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

Zhou Heng narrowed his eyes slightly: "Dad, are you saying that the Moon-Hidden Demon Willow and the Sun-Covering Demon Vine are just two pawns?"

Father Zhou nodded: "More or less. Yesterday I met with the garrison commander and received firsthand information. The Moon-Covering Demon Willow and the Sun-Covering Demon Vine had already bonded together a long time ago. Although they had always wanted to reproduce, they had not lost their minds, nor had they devised a method to use the essence of flesh and blood of extraordinary creatures and beast tamers to conceive offspring. Until ten days ago, a protector of the Heavenly Principle Sect infiltrated the depths of the Xuanxiao Mountains and used special means to bewitch the Moon-Covering Demon Willow and the Sun-Covering Demon Vine. At the same time, he also left behind a secret technique of the Heavenly Principle Sect, which is why the Moon-Covering Demon Willow and the Sun-Covering Demon Vine went all out, setting traps and committing massacres in the Xuanxiao Mountains."

Zhou Heng understood that the Xuanxiao Daily was concealing the matter of the Heavenly Principles Sect for fear of causing panic.

After all, the massacre of the Beast Tamers by the Moon-Hidden Demon Willow and the Sun-Covering Demon Vine can be seen as an accident to some extent.

For ordinary beast tamers, an uprising of extraordinary creatures is no different from a natural disaster.

But if someone is secretly plotting behind this, then the nature of the matter changes.

Zhou Heng's face was ashen: "The Heavenly Principle Sect is truly ruthless, wiping out 20,000 Beast Tamers in one fell swoop."

Zhou's father said meaningfully, "The ten great evil races from beyond the realm have long been unable to threaten humanity's dominant position, so humanity naturally began to kill each other."

Zhou Heng couldn't help but sigh: "When there is a powerful enemy, we stick together tightly; when there is no powerful enemy, we fight amongst ourselves. Throughout history, humanity has never been able to change this law. Perhaps this is humanity's destiny."

Zhou's father placed his hand on Zhou Heng's shoulder: "There's nothing we can do about it. Even among our aristocratic families, though we may appear harmonious on the surface, we're secretly fighting and vying for power. Besides, the Four Religions and Three Societies are inherently on the opposite side of the alliance. My dear son, you have to learn to accept all of this."

Zhou Heng nodded: "I understand what Dad means. I'm just feeling sentimental. I'm not afraid of any struggle."

Mr. Zhou said with a relieved tone, "Good son! Dad will always support you!"

……

Two more days have passed in the blink of an eye, and the two-week holiday for the League's anniversary celebrations has come to an end.

Zhou Heng returned to school.

In the classroom, everyone was talking about the Moon-Hidden Demon Willow and the Sun-Covering Demon Vine.

"Young Master Zhou, breaking news!"

Ji Chao rushed in, holding a communicator: "The garrison commander personally took action, traversing 80 million kilometers to slay the Moon-Hidden Demon Willow and the Sun-Covering Demon Vine on an abandoned planet."

Li Lang gave a thumbs up: "Ah Heng, just as you predicted, the garrison commander, who usually doesn't meddle in worldly affairs, has really taken action."

Zhou Heng had anticipated this: "Killing 20,000 Beast Tamers at once, such a heinous event did not happen directly in Xuanxiao City, but it did happen on Xuanxiao Star. If the Garrison Commander does not take action, he will not be able to justify himself to the Council of Elders."

Ji Chao moved closer to Zhou Heng: "The news says that besides the Sun-Shielding Demon Willow and the Sun-Covering Demon Vine, the Guardian also conveniently eliminated an ordinary protector of the Heavenly Principle Sect. The Guardian truly lives up to his reputation as a seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamer; he's incredibly powerful!"

Zhang Yunfeng also took out his communicator and carefully browsed through it: "The garrison commander has taken out the bodies and crystal cores of the Moon-Hidden Demon Willow and the Sun-Covering Demon Vine, preparing to auction them off at the largest merchant guild in the city. Does anyone want to go and take a look this weekend?"

Zou Lei was the first to speak: "I want to go!"

Pei Ge immediately added, "I'll go too."

Ji Chao kept asking Zhou Heng's opinion: "Young Master Zhou, are you going?"

Zhou Heng waved his hand: "I won't go. I'm not interested in these kinds of auctions."

Ji Chao felt slightly disappointed: "Among us, apart from you, no one can afford the spiritual materials that fell from the Moon-Hidden Demon Willow and the Sun-Covering Demon Vine. At most, we can only broaden our horizons. If you don't go, it will be a great loss to the auction house."

Nangong Cuiyi chimed in, "Yes!"

Zhou Heng casually said, "Although the bodies and cores of the Moon-Hidden Demon Willow and the Sun-Covering Demon Vine are sixth-grade spiritual materials, they are of little help to me at this stage. I am not short of money, but there is no need to waste it."

Li Lang chimed in, "Since Ah Heng isn't going, I won't go either. Besides, I have more important things to do this weekend."

……

The weekend is here again.

On Friday, after Zhou Heng and his family of three finished their meal, Zhou's father suddenly said, "Son, Saturday is the wedding day of your Uncle Li's daughter. We have to go and give a gift."

Zhou Heng's eyes flickered: "I heard Li Lang say a couple of days ago that his sister seems to have married quite well."

A smile appeared on Zhou's father's face: "Indeed, she is quite good. Her sister only has B-level talent, but she married a young talent with A-level talent. This person is only forty-two years old now and has already become a fifth-level battle general beast tamer. He may not be anything special in aristocratic families, but outside of aristocratic families, he is considered an outstanding individual."

Zhou's mother said gently, "Moreover, the grandfather of this fifth-tier warrior beast tamer was a sixth-tier commander beast tamer. His ancestors were once a small aristocratic family. Later, they lost their seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamers and fell from the category of aristocratic families, but there were still seventh-tier beast tamers left in the family."

Zhou Heng remembered that families that had fallen from small aristocratic families and had seventh-tier beasts as their foundation were usually called quasi-aristocratic families, which were much stronger than ordinary wealthy families.

A day later, Zhou's parents brought Zhou Heng to Li Lang's house for a wedding feast. They didn't return home until the afternoon.

On Sunday afternoon, when Zhou Heng returned to school, he did not see Li Lang.

Because Li Lang's brother-in-law's family is not on Xuanxiao Star, but on another first-level planet called Yunyin Star.

As the younger brother, Li Lang had to personally escort his sister to Yunyin Star for her wedding, and he would stay there for a day or two before returning home.

Li Lang didn't return to class until the second week.

……

Time flies, and it's already the end of October.

That day, after the Zhou family of three finished breakfast, Zhou's mother suggested, "The weather is nice today, how about we go for a walk in the back garden?"

Zhou Heng and his father naturally had no objections.

The three of them got up and slowly walked through the corridor connecting the main house and the back garden, strolling along the winding cobblestone path, enjoying this rare tranquil morning.

Suddenly, a strange noise came from the sky.

The three of them looked up at the same time and saw a red crack appear in the azure sky without warning, with unstable spatial turbulence flickering at its edges.

The next moment, a scorching and powerful aura surged out like a tsunami, and the Crimson Flame Lion King, with its crimson body, wings on its back, and a length of 6,000 meters, emerged from it.

Then its size shrank rapidly at a visible speed, and in the blink of an eye it became about six meters tall, landing in front of Zhou Heng's family.

Commander Xu, dressed in a black uniform, jumped down from the back of the Crimson Lion King, a perfectly measured smile on his face. His tone was cheerful yet polite: "I apologize for disturbing you today, Brother Zhou and his wife."