Beast Taming: My System is Bugged-Chapter 90 - 89: Ah Kun Is a Little Lonely and Wants to Spar Too
The sand field had the Small Maze Array that Teacher Zhang had previously created, and its Array Talisman runway was recreated there as well.
As a result, training on this sand field was far more effective for the Little Cyan Snake than the simulated training at home.
Each training run dramatically increased its Body Technique experience.
Seeing that the Little Cyan Snake was hitting its stride with its training, Gu Ming sat down cross-legged. He silently began to cultivate the Cyan Pine Skill, visualizing a Cyan Pine and mentally carving the Old Deng’s Health Array.
"You have activated Old Deng’s Health Array. Spiritual Power +1."
"Mindset +1."
"Cyan Treasure’s Z-shaped Shaking Body Technique Experience +1."
System notifications occasionally scrolled through Gu Ming’s mind.
"Ah Kun is feeling down. The young creature wants to practice with you, too."
Gu Ming: "..."
After completing one full Circulation, Gu Ming stopped cultivating and opened his eyes. He looked over at Ah Kun in the fish tank. All alone, it was watching Cyan Treasure practice its Body Technique through the glass of the tank, its eyes filled with what looked like envy.
Gu Ming immediately walked over to chat with Ah Kun. He couldn’t just focus on Cyan Treasure all day and neglect his other Pet Beast.
"Ah Kun, you didn’t get to see the fight between Mouse Treasure and Cyan Treasure today. Let me tell you about it..." Gu Ming said.
Ah Kun looked interested and happily swished its large tail.
It hadn’t seen Mouse Treasure before, but it had seen the Ice Heart Fox at home a few times.
As they chatted, Ah Kun finally learned the Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster’s origins, and everything clicked.
It turned out that Mouse Treasure was a youngling Gu Ming had raised while working at a store.
It was surprising that it was now so formidable, having mastered a powerful ability like the Earth Shifting Technique.
Even Ah Kun found the story eye-opening.
Ah Kun didn’t know Gu Ming had been the one to teach Mouse Treasure the Cultivation Technique, so Gu Ming explained that part as well.
But there was no point in explaining too much. After all, Ah Kun wasn’t the brightest and couldn’t process anything too complex.
As Gu Ming was recounting these events, the system suddenly displayed a notification:
"Ah Kun gained insight from the tale of Cyan Treasure and Mouse Treasure’s battle. Earth Shifting Technique V2 Experience +1."
"After hearing your explanation of the Earth Shifting Technique’s principles, Ah Kun’s Earth Shifting Technique V2 Experience +1."
Gu Ming stared at the system notification, stunned.
’Huh? Ah Kun can gain Cultivation Technique Experience just by hearing these stories?’
’I didn’t show it a Visualization Image, I didn’t give some long lecture on the Great Dao, and I certainly didn’t go into detail about the Earth Shifting Technique’s cultivation path.’
’All I did was give a rough overview of what the Earth Shifting Technique does. That’s all it took?’
Gu Ming looked at Ah Kun.
Ah Kun stared back with its big fish eyes, completely unaware that it had just learned a new Cultivation Technique.
To it, it was just listening to its master ramble on about everyday trifles.
But for Ah Kun, that was more than enough.
Gu Ming was once again struck by how absurd the system was.
’A Water Element Grouper Fish breathes water,’ he thought. ’Logically, it shouldn’t be able to absorb much Earth Element Spiritual Qi, which makes cultivating an Earth Element Technique next to impossible.’
’This must be like that time with the thesis paper, where the system just brute-forced the knowledge into it by twisting its perception.’
’Plus, the system specified that it was "Version 2" of the Earth Shifting Technique, not the original.’
Perhaps that was also a factor, though Gu Ming didn’t understand how.
Now Gu Ming could only silently pray that the shopkeeper would find a Beastmaster who could create the Visualization Image soon.
He’d definitely get tired of talking if he had to drone on and on about the Earth Shifting Technique every day.
Next, Gu Ming checked on Ah Kun’s progress with the Cyan Treasure Breathing Technique.
"Cyan Treasure Breathing Technique Progress: Currently Master Level!"
"Next Skill Level: 50,000/1,000,000"
In the dreamscape, Ah Kun could continuously learn by watching a simulated Visualization Image.
Although Gu Ming was too busy to repeatedly chant the incantation, Ah Kun had been practicing quite well on its own.
