Chapter 255: Lab Rat
Chapter 255: Lab Rat
Gao Jing’s meat was very tasty.
Qin Qing came from a big family; she was the type who grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth and enjoyed lavish comforts since childhood, with all her daily food and clothing being top-tier.
She had tasted the world’s best beef, lamb, and pork—like Japanese Wagyu, South African Dorper sheep, and local black pigs from southwestern mountain areas—but they were not on the same level as the bowl of meat she had just finished eating.
The soup was extremely delicious, with a strong meaty flavor. Apart from a mild saltiness, it had no added onions, garlic, ginger, or other spices, yet she couldn’t taste any trace of gaminess.
The meat chunks weren’t super tender; they had some chewiness, but they grew more fragrant the more she ate, making it hard to stop.
Qin Qing really wanted to eat a bit more.
But she was nearly overwhelmed; waves of heat poured out constantly from her stomach and belly, making her whole body feel full of warmth. Her blood flow sped up greatly, and her vital energy swelled until it felt like it might explode!
Qin Qing’s pretty face flushed bright red, and fine beads of sweat broke out on her forehead. She couldn’t help but squeeze her legs together and relied on strong willpower to prevent herself from losing control right then.
If this kept up, Qin Qing truly would lose it!
As strong as she was, she couldn’t resist grabbing Ji Yu’s arm beside her: “Xiaoyu, I…”
Qin Qing didn’t know how to tell Ji Yu what she was feeling.
She regretted giving in to her craving.
Ji Yu had also finished the meat in her bowl; she consumed three times more than Qin Qing but handled it much better.
This was because Ji Yu had been learning the Records of the Great Wilderness Combat from Gao Jing and had stepped onto the Path of Transcendence.
Practicing the Thirty-Six Combat Forms used up a lot of body energy, so the nourishing parts of the meat mostly filled that gap and didn’t cause any overflow.
But Qin Qing couldn’t; now she felt like she was behind a fiery stove, almost burning to ashes!
Ji Yu noticed something wrong with Qin Qing and immediately looked at Gao Jing.
Gao Jing smiled and said, “Senior, help Qingjie digest it. Have her train with you.”
The stewed meat he made came from the tenderest part of the Sabertooth Tiger; it nourished the blood and strengthened the body, just like real old mountain ginseng—which was a huge tonic for ordinary people.
When practicing the Thirty-Six Combat Forms of Records of the Great Wilderness Combat, eating plain food couldn’t make up for the body’s exhaustion. That problem was solved by special medicinal meals in the Shan Yue Tribe.
In the past, Gao Jing had eaten so much he threw up.
Those medicinal meals were very potent, but their taste was hard to describe.
Gao Jing feared Ji Yu couldn’t tolerate such hardship and might refuse the Records of the Great Wilderness Combat. So he experimented with Sabertooth Tiger meat stored in his Storage Space and came up with this braised tiger meat dish.
The effects of the braised tiger meat were far weaker than the medicinal meals, but it suited Ji Yu perfectly.
Now that Qin Qing had eaten half a bowl of the tiger meat and showed signs of over-supplementation, it was totally expected by Gao Jing.
The solution was also simple!
“Qingjie, come with me.”
Ji Yu instantly pulled Qin Qing upstairs to change into practice clothes in a room, then returned to the big hall on the first floor.
She said very seriously to Qin Qing, “I’ll teach you an ultimate martial art right now. If you learn it, you’ll be fine, and you’ll even get many benefits!”
Ji Yu knew the effects of the braised tiger meat too well.
Though this martial skill Gao Jing taught had excellent fitness results, practicing it alone was simply too boring.
Pulling Qin Qing into it was definitely a happy thing for Ji Yu.
Wearing loose, comfortable practice clothes, Qin Qing blankly followed along to practice this so-called ultimate martial art.
Actually, the Thirty-Six Combat Forms of Records of the Great Wilderness Combat weren’t complicated; the moves weren’t flashy at all, so even kids could pick them up easily.
But high body coordination was required, and they had to match breathing methods to show results.
At first, Qin Qing struggled terribly to learn.
Plus, with Gao Jing watching from the side, she found it hard to relax.
However, under Ji Yu’s patient guidance and teaching, she slowly grasped the most basic moves and could barely finish a set while coordinating her breathing.
As a result, Qin Qing found that the massive energy flooding her body gradually drained away with her efforts.
She sensed changes in her physique!
Earlier, when she just arrived, Ji Yu had said she was practicing the “Mixed Yuan Tai Chi Kung Fu.” Qin Qing thought she was joking.
Now Qin Qing didn’t think so.
Even if “Mixed Yuan Tai Chi Kung Fu” was a joke, what she was learning was definitely not funny!
Two words came to Qin Qing’s mind: opportunity.
She came south to Magic City, bought the apartment at Huhai One to be Gao Jing’s neighbor—that wasn’t just to repay him close up.
It certainly wasn’t because she felt a crush on Gao Jing either.
Qin Qing was very curious about Gao Jing.
She thought Gao Jing might be a legendary recluse master or the apprentice of one.
He possessed powers beyond normal people.
Otherwise, there was no way to explain how Gao Jing brought her husband’s body out of the harsh Kunlun Mountains during snowy, windy times.
And the Hundred-Fruit Wine with its magical effects, plus that bowl of stewed meat she just ate, and what she was learning now—all were the best proof!
Realizing her opportunity had come, Qin Qing practiced with extra focus and effort.
She concentrated completely on training with Ji Yu, forgetting Gao Jing, who was right beside her.
As an observer, Gao Jing had a feast for his eyes.
Qin Qing’s looks and figure were top-notch, especially her figure, which even beat Ji Yu’s.
But she usually wrapped herself tightly in very modest clothing.
Now in loose practice clothes, while practicing the combat forms, she accidentally exposed some private views.
But after watching for a while and seeing Qin Qing gradually master the moves, Gao Jing stopped looking.
He was actually doing an experiment.
Over the past few days, Ji Yu, who’d been learning the Records of the Great Wilderness Combat, had given Gao Jing dozens of points of Power of Faith.
Though the amount wasn’t huge, the quality was surprisingly high!
After accidentally discovering this new way to gain Power of Faith, Gao Jing tried teaching Ji Yu calligraphy and ball games.
But those didn’t bring him a single point of Power of Faith.
From this, Gao Jing judged that probably only skills from the Great World could earn him Power of Faith.
Whether this was completely true would need testing over time.
But this source opened up new paths in Gao Jing’s mind.
Right now, he wanted to see if Qin Qing learned the combat forms of Records of the Great Wilderness Combat from Ji Yu.
Would he gain some Power of Faith then!
If that worked, it would be very interesting.
But Qin Qing had no clue she had become a “lab rat”; she stayed fully focused, entirely forgetting about time.
Only when the heat inside her was totally drained, and she felt indescribable exhaustion, did she instinctively stop practicing.
Then Qin Qing realized.
She had sweated so much that her whole set of practice clothes was soaked through. She felt sticky all over, with aches, pains, tingles, and itches in her muscles and bones—the feeling was beyond words!