Twin Dimension Yin-Yang Mirror: Attaining immortality through the martial path
Chapter 211 - 183: Zhao Yue’s Former Residence, Temptation of Heritage

Chapter 211: Chapter 183: Zhao Yue’s Former Residence, Temptation of Heritage

"My body seems unable to enter... it still has some imperfections that prevent it from perfectly accommodating both flesh and soul."

Zhou Ping’an was first overwhelmed with ecstasy, and then after a few trials, he discovered that his spiritual power could sense and his thoughts could enter this soccer-field-sized space, but his physical body still sat motionlessly in the bedroom of the Jinguiyuan villa.

Meanwhile, whenever he desired with his heart to enter this space, the half-mirror on his wrist would emit a trace of spirituality, informing him that it would take four more days to accumulate the energy needed to continue shuttling.

"I thought I could hide my physical body in this space. If that were possible, it would be like having an invincible shelter.

Hiding in another space where no one can find me would ensure absolute safety."

"Unfortunately, it’s not possible."

Zhou Ping’an sighed and then cursed himself quietly.

"What am I thinking? Isn’t such a huge warehouse enough?"

With just a thought, he moved all the furniture from the bedroom, including the large bed, into the space...

With another thought, he retrieved it all.

It was convenient and effortless, costing no spiritual power whatsoever.

For a moment, he was thoroughly enjoying himself.

...

The rest could be set aside, but the key was this long sword.

Zhou Ping’an was feeling around for Cang Yue’s treasure sword at his side, feeling greatly reassured.

Now, when he went out to handle cases, attend meetings, or casually stroll through the streets, he wouldn’t have to face those strange looks from others.

He always felt a lack of security, but now that his strength had greatly increased, that feeling had considerably faded.

But then again, half of his cultivation, or at least forty percent of his power, resided in this sword.

With the sword in hand, both attack and defense seemed to double.

In such a situation, it would be foolish to go out without bringing the sword.

But the blade of Cang Yue’s treasure sword was long.

Wearing it on his back, the sheath almost reached beneath his buttocks, making it particularly conspicuous.

Especially when he was dressed in his Police Security uniform and carrying such a long sword, it looked rather comical.

Now, he no longer worried about this problem.

He threw the long sword directly into the space.

Zhou Ping’an felt a great relief wash over him.

Then, he opened a suitcase he had "liberated" from Chen Guangyuan.

Glancing inside, there were about three hundred kilograms of gold bricks as well as some documents, passports, and a stack of papers.

As for things like documents, Zhou Ping’an effortlessly crushed them into powder and tossed them into the trash can.

Without guessing, it was clear these were the escape routes that Chen Guangyuan had prepared. Now that he was gone, the documents were utterly worthless.

The gold, however, was a different story.

Zhou Ping’an checked his phone and found that gold prices were soaring, with Zhuxia currency reaching 800 yuan per gram, equating eight hundred thousand per kilogram. The three hundred kilograms were worth two hundred and forty million.

"Wow, this is quite a windfall..."

He hadn’t realized until he did the math and was startled by the figure.

Considering his current monthly salary and benefits of eighteen thousand yuan, that’s just over two hundred thousand a year, two million in ten years, twenty million in a hundred years, and two hundred million in a thousand years.

No need to calculate further, this was a fortune he could not earn back with a thousand years of hard work.

For an ordinary officer in the Third Group, it might take three to five thousand years to earn this...

Times change.

And this was just the little bit of ready money that Chairman of Taihe, Chen Guangyuan, carried to cope with emergencies in case all his bank cards were frozen.

Zhou Ping’an looked at the shining metal bars occupying half the suitcase space, recalled the days when his mother was hospitalized, and he couldn’t afford the medical bills and had to borrow money from relatives and friends, causing him to momentarily space out.

"The rich have fields stretching beyond sight, the poor not even a place to drive a pin..."

This saying holds enormous realistic significance no matter the era.

Even if there is a time when wealth is redistributed equally, soon enough, within a few years, a huge gap will emerge again.

The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.

This is the inevitable development of human society.

Standing in his own shoes, Zhou Ping’an sometimes disapproves of this, but he knows that it’s not something humans can change.

As long as human nature remains unchanged, it was like this a thousand years ago, and it will still be the same a thousand years from now.

In that case, the only option is to strengthen oneself...

Not to go about harvesting others’ wheat, but at least to avoid being harvested.

To be able to live a prosperous and comfortable life gives one the right to ponder the great philosophies of life and the universe.

"If I’m not mistaken, the reason I couldn’t bring even my clothes with me when I crossed into that different world before was because I lacked this spatial function module."

After dumping the gold and the suitcase into the space, Zhou Ping’an thought that from now on, even if he bought a large amount of medicinal herbs, he wouldn’t have to worry about lacking funds.

Just as he was about to explore other wonderful uses of the space,

His gaze fell on that stack of papers and paused.

"On the analysis of the tomb diagrams associated with General Wenshan and Madame Zhao Yue..."

"Eh!"

Zhou Ping’an was immediately captivated upon looking.

He lowered his head and began to carefully examine.

