Beast Taming: My System is Bugged-Chapter 70 - 69: Swallowing Clouds and Spitting Rain
The Hall of the Great Dao was like a dream, an illusion—ethereal and intangible, with no physical presence in the real world.
However, for those who yearned to enter this mysterious hall, it was not entirely impossible.
When a Cultivator mastered a Spiritual Technique to the Great Success Realm and successfully developed their Divine Sense, they could use that Divine Sense as a medium, transforming it into Divine Sense Sacrificial Incense. By piously offering this to the Celestial Dao, they could open the mysterious gate to the Hall of the Great Dao.
For the duration that the Divine Sense burned, a Beastmaster would have a brief window of time to roam freely within the Hall of the Great Dao.
The length of this visit was directly related to the burning time of the incense created from their Divine Sense.
Once the incense burned out, it not only signaled the end of the visit but would also cause irreversible damage to the Beastmaster’s Sea of Consciousness.
Therefore, burning the Scent of Divine Consciousness to enter the Hall of the Great Dao was a considerably risky endeavor. One had to get in and get out quickly, without dallying for too long.
Most people entered the Hall of the Great Dao just to see if any new Cultivation Techniques or Visualization Images had been recently indexed.
After learning that new content was available, they would return to the mortal world and search for related information with great intensity online.
If they couldn’t find anything, their only option was to anxiously wait for someone else in the know to upload the information.
Of course, there were also many people who, after having their secrets indexed by the Hall of the Great Dao, chose to keep them hidden.
Not everyone was willing to share their Cultivation Techniques.
For example, the Secret of Evolution for a High-star Healing Pet Beast had never been made public. Such Secret Techniques were always monopolized by a few major families.
After all, the brief time the incense burned was nowhere near long enough for someone to comprehend such profound secrets within the Hall of the Great Dao.
Thus, these precious Secrets of Evolution could only remain high on a distant shelf, visible but forever out of reach.
Bei Qingqing took a deep breath. In her mind, she silently manipulated her Divine Sense, slowly forming it into half a stick of incense and a simple, ancient wooden table.
Her lips parted slightly as she mumbled a few obscure and esoteric phrases of a Curse. Then, with a firm will, she ignited the incense that her Divine Sense had formed.
In an instant, a wisp of green smoke curled upward, carrying with it a mystical aura.
"Chaos Opening, Mysterious and Profound Method!"
"Daoist Hall Passage, Rapid Transmission of the Decree!"
Following Bei Qingqing’s low cry, the Space before her rippled strangely.
It was as if an invisible gate was slowly opening before the wooden table in her Sea of Consciousness.
Amid flashes of light, a mysterious and vast world flickered into view.
Bei Qingqing’s heart suddenly pounded, and her Sea of Consciousness became extremely active.
She knew this journey was perilous. After steadying her nerves, she slowly took a step forward.
The first thing that met her eyes was an endless world of mountainous books.
Books, scrolls, and other items spread out as far as the eye could see, as if to submerge the entire world, forming mountains, roads, rivers, and even the sky.
In the sky above, great quantities of scrolls floated leisurely, like graceful birds.
Scrolls resembling Visualization Images seemed to have been given life, twisting and transforming into the shape of trees. They lined both sides of the road like ancient guardians, protecting this sacred hall of knowledge.
Beneath her feet, the road was paved with ancient tomes that exuded the fragrance of ages.
With each step, it was as if she could hear the whispers of history echoing in her ears.
And behind her, waves churned in a deep sea. Each surging crest brought forth a dazzling array of Beast Taming books, all containing the mysteries of the Great Dao.
This was the Hall of the Great Dao, which indexed all the wondrous books and Daoist Skills in the world.
However, trying to read a book here was next to impossible.
Burning the Divine Sense Sacrificial Incense to enter the hall was merely the cost of admission.
If one were to reach out, pick up any book, and examine it closely, the amount of Divine Sense consumed would be far beyond what an ordinary Beastmaster could bear. Like a ravenous beast, it would instantly drain the entire Scent of Divine Consciousness dry.
