Chapter 1774 — A Strange Martial Art
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He was actually being told to refine the jade pendant himself, rather than simply adding storage space to it!
"Collect them slowly. You waited ten years already—can't you spare a little more time?" Jiao Yazi shook his head at Wei Zhao's impatience. "Do you know why I had you wait five years before opening the stone gate?"
"Oh?" Wei Zhao asked, somewhat puzzled. "Why?"
"You've seen for yourself how fast cultivation goes inside the jade pendant's space. If you cultivate without letup, within three years you'll bring the first layer of the Xuanyuan Yulong Art to full perfection. That much is certain, isn't it?" Jiao Yazi asked.
"Indeed it is!" Wei Zhao recalled breaking through his bottleneck on the very first night he entered the jade pendant's space, smoothly advancing from the first layer of the Xuanyuan Yulong Art to the second. That alone proved how wondrous the space's effects were!
In fact, Old Jiao's three years was a conservative estimate. If he progressed faster, he might reach the second layer in less than three.
"So why set the five-year term?" Jiao Yazi paused there, then went on: "It was to keep you from being too impatient and opening the second stone gate straightaway. You're young, your temperament unsteady. I feared your haste would defeat its own purpose. With your first layer not yet consolidated, rushing to cultivate the second is no good thing!"
"So that's how it is!" Wei Zhao nodded. "Then there's no hurry to refine this jade pendant. I'll collect the materials slowly and bring the second layer of the Xuanyuan Yulong Art to full perfection first!"
"That's what you should have been doing all along!" Jiao Yazi said.
Now that the decision was made, Wei Zhao no longer needed to hurry through the refinement method for the jade pendant. With the materials not yet fully gathered, reading it would be a waste.
Wei Zhao set down the second silk scroll and reached for the last one. For some reason, he suddenly felt nervous! This final scroll was his only remaining hope—the last boon in the box. He could hardly keep from tensing up.
He had come to the cave to retrieve the second layer of the Xuanyuan Yulong Art, true enough, but he had harbored another hope as well: to find a martial art in this cave suited to his own cultivation.
Of the Earth-rank experts he had encountered, all but Leader Yu possessed martial arts they had made their own, while Wei Zhao had been practicing a technique of Qing Bo's. Whether it was because it did not pair well with the Xuanyuan Yulong Art, he could not say, but after cultivating it so long his progress remained modest, and he was no match for the others.
Without a formidable martial art, the advantage Wei Zhao had enjoyed at the Profound rank—fighting opponents above his level—would vanish entirely.
So Wei Zhao very much hoped to find a martial art suited to him in the cave. He was even somewhat convinced that one must exist there; otherwise, where else would he find one?
And this last silk scroll had become his hope.
Drawing a deep breath, Wei Zhao opened the third silk scroll. But when he saw the two large characters "Martial Art" at the top, he was instantly overcome with excitement, his whole face flushing red. It really was a martial art! Sure enough, behind the second stone gate of the cave, a martial art existed!
Yet when Wei Zhao calmed himself and read the contents carefully, he grew perplexed. What kind of martial art was this? Beneath the two characters "Martial Art" came the main text directly, with no subheadings naming any techniques. And that was not all—what puzzled Wei Zhao further was that the body of this martial art was in fact a passage of cultivation mental technique!