Beast Taming: My System is Bugged-Chapter 133 - 132: Manuscript Review

Since this Cultivation Technique was an adaptation of the Cyan Pine Unmoving Technique, the Pet Beast’s derivation was swift and simple.

Cultivation Techniques were meant for Beastmasters and weren’t suitable for Pet Beasts.

However, this was precisely where the Bookish Flood Snake excelled.

It could perform pure Daoist Skill derivations by perfectly simulating its master’s Sea of Consciousness, allowing it to run a human-like Cultivation simulation.

An ability like this was considered top-tier, even among those at the Four-star Level.

The editors grew anxious as they waited, and some couldn’t sit still. Bei Qingqing smiled and teased,

"If you can’t sit still, why don’t you try cultivating it yourself?"

"Why don’t you?"

"No way!"

"Doesn’t everyone know how dangerous the Brain Array Carving Technique is?"

They were all sharp enough to understand the risks of such a Cultivation Technique.

It was better to let the Bookish Flood Snake do the trial and error for them.

After all, it was only performing a pure Daoist Skill derivation and wouldn’t be truly harmed.

「Half an hour later.」

The Bookish Flood Snake completed its initial derivation. Within the simulated environment of its master’s Sea of Consciousness, it successfully carved the "Fake Array: Old Deng’s Health Array Pattern."

It was called a Fake Array because this was a derivation of a Cultivation Technique, not the actual Array Carving Technique.

Therefore, even if Old Deng’s Health Array did affect the brain, it wouldn’t truly harm the Pet Beast, only cause some slight discomfort.

At the same time, the image of a Cyan Pine appeared in its mind.

The massive Cyan Pine greatly resembled the one from the Cyan Pine Unmoving Technique.

But when Bei Qingqing closed her eyes to examine it, she could sense a difference.

This Cyan Pine wasn’t as controlling. It seemed to be rooted in the Sea of Consciousness, but it was only a symbolic anchor.

In fact, the true focus of this Cultivation Technique was the ripples spreading across the surface of the Sea of Consciousness.

"Could this be tapping into the body’s latent Sea of Consciousness energy?" she murmured.

Furthermore, the dreaded side effect of the Array affecting the brain never materialized. Instead, her Pet Beast, the Bookish Flood Snake, felt a refreshing clarity in its mind.

Old Deng’s Health Array, enveloped by endless arcs, made the Pet Beast feel its middle-aged body suffused with newfound vitality.

THUMP!

The Bookish Flood Snake began performing Drunken Snake Fist on the spot. Each movement was fluid and agile, and its Speed was even greater than before.

Just then, another editor released a Sand Snake Pet to spar with the Bookish Flood Snake.

The two Snake Pets often tested Combat Skills against each other. The techniques came from submissions all over the country, and the Pet Beasts would test out Cultivation Techniques still in their nascent stages.

This time, both Pet Beasts used techniques they were very familiar with.

However, the Bookish Flood Snake seemed to have the upper hand, slightly overpowering its opponent.

This astonished the other editor, who murmured,

"It’s showing a clear advantage this quickly."

Anyone could see that the Bookish Flood Snake’s body had become more agile.

"There’s really something to this Array." 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Bei Qingqing marveled, her interest in this new Cultivation Technique piqued.

"Does this Cultivation Technique only have one Array? Could we carve a different one?"

"Don’t be reckless. There are risks to carving an Array in the brain, and Gu Ming only provided this single one," she said, shaking her head.

Gu Ming had also mentioned in his paper that the Brain Array Carving Technique was extremely dangerous and that the Array should not be modified.

That was why she didn’t have her Pet Beast attempt to derive any other Arrays.

Besides, it wasn’t as if the Pet Beast could derive one just because she told it to.

Knowledge of Arrays wasn’t something a Pet Beast could derive simply by being given a few general directions.

After all, Arrays were aligned with the Celestial Dao, using various real-world components to tap into heavenly mechanisms and wield the power of the Great Dao.

The actual application was incredibly difficult.

For this reason, it was nearly impossible for the Bookish Flood Snake to derive the effects other Arrays would have on a human brain.

Afterward, the Bookish Flood Snake conducted an even deeper round of derivations, pushing the Cyan Pine Skill to its limits to sense all the potential changes that might occur in its master’s body.

Finally, their tests concluded that this Cultivation Technique had excellent compatibility with various Spiritual Techniques and could be practiced concurrently.

"It’s unbeatable!"

"Do we even need to send this to the reviewers?"

"They’d probably take forever with it. I wonder if any reviewer would even be willing to touch a Cultivation Technique that involves the Brain Array Carving Technique."

After all, in the eyes of many, this kind of Cultivation Technique was considered highly unorthodox.

If they were asked to test and verify this Cultivation Technique, it would undoubtedly take a very long time.

It was already the end of the month. Although the submission deadline hadn’t passed, the editorial department only had a few days left for repeated discussion and verification.

However, Bei Qingqing clearly felt that since this Cultivation Technique had already earned the recognition of the Hall of the Great Dao, the reviewers’ approval was secondary.

After all, the role of reviewers was to take manuscripts in their early stages and verify their potential, room for development, completeness, feasibility, and other theoretical aspects.

With a manuscript that had the Hall of the Great Dao’s approval, they should naturally move straight to evaluating its practical applications and future requirements, such as spiritual supplements, in order to provide recommendations to pharmaceutical companies.

Bei Qingqing said, "This was the journal’s original intention for including Cultivation Techniques from the Hall of the Great Dao. It’s just that over time and with societal changes, review conditions like these have gradually faded away."

After Bei Qingqing’s reminder, the other editors agreed that it made sense. The chief editor made the final call, "We’ll do as Bei Qingqing suggests."

Afterward, the editorial department sent the manuscript to two reviewers, giving them a preliminary direction and asking them for a quick review with their comments and opinions.

...

It took Teacher Zhang about three days, reading in his spare time, to finish the book.

After he finished, the theoretical Experience Points bar for *Plant Life Light Wave*, which wasn’t very long at about 100 points, was completely filled.

Gu Ming then checked Cyan Treasure’s Skills, which now read:

[Skill: *Plant Life Light Wave*]

[Skill Level: Uninitiated!]

[Experience Points until next stage: 2/2000!]

The first one hundred Experience Points were for the theoretical phase; only now did the practical training for mastery begin.

’As expected of a Skill with a higher learning threshold than the Earth Shifting Technique,’ Gu Ming thought. ’The theoretical portion alone is its own separate, prerequisite learning process.’

The subsequent requirement of a full 2,000 Experience Points to reach Entry Level meant it was incredibly difficult to train.

Of course, this might also be related to Cyan Treasure’s current condition.

This Skill required a Dual Attribute Pet Beast with both Grass and Earth Attributes. If one Attribute was missing, the efficiency of practical training would drop drastically, which was another reason for the incredibly long experience bar that followed.

Fortunately, Gu Ming had his dream learning Space. With fifty days of study, he estimated he could grind out this Skill, developing its Life Power into a laser-like ability.

This light wasn’t the kind produced by the Fire Attribute, but a Life Light Wave. It was a Skill that could only be learned through cross-Attribute study by a Pet Beast that possessed both Grass and Earth Attributes.

It was at that moment that a message from the editorial department arrived in Gu Ming’s inbox.