Beast Taming: My System is Bugged

Gu Ming led Lu You up the mountain path.

The terrain here was extremely high, and the air was thin. Ordinary people not only needed to rent Fire Element Pet Beasts for warmth, but also required oxygen tanks to breathe properly.

But Gu Ming was already a Three-star Beastmaster. Although Beastmasters themselves didn’t have the ability to cultivate their bodies, they were influenced by their Pet Beasts, making their physical constitutions far superior to those of ordinary people.

Furthermore, with the help of Cyan Treasure’s Quasi-Path Level Breathing Technique, Cyan Treasure only needed to exert a little control for Gu Ming to breathe as naturally as ever, without needing any equipment.

「An hour later.」

Gu Ming finally reached the world’s highest peak.

Looking down, he saw the legendary Sea of Stars.

It was often said that the Sea of Stars was the edge of the world, the end of the sky.

Standing on the edge of Heaven-Reaching Peak and gazing down, he could finally understand the origin of the name "Sea of Stars."

Countless Star Fragments drifted in the azure waters. The descending starlight and the eternally present aurora reflected off each other in the sky, converging to form a magnificent spectacle.

Innumerable fine, glittering motes of starlight, like living sprites, drifted down endlessly from the deep, ink-black canopy of the sky, silently merging into the vast "sea’s surface" below.

The sea here was not a sea of water as Gu Ming understood it.

It was more like a slowly flowing, liquid galaxy composed of pure light and energy.

The surface of the sea shimmered, as pure as a mirror, reflecting billions of stars. Just by standing there and looking at its surface, Gu Ming felt as if the constellations themselves were breathing in this place.

Occasionally, a larger cluster of starlight would streak across the sky like a shooting star and plunge into the "sea," stirring up a brilliant ripple that spread out and lingered for a long, long time.

"Let’s go down and take a look," Gu Ming said to the girl beside him, taking a deep breath.

She too looked completely stunned. She had heard of the great fame of the Sea of Stars, but she never imagined the sight would be this magnificent.

Those who reached the summit would often linger here for a long time.

Gu Ming didn’t linger. Ah Kun was already so excited it wanted to fly down, and if he stayed here any longer, Ah Kun would go crazy.

Cyan Treasure was wrapped around Gu Ming’s neck like a cyan scarf. While helping him breathe, it also used its Life Light Wave to slowly regulate its master’s body and protect him from the low temperatures.

As for Ah Ji, it had merged into Gu Ming’s shadow, with only two eyes showing, curiously observing the sea below.

The ascent had taken an hour.

The descent took an hour as well.

The place was simply immense; so large that just getting down the mountain took that long.

In reality, this was a valley nestled between the mountains, a sort of super-massive "lake."

But upon approaching the shore, a single glance revealed no end to the lake in sight. It was truly worthy of the name "Sea of Stars."

Gu Ming walked to the water’s edge and let the "seawater" wash over the cuffs of his pants. He then stepped back, pulling his legs out of the water.

The water of the Sea of Stars wasn’t sticky at all; there wasn’t even a trace of moisture on his pant legs.

Beneath the surface, light and shadow were hazy.

Countless light clusters of various shapes could be vaguely seen swimming leisurely.

Some were like swimming fish, some like jellyfish, and others resembled ethereal nebulae.

These were the unique creatures of the Sea of Stars—the Star Spirits, miracles born from the fusion of Star Fragments and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

The air was filled with a crisp, pure energy. Inhaling it was invigorating, yet it carried the thinness and chill of an altitude of ten thousand meters.

Looking around, he saw that many viewing platforms and simple dwellings had been built into the rolling mountain terrain.

Beastmasters from all over the world gathered here. Some were like tourists on vacation, enjoying the one-of-a-kind starry spectacle.

Others, however, wore solemn expressions. They sat cross-legged on the shore, slowly extending their Spiritual Power to try and communicate with the Star Spirits swimming in the sea, hoping to gain the recognition of these mysterious beings and form a contract.

However, few succeeded.

The Star Spirits were inherently pure and proud. They could not be moved by mere words or simple offerings of energy.

Nearly 99% of the Beastmasters who lingered here for days or even months would ultimately leave with regret. Those who could successfully resonate with a Star Spirit were one in ten thousand.

At this moment, many Beastmasters on the shore wore looks of anxiety or dejection as they watched the Starlight Elves, so close they could almost touch them, swim past the shoreline without any connection being made.

Lu You had also come here with a glimmer of hope, thinking she might be able to try her luck.

If it really didn’t work out, she had a backup plan: the adoption groups at her university.

The league had a short break recently. After a month of battles, she felt that fighting with only two Pet Beasts was too strenuous. It had been manageable in the early stages.

But by mid-January, every opponent she faced later on knew the Combat Skills and Variations of her two Pet Beasts like the back of their hand.

This left her with no room to create strategic combinations.

In the freshman league, having three Pet Beasts was the mainstream. Broadening the range of Pet Beast Attributes offered greater combat potential.

The creatures of the Sea of Stars were a rare Attribute of Pet Beast that neither Gu Ming nor Lu You possessed.

At the same time, this was also the one place where forming a contract depended most on luck.

It had nothing to do with wealth or the quality of one’s accompanying Pet Beasts.

There was never a set formula for contracting a Star Spirit, which gave students from less-than-ideal family backgrounds a chance to turn their fortunes around overnight.

Of course, it was only a chance.

"Gu Ming, I’m going to look for a Star Spirit here," Lu You said softly.

"Alright," Gu Ming nodded, indicating it was okay.

...

On a secluded cliff some distance away from the main viewing platform.

Two elders sat facing each other under a gnarled old pine tree. A simple stone chessboard was placed between them, with a pot of warm tea at their side.

"Elder Huo, instead of enjoying a peaceful life on Wenquxing, what brings you all the way to my ’Sea of Stars’ to enjoy the cold wind? You even have the gall to call it visiting me for a relaxing game of chess?"

An energetic elder dressed in a star-patterned robe placed a piece on the board and looked at Elder Huo with a smile.

He was none other than Mo Yuan, the Legendary Beastmaster who had guarded the Sea of Stars for many years and an old friend of Elder Huo.

Elder Huo picked up a chess piece, but his gaze wasn’t focused on the board. Instead, it drifted past the cliff’s edge toward the vast and brilliant Sea of Stars as he spoke in a leisurely tone:

"When you get old, you start to enjoy looking at beautiful sights like this."

"Besides, this Sea of Stars of yours is a fine place. Every time I come, I get to see some interesting little ones."

Mo Yuan followed his gaze and saw the young Beastmasters on the shore, trying their best.

He shook his head.

"Yes, there are plenty of interesting ones, but not many can take a ’star’ home with them."

"The Star Spirits... they’re not that simple."

He paused, giving Elder Huo a meaningful look.

"But I suspect you’re not just here to enjoy the scenery this time, are you? Your prized student is here too, isn’t he?"

Elder Huo gave a noncommittal smile and took a sip of tea.

"Young people need to find their own opportunities and forge their own paths."

"These old bones of mine are just here to watch from afar, to make sure they don’t accidentally get ’swallowed’ by this Star Sea."

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