Beast Taming: My System is Bugged

After training ended for the day, Teacher Zhang and his two students chatted as they walked, discussing the friendly match scheduled for next week.

"This is a preliminary test before the midterm exam. Although it hasn’t been long since the last monthly test, you’ve both made great progress."

"Especially now that its Foundation Establishment Platform has taken shape, Cyan Treasure already has the potential to go head-to-head with Combat Element Pet Beasts."

"However, to turn that potential into real strength, it needs to learn proper Combat Skills—not just a trump card like Plant Life Light Wave that can only be used once or twice," Teacher Zhang said.

At the mention of Combat Skills, Gu Ming’s ears twitched, and he immediately asked:

"Teacher, do you have any recommendations?"

Teacher Zhang continued:

"Cyan Treasure’s Foundation Establishment Platform is deeply connected to the Dragon Race. If it learns the Skills of a Flood Dragon Species Pet Beast, it might be able to unleash one hundred percent of those Skills’ combat potential."

At this, even Teacher Zhang couldn’t help but let the corners of his mouth lift in a smile, looking very expectant.

"However, whether a Snake Pet can successfully learn a Flood Dragon’s Combat Skills remains to be seen. It will require close cooperation between you and Cyan Treasure to make it happen."

"Fortunately, the friendly match isn’t happening right away. You can spend a week learning, and we’ll see how effective it is."

Teacher Zhang planned to have Cyan Treasure start learning Flood Dragon Species Combat Skills the very next day to test whether it could succeed.

Lu You, who had been listening quietly at the side, had a sudden thought about her Mouse Treasure, which was also cultivating with a Dragon Pattern Tripod Foundation Platform.

’Could it be possible for Mouse Treasure to learn the Combat Skills of the Sub-dragon Race, too?’

But the Earth Escape Technique alone was already keeping the Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster more than busy.

’It’s better not to think about Combat Skills. Biting off more than you can chew is never a good idea.’

However, she didn’t expect Teacher Zhang to suddenly change the subject and bring up her Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster.

"While Cyan Treasure learns the Combat Skills of a Flood Dragon Species, Mouse Treasure can learn the Combat Skills of an Earth Dragon Pet Beast."

"Mouse Treasure has the Earth Attribute and a Dragon Pattern Bronze Tripod inside it. Even if it ultimately fails to learn them, it’s still a worthy attempt."

Lu You hadn’t expected Teacher Zhang to even think of her Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster. It was a complete surprise to her.

She couldn’t very well refuse, so after hesitating for a couple of seconds, she nodded. "Thank you, Teacher."

’I wonder if my hamster can handle it all,’ she worried silently, not daring to voice her concern.

Come to think of it, she had been benefiting from Gu Ming’s arrangements this whole time.

Her family could never afford Teacher Zhang’s extra private tutoring fees.

Once she received her first month’s payment for the Earth Shifting Technique’s Visualization Image, she planned to buy a gift to thank Teacher Zhang and also pay him for the lessons.

Meanwhile, in a place no one could see...

The system had already begun to update the story.

[The wonders of Foundation Establishment have piqued Zhang Yunpeng’s research curiosity.]

[He plans to arrange for both Pet Beasts to learn Sub-dragon Race Skills.]

[However, he has an even bolder idea. Since Cyan Treasure is already a Grass and Wood Flood Dragon, learning the Combat Skills of the Sub-dragon Race is merely its duty.]

[But if it were to learn a Battle Technique of the True Dragon Race, that would be completely different. Although the difficulty is high and it would require the support of a True Dragon Bloodline, what if it succeeded? That would be a huge leap forward.]

[Unfortunately, the school only has Battle Techniques of the Sub-dragon Race. The Battle Techniques of the True Dragon Race have always been rare and are not something one can learn just by wanting to.]

[With Teacher Zhang’s current connections, he is unable to borrow the texts for a True Dragon Battle Technique and is troubled by this.]

Reading this, Gu Ming also scratched his head.

’Looks like I got happy too soon. I thought we’d get to learn a Dragon Race Battle Technique, but it seems we can only learn Sub-dragon Race skills after all.’

’Even so, that’s still great.’

