Free Web NovelChapter 386: Chapter 373: Cyan Pine Perfection
"From failing the college entrance exam in your youth to a life-changing turn at fifty, your Old Deng comeback story has reached its first major highlight."
"Your Foundation Establishment Evolution Method has been featured in the Seven-star Pet Beast journal, *Peak*. Achievement Points +100!"
Morning.
Gu Ming had just emerged from a night of Cultivation. As he opened his eyes, he saw the system’s pop-up messages.
’*Peak* has been released?’
With this thought, Gu Ming took out his phone to check the news.
The top trending topic was an entry related to the *Peak* journal.
"*Peak*’s Latest Evolution Method Shakes the World! The Era of Two-star Pet Beasts Is About to Change!"
It had the distinct flavor of a clickbait headline. Gu Ming clicked on the article with great interest to see what it said.
"Editor’s Note: The *Peak* journal has not been released for a full quarter.
Each of its publications represents a showcase of concentrated, breakthrough achievements.
And this time, the main innovative achievement *Peak* is promoting is, surprisingly, a Daoist Skill from a little-known newcomer Beastmaster named Gu Ming—the Foundation Establishment Evolution Method.
What is ’Foundation Establishment’?
The article will explain this in detail."
The rest of the article was a series of explanations, giving examples of "Foundation Establishment-like" methods before introducing the current applications of Gu Ming’s Foundation Establishment Method.
Most critically, this was an Evolution Method officially certified at the Nine-Colored Holy Light Level.
Its grade was so high it was dumbfounding.
Currently, any Cultivation Technique that achieves the Nine-Colored Holy Light grade is something that pioneers an entire new system.
For example, the world’s first Spiritual Technique, the first Pet Beast Inner Core Condensation Method, and the first Blood Qi Health Body Cultivation Technique.
Previously, Evolution Methods weren’t considered Cultivation Techniques and were not recorded in the Hall of the Great Dao.
Currently, all Evolution Methods are just techniques summarized by various expert Beastmasters, with different methods for each Star Level.
However, the fact that Gu Ming’s Evolution Method was recorded in the Hall of the Great Dao made people realize something was different.
Someone in the comments section boldly speculated:
"Everyone’s path to Evolution has been wrong until now."
"Otherwise, why was Gu Ming’s Evolution Method certified as a scripture by the Hall of the Great Dao, while the methods people compiled were never recorded?"
Because every Pet Beast had its own unique path to Evolution.
In reality, as long as a Pet Beast’s body met the standard for Evolution, it could break through its current level and evolve to a higher physical state.
Therefore, not having a specific method was inconsequential.
Moreover, private Evolution Methods were intrinsically linked to a Pet Beast’s training plan.
They focused more on body conditioning, nutritional balance, and a combination of various Cultivation Techniques to help a Pet Beast break through its physical limits step by step.
Thus, "Evolution Method" was a rather vague concept.
It couldn’t be formed into a direct system, nor could it achieve Evolution simply through Cultivation in fixed cycles.
However, the certification from the Hall of the Great Dao shattered everyone’s perception.
It told everyone that Evolution Methods also followed certain principles and could be unified into a single Daoist Skill, allowing the body to evolve through Cultivation.
Most people in the comments were curious and ecstatic, preparing to have their own Pet Beasts undergo Foundation Establishment.
There was also a small group of people who were cursing up a storm in the comments, claiming Gu Ming’s Evolution Method would lead people astray and that Evolution should not be defined by a single person.
Gu Ming wasn’t angry. Instead, he seriously analyzed the dissenters’ viewpoints.
They believed that a Pet Beast’s Evolution should be free and that Gu Ming’s path was a heretical one. They argued it shouldn’t have been published in *Peak*, as it would lead all the nation’s Beastmasters down the wrong path.
’The wrong path?’
Gu Ming turned off his phone. He didn’t understand what they meant by "the wrong path."
All he knew was that any method that could make a Pet Beast stronger was a good method.
Gu Ming released his Divine Sense to probe the state of Foundation Establishment within Ah Ji.
Last night, Gu Ming had activated the Dream Cultivation Space and converted all his Achievement Points into Cultivation Time. He had Ah Ji train fiercely with an AI simulation of Mo Ying.
Since the real Teacher Tang was having Mo Ying learn a combat-focused form of Great Dao Foundation Establishment, the Mo Ying in the dream realm possessed similar abilities.
