Free Web NovelChapter 381: Chapter 368: Pushing
After a night of reading, he had a completely new understanding of the discrete-type Possession Technique.
It was because his understanding had deepened that he realized just how rare discrete-type souls were.
For a condensed-type soul to master this Cultivation Technique, the cost would be immense.
The book had already spelled out the learning cost. It was by no means something that could be easily mastered simply by working for the company.
He would need special resources not available on the market, obtainable only through large corporations or personal connections, just to make a condensed-type soul eligible to learn it.
But to Teacher Tang Tianyi, these resources weren’t particularly valuable—they were just basic experimental consumables.
Gu Ming was currently just a regular full-time employee. He would have to produce results of equivalent value in an exchange to qualify to learn this kind of Cultivation Technique.
It would be very difficult to figure it out just by learning from that stray kitten.
Thus, as Gu Ming held the book in his hands, he felt more and more that:
’The research results for a foundational paper that hasn’t even been published yet... if I write it out of thin air, it naturally wouldn’t count as stealing. It’s just a fair exchange of results, merely pushing forward academic progress in the scientific community.’
「The next day.」
When Gu Ming woke up early in the morning, before he could even ask Teacher Tang about his progress, he saw that the company and student group chats were buzzing with activity, with many people @’ing him at the same time.
He opened the group chats to take a look, wondering what was going on, only to see that the new cover for the *Flood Dragon Monthly Report* issue had been released.
It turned out his paper had been published.
As Gu Ming processed this, he saw his counselor, Elder Huo—who had been lurking silently in the chat for a few days—and Elder Chen, whom he had added as a contact but never spoken to, all start talking about the preliminary Heart Method.
At that moment, Gu Ming pondered for a moment, then looked at his three Pet Beasts, who were in the middle of their Cultivation, and called Ah Ji over.
"Ah Ji, come here."
Hearing him, Ah Ji slithered over.
Gu Ming sent his Divine Sense into its Dantian to observe its Dragon Pattern Tripod and Yin Yang Eye.
He saw a mass of Pet Beast Inner Core suspended above the Dragon Pattern Tripod and the Yin Yang Eye, interconnected in a subtle and perfect way.
This Foundation Establishment Platform was now almost complete.
The reason everyone was so excited was mainly because after this preliminary Heart Method was published, many Beastmasters from all over the country had started discussing the Foundation Establishment Heart Method.
They were posting and exchanging ideas on major Beastmaster knowledge forums. The hype around the Foundation Establishment Evolution Method was unprecedentedly explosive, rivaling the stir caused by the appearance of the Breathing Technique and kicking off a new wave of excitement.
Elder Huo paid more attention to the Cultivation trends among the country’s Low-star Beastmasters than Gu Ming did. He would pick up on the slightest sign of any new development.
Gu Ming’s Foundation Establishment Method was a brand-new path, and its impact on the country’s Beastmasters was already becoming apparent.
For example, on the major Cultivation Technique forums, although nearly eighty percent of people were in favor of it...
...there were still twenty percent who reported that their Pet Beasts couldn’t cultivate it, or that their progress would get completely stuck.
After all, the Cultivation Techniques their Pet Beasts practiced were also about achieving the Dao by borrowing objects. The essence was to use an external item to inherit its powerful Daoist Skill.
This was different from Gu Ming’s Foundation Establishment Method. Gu Ming borrowed the aura of the external Great Dao to build his own foundation. In essence, it was a process of taking the best and discarding the rest.
The forms of the Dragon Pattern Tripod and the Yin Yang Eye were just shapes used to borrow Power; they weren’t meant to be fully integrated into the body.
If the fundamental learning approach was wrong, they would get stuck no matter what they tried to learn later on.
After having Ah Ji demonstrate the process once, Gu Ming checked its Foundation Establishment progress. Confirming there were no issues with simultaneously cultivating the Dragon Pattern Tripod and the Yin Yang Eye using the preliminary Heart Method he had written, he then took it to a classroom at the university.
In the classroom, the students were all incredibly enthusiastic.
