Beast Taming: My System is Bugged

Chapter 341 - 328: Healed and Returned, Light and Dark Dual Spiritual Roots

「After three earnest attempts, Ah Ji has successfully moved Elder Yao with its sincerity.

「Elder Yao’s treatment session today went unexpectedly smoothly, freeing up some personal time. Therefore, he has allowed Ah Ji to cut in line for a last-minute treatment.

「Your Pet Beast, the Chaos Creature Ah Ji, is currently undergoing treatment.

「As a Chaos Creature, it possesses immense potential for Evolution. It can traverse the cosmos above and command the Space Spirit below. The duality of Light and Dark is manifest within it.

「Elder Yao was surprised to discover that while its Light Spiritual Root appeared to be growing well, its foundation had failed to develop properly. Now, only an empty shell remains.

「To cure this pet and revive its dormant evolutionary potential, drastic measures are needed.

「However, these drastic measures are so named because the medicinal effects are too potent for the Pet Beast’s body. There is a ninety percent chance it will completely destroy its Spiritual Root.

「Now that you understand the risks, what will you and Ah Ji choose...?」

Gu Ming’s eyes flew across the system’s updated story notifications. At the same time, an inquiry from his Pet Beast echoed in his mind.

It was a vague sensation transmitted through the Pet Beast Contract.

You see, the communication transmitted via the Pet Beast Contract is extremely brief, incapable of conveying high-density information.

Furthermore, Ah Ji didn’t know if it was in the present or the future timeline of the system, making their communication even more vague and uncertain.

Gu Ming could only sense that Ah Ji was in some unknown space, excitedly reporting to him that it had found the legendary secret Sect.

That Beastmaster was treating its body, but there were some risks that Gu Ming needed to be aware of.

By interpreting the information from his Pet Beast through the system notifications, Gu Ming managed to decipher the general meaning.

He knew that Ah Ji needed him now, needed an affirmative answer to give it confidence.

But looking at the system’s notifications, Gu Ming hesitated.

’There are risks. Should we do it?’ he thought.

He paced back and forth, conflicted.

The thing about the system was, due to the time displacement, its judgments were often wrong.

Some things it considered low-probability were actually easy to achieve in reality.

’So, if the system specified the risk was extremely severe, should I take it as the opposite of the truth?’

’In other words, treating Ah Ji wouldn’t be a big problem?’

Gu Ming thought it over and over, but his reason ultimately prevailed.

"Ah Ji, if there’s a risk, just come back. Your health is the most important thing."

However, since Ah Ji was blindfolded and its hearing was muffled...

The garbled response it heard from its master was: "Ah Ji, since there’s a... bring it on... most important."

Most of the message was lost in the cross-temporal communication.

The one thing that wasn’t lost was the deep care transmitted from its new master.

「Ah Ji considered your opinion, and weighing it with its own heart, chose to face the difficulty head-on.

「As a Chaos Creature, its bloodline is inherently noble. Even if the evolutionary potential of its Light Spiritual Root is small, it is still countless times greater than that of an ordinary Cat Demon.

「This risk is worth taking.」

Gu Ming was dumbfounded.

’I don’t know what Ah Ji heard, or maybe this part of the plot is just something I can’t interfere with.’

After all, Ah Ji wasn’t with him, their communication was severely distorted, and it was entirely possible that it had been misled.

「Your Ah Ji took part in a perilous treatment process with a slim chance of success. In the end, the ’Ji’ in its name brought it good fortune, and it successfully survived one cycle of the light-speed treatment.

「The Light Spiritual Root, revived from a state of dormancy, now coexists and grows with its Dark Spiritual Root. Its Chaos Dominance Talent Ability has reached a new level.」

Immediately after, Gu Ming heard the sound of Ah Ji running.

THUMP.

The Little Black Cat crashed into Gu Ming’s arms.

Gu Ming reached out and felt the fluffy fur of Ah Ji.

Its body, compared to when he saw it this morning, had actually put on some weight. It wasn’t so bony anymore.

