Guidance Technique

Jia Qingshan wasted almost no words when teaching.

He directly pulled out Jia Yi, who had some foundation, as an example, letting the three observe a standard standing-posture stance before pointing out common mistakes one by one.

After explaining all the difficult points clearly, he had Wu Ming and the others practice the standing posture themselves.

Then, gripping a one-meter-long teaching whip, he paced back and forth, his hawk-like gaze sweeping over every movement of the four bodies.

Whenever he spotted an incorrect movement, he whipped them without mercy. The force was not heavy, but it carried an inexplicable stinging pain that made them shudder and instinctively pull their posture back on track.

"Remember, the core of the Three-Body Stance is the convergence of dragon and tiger! What are dragon and tiger? Your waist, hips, and spine!"

"Sink your waist and settle your hips. I'm not telling you to stick out your belly. Tuck your tailbone forward and imagine you're sitting on a tall stool."

"Look, Wu Ming's posture is very standard."

After the first round of instruction, Jia Qingshan had swung his whip around a dozen times. Most of those strikes had landed on Zhu Hongyu, leaving the little girl with tear-filled eyes. Still, she could only grit her teeth and correct her posture again and again.

Ruan Qingzhu was corrected two or three times as well, but she was clever. Once she made a mistake, she would never make it again. Before long, she had grasped every key point, her movements flawless, so naturally she was not whipped again.

As for Wu Ming... he had cheats.

Setting aside the extraordinary talent brought by Close-Combat Grandmaster, merely being able to use Spiritual Force for minute adjustments made his standing posture infinitely close to perfection from the very first moment.

Even Jia Qingshan, who had always been strict, could not find the slightest fault with such precise posture, much less offer any effective guidance.

It was not that his teaching ability was poor. He had simply never seen anyone who could stand perfectly on their first attempt, like a seasoned old boxer.

All he could say was that using Spiritual Force in this area truly produced miraculous results.

The first standing session lasted a full thirty minutes before Jia Qingshan finally called for a break, telling them to loosen their muscles and rest for ten minutes before starting the second set.

Then Zhu Hongyu got whipped again. Even Ruan Qingzhu received one strike.

The body's memory of movements had inertia. A posture remembered one moment could easily become distorted when attempted again after the body relaxed.

Even Ruan Qingzhu was no exception. After relaxing for only a short while, gaps had already appeared in her memory. When she assumed the stance for the second time, her movements were naturally no longer standard.

What Jia Qingshan did was use pain to make them remember that feeling until it became instinct, something they would never forget again.

Wu Ming and the others practiced the standing posture over and over until nine in the evening, when Jia Qingshan finally relented and let them return to rest.

Four consecutive hours of standing posture left all four exhausted. Wu Ming was still in fairly good condition, but the others, even Jia Yi, were completely worn out.

The two girls had it even worse. After Jia Qingshan left, Zhu Hongyu even burst into tears. She had been whipped the most out of the four.

Ruan Qingzhu did not cry. She merely rubbed her aching joints as she walked over to Wu Ming, quietly asking him about the key points of the standing posture.

Wu Ming explained his own feelings point by point, and the little girl nodded repeatedly, her eyes growing brighter and brighter.

About ten minutes later, the group finally recovered. Even Zhu Hongyu wiped away her tears and pulled herself together before they headed back to the dormitory building together.

Back in the dormitory, both of them were drenched in foul-smelling sweat. Fortunately, the facilities here were complete, so they would not be unable to take a shower.

Wu Ming let Jia Yi wash up first while he sat cross-legged on the edge of his bed, assuming the Five Hearts Toward Heaven posture and beginning to absorb cosmic energy to temper his body.

That absorption lasted more than an hour.

When Jia Yi came out after showering, he caught sight of Wu Ming sitting upright on the bed and paused slightly. But he did not disturb him, merely moving quietly as he lay down on his own bed to rest.

A moment later, Wu Ming opened his eyes. The cells in his body had finally sent out signals of saturation.

"Hmm?" Sensing the changes in his body, he was delighted. This time, I absorbed energy for an hour? The talent granted by Close-Combat Grandmaster really is terrifying.

"Wait, that's not right!"

He suddenly realized something. Before obtaining the new equipment, I could only cultivate Genetic Energy for five or six minutes each day. Now it's increased tenfold? That's far higher than the boost shown by the Equipment Bar.

Based on the talent boost from Close-Combat Grandmaster, his Genetic Energy talent should have increased by 5.5 times. That meant he should be able to cultivate for around half an hour every day, gaining roughly fifty kilograms of strength.

But now... he glanced at the Attribute Panel. His strength had increased by a full 107 kilograms!

An increase of 107 kilograms in one hour means my efficiency at absorbing cosmic energy has not changed. It's just that the time before my cells reach saturation has been extended.

In other words, the "appetite" of my cells has grown!

As far as he knew, there was only one secret technique in this world capable of producing a similar effect.

Guidance Technique!

So this so-called Guidance Technique is standing posture? Or is it only the Three-Body Stance that has this effect?

Wu Ming felt faintly pleased, but more thoughts quickly emerged. If other standing techniques have similar effects, perhaps I can gather more data and try to improve a stronger Guidance Technique.

The current Three-Body Stance only had a twofold effect. Among Guidance Techniques, it could only be considered average. Naturally, he could not stop here.

So Wu Ming planned to ask Jia Qingshan tomorrow whether he could learn the other contents of Xingyi Quan as well.

In exchange, he could offer the Five Hearts Facing the Sky Cultivation Method.

Originally, Wu Ming had not planned to reveal the cultivation method so soon. But after noticing Jia Qingshan's physical qualities, he realized that he had underestimated the outstanding people of the world.

Perhaps it was not just Jia Qingshan. There might already be quite a few Martial Artists in the country who had reached the limits of Quasi-Martial Artist, all bitterly waiting for some opportunity.

And that opportunity was in his hands!

Hmm. Once the deal is complete tomorrow, I'll let Jia Qingshan try to break through first. Once he succeeds, the two of us will be enough proof of the cultivation method's value.

Then, once I hand over the Genetic Energy Cultivation Method, that'll be another great contribution.

As for when to cash in that contribution, he had other plans.

In truth, Zhao Minghui had asked him several times what he wanted, but Wu Ming had always politely declined.

It was not that he did not want rewards. He was simply waiting patiently, because only then could he obtain more.

At the current stage, there were no special resources anywhere on Earth, much less in Huaxia.

Only after plants completed their mutation and true natural treasures such as Wood Spirits began appearing in large numbers would the nation start stockpiling the corresponding cultivation resources.

At that time, the contributions Wu Ming had accumulated would be able to exert their greatest value.

As long as he obtained a Wood Spirit, he would have a chance to reach High-Level Warlord in a short time, then seek a breakthrough to the Planetary Level.

Compared to such tangible cultivation resources, the little money and status currently available were nothing but passing clouds in his eyes, utterly meaningless.

Pulling back his thoughts.

Wu Ming looked at the saturated cells within his body and did not continue cultivating. He first went to take a shower, then returned to bed, turned off the lights, and went to sleep.

But where Jia Yi could not see, he quietly touched the flying sword and switched his set to Dual Spirit-Martial Cultivation.

Then, after spending another two hours completing the day's Spiritual Force cultivation, he finally fell asleep in silence.