It was said that not even a legendary Nine-star Beastmaster could last more than a few dozen seconds reading a book in the Hall of the Great Dao, let alone an ordinary Beastmaster.
While here, people could only use real-world theses as a guide to search for their corresponding books.
If a book was indexed in the Hall of the Great Dao, it meant the thesis secretly aligned with the principles of the Great Dao and was a technique that could be used for Cultivation or combat Skills.
Bei Qingqing closed her eyes. In reality, she was holding a freshly printed thesis, while in her mind, she recalled the incantations for the Cultivation Technique Gu Ming had written, as well as the image of the Visualization Image she had taken with her phone.
Although the Visualization Image from Gu Ming was second-hand, not a direct copy, the memory of it was enough to serve as a guide and stir wondrous ripples of the Great Dao.
BUZZ.
She felt a tremor in her soul. It was a resonance from the Hall of the Great Dao, which had sensed the book she was looking for.
A two-colored swallow flying in the sky spiraled down and landed beside her hand. With a swift spin, it transformed into a book of moderate thickness, upon which were written the four words: *Green Treasure Breathing Technique*.
The moment she saw those four words, her half-stick of Divine Sense incense burned out completely, leaving nothing behind.
She opened her eyes, dizzy and disoriented. She had already left the Hall of the Great Dao, and her Sea of Consciousness was completely empty.
A closer look would reveal that the water level of the "sea" had dropped by more than half, faintly exposing the lakebed below.
The cost of entering the Hall of the Great Dao was simply too great.
You basically got one glance before your Divine Sense was depleted; a second look was out of the question.
Fortunately, before the Scent of Divine Consciousness burned out, she had seen the swallow’s two colors and the book’s title: *Green Treasure Breathing Technique*.
That was the official name a Beastmaster gave a Cultivation Technique. There was no mistake; it was a technique that could be cultivated.
"Lingling, try cultivating this new technique and see how it is."
Bei Qingqing passed the Cultivation Technique to the Flood Dragon Pet behind her. It was a Bookish Flood Snake, not a Dragon Pet, having evolved from a Snake Pet. It was at the Four-star level.
It possessed a cultivation Talent for Multi-attribute Sensing, allowing it to naturally cultivate techniques of various Attributes. Furthermore, its abilities were focused on simulation-type Skills.
Although it didn’t have much combat power, in the field of researching Cultivation Techniques, the Bookish Flood Snake possessed an analytical ability that crushed other Flood Dragon Pets of the Same-star Level.
Lingling flicked its tongue out arrogantly and quickly read the Cultivation Technique. It learned that the core of the technique was to use breathing to mobilize its muscles for Refining Mana, achieving the effect of whole-body Refinement.
This was child’s play for it; in fact, this type of technique was quite common among High-star Pet Beasts.
But among the Two-star, One-star, and even Zero-star Levels, not a single one like it existed.
’How did the Little Cyan Snake manage to succeed in its Cultivation before Evolution?’
Lingling’s expression flickered. Puzzled, it had no choice but to go back and carefully reread the cultivation details it had initially skimmed over.
The arrogant creature discovered that there was a certain ingenuity to this technique, which was how it enabled even Low-star Pet Beasts to cultivate.
’I see!’
It coiled its body, lay still, and began to cultivate with intense focus.
Wisps of Spiritual Qi gathered from all directions. It opened its mouth and inhaled, drawing a large amount of Spiritual Qi in, which it then refined throughout its entire body.
But this was merely the Entry Level of the Cultivation Technique. The key was the mindset that came next.
Visualizing the Cyan Treasure from the Visualization Image, it changed its meditation spot, coiling up on the windowsill to gaze at the neon-drenched night and the colorful city streets below.
Although the scenery was different, it could still learn from the mindset.
It puffed up its cheeks and leisurely exhaled. The moist Spiritual Qi instantly transformed into a rain cloud that slowly drifted away.
After a long while, dark clouds began to gather faintly over the residential complex. A fine drizzle drifted through the air, landing on the faces of the locals and causing them to look up.
’Who’s causing such a commotion with their Cultivation?’
Seeing this, the Flood Snake shivered and quickly retreated back into the room, afraid of getting a complaint from the residents.
