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

Although the Star-Devouring Kunpeng only needs to consume two refined star cores per year before reaching the sixth rank, it can also eat other things occasionally.

Therefore, Zhou Heng hoarded a lot of colorful starfish in his storage watch.

Previously, the disciple of the Linglong Ancestor, the Purple Flame Marquis, sent over a batch, which was quickly consumed.

The Old Ancestor Wanbao personally took action and obtained hundreds of thousands of them, all of which were given to Zhou Heng.

The Eternal Night Dragon's eyes lit up as it looked at the two fourth-tier extraordinary creatures.

In the past, Zhou Heng would only feed it one a day, and it would never think about why Zhou Heng fed it two today; it would just enjoy its feast.

"That's more like it, Old Deng is a good friend!" The Eternal Night Dragon muttered, restoring its size to two hundred meters. It eagerly opened its blood-red maw, bit into a fourth-tier extraordinary creature, and began to feast.

Its claws were also pinning down another fourth-tier transcendent creature that was shrieking in agony.

Seeing this, the Azure Phoenix with Colorful Wings, the Silver Dragon that Covers the Sea, and the Kunpeng that Devours Stars also began to enjoy their food.

Aside from the ferocious-looking Night Dragon, the atmosphere in the arena was quite warm.

Zhou Heng watched the four beasts eating, and his smile deepened.

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The artificial sun in the Eternal Order Sacred Realm never sets, casting a soft halo over Zhou Heng's silver palace through the flowing clouds.

The Ling family patriarch waited outside the hall with a blue-haired youth.

The young man was tall and slender, with a head of short, bright blue hair that made him look quite energetic.

After receiving Zhou Heng's permission, the two were led into the main hall by attendants.

The hall was spacious and richly furnished. Zhou Heng sat in the main seat, his expression serene yet exuding a commanding and awe-inspiring presence.

Even though the Ling family patriarch was a seventh-level feudal lord beast tamer, he dared not be the slightest bit negligent in front of Zhou Heng, a twenty-year-old youth. He immediately bowed deeply to the blue-haired youth and said in unison, "Greetings, Little Ancestor."

Zhou Heng raised his right hand in a gesture of support, saying, "No need for such formalities."

His gaze immediately fell on the unfamiliar young man behind the Ling family patriarch, and he asked, "Patriarch, who is this?"

Upon hearing this, the Ling family patriarch smiled broadly, stepped aside to let the blue-haired youth step forward, and introduced him: "Reporting to the young patriarch, this is my great-grandson, of the Yi generation, named Ling Yisheng. It's quite a coincidence that he and you awakened your talents in the same year."

At this point, the Ling family patriarch's tone carried a barely perceptible sense of感慨 and envy as he patted Ling Yisheng's shoulder: "However, this child only possesses ordinary S-level talent, far inferior to yours. I brought him here today for two reasons: firstly, to let him become familiar with you, and secondly, if possible, to earnestly request that you offer him a few pointers; that would be an immense blessing for him."

The grandson of a grandson is called a great-great-grandson.

SSS-level talent is unparalleled in the world; SS-level talent is extremely rare.

Ling Yisheng's S-level talent is the best among the direct descendants of the Ling family patriarch.

The Ling family elders likely intend to groom Ling Yisheng as their successor. After all, with an S-level talent, if one can contract with a powerful beast tamer from a young age, coupled with ample resources, advancing to a seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamer is only a matter of time.

However, there is more than one S-level talent among the younger generation of the Ling family. Therefore, the Ling family patriarch brought Ling Yisheng here today in order to try to build a relationship with Zhou Heng.

As Emperor Xuanchen's personal disciple and an unparalleled genius with SSS-level talent, if Ling Yisheng could gain Zhou Heng's approval, becoming the head of the Ling family in the future would be as easy as taking candy from a baby.

The so-called guidance is just an excuse.

