Beast Taming: My System is Bugged

The professors watched for half the day before Gu Ming shooed them away.

This was Gu Ming’s residence. He needed to enter secluded Cultivation and couldn’t have outsiders staying for long.

They also knew they had been enough of a disturbance for one day and left one after another.

After seeing everyone out, Gu Ming took Lu You with him to cultivate in the dreamscape.

「In the dream.」

Cyan Treasure regained its breathing rhythm and began a slow Breathing Technique.

After returning, it had been carefully controlling its breathing, not daring to operate at full power for fear of disturbing its Qi Refining Vortex and releasing the Memory Essence within.

Right now, every particle of this Spiritual Memory Essence was a potent weapon. Releasing it would trap Pet Beasts in an Illusion Realm from which they couldn’t escape.

Admittedly, enduring it could increase one’s Spiritual Power.

But failing to endure it would damage their Sea of Consciousness and reduce their Spiritual Power.

Back in the dream, Cyan Treasure could go all out, elevating its Breathing Technique to the intensity of the Quasi-Path Level.

In just a moment, it experienced the profound sensation of ’gathering the heavens and earth within itself.’

It tried to recall the sensation of breathing inside the Yichuan Ruins.

Gu Ming also secretly guided it, helping it remember the accidental epiphany from the system’s boost and transform it into a more sustainable, deep breathing pattern.

Although it couldn’t be maintained for long, Cyan Treasure’s control over the surrounding Spiritual Qi and Memory Essence was on a completely different level than before.

Next, Gu Ming used Cyan Treasure as the core to create a "Cultivation Acceleration Zone" for Ah Kun and Ah Ji.

Pure, multi-Attribute Spiritual Qi gushed forth, along with Spiritual Memory Essence that had been preliminarily filtered by the Breathing Technique, its malevolence greatly reduced. Both permeated the system’s simulation of the sub-third level area.

Ah Kun roamed within, enduring the spiritual pressure.

Its Devouring Evolution Talent was enough to let it continue devouring the fear-infused Spiritual Qi while cultivating.

Before entering the dream, Ah Kun had a ball of undigested rare Spirit Medicine in its stomach.

As a result, for every hour of Cultivation in the dream, it would gain several hundred to over a thousand points of digestion experience for that specific Spirit Medicine.

This wasn’t an Attribute increase, but rather specialized digestion experience for a certain type of Spirit Medicine.

The terrifying Spirit Medicine, which was originally difficult to digest and refine into its own Attribute, gradually melted within its body.

After spending one Achievement Point in the dream, Gu Ming and Ah Kun woke up in sync.

Gu Ming glanced at Ah Kun, who nodded. Using the experience gained from digesting in the dream, it began to refine the Spirit Medicine in its belly with a great RUMBLE.

Cyan Treasure and Ah Ji slowly woke up and curiously extended their Divine Sense, watching Ah Kun refine the Spirit Medicine at light speed.

A cloud of watery vapor enveloped Ah Kun.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, an imperceptible stream of dark gray shadow began to mix in with the originally azure water currents, emitting a heart-palpitating chill.

「Juvenile Kunpeng Ah Kun has devoured and completed the Refinement of one Fear Heart Grass.」

「Ah Kun has obtained a Fear Talent.」

’Fear?’

Seeing this message, Gu Ming immediately took out his phone to look it up.

This was an exceptionally rare Spiritual Element Talent among Spiritual Pet Beasts.

It wasn’t a Spiritual Root, but it was one of the symbols of a Spiritual Pet Beast. Its Spiritual Power could make other Pet Beasts feel fear.

This was also an Evil Pet Attribute that many Evil Cultivators coveted. It was an extremely rare Attribute, on the same level as Attribute Spiritual Roots like light and dark.

"Huh, so it’s this kind of Attribute," Gu Ming murmured.

Over on her side, Lu You opened her eyes, looked toward Ah Kun, and sent out her Divine Sense to probe it slightly.

The next second, she was seen trembling lightly.

Ah Kun’s Spiritual Power no longer felt like a bottomless ocean with great surging waves as it had before.

Lu You felt as if the surface of Ah Kun’s "ocean" had caved in, transforming into a bottomless abyss filled with infinite whirlpools that eroded any probing external consciousness, as if it could shatter a person’s will.