Second, Ah Ji’s eyes were still blindfolded, but Gu Ming could already sense the revived Light Spiritual Root within its body.

His Divine Sense probed inside it and saw a small, bright, and tender Spiritual Root growing within.

The Dark Spiritual Root, which had previously been dominant, actually retreated into the shadow of the Light Spiritual Root after its appearance, becoming the shadow of the still-sprouting Light Spiritual Root.

Darkness is the shadow of light—a truth made perfectly clear at this moment.

The appearance of the Light Spiritual Root didn’t plunge its body into a conflicting environment of Light and Dark opposition. Instead, they began to coexist, and the aura of the Dao became more complete.

Cyan Treasure possessed a Light Grass Spiritual Root, and at this moment, its own Light Spiritual Root trembled slightly, sensing the presence of a similar power.

It turned its head to look at the newcomer, Ah Ji, and was stunned—so the hidden power it had sensed before was a Light Spiritual Root.

Now that Ah Ji had returned, successfully treated, Gu Ming was very curious about its journey.

Gu Ming helped it remove the blindfold. Seeing its master, it excitedly began sharing its experience with everyone.

It claimed to have found the legendary Hidden Sect and met a very kind old man.

The old man had promised to cure the root of its ailments, caused by years of malnutrition.

Cyan Treasure and Ah Kun listened in a daze. Ah Kun was skeptical, while Cyan Treasure was completely doubtful, thinking it was joking.

Gu Ming, however, just waved his hand, letting it continue.

That entire evening was dominated by Ah Ji’s story. It did the telling, while Gu Ming and the other two pets listened.

As the story ended, Ah Ji’s impression of the Hidden Sect became increasingly ethereal and surreal, leaving it with a lingering sense of wonder and a desire to return.

Although it was blindfolded the entire time, with its senses plunged into darkness, it couldn’t see their appearance or perceive their forms.

But the voices of those people and pets, and the power they emanated...

were so vast and great, existences beyond its comprehension.

It couldn’t help but feel a yearning to pursue that kind of immense Power.

All in all, it had experienced a warm and healing treatment process.

This was completely different from the version Gu Ming had seen in the system notifications.

The system had said it was a life-or-death situation.

It turned out that for Elder Yao, treating its ruined Spiritual Root was a simple matter.

Gu Ming had still underestimated the healing abilities of a future Beastmaster.

The best part was, Gu Ming didn’t have to spend anything on this treatment.

The only cost was the Blood Jade Red Bone Marrow he got from work, which was simply swapped out.

「The next day.」

Gu Ming went to his company and, using a training session as an opportunity, had Ah Ji take a quick test of its three core physical stats.

The test results were quite gratifying.

Ah Ji’s 100-meter dash time on flat ground was down to thirteen seconds.

Before, its body was too thin, and due to long-term malnutrition, it had very little muscle. It took over twenty seconds to finish a 100-meter dash.

Now, its mobility had improved by half, reaching the average level of a Zero-star Cat Demon.

It was truly a cause for celebration.

This wasn’t just because its Light Spiritual Root was healed. Most likely, the Spirit Medicines it was given during the treatment had nourished its body with an excess of nutrients.

After testing Ah Ji, Gu Ming began to ponder creating a Breathing Technique for it.

University applications for the college entrance exams had just closed, and many prospective university students were researching unique Breathing Techniques for their own Pet Beasts.

The Green Treasure Breathing Technique was also experiencing a surge in popularity.

Anyone researching Breathing Techniques would inevitably have to study the founding master who started the whole trend.

Based on the recent Breathing Technique papers that had emerged, Gu Ming also took some time to study up.

In the system’s eyes, this was a Breathing Technique Gu Ming was specially designing for Ah Ji, the Chaos Creature.

Its purpose was to utilize the Light and Dark Attribute, and even Spiritual Qi of other Attributes, mixing them all together to be refined within the body like Chaos into Mana, Physical Ability, and Blood Qi, achieving a trinity.

Gu Ming took the first draft to consult his classmate with severe social anxiety. After many revisions, the Breathing Technique had reached the initial testing phase, ready for a trial cultivation.