Beast Taming: My System is Bugged-Chapter 78 - 77: Tri-Colored?

’Risk in exchanging money?’

’Or is there a risk in naming a Cultivation Technique?’

Gu Ming was more inclined toward the latter.

Unlike the ten percent risk increase from Cyan Treasure going out...

Gu Ming just wanted to name a Cultivation Technique, and the system issued a one-hundred-percent risk warning. The severity was ten times greater.

But the last time a risk occurred, it had only led to a minor conflict with a disciple from a branch of the Wang Family and a duel challenge.

The risks mentioned by the system weren’t necessarily true risks for him.

Sometimes, a very simple little thing was treated as extremely serious by the system.

’I have to look at this dialectically and not be misled by a system with cognitive impairments.’

’Maybe after I name it on the spot, the school’s principal will discover it and then push a bigger, more luxurious contract on me.’

If it was just something like that, Gu Ming wouldn’t consider it a risk.

When Teacher Zhang returned, it was nearly lunchtime.

Teacher Zhang used his own name to apply for a Spiritual Interference Training Chamber and took Gu Ming inside to train.

The Spiritual Interference Training Chamber was a separate, enclosed space. An Array that generated Spiritual Interference was already active inside.

On top of this, Teacher Zhang laid down a Concealment Array for his aura, made some fine adjustments, and further utilized the Array within the Spiritual Training Chamber to better mask Gu Ming’s presence.

An Array like this couldn’t fool the Celestial Dao, but it was more than enough to fool the school for ten-odd seconds.

By the time the teacher finished setting up the Array, it was mealtime.

People throughout the entire building started to move about, and the teachers were walking around as well.

Gu Ming sat on a cattail cushion in the Spiritual Interference Training Chamber, imagining a massive, verdant Cyan Pine in his mind. Its root system was well-developed, anchored in his Sea of Consciousness, sending out endless ripples.

Using the Cyan Pine as a model, Gu Ming used his Spiritual Power as ink, dancing across the ripples on the surface of his Sea of Consciousness. He drew one circular talisman after another, slowly connecting them to form Old Deng’s Health Array.

As his thoughts flowed, the surrounding space rippled. Thunder boomed, and dark clouds gathered overhead, blanketing Gu Ming.

The profound Array Patterns flickered in and out of existence, like a group of mysterious lightning elves dancing gracefully in the dark clouds. Bolts of lightning shot out, striking into Gu Ming’s Sea of Consciousness in a fierce Spiritual Attack.

Gu Ming’s body swayed slightly, but his crossed legs remained completely still, like a Cyan Pine standing unmoving in a thunderstorm.

Cyan Treasure sat on Teacher Zhang’s shoulder, flicking its tongue, not enduring the Spiritual Attack with its master.

If one were to sense carefully, they might even smell the fresh scent of pinewood. But it was impossible for there to be any strange smells in the room; this was a spiritual-level illusion.

Looking closely at Gu Ming now, he no longer resembled a Cyan Pine. He was back to his usual self.

’Withstanding a thunderstorm simulated by Spiritual Interference with a mortal body?’

Teacher Zhang was astonished. This Spiritual Technique was extremely similar to the *Cyan Pine Unmoving Technique*, but it was also different from the original version.

But if asked to specify, he couldn’t quite put his finger on what was different.

"What Cultivation Technique is this?" Teacher Zhang blurted out, his heart filled with doubt.

Just then, Gu Ming opened his eyes. Braving the Spiritual Interference, he answered his teacher’s question:

"This technique is called *Cyan Pine*!"

A brilliant light erupted from Gu Ming’s body. The moment the name *Cyan Pine* was spoken, it carried the technique’s inherent Dao-intent to connect with the Celestial Dao, attracting the attention of the Hall of the Great Dao.

Within his Sea of Consciousness, the Cyan Pine stood proud. Its roots dug deep, its branches were lush, and it emanated a verdant green light, thick with Life Breath.

If Gu Ming didn’t know this was just the model tree for his Visualization and not a real tree planted in his heart, he almost would have been fooled himself.

