Chapter 1772 — The Little Wooden Box
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"I suppose that must be it... So if I were trapped inside the stone gate, I'd have to reach the great completion of the second layer in there before I could get out?" Wei Zhao asked.
"That would be impossible. If you were trapped in there, you'd most likely have to wait five years," Jiao Yazi denied flatly.
"Oh? And why is that?" Wei Zhao asked, taken aback for a moment.
"Heh heh, once you see the heart method inside the wooden box, you'll understand!" Jiao Yazi laughed.
Since Jiao Yazi had deliberately kept him in suspense, Wei Zhao did not press further; it seemed the answer was to be found in the wooden box.
Wei Zhao slowly opened the little wooden box. This time there was no obstruction at all. Presumably, since he had already passed the test of the stone gate, the one who had built the cave had achieved his purpose and sounded out Wei Zhao's strength, and so would not set any obstacle upon this little box.
The box was open, yet there was no heaven-defying artifact inside, nothing like what Wei Zhao had imagined. He had hoped to find something like the jade pendant in this box as well, but there was nothing of the sort.
Inside the box lay three neatly folded silken scrolls, resting quietly — and at that, Wei Zhao's eyes lit up!
The first box he had obtained had held only a single silk scroll, whereas this box from behind the second stone gate held three. Could these be the heart methods for the second through fourth layers of the Xuanyuan Yulong Art?
If these truly were the heart methods for the next three layers, Wei Zhao would be overjoyed — this time he had struck it rich!
Steadying his excited heart, Wei Zhao reached out and picked up the first silk scroll, opening it carefully for fear of damaging it.
The five large characters forming the title Xuanyuan Yulong Art, written in seal script, leapt into Wei Zhao's eyes. He had seen this same script on the silk scroll of the first layer of the Xuanyuan Yulong Art; seeing it again after ten years set his blood boiling with excitement at once!
The earlier silk scroll had long since been carefully stored away by Wei Zhao; he had read the heart-method formulas on it a thousand times over and had committed them to memory long ago, so it was only natural that seeing such formulas again should stir him this way.
Beneath the title of the heart method was a line of small characters reading "Second Stage — White Crane." But unlike the first layer's heart method, what followed the subtitle was not the main text, but a single line of annotation!
This line of annotation was striking; its characters were even larger than those of the subtitle. Wei Zhao did not dare be careless, and at once read it over carefully.
"The first-stage heart method is like the heavenly silkworm spinning its silk; proceed step by step and you will reach it. The second stage is like the white crane spreading its wings and soaring high — it is a transformation of the physique. To attain the second stage, you must first temper the body. The second stone gate can accomplish the first step; for the second step, you must gather the medicinal herbs and swallow them, and the tempering of the body will be complete!"