"Hm? Both of your Skills have reached Entry Level."

That day, Teacher Tang came to check on Ah Ji’s Skill Level.

The difference between Uninitiated and Entry Level Skills was obvious at a glance, but that wasn’t all.

An interested expression appeared on Teacher Tang’s face. In his eyes, the Blazing Light Fist and Shadow Assault that Ah Ji unleashed possessed a unique quality, already showing its own understanding of the Great Dao.

Because of this, he spent extra time observing and guiding Ah Ji, helping it find the secret to training its Skill Level toward the Master Level.

Because Ah Ji had built a solid foundation in its dreams, it managed to master everything Teacher Tang taught it within a single day.

As long as Gu Ming entered the dream again and spent the time to have Ah Ji train frantically, it would have a chance to raise its Skills to the Master Level overnight. Of course, the price would be a minimum of ten Achievement Points’ worth of time.

Gu Ming had enough Achievement Points on hand, but he didn’t spend them all at once. Instead, he would stop once Ah Ji’s Skills showed progress, letting it receive Teacher Tang’s guidance in the real world.

After all, having its Skill Level soar to the Master Level in just one day was far too shocking.

Gu Ming decided to be more discreet, waiting a week before entering the Dream Training Space again to raise his Pet Beast’s Skill Level.

During this time, Gu Ming’s Pet Beasts were finally able to help him with part-time work, and his Spirit Stone income soared as a result.

With Spirit Stones, the Cultivation speed of his several Pet Beasts increased rapidly.

After a month of special training, the calendar turned to August.

Compared to before, Ah Ji’s body had finally developed solid muscle.

Its Speed had also become incredibly fast; it could run a hundred meters in just four or five seconds.

Such Speed was already an outstanding result among One-star Pet Beasts.

Furthermore, over the past month, Ah Ji had slowly constructed the Great Dao Foundation Establishment Platform within its Dantian under Gu Ming’s guidance.

After the month-long teaching period ended, Teacher Tang could have chosen to return to his duties and stop instructing Gu Ming’s Pet Beast.

But as the Great Dao Foundation in Ah Ji’s body was slowly being built, Teacher Tang grew intensely interested in it.

So, he did not end his tutelage.

Even after August began, he still found time now and then to guide Ah Ji, teaching it the other foundational Skills from the two Techniques and expanding its repertoire.

Normally, a One-star Level Pet Beast should specialize in one or two Skills and only briefly touch upon others.

Time is limited; how could an ordinary Pet Beast have so much time and energy to learn?

But Gu Ming’s Ah Ji was different.

Its Skill Level would skyrocket almost every week.

The makings of a genius were already apparent.

No matter what others thought, the conventional training methods for genius Pet Beasts no longer applied to Ah Ji.

This left Teacher Tang breathless with admiration.

He had practically watched Ah Ji train from scratch to the Master Level of proficiency.

Its Blazing Light Fist and Shadow Assault now possessed immense combat power and had even begun to follow a path uniquely its own.

This was its most precious quality. If Blazing Light Fist and Shadow Assault were to surpass Perfection and step into the Quasi-Path Realm, they needed their own exclusive traits.

And Ah Ji happened to have that unique disposition.

Just a month ago, it had been a scrawny, malnourished Little Cat Demon; now, it had the genius air of a Cat Demon King.

In addition, Ah Ji had also learned some detection-type Skills, taking on the search and guard duties for Gu Ming’s team.

However, what interested Teacher Tang the most was still the Foundation Establishment Platform inside Ah Ji’s body.

And because he interacted more with Gu Ming, he also had more time to observe his Pet Beasts.

Teacher Tang was stunned to discover that Gu Ming’s Cyan Treasure and Ah Kun, as well as the Pet Beast of his classmate Lu You, had all cultivated a Great Dao Foundation in their Dantian.

According to Gu Ming, that thing was called a Foundation Establishment Platform.

And this thing... he hadn’t seen any similar research on the domestic academic websites.

This was Gu Ming’s own exclusive Cultivation Method.

As a Six-star, the more he observed, the more he could sense the limitless potential of the Foundation Establishment Platform.

If it were constructed during the One-star period, it would undoubtedly trigger a Super Evolution, drawing down a baptism from the Celestial Dao and raising it to the Two-star Level.

On this particular day, Team Leader Da Fei found Gu Ming to give him more responsibilities.

His grace period with the company was over; it was time for him to take on dual roles.

In a little while, the university would start, and Team Leader Da Fei couldn’t possibly have Gu Ming work two jobs then.

These last ten-odd days were the final chance to really pile the pressure on the newcomer.

Just as Team Leader Da Fei finished assigning the tasks, Teacher Tang appeared at the perfect moment to discuss an exchange with Gu Ming.

"I can teach you all the Skills from the two Techniques, Shadow-Binding Thousand Machines and Blazing Sun Shatters Illusion. In exchange, you give me your Foundation Establishment Method."

"Teacher Tang, I’m swamped with work right now. I’m afraid I don’t have time to organize the Foundation Establishment Method."

Gu Ming politely refused.

Gu Ming knew that even if he refused, the other man would find a reason to stay and observe the Foundation Establishment Platforms inside his Pet Beasts.

The Foundation Establishment Platforms of Pet Beasts like Cyan Treasure and Ah Kun were already complete. They weren’t visible from the outside; their outstanding effects could only be felt when they were in use.

But Ah Ji and Mianmian were still in the process of cultivating their Foundation Establishment Platforms. Their entire construction process, from nothing to something, could be observed from start to finish.

For Teacher Tang, this was an incredibly interesting and rare opportunity for observation.

He believed that as long as he could watch the entire construction process of the Foundation Establishment Platform, he might be able to comprehend it on his own.

However, obtaining Gu Ming’s Foundation Establishment Method would obviously save a great deal of time.

Besides, some things couldn’t be learned just by watching.

All the high-end Cultivation Techniques in this world had core principles in their Cultivation process that would take others years of study to grasp.

Teacher Tang was very interested in this, but he didn’t want to waste time on a long process of trial and error. When ready-made experience was available, it was only natural to go straight to the source.

Besides, Gu Ming was currently in desperate need of those unobtainable Skills from the Technique systems. Teacher Tang’s proposed exchange was perfectly timed to hit Gu Ming’s weak spot.

However, Gu Ming’s refusal left Teacher Tang scratching his head in frustration. He could tell Gu Ming was deliberately playing hard to get, feeling that the terms weren’t good enough yet.

But as things stood, two Low-End Techniques on the market were already astronomically priced; it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say they were worth over a hundred million.

How could Gu Ming’s family possibly afford to shell out that much money to learn these things right now?

After half a day had passed, Teacher Tang appeared before Gu Ming again and said, "I can use my authority to transfer you to work under me. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"That way, Team Leader Da Fei won’t be able to manage you anymore, and your Cultivation can also be more flexible.

"As for the project, it will be to assist me in researching the Foundation Establishment Method. In return, I will also teach your Ah Ji the two B-tier Techniques. What do you think?"

This time, Teacher Tang could no longer hide his true nature as a research fanatic. He was thoroughly hooked by the Foundation Establishment Method that Gu Ming had revealed.