Chapter 1783 — Beginning Cultivation
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"Second stage of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art—White Crane..." In truth, Wei Zhao had already recited the second level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art's mental method to himself a thousand times over; it was long since etched into his heart. He had taken it out this time only for fear that something might go wrong.
But inner-energy methods were not like texts to be memorized word by word. Once one had fully grasped the meaning within, there was basically no need to consult the oral formulas every single time.
This time Wei Zhao had grown wiser. He did not foolishly train on his own as he had when he first obtained the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art; instead, in an instant he entered the space of the jade pendant. It was here that progress came fastest.
"Brat Lin, it seems you have finished the body tempering?" Although Jiao Yazi ordinarily could not see what Wei Zhao did outside, at this moment he could discern a thing or two from the changes in Wei Zhao's body.
Only when Wei Zhao took the initiative to establish contact with the jade pendant space could Jiao Yazi perceive matters outside. Otherwise, when Wei Zhao was whispering sweet nothings with Tang Zhi, having a soul watching from the side would have been far too awkward.
"Finished!" Wei Zhao nodded solemnly. "I am ready to begin the oral formulas of the second level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art!"
"Not going to rest a few days first?" Seeing Wei Zhao's extreme impatience, Jiao Yazi could not help shaking his head. "It seems these ten years still have not smoothed the edges of your temperament!"
"Smoothed my temperament?" Hearing Jiao Yazi's words, Wei Zhao could only smile bitterly. "Before, I knew nothing of the jade pendant space, and to reach the great accomplishment of the first level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art and smoothly enter the second—that only happened this year, did it not? It has been ten years, and only now have I succeeded. How could I not be anxious? And something that could originally have been completed in five years took me ten years of effort. Now it is as if I entered the mountain cave five years late. My mental method and my strength have already fallen out of step. Instead of obtaining a martial skill in the cave, I obtained what seems to be an auxiliary mental method for laying the foundation of martial skills. Can you blame me for being anxious?"
Hearing this explanation from Wei Zhao, Jiao Yazi could not help but start slightly, then shook his head with some helplessness and said, "That is true enough. But then again, diligence is also a good thing, so long as you proceed step by step. Hastening brings no success—more haste, less speed!"
"I understand!" Wei Zhao said. "Elder Jiao, rest assured. Here in the jade pendant space, with you watching and guiding me from the side, there will certainly be no problem!"
Only after hearing Wei Zhao's words did Elder Jiao nod. Wei Zhao was right: the cultivation of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art and the cultivation of strength were two different matters. The Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art did not require frequent breakthroughs of barriers—each level had only one barrier—unlike strength in the outside world, where a single stage held multiple barriers. Therefore, when cultivating the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, one naturally could not recklessly compress true qi to force a breakthrough as Wei Zhao had done before. One could only accumulate slowly, yet even so, no great problem would arise.