Beast Taming: My System is Bugged-Chapter 110 - 109: The New Era Cultivation Technique Makes Its Debut
"Gu Ming, the Painted Pet Master I found for you is a bit busy lately. It might be a while before they can do the painting."
Seeing the two of them still trying to play dumb, Manager Ruan decided to put a little pressure on Gu Ming.
Gu Ming’s Visualization Image for his Cyan Pine Skill hadn’t been drawn yet. If he had to find someone else, it would cost a hefty sum, to say the least.
With Manager Ruan acting as the middleman, he could save as much money as possible.
Naturally, Gu Ming wanted to seize any opportunity he could to save money.
Besides, the school administrators had already seen what happened, so it wouldn’t take long for the news to spread.
The news would probably spread through the mid- to high-level Beastmaster circles by tonight or tomorrow.
Given Manager Ruan’s network, he would definitely find out soon enough.
So, he told him the truth: about encountering the Spirit Beast on the mountain behind his hometown over the weekend, and how his pet had accidentally bathed in Holy Water and unexpectedly undergone Evolution.
As for the specific details of the Evolution, Gu Ming didn’t elaborate.
That was all going to be the focus of a major paper he planned to write over the next two weeks. He wouldn’t reveal a single detail before it was published.
Lu You’s ears twitched. She realized Gu Ming hadn’t revealed anything about the Mana-related aspects of the Evolution, only mentioning the Holy Water and the "accidental" part.
After hearing the story, Manager Ruan’s face filled with envy.
"Man, if I’d known, I would’ve taken the day off and gone with you."
"For the Gu Family to befriend a High-star Spirit Beast... that’s the kind of luck that takes three lifetimes to accumulate."
"If you can maintain this relationship, you might get the chance to raise one of its offspring in the future."
When Manager Ruan heard that Ma Tianba owed Gu Ming’s grandfather a life debt, his mind immediately jumped to this possibility.
Many high-star, highly intelligent Spirit Beasts choose to have their offspring grow up alongside a human Beastmaster.
An ordinary person wouldn’t immediately think of this benefit. They’d just chalk it up to the Gu Family having some insane, dumb luck.
The idea only occurred to Gu Ming after Manager Ruan brought it up.
Gu Ming didn’t know if Ma Tianba had any offspring, but ’if my future self isn’t such a screw-up, I might actually be able to get in on that deal.’
Hearing this, the Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster and Cyan Treasure looked over, their faces a mask of confusion.
Manager Ruan chuckled and explained it for them.
He explained why so many Spirit Beasts were willing to be tamed by Beastmasters.
It was because when a Pet Beast grows up with a Beastmaster, it gets to learn all sorts of things and develops much faster.
It was far easier than toughing it out in the deep mountains and ancient forests, relying on instinct alone to cultivate.
Furthermore, understanding the various principles of this world was heavily dependent on the studies and research conducted by human Beastmasters.
You could say that a full eighty percent of all Pet Beast Skills in the world were discovered and developed under the guidance of Beastmasters.
The Skills that Pet Beasts developed on their own through instinct were few and far between, and even those weren’t particularly powerful.
Manager Ruan’s words were blunt, but his reasoning was sound. The "Dao"—the path to power—was held by Beastmasters, so naturally, Spirit Beasts would follow humanity’s lead.
Cyan Treasure and Mouse Treasure had a sudden realization. They had never thought about it that way. Having lived with humans from the start, they had subconsciously assumed this was just how the world worked.
’So there’s a whole system behind it.’
After the three of them finished chatting, Gu Ming and Lu You went inside the shop to change their Pet Beasts’ food and clean their litter.
Once Teacher Zhang arrived for his shift at the shop, he quickly tidied up and blazed through his tasks before heading to the in-store Dao Field to start the training session.
"Both pets are One-star now. Perfect. I want to see your post-Evolution strength. Go all out. Don’t stop until you’ve used up all your Mana."
Teacher Zhang said.
This was also the first battle for Cyan Treasure and the Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster since reaching the One-star Level.
Teacher Zhang had deliberately emphasized depleting their Mana because he wanted to see the difference between a Pet Beast that had undergone a Mana-focused Evolution and a normal one.
The process went as he’d expected, but the results were wildly different.
Cyan Treasure’s Head Hammer was even more powerful. The Mana consumption from its Z-shaped Shaking Body Technique was negligible; Cyan Treasure could seemingly vibrate constantly, its Mana reserves appearing bottomless.
The Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster’s Mana depth was just as impressive. After all, it was the Pet Beast that Ma Tianba had pinned down and hammered for an entire night. The refinement of its Magic Power Inner Core was in no way inferior to Cyan Treasure’s.
Lu You covered her mouth lightly. She could clearly feel a ceaseless flow of Mana from Mouse Treasure. It used its Earth Shifting Technique to conjure one thick earthen wall after another, as if there were no end to them.
