Beast Taming: My System is Bugged

Chapter 342 - 329: Entering the Dream Together

"Tighten your core and suspend your breath in your chest. Commit to memory the feeling of gazing upon mountains and swallowing the sea, an aura that can nourish a thousand forests."

Gu Ming was guiding Ah Ji’s cultivation of the Breathing Technique, while Cyan Treasure demonstrated the Breathing Technique at the Daoist Skill Perfection realm in front of him.

With a single inhale and exhale, all the Spiritual Qi in the training room transformed into a vast, tangible ocean of Spiritual Qi that surged toward it, all of it drawn into its throat.

Just as all the Beastmasters in the training room turned to glare, demanding that Gu Ming’s Little Cyan Snake spit out the Spiritual Qi it had swallowed...

...Cyan Treasure opened its mouth and gently exhaled.

A boundless sea of clouds billowed forth from its mouth.

Endless, colorful waves of qi shimmered faintly under the lights, lingering in a hazy form.

The Spiritual Qi in the room was instantly depleted to an extreme, almost to a vacuum, before just as quickly returning to its normal level.

Spiritual Qi is formless, but it takes on color when its concentration is high.

However, to transform it into a tide like a sea of clouds was not a simple transformation skill, but a manifestation of the state of mind that comes with Daoist Skill Perfection.

It wasn’t a real wave of clouds, nor had the Spiritual Qi doubled in volume.

Unbeknownst to anyone, Cyan Treasure had secretly drawn the Grass Attribute Spiritual Qi from the mix into its belly for a tiny bit of Refinement.

The rest was what it couldn’t refine or fit inside, which it had exhaled back out.

The quality had not increased; in fact, it had decreased ever so slightly.

The excess was all an illusion.

Because it had been inhaled and exhaled, the Spiritual Qi naturally carried Cyan Treasure’s aura.

This caused some dissatisfaction among most of the Beastmasters and Pet Beasts in the training room.

But despite their dissatisfaction...

...being able to witness the Green Treasure Breathing Technique at Daoist Skill Perfection being performed right before their eyes was still an excellent opportunity for observation.

So, while everyone grumbled, their actions betrayed their true intentions. They had their Pet Beasts stare intently, unwilling to miss a single moment, their eyes locked on Cyan Treasure’s breathing to learn from and absorb its experience with the Breathing Technique at the Perfection Realm of a Daoist Skill.

Ah Ji, who had been observing the Breathing Technique from the side, found his mind filled with the image of his big brother, Cyan Treasure, and its terrifying, all-encompassing breathing.

’To be able to execute the Breathing Technique to such a degree... Even though I don’t understand it, that powerful image is now seared into my heart.’

For the next few days, Ah Ji spent his time in the Cultivation of his Breathing Technique.

First, he familiarized himself with the foundation of the Green Treasure Breathing Technique, then adjusted it step by step according to the circulation route his master had set out.

On the fourth day, Gu Ming instructed it to establish a unique keynote for its Breathing Technique.

In other words, to find its own characteristic.

Cyan Treasure’s Breathing Technique centered on a single principle—Nourishment!

Ah Kun’s was freedom, a feeling of soaring unrestrained, as if the vast sky was its to fly in.

One had to remember that the great Ah Kun was a Grouper Fish. For a fish to have such a dream was truly something a cat had to admire.

Finally, there were Lu You’s Pet Beasts. Mouse Treasure’s breathing felt like the earth itself—very solid, making it feel as if it could easily dissolve into the soil.

That wasn’t ordinary breathing of air, but breathing underground. The fundamental logic of the Daoist Skill was completely different, something Ah Ji couldn’t use as a reference.

The only Pet Beast learning the Breathing Technique at the same time as it was Lu You’s Insect Baby.

Today was also the day it would practice the Breathing Technique with Insect Baby and compete to see whose breathing was faster.

Insect Baby was currently only about a dozen centimeters long, not large at all.

But when the two of them breathed, Ah Ji could still clearly feel that Insect Baby, being in the peak of its juvenile growth period, was several times faster than it just in practicing the Breathing Technique alone.

When Insect Baby opened its mouth to breathe, a visible trickle of energy would flow into its mouth.

