Jade Lock Golden Pass Formula

After taking the oath, Jia Qingshan could not wait to examine the cultivation method's inheritance.

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

He murmured the contents of the notebook under his breath, his eyes growing brighter and brighter as his voice became excited. "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 flatter me. I merely compiled the discoveries of those who came before."

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

"Young friend, you are too modest. These things could not have been compiled merely by reading one or two ancient texts. One would have to be widely read to achieve this. At this point in time, I fear few people would devote their attention to such matters."

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

"Later, I will personally teach you the complete Jia-style Xingyi system. If you are interested in Internal Martial Arts from other schools, I will teach those to you as well."

"But before that..."

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

"Please take a look, young friend."

Wu Ming accepted the booklet and gave it a squeeze. It was not thick. Looking at the cover, he saw five large words written upon 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 over time, one's physical strength can increase greatly within a year."

"After Jia contracted the virus, the reason I was able to reach my body's limit in such a short time was also because of this art."

After a pause, he added, "However, while this art is powerful, it is also extremely dangerous. Those whose Internal Martial Arts have not reached mastery will suffer from coughing blood if they force themselves to cultivate it, or have their internal organs rupture and die in severe cases. Therefore, it must be used together with the secret medicine, Nine-Dragon Decoction, to eliminate any lingering dangers."

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

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

The booklet was thin to begin with, and its contents were even more concise and clear. 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 turned through the pages one by one. Before long, he understood the core principle behind this secret art.

The function of the Jade Lock Golden Pass Formula was simple: it gradually sealed the pores across the entire body, turning the human body into a sealed pressure cooker.

Once the art was cultivated to mastery, every pore in the body would close. Then, under intense training, the heat generated within the body could not escape. It could only turn into hot vapor and return into the body, rapidly increasing internal pressure and intensely pounding every organ within.

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

Of course, while the efficiency was faster, the danger was genuinely terrifying.

After all, how could a fragile human body compare to a metal pressure cooker? With one careless mistake, the internal organs might either be crushed apart by the pressure or steamed by the heat within the body.

That was why members of the Jia Family needed secret medicine to assist their cultivation of the Jade Lock Golden Pass Formula. Otherwise, they were simply courting death.

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

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

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

Though the two methods differed, they led to the same result: using intense pressure to enable cells to absorb more Cosmic Energy.

If he could master this secret art, would that not be the same as carrying a gravity chamber with him for cultivation?

At that thought, Wu Ming immediately knew that he had stumbled upon a treasure!

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

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

"No problem." Jia Qingshan smiled. "However, you must also agree to one condition: master all the moves of Jia-style Xingyi as soon as possible, then teach Jia Yi and the two young friends you brought here."

"Next, I will attempt to cultivate Five Hearts Toward Heaven and sense Cosmic Energy. I fear I will not have much energy left to teach them."

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

It would be better to first teach the essence of all his martial arts to one person, then have that person guide the other beginners in his place, leaving himself time to ponder how to sense Cosmic Energy.

He believed that, given the talent Wu Ming had displayed yesterday, mastering the subsequent Xingyi moves would not take long.

"No problem."

Wu Ming readily agreed as well. Judging from how he had felt while practicing the Three-Body Stance yesterday, he found Internal Martial Arts not particularly difficult.

Of course, that was also thanks to his powerful physical foundation, the assistance of his 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 far too disrespectful to the worth carried by 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 somewhere quiet to teach you."

Wu Ming nodded and followed him out through the back door of the dormitory building.

Only then did he discover that a secluded path was hidden behind the building. It hugged the mountainside as it wound upward, disappearing into the woods.

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 had every kind of cultivation equipment. There were even Plum Blossom Stakes for practicing movement techniques, and they were more complex than usual.

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

"Once you have achieved something, you may bring Jia Yi and the others here as well."

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

Under normal circumstances, there would have been no need to deliberately avoid others while teaching.

But as the Jia Family's most guarded secret art, Wu Ming did not believe he could freely pass the Jade Lock Golden Pass Formula on to others after learning it, just as he would not allow Jia Qingshan to spread his sensing method far and wide.

However, as long as he received permission, he did not mind passing it on within a small circle. He assumed Jia Qingshan was thinking along the same lines.

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 be passed on further in the future, I have not decided yet."

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

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

"I understand. Thank you for your generosity, Master." Wu Ming copied Jia Qingshan's gesture and solemnly clasped his fists.

Jia Qingshan smiled faintly, lowered his rolled-up sleeves, and walked to the center of the platform. "No time to lose. Let us begin."

"Good!"