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

Zhou Heng said matter-of-factly, "That's normal. Rewards will motivate the principal and teachers."

Li Lang nodded, his eyes showing anticipation: "Gu Yixuan advanced to the fourth rank this year, and the principal and the others have already received a bonus. Next year or the year after, it's up to you; the principal and the others will probably receive another bonus."

Zhou Heng asked, "Senior Gu made it into the top ten in the college entrance examination this year. Didn't the principal and the others give him a reward?"

Li Lang shrugged: "There are some, but I haven't looked into it in detail. Anyway, there are definitely quite a few."

Zhou Heng patted Li Lang on the shoulder: "Actually, the monetary reward is secondary. The key is that this kind of honor is the most precious. Moreover, this year we have a prodigy like Senior Gu who ranked sixth in the college entrance examination. Next year, our school's enrollment will definitely increase even more."

Li Lang chimed in, "With an increase in enrollment, the chances of finding geniuses will be higher, the college entrance rate will also rise, and the garrison will allocate more funds. It's a chain reaction, and it seems that our Third Middle School will become more and more prosperous."

Zhou Heng nodded: "You're right."

Li Lang looked on with longing: "I'm already looking forward to seeing how you'll do in the college entrance exam. Gu Yixuan's sixth place in the exam was enough to shake the entire Xuanxiao Star. If you become the top scorer in the East, wouldn't even the garrison commander have to praise you highly? Moreover, the rewards the garrison commander gives to the school after producing the top scorer in the East are unimaginable."

Zhou Heng remained calm: "We'll talk about the future later."

Li Lang raised his head: "You're a shoo-in for the ASEAN champion title the year after next. With a great brother like you, I can walk around with my head held high when I go out into the world."

Zhou Heng couldn't help but tease, "Walking sideways, huh? Do you think you're a crab?"

Li Lang laughed loudly: "Haha..."

……

A week after the college entrance examination, among the auditing students, Ji Chao and Li Shiliang's beast taming skills advanced to the fifth level of the second tier.

A few days later, Chen Hui, a member of the Rocket Class, also advanced to the fifth level of the second tier.

On June 19th, Gu Yixuan personally delivered an invitation to Zhou Heng, inviting him to his graduation banquet on June 23rd.

On that day, Zhou Heng's parents brought him to the place where Gu Yixuan held his college entrance banquet, which was the same Seven Star Restaurant, Zhaixing Pavilion, where Zhou Heng had previously celebrated his birthday.

Gu Yixuan was undoubtedly the star of the day, and his graduation banquet was extremely lively.

Because he was the best-performing college entrance exam candidate on Xuanxiao Star in decades, even the Grand Prefect of the Garrison Command personally attended his graduation banquet.

At the banquet, Zhou Heng also met with the admissions officers from Hanyue University.

After learning about Zhou Heng's background and talent, he praised Zhou Heng repeatedly.

As for the admissions officers at Yao Ri University, Zhou Heng didn't see them, probably because Gu Yixuan didn't apply to Yao Ri University.

As for the university teachers in the second and third tiers, they didn't come either.

With grades like Gu Yixuan's, it's unlikely he'd get into their school. Besides, Gu Yixuan has already decided to apply to Hanyue University, so their presence would only be a waste of time.

People from Hanyue University wouldn't allow Gu Yixuan to easily come into contact with people from other schools.

Filling out college applications in this era is different from 6,500 years ago. It doesn't start in July, but right after the college entrance exam. You can choose a university until late August, and you can change your application at any time.

That's why the admissions officers at Hanyue University kept such a close eye on Gu Yixuan.

In the evening, after the graduation banquet, Zhou's parents took Zhou Heng home.

Two days later, on June 25th, a Sunday, it was also Zhou's mother's birthday.

As is customary, starting from the fourth-tier Grandmaster Beast Tamer, a birthday banquet is usually held every five or ten years.

Therefore, Zhou Heng and his family of three simply went to the Star-Picking Pavilion for a meal and then happily spent a day playing in Xuanxiao City.

……

In the blink of an eye, June has passed, and July has arrived.

July 2nd happened to be a weekend.

More than two months have passed, and it's time to use the Spirit Source Pearl to upgrade the Phoenix Azure Phoenix's level again.

A purple light emanated from between Zhou Heng's brows, and the Phoenix and Azure Luan flew out from the Beast Taming Space.

"唳~~"

Its 64-meter body immediately shrank to about one meter and pounced directly into Zhou Heng's arms.

In recent days, Zhou Heng has also fed Fengyi Qingluan a lot of good things, so Fengyi Qingluan has accumulated a certain amount of energy.

However, it's still a long way off for it to advance to the third tier, tenth level on its own; it'll have to wait until next semester at the earliest.

Zhou Heng didn't want to wait that long.

He first took out a mid-grade fourth-tier Azure Phoenix Dew Fruit from his multi-functional storage watch.

This fruit is only the size of a table tennis ball, and is entirely emerald green with a crystal-clear appearance. There is a faint dark green phoenix pattern on its skin.

The growth conditions of the Azure Phoenix Dew Fruit are extremely demanding. In addition to being watered with a large amount of spiritual liquid every day, it also requires a pure-blooded phoenix of the wood attribute to sing a song every three days in order to ripen the fruit. Otherwise, the fruit will never ripen.

Mature Green Phoenix Dewfruit is highly beneficial to phoenix species below the purebred phoenix level.

However, this kind of spiritual fruit is very rare. Only the Yan family of the Fire Phoenix Clan, one of the four top families, has some in stock, so its value far exceeds that of ordinary fourth-tier spiritual fruits. Ordinary people simply cannot buy it.

The one in Zhou Heng's hand was obtained by Zhou's father from a direct descendant of the Yan family of the Fire Phoenix clan.

"唳~~唳~~~"

Upon seeing the Azure Phoenix Dew Fruit, the Phoenix and Azure Luan's eyes shone brightly, and their cries were extremely urgent.

"Jiuxiao, here you go." Zhou Heng directly fed the Azure Phoenix Dew Fruit to Fengyi Qingluan.

The Phoenix Azure Luan swallowed it whole, and then its size returned to 64 meters, with a soft azure light emanating from its body.

A moment later, Feng Yi Qing Luan's aura grew much stronger, and she was just one step away from the tenth level of the third rank.

Without saying a word, Zhou Heng connected with the Spirit Source Pearl within his body, raised his hand and pointed, and more than sixty silver energy points all flowed into the body of Feng Yi Qing Luan.

"Hey!"

With a long cry, the Phoenix and Azure Luan were surrounded by silver light, and in the blink of an eye, they advanced from the ninth level of the third tier to the tenth level of the third tier.

But this was not the end. The silver light continued to flash, and the aura of the phoenix and the blue luan continued to rise before finally stopping.

Although she did not directly advance to the fourth rank, the remaining power has been accumulated in Fengyi Qingluan's body, which will make it easier for Fengyi Qingluan to break through in the future.

This was entirely within Zhou Heng's expectations, after all, breaking through to the fourth rank is not easy.

Gu Yixuan has a special talent that can accelerate the growth of his beasts and weaken the bottlenecks in beast taming. However, his beast, the Heavenly Fire Demon Flame Scorpion, was stuck for a whole year before advancing from the tenth level of the third tier to the first level of the fourth tier.

With Zhou Heng's help, Feng Yi Qing Luan won't be stuck for so long, but she still needs a certain amount of accumulation and time to mature.

After advancing to the third tier, tenth level, the Phoenix Azure Luan's size increased to eighty meters.