Zhou Heng was well aware of the Ling family patriarch's intentions: "Brilliant and radiant, that's a good name. As your great-grandson, patriarch, you have a long and distinguished family tradition, and your knowledge in all aspects must far surpass that of ordinary people your age. My beast-taming level seems to have improved quickly, but that's just because I have good talent and high-quality beasts. I don't deserve the title of 'guidance'."

"Young Ancestor, you are too modest."

The Ling family patriarch quickly waved his hand, his tone filled with sincere admiration: "You have only been contracting the Star-Devouring Kunpeng for less than three months, yet you have already cultivated it to the fourth rank, eighth level. Such speed is truly astonishing. In my humble opinion, even the twelve SSS-level talent awakeners who appeared before you in history probably could not match your growth speed in beast taming."

Zhou Heng was not surprised that the Ling family patriarch knew about the Star Devouring Kunpeng's breakthrough to the eighth level of the fourth rank.

Because the distance between Zhou Heng's silver city and the giant city where the Ling family patriarch was stationed was not particularly far, at least for a seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamer.

The Star-Devouring Kunpeng is much more powerful than ordinary fourth-tier beast taming creatures, and the energy fluctuations it causes during its breakthrough are also much stronger. It is quite normal that the Ling family patriarch could sense it from afar.

Zhou Heng remained unfazed: "Clan leader, you flatter me. The inherent characteristic of my second talent, the Lord of Spiritual Source, is that it abandons the ability to engage in direct combat and focuses on improving the strength of my beast taming. Therefore, it is normal that my beast taming advancement speed is faster than that of any SSS-level talent in history."

The Ling family patriarch nodded in deep agreement: "The young ancestor is right. Every SSS-level talent is truly heaven-defying, and it is indeed difficult to distinguish between them. It can only be said that they each have their own merits. It was I who was being too simplistic."

Zhou Heng's gaze shifted to Ling Yisheng, who had been standing quietly and appeared somewhat reserved: "You must have contracted a beast of lower-level overlord quality, right? What level has it reached now?"

When Zhou Heng called on him, Ling Yisheng tensed up and hurriedly replied respectfully, "Reporting to the young ancestor, my beast is indeed a Crystal Rock Black Tortoise of lower-level overlord quality, which just reached the third rank, eighth level a couple of days ago."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Heng nodded encouragingly: "At this age, being able to cultivate a lower-level overlord-quality beast to the third tier, eighth level is already quite impressive, which shows that you haven't been slacking off."

Facing Zhou Heng, whose strongest beast tamer was already at the fourth rank and eighth level, Ling Yisheng quickly lowered his head even further and his voice became softer: "Compared to you, Little Ancestor, this junior is still far inferior. You are a brilliant star, while this junior is merely a tiny candle flame."

Seeing his self-conscious expression, Zhou Heng gently shook his head, his tone gentle yet possessing a heart-warming power: "There's no need to be so self-deprecating. My SSS-level talent is one in a hundred years, and you might not even appear once in the entire universe. Your S-level talent already places you among the top of millions of your peers, and your future achievements will be quite remarkable. Don't let your overly high goals cause you to lose your way."

Hearing Zhou Heng's sincere words of comfort, Ling Yisheng's tense nerves relaxed slightly. He raised his head, his eyes filled with gratitude, and bowed again: "Yes, this junior understands. Thank you for your teachings, little ancestor."

Afterwards, Zhou Heng chatted casually with the Ling family patriarch and Ling Yisheng for a few more minutes, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

The Ling family patriarch knew that if he wanted Zhou Heng to stand on his side, he had to plan carefully and not rush things.

Today was just a chance for Ling Yisheng to show his face, so that he could easily curry favor with Zhou Heng in the future.

About half an hour later, seeing that their goal had been achieved, the Ling family patriarch tactfully took Ling Yisheng's leave and respectfully withdrew from the silver palace that belonged exclusively to Zhou Heng.

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