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

Inside the silver palace, Zhou Heng was playing with six shrunken beasts when Tianyin Hou suddenly entered: "Junior Uncle, the four great emperors of the Qiongqi Meng family—Luxie Emperor, Minghui Emperor, Chiyang King, and Kunling King—are outside requesting an audience."

Zhou Heng immediately sat up straight on the throne: "Please let them in."

The six tamed beasts followed suit, adopting serious expressions and guarding Zhou Heng's side.

After entering, Emperor Lu Xie and Emperor Ming Hui bowed first and said, "Greetings, Young Alliance Leader."

Behind them, King Chiyang and King Kunling bowed and said, "Greetings, Young Alliance Leader."

King Chiyang was an old man with a full head of white hair and golden-red eyes.

The Kunling King looked much older than the Chiyang King. He wore a yellow robe, had cloudy eyes, sparse hair and beard, and was trembling all over.

This is mainly because the Kunling King is over 590 years old this year, and his lifespan is approaching, so he naturally looks particularly old.

King Chiyang is relatively younger, only over 460 years old this year.

Zhou Heng glanced at King Chiyang and King Kunling, then turned his gaze to the two ninth-tier Emperor Beast Tamers, revealing a formulaic smile: "Senior Luxie, Senior Minghui, you are too kind. As ninth-tier Emperor Beast Tamers, and also the Alliance Leader and Supreme Elder, I should be the one to greet you first."

The Demon Slayer spoke with great humility: "Although we are ninth-tier Emperor Beast Tamers, we are only SS-level talents. Although we were fortunate enough to cultivate our beasts to the upper-level mythical quality, this is the limit. There is no further path to follow, and we can never make any further progress. But the young alliance leader is different. As an SSS-level supreme genius, he has unlimited possibilities for the future. Naturally, we must prioritize the young alliance leader."

Emperor Minghui immediately chimed in, "Furthermore, the young alliance leader is the Supreme Alliance Leader's most beloved disciple. Although we are ninth-tier Emperor Beast Tamers, to the Supreme Alliance Leader, we are nothing more than slightly larger ants. How dare we act arrogantly in front of the young alliance leader?"

Seeing that the two were so sensible, Zhou Heng's smile became more genuine: "You two are really underestimating yourselves. Although my master is currently the only tenth-level supreme beast tamer in the Eastern Alliance, you are also second only to him in strength. No one dares to look down on you."

The Demon Slayer Emperor didn't dwell on the topic, but instead took the opportunity to build rapport: "Young Alliance Leader, do you still remember when the First Elder and Second Elder went to the Qiongqi Meng family to exchange the Yitian Crystal Jade for you?"

The First Elder and the Second Elder refer to Ancestor Wanbao and Ancestor Linglong.

Zhou Heng narrowed his eyes slightly: "Of course I remember, it's only been a little over two years."

Emperor Minghui said with a sincere expression, "When we heard that the First Elder and the Second Elder were exchanging the Heavenly Crystal Jade for the Little Alliance Leader, we guessed that the Little Alliance Leader must be extraordinary. We never expected that our words would come true. The Little Alliance Leader did indeed bring us all a huge surprise afterward."

Zhou Heng tapped his fingers unconsciously twice on the armrest of the throne: "Did you two come here today just to talk about this?"

Emperor Lu Xie and Emperor Ming Hui exchanged a glance and stated directly, "We have heard that the young alliance leader will need a lot of resources for the evolution of beast taming. Although our Qiongqi Meng family has a weak foundation, we still have some resources. As long as the young alliance leader says the word, we can provide the young alliance leader with anything we have."

Unable to determine whether these words were true or false, Zhou Heng deliberately declined, saying, "How could I possibly accept this?"

Emperor Minghui said solemnly, "There's nothing to be embarrassed about. We are all from noble families and should help each other and unite as one."

Zhou Heng pondered for a moment, then said, "I understand what you two mean."

Emperor Minghui waved his hand and took out four fist-sized, transparent square crystals, handing them to Zhou Heng with his spiritual power: "We are unsure what spiritual items the young alliance leader needs, so we didn't bring too many this time. These four Yitian Crystals are the entire stock of our Qiongqi Meng family. Please accept them as a gift, young alliance leader."

Zhou Heng waved his hand and put the four Heavenly Crystals into his storage watch, his expression softening considerably: "Thank you both for your kindness."

Seeing that things were going well, the Demon Slayer Emperor said, "Young Alliance Leader, if there's nothing else, we'll take our leave."

Zhou Heng stood up from his throne: "Please wait, everyone."

Just as Emperor Lu Xie and Emperor Ming Hui left with King Chi Yang and King Kun Ling, Emperor Xue Po of the Ming Die Huo family, along with their family's King An Ying and King Lan Feng, met with Zhou Heng.

The goals of Emperor Xuepo, Emperor Luxie, and Emperor Minghui were similar: to win over Zhou Heng. To this end, Emperor Xuepo also gave Zhou Heng a large amount of resources.

Following closely behind Emperor Xuepo was Emperor Cangwu of the Yan family, and with Emperor Cangwu came King Chunqiu and King Qiongtian of the Yan family.

When Emperor Cangwu met Zhou Heng, he was even more enthusiastic than the other three emperors, and he also brought out a lot of good things, which Zhou Heng accepted without hesitation.

After the three top families—Qiongqi Meng family, Mingdie Huo family, and Huofeng Yan family—left, the patriarchs of the twelve major families—Qilin Yun family, Lingzhu Zhao family, Mokun Zheng family, Feipeng Xie family, Taotie Zou family, Tianhu Su family, Bingjiao Yue family, Jianmu Feng family, and Shitie Wei family—all came to Zhou Heng and presented him with gifts that satisfied him.

As for the Zhang family of the Heavenly Serpent, they have a fourth senior brother, Rongtu Wang. Although theoretically they don't need to curry favor with Zhou Heng, they arrived earlier than the Meng family of Qiongqi and had already presented Zhou Heng with gifts that satisfied him.

The remaining Shenlong Zhou family and Jinwu Li family are Zhou Heng's own families.

Finally, there are some patriarchs of smaller aristocratic families. Zhou Heng will first see if the gifts they offer are valuable enough before deciding whether to meet with them.

……

Inside the palace of Zichen Star.

Zhou Heng sat next to Xuan Chen Supreme, while his fourth senior brother, Rong Tu King, sat below him.

Zhou Heng, linking arms with Xuan Chen Supreme, smiled broadly: "Master, with your advancement to the tenth-tier Supreme Beast Tamer, the ones who have benefited the most are actually my fourth senior brother and me. We've been receiving so many gifts these past two days that our hands are sore from accepting them."

Xuan Chen Supreme Patriarch patted Zhou Heng's hand affectionately: "Whoever comes to you and wants to give you gifts, you can accept them all."

Zhou Heng asked, "They all want me to speak well of them in front of Master. What should I do?"

Xuan Chen Supreme revealed a sly look: "Accepting benefits doesn't mean you have to do their bidding. They begged you to speak for them in front of me, but whether you actually said it or not depends entirely on your words. Do they really dare to come to me to ask for confirmation?"

Fourth Senior Brother Rongtu Wang chimed in, "Master is right. Those people only offered a little bit of resources and expect us to speak well of them in front of Master? That's just wishful thinking. At most, we'll just refrain from speaking ill of them, and that will be enough to repay them for the resources they gave us."

Zhou Heng seemed to understand: "I understand."