Beast Taming: My System is Bugged

Chapter 167 - 165: Gu Ming Preaches, and Everyone Listens In

Teacher Zhang hadn’t paid it much mind at first.

However, after listening for a while, he felt there was something special about Gu Ming’s Foundation Establishment Method.

Wait a minute.

Isn’t this what Cyan Treasure is cultivating right now?

After Teacher Zhang used his Divine Sense to inspect the state of Cyan Treasure’s Dantian, he noticed something was off.

The Life Energy had actually stabilized and was slowly constructing the shape of a small, round cauldron within its Dantian.

This small cauldron was still in the framework-building stage. Although it wasn’t fully formed, about one-fifth of it was complete.

Because of this, his Divine Sense could see that the small cauldron was already generating a kind of binding force. It locked Cyan Treasure’s Magic Power Inner Core firmly in its center.

As an enthusiast and researcher of Cultivation Techniques, Teacher Zhang almost subconsciously began to ponder its purpose.

Until Gu Ming mentioned Evolution.

"Theoretically, Foundation Establishment is not something a Pet Beast at this stage can accomplish. Once completed, it is highly likely to trigger an Evolution."

Gu Ming mentioned Evolution casually before moving on, delving into the details of how to lay the foundation—a kind of "civil engineering" project.

Teacher Zhang shot to his feet and began pacing back and forth.

’Evolution, Evolution... It’s actually Evolution!’

’That’s right. Once this thing is built, it will directly resonate with the Magic Power Inner Core. The Foundation Establishment takes place inside the Dantian, which involves the Pet Beast’s most fundamental source of Mana. Building something there could certainly trigger an Evolution.’

He just couldn’t understand how Gu Ming had managed to create this Foundation Establishment Method from scratch.

After all, just a short while ago, Gu Ming had been asking him about the Emotional Resonance Evolution Method.

Now, after just three days, he’d come up with this unheard-of Foundation Establishment Method.

And looking at Cyan Treasure’s current state, its cultivation was already shaping up nicely.

Teacher Zhang paced a dozen or so steps before finally sitting down, joining the audience to listen to Gu Ming’s explanation of the Foundation Establishment Method.

Gu Ming’s throat was dry from talking, but fortunately, Ma Tianba was providing Holy Water as a beverage.

He took a large gulp and was instantly reinvigorated, able to speak endlessly for several more hours.

Gu Ming’s parents had brought their two Pet Beasts, originally intending to put Cyan Treasure through some military-style training.

But seeing that Cyan Treasure was undergoing Foundation Establishment, and hearing from their son that this was preparation for Evolution, they knew it couldn’t be disturbed.

Thus, they found themselves with free time and nothing to do.

Seeing even Teacher Zhang sitting down to listen with a furrowed brow, the old couple exchanged a glance.

"Why don’t we listen in, too?"

"We’re getting old. It’s been a long time since we’ve listened to a lecture on Evolution. It might be good to hear it."

The old couple’s Pet Beasts had completed their Five-star Evolution more than a decade ago and had not evolved since.

Four-star was one threshold, and Five-star was another, even greater one.

With the Gu Family’s connections and power, this was their limit. The ceiling for anything higher was beyond their reach.

This was due to both the constraints of resources and the limits of their own comprehension abilities.

If a good master could have guided them through the fog of confusion and provided an excellent nurturing plan, their Pet Beasts might have had a chance to evolve to Six-star.

But so many years had passed.

Their Pet Beasts were in the middle-to-late stages of their lives, their life potential long since actualized. There was basically no possibility of further Evolution.

Therefore, their sitting here to listen was really just that—listening.

The two of them held no expectation that this would have any effect on their two Pet Beasts.

As the couple listened to the lecture, their two Pet Beasts listened in as well.

Just then, they both heard Gu Ming explain why he was teaching the Foundation Establishment Method to the Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster.

It turned out their son had gotten the inspiration for this Foundation Establishment Method from the Emotional Resonance Method, creating it in a flash of insight.

