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

Zhou Heng looked at Wei Qingwen, whose face showed gratitude, and asked, "What are the specific levels of your two tamed beasts now?"

Wei Qingwen replied respectfully, "Reporting to the young alliance leader, the high-level diamond-ranked Wind-Riding Pegasus has reached the third tier, sixth level, while the mid-level diamond-ranked Ice Armor Giant Claw Crab is a bit slower, just reaching the third tier, fourth level."

After a moment's thought, Zhou Heng commented, "This rate of improvement is already excellent among your peers. At this pace, by the time of the college entrance examination, your Wind-Riding Heavenly Horse will be able to reliably reach the third tier, tenth level."

Wei Qingwen remained humble as always: "Even so, I am still no match for Haosen, much less comparable to you, Little Alliance Leader."

He didn't feel embarrassed at all for being used as a comparison group by Zhou Heng and Yan Haosen, nor did he harbor any resentment towards their unintentional comparisons.

From the day he began to contact these two people, he had already calmed down.

He provides these two with emotional support, and they will have the opportunity to help him in the future, all under the guise of friendship, thus preserving the dignity of a scion of a prominent family on the surface.

This is already an excellent result.

When Zhou Heng's grandparents and maternal grandparents were promoted to the seventh-level feudal beast tamers one after the other and held a ceremony to confer titles, Wei Qingwen insisted on having a competition with Zhou Heng at that time. In fact, he deliberately used the competition as an excuse to get closer to Zhou Heng.

Even if Zhou Heng's strength was far superior to his at the time, he would still have found a way to lose to Zhou Heng.

At that time, Zhou Heng had not yet contracted the Star-Devouring Kunpeng and only had three tamed beasts. He had the Wind-Riding Heavenly Horse compete with the three tamed beasts one after another, and lost three times in a row. This was an alternative way of elevating Zhou Heng, flattering him, and ingratiating himself with Zhou Heng by making him feel superior.

It seems that the results are not bad; at least he has managed to get close to Zhou Heng.

Yan Haosen's eyes were resolute as he gently encouraged, "Qingwen, you are already very outstanding. I only have the advantage of a good family background, while a talent like the Little Alliance Leader only appears once every five hundred years on average. It's normal for him to be more capable."

Although there is a huge gap in strength between the Yan family of Fire Phoenix and the Wei family of White Horse, Yan Haosen and Wei Qingwen have a very close relationship.

Since both families belonged to the Beast Tamer Guild, and the White Horse Wei family intended to join the Fire Phoenix Yan family, and since Yan Haosen and Wei Qingwen were both peers who had awakened S-level talents and were in the same class, and Wei Qingwen was very good at being humble, the two naturally became friends.

Wei Qingwen listened to Yan Haosen's words of comfort, took a sip of spiritual tea, and smiled without saying a word.

Zhou Heng glanced at the colorful-winged phoenix on the branch, then turned his gaze to Yan Haosen: "And you? How many beasts have you contracted, and what are their levels now?"

Yan Haosen said solemnly, "Reporting to the young alliance leader, I have contracted two beasts. The first is a Black Flame Nether Phoenix, a lower-level overlord-quality beast bestowed upon me by my family, which has now been cultivated to the eighth level of the third tier. The other is a Golden Horned Thunder Tiger, a higher-level diamond-quality beast that was given to me for free by the alliance, which has just reached the fifth level of the third tier."

Zhou Heng calculated the dates: "I remember that the Alliance holds a friendly competition for junior beast tamers every July, and this year it's our turn to participate. With your resources and talent, it shouldn't be difficult for you to cultivate the Black Flame Nether Phoenix to the third tier, tenth level by July. Then, breaking through to the fourth tier during the college entrance examination will be a natural outcome."

Yan Haosen smiled wryly, "My speed might be considered top-notch outside, but in front of the young alliance leader, it's utterly inadequate. I heard that all four of your beasts have broken through to the fourth rank, especially the Star-Devouring Kunpeng, which is at least at the mid-fourth rank now, right?"

In the realm of great cultivation, the fourth, fifth, and sixth levels all belong to the middle stage.

Zhou Heng placed his palm on the smooth head of the Star-Devouring Kunpeng and revealed a hearty smile: "You guessed wrong. Wuji made a breakthrough a couple of days ago and is now at the eighth level of the fourth rank."

"Fourth Rank, Eighth Level?!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Haosen's pupils constricted sharply, his face instantly filled with disbelief and shock: "Such a rapid promotion is simply too fast!"

Although Wei Qingwen was also shocked, his temperament was extraordinary, and he quickly tried to understand this shocking fact.

He analyzed, "Actually, upon closer examination, it's quite reasonable that the Star-Devouring Kunpeng could advance so quickly. After all, it's of superior mythical quality, and its potential and growth rate are far beyond what a hegemon beast tamer can match. In addition, the Little Alliance Leader's second talent, the Lord of Spiritual Source, is an unparalleled SSS-level talent. It complements the Star-Devouring Kunpeng, and can definitely achieve a magical effect where one plus one is far greater than two."

Yan Haosen slowly recovered from his shock and murmured, "Does this mean that during next year's Beast Taming College Entrance Examination, the Little Alliance Leader's Star-Devouring Kunpeng will definitely break through to the fifth rank?!"

Zhou Heng maintained an air of effortless ease, saying, "In the history of the Alliance, there have been twelve SSS-level talent awakeners before me. Most of them reached the fourth tier, tenth level of Beast Taming during the college entrance examination, while a few exceptionally talented individuals reached the fifth tier, first level. My second talent is also SSS-level, so it's quite common for me to advance to the fifth tier before the college entrance examination."

Yan Haosen took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, and exclaimed, "The Little Alliance Leader's Spirit Source Master is indeed worthy of being an SSS-level talent. Compared to us S-level talents, he is more than ten thousand times better."

Wei Qingwen nodded repeatedly in deep agreement: "Yes! During the college entrance examination, my Wind-Riding Celestial Steed will at most reach the third tier, tenth level, and Haosen's Black Flame Nether Phoenix should be able to enter the fourth tier at the very beginning. But Little Alliance Leader, we don't even dare to imagine what level you will reach during the college entrance examination! One step ahead leads to another. In the future, Little Alliance Leader will definitely become a ninth-tier Emperor-level Beast Tamer, dominating the world, and may even aspire to the tenth-tier Supreme Beast Tamer realm. Haosen has a very high chance of becoming a seventh-tier Prince-level Beast Tamer, and there is also a slight possibility of advancing to an eighth-tier Monarch-level Beast Tamer. Only I..."

He paused, then said pragmatically, "Becoming a sixth-tier commander-level beast tamer isn't too difficult, but if you want to go further and reach the seventh-tier lord-level beast tamer realm, you'll probably need to put in more effort, plus a bit of luck."

Zhou Heng picked up his teacup: "A sixth-tier commander beast tamer is a powerful figure in the universe, and is by no means an ordinary person."

Wei Qingwen was extremely humble: "A sixth-tier commander beast tamer is indeed a strong person on a remote planet, but in front of the young alliance leader, I am not even qualified to serve you."

Yan Haosen and Wei Qingwen shared a similar plight: "I may seem to be slightly stronger than Qingwen, but in front of you, Little Alliance Leader, such a rare gem, I am nothing more than a rough, stubborn rock, insignificant."