His memory had become extremely strong; he only hastily flipped through dozens of pages, yet he had already roughly memorized what the document stated.

"The discovery of General Wenshan’s Tomb was completely accidental. In fact, even the professors from Linhai University and Dongjiang Medical University, who were invited by the Hongguang Group, didn’t hold much hope for this excavation."

"On the other hand, Taihe Pharmaceuticals had arranged a large number of people and made various preparations in advance, clearly intent on securing success.

The reason was due to Madame Zhao Yue of the Qin Dynasty...

They had found from ancient unofficial historical records that General Yin of Wenshan Tomb and Madame Zhaoyue had an ambiguous relationship, and originally, the general had come to Chu to escort Madame Zhao Yue to sea..."

Zhou Ping’an clicked his tongue in admiration a few times.

He discovered that the document was very detailed about some historical research, describing it vividly and lifelike.

It also mentioned that when the First Emperor sent out various alchemists to search for the Elixir of Immortality, among them, a Taoist named Xu Fu led the largest team.

Before setting sail, this Taoist had stayed in the Dongjiang area for a month and a half.

The document even recorded a small story.

It was said that Madame Zhao Yue and Xu Fu had discussed Taoist philosophy on Fulong Mountain, where a rainbow shone for a day and a night.

Afterward, Xu Fu fled overseas and never returned for the rest of his life.

Such unofficial and dubious historical accounts, full of far-fetched and mysterious narratives, even Zhou Ping’an, with his analytical skills, couldn’t discern their truth.

He was only somewhat surprised by the determination of the Taihe Pharmaceuticals team to excavate the site.

Despite Chen Guangyuan’s frail and aged appearance, he personally led the team to excavate thirty-eight sites suspected to contain Madame Zhaoyue’s tomb. Although the findings were meager, he persevered happily.

And it was under these circumstances that General Wenshan’s Tomb was excavated.

This time, they struck luck and indeed found a remarkable treasure...

Because of this, Dong Qingshan benefited from it and indirectly involved Zhou Ping’an.

This ushered in the downfall of Taihe Pharmaceuticals.

"So, this was the root cause," he remarked.

Zhou Ping’an carefully stored the thirty-two-page document.

Yet, he had a premonition.

It was highly possible that Madame Zhao Yue’s tomb truly lay within the boundaries of Dongjiang.

According to the records, the lady’s identity and status were even higher than that of General Yin of Wenshan.

Having discussed profound theories with Xu Fu, who was ultimately driven to flee in haste, she was certainly no ordinary figure.

If he could find her "former residence" or her legacy...

Wouldn’t that be...

Thinking this, Zhou Ping’an felt a slight warmth in his heart.

The Martial Arts of Another World indeed had a very high ceiling and were extremely powerful.

However, modern society had its advantages too.

Some legacies and secrets buried in the course of history, undiscovered, didn’t mean they didn’t exist.

Just like the Landis ruins excavated thirty years ago in the deep Western Ocean, which not only sparked three wars, causing countries to fight chaotically, but also disrupted the ecological balance of the earth’s surface.

Why did it lead to such serious consequences?

One reason is that human nature should never be looked at directly.

Another reason, of course, is that the excavated items were too precious, and no one dared to step back.

Once a country stepped back, and others digested the knowledge and technology from the treasure, it would undoubtedly become the proverbial lamb to the slaughter.

Gene enhancement technologies, transformation technologies, biological armor technologies, and spiritual connection technologies, to name a few, not to mention their enormous push for civil applications.

Just for national armaments alone, they provided a great enhancement.

Zhou Ping’an’s status wasn’t high enough to know many of these technologies; he could only hear their names from Tang Tang and had no detailed knowledge of what exactly had been developed and how far the weapons had advanced.

But that didn’t mean he underestimated these technologies.

Under the collective research of countless geniuses, what kind of war potential could these high-end technologies unleash?

It was hard to say.

"Here comes the question, what was it that caused an immensely powerful country, almost dominating the Western Ocean with such high-end technology, to become ruins overnight?"

Some things shouldn’t be thought through too much.

Once contemplated, they reveal even deeper and more terrifying aspects.

Of course, these matters were still too distant for Zhou Ping’an.

He didn’t think too much about them.

He just treasured the document in his hands, storing it deep within his space, and kept the matter of Madame Zhao Yue’s "former residence" also deep in his heart.

He thought about the forces that had discovered General Wenshan’s Tomb initially, aside from Taihe Pharmaceuticals, there was also the gigantic yet discreet Hongguang Group.

The subsidiaries of Hongguang Group were spread throughout thirty-eight provinces in Zhuxia.

Although its Dongjiang subsidiary couldn’t suppress the local enterprise, Taihe Pharmaceuticals, in terms of biopharmaceuticals, it still managed a competitive stance.

This could be seen from the fact that most of the field harvests were bought by Hongguang Group. Moreover, by opening the forty-eight-story Hongguang Building in the bustling heart of Wanhua Street in Dongjiang, it was clear how wealthy the company was.

Indeed, their family sold various kinds of precious materials, armor, as well as gene enhancers and radiation suppressants.