Jade Lock Golden Pass Formula

After taking the oath, Jia Qingshan eagerly began reading the cultivation method's inheritance.

"Calm the mind and still the breath... Five Hearts Toward Heaven..."

Muttering the contents of the notebook under his breath, his eyes grew brighter and brighter, and his voice rose with excitement. "So that's how it is! So that's how it is! I understand now!"

Before long, Jia Qingshan had finished reading everything. He closed the notebook and solemnly thanked Wu Ming. "Thank you, young friend, for opening a path ahead for my martial arts. Jia is deeply grateful."

"You're overstating it. I merely compiled the discoveries of those who came before me."

Wu Ming waved his hand. "Even without me, someone would have discovered these theories sooner or later."

"Young friend, you're too modest. These things could not have been compiled by reading just one or two ancient texts. One would need to be well versed in countless books to produce them. At a time like this, I fear few people would devote their attention to such matters."

Jia Qingshan shook his head and smiled. "All right. Since you have fulfilled my wish, it is time for Jia to honor his promise to you."

"Later, I will personally teach you the entire Xingyi system. If you are interested in the internal martial arts of other schools, I can teach those to you as well."

"But before that..."

As he spoke, he returned to the desk, opened a drawer, took a yellowed booklet from a hidden compartment, and handed it to Wu Ming.

"Please take a look, young friend."

Wu Ming accepted the booklet and squeezed it. It was not very thick. Looking at the cover, he saw five large characters written across it: Jade Lock Golden Pass Formula.

"This is a body-tempering secret art passed down by the old master. It is the true secret inheritance of my Jia Family, and only direct descendants of each generation are qualified to learn it."

Pointing at the booklet, Jia Qingshan introduced it solemnly. "One day of cultivating this art is worth half a month of ordinary stance training. If one persists for a long time, one's physical strength can increase greatly within a year."

"The reason I was able to reach my body's limit so quickly after becoming infected with the virus was also because of this art."

After a pause, he added, "However, while this art is powerful, it is also extremely dangerous. Anyone whose internal martial arts have not reached mastery who cultivates it by force may cough blood in minor cases, or suffer ruptured internal organs and die in severe cases. Thus, it must be used together with the secret medicine, Nine-Dragon Decoction, to eliminate any future harm."

"As for the Nine-Dragon Decoction prescription, it is recorded on the final page of the booklet."

Wu Ming opened the booklet, his gaze swiftly sweeping over its yellowed pages.

The booklet itself was thin, and its contents were even more concise and straightforward. The entire thing was written in plain language; it might even have been personally written by Old Master Jia himself.

As he listened to Jia Qingshan's explanation, he flipped through the pages one by one and quickly grasped the core principle behind the secret art.

The Jade Lock Golden Pass Formula had a simple function: it gradually sealed every pore across the body, turning the human body into an airtight pressure cooker.

Once the art was cultivated to mastery, all the body's pores would close. During intense training, the heat produced within the body could not escape and could only return as hot vapor, rapidly raising the pressure inside the body and fiercely pounding every internal organ.

It was essentially the same principle as cooking rice in a pressure cooker. Rice that needed an hour to cook under normal pressure could be fully cooked in just over ten minutes under high pressure.

Of course, while the efficiency was high, the danger was truly terrifying as well.

After all, how could the fragile human body compare to a pressure cooker made of metal? One careless mistake, and the internal organs would either be crushed apart by the pressure or steamed cooked by the heat within.

That was why the Jia Family needed secret medicine to assist in cultivating the Jade Lock Golden Pass Formula. Otherwise, it was simply seeking death.

Yet this secret art truly piqued Wu Ming's interest.

Because he suddenly realized that the high-pressure environment created within the body was not another form of a gravity chamber?

The difference was that a gravity chamber created a high-pressure environment through external force, while the Jade Lock Golden Pass Formula artificially created internal pressure.

Though the two methods took different paths, they led to the same destination. Both used intense pressure to allow cells to absorb more cosmic energy.

If he could master this secret art, would that not be equivalent to carrying a gravity chamber with him at all times for cultivation?

At that moment, Wu Ming immediately knew he had found a treasure.

He closed the booklet and looked up at Jia Qingshan. "I am very interested in this secret art. I hope Master Jia will teach me."

Like other secret manuals, this Jade Lock Golden Pass Formula had deliberately obscured certain key steps. It could only be passed down orally from generation to generation, preventing the manual from being stolen and exploited by outsiders.

"No problem." Jia Qingshan smiled. "However, you must also agree to one condition: master every move in Jia-style Xingyi as soon as possible, then teach Jia Yi and the two young ladies you brought with you."

"I will next attempt to cultivate Five Hearts Toward Heaven and sense cosmic energy. I fear I will not have much energy to spare for teaching them."

Faced with the temptation of a higher realm, he was naturally impatient. Teaching martial arts to those beginners again would only take up his precious cultivation time.

It would be better to first teach the full essence of the martial arts to one person, then have that person instruct the other beginners for him, freeing up his own time to ponder how to sense cosmic energy.

He believed that, with the talent Wu Ming had displayed yesterday, it would not take him long to master the subsequent Xingyi techniques.

"No problem."

Wu Ming readily agreed as well. Judging from how he had felt while practicing the Three-Body Stance yesterday, he did not think internal martial arts were particularly difficult.

Of course, that was also thanks to his formidable physical foundation, the assistance of Spiritual Force, and the talent granted by the Melee Grandmaster Set.

With so many favorable conditions, if he still could not quickly grasp martial arts developed by ordinary people, that would be underestimating the value behind the title Genetic Warrior.

Jia Qingshan smiled. "Good. Then come with me. There is no need to go to the training ground. I will find a quiet place to teach you."

Wu Ming nodded and followed him out through the rear entrance of the dormitory building.

Only then did he discover that a secluded trail was hidden behind the building, winding upward along the mountain and vanishing amid the trees.

The two walked along the path for more than ten minutes before their view suddenly opened up.

It was a platform built halfway up the mountain. It was slightly smaller than the training ground below, but it was fully equipped with all kinds of training apparatus. There were even plum blossom stakes for practicing footwork, and they were more complex than the ones below.

"This is where I usually cultivate in seclusion," Jia Qingshan explained. "You may cultivate here from now on. I will teach you everything I have learned in my life without holding anything back."

"Once you have achieved something in your studies, you can bring Jia Yi and the others here as well."

Wu Ming caught the implication. "Master Jia, do you mean I may teach them the Jade Lock Golden Pass Formula?"

If it were merely ordinary instruction, there would be no need to deliberately avoid others.

But as the Jia Family's treasured secret art, Wu Ming did not think he could freely pass it on to others after receiving the teaching, just as he would not allow Jia Qingshan to spread his sensing method everywhere.

However, as long as he received permission, he did not mind limited transmission. He guessed Jia Qingshan was thinking the same way.

Sure enough, Jia Qingshan nodded. "That's right. But for now, it is limited to the two young ladies you brought. As for whether this art should later be passed on outside, I have not yet decided."

"Oh, and Jia Yi is qualified to learn this secret art. I simply have not had the time to teach him yet. You can teach him as well in the future."

"As for the assisting secret medicine, Nine-Dragon Decoction, I will prepare it for all of you. Everyone will have a share."

"Understood. Thank you for your generosity, Master Jia." Wu Ming copied his gesture and solemnly clasped his fists.

Jia Qingshan smiled faintly, lowered his rolled-up sleeves, and stood at the center of the platform. "Without further delay, let us begin."

"Good!"