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

Zhou Heng couldn't help but sigh, "Perhaps this is what they mean by 'the darkest place is under the lamp'! Most people can understand that in the vast universe, it's difficult to distinguish between day and night, so they don't know how the Night God's miraculous protection can work. But they're all misled by a superficial understanding. They only think about distinguishing between day and night, without considering that day can also be night. Or rather, as long as the Beastmaster truly believes that day is also night, the Night God's miraculous protection will change accordingly."

Uncle Shi nodded: "You're right. Most people have formed a mental imprint of the division between day and night. They only think about what kind of situation is daytime and what kind of situation is nighttime. But this is a mental trap. Once you fall into it, you can't make the miracle of the night god's protection last for 120 seconds at any time."

A gleam of wonder flashed in Zhou's mother's eyes: "No wonder the Night God's protection belongs to the concept-based talent. It's true that you can learn until you die. It's amazing."

Zhou's father showed his gratitude: "Thank you so much, Tenth Brother, for today."

Tenth Uncle patted Zhou Heng's head: "Heng'er is my own nephew, how can you say he's a trouble? In the future, Heng'er can come and ask me anything he doesn't understand. Although I am not yet a seventh-level feudal lord beast tamer, in terms of teaching juniors, ordinary seventh-level feudal lord beast tamers may not be able to compare with me."

Zhou Heng looked at him with admiration: "Uncle Shi truly lives up to his reputation as a mentor at a prestigious university. Even a slight gesture from him has greatly benefited me."

Mr. Zhou specifically said, "Your tenth uncle became a teaching assistant at Yaori University right after graduating with his doctorate. A few years later, he became a sixth-tier Commander Beastmaster and naturally became a tutor at Yaori University. He has mentored countless outstanding university graduates. Although I wouldn't dare say that he has students all over the world, he is quite well-known in the university!"

Zhou's mother also said, "Moreover, your tenth uncle's master is an elderly eighth-level monarch beast tamer who specializes in theoretical knowledge and has a very high status in academic circles."

Zhou Heng's tenth uncle has an SS-level talent.

Such talent, once it appears, will be reported to the alliance's higher-ups, and an eighth-tier monarch beast tamer will personally take it as an apprentice.

As for SSS-level talents, they will be personally accepted as disciples by ninth-tier imperial beast tamers.

However, there are too few SSS-level talents, and there are simply not enough ninth-tier Emperor Beastmasters to go around.

Currently, the Eastern Alliance has six ninth-tier Emperor Beastmasters, but only two of them are alive with SSS-level talents, one of whom is the Alliance's former leader, Emperor Xuanchen.

The other one awakened more than 150 years ago and was taken in as a disciple by Emperor Cangwu, the Grand Master of the Beast Tamer Guild. In recent years, he has been promoted to an eighth-level Monarch Beast Tamer and is known as King Leixiao.

Occasionally, some exceptional SS-level talents may be accepted as disciples by ninth-tier Emperor Beast Tamers, but generally they become disciples of eighth-tier Monarch Beast Tamers.

Zhou Heng smiled and said, "In that case, I am really lucky to have received personal guidance from Uncle Shi."

Zhou's mother joked, "Who told you to be born into such a good family?"

Mr. Zhou said proudly, "Of course!"

Uncle Shi couldn't help but laugh heartily: "Haha..."

The four chatted for a while longer before Zhou's parents took their leave with Zhou Heng.

……

Afterwards, Zhou Heng and the others stayed in Canglan Cave for a few more days. On March 27th, they found the principal of No. 3 Middle School and Li Lang's family, and took them back to the small manor on Xuanxiao Star via a space tunnel.

After thanking Mr. and Mrs. Zhou, the principal of No. 3 Middle School and Li Lang's family said goodbye and left.

The next morning, Zhou's father rode the Frost Blue Crane King to take Zhou Heng to school.

It happened to be a Tuesday, and it was Zhang Peng's practical class.

Zhang Peng then checked on everyone's progress.

Zhou Heng's three tamed beasts, Phoenix Azure Luan, Overturning Sea Silver Dragon, and Eternal Night Demon Dragon, are still at the third tier, eighth level.

Li Lang's Frost Bear King is at the second tier, ninth level.

Gao Wenwu's Black Fiend Wolf is at the second tier, sixth level.

He Hongmei's second-order, second-level Stone Ox.

Chen Hui's Azure Demon Tiger is at the second tier, fourth level.

Everything is exactly the same as it was during the first week of school.

It's normal that their beast-taming level hasn't improved significantly in just over twenty days.

After all, at this stage, even for students in the top-tier class, the speed of their beast taming growth has slowed down.

As for the other seven auditors, their beast-taming levels did not change significantly from before.

Ji Chao's Crystal Giant Elephant, Li Shiliang's Sword Shadow Mantis, and Zhang Yunfeng's Black Water Serpent are still at the second tier, fourth level.

Pei Ge's Illusory Oriole, Nangong Cuiyi's Blue Flame Ice Demon, Zou Lei's Lava Dragon Lizard, and Yan Shouzhen's Azure Soul Deer all remained at the second tier, third level.

The students in the advanced class slowed down, and naturally, the auditors from the intensive and honors classes were even slower.

But they are already considered very outstanding among the students of No. 3 Middle School.

Currently, most of the students at No. 3 Middle School still haven't been able to break through to the second tier in their beast taming abilities.

This is actually quite normal. Even by the time of the college entrance examination, only a small number of students can train their beast taming skills to the second tier.

After all, the majority of students in the school are from the underachieving classes. They all have E-level and F-level talents, and their contracted beasts are all bronze-quality. With such poor talents, it is very difficult for them to train their beasts to the second tier in three years.

Some of these individuals may never even reach the rank of a first-tier apprentice beast tamer.

After checking everyone's progress, Zhang Peng praised Zhou Heng once again.

Although everyone's beast-taming level remained unchanged, Zhou Heng, who had cultivated his beast-taming to the third tier, eighth level, stood out from the rest of the class, far surpassing the other students.

They didn't seem like students from the same class; rather, they seemed like people from two different worlds.

All the students' eyes fell on Zhou Heng, filled with undisguised envy and admiration.

Zhou Heng remained calm and composed throughout.

After class, Li Lang approached Zhou Heng and said, "Heng, tomorrow is Pang Jie's birthday."

Zhou Heng raised an eyebrow: "His birthday is the 29th?"

Li Lang nodded: "That's right."

Zhou Heng looked troubled: "But tomorrow is Wednesday, and I have to go to class. If it were a regular class, I could ask for leave, but every Wednesday is the day the principal gives me and Senior Gu special training. I don't want to ask for leave."

Li Lang immediately said, "That's easy. I'll send him a message later and tell him that I'll throw him a belated birthday party this weekend."

Zhou Heng readily agreed: "Then it's settled."

……

On Wednesday, Zhou Heng visited the Changsheng Training Hall again and met with the principal of No. 3 Middle School and Gu Yixuan.

During training, the principal of No. 3 Middle School was surprised to discover that Zhou Heng's talent could be maintained for 120 seconds during the day.

Zhou Heng explained the reason to the principal of No. 3 Middle School.

The principal of No. 3 Middle School immediately praised Zhou Heng's tenth uncle, his face showing a look of sincere admiration: "As expected of a mentor at Yaori University, his insights are a thousand times better than those of us middle school teachers."