mc-med Chapter 350 - 337: The Stone
Chapter 350 - 337: The Stone
A thought struck Gu Ming.
Getting away from Team Leader Da Fei sounded pretty good.
After all, he had joined the company for the Spirit Stones in the first place.
In his eyes, moving to Teacher Tang’s side was a promotion, and his monthly Spirit Stone salary was bound to increase as well.
’So, what’s the system’s take on this? Will it advance the anti-corruption storyline Elder Ruan gave me?’
「You have revealed a cutting-edge Secret of Foundation Establishment. Compared to the Foundation Establishment Methods on the market, your method is exceptionally stable, piquing the research interest of the special eunuch, Elder Tang.」
「Elder Tang spared no effort, pulling strings with the higher-ups to finally get the chance to transfer you to his side.」
「However, so that you would willingly share the Secret of Foundation Establishment, he has come in person to ask if you are willing to become his disciple.」
「This is a major turning point for you. Studying under Elder Tang is equivalent to changing sects, leaving behind your status as an Inner Sect Disciple. Your duties will no longer be tied to the Hidden Sect.」
「Meanwhile, the anti-corruption work assigned by Elder Ruan is far from complete. The clues you’ve gathered are all dead ends, and it’s impossible to tell where the real trail begins.」
「Will you choose to "leap out of the Five Elements Mountain" to investigate with a new identity, or will you conservatively decline...」
"This..."
Gu Ming was taken aback. ’How could the plot change like this?’
’Change sects?’
’Give up my status as an Inner Sect Disciple?’
He couldn’t help but reread the system’s plot update. Once wasn’t enough, so he read it over and over again, sinking into deep thought.
Seeing that Gu Ming hadn’t said anything, Teacher Tang, who was standing across from him, turned to speak to Lu You. He promised that if he could get her transferred to his side, her salary and other benefits would be raised, and her free Cultivation Time would increase significantly.
Their original hours, from five o’clock to midnight, would be completely changed to a flexible work schedule.
They could even sleep until they woke naturally before heading to the company; their schedules would be entirely up to them.
Moreover, during the school year, Teacher Tang wouldn’t proactively summon them to the company. He would only call them in for tasks, and only after checking their schedules.
In this way, their work content, responsibilities, and everything else would undergo a major transformation.
Lu You’s heart skipped a beat when she heard this.
For her, Cultivation Time was indeed very tight.
After all, her work had been manageable at first, without much pressure.
But after Team Leader Da Fei assigned the new task today, the data entry and various analyses she had to do became incredibly tedious and time-consuming. She could no longer multitask like before, practicing the Cyan Pine Skill while handling her work.
Now, she had to split her focus several ways just to handle her workload; otherwise, she would never finish the backlog of data analysis in a single day.
And Gu Ming was under just as much pressure.
As this thought crossed her mind, Lu You stole a glance at Gu Ming.
「Your classmate with severe social anxiety has also received Elder Tang’s invitation. He promises to allocate some Cultivation Resources to you both.」
「As an Eight-star Eunuch, he receives a surplus of Sect-provided resources every month.」
「He has no use for most of the lower-tier Cultivation Resources and can give them to you. It will be more than enough to raise your high-potential, high-consumption Pet Beasts like the Time Dragon, Juvenile Kunpeng, and Chaos Creatures.」
Gu Ming saw the look Lu You gave him and nodded.
The reason was simple.
If the system said it was enough to raise them, then it was enough.
In reality, this meant the future resources from Teacher Tang would be far beyond excessive.
Because these Pet Beasts weren’t a dragon, a Kunpeng, or some kind of Chaos Creature.
They were all common species. It was only by using Cultivation Techniques from the future and enjoying a cultivation efficiency that transcended the current era that they achieved the bearing of geniuses.
This was part of what made Teacher Tang so puzzled and curious. Their species’ potential was clearly low, yet they cultivated with such heaven-defying efficiency.
He was truly curious, so much so that even his main research work had become dull and uninteresting.
Compared to his research work at the company, he was far more interested in figuring out why these Pet Beasts learned so efficiently, mastering even high-level Skills with such speed.
The discovery of the Great Dao Foundation was the icing on the cake.
In his view, this was most likely the key that allowed these common species to achieve such extraordinary cultivation efficiency.
The two of them nodded at Teacher Tang.
Teacher Tang, who was usually expressionless, actually revealed a smile this time and gave a slight nod.
A moment later, Teacher Tang’s smile vanished, and his expression became serious again.
"Alright then. Come to my office on the fifth floor tomorrow to find me. I’ll go speak with company leadership now. You’ll receive a notification very soon."
With that, Elder Tang left the Blue Flame Task Force and went to negotiate the terms of their transfer with the company’s upper management.
After Elder Tang left, their colleagues in the Blue Flame Task Force flocked over, offering gifts and well wishes with wide smiles.
They congratulated Gu Ming on his "promotion" while saying with a hint of envy,
"Only a Two-star Beastmaster and you’re already going to work by Elder Tang’s side. At this rate, you might as well just take the opportunity to formally become his disciple."
"Sigh, what a shame..."
The others sighed, imagining that if it were them, they would have been desperate to latch onto such a powerful backer and call him Master.
Yet Gu Ming had actually thought for several minutes before agreeing. The man was incredibly composed.
Gu Ming didn’t engage in excessive pleasantries. He immediately wrapped up his work for the day and left the company with Lu You to return to the villa to cultivate.
Before heading back to the villa, Gu Ming swung by his part-time job to collect his monthly wages.
The moment he got back, he converted all those wages into Spirit Stones.
Gu Ming’s room was piled high with Spirit Stones. Ah Ji and Cyan Treasure were engaged in Relay Cultivation, working together to maintain the light-and-dark concealment Array inside the villa.
Looking at the tens of thousands of Spirit Stones he had collected, Gu Ming figured it was about time to open a Beast Taming Space.
Otherwise, leaving so much in the villa every day felt unsafe, even though he had never found any Spirit Stones missing during his regular counts.
After all, as long as he wasn’t carrying them on his person, he couldn’t feel completely at ease.
Therefore, he planned to create a Beast Taming Space for himself.
As he mulled this over, he took out the mysterious ore he had found in the Void Rift outside the Cyan Wood Beastmaster Academy.
The mineral was originally used to maintain spatial stability; it was a core mineral from Ah Ji’s former home. Now, in his hands, it was the perfect thing to use to create a Beast Taming Space.
He held the stone and fell into thought.
The ore was cool to the touch. Its original color had changed, its surface now covered in fine silver and grayish-black veins that looked just like the streaks of light flowing within a spatial rift.
Gu Ming infused a trace of Spiritual Power from his fingertip. The veins rippled, and he could faintly feel a spatial fluctuation.
"So it really can draw upon the Power of Space."
He raised an eyebrow. Cyan Treasure also sensed the Energy Fluctuation and sent a wisp of Grass Element Spiritual Qi to wrap around the ore. The mineral lit up instantly, its veins slithering across the surface like living things.
Ah Ji drew near as well, infusing its Light and Dark Dual Attribute Spiritual Qi. The ore began to tremble slightly, and the very air around it seemed to warp and twist.