"You know of an ancient artifact that’s suitable for Ah Ji?" Gu Ming asked.

Teacher Tang wore a look of absolute certainty. Gu Ming had a feeling the man must have seen something similar before.

Since Teacher Tang had promised to help Ah Ji with its Evolution, he had naturally looked up cultivation plans for Pet Beasts with conflicting Light and Dark Attributes.

Such Pet Beasts were extremely rare on the market.

After all, Light and Dark were two Attributes that naturally suppressed each other.

When they coexisted in a single Pet Beast’s body, the difficulty of raising it would be immense.

If one Attribute was even slightly enhanced, it would suppress the other.

Only by balancing the two, creating a state where yin and yang both generated and suppressed each other while coexisting, could Ah Ji’s cultivation efficiency skyrocket.

This was also the path Ah Ji would have to walk in the future—the Balance Dao, which could also be called the Yin Yang Dao.

Artifacts that resonated with the balance of yin and yang included items like the Yin Yang Fish, Yin Yang Tripod, Yin Yang Pot, and Yin Yang Jade Pendant.

Several museums in the country had related items on display, but those were not under consideration for now.

However, various major capitalists had quite sizable collections.

Antiques that were simply kept at home as collector’s items, not used for anything.

Nine times out of ten, there would be an ancient artifact with yin-yang imagery among them.

Finding such items would be much easier.

Following this line of thought, Teacher Tang had screened the big bosses he knew within the Capital, narrowing the search to ancient artifacts related to feline Pet Beasts—heterochromia, the Yin Yang Eye!

As he spoke, Teacher Tang took out his phone and pulled up a photo to show Gu Ming.

"This is the artifact I believe is suitable for Ah Ji—the Yin Yang Eye.

"They are a pair of fossilized eyeballs, one yin and one yang. Professional appraisers have determined that they were the eyes of an unknown Cat Demon species from a previous civilization.

"They are the eyes that degenerated when the creature failed in its ascension.

"Because its Dao Practice was profound, its eyes are suspected to have become indestructible fossils after its death, retaining an image of the Great Dao to this day.

"If Ah Ji performs Visualization on them and constructs a Yin Yang Eye in its Dantian, it might be able to develop its Light and Dark Dual Spiritual Roots to their fullest potential."

Ah Ji peeked at the photo and saw a pair of eyeballs, one black and one white.

It had to be said, they really had a certain charm.

Even just looking at it through the phone, without seeing the real thing, its Light and Dark Dual Spiritual Roots could sense that this object was extraordinary.

If it could use this to build a Great Dao Foundation in its Dantian, it would surely become a powerful aid.

While Ah Ji was looking, the Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster, which had heterochromia itself, caught wind of the commotion. Its adorably goofy head squeezed into the group to look at the eyes in the photo, and it immediately started squeaking.

SQUEAK SQUEAK!

’These eyes... I feel a connection to them too.’

’Look, my eyes have heterochromia too!’

As Mouse Treasure said this, Gu Ming, Lu You, Teacher Tang, and the other Pet Beast companions all turned to look at its eyes.

Its heterochromatic eyes, one yellow and one black, were clearly different from the black and white ones in the picture.

HISS!

’Those are Yin Yang Eyes. Yours are just plain old heterochromia,’ Cyan Treasure teased in snake-tongue.

Mouse Treasure was a bit indignant, but it had already completed its Foundation Establishment. Rebuilding its Dao Foundation would be like tearing down a house and rebuilding it. But since it was its own body, it wasn’t as simple as just rebuilding—there would definitely be a loss of potential.

The Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster didn’t have a conventional Three-star evolution path. It couldn’t possibly sacrifice its own evolutionary potential for such a slim possibility.

It was just running its mouth; it didn’t actually want to switch to cultivating the Yin Yang Eye.

"So? If you agree, I can go get it now," Teacher Tang said, as if he didn’t want to delay for a single moment.

Gu Ming had no idea what the monetary value of this Yin Yang Eye artifact was.

