you see that after accepting my gift, Young Master Zhou immediately gave me five fourth-tier crystal cores? That's a good return on my investment!"

The old servant said with a bitter face, "Young master, you are too easily satisfied. Five low-grade fourth-order crystal cores are only worth one hundred million, which is nothing compared to that phoenix feather."

Ji Chao's mind was made up: "It's not that I'm too easily satisfied, but that you're too short-sighted! I've told you before, we were only able to barely catch up with Young Master Zhou because we had a good opportunity. If it had been any longer, I wouldn't even be able to touch his heels, let alone cling to such a powerful figure! What's wrong with spending a little money? It's just a necessary investment in the early stages."

The old servant was somewhat dismissive: "You all go to the same school, is it really that serious? Why do you have to rely on him? You've always been the center of attention since you were little. Seeing how you were bowing and scraping before him just now, this old servant was truly heartbroken."

Ji Chao retorted, "Just because we all attend the same school, does that mean we're all on the same level?"

The old servant rambled on, "I'm just worried that the young master will end up with nothing, and although the Zhou family of Shenlong is powerful, it doesn't belong to him alone..."

Ji Chao couldn't help but scold, "Alright, shut up! You deserve to be a servant your whole life. The difference in your character between you and me is too great!"

……

Zhou Heng and Li Lang, riding on the phoenix-like blue phoenix, quickly arrived outside the auditorium.

Zhou Heng then withdrew the Phoenix Emblem and went inside.

Feng Zhong and Feng Yong, the two assassins, followed closely behind like two invisible shadows, barely noticeable.

The auditorium was already filled with people.

However, the auditorium at No. 3 Middle School is very large, capable of accommodating more than 100,000 people at a time to watch programs.

There are three floors in total.

The first floor has rows of seats, one after another, from front to back, for the intensive class, the advanced class, the regular class, and the struggling class.

The seats for the advanced class are all on the second floor, with dozens of individual circular cubicles, where regular teachers also have their seats.

These cubicles have a special glass panel in front of them. When looking out from the inside, the view is not obstructed, but when looking in from the outside, all you can see is a matte black surface.

The third floor is where the school leaders are located, and the layout is similar to that of the advanced class.

Zhou Heng led Li Lang to a randomly chosen cubicle and they sat down.

Seeing that Feng Zhong and Feng Yong were still guarding outside, Zhou Heng said, "Elder Zhong and Elder Yong, please come in!"

"yes!"

The two transformed into two phantoms and teleported behind Zhou Heng, their heads slightly bowed, their posture extremely respectful.

Zhou Heng initially wanted the two of them to sit down and watch the show together, but then he thought that these two had always adhered to the distinction between master and servant, and would never easily agree to it.

Even when forced to sit down, their bodies remained tense, showing no sign of relaxation.

They had served as loyalists to the Zhou family their entire lives, and they were used to this kind of life, so they might as well follow their own desires.

Zhou Heng was born with innate wisdom and his intelligence surpassed that of his peers.

He understood that people don't change easily.

After all, changing a person's present is tantamount to denying their past.

This goes against human nature.

Soon, after the host took the stage and gave a formulaic opening speech, music started playing and various exciting programs began to unfold.

Although Zhou Heng and Li Lang weren't completely mesmerized, they were still quite impressed.

The students who went up to perform were all from the top class, the regular class, and the poor class; they basically had no hope of getting into the Beast Taming University.

Therefore, the school teachers do not particularly urge them to improve their beast-taming level.

These cultural performances are their home turf.

They started rehearsing several months ago.

Although their strength was low, they were still extraordinary beings. With careful preparation and the cooperation of their beast tamers, the results were naturally not bad.

Afterwards, Gao Wenwu and He Hongmei came over and sat in a separate room with Zhou Heng and Li Lang to watch the show together.

After watching the show, Zhou Heng returned to the classroom, where he received a bunch of gifts from people.

Fang Yushu, the top student in the second year of high school, presented a third-grade superior-quality ice crystal peony, a rare spiritual herb worth 1.6 million.

Gu Yixuan, the top student in the senior year, also sent a gift to Zhou Heng through his study companion: a bottle of superior-quality Tier 3 Dettol Nourishing Essence Liquid, worth 1.8 million.

Zhou Heng naturally returned all the greetings.

At the same time, Zhou Heng also gave gifts to every principal and teacher at No. 3 Middle School.

The value of the gifts varied depending on the individuals' status, position, and the closeness of their relationship with them.

He also sent New Year's Day gifts to Feng Zhong and Feng Yong, but under the guise of a reward.

Feng Zhong and Feng Yong were both moved to tears.

Afterwards, Zhou Heng sent Wang Zhu and Tian Fugui to the school's express delivery station to pick up the things he had previously ordered online.

Although it is now the 86th century, online shopping is still very popular, but you can only buy things that are available on Xuanxiao Star, and you can't buy things that are too high-grade or too expensive.

It's roughly limited to around 100 million.

Items priced over 100 million must be delivered in person at a specialized large store.

Since tomorrow is New Year's Day, we will have a two-day holiday. After the two-day holiday ends on Friday, we will have another three-day weekend, for a total of five days off.

In this era, there is no such thing as adjusting work hours; if a holiday falls on a weekend, it will simply continue indefinitely.

That afternoon, the students from No. 3 Middle School left the school one after another and returned home.