’Terrifying!’

Lu You sensed an aura from Ah Kun similar to that of the Terror Executioner.

However, Ah Kun had only just refined this Attribute Talent, so its aura wasn’t even one-thousandth as strong as the Terror Executioner’s; it was just the beginning.

Lu You just had to be a little more resolute, mustering the Spiritual Sword Body known as courage, and she dispelled the fear in her heart.

...

After observing, Ah Ji meowed at its master.

It also wanted to eat those Spiritual Element medicinal ingredients to strengthen its Spiritual Power.

Secondly, it was also preparing for its Qi Refining Evolution.

It wanted to be like Cyan Treasure, using a Qi Refining Vortex to gather Spiritual Memory Essence and refine a Spiritual Attribute.

Watching Ah Kun learn a new Attribute just by eating, Ah Ji felt the gap in their Talents. It knew it couldn’t do the same, so it could only follow its big brother Cyan Treasure’s path.

"Alright, let me process them first."

In the dream, besides Cultivation, Gu Ming had also learned how to handle the Spiritual Power herbs tainted with the black fog’s aura.

Fortunately, with a few hints from the system, Gu Ming had spent time practicing in the dream and now knew how to process the ingredients to reduce their impurities.

Gu Ming had his three Pet Beasts work together to process them. First, Cyan Treasure used its Quasi-Path Breathing Method to absorb the black fog-like Memory Essence from the herbs into a Qi Refining Group.

Then, Ah Kun used its Wave-Swallowing Technique to wash them, removing the high-concentration harmful substances remaining on the surface of the herbs.

Next, Gu Ming used his Credit Points to buy some potent medicinal herbs to make a Neutralizing Potion.

Although he didn’t have a Pill Pet to help, he could call for backup.

In the Array Society and the Outdoor Exploration Club, there were quite a few Beastmasters who practiced Alchemy on the side, and they all had contracted Pill Pets.

A quick call for help in the group chat was all it took for classmates to come over and lend a hand.

Gu Ming had more Credit Points than he could spend. By simply using a few points to help others buy materials, the classmates in the group became incredibly enthusiastic.

Elder Huo was speechless about this and specifically reminded Gu Ming that the Seed of Shadow had not been eliminated. He told him to be careful and not to expand his circle of contacts.

He was originally supposed to have Gu Ming cultivate in seclusion in his room.

Letting outside students into his room to process herbs and perform Alchemy was definitely not the way to do it.

Gu Ming took the opportunity to ask, "Teacher Huo, has that Terror Executioner been dealt with yet?"

"It’s being studied. Don’t be impatient."

Elder Huo, for his part, was also incredibly busy.

After he left Gu Ming’s residence, his colleagues wouldn’t leave him alone. They all surrounded him, demanding he bring out the Black Fog Fierce Beast for them to study.

He wasn’t about to work for free, so he was currently negotiating terms with the school administration.

「The next day.」

Ah Ji ingested the purified medicinal powder and practiced the moves it had been studying in the dream.

Nourished by the vast Spiritual Energy, its mastery over Shadow Assault and other Shadow Skills improved by leaps and bounds.

Gu Ming also picked out a Skill from a Skill Manual in the library to teach it.

Its name was "Shadow Teleportation."

The modern version allowed Ah Ji’s figure to instantly disappear and reappear within any shadow in a several-meter radius.

The future, system-improved version would use an excess of Spiritual Power to allow Ah Ji to teleport instantly by using the "shadows" cast by an enemy Pet Beast’s spreading fear.

Such a Skill was overpowered and not something a Two-star Pet Beast could learn. Gu Ming was just letting it learn ahead of time by taking advantage of the rare herbs it had consumed.

At the same time, the effects of the Spiritual Element herbs it had taken kicked in.

Its claw strikes seemed able to penetrate physical defenses and directly assault an opponent’s mind. Gu Ming named this nascent ability "Mental Spike."

During the few days that Gu Ming was engrossed in his Cultivation, a storm was brewing in the outside world.

Within the school, the "Ancient Ruins Sub-3rd Level Special Research Group," led by Elder Huo, was quickly established.

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