Strange Starstone

"I'm a student Ning Yi referred here. Didn't she tell you?"

The girl's question made Chen Wei pause slightly. Hadn't Ning Yi said she had already spoken to her best friend?

"Ah... I see." A flush rose to the girl's cheeks. "Sit here and wait for a moment. I still have a few things to take care of first."

Chen Wei said, "All right."

Gu Yuwei had a habit of never keeping her phone beside her while meditating.

She entered the room to the right of the main hall and found her phone charging there. As expected, several messages from her best friend were displayed on the screen.

"Xiaowei, I recommended another very capable student to you. Remember to treat me to dinner tomorrow..."

After reading Ning Yi's messages, Gu Yuwei smiled helplessly.

How could tiny Water Mountain City possibly have so many Beastmaster geniuses? Even geniuses from the capital...

Inside the dojo's main hall.

"Sorry, I didn't check my phone just now. Are you here to learn a meditation method?" Gu Yuwei asked with a smile.

"Yes. I heard from Ning Yi that you teach high-level meditation methods for pet beasts here, and that they're free."

Chen Wei nodded. When he mentioned the word "free," a trace of doubt colored his tone.

"Xiao Yi always likes to talk nonsense." A faint smile appeared on Gu Yuwei's cool, lovely face.

"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Gu Yuwei, and I'm the owner of Starlight Dojo."

Without waiting for Chen Wei to respond, she continued, "The high-level meditation method Ning Yi mentioned is actually not quite right. More precisely, it's an incomplete meditation method. It merely raises a pet beast's meditation efficiency to a level that can at most rival a high-level meditation method."

Chen Wei was startled. An incomplete meditation method could already rival a high-level one—wouldn't the complete version be even more formidable?

As if sensing his thoughts, Gu Yuwei said calmly, "I thought this meditation method was extraordinary at first too, but it actually has one very serious flaw."

"What flaw?" Chen Wei asked curiously.

"It can only be comprehended by pet beasts themselves, and the meditation methods each pet beast comprehends are somewhat different. The improvements to meditation efficiency also vary in strength. Only one thing remains unchanged: every meditation method comprehended by a pet beast is incomplete."

After saying this, Gu Yuwei glanced at Chen Wei, whose face showed delight.

"Do you think it sounds impressive? But in truth, the vast majority of pet beasts—including my psychic-type pet beast—can only comprehend low-level meditation methods from it, and incomplete ones at that. Do you still want to give such a meditation method a try?"

"I do." Chen Wei immediately nodded.

Of course he would try. Just from the description alone, he felt this meditation method was an extraordinary secret art.

There was no surprise on Gu Yuwei's cool face. She had once believed her own pet beast would be the sole exception, but reality had dealt her a crushing blow.

"Summon your pet beast first. Comprehending this meditation method requires a certain degree of mental strength from the pet beast."

Chen Wei said nothing more and directly summoned Color Spirit, who had been resting, from his Star Ring.

"A second-rank Source Star? A Cold Jade Snake!" Gu Yuwei's eyes flashed with surprise as she looked at the Cold Jade Snake in Chen Wei's arms.

Sure enough, she still could not place too much hope in the genius Ning Yi had introduced. She shook her head inwardly. Water Mountain City was simply too small in the end!

"Remember to soothe its emotions. It may get a little agitated when I use my mental power to examine it," Gu Yuwei told Chen Wei after her disappointment faded.

"All right."

Chen Wei suddenly caught a faint fragrance drifting from in front of him.

He stroked Color Spirit's body with one hand while using his thoughts to comfort the restless Color Spirit in his embrace.

"A Cold Jade Snake with both ice and psychic attributes, and it can use telekinesis too. Its mental strength meets the standard," Gu Yuwei said with satisfaction after carefully examining it.

"Then Color Spirit can learn the meditation method now?" Delight rose in Chen Wei's heart, and he asked softly.

"Of course. But there's something I need to make clear beforehand. Learning it for free comes with a condition." Gu Yuwei suddenly spoke as she lifted her eyes to glance at Chen Wei beside her.

Chen Wei nodded slightly, and a trace of understanding flashed through his eyes. Sure enough, there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

But that was better. He truly would not have dared let Color Spirit cultivate a high-level meditation method obtained for nothing.

"I have only one condition. Once your pet beast finishes comprehending it, you must immediately record the meditation method it comprehended and hand it over to me." Gu Yuwei looked directly into Chen Wei's eyes, her tone relaxed.

"That's fine. It's only right." Chen Wei agreed at once.

He had not expected Gu Yuwei's condition to be so simple!

Seeing Chen Wei agree so readily, a faint smile also surfaced on Gu Yuwei's delicate cheeks.

If she could gather enough low-level meditation methods, perhaps one day she would be able to unravel the secret hidden within that Starstone.

Gu Yuwei led Chen Wei to the dojo's back courtyard.

The first things that met Chen Wei's eyes were the ground paved with many blue bricks and a bizarrely shaped boulder standing at the center of the courtyard.

"Have your Cold Jade Snake use telekinesis to touch that Starstone, and it will be able to comprehend a meditation method of its own," Gu Yuwei said directly, without the slightest attempt at concealment.

A transmission-type meditation method? Looking at the strange boulder before him, Chen Wei nodded nervously.

"Focus your mind and use telekinesis to sense that stone." Pointing at the strange rock in the distance, Chen Wei sent the thought to Color Spirit.

"Sure thing."

Blue-white light immediately surfaced in Color Spirit's eyes and the ice crystal atop her head. Then, she cautiously controlled her psychic power to make contact with the stone that had been constantly radiating a strange pull.

The instant her psychic power touched the stone, a flash of white light suddenly burst from the starstone before them.

Seeing this, Chen Wei hurriedly raised a hand to shield his eyes from the dazzling glare, all while constantly sensing Color Spirit's mental state through their contract.

The next second, the light vanished.

"Ugh, my head is spinning!"

Feeling the astonishment Color Spirit transmitted through their contract, Chen Wei's spirits jolted awake as well.

Was this meditation method really that easy to comprehend?!

"That's enough. Remember to have your pet beast write down the meditation method it comprehended later." After reminding the beaming Chen Wei, Gu Yuwei took out paper and a pen from her Star Ring and handed them to him.

Gu Yuwei had seen plenty of scenes like this, where someone received an inheritance, so she found nothing remarkable about it.

"Okay." After taking the paper and pen from Gu Yuwei, Chen Wei gathered the still slightly dizzy Color Spirit into his arms.

"Color Spirit, write down the meditation method you just comprehended later."

"Eeya!" (Okay!)