Although its Foundation Establishment was incomplete, it could already faintly use such techniques.
As for Ah Ji, it had absorbed everything like a sponge that night, gaining over a hundred days’ worth of frantic Foundation Establishment practice. It had already reached the perfected Great Success Realm.
Therefore, in reality, Ah Ji’s Foundation Establishment progress had been incredibly fast since the dream session ended.
Gu Ming took a look now.
If Ah Ji’s Yin Yang Eye had merely been a prototype before, it was now completely controlled by its Pet Beast Inner Core, flying in orbit around the Dragon Pattern Tripod.
It was as if it had been captured by the gravity of the Pet Beast Inner Core, forming two star-like streams of light in its orbit, while the Pet Beast Inner Core itself was suspended within the Dragon Pattern Tripod.
The Great Dao Foundation controlling all of this had unknowingly completed its early and middle construction phases and was now charging toward the final stabilization phase.
Furthermore, Gu Ming’s Spiritual Power had also made new progress.
In his dreams, the Skill Level of his *Cyan Pine* Cultivation Technique had reached the level of Daoist Skill Perfection.
Theoretically, once his Spiritual Technique reached Perfection, his Spiritual Power should have undergone a qualitative upgrade.
However, because the Dream Realm Cultivation was disconnected from his real-world Cultivation, his understanding and practical experience had reached Perfection first, but the quality of his Spiritual Power had yet to catch up.
Therefore, he still had to put in the grinding work to hone his Spiritual Power, albeit at a much faster rate now.
After reaching Daoist Skill Perfection, the consumption was also greatly reduced.
He could now cultivate his Spiritual Power for twenty Circulations a night. Unlike before, when he could only manage one or two, his efficiency had increased more than tenfold, to say the least.
Gu Ming estimated that at this rate, it would take a month of Cultivation, along with daily supplements for his Spiritual Power, for him to break through to the level of a Three-star Beastmaster.
Even though his Spiritual Power had not yet reached that level, the Skill Level of Daoist Skill Perfection still granted him brand-new ways to apply it.
For example, with fine control, his Divine Sense Sword Body within his Sea of Consciousness could trace a line of Sword Qi across the surface, causing ripples to spread.
In the span of a breath, the Cyan Pine in his Sea of Consciousness grew wildly to an unprecedented height, causing his Sea of Consciousness to temporarily expand and his Perception Ability to become unusually acute.
Then, he reached out and lightly tapped Ah Ji’s body.
A strand of Sword Qi, converted into Spiritual Power and carrying a strong instructive intent, pierced into its body. This rapidly enhanced its breathing frequency, Blood Qi flow, and consumption of Spiritual Qi and Mana during Cultivation.
This was an application technique known as temporary enhancement. It could only be achieved when a Spiritual Technique at Daoist Skill Perfection condensed various forms of Sword Qi to stimulate a Pet Beast’s corresponding acupoints, causing its body and Spiritual Power to resonate in synchronous stimulation.
The Pet Beast’s Spiritual Power was thus overlaid with Gu Ming’s own, allowing its control over its body to reach a whole new level and its Cultivation to become even faster.
At that moment, Gu Ming’s focus shifted, and he directed his Divine Sense into Cyan Treasure’s body.
He saw that on Cyan Treasure’s Dragon Pattern Tripod Foundation Platform, another shadow had been superimposed behind the Ancient Dragon Illusion.
Looking closely, one would discover that this illusion resembled the Little Cyan Snake’s own body.
It wasn’t just Ah Ji who had progressed during the night of frantic Cultivation.
Little Cyan Snake and Ah Kun had also observed Mo Ying’s battle.
While Ah Ji fought Mo Ying, Cyan Treasure and Ah Kun were sparring with each other, trying to transform their will to fight into a Dao Root, refine the imagery of their Foundation Establishment Platforms, and strengthen the dominant will of their Pet Beast Inner Cores.
The shadow behind the Ancient Dragon Illusion was Cyan Treasure’s latest achievement!
It was the Great Dao Foundation that Cyan Treasure had condensed from its own martial will.
The shadow was still very faint, not possessing even one ten-thousandth of the Dragon Pattern Tripod’s Dao Practice. But the fact that it had been condensed proved that its path to Foundation Establishment had been solidified once more.
