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

Bingji Hou raised his wine cup and offered a toast to Zhou's father from afar: "No wonder this child is so outstanding. It turns out he has won the favor of the two seniors, Wanbao Wang and Linglong Wang. I, the garrison commander, congratulate my nephew Yuan Ting in advance."

Zhou's father also raised his glass: "You're too kind, Garrison Commander."

Then, Lord Bingji announced directly: "The winner this time is Zhou Yuheng, the prodigy of No. 3 Middle School!"

He raised his hand and pointed, and the Soul Condensing Star, a fifth-grade top-quality life-saving treasure that was floating in mid-air, flew directly in front of Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng stood up from his seat and accepted the Soul-Gathering Star: "Thank you, Lord Guardian."

Bingji Hou nodded repeatedly: "Excellent, excellent. Your talent is outstanding, and your temperament is extremely calm. Your breakthrough in beast taming in front of everyone shows your boundless potential. From today onwards, the title of the number one genius of Xuanxiao Star is truly deserved. I hope you will continue your efforts and reach even greater heights. You will surely become a pillar of our alliance in the future!"

This public affirmation from a seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamer undoubtedly bestowed a dazzling halo upon Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng remained calm: "I will always remember the teachings of the Garrison Commander."

He knew that Bingji Hou, as a high-ranking seventh-level feudal lord beast tamer, had seen too many geniuses. The reason why he treated him so differently was more to give face to the Zhou family of the Divine Dragon and the Li family of the Golden Crow behind him.

Bingji Hou encouraged Zhou Heng again, and also comforted the many prodigies who had been defeated by Zhou Heng's beast-taming move.

Amidst exclamations of amazement and praise, Zhou Heng calmly recalled the Overturning Sea Silver Dragon, stored the Soul Condensation Star in his storage watch, and then returned to his seat.

The Silver Dragon of the Sea transformed into a meter-long shape and wrapped around Zhou Heng's wrist as usual.

Bingji Hou suddenly said, "I remember you mentioned that Gu Yixuan from last year also came from No. 3 Middle School, right?"

Mu Xuezheng chimed in, "The garrison commander has a truly excellent memory."

Bingji Hou couldn't help but say, "It seems that No. 3 Middle School is truly a treasure land of outstanding people and abundant resources."

The principal of No. 3 Middle School quickly stood up, very modestly saying, "We are unworthy of such praise from the garrison commander. No. 3 Middle School was just lucky to have encountered two promising talents in a row."

Commander Xu toyed with the wine glass in his hand: "Luck is also a skill; otherwise, why haven't other schools encountered such promising talents?"

Bingji Hou immediately ordered, "Grand Prefect, allocate five times the amount of funding to the Third Middle School this year."

"Yes, sir." The Grand Prefect was also surnamed Fang, and he was related to the Grand Prefect's assistant Fang Yihan and Fang Yushu, who was in his final year of high school.

The principal of the Third Middle School was overjoyed: "Thank you very much, Lord Garrison Commander, and thank you very much, Grand Prefect."

Bingji Hou waved his hand, gesturing for the principal of No. 3 Middle School to sit down.

The principal of No. 3 Middle School bowed again before sitting back down.

The principals of the other nine top-tier high schools and the twenty-eight principals of second-tier high schools looked at the principal of No. 3 High School with undisguised jealousy in their eyes.

Although No. 3 Middle School produced both Gu Yixuan and Zhou Heng, they were completely dissatisfied with No. 3 Middle School because if Gu Yixuan and Zhou Heng had appeared in their school, they would be the ones receiving praise from the town's garrison commander.

To put it bluntly, whichever school a prodigy attends, that school will flourish.

However, before their talents are fully awakened, it is unclear who the real prodigies are, so they can only rely entirely on luck to recruit students.

The principal of No. 3 Middle School looked at the principals of the other top-tier beast-taming high schools, a mocking smile in his eyes.

So what if you're jealous?

Third Middle School is just lucky, you can't argue with that!

The banquet continued, but the discussions about Zhou Heng did not stop.