’How can it be this strong...’ Lu You thought.
On the sandy field, Cyan Treasure darted about like a bolt of lightning. Every movement was accompanied by the thunderous sound of a hammer strike.
Mouse Treasure, while not moving much, could raise an earthen wall with a simple wave of its paws to block Cyan Treasure’s Head Hammer.
Ten minutes had passed since the battle began.
Back in its Zero-star Period, Mouse Treasure would have run out of Mana long ago from using the Earth Shifting Technique this much.
But even now, it still had over ninety percent of its Mana remaining.
If one were to carefully sense Mouse Treasure’s Mana through the Pet Beast Contract, they would be surprised to discover that with every breath, it was continuously converting condensed Qi into Mana, replenishing its body’s reserves.
Moreover, the Mana flowing from its Magic Power Inner Core was of exceptionally high quality.
Even a minuscule amount of this high-quality Mana, when channeled into the sand, could form a solid earthen wall.
Of course, thanks to the "home field advantage" of the sandy terrain, the Earth Shifting Technique’s cost was quite low.
If it were on a steel floor, the Mana cost for the Earth Shifting Technique would be much higher, but that was another matter entirely.
Meanwhile, Cyan Treasure relentlessly used its Head Hammer and Body Technique, occasionally even using its Breathing Technique to build up a Storm Ball and hurl it at the earthen walls.
After Cyan Treasure reached One-star, the power of its Master Level Breathing Technique had indeed surged.
A Storm Ball formed with the Breathing Technique could shatter an earthen wall in a single blast.
In contrast, its Head Hammer could only leave cracks in the wall.
However, Storm Ball was clearly a more Mana-intensive move.
And yet, Cyan Treasure also seemed to have an endless supply of Mana.
This was clearly because Cyan Treasure’s Skill Level in its Breathing Technique was higher, allowing it to replenish Mana much faster, achieving something akin to a perpetual motion effect.
Half an hour later, Teacher Zhang took out some small snacks and gestured to the two Pet Beasts. "Take a break. Come over and rest."
The two Pet Beasts immediately stopped fighting and scurried over to Teacher Zhang for their treats.
Teacher Zhang placed a hand on each Pet Beast, using a Spiritual Technique to sense the Mana reserves in their Dantians. He was stunned to find that even after fighting for half an hour, they both still had over fifty percent of their Mana left.
’Such terrifying Endurance!’
This hadn’t been a simple skirmish; it was half an hour of high-intensity, non-stop Mana consumption.
Compared to a Zero-star Pet Beast, the difference in their Mana Value wasn’t just tenfold—it might even be a hundredfold.
’How can the gap be this enormous?’
The most obvious difference was with Cyan Treasure.
Because Cyan Treasure had the highest Skill Level in its Breathing Technique, its Mana reserves were still above eighty percent—even higher than Mouse Treasure’s.
Although the two Pet Beasts fought to a draw, in terms of Mana consumption and reserves, Cyan Treasure clearly had the advantage. In a battle of attrition, it would undoubtedly be the last one standing.
From this, Teacher Zhang could see that after their Mana-focused Evolution, their Mana quality and reserves were significantly improved compared to a normal One-star Pet Beast.
But what was also clearly enhanced was the Mana recovery ability granted by the Breathing Technique.
This recovery efficiency was far greater than before their Evolution, as if the Cultivation Technique itself was self-regulating.
The more Teacher Zhang thought about it, the more he found the Breathing Technique to be terrifyingly powerful—so powerful it felt alien to him.
He was certain that when he’d designed this Cultivation Technique, he’d had no such concept in mind. He was beginning to lose his grasp on the future potential of the Green Treasure Breathing Technique.
As the owner of the "Old Fogey’s Counterattack System," Gu Ming could see Teacher Zhang’s confusion.
’It’s actually quite simple,’ Gu Ming thought. ’The incredible recovery power Cyan Treasure and Mouse Treasure are showing comes from a new-era characteristic of the Cultivation Technique—an enhancement from being self-adaptive!’
’When the Pet Beasts evolved, their internal physical strength and the quality of their Inner Cores underwent a monumental upgrade. Of course the Breathing Technique wouldn’t keep running based on its Zero-star Period parameters. Instead, it adjusts to operate in the way that best suits the body’s current state.’
Although the monthly exam hadn’t arrived yet, and Gu Ming hadn’t fought against the Pet Beasts of his peers...
...after this battle, he could already get a sense of the "technological sophistication" of these new-era Cultivation Techniques.
Using the word "technology" to describe the mystical power of a Pet Beast’s Cultivation Technique didn’t quite fit.
But this leap in improvement, like a true generational gap in technology, was something Gu Ming couldn’t ignore.
After all, a non-Combat Element Breathing Technique was already this incredible.
’If I were to learn a new-era Combat Element Skill, wouldn’t that be even more ridiculously overpowered?’