Upon checking today, he discovered that Ah Kun had quietly brought its Cyan Treasure Breathing Technique to the Master Level.
’Truly, you can’t judge a fish by its appearance.’
Ah Kun shyly swished its tail. With nothing else to do in the fish tank, it had just been practicing that breathing technique the whole time.
It didn’t know if it was practicing correctly or not.
But judging by its master’s expression, it must have been doing a good job.
"Not bad. You’ve made progress. Keep it up," Gu Ming said encouragingly, without mentioning how quickly it was advancing.
Ah Kun’s ability to focus on one thing really sped up its cultivation—that was its advantage.
’But it’s still incredibly difficult for a Grouper Fish to achieve Evolution. I’ll just have to keep feeding it and be patient.’
He had just scanned the Mana within the Grouper Fish. Thanks to the Spirit Stones it was eating, its body was already saturated with Mana.
But the amount of Mana wasn’t enough to coalesce into an Inner Core.
This meant that if Ah Kun wanted to take the Mana-based evolution path, it would have to consume a huge number of Spirit Stones.
But Spirit Stones were a crucial resource for Cyan Treasure, so it was impossible to give them all to Ah Kun. Thus, Gu Ming could only continue to wait.
He’d have to rely on Spirit Medicines instead. He had already asked Teacher Zhang to procure another batch, nearly half of which were Spirit Medicines from the future. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
’Hmm, come to think of it, I still haven’t taught Ah Kun the Big Fish Stomach Skill.’
Gu Ming had recently found the time to learn the Skill himself and had even bought the corresponding Visualization Image.
"Alright, I’m going to teach you how to train your Big Fish Stomach..."
To put it simply, there was nothing difficult about the Big Fish Stomach. It was mainly about stuffing hard bones into the fish’s belly, then using Mana and medicinal herbs to repair its body, slowly stretching out the stomach.
The slow healing process after the stomach was injured was how the stomach was gradually trained to expand.
During this period, the combined effect of Mana and Spirit Medicine could train the stomach to function like a magical artifact, able to expand and contract at will.
...
「Two days later.」
Suddenly, a burst of speed like a flash of lightning erupted from Cyan Treasure.
Gu Ming opened his eyes to see that Cyan Treasure’s Body Technique had finally reached the Master Level.
At this level, the Z-shaped Shaking Body Technique was no longer simply about twisting its body left and right to dodge attacks.
Its speed had reached a new level. As it moved across the flat sand, it looked like a twisting bolt of lightning darting back and forth, its speed about thirty to forty percent faster than before.
When Cyan Treasure once again fought the system-simulated Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster, it could now easily circle behind it to launch a Head Hammer attack.
Although Mouse Treasure quickly erected an earth wall, having predicted the attack from behind, Cyan Treasure was simply faster.
Cyan Treasure was a step ahead, striking Mouse Treasure in the back and sending it stumbling. Its stance faltered, revealing a massive opening.
Cyan Treasure pressed its advantage, striking again with its Head Hammer and knocking Mouse Treasure unconscious on the ground.
Afterwards, the battle repeatedly reset, restoring Mouse Treasure’s condition. This allowed Cyan Treasure to fight to its heart’s content in the practical combat drill, winning ten matches in a row.
With its Master Level Body Technique, Cyan Treasure could dominate Mouse Treasure purely with its Speed, even in a frontal assault, without needing to attack from behind.
Watching this unfold, Gu Ming knew that Mouse Treasure was no longer a match for Cyan Treasure.
’It’s time to increase Cyan Treasure’s training difficulty.’
"Ice Heart Fox, it’s your turn," Gu Ming said, standing up and addressing the motionless Ice Heart Fox in the distance.
The three words "Ice Heart Fox" made Cyan Treasure shudder involuntarily.
While those three words hadn’t quite become the stuff of nightmares, when it turned its head to look at the waves of Cold Qi emanating from the Ice Heart Fox, the Inner Core within its body trembled as if the chill had pierced it to the bone.
The system-controlled Ice Heart Fox didn’t look like the type to hold back.
But Cyan Treasure also understood. In the dream, its body could be repaired infinitely, so what was there to worry about?
In the real world, everyone held back when they fought, worried that excessively freezing their Inner Core would cause their Evolution to spiral out of control.
But in the dream, with its restorative effects, there was no need to worry about such things. They could go all out, give it everything they had, and that was that.
