Chapter 140 - What is this technique?

It seems like he had somehow encountered a sentient artifact everything made sense now. How his body recovered so fast and became stronger, even the voice. It's a sentient artifact. But he still had no idea how he got into contact with the artifact. He's sure that he had somehow had an encounter with a sentient artifact after he blacked out until he got home. He would have to investigate it. He had never thought to investigate how he got home that day, since truly it didn't matter to him, but now he had to find out.

Wang Ming contemplated about telling his Shifu about the sentient artifact. "Shifu, how rare are artifacts and rare artifacts?" Jie scrunched his eyes like he was calculating the numbers after 10 seconds he answered Wang Ming.

"Hmm, it's hard to say as not everyone that has an artifact will tell it to others, but to what I know. The number of artifacts in the world should be up to tens of thousands. The knife I have is one of the stronger artifacts there are multiple artifacts that have menial effects only. As for sentient artifacts they're rare, I've only seen 10 in my entire life, I think there should be at least 100 around the world, be careful if you ever find one some make you a better person while others transforms you into a soulless evil being."

Hearing Jie's warning, Wang Ming felt scared, even though the artifact hadn't hurt him yet. Who knew what it's true intention is? He didn't even know the intention of the person giving him the artifact. But as for now the artifact had done nothing to harm him, he would just need to be careful, so he doesn't get manipulated to do things he doesn't want to.

"I understand, Shifu. What about the pills are they also rare?"

"They're incredibly rare, as there are only a few artifacts in this world that can produce them. They cost millions, maybe even billions per pill. There are no other known methods to create the pills. Who wouldn't pay for a pill that could instantly heal your body and strengthen it? Some pills can even extend a person's lifespan the most ever recorded has been 10 years." The pill to extend someone's lifespan made Wang Ming interested. "Shifu, then can't people become immortal as long as they have enough money?"

Jie laughed at Wang Ming's question, this naïve little boy. "Do you really think our bodies can function forever? Nothing lasts forever, even the sturdiest constructions need maintenance. A human body can't handle the strain of living forever. Even if you ate a pill every 10 years and have strengthened your body to the genetical limit, you might live for 200 years. But there's no reason to live that long, my boy, just enjoy your life."

"Now let's forget about all that, I've got totally sidetracked. I know what you were doing with your story, disciple. You tried to cheer me up, didn't you? I appreciate it. I'm going to teach you some basic martial arts now, so listen up." Jie got Wang Ming to stand up so he could examine his body, Jie touched his body all around, even close to some private parts which made Wang Ming uncomfortable. He kept patting around on his body like he was looking for something.

"I should have never doubted Xiao Qiang. Disciple I have never seen someone have a body like their built for martial arts. You have powerful muscles in addition, you have an agile build. When I felt around on your body, I tried to press down on multiple pressure points on your body to cause you pain, but it didn't seem like you noticed at all. Which means your body has a high tolerance, you're just the perfect martial artist." Wang Ming almost blushed from Jie's praise, he also felt guilty the artifact had given him this body, he felt like he's cheating.

"Now listen up, most masters will tell you to become efficient in Wing Chun it will take you at least 20 years. I don't think you want to wait that long. My goal is for you to become not only efficient in Wing Chun, but a great martial artist in just a year. One important factor is efficiency everything needs to be efficient from the teaching to how you learn. My style of teaching is going to differ from most out there I want you to get a lot of practical experience. My Wing Chun is also a lot different from others."

"What's the difference?" Wang Ming felt curious about what's different between his Shifu's Wing Chun style. "My style is all about being the most efficient to decapitate your enemy, even killing them. Ninjas from Japan have always fascinated me, how they can sneak around without being noticed, then kill their enemies without no one knowing. This skill could help you tremendously. Not even Xiao Qiang know this, I was once called the silent killer, I have helped rid many evil persons not only in China but also around the world, I never did it for money only for justice."

Jie saw Wang Ming's slack jawed, which isn't surprising at all. "Now let's get to it. Wing Chun is all about being fast and effective with your strikes. It doesn't matter what you used to strike the enemy just be fast, precise and effective. Usually beginners would need to learn stances, which helps them develop balance and muscles in their legs. Luckily you don't need that at all, which cuts down the time."

"Now show me your technique try to throw a punch." If Jie could, he would have showed Wang Ming the technique by demonstrating with his own body, but with this decrepit body he can't even punch two times before feeling weak.

Wang Ming threw a punch with full strength. He wanted to make Jie proud by showing off his good technique. But instead of getting praise, Jie hit him in the head with a cane. "Shifu?" Jie shook his head, seeing Wang Ming's horrible form. He has good strength, but everything else is off. "What are you doing, disciple? Look at your feet why are they standing so close to each other? Look at your shoulder it's supposed to stay back. Then look at where you punched you're supposed to punch straight to the center of your body, not out to the side!"

Jie looked stressed seeing Wang Ming's horrible punch. He sighed and said.

"This is going to take a while…"