Chapter 276: Chapter 268: Cyan Treasure’s Two-star Evolution

If its master hadn’t reminded it, Cyan Treasure would have almost forgotten about that huge consumer.

During the competition, to maintain its peak physical condition, everything it ate went toward nourishing its body and Inner Core.

That seemingly bottomless Seed of Rootless Wood Grass had been set aside and was no longer being fed.

Now, hearing its master’s command, it adjusted its breathing rhythm and channeled the highly concentrated Grass Spiritual Qi from the air into the Grass Seed.

Inspired by Jiang Jinling, Gu Ming deliberately changed his route while strolling, heading toward a grassy area with dew, Spirit Flowers, and Spirit Trees.

Cyan Treasure followed and flicked out its forked tongue, instantly collecting the dewdrops from the Spirit Flowers.

That was dew formed from the liquefaction of the high-concentration Spiritual Qi within the Dao Field.

The dew, suffused with the essence of the Dao Field’s Spiritual Medicine, radiated a medicinal fragrance and would not evaporate.

It was bathed daily in the Sound of the Great Dao, giving it extremely high nutritional value for use in alchemy.

Using its Earth Shifting Technique, Cyan Treasure transported the dewdrops to its Dantian, nourishing the Seed of Rootless Wood Grass.

In an instant, the dim Grass Seed burst forth with a fresh green light. The newly emerged sprout slowly wriggled and grew taller.

Gu Ming took a deep breath.

’An Eight-star Dao Field, indeed.’

’The Spiritual Power contained in just the dewdrops on the Spirit Flower petals is comparable to Three-star Level Spiritual Water.’

If not for the competition rules prohibiting contestants from picking the Spiritual Medicine and Spiritual Objects in the Dao Field—with the exception of dewdrops and Spiritual Qi—Cyan Treasure would have long since started feasting.

Two hours later, after wandering around a couple of times, he returned to Lu You’s side.

Lu You had just finished compiling papers on Alchemy Arrays usable by Low-star Beastmasters. Seeing Gu Ming return, she immediately handed him a tablet.

Gu Ming accepted the tablet but didn’t look at the information inside. Instead, he turned to the two teachers beside him and said respectfully,

"My Cyan Treasure is about to evolve. I’d like to ask you two teachers to help guard it."

Lu You, who hadn’t been paying much attention to the Pet Beast, looked startled and quickly glanced at the Little Cyan Snake in Gu Ming’s arms.

It was curled into a ball, and with each breath from its nostrils, a strong and powerful throbbing sound emanated from its body.

To avoid disturbing others with the Evolution, Gu Ming finished speaking and then called to Lu You, "Let’s go to a corner for the Evolution."

Teacher Zhang used his Divine Sense to probe and discovered that the Seed of Rootless Wood Grass inside Cyan Treasure had finished maturing. The Life Energy it was radiating far exceeded the Life Energy Cyan Treasure had accumulated through its own Cultivation—it was more than ten times greater.

This clearly surpassed the carrying capacity of its One-star body.

This also meant Cyan Treasure was about to undergo a Super Evolution.

Transcending its limits would inevitably trigger a correction from the Celestial Dao, adjusting it to its proper place. This correction process would be accompanied by a bestowal from the Celestial Dao.

Fortunately, this Dao Field was connected to the Main World and was not an independent Space.

While arranging for Gu Ming to go to a corner, Teacher Zhang notified the competition proctors.

The proctors did not stop him upon hearing the news. They simply said, "Understood," and dispatched two Six-star Beastmasters to stand guard.

"Go ahead and evolve with confidence. We’ll keep an eye on things."

"But remember the exam time. There are still six days and twenty-one hours left."

After speaking, the two proctors curiously sized up the Little Cyan Snake in Gu Ming’s arms.

’It’s so tiny, looking no different from an ordinary little cyan snake. How is it already evolving to Two-star?’

’No matter how you look at it, it’s only in the transitional phase between the Juvenile and Adolescent Stages.’

’Who could imagine that a Little Cyan Snake that hasn’t even reached its Adult Stage has already stepped into the Two-star Realm?’

’Could it even reach Three-star?’

He sat cross-legged, let out a soft breath, and had Cyan Treasure lie across his lap.

Gu Ming reached out and gently pressed on Cyan Treasure’s body, massaging it to relieve the pressure of the Evolution. At the same time, he used this physical method for Qi Guidance.

With a serious expression, Teacher Zhong instructed Gu Ming to send his Divine Sense into the Pet Beast’s body. He was to simultaneously guide Cyan Treasure’s Spiritual Energy to connect with nature, allowing its Sea of Consciousness to also receive the Celestial Dao’s bestowal.

