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

The reason why many novice breeders fail repeatedly when they first start breeding extraordinary creatures is mainly because breeding is a secondary profession that consumes a lot of resources.

Therefore, those who choose to become trainers usually come from relatively good families.

Many of these people are just doing it for fun.

They didn't study the relevant knowledge about trainers carefully before starting, so the failure rate was naturally high.

Zhou Heng, on the other hand, did not start working on it until he had a certain level of confidence after a period of serious research.

So it only took four tries to succeed.

Upon hearing Feng Zhong's words, Caiyi Qingfeng tilted her head and said, "Is it true that someone fails thousands of times at the Bronze level when they first start cultivating extraordinary creatures? Are there really such foolish beast tamers in the world? Isn't that too exaggerated? I feel like Dad became a breeder very easily."

Feng Zhong replied respectfully, "Reporting to Lord Jiu Xiao, not everyone is as wise and powerful as the young master, unparalleled in the world."

Rainbow-Winged Azure Phoenix thought for a moment and understood: "That makes sense, after all, Dad is the most powerful beast tamer in the world!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Heng smiled knowingly.

Feng Yong reminded him from the side, "Young Master, this golden carp is a brand new species that you have bred. You should give it a name."

Zhou Heng casually remarked, "It's entirely golden, and its scales are so fine, let's call it the Fine-Scaled Golden Carp!"

From this moment on, a brand new type of lower-tier bronze-quality beast has appeared in the universe.

Afterwards, Zhou Heng cultivated a large number of fine-scaled golden carp according to the evolutionary ritual he had created.

Then, using mental power, they were guided into a completely new pool.

The Eternal Night Dragon was a restless creature; it stretched out its claws, scooped three fine-scaled golden carp out of the pond, and stuffed them into its mouth, wanting to try them out.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Heng immediately rushed over and slapped it on the head: "These are all my experimental subjects, don't touch them."

"How stingy!" The Eternal Night Dragon curled its lip and ran away in a flash.

Afterward, Zhou Heng fed the many fine-scaled golden carp some food and began to record detailed data about them.

Just as I finished my work, Feng Zhong and Feng Yong came to report that Li Lang and Gu Yixuan had arrived.

Zhou Heng immediately instructed Feng Zhong and Feng Yong to invite them in.

Li Lang immediately asked, "I just heard from Elder Zhong and Elder Yong that you have officially become a breeder and have even cultivated a brand new extraordinary creature from ordinary carp."

Zhou Heng nodded: "I was just promoted today."

Gu Yixuan smiled gently: "Congratulations, Junior Zhou Heng. May we see the extraordinary creature you've nurtured?"

"Come with me." Zhou Heng immediately led Li Lang and Gu Yixuan to the pond where fine-scaled golden carp were kept.

Gu Yixuan carefully examined the fine-scaled golden carp: "Although this extraordinary creature is only a lower-level bronze, it is a completely new species. Have you named them, junior?"

Zhou Heng said directly, "I'll name them Fine-scaled Golden Carp."

Gu Yixuan then asked, "How many times did you fail before you finally managed to cultivate the Fine-Scaled Golden Carp?"

Zhou Heng said calmly, "It was successful on the fourth try, after three attempts."

Gu Yixuan was taken aback: "Only three times! Junior, your talent as a breeder is truly extraordinary. There was a senior who failed 1,200 times before he could evolve an ordinary animal into a lower-level bronze extraordinary creature and barely advance to the level of a bronze breeder."

Zhou Heng didn't take it seriously: "These are just isolated cases. It's not difficult to advance to the Bronze level. Most people don't fail that many times."

Gu Yixuan objectively commented, "Although it's an isolated case, you're still very impressive. Most breeders fail at least dozens of times when they first try to cultivate a new extraordinary creature. After all, creating something from nothing, from zero to one, is the most difficult thing."

Using his mental power, Li Lang reached out and scooped up a fine-scaled golden carp: "How many Alliance Coins are needed to evolve an ordinary carp into a fine-scaled golden carp each time an evolution ritual is initiated?"

Zhou Heng did not hide anything: "The evolutionary path I created requires about five million Alliance Coins worth of spiritual items to initiate one evolutionary ritual."

Li Lang then asked, "Is this evolutionary path expensive or cheap compared to others of the same level?"

Zhou Heng thought for a moment: "It's neither expensive nor cheap. Generally, to evolve an ordinary animal into a lower-level bronze extraordinary creature, the evolution ritual requires about ten second-tier spirit items and one to three third-tier spirit items. Each time, the cost is basically around five million Alliance Coins."

Li Lang casually tossed the fine-scaled golden carp he had scooped up back into the pond: "Senior Yixuan, the senior you mentioned who failed 1200 times, is he from a prestigious family? Otherwise, how could he afford such a drain? One failure would destroy all the spirit creatures; more than a thousand failures would mean billions of Alliance Coins going down the drain. Such expenses are beyond the reach of ordinary beast tamers."

Gu Yixuan nodded and smiled: "You guessed right. Although that senior didn't come from a large aristocratic family, he did come from a small one. The cost of training a beast tamer is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary poor beast tamers and commoner beast tamers. Only the direct descendants of aristocratic families and a few wealthy scions can afford it. Junior Brother Zhou Heng is the most qualified to speak on this matter. I've heard that every aristocratic family has the right to mint coins."

Zhou Heng said generously, "That's right. Our family can bypass the alliance and print our own alliance currency. We won't feel bad about consuming more resources below the seventh rank."

Although theoretically anyone can become a low-level trainer as long as they have enough resources and time, in reality, trainers are the fewest of the three secondary professions.

Because the resources required to start as a trainer are many times greater than those required to start as a pharmacist or blacksmith, it is the highest-threshold secondary profession, which directly excludes most people.

Only direct descendants of aristocratic families like Zhou Heng, who are indifferent to the loss of low- to mid-level resources, can progress smoothly on the path of becoming a nurturing master.

Li Lang gave a thumbs up: "Being born into a prestigious family is truly impressive; we have to admit it!"

Gu Yixuan patted Li Lang on the shoulder: "Junior Li Lang, I heard that your grandfather is from the Jinwu Li family, so you can be considered to be from a family of some kind."

Li Lang deliberately revealed a cynical smile: "Hey! My grandfather was just a collateral branch back then, incomparable to a direct descendant like Aheng, not to mention that our lineage was already driven out of the Jinwu Li family long ago."

Gu Yixuan sighed, "In the end, he's still better than the average person."

Li Lang then asked Zhou Heng, "Are you going to extend the evolutionary path of the Fine-Scaled Golden Carp to the mid-level Bronze, or even a higher level?"

Zhou Heng explained his plan: "Yes, I plan to follow this progression, and each time I successfully evolve, my trainer level will also be promoted."

Gu Yixuan wholeheartedly agreed: "That's a great idea! Junior Zhou Heng, I believe you will definitely become a renowned high-level trainer throughout the universe in the future."