Beast Taming: My System is Bugged-Chapter 67 - 66: Spiritual Waves

Gu Ming returned to the classroom. The first period of the day was a theory class on the Cultivation Element, which meant Gu Ming could use the class time to practice his Spiritual Technique.

The other students did the same. Those who weren’t planning to pursue the Cultivation Element path silently propped up their textbooks to block the line of sight and began meditating.

The Cultivation Element teacher at the front of the class, Gui Yiqing, saw everything clearly, but she didn’t call out the students who were cultivating. She simply continued with her lecture as she pleased.

Unlike other teachers, Gui Yiqing wasn’t obsessed with making money, nor did she expect her students to be enthusiastic about learning the subject.

She gave her lecture; whether anyone listened was their own business.

Students who made it into the honors class were generally aiming for the Combat Element.

The students in the regular classes were much more engaged. After all, the daily care specialization within the Cultivation Element was the only hyper-competitive track where ordinary people stood a chance.

Just then, she sensed a Spirit Wind, as faint as the scent of pine resin, wafting over from one of the window seats.

She subconsciously looked in Gu Ming’s direction, where a young man was meditating behind a propped-up book.

Near Gu Ming, the other students also subconsciously glanced at him, seemingly having caught the same pine-like fragrance.

’Has he reached the Entry Level with the Cyan Pine Unmoving Technique?’

The Cultivation Element teacher’s first thought was that he had reached the Entry Level of the Spiritual Technique. Otherwise, why would there be signs of a breakthrough?

But that wasn’t actually the case.

Gu Ming opened his eyes and saw a fleeting system notification.

"You have successfully activated the Old Deng’s Health Array Pattern in your Sea of Consciousness. The Spiritual Power consumption for practicing the ’Cyan Pine’ technique has been reduced. Maximum Spiritual Power +15 from this Cultivation session!"

Gu Ming’s Spiritual Power consumption rate decreased once more, leaving him with half of his Spiritual Power still available.

If he rested a bit during the midday break, he could cultivate two to three times during the day, and a guaranteed minimum of three times at night.

The effectiveness of his Spiritual Power training hadn’t increased, but the benefit was its stability, which lightened the consumption burden of the Spiritual Technique.

Essentially, since he could train more often, it was equivalent to enhancing the effectiveness of each session.

’So, is this Array Map useful? Absolutely.’

After Gu Ming inscribed the Old Deng’s Health Array Pattern, he felt the model of the Cyan Pine rooted in his Sea of Consciousness stretch its branches, sending out more, denser waves.

These strange waves in his Sea of Consciousness seemed to possess some wondrous spiritual resonance effect, causing Cyan Treasure to lift its head and look toward him.

Gu Ming also noticed his classmates turning in unison to stare at him and heard the gasp of surprise from the Cultivation Element teacher. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Gu Ming nodded.

’Since he was going to apply for access to the Spiritual Interference Training Chamber anyway, he might as well just admit it in class.’

His classmates frowned to themselves before turning back to focus on their own Cultivation.

No one thought Gu Ming was some monstrous genius; they just thought he was an insane overachiever.

On the surface, Gu Ming wasn’t taking any Elixirs, but judging by his progress, he was obviously popping them like crazy at home and cultivating day and night. His level of dedication was so intense it was unnerving.

The top-ranked students couldn’t sit still any longer. They took Elixirs out of their desks and popped them in their mouths to accelerate their Cultivation.

Spiritual Techniques had one advantage: as long as one’s Spiritual Power wasn’t completely depleted, one could continuously take Elixirs to keep training.

Coupled with after-class tutoring from the teacher, they received a wealth of experience that helped them avoid pitfalls and progress directly. As a result, the top-ranked students were all advancing quickly. They had mastered over half of the Cyan Pine Unmoving Technique; they just weren’t as fast as Gu Ming.

"Ahem. Everyone, please pay attention to the lecture. The Cultivation Element class is worth some credit, you know," the teacher said, clearing her throat.

Order returned to the classroom, and the number of gazes fixed on Gu Ming gradually dwindled. Only two people and a few Pet Beasts continued to stare at him covertly.

One was the current top-ranked student, Zhou Ruoyun, who sat in front of him and to the right. The other was his deskmate, Wang Teng.

