Beast Taming: My System is Bugged

After mastering the advanced Technique of the future, Cyan Treasure struggled in its subsequent practice. Lacking any Origin Power of its own, it had to find that feeling of breaking its limits every time just to use the move.

Gu Ming recognized the problem. He knew they had to return to reality to cultivate Origin Power, so he had Cyan Treasure stop and rest for a little while.

Cyan Treasure was already exhausted from the dream, and it would have to continue cultivating upon returning to reality. He took the opportunity to let it rest a while longer in the dream.

However, before leaving the dream, Gu Ming took the opportunity to check on Ah Kun’s cultivation progress.

’Ah Kun’s Everlasting Pure Water Technique has reached Entry Level.’

At that moment, Ah Kun was manipulating a thin mist of water vapor that swirled around its body as it slapped against the ground.

It lay on its side on the ground. Without arms or legs, its round, chubby body could only roll across the ground to move, unable to slither forward quickly like Cyan Treasure.

As it rolled, the thin mist around its body shifted dynamically, rapidly replenishing any part of it that lost moisture.

This meant it had officially left the Fish Tank behind. It could now generate its own water vapor in a waterless environment to keep itself stable.

Gu Ming observed it from the side for a moment and found that Ah Kun’s Mana consumption had become so minuscule it could sustain the technique for an entire day.

Seeing Ah Kun’s successful cultivation, Gu Ming saved himself the trouble and returned directly to reality.

He had also been training for a long time in the dream, constantly practicing the Cyan Pine Skill and repeatedly depleting his Spiritual Power.

At this moment, his technique’s Skill Level was still at the Mastery Level, not the Master Level. He was still far from it.

The last time, when he saw through his family’s act, his mental will had condensed into a blade of ultimate focus, allowing his Cyan Pine Skill to advance to the Mastery Level.

Yet in his family’s eyes, his Skill Level for the technique was already at the level of the Master Level Cyan Pine Unmoving Technique, perhaps even beyond it.

This was all thanks to the Shrinking Array.

Now, as Gu Ming watched Cyan Treasure successfully master the high-level Technique, he noted that it had also utilized the Array Carving Technique in its mind.

It was clear that Arrays were becoming increasingly crucial for future Cultivation Techniques.

Gu Ming glanced at Ah Kun. The Everlasting Pure Water Technique didn’t seem to use an Array, but the Mana circulation pathway running through its body was a Great Dao in itself; the slightest change could affect its very survival.

This was very similar to the characteristics of an Array. Arrays also demanded precise layouts and resonance with the Great Dao.

It was essentially a Pseudo-array. The only difference was that this Cultivation Technique, unlike the Cyan Pine Skill, didn’t allow for the Array in its Sea of Consciousness to be freely changed.

With a thought, he tallied his remaining Achievement Points and left the Dream Training Space with his Pet Beasts.

They hadn’t used up all their time this session. There was still plenty of training time left, which would be well spent on combat practice.

But at this stage, they hadn’t even cultivated any Origin Power yet. Gu Ming decided to wait and use the remaining time the night before the midterm exams. That would be the most strategic time.

「The next day.」

Teacher Zhong had only been away for one night, but he found that the little Snake Pet’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit had undergone a dramatic transformation.

This morning, he watched as Cyan Treasure moved like a ferocious Flood Dragon. It coiled and shot forward, the air crackling around it. A powerful tail swing struck his own Flood Dragon, producing a massive BOOM.

Although the attack was nothing more than a tickle to his Five-star Level Flood Dragon, the sheer power behind the blow was several times greater than yesterday.

’What’s going on?’

"You... you mastered it? Reached the Entry Level?"

Teacher Zhong quickly stepped forward and placed a hand on Cyan Treasure, using his Divine Sense to probe the Foundation Establishment Platform within its body and observe the circulation along its various bloodline pathways.

Its body was still the same.

After the medicinal bath, its muscle strength had admittedly increased by 0.5 percent compared to yesterday.

And yet, the power Cyan Treasure had just unleashed was two to three times greater.

’Something isn’t right.’

Power didn’t just come from thin air; it had to be based on actual Physical Ability.