Everyone had made rapid progress with the Breathing Technique in the past few days. Most were geniuses whose Skill Level had already reached the Master Level, and they were now advancing toward a Master Level of skill.
And Gu Ming’s newly published preliminary Heart Method had become a topic of conversation during their free time after class for the talented students who had spare capacity.
When Gu Ming entered the classroom, he was immediately surrounded by a crowd, causing the socially anxious Lu You to retreat to the side.
"What’s the next step for Foundation Establishment?"
"I’ve already learned the Heart Method! Stop hiding it, Lord Gu, and release the rest of the Foundation Establishment Evolution Method!"
Simply observing the items that carry the ancient Dao wasn’t enough to complete the final Foundation Establishment.
They were all eager to build a powerful foundation in their Dantian and were desperate for the main body of the Foundation Establishment Method that came next.
Gu Ming found it a bit difficult to handle his enthusiastic classmates.
There were also a few who were skeptical and hadn’t dared to learn Gu Ming’s preliminary Heart Method yet. Their families had judged it to be a bad idea and advised them against it.
However, as the counselor and Elder Huo entered the classroom, everyone instantly fell silent.
At the same time, those genius students became restless.
After all, they all recognized Elder Huo and knew he held a very high status in the field of Arrays at Wenquxing University.
Did his arrival mean he was here because of the preliminary Heart Method published in today’s *Flood Dragon Monthly Report*?
Just then, Elder Huo spoke:
"Students, I trust you all have seen Gu Ming’s preliminary Heart Method."
"In that case, today’s class—or rather, all of this morning’s classes—will be taken over by me."
"I will be starting a new specialized course at the university: Foundation Establishment Evolution."
"Everyone, I know most of your Pet Beasts are already Two-star. For those who haven’t had the chance to evolve to Two-star yet, you can delay it slightly."
"I’ve spoken with your counselor. Delaying the evolution, performing Foundation Establishment first and then evolving to Two-star, is the best way to unearth your evolutionary potential."
"Those who have already evolved don’t need to be disheartened. You can also get a late ticket for this train."
"Although performing Foundation Establishment after reaching Two-star won’t completely unearth your full potential, it will still grant you immense potential for the future."
"That’s right. This Foundation Establishment will also be greatly beneficial when evolving to Three-star."
When Elder Huo, the Array expert, said this, the students below erupted in an uproar, and their perception of its importance instantly skyrocketed.
As for why it wasn’t a Cultivation Technique teacher leading this Foundation Establishment course...
Elder Huo just smiled without saying a word. The truth was, the Cultivation Technique professor had also reviewed it last night and had been furious, completely unable to accept this kind of Dao.
So, he was the only one who could teach the class.
Gu Ming was once again the center of attention in the class. The other geniuses fell into despair again, slumping in their chairs with vacant eyes, unable to find any way to surpass him.
Gu Ming hadn’t expected Elder Huo to be so bold as to personally lead a specialized course on the Evolution Method.
’Isn’t he afraid of his system of knowledge collapsing? Or has he already completely adapted to this Foundation Establishment Method?’
Elder Huo was tight on time and began the official lecture the very next second.
He started from scratch, lecturing on the Great Dao Foundation, the development of compatibility between a Pet Beast’s internal Dantian and the Great Dao Foundation, the application of potential, and so on:
"What is Foundation Establishment?"
Gu Ming heard that this was all knowledge he was already familiar with, so he multitasked. He cultivated the *Cyan Pine Skill* while directing his Pet Beasts, dedicating only a tenth of his focus to Elder Huo’s lecture.
When Elder Huo lectured, the Sound of the Great Dao naturally emanated, entering everyone’s ears. Even if they didn’t listen attentively, they could still absorb about sixty to seventy percent of the content.
Gu Ming simply contrasted Elder Huo’s understanding with his own as he listened. He discovered that Elder Huo’s specialized course actually had some substance; at the very least, it could help him fill in the gaps in his own knowledge and allow him to understand the Foundation Establishment Evolution Method from another perspective.
