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

Fu Hai Yinlong was very calm and sensible: "Father, if you can't put down your work, you don't have to force yourself. We don't really want to go out and play. We're happy just to be by your side."

Zhou Heng ran his fingertips along the silver scales of the Overturning Sea Silver Dragon: "These past few days, apart from the Emperor God, you've all been staying with me in the breeding base. You must be feeling really cooped up. I've been cooped up here for too long, and I'm also looking forward to breathing some fresh air."

He said gently, "Moreover, as Wuji just said, haste makes waste. The Dragon Scale Golden Carp needs to advance to the third tier to begin the next evolution ritual. Even with the Emperor God constantly accelerating the Dragon Scale Golden Carp's growth, we still have to wait a while. In the meantime, I can take a break and spend more time playing with you all."

The Eternal Night Dragon jumped up excitedly: "Finally, I can go out and play! Facing these cold instruments and data every day, I'm so sleepy that all I want to do is yawn. I have no energy to do anything."

The Titan Lord tattled from the side: "You're quite active; I just saw you steal a golden carp from the pond."

Zhou Heng reached out and grabbed the purple fleshy wing of the Eternal Night Demon Dragon: "Well! I was wondering why the number of Dragon-Bearded Golden Carp was off; it turns out you stole them."

With a sudden burst of strength, the Eternal Night Dragon broke free from Zhou Heng's grasp. Like a naughty child caught doing something wrong, it feigned composure and argued, "Old Deng, didn't you say before that it was no big deal for me to occasionally indulge in a treat?"

Zhou Heng's eyes widened: "I'm talking about the extraordinary creatures used for experiments. If there are more than a thousand, it's fine for you to catch a couple to taste occasionally. But I only just cultivated the upper-level silver-grade dragon-whiskered golden carp a few days ago, and I only have about fifty of them. I need to continue cultivating them into lower-level gold-grade dragon-scaled golden carp so that I have enough individuals for my research. How could you actually do that? If you do this again, you can forget about getting one fourth-tier extraordinary creature a day. Anyway, you've been stealing food all day long, so you've had enough."

The Eternal Night Dragon immediately protested, "Old Deng, no way! A fourth-tier extraordinary creature every day is the main course; the fish I catch in those pools are just snacks."

Zhou Heng reached out and made a flicking motion on the head, then smacked the Eternal Night Demon Dragon's hard head a few times: "Fei Hong loves eating fish more than you, so why don't you see Fei Hong catching fish randomly? You just have no self-control and can't control your claws."

The Eternal Night Dragon pursed its lips, covered its ears with its claws, and looked like it couldn't stand the nagging.

Seeing its appearance, Zhou Heng couldn't help but chuckle.

Afterwards, Zhou Heng took the six beasts and left the breeding base. They first played around in six special areas prepared for them inside the floating fortress.

But they weren't satisfied, so Zhou Heng took them away from the floating fortress and let them play in the Cold Moon Cave for a long time.

High above the Cold Moon Cave, Zhou Heng stood in mid-air, his six beasts, now restored to their original forms, stretched out their bodies freely, stirring up boundless clouds and creating fierce winds that stretched for thousands of miles.

Two figures suddenly appeared not far from Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng looked closely and realized that it was the Dry Ice King of the Ice Shark Yue family and the Hengyi King of the Iron-Eating Wei family.

The Dry Ice King wore a moon-white robe and looked to be no more than thirty years old. He had extremely fair skin and short, ice-blue hair.

Prince Hengyi was dressed in a black robe, looked to be nearly forty, was slightly overweight, and had long black hair.

The two stepped forward and greeted him: "Young Alliance Leader."

Zhou Heng smiled and asked, "What brings you two to see me?"

The Hengyi King of the Shitiewei family had an honest expression: "We didn't do anything serious. We just found the young alliance leader playing with six contracted partners in the Gale Layer. It reminded us of our youth when we used to frolic and play with our beasts. Those were truly wonderful days."

Zhou Heng picked up the conversation: "You two aren't too old now, after all, you're not even three hundred years old yet, which is considered young among eighth-tier monarch beast tamers."

The Ice King of the Ice Shark Yue family couldn't help but laugh at himself, "Whether someone is young or not depends on who they're compared to. The young leader is only in his twenties. Compared to him, we're all old relics."

Zhou Heng's eyes shone brightly: "Being young has its advantages, and being old has its advantages too."

The Ice King of the Ice Shark Yue family asked seemingly casually, "I heard that the young alliance leader wants to become a nurturer. I wonder if the young alliance leader has personally conducted any nurturing experiments?"

Zhou Heng didn't hide anything and said directly, "I've been conducting breeding experiments these days, and I've even created a breeding route that can evolve ordinary fish all the way to lower-grade gold quality."

The Ice King of the Ice Shark Yue family was somewhat surprised: "So, the young alliance leader is already a gold-level cultivator! Congratulations, young alliance leader!"

Zhou Heng said calmly, "A gold-level cultivator is insignificant to aristocratic families. There's nothing to congratulate them on."

The Hengyi King of the Shitiewei family said solemnly, "That may be true, but the fact that you were able to become a Gold-level Breeder in such a short time is enough to prove how outstanding your talent is in the field of breeding. If you continue to develop like this, you will at least become a Hegemon Breeder in the future, or even a Mythical Breeder."

Zhou Heng never boasts in front of outsiders: "There are very few Mythical Cultivators and very few Overlord Cultivators. Although I have this ambition, whether I can really become a Mythical Cultivator or an Overlord Cultivator depends on luck."

The Ice King of the Yue family flattered, "Young Alliance Leader is too modest. With your talent, it's only a matter of time before you become a high-level cultivator."

Zhou Heng shook his head: "If only it were that simple."

The Hengyi King of the Shitiewei family flattered, "Don't be so skeptical, luck is always on your side. Putting aside everything else, just the Fortune Qilin King you've contracted will bring you plenty of good fortune."

Zhou Heng glanced at the Lucky Qilin King playing in the distance: "I hope it's really as you two say."

After chatting for a few more minutes, the three of them took their leave. The Ice King of the Ice Shark Yue family and the Iron-Eating King of the Iron-Eating Wei family then bid each other farewell and left.

Zhou Heng played with the six beasts for a while longer before returning to the floating fortress to continue his research on the role of a trainer.

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A day later, as Zhou Heng continued his research on his unique evolutionary path, Feng Zhong bowed and reported, "Young Master, the Dean of the Comprehensive Theory Academy, Marquis Ning Shuang, Li Xiang, requests an audience."

Zhou Heng put down what he was doing and said, "Quickly, please invite Elder Li in."

Soon, Li Xiang arrived in front of Zhou Heng, accompanied by a young man with short blue hair.

Zhou Heng took the initiative to ask, "Elder Li, why does this person next to you look so familiar?"

Looking at the young man with short blue hair, Li Xiang specifically said to Zhou Heng, "Yu Heng, let me introduce you. This is my prized disciple, named Wu Jiu. He comes from the Bingjiao Yue family and is two years older than you. He just started his junior year this year."