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

Marquis Longyuan possesses an SS-level talent that appears only once every twenty years on average. Among the seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamers, he is exceptionally powerful and has high potential. Moreover, he has always been cultivated by the Xuanwu Ling family as a potential eighth-tier monarch beast tamer, and his status is even higher than that of the Ling family patriarch.

Although Zhou Heng has now become Emperor Xuanchen's disciple, there is no need for him to offend people indiscriminately.

So he sat on the throne in the main hall and had someone invite Marquis Longyuan in.

Marquis Longyuan is over 220 years old this year. Since a seventh-level feudal lord beast tamer only has a lifespan of 360 years, Marquis Longyuan looks like a middle-aged man.

As soon as he entered, he immediately knelt down: "Greetings, Junior Uncle!"

Zhou Heng raised an eyebrow: "Why do you call me Junior Uncle? Are you perhaps Master's grandson?"

Marquis Longyuan explained, "I am not the grandson of my master, but the son of your late third senior brother."

Zhou Heng said "Oh," and then added, "So you're Third Senior Brother's son. You should indeed call me Junior Uncle, but aren't you surnamed Ling? Does that mean Third Senior Brother is also from the Ling family?"

Marquis Longyuan recounted the whole story: "My father was not originally a member of the Ling family, but after he became a disciple of our grandmaster, he fell in love with a woman from the Ling family who had direct blood of our grandmaster and married into the Ling family. Therefore, I took my mother's surname at birth and became a member of the Ling family. I am now one of the elders of the Ling family. In a sense, I am both a grand-disciple of our grandmaster and a descendant of our grandmaster."

In that sense, Marquis Longyuan and Zhou Heng are related by blood.

That's how aristocratic families are; due to intermarriage, their blood ties are extremely complex. But now that Zhou Heng has become a disciple, they naturally follow their own paths.

Zhou Heng raised his hand in a gesture of support: "I understand, please get up!"

Marquis Longyuan stood up from the ground: "Thank you, Junior Uncle."

Zhou Heng suddenly said, "Nephew Longyuan, we've met before, do you remember?"

Marquis Longyuan had a sudden inspiration: "Could it be that I saw it during the investiture ceremony of Marquis Fubo and Marquis Lanyue of the Shenlong Zhou family this March?"

Zhou Heng nodded: "That's right. You represented the Xuanwu Ling family at the ceremony in the Canglan Plane, so I've met you before."

Marquis Longyuan presented a purple box to Zhou Heng with both hands, saying, "I never imagined that I had such a connection with Junior Uncle! I don't have much to give you, Junior Uncle, but I heard that you have contracted a True Dragon Beast of mid-level Overlord quality. This sixth-tier top-grade Dragon Essence Golden Silk Orange has the ability to stimulate the potential bloodline of dragon-type beasts. Although it may not be particularly effective on an Overlord-quality True Dragon Beast, it's better than nothing. Please don't find it offensive, Junior Uncle."

Zhou Heng took the purple box containing the Dragon Essence Golden Silk Tangerine directly: "Thank you."

Seeing that Zhou Heng had accepted the gift, Marquis Longyuan smiled.

Zhou Heng chatted with Marquis Longyuan for a few more minutes before Marquis Longyuan took his leave.

After Marquis Longyuan left, many more people came to pay their respects. They were mostly of a lower generation than Marquis Longyuan and had to address Zhou Heng as his grandmaster.

Among these nephews and grand-nephews, a few even brought their own descendants, making Zhou Heng's seniority appear even greater.

As for Emperor Xuanchen's lineage, there are definitely those of lower seniority, and there are quite a few of them.

However, their status was insufficient, and they were not qualified to come and pay their respects to Zhou Heng directly.

Zhou Heng was, after all, the fifth disciple of Emperor Xuanchen, and one of only two surviving disciples. Moreover, he possessed exceptional talent and had a promising future.

Although he was very young, his status and position within the lineage of Emperor Xuanchen were already extremely high, and ordinary people could not even get to see him.

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Xuanxiao Star.

During the break, Li Lang rested his elbows on the railing, looking down at the bustling scene on campus, and always felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.

His personality was awkward, so Zhou Heng was his only good friend from childhood to adulthood.

With Zhou Heng gone, he didn't even have anyone to gossip with.

Gao Wenwu walked over: "Brother Li, are you thinking about Brother Zhou?"

Li Lang's brows furrowed with worry: "More than a month has passed, and I still don't know if Jiuxiao has successfully evolved yet."

Gao Wenwu grinned: "It's definitely a success. Once a beast shows signs of autonomous evolution, it's almost guaranteed to evolve successfully after the evolution ritual is initiated."

Li Lang was anxious: "Why hasn't he come back to school yet?"

Gao Wenwu reassured him, "They should be back in a few more days."

Li Lang opened his mouth, as if he was about to say something.

Suddenly, his communicator emitted a strange sound, the kind of sound only heard in the highest-level alliance-wide announcements.

Similar sounds also came from the communicators of Gao Wenwu, He Hongmei, Chen Hui, and others.

Li Lang quickly took out his communicator and looked at it, his face showing extreme shock: "Second talent... SSS level... to become an apprentice of a ninth-tier Emperor Beast Tamer..."

Gao Wenwu and He Hongmei also saw the message from the alliance and their eyes widened in surprise.

Gao Wenwu exclaimed in surprise, "Zhou Yuheng from the Shenlong Zhou family? Is this Brother Zhou?"

He Hongmei nodded: "That's him! The deputy class monitor is in the Yu generation of the Zhou family of Shenlong, so in a prestigious family, he is called Zhou Yuheng. There won't be two people with the same name in the same generation of a prestigious family."

Chen Hui gripped the communicator tightly: "Isn't there a photo? Who else could it be but Young Master Zhou? I never imagined Young Master Zhou could hide so well!"

Ji Chao danced with excitement: "Hahahaha! My choice was definitely right! Young Master Zhou! Young Master Zhou actually has SSS-level talent! Hahahaha..."

Zhang Yunfeng sighed, "No wonder Young Master Zhou's beast-taming growth rate is different from ordinary S-level talents; it turns out he has actually awakened an SSS-level second talent!"

Li Shiliang was stunned: "The legendary SSS-level talent, which only appears once every five hundred years, is actually right beside me!"

Pei Ge was also stunned: "I'm actually classmates with an SSS-level genius!"

Nangong Cuiyi rubbed her eyes, reading the official announcement from the alliance over and over again: "Am I dreaming?"

Zou Lei completely gave up: "Why are you all so excited? What's the difference between S-level and SSS-level talents to us? They're both figures we'll have to look up to for the rest of our lives anyway."

Yan Shouzhen shrugged: "Yes! It's just that we used to be able to contact Young Master Zhou often, but in the future, given our status, we probably won't be able to contact him anymore."

Upon hearing this, Li Lang's face revealed an extremely complex expression.

He was happy for Zhou Heng, but also worried that he wouldn't even be able to see Zhou Heng's back.

For a moment, I felt anxious and uncertain.

……

Meanwhile, in the principal's office, Zhang Peng and others were gathered.

Everyone looked at the principal of No. 3 Middle School and remained silent.

Zhang Peng was the first to speak: "I thought Zhou Heng was a true dragon, but I never expected him to be the true dragon among true dragons. Now, our little lake will definitely not be able to keep Zhou Heng."

The principal of No. 3 Middle School's expression turned serious: "Old Zhang, the young alliance leader has already become the old alliance leader's disciple, so you can no longer call the young alliance leader by his name."

Zhang Peng quickly said, "Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue, it's just a habit of mine."