Twin Dimension Yin-Yang Mirror: Attaining immortality through the martial path
Chapter 305 - 272: Light and Dark, Hard and Soft, 1 Billion Bounty

Chapter 305: Chapter 272: Light and Dark, Hard and Soft, 1 Billion Bounty

"Bring him over here; there’s no need to go to the hospital."

As soon as Zhou Ping’an returned, he received a phone call from Tang Tang.

After hearing about her recent actions,

he couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat for his senior sister.

She had just mastered Wave Stacking Jin, and already she was swelling with such bravado—was this acceptable?

Daring to lead the charge, using dual guns to carve a path, she faced a hail of bullets to attack and kill the enemy.

Is this the same senior sister I know?

"No, she must undergo special training, it’s a must."

Zhou Ping’an couldn’t help but reprimand, "What if you encountered a master? I’m not at home, and it would be too late even if I wanted to save you."

"Didn’t I come back without any mishap?"

The hastily arriving Senior Sister Tang, having washed away the gunpowder, wore a soft smile as she said quietly, "You don’t trust your senior sister’s strength, nor do you trust the martial techniques you’ve taught me?

Besides, as the deputy head of the Police Security Brigade, I can’t always have you charging ahead. There will be times when I must face everything alone.

I don’t want to be helpless when it really matters... "

"Uh..."

Zhou Ping’an fell silent for a moment.

Examining his own heart.

This matter, it wasn’t Tang Tang who had become arrogant,

but rather he had.

Since when had he started to view those around him as children,

wanting to protect them completely?

However, no matter how formidable he was, he ultimately wasn’t a god.

There would always be times when he couldn’t protect everyone.

They, indeed, should learn to stand on their own.

At least, to have the strength to face most of the dangers in this world...

"My..."

Zhou Ping’an raised his hand, seriously saying, "It’s still early. Later, I will gather the Third Group of team members. Senior sister, you should also be present, and together with Mingyue, give them special training.

Oh yes, during my seclusion, I finally managed to figure out the formula for the Blood Fortifying Pill, as well as the Tendon Strengthening Pill and Bone Tempering Soup. You all can use them to accelerate your cultivation."

Considering one or two people were not enough to cope with the situation here,

Madame Zhao Yue’s relics must also be emerging soon.

Indeed, I need many helpers, a powerful force to stand with me.

Before his return, Zhou Ping’an had already brought most of the Foundation Elixirs he had made recently in Qingyang City.

Inside his storage, just the Blood Fortifying Pill alone numbered over sixteen hundred, not to mention countless other pills like Vitality Pills and those enhancing muscles and bones.

After all, with more than a thousand civilian Herb Gathering Teams delving into the depths of the Black Mountain Range at full speed, under the round-the-clock hard work of four alchemists, he simply did not lack medicine.

Especially Elder Qing, who, regarding these basic Bodily Refinement Elixirs, only opened a few furnaces, refined a few hundred supreme Blood Fortifying Pills, and then stopped working on them.

This type of supreme-grade elixir, one of which could match the potency of five or six regular pills.

Zhou Ping’an planned for Tang Tang, his junior sister, as well as his own mother, sister, and the little apprentice to take these.

He wasn’t a saint; even if he wanted to cultivate a power base, he would distinguish between those close and those less close.

First, he would make sure those around him grew stronger more rapidly,

to gain the ability for self-preservation.

Only then could he be without worries for his own safety.

"These pills are expensive, right?"

Tang Tang hesitated for a moment but still reached out to take the Jade Vial, opened the lid, and glanced at the pills with a red hue interlaced with golden veins. The fragrance of orchids and musk... she could smell it immediately—

The scent was overwhelming, and the Qi-Blood in her body started circulating faster naturally without her even trying.

Her face turned a shade of red, and beads of sweat appeared on the tip of her nose.

Her eyes brightened with surprise.

Just the scent alone had this effect, bolstering her vigor by a notch.

If she were to actually consume it, her progress would surely soar.

"Expensive? Can anything compare to the safety of my senior sister?

The golden energy is too strong; you can only take one of those per day, but you may