Zhou's parents also received a lot of attention, with a group of sixth-tier commanders and beast tamers taking turns to toast them.

Just the fact that they had such a genius son as Zhou Heng is enough for them to be on equal footing with sixth-tier commander beast tamers.

Not to mention their noble birth and extraordinary background.

This caused these sixth-tier commander beast tamers to subtly reveal their inferior status when facing Zhou's parents.

Only the Ice Halberd Marquis, the two deputy garrison commanders, and the president of the Xuanxiao branch of the Beast Tamer Guild, with their status as seventh-rank feudal lord beast tamers, could maintain a clear advantage over them.

Even these four bigwigs were still very polite to Zhou's parents.

Zhou Heng's appearance made them realize that although the Shenlong Zhou family and the Jinwu Li family had suffered losses due to the Rulong Sect incident more than fifty years ago, their foundations were still profound.

Above, there are ninth-tier beast tamers secretly protecting them; in the middle, there are eighth-tier monarch beast tamers deterring villains; and below, there are geniuses like Zhou Heng passing on the torch.

The status of the Zhou and Li families will be unshakable by ordinary aristocratic families for at least a thousand years.

Li Lang sat next to Zhou Heng, his face full of excitement: "Ah Heng, you are really amazing! Today you were promoted to the fourth-level Grandmaster Beast Tamer in front of everyone, and defeated many senior students in one move. I'm afraid that your legend will be spread throughout Xuanxiao Star for the next ten years."

Zhou Heng remained calm and composed: "It's nothing."

Li Lang nudged Zhou Heng's arm: "If a nineteen-year-old fourth-tier Grandmaster Beast Tamer isn't anything special, then wouldn't all of us be just trash on the street?"

Zhou Heng smiled and said, "Don't underestimate yourself. As a nineteen-year-old third-tier elite beast tamer, you've already done very well. After all, according to the Alliance's statistics, at least half of all beast tamers never manage to advance to the third-tier elite beast tamer level in their entire lives."

Li Lang was both happy for Zhou Heng and full of admiration: "If a third-tier elite beast tamer is this powerful, then wouldn't you, a fourth-tier grandmaster beast tamer, be even more powerful?"

Zhou Heng has long-term goals: "Compared to my peers, I may be very capable, but my goals have never been to be like my peers."

Li Lang's admiration grew even stronger: "Your goals are truly ambitious! You're like a young roc, destined to soar ninety thousand miles high! I'm just a sparrow on the ground, only able to fly two or three zhang high. I'm not as good as you, but I admire you!"

Zhou Heng glanced at Li Lang and encouraged him, "I am a Kunpeng, but you are not a sparrow. In my eyes, you are a young dragon. As long as you are willing to work hard, you will transform into a dragon sooner or later."

Li Lang shook his head: "I'm afraid I don't have that ability."

Zhou Heng promised, "I'm here! I won't abandon you. When I soar to the highest heavens, I'll take you with me."

Li Lang beamed, "Good brother! With your words, I would be content even if I died right now."

Zhou Heng said in a low voice, "Don't say such discouraging things."

Afterwards, Fang Yushu, Yang Yixing, Cao Yang, Shi Jingqi, Wang Xuchen, Pang Jie and others also came to congratulate Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng naturally chatted with them for a few minutes.

Besides them, many other talented individuals who were qualified to attend the welcoming banquet also tried to get close to Zhou Heng.

Even many fifth-tier warrior beast tamers came specifically to curry favor with Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng handled the entire situation well, showing no stage fright whatsoever, which impressed everyone even more.

Everyone thought to themselves: As expected of a direct descendant of a large aristocratic family, he is indeed different from ordinary young people.

As for some fourth-tier Grandmaster Beast Tamers, they also wanted to come over, but they were directly blocked by the principal of No. 3 Middle School and Zhang Peng and others.

These people weren't important enough to bring Zhou Heng any benefits. As Zhou Heng's teachers, the principal of No. 3 Middle School and Zhang Peng naturally wouldn't let them waste Zhou Heng's time.