Beast Taming: My System is Bugged

Chapter 327 - 315: The Stray Little Black Cat

It was already evening by the time they left Cyan Wood Beastmaster Academy.

In the palm of her hand, Lu You held a glossy caterpillar with three colorful stripes running down its body.

Her little hand was playing with the Insect Baby, and she would giggle from time to time.

The Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster climbed onto her shoulder and made funny faces at the caterpillar, making it wiggle with delight.

Gu Ming walked up ahead, side-by-side with Yuan Ge.

Yuan Ge, believing in seeing things through to the end, was personally escorting Gu Ming and Lu You off campus.

The three of them walked on as the night grew darker. The campus streetlights flickered on one by one, stretching and shrinking their shadows.

With nothing else to do, Gu Ming brought up the topic of adoption with Yuan Ge.

To be honest, after watching Lu You’s adoption process, Gu Ming was tempted himself.

He also wanted to see if there were any Pet Beasts available for adoption at Cyan Wood Beastmaster Academy.

Of course, he also wanted to get in on the adoption group at Wenquxing University.

However, from his conversation with Yan Hongchun that afternoon, he had learned that top institutions like Wenquxing University were different. The people in their adoption groups were all incredibly arrogant—even more so than her.

Getting into their adoption groups was supposedly quite difficult, with extremely high requirements.

Gu Ming hadn’t officially enrolled yet, so it would be hard for him to join their adoption group before school started.

’So are you saying Wenquxing University doesn’t have any other adoption circles?’

Yan Hongchun had shaken her head, bluntly telling Gu Ming he was being naive.

Students who could get into a top university almost never had to worry about money, so they all congregated in one group.

Even if some were short on cash, they wouldn’t be after signing a genius contract.

That was why setting a high bar for entry was so important.

Besides, at top universities, the only people with the spare time to breed Pet Beasts were those who were well-off and highly capable.

It was hard to squeeze into the organizations they controlled.

Gu Ming couldn’t tell if Yan Hongchun was just talking big as an outsider or if what she said was actually true.

In any case, Gu Ming took Yuan Ge’s phone and continued scrolling through the new Pet Beasts that kept popping up for adoption in the group chat.

People who had heard that Gu Ming still hadn’t contracted a New Pet Beast—those who were a bit late to the news—all chimed in. Yan Hongchun also spoke up in the group at the right moment.

But there weren’t many young Pet Beasts with High-star Potential like the Illusory Color Butterfly.

It wasn’t that Gu Ming was unwilling to choose an ordinary Pet Beast.

After all, that was how he had gotten Ah Kun and Cyan Treasure.

But if he were to choose one that way, he had one condition: its name had to appear in the system.

If a special species name showed up, Gu Ming would naturally take notice.

Even if it was a fake in reality, with the system’s help, it wasn’t impossible to turn fiction into fact.

He glanced at the system’s plot summary for the day. In the system’s eyes, the only one getting the highlight reel was the "severely socially anxious classmate" beside him.

Meanwhile, Gu Ming, as the fifty-year-old "Old Deng," was extremely unpopular at the academy.

In the future timeline, even when people saw that he had a Sub-dragon Pet and a Kun-fish that looked remarkably like a Kunpeng, they wouldn’t hold him in high regard or show him much goodwill.

Thus, in the system’s eyes, he was the one being shunned. Everyone flocked around Lu You, offering all the best Pet Beasts to her for adoption.

And the moment Lu You tried to decline and push the Pet Beast toward Gu Ming, they would shake their heads frantically and run as far away as possible.

This was the complete opposite of reality, where everyone was fanatically chasing after the national competition’s Champion Scholar.

This also made it impossible for Gu Ming to pick a Pet Beast based on the system’s plot, which was starting to annoy him.

You shook your head. After a full day of probing, you received no replies and were utterly disheartened.

Everyone fled at the sight of you. You saw many Pet Beasts with four- and five-star potential. They actually sensed your sincerity and were willing to accept you as their master, but their owners steadfastly refused. Your age has become your greatest, unchangeable flaw.

If only you were thirty years younger, things would be completely different.

But life has no do-overs. Things being as they are, you can only look for another way and watch as your severely socially anxious classmate reaps all the rewards.

Gu Ming had asked many people in the group chat and received nothing but enthusiastic replies.

Seeing that the system, even as he was about to leave the academy, still showed no signs of pointing him toward a powerful youngling—and had instead delivered a final verdict—Gu Ming was disheartened.

Gu Ming could only temporarily give up on the idea of finding a Pet Beast to adopt at Cyan Wood Beastmaster Academy and see if he’d have a chance at Wenquxing University or other schools.

They reached the academy gate, just as they were about to leave.

Yuan Ge used the time on this last stretch of the walk to call a car.

While waiting for the car, he asked Gu Ming for some pointers on the new essentials of Relay Cultivation for two Dark Pet Beasts.

The two Pet Beasts had completed several rounds of Relay Cultivation that afternoon, and the results were excellent.

They had run into a few minor problems during the Cultivation, so he took the opportunity to ask for advice.

Gu Ming didn’t know much about Dark Power.

But with Lu You nearby, he could use the system to guide Yuan Ge, so it wasn’t a major issue.

Yuan Ge nodded, his eyes shining brightly.

"Why don’t we take this opportunity to practice together one more time in person, so you can see if I’ve made the right corrections?" he asked respectfully.

"That’s fine," Gu Ming said casually, seeing no reason to refuse.

The Night Demon Cat and the Shadowy Vine Snake began their joint practice. With a surge of inhalation and fusion, the Shadowy Vine Snake flung out dozens of black seeds that hit the ground and immediately took root, sprouting rapidly.

Just then, a sharp "MEOW" came from the woods.

"A cat?"

Gu Ming said, stunned. ’Did the Shadowy Vine Snake’s attack hit it?’

The white Night Demon Cat, however, suddenly perked up. It let out a long, even louder "MEOW!" that carried into the woods, as if asking if the other cat had been hit by the seeds.

After a brief exchange of meows, Yuan Ge seemed to recall something. He relaxed and explained to Gu Ming, "It’s fine. It’s just a stray cat from near the academy."