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

On Wednesday, Zhou Heng returned to the Changsheng Arena.

He met Zhang Peng and Fang Yushu.

Zhang Peng, with a gentle expression, explained, "Zhou Heng, the principal won't be back until after the college entrance exam, so I'll be in charge of your special training this week. Also, Yixuan has already graduated, so you'll be training with Yushu from now on. Please mentor Yushu."

Zhou Heng nodded: "No problem."

Zhang Peng turned to Fang Yushu and said, "Yushu, although you are a senior in the second year of high school, your Illusory Light Butterfly is only at the third level of the third rank, while Zhou Heng's three beasts are already at the ninth level of the third rank. As the saying goes, 'The accomplished are teachers,' so you must humbly learn from Zhou Heng and never put on airs as a senior."

Fang Yushu quickly reassured him, "Don't worry, Teacher Zhang. Although my junior is a year younger than me, he's far more capable than me. How could I possibly put on airs in front of him?"

Zhang Peng nodded: "It's good that you understand this principle."

Fang Yushu then gave Zhou Heng a humble look and said, "Junior, I hope you will guide me in the future."

Zhou Heng replied with a smile, "You're too kind, senior. Let's exchange ideas and make progress together."

Seeing this, Zhang Peng smiled with satisfaction.

He then had Yu Kong Yin She act as his sparring partner, and Zhou Heng led Fang Yushu in special training.

After the afternoon training session ended, Zhou Heng and Fang Yushu said goodbye to Zhang Peng and then returned to school together.

As Zhou Heng arrived at the entrance of his villa in his Phoenix Azure Phoenix mount, he saw dozens of unfamiliar students gathered together, seemingly waiting for him.

Zhou Heng asked directly, "Which class are you from? What's the matter?"

"Young Master Zhou, you're finally back. I'm the new student council chief, from Class 6 of the second year of high school. My name is Jia Yue."

Jia Yue first introduced himself, and then said, "Since the senior students have already graduated, and your original two study partners were also seniors, they have also left. So Vice Principal Zhang asked me to send you two more study partners. These are the candidates; they are all students from regular junior classes. You can choose two that you like to keep. If two are not enough, you can choose a few more."

As a fifth-tier warrior beast tamer, Zhang Peng, along with two other fifth-tier warrior beast tamers from No. 3 Middle School, also served as vice principals and taught practical combat lessons to the rocket class.

Zhou Heng glanced over and discovered that Jia Yue had sent him more than fifty people, and these people's eyes were full of longing when they saw him.

After a moment's thought, he understood what was going on.

It must be that the affair between Wang Zhu and Tian Fugui has been leaked.

Normally, only a few dozen people would sign up each year to be tutors, but this year there are over a thousand people who have signed up to be tutors for students in the top-performing class of the first year of high school.

These people are all here because of Zhou Heng.

After Zhang Peng's selection process, only fifty people remained.

They all wanted to be Zhou Heng's study companion because Zhou Heng was so good to his study companions.

When they graduate next year, Zhou Heng will definitely make proper arrangements for them; he is simply the most ideal mentor they could ever hope for.

The reason why students in regular classes become study partners for students in advanced classes is to find a powerful backer.

Zhou Heng's backer was not only powerful, but also extremely wealthy.

He offers money and a government job; anyone who follows Zhou Heng is incredibly lucky.

If it weren't for the school's explicit rule that only students from regular classes could serve as study companions for students in advanced classes, Jia Yue, the student council chief, would have even wanted to compete with these students for the position.

Seeing that Zhou Heng remained silent, Jia Yue cautiously asked, "Young Master Zhou, do you have someone in mind? Would you like me to recommend someone?"

"No need, these two next to you will do!" Zhou Heng casually pointed out two high school sophomores.

The two high school sophomores immediately beamed with joy.

The remaining students who were not selected were all extremely disappointed.

From then on, Zhou Heng had two new study companions.

Afterwards, Jia Yue led the remaining people to the villa of Li Lang and the others, where Li Lang and the others chose new companions.

……

On Sunday, Zhou Heng asked his parents about the Beast Taming Examination.

Zhou's father immediately picked up the communicator and sent Zhou Heng a video.

Zhou Heng clicked on the video and glanced at it briefly. He found that it was a video of the college entrance examination, and it was shot from multiple angles.

The Alliance does release some videos of the annual Beast Taming College Entrance Examination, but never this complete.

Zhou Heng couldn't help but ask curiously, "Dad, where did you get this?"

Zhou's father patted Zhou Heng on the shoulder: "This was obtained by your grandfather through someone. You should take a look at it more often when you have free time. It will be good for your college entrance examination in the future."

Zhou Heng pressed on, "Dad, have the college entrance exam rankings come out yet? What's Gu's ranking?"

Although the Alliance has not officially announced the rankings for this year's Beast Taming College Entrance Examination, large aristocratic families have their own unique channels to obtain first-hand information in advance.

Father Zhou stated directly, "According to inside information, Gu Yixuan ranked sixth in the entire alliance. During this year's college entrance examination, there were a total of six fourth-tier Grandmaster Beast Tamers. Two from Tiandu, one from Shendu, one from Yuandu, one from Weidu, and one from Xuanxiao Star. All six of them possess S-level talent, with four of them having lower-tier overlord-quality beast tamers and the remaining two having upper-tier diamond-quality beast tamers."

Zhou Heng smiled and asked, "Besides Senior Gu, what are their backgrounds?"

Father Zhou rattled off the list with ease: "Of the four students who have been granted the qualities of a hegemon, the first-ranked student, who is also this year's top scholar in the Eastern Alliance, comes from Tiandu and is a direct descendant of the Qiongqi Meng family, one of the four top aristocratic families. The second-ranked student comes from Shendu and is a direct descendant of the Feipeng Xie family, one of the twelve large aristocratic families. The third-ranked student comes from Yuandu and is a direct descendant of the Huofeng Yan family, a top aristocratic family. The fourth-ranked student comes from Weidu and is a direct descendant of the Bingjiao Yue family, a large aristocratic family."

Zhou Heng then asked, "Don't the other two top families have any direct descendants with S-level talent in this year's college entrance examination?"

Zhou's father nodded and carefully analyzed for Zhou Heng: "Large families like ours typically produce one S-level talent member every five or six years. Top families are stronger than us, but not by much. It's difficult for them to produce an S-level talent member every year. On average, they produce one every two or three years, and there's a difference between direct and collateral branches. If it's a collateral branch S-level talent, top families, like our large families, usually won't directly grant them a contract with a powerful beast tamer."

He paused, then added, "Among the direct descendants of the Huo family of the Dark Butterfly and the Ling family of the Black Tortoise this year, the most talented are only at the A level. Therefore, none of the members of these two top families who took the college entrance examination this year have contracted with a hegemon beast."

Zhou Heng pondered for a moment: "Is the fifth-ranked person from a prestigious family?"