Teacher Tang saw what was on Gu Ming’s mind and said, "It’s a priceless treasure. The collector won’t sell his antiques for money. It can only be acquired by cashing in a favor.

"He owes me one, and I can take any single antique from his collection.

"Don’t worry. If it’s useless, I’ll just return it to him. This Foundation Establishment Method is based on Visualization, not fusing the artifact into one’s flesh and blood."

After speaking, Teacher Tang looked at Ah Ji.

A hesitant look appeared on Ah Ji’s face.

’Actually, it still wanted to become a Dragon Cat.’

’But this Yin Yang Eye did seem quite suitable for it.’ 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

’Maybe after the Visualization, it would awaken its own Yin Yang Eye and its eyes would start to mutate?’

Ah Ji’s thoughts were a jumble, and it couldn’t make a decision for a moment.

Teacher Tang had no choice but to look at Gu Ming.

But Gu Ming’s gaze was fixed on the empty air, as if he were thinking about something else, completely lost in thought.

In reality, Gu Ming was reading the system’s plot commentary.

’The Yin Yang Eye artifact is indeed very good.’

’However, Gu Ming knew that in the system’s eyes, Ah Ji was a Chaos Creature.’

’There couldn’t be many items for Visualization suitable for a being of that caliber.’

’Light and Dark Attributes were just two aspects of the Chaos Attribute; they didn’t represent the whole.’

’Could the Dragon Pattern Tripod, which was suitable for All Attributes, be a better fit for a Chaos Creature?’

「Teacher Tang has appraised your Dragon Pattern Tripod Foundation Establishment Method. Compared to the Foundation Establishment Methods already on the market, yours revives a lost, ancient Dao Practice. It is a Foundation Establishment Method that builds upon the shoulders of giants.」

「Teacher Tang’s comprehension has increased!」

「At his current stage, he has already walked the path of the modern Dao to its end, and the road ahead is uncertain. Re-paving the foundation is a concept he never considered. Therefore, to test the insights in his heart, he has decided to acquire the ancient Yin Yang Eye to help Ah Ji with its Foundation Establishment.」

「But Ah Ji is staring at the Ancient Dragon Pattern Tripod, drooling with desire, fantasizing about evolving into a Dragon Cat.」

「On one hand, awakening the Yin Yang Eye. On the other, becoming a Dragon Cat.」

「Your choice is...」

Gu Ming looked at the choices given by the system and was struck by choice paralysis.

’Evolve into a Dragon Cat?’

’Does such an evolution path really exist? It feels so unreliable.’

"Why don’t you... bring it here so we can take a look first," Gu Ming said.

"Mm," Teacher Tang nodded and left the office.

「Faced with the Yin Yang Eye, worth one million Spirit Stones, you couldn’t resist the temptation and let Teacher Tang go get it.」

’Worth a million?’

Gu Ming’s heart skipped a beat, and he immediately began to calculate how much one million Spirit Stones would convert to in cash.

His current base salary was two million, plus a commission from his Cultivation Technique, but the Cultivation Technique wasn’t on the market yet, so he could only count the income from his Visualization Images.

All these miscellaneous things added up to just over ten thousand Spirit Stones in the system’s eyes.

His other part-time jobs weren’t official company work, but in the system’s eyes, they were still listed as extra tasks under "Elder Ruan." They were worth a few thousand Spirit Stones, some even ten thousand, but they only paid out after a full month of work.

"So it’s worth over a hundred million? Seems like it’s not that expensive after all," Gu Ming murmured.

Compared to the value of the Seven-Colored Holy Light paper, a hundred million wasn’t nearly enough to reflect its worth.

However, Gu Ming hadn’t given the paper to Teacher Tang, he just let him see it.

The paper would eventually be submitted to a journal for the entire world to see.

So, he had only sold an "early screening" opportunity to Teacher Tang.

Thinking of it that way, Gu Ming felt it was quite reasonable.

MEOW—

Gu Ming looked down at the sound. He saw Ah Ji staring up at him with wide eyes, as if posing an inspired question.

’Can’t we have them all?’