As long as it was a Battle Technique from the new era, he was happy.

Just look at the Plant Life Light Wave. Its Catalyst effect was like an acceleration of time, and when combined with snake venom, it could achieve a near-instant takedown.

But a Pet Beast can’t use its ultimate move in every battle. Cyan Treasure needed a Combat Technique with lower consumption.

"Teacher, I’ll be waiting for your good news."

"Yes, I’ll do my best to find a suitable Combat Technique by tomorrow," Teacher Zhang nodded, but inwardly, he wasn’t very confident.

The school did have Combat Techniques for the Flood Dragon Race, but there were no Visualization Images, only Cultivation Manuals, which were much harder to learn from.

When Gu Ming returned home, he saw Ma Tianba in the living room watching TV with the old man.

The future overlord had shrunk itself down at home. It was pure white, with a coat of pure white fur, and the light radiating from its body was brighter than the lamp overhead.

To be honest, watching TV with Ma Tianba was like hugging a fluorescent tube—bright and glaring, and not very comfortable.

Luckily, Gu Ming was past the age of watching much TV, so he wouldn’t be tortured by it.

The old man, on the other hand, was clearly not used to it. Shielding his eyes with his left hand, he looked rather miserable and said, "I say, Little Horse, can you stop glowing?"

Ma Tianba snorted softly and retracted its light.

Then, it turned and sent its Divine Sense into Cyan Treasure’s body to repeatedly observe the Foundation Establishment Platform.

Although Ma Tianba’s actions were a bit rude, it made up for it by infusing Cyan Treasure with Holy Light every day at home, nourishing the Light Spiritual Root within its body.

Because of this, Cyan Treasure’s daily Magic Power Inner Core Cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds, and the quality of its Inner Core improved day by day.

Gu Ming placed Cyan Treasure on Ma Tianba’s back to let it feel the baptism of Holy Light up close. He, meanwhile, took stock of the Achievement Points he had recently acquired. The largest number of points came from the completion of the Foundation Establishment Platform.

[Cyan Treasure has successfully completed its first Foundation Establishment, developing the Ancient Dragon Era Daoist Skill Base. Power of Time +1.]

[You have taken another firm and powerful step on Old Deng’s road to a comeback. Achievement Points +5!]

It was rare for an achievement to award five points directly, which showed just how important Foundation Establishment was.

In addition to these, there were some other small, miscellaneous achievements. In total, Gu Ming now had nine Achievement Points on hand.

Gu Ming had originally planned to frantically spend these nine Achievement Points on increasing the Skill Level of his Foundation Establishment Method to shorten the Hundred Days Foundation Establishment period.

But after hearing Teacher Zhang’s new plan, he thought it over and decided it would be better to use them to cultivate a Dragon Race Battle Technique.

Regardless of whether Teacher Zhang found a True Dragon Battle Technique or a Sub-dragon Race Skill, as long as they could learn it, he could use the system to grind the Skill Level like crazy.

That way, he would probably get a good score on the midterm exam.

While Ma Tianba was cultivating, it also chatted with Cyan Treasure.

When the topic turned to Cyan Treasure preparing to learn a Sub-dragon Race Battle Technique, it snorted softly.

"A tiny little snake like you, not even as big as my hoof, wants to learn a Sub-dragon Race Battle Technique? Isn’t that a bit of a stretch?"

Ma Tianba was inherently a bit arrogant. Seeing the Little Cyan Snake being so heaven-defying as to attempt cross-species Cultivation of a Sub-dragon Race Skill, its tone turned a little sour.

Even it hadn’t managed to learn any Sub-dragon Race Skills.

But then again...

’If Cyan Treasure succeeds, maybe after I complete my own Foundation Establishment, I’ll also have a chance to learn Sub-dragon Race Skills, or even a Battle Technique from the True Dragon Race?’

It listened to the draconic hum emanating from the Dragon Pattern Bronze Tripod inside Cyan Treasure, as if dreaming its way back to ancient times—to a past unknown, buried in the annals of history.

Ma Tianba couldn’t help but snort softly again, indicating that it could act as a sparring partner when the time came, to see if Cyan Treasure could master a Sub-dragon Race Battle Technique.