If Cyan Treasure could ignore its physical condition and unleash double or even triple yesterday’s power...

...then that meant it was augmenting its attacks with the Power of the Great Dao.

’Thinking back, that tail strike really did have the authentic spirit of an Entry Level Flood Dragon Tail Swing.’

However, Teacher Zhong knew that was thanks to the aid of the Foundation Establishment Platform.

And knowing this made it seem all the more absurd. He was burning with curiosity, like the saying about the cat.

’How could that thing provide such a massive boost!’

’It’s only at the One-star Level!’

’An ordinary One-star Pet Beast shouldn’t have this kind of potential.’

If Cyan Treasure had been a Pet Beast with Four or Five-star Level potential, Teacher Zhong wouldn’t have been so shocked. He would have just thought it was a genius doing what geniuses do.

But it was a Little Cyan Snake. Its racial Talent was set in stone, and it wasn’t eating priceless treasures worth millions.

Even if it had mutated, it shouldn’t possess this kind of Power.

"Teacher Zhong, do you see any adjustments we need to make going forward?" Gu Ming asked.

The training regimen Teacher Zhong had created yesterday was tailored for Cyan Treasure’s Uninitiated state.

Now that Cyan Treasure’s Skill Level with the Technique had reached Entry Level, the tiny bit of Origin Power it had cultivated last night was completely depleted after this morning’s demonstration for Teacher Zhong.

This explained Cyan Treasure’s confusion from the previous night. It had started learning the move thinking it was a simple technique with low, sustainable energy consumption.

’I need to ask my teacher how to develop this.’

Gu Ming and Cyan Treasure had felt the Origin Power all night, and they could sense it contained a vast, enduring Life Force.

’Unleashing it all in one burst isn’t the best way to use it.’

Besides, Origin Power could be accumulated bit by bit. If they saved up enough before the exam, Cyan Treasure would be able to unleash its Power more times.

Finally, there was the matter of using the Mastery of Wood Escape.

This Ultimate Skill wasn’t primarily focused on the tail swing.

The Flood Dragon Tail Swing was just one of the Combat Techniques included in the Ultimate Skill.

The truly useful part was the Wood Escape Flood Dragon Power. When injected into soil, it could rapidly grow tough vegetation.

That was the most powerful aspect of the Technique: creating life from nothing at an incredible speed.

Although Gu Ming hadn’t tried it yet, he only knew of the future potential of the Mastery of Wood Escape from the system’s fragmented descriptions.

Now, he needed Teacher Zhong to apply his own intellect to further tap into Cyan Treasure’s Origin Power, developing it to match the state described by the system.

Hearing Gu Ming’s question, Teacher Zhong took a moment to ponder it carefully.

He couldn’t quite figure out how Gu Ming and Cyan Treasure’s capacity for Enlightenment could have become so strong overnight.

But breakthroughs in Enlightenment did happen overnight sometimes.

Unable to figure it out, he decided not to dwell on it and simply revised his plan based on Cyan Treasure’s latest physical state.

With this, the medicinal herbs required to support Cyan Treasure’s body would need to be tripled, and its training methods would also need to be adjusted.

"You can cut back on the Flood Dragon Tail Swing practice a bit."

"I just discovered that when Cyan Treasure swings its tail, it consumes an internal Life Factor. This factor is even purer and more concentrated than the Life Energy previously nurtured by its Light Grass Spiritual Root."

"Try to cultivate some of it for me now."

As expected of an expert, Teacher Zhong had identified the most crucial element with a single sweep of his Divine Sense: the Origin within Cyan Treasure’s body.

’Cultivating that would take quite some time.’

’After all, it was an Origin that could only be squeezed out after breaking one’s limits.’

After a full day of arduous testing, Teacher Zhong was left speechless.

’I thought I’d already been surprised enough by Cyan Treasure and Gu Ming.’

Yet after a day of testing, he was still marveling at the seemingly endless surprises Gu Ming provided.

’Will he serve up another new surprise tomorrow?’

He couldn’t help but feel a sense of anticipation, yet the more he thought about it, the more terrifying the implications became.

’Gu Ming is just a high school senior... How can he be so monstrously talented?’