Beast Taming: My System is Bugged

Chapter 156 - 154: Purification

Gu Ming was in a bit of a daze when he returned to school.

The past two days had been like a dream to him.

After Ma Tianba discovered the rhythm of the Great Dao of the Power of Time within Cyan Treasure’s Skills, he had generously infused it with Holy Light. This pushed it to constantly unleash its Plant Life Laser.

As a result, the Laser Skills, which had been quite difficult to train, underwent a frenzied training session over the weekend. The skill’s training progress skyrocketed.

Now, as Gu Ming looked at Cyan Treasure’s skill progress, he saw the progress bar was already more than halfway full.

At this rate, it would probably reach Master Level in a week or two.

With the Laser Skills being so powerful, Cyan Treasure’s Poison Liquid Ability couldn’t be left behind. Especially considering the combo effect of fast-forwarding its development when used with the Laser Skills, Gu Ming had already started looking at more expensive poison formulas.

The poison formula Cyan Treasure was currently using was a basic, upgraded version of the Paralyzing Poison Formula, which mainly paralyzed an enemy’s nerves.

The poison’s effects lasted for about ten minutes. The more of it that was injected, the faster the onset.

For a Little Cyan Snake, this was already a very respectable level of combat effectiveness.

However, now that it was paired with the powerful Laser Skills, Gu Ming’s ambition swelled.

Of course, lethal poisons were forbidden.

After all, killing another contestant’s Pet Beast in a competition would result in punishment, and could even cost Cyan Treasure its life.

In more severe cases, the Beastmaster themselves might have to pay with their life as well.

After all, contestants who could participate in competitions all had some connections. Killing a Pet Beast was an extremely serious matter; you should never do it if you didn’t have a powerful background.

Therefore, Gu Ming couldn’t just search for lethal poisons. Instead, he sought control abilities—ideally, something that could neutralize an opponent without killing them.

During class, he used his phone to search for poisons the Little Cyan Snake could cultivate.

However, after a good deal of searching, he was not satisfied.

Most of the poisons suitable for a Little Cyan Snake were based on the Grass Attribute and inflicted damage over time. They were all slow-acting poisons and lacked potent toxicity.

The Little Cyan Snake’s body was too fragile. The poisons available on the market for it all had limited effects and couldn’t harm enemies with high poison resistance.

Gu Ming threw the problem to his private tutor, Teacher Zhang, and asked for recommendations.

Teacher Zhang: "That’s just how the Grass Attribute is. You’ll only find what you’re looking for in formulas for High-Level Snake Pets."

"Should I look for poisons used by other races then?"

"No, I’ll help you find a Light Attribute poison," Teacher Zhang said. "That stuff isn’t too hard on the body, so it’s suitable for training."

Zhang Yunpeng also knew that while the Little Cyan Snake could handle ordinary Pet Beasts, its poison would be useless against a Pet Beast with naturally high poison resistance, even if it saturated the enemy’s entire body.

The Plant Life Laser only accelerated the division and spread of the poison. Even if its toxicity was doubled or tripled, it still couldn’t overcome a Pet Beast with high poison resistance.

Therefore, the poison had to be High-Level enough, but at the same time, the Little Cyan Snake’s body had to be able to withstand it. That was the difficult part.

Although the Little Cyan Snake’s physical constitution had improved after being infused with so much Holy Light by Ma Tianba, it was still far from the standard of a powerful Pet Beast.

It was a world of difference, not a gap that could be closed simply by taking potent supplements or exercising.

That’s why he aimed his search for poisons toward the Light Attribute.

You have to understand, Light Attribute poison is extremely rare and scarce.

Generally speaking, Light Element poison Skills are used to cleanse evil and intimidate Demon Fiends.

But that doesn’t mean Light can’t be poisonous.

On the contrary, once Light is turned into a poison, it can erode Life Force, rapidly burn it away, or even make it evaporate from the face of the earth.

On the market today, the most famous Light Element poisons are the Purifying Fire and Purifying Holy Water from the Sin Purification Court.

Drinking the Purifying Holy Water could purify all the Life Power within an enemy Pet Beast, just like being immolated by Holy Fire. This was the kind of Light Element Poison he was looking for.

