Beast Taming: My System is Bugged-Chapter 54 - 53: Initial Formation of the Visualization Image

Chapter 54: Chapter 53: Initial Formation of the Visualization Image

Cyan Treasure finished a complete Cultivation session and turned back to look at the three people. Apart from its master, who was very satisfied, the other two teachers were staring blankly.

Teacher Zhang was thinking about future training plans, while Teacher Xu, as the Beastmaster of a Painted Pet, saw the deeper foundation of the Cultivation Technique.

Cyan Treasure flicked its tongue, asking its master in snake language if the painting was done and whether it should do it again.

Gu Ming looked toward the Visualization Scroll.

The once-blank Scroll, under the strokes of the Painted Pet, now depicted an ink-wash mountain forest with richly colored trees. It also showed Cyan Treasure, coiled up like an incense spiral, its head raised as it performed its Breathing Technique on an azure wind.

But he felt the painting was still missing something and subconsciously asked, "Teacher Xu, is there something missing here?"

He remembered that when he looked at a Visualization Image, he would have an immersive experience—the sense of Enlightenment inherent to the image itself.

Right now, he only felt that the scroll had a lot of Dao Charm, but it lacked the sense of Enlightenment that could jolt one’s mind.

The moment the words left his mouth, he regretted them.

He didn’t know if a Two-star Level Painted Pet had such an ability. If it didn’t, things would get awkward.

Teacher Xu snapped out of her daze and gave Cyan Treasure a long, deep look.

"The Painted Pet has finished. It just needs to sit for a while. Once the ink holding the Dao Charm dries, it will become a true Visualization Image.

"However, I have another method that can fully activate the Dao Charm on the Visualization Image."

"What method?" Gu Ming asked instinctively.

Teacher Zhang also snapped out of it then and said softly, "Teacher Xu, you really shouldn’t. Please don’t go to the trouble."

"It’s no trouble. This is our school’s first original Dual-Colored Technique. It’s better to do things properly."

Teacher Xu waved her hand dismissively, insisting on helping.

The first four major steps were merely the standard process for creating a Visualization Image.

But over several decades of development, many more advanced techniques for creating them have been discovered.

For example, what Teacher Xu was about to do was to affix a poem to the Visualization Image. This would fix the image’s Dao potential at its most wondrous moment, preserving the Cultivator’s Dao Charm to the greatest possible extent.

Of course, this also depended on the strength of the Beastmaster and the Painted Pet.

No matter how skilled, a Two-star Level Painted Pet could only preserve the power of a Cultivation Technique for a Two-star Pet Beast.

It could record a High-star Level technique, but the resulting insights into the Dao Principles would be incomplete.

Teacher Xu picked up her paintbrush pet, with its black handle and white bristles, and took her position before the Visualization Image.

The insight from moments ago still lingered in her mind. She hardly needed to think, writing a short poem purely by feel—

A jade coil swallows clouds and drinks the vast blue sea, its spirit breath exhaled to nurture every tree.

In an instant, the Visualization Image radiated a clear brilliance, stirring a wondrous, cyan-green Spirit Wind that swept through every corner of the office.

The potted devil’s ivy plants in the room swayed without a breeze, their leaves vibrating in resonance with the Visualization Image.

Besides the three of them, several other teachers were in the office. They had noticed the Pet Beast by the window and the creation of the Visualization Image long ago and were all watching with great interest.

The cyan-green Spirit Wind erupted from the center of the Scroll, scattering the lesson plans on the teachers’ desks and sending ripples across the surface of the goji berry tea a teacher in the back had just brewed.

Anyone observing closely would have noticed that the ripples in the cup matched the rhythm of Cyan Treasure’s breathing.

Gu Ming just stood there. The moment he glanced at the Visualization Image again, he felt his mind go BOOM as he entered a mysterious and profound state.

The scene of Cyan Treasure’s breathing replayed in his mind in real time. He saw it gazing toward the back mountains, coiling its body to perform its Breathing Technique, pulling in a vast amount of jade-green Spiritual Qi, and then rolling it back toward the mountains.

’This is it! This is the feeling of Enlightenment!’

Gu Ming was immersed in the brief moment of insight. A minute passed before the feeling slowly began to fade.

"This painting is incredible." Another teacher’s voice suddenly spoke up from behind the trio.