Wang Teng sniffed the air. The pine scent had dissipated as if it had never been there, but he knew it wasn’t an illusion. He whispered,

"How come I didn’t get that scent when I reached the Entry Level? Did you get your Spiritual Technique custom-tailored?"

The Cyan Pine Unmoving Technique is a universal Spiritual Technique used by Beastmasters in universities across the country. It’s a foundational skill with a high degree of customizability.

Those from wealthy families could hire exceptional Cultivation Technique masters to tailor it for a student, fine-tuning the circulation pathways to achieve the best training results.

Gu Ming nodded, dispelling Wang Teng’s suspicion.

Only Cyan Treasure, who was directly connected to Gu Ming, knew that it wasn’t as simple as just a fragrance.

Cyan Treasure looked at its master, curiosity in its eyes.

Just now, after Gu Ming had finished inscribing the Array Pattern in his mind using his Spiritual Power, an invisible wave had swept over its body.

’What was that?’

’It didn’t feel like a probe from the Pet Beast Contract, but a wave on a spiritual level.’

Gu Ming was also quietly trying to figure it out. The Old Deng’s Health Array Pattern seemed ordinary, but it was clearly more than meets the eye.

’The system might have an answer.’

However, he was only at half of his Spiritual Power. If he used the rest up now, he’d likely pass out. It was better to wait.

During the second period, a Cultivation class, Gu Ming went to a training room. He had his Pet Beast cultivate beside him while he sat cross-legged alone, sinking his consciousness deep into his mind. Visualizing the Cyan Pine as his model, he traced the Old Deng’s Health Array Pattern along the waves it emanated.

As the circular Array Pattern, whose arcs secretly aligned with the principles of the Great Dao, took shape, the Cyan Pine in Gu Ming’s mind rustled once more. Its branches and leaves swayed, sending invisible Spiritual Waves emanating from his body.

At this moment, Gu Ming’s focus was absolute. He discovered that as the waves swept over an object, they transmitted information back to him with the detail of a magnifying glass.

This was especially true when the invisible waves swept over Cyan Treasure. He could sense the Spiritual Qi swirling around its body, the subtle details of its muscles contracting, and its newly generated Mana.

Most critically, the frozen Inner Core was also captured by Gu Ming’s Perception, projected into his mind like a miniature model.

However, this perception was fleeting, lasting only for an instant before vanishing.

This experience immediately reminded Gu Ming of a skill that one gains after a Spiritual Technique reaches the Great Success Realm—Divine Sense!

Divine Sense was a special form of Spiritual Power produced by intelligent life forms after cultivating their spiritual strength to a certain level.

Its applications were seemingly endless, including out-of-body probing, microscopic observation, remote manipulation, and even short-range detection through walls.

Gu Ming checked the state of his Sea of Consciousness. It was still in the nascent stage, and his ’Cyan Pine’ technique was only at the Entry Level. There was no way he could have developed Divine Sense.

Gu Ming wanted to try it again, but he had just exhausted his Spiritual Power and couldn’t practice again so soon.

"You have practiced ’Cyan Pine’. Spiritual Power +15."

"By using Spiritual Waves to perceive the internal details of a Pet Beast for the first time, you have discovered that the Mana stored within the Time Dragon Cyan Treasure has not yet met the requirements for the first round of Mana refinement."

"Through this attempt, you have also come to understand the training method for Divine Sense."

"Divine Sense: 1/100,000"

It was an unintentional act, yet it triggered an additional explanation from the system.

Gu Ming had an epiphany. ’So this isn’t actually Divine Sense. The system calls it Spiritual Waves.’

Using a Cultivation Technique to generate Spiritual Waves to perceive the outside world was already a manifestation of the Divine Sense skill—a sort of ’Divine Sense Lite’.

To develop true Divine Sense using this method would require one hundred thousand instances of Spiritual Resonance Waves generated by the Cultivation Technique’s Array Map.

Honestly, after practicing one hundred thousand times, his Spiritual Technique would be nearing the Great Success Realm anyway. The total Cultivation Time wouldn’t be much different from mainstream Spiritual Techniques.

The upside was that Gu Ming now possessed a sensory ability similar to Divine Sense ahead of schedule. He was no longer limited to perceiving the world only through his Pet Beast.

This was probably the advantage of the Old Deng’s Health Array Pattern. He couldn’t help but wonder what the "Hundred-Day Sprint Array Pattern" was like.