Because it had been created so recently, he had zero practical experience with it—only pure theoretical possibility and much to explore.

Even the possibility of Evolution was something Ma Tianba had mentioned offhandedly; Gu Ming himself hadn’t even thought of it.

After learning about the possibility of Super Evolution, Gu Ming became determined to pursue Foundation Establishment.

"No wonder he was so insistent."

"If it can lead to Super Evolution, then this Foundation Establishment Method is definitely worth the risk."

Mr. and Mrs. Gu were both Five-star Beastmasters and knew how incredible Super Evolution was. It was a complete and total evolution of body and soul, achieving a breakthrough at the level of life itself.

If successful, it was highly likely to unearth the potential for a higher-star Level Evolution within the body.

Therefore, if a few more Pet Beasts could cultivate the Foundation Establishment Method, Gu Ming could gain more experience.

Even failed attempts would provide valuable data to help guide Cyan Treasure’s cultivation.

At this, the old couple exchanged another glance.

"Our Hidden Mist Butterfly is already old, but look, even Ma Tianba is cultivating it. Why don’t we give it a try?" said Mrs. Gu.

Mr. Gu nodded, unafraid of the risks involved with the Foundation Establishment Method. He made the decision, "Let’s just consider it helping our son test for pitfalls."

The two Pet Beasts behind them nodded, not feeling at all like Mr. Gu’s words were meant to put them in harm’s way.

Gu Ming was their master’s son, which naturally made him precious to the two Pet Beasts. He was someone they were meant to protect for their entire lives.

Gu Ming’s ears twitched. Overhearing his parents’ chat, he said, "Dad, Mom, the Foundation Establishment Method is very dangerous. If the Foundation Establishment fails, body and soul could be annihilated. You should just listen; there’s no need to try it."

Gu Ming shook his head. As for Ma Tianba, he didn’t try to dissuade him.

Ma Tianba was immensely powerful, with incredible control, and was too proud to listen to Gu Ming anyway.

If there was real danger, its intuition of the Great Dao alone would allow it to sense it and pull back in time.

As for Five-star Pet Beasts, Gu Ming didn’t really understand them either.

After all, he had never raised a Five-star Pet Beast, so he decided to let his parents judge for themselves.

The old couple waved him off. "What does a kid like you know? We’ll be fine."

"If the Foundation Establishment becomes too risky, they will naturally stop on their own."

At this, the Black and White Long-Armed Ape nodded. It patted its own muscular chest with a palm as large as a cattail fan, letting out a few calls to signal that the young master shouldn’t worry; the Foundation Establishment Method couldn’t hurt it.

Its Dantian, after all, was hundreds, if not thousands, of times tougher than Cyan Treasure’s.

The Hidden Mist Butterfly flapped its wings, silently urging Gu Ming to hurry up with his lecture and not waste any more time.

Gu Ming was speechless. He was helpless against them and could only continue explaining the Foundation Establishment Method.

「A few hours later.」

The Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster, the Spirit-Seeking Flower Fairy, the Black and White Long-Armed Ape, and the Hidden Mist Butterfly all began to cultivate the Foundation Establishment Method.

To cultivate the Foundation Establishment, one first had to dig the foundation. This step was excruciatingly painful and could easily damage the Dao Root.

If not for the presence of Ma Tianba, a Six-star Spirit Beast, this attempt alone could have killed them outright.

Mr. Gu used his Divine Sense to check on the Black and White Long-Armed Ape’s Dantian and felt a heart-wrenching pain, as if his own flesh were being carved out. He couldn’t bear to look and subconsciously retracted his Divine Sense.

He clutched his chest, his breathing a little unsteady.

He glanced at his wife beside him; her face was pale.

In their younger days, such a risky endeavor would have been nothing, but at their age, it was truly too much to bear.

He hoped their two Pet Beasts’ intuition of the Great Dao hadn’t dulled, or else the consequences of a failed Foundation Establishment would be unimaginable.