Above Gu Ming’s head, heaven and earth resonated. The winds swirled violently, and lightning faintly flickered.

The Hall of the Great Dao cast down a multicolored pillar of light that enveloped the entire school, causing the students who had just been rushing to the cafeteria to stop in their tracks and run to the edge of the hallways to gaze at the sky in curiosity.

The teachers were also stunned, only realizing after a few seconds that someone had created a new Cultivation Technique.

’Who was it!?’

Strangely, the pillar of light cast down by the Hall of the Great Dao was kaleidoscopic and not fixed.

Only after several seconds did the colors slowly diminish, finally shrinking to a Tri-Colored light and stabilizing.

Cases like this were rare. Generally, when a new Cultivation Technique appeared, the Hall of the Great Dao could quickly determine its level of innovation and the highest Star Level one could reach by cultivating it.

Today, however, the multicolored light lasted for five seconds before reducing to a Tri-Colored light and stabilizing. This indicated that this technique could be cultivated to at least the level of a Three-star Beastmaster.

With further improvements, it might even be possible to reach the Four-star Level in the later stages of Cultivation.

Gu Ming slowly withdrew his technique, and the phantom image of the Cyan Pine in his mind gradually faded.

In the end, he was still himself, not a Cyan Pine.

After naming the Cultivation Technique, Gu Ming glanced at the system. Seeing no response, he immediately turned to his dumbfounded teacher and said:

"Teacher, should we leave the room?"

Teacher Zhang swallowed hard and nodded. "Yes. You go to the cafeteria first. I’ll clean up the Array."

Gu Ming left.

He walked quickly. After all, the commotion this time was quite significant. Gu Ming had heard real thunder rolling in the sky, though he wasn’t sure if it was truly real.

Leaving the Spiritual Interference Training Chamber, Gu Ming went down the stairs and glanced outside. Sure enough, he saw a dark cloud over the school slowly dissipating, while the figure of the Hall of the Great Dao was nowhere to be found.

However, he still remembered the light that had first shone down; its colors were so numerous he couldn’t keep his eyes open.

’Was that Five-Colored, or six-colored?’

Gu Ming arrived at the cafeteria with Cyan Treasure and immediately heard the news from passing students.

Tri-Colored Holy Light!

On the way to get food, people everywhere were talking about the technique revealed by the Hall of the Great Dao, making it the topic of the day.

Everyone was guessing which teacher had developed a new Cultivation Technique.

Considering Gu Ming had been in the spotlight all day, many people guessed it was Teacher Zhang’s grand achievement.

But others argued about it. A Cultivation Technique wasn’t some roadside good that could be mass-produced; it must be the work of another Cultivation Technique teacher.

Gu Ming saw Lu You queuing up alone ahead and was about to go get food, but when the other students saw him, they swarmed him.

"Hey, Gu Ming, do you know which teacher’s new Cultivation Technique it is?"

"I don’t know." Gu Ming shook his head.

The crowd surrounded Gu Ming, pestering him with questions for a good while before finally letting him go.

When he looked back in Lu You’s direction, she was gone. But he knew she must be eating in that reclusive corner of hers.

Gu Ming went to get his food, glancing at the system from time to time.

He waited for a long time, but the system’s reaction was even slower than usual.

The risk increase notification had popped up several times while he was cultivating his technique.

But after he spoke the name, the system went silent.

After all, what Gu Ming had done was outrageous—he had taken a Cultivation Technique that already had a name in the future and claimed it as his own.

The appearance of the Cultivation Technique was one thing. After all, the system had cognitive impairments to begin with. He and his Pet Beast were both practicing a Cultivation Technique from the future, so it was normal for the system to make a mistake.

But he had now, in reality, changed the name of the original founder of the *Cyan Pine* Cultivation Technique recognized by the Hall of the Great Dao. This created a time paradox that would definitely interfere with the plot on the system’s end.

Gu Ming looked forward to seeing what the system’s text-based plot would become once it responded again.