At that moment, Cyan Treasure was enduring intense pain. The Power that surged forth after the Seed of Rootless Wood Grass matured was extremely potent, and the overflowing energy was almost enough to burst its Dantian.

The root system sprouting from the seed burrowed into its Dantian, attempting to take root inside Cyan Treasure’s body and become a rooted wood.

Rootless Wood wasn’t intentionally rootless; if given the chance to put down roots, it too wanted to find a home.

However, the rank of the Seed of Rootless Wood Grass was too high, its potential exceeding the Little Cyan Snake’s limits.

If it were allowed to take root completely unhindered, Cyan Treasure’s Dantian would be utterly destroyed.

Gu Ming promptly used his Sword Qi Divine Sense to strike Cyan Treasure’s Foundation Establishment Platform Dragon Pattern Tripod, shouting at it, "Cyan Treasure, control the Rootless Wood! Don’t let it expand uncontrollably!"

Jarred awake, Cyan Treasure’s Foundation Establishment Platform Dragon Pattern Tripod, which was growing on its Dantian, trembled slightly. Inside the tripod, the faint image of a Dragon Elephant Illusion emerged.

The blurry Dragon Elephant Illusion discovered its treasured Dantian territory was being occupied and immediately let out an enraged dragon’s roar, as if declaring its sovereignty.

The Seed of Rootless Wood Grass trembled gently. The once-unruly seed actually quieted down rapidly, retracting its roots.

After the stabbing pain in its Dantian subsided, Cyan Treasure took a breath and guided the Seed of Rootless Wood Grass to land beside the Dragon Pattern Tripod. This made it easier to suppress it with the Foundation Establishment Platform, lest it become uncontrollable.

"Adjust your breathing. It’s time to connect with heaven and earth, Cyan Treasure," Gu Ming said.

Cyan Treasure nodded. It spent the time it takes for two incense sticks to burn to adjust its body’s breathing rhythm. Once it felt the Power within its body was balanced, it stopped suppressing the aura in its Dantian. It released the full aura of the Seed of Rootless Wood Grass, connecting with the nature of the outside world.

In that instant, the sun and moon in the Dao Field’s sky resonated, and a sonorous Sound of the Great Dao emanated from within Cyan Treasure.

It was the ringing of the Dragon Pattern Tripod and the cry of the Ancient Dragon Race, which drowned out the CRACKLING sound of its muscles and bones growing.

Although the Hall of the Great Dao did not appear in the sky, the sun above sent down a torrent of Holy Light that poured into its body. It shored up its physical weaknesses, allowing it to reach the standard strength of a Two-star Pet Beast.

During the Evolution, the Dao fortune hidden within its body was also stimulated and began to show its effects. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

This was the Dao fortune bestowed by the Hall of the Great Dao. At this moment, it amplified the bestowal from the Heaven and Earth Laws, allowing Cyan Treasure to receive a super-enhanced compensation in the form of the light of Evolution.

Seeing that Cyan Treasure’s internal evolution had begun, Gu Ming provided some guidance. He had its Magic Power Inner Core receive the infusion from the Celestial Dao’s bestowal, causing it to split in two under the effect of the Foundation Establishment Platform.

The Great Dao sensed the defect in the Inner Core and swiftly repaired it with the Power of Evolution, making the Magic Power Inner Core as brilliant as a Star.

As the two Inner Cores orbited each other on the Foundation Establishment Platform, Cyan Treasure’s Evolution was finally complete.

It let out a long breath, inhaled more Spiritual Qi, and began its Refinement with a BOOM.

The contestants in the Dao Field, who had been studying problems on Arrays or Cultivation Techniques, were all drawn by the commotion and turned to watch Cyan Treasure’s evolution process.

A One-star evolving to a Two-star left many contestants stunned.

Most of the Pet Beasts of the contestants present were One-star.

They estimated that any Pet Beast evolving to Two-star at this stage likely had a potential no higher than the Four-star Level.

When everyone saw that the evolving Pet Beast was a Little Cyan Snake, they felt it was absurd, yet somehow reasonable. It wasn’t completely heaven-defying.

But on the other hand, this was the national competition.

For a Beastmaster with a Little Cyan Snake to have fought his way into the national competition, Gu Ming must have real skill in Cultivation Techniques and Arrays.

In the distance, Jiang Jinling of Forest Valley High School retracted her gaze. Seeing that Gu Ming had successfully navigated the path to Evolution, she became even more certain of her plan.

’Evolve first, then work on the problems!’

’The cultivation opportunity in an Eight-star Dao Field is a rare encounter. Only a clever person could seize this chance.’

Jiang Jinling believed Gu Ming was that clever person, and she had realized it too late.

However, not many people on site had noticed. While no one was competing for the dewdrops and Spiritual Qi, she could still piggyback on this for an evolution opportunity of her own.