When Ah Ji opened its mouth to breathe, however, only a tiny wisp of Spiritual Qi trickled in.

It wasn’t discouraged. After all, its Light Spiritual Root had only just revived and started growing in the last few days; the two Spiritual Roots were not yet balanced.

To survive in the shadow of the Light Spiritual Root, its internal Dark Spiritual Root had already voluntarily suppressed much of its own cultivation ability.

In truth, it could let the Dark Spiritual Root take charge instead, forcing the light to grow on the shadow side of darkness.

But doing so would violate the natural principles of the Celestial Dao, setting it on a path of defying the heavens.

Ah Ji was just an ordinary cat.

At least, that was what it believed itself to be.

It felt it didn’t have the ability to defy the heavens. ’Attempting to go against the Celestial Dao would only bring down a Celestial Tribulation.’

There would also be numerous cultivation trials, which it couldn’t overcome on its own.

For now, it was conditioning its body by drinking the cultivation medicinal soup its master provided daily, breathing for dozens of Circulations every day to let its body slowly grow and build muscle.

「At the same time.」

Gu Ming received a reply for the Cultivation Technique thesis he had submitted during the national competition exam.

The response from the Pet Beast journal was highly approved by the system, which rewarded him with a large amount of Achievement Points.

Gu Ming glanced at the time.

He saw that Ah Ji was already on the right track with its cultivation; all that was left was to establish the final artistic conception for its Breathing Technique.

He planned to use the ultra-efficient training effects of the Dream Training Space to help it find its cultivation direction over a long period.

「That evening.」

Gu Ming solemnly introduced to Ah Ji the place they were about to go.

Ah Ji’s big, adorable eyes widened as it asked excitedly, "So, will Mouse Treasure and Insect Baby be coming too?"

Recently, Ah Ji had gotten quite familiar with Lu You’s two pets; they were its new friends.

Gu Ming considered this for a moment.

He hadn’t thought of that.

’Since Ah Ji brought it up, inviting them isn’t out of the question.’

He had already shared the Spirit Stone resources, but because of the Dream Cultivation Space’s existence, there would still be a significant gap in their cultivation efficiency.

And this time, his cultivation duration in the dream would be much, much longer.

He hadn’t used many of the Achievement Points he had received before. The points from the national competition settlement and the journal publications during this period were enough for him to cultivate for a year or two.

Moreover, this was round-the-clock, non-stop cultivation. With infinite revivals for everything but Spiritual Power, it was roughly four to five times more efficient than cultivating in reality.

No matter the Cultivation Technique’s Skill Level, after such a long time, it could be trained to the Great Success Realm.

This sounded a bit outrageous, as it took many Pet Beasts over a decade to train their Skill Level to the Great Success Realm.

The threshold was there; if you couldn’t comprehend it, you couldn’t cross it.

But in the Dream Space, there were death-match combat sessions and High-Level sparring Pet Beasts.

Gu Ming had also recorded data on many Same-star Level Pet Beasts in the company’s training room.

A Pet Beast’s cultivation potential is best unleashed in desperate situations. Reaching Great Success in a year was not just a dream; Daoist Skill Perfection might even be possible.

Thinking of this, Gu Ming had Cyan Treasure take the lead and invite Mouse Treasure and Insect Baby over for Dream Training.

The explanation was that he had mastered a Dream Realm Cultivation ability and could bring them inside to try cultivating, though he couldn’t guarantee success.

If they could enter the dream, they would have a chance to improve greatly and increase their strength.

The two pets didn’t hesitate and naturally agreed.

Correspondingly, it didn’t seem right to exclude Lu You.

However, Gu Ming had never tried bringing another person into the Dream Cultivation Space.

So he gave Lu You a simple explanation.

She just showed a surprised look in her eyes and didn’t ask any further questions.

「That night.」

Gu Ming and Lu You sat cross-legged together in the training room, their Pet Beasts beside them.

Gu Ming reached out and took Lu You’s hand. She trembled slightly, her face flushing red as she placed her hand on her Pet Beasts.

In an instant, their minds shifted, and their sense of space completely changed.

When they opened their eyes again, they were still in the villa’s training room, having not moved a single step.