Gu Ming turned around. The newcomer was none other than Ling Jun, the head teacher of third-year Class One.

"Let me take it back for a closer look. I’ll send you some newly brewed Spirit Wine another day."

Teacher Ling reached for the Visualization Image, but Teacher Xu slapped his hand away.

"Teacher Ling, this is the Visualization Image my Pet Beast painted. Don’t even think about taking it."

Quick of eye and deft of hand, Teacher Xu immediately stored the Visualization Image in her Beast Taming Space.

Zhang Yunpeng was still lost in the state of insight, so moved that the corners of his eyes had turned red.

When he saw the Visualization Image was gone, he was stunned for a moment before saying, "Teacher Xu, Cyan Treasure and I researched this Cultivation Technique! You can’t take the Visualization Image for yourself..."

’Before they came, Zhang Yunpeng had already negotiated payment with Teacher Xu, so why was she suddenly going back on her word?’

’Could it be that the quality of this Visualization Image is just too good?’

Visualization Images are also categorized into the first, initial version, as well as remakes and copies.

"It’s fine. I’ll paint a new one for you tomorrow. No, how about ten of them?" Teacher Xu said, recalling her Painted Pet. She planted her hands on her hips bossily, leaving the two men helpless.

Of all the teachers present, no one understood the true value of this Visualization Image better than she did.

The instant the Visualization Image was complete, she had sensed the faint presence of the Hall of the Great Dao.

This meant the Visualization Image had the potential to be accepted into the Hall of the Great Dao.

It hadn’t been accepted yet because Cyan Treasure’s Cultivation of the technique had yet to display Great Dao Insights of a higher Skill Level.

Once Cyan Treasure’s Cultivation progressed further, this very first Visualization Image would be able to resonate with it, growing in power alongside Cyan Treasure.

Any subsequently painted Visualization Images would never be as good as this original.

For this reason, Teacher Xu was tempted and refused to hand over the Visualization Image.

Ling Jun had just realized this as well, which was why he had tried to snatch it for a closer look.

The three teachers began to squabble amongst themselves, leaving Gu Ming out of the commotion.

’This Visualization Image isn’t very useful to me, anyway. It’s mainly for the Pet Beasts of future generations.’

Cyan Treasure itself was a practitioner of the Cultivation Technique; in fact, it was the technique’s grand founder.

After the Visualization Image Branding was complete, Gu Ming stood to one side and quietly checked the system’s rewards.

[Cyan Treasure is mid-Enlightenment—]

[Cyan Treasure Breathing Technique Experience +100]

[Cyan Treasure Breathing Visualization Image branding successful. A firm and powerful step has been taken on Old Deng’s path to a comeback. Achievement Points +1]

[As the Cyan Treasure Breathing Technique spreads, the renown of the Time Dragon will grow, and new Achievement Points can be obtained.]

[Current Cyan Treasure Breathing Technique Fame: 5/1000]

’What? I can farm Achievement Points from the fame of a Cultivation Technique?’

’I thought creating the Visualization Image Branding would be the end of it.’

’But it turns out the system wants Cyan Treasure to become even more famous.’

’Is that a good thing?’

’I’m fighting to be number one in my grade for resources and Spirit Stones.’

’But having the Cultivation Technique become famous feels like too much exposure. It might attract trouble.’

’But looking at this new task from the system... this is a new way to farm Achievement Points.’

’I have to go along with it whether I want to or not. After all, I don’t have any other way to get Achievement Points.’

"Cyan Treasure, from now on, work hard cultivating your Breathing Technique. Let all the Snake Pets of future generations practice your technique," Gu Ming transmitted telepathically.

Cyan Treasure was a mess of confusion. ’???’

’What? Let all the Snake Pets of the future practice *my* Breathing Technique?’

Cyan Treasure was just a Little Cyan Snake; it couldn’t possibly imagine other Snake Pets practicing its Cultivation Technique.

Gu Ming knew it sounded ridiculous, but what if it actually worked?

Judging by the Cultivation session just now, this method didn’t just involve Breathing Spiritual Qi, it also allowed for Refining Mana and strengthening the body.

A three-in-one Cultivation Technique was rare in the Low-star Market—no, a technique like this might not exist there at all.

With a Cultivation Technique like this, there would surely be no shortage of snakes willing to practice it.