Chapter 3022 — The Oral Formula of the Universal Heart Method
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
The further he read, the stranger it seemed, for in the middle of the oral formula there were blank spaces, and within one blank space was an annotation: Switch heart method.
Wei Zhao did not know what "switch heart method" meant. Reading on, he found more of the auxiliary heart method, and again blank spaces interspersed, again marked: "Switch heart method." And so it went, over and over.
"Old Jiao, what kind of heart method is this? Why are there gaps in the middle? Here it says to switch heart methods—switch to what?" Wei Zhao finally could not hold back his puzzlement.
"Oh, this oral formula—now I remember. Like that martial technique before, it's auxiliary in nature." Jiao Yazi had recovered his memory and was not left stammering.
"An auxiliary heart method? That much I can see. But what do you mean, like the martial technique before?" Wei Zhao asked, perplexed. "That martial technique was a universal martial technique. This heart method... could it be..."
A sudden flash of insight struck Wei Zhao.
"You've got it? It's just as you think." Jiao Yazi nodded.
"The oral formula of the universal heart method?" Wei Zhao blurted out, shaken.
"Exactly—the oral formula of the universal heart method. With this formula, at the points where the gaps fall you switch to whatever other heart method you wish to circulate, and you can run that other method smoothly." Jiao Yazi explained, "For instance, if you want to circulate someone else's heart method, this way lets you do it without trouble."
"So miraculous?" Wei Zhao knew well that for a cultivator, a heart method was essentially unique—one could cultivate only one at a time, and could not change it at will. That was precisely why he had not found heart methods for Gu Mengyao or little Shu; whether a method suited someone was no small question.
Yet a universal heart method existed? That was beyond anything Wei Zhao had expected. But then again—if even martial techniques had a universal version, why not heart methods? And the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art was itself a heart method that produced universal true qi, so there was precedent enough.
"It's not so miraculous, really. Your Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art can already generate the energy true qi of all manner of other heart methods; this auxiliary method merely raises the efficiency of the art's circulation." Jiao Yazi said, "To put it plainly, the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art is in essence like a simulator—it can simulate any heart method, yet it remains the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art. You can think of it as accomplishing the purposes of other heart methods by means of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art."