However, the things mentioned above were far too high-end. He was looking for a super Low Configuration version.

Soon, he found a paper on a poison formula used by a Light Attribute Snake Pet during its Cultivation.

The poison was a Light Attribute snake venom, a substance specifically for secreting a toxic form of Holy Water.

The liquid secreted in its venom, when injected into an enemy’s body, could frantically burn away their Life Power.

This kind of poison was undoubtedly quite high-end, and of course, the ingredients were extremely expensive.

At the same time, because this was a Light Attribute poison cultivation, it didn’t have very high physical requirements for the Snake Pet. Instead, it only required the Snake Pet to have an extremely high adaptability to the Light Attribute.

Teacher Zhang weighed the options for a long time, unsure if Cyan Treasure could handle the formula for this Holy Water snake venom.

He sent the paper to Gu Ming and helped him place an order:

"I’ve already bought the medicinal ingredients for you; they should arrive tomorrow. Have Cyan Treasure give it a try. Oh, right, I’ll be there in person to watch it take them."

Gu Ming replied with an "Understood."

Afterwards, Gu Ming carefully read the poison paper Teacher Zhang had sent, a little curious. ’A Holy Light Element poison?’

Gu Ming stroked the curious Cyan Treasure next to him, lost in thought. ’I wonder what the system will have to say about this.’ He immediately looked at the system.

And just as he expected, since this was a new poison formula found by Teacher Zhang, the system naturally had a plot update. It read:

『Teacher Zhang has tested the Light Attribute adaptability of your Grass and Wood Flood Dragon’s postnatally cultivated Light Spiritual Root. He surprisingly discovered that the cultivation formula can be switched to that of the Heterodox Holy Dragon Liquid for the Purification of Heretics. The relevant medicinal ingredients have been ordered and shipped to your home.』

Gu Ming looked at the text written by the system. It was obvious that, once again, it was different from the real-world cultivation formula. He didn’t know if the two were the same thing.

Gu Ming could only secretly hope for the day to pass quickly. He had no mind to pay attention in class at all.

When he got home that evening, the system showed that the package had already arrived and been signed for by his parents.

Gu Ming immediately called his parents and urgently asked, "Did you open the package?"

His parents both said they hadn’t. "It’s the new medicine Teacher Zhang bought, right?"

Gu Ming said at once, "Don’t open it! Let me do it, you hear me!"

Hearing the anxiety in their son’s voice, his parents figured the ingredients might require special handling and that simply opening the package could ruin their medicinal properties. They quickly reassured him, "We didn’t open it, we didn’t open it! It’s safe and sound."

When Gu Ming got home, he immediately took the package of ingredients into his bedroom and put it in a drawer.

He waited a moment. After seeing the system’s plot update to read, "He put the ingredients in the drawer," he finally took the package out again to open and inspect it.

As soon as he opened it, a rich, milky fragrance wafted out.

A pure white luster, like that of Holy Water, shone brightly in the bedroom.

Cyan Treasure just sat there, feeling its body stir as if it had come completely alive.

’What is this?’

Gu Ming didn’t know either. As the system introduced them one by one, he gradually learned that most of the ingredients here were prepared for the Flood Dragon Race.

For a Little Cyan Snake, this was a serious case of overkill.

But overkill or not, if he controlled the dosage, perhaps Cyan Treasure could take a small amount.

Gu Ming looked at Cyan Treasure, ready to follow the same procedure as before.

The original plan was to wait and prepare it with Teacher Zhang, but the ingredients had clearly been changed. It was impossible to let Teacher Zhang see them now.

He could only act first and report later, starting to prepare the liquid medicine himself.

Fortunately, he had been secretly teaching himself a lot about compounding medicines recently. He had also consulted Teacher Zhang and learned a fair bit about pharmaceutics from him.

It wasn’t a lot, but if he had the paper, he could still follow the basic compounding procedure in order.

But since the ingredients were different now, the information in the original paper didn’t really match up anymore.

Thankfully, the system existed. After studying the materials, the preparation process for the Heterodox Holy Dragon Liquid for the Purification of Heretics cultivation formula inexplicably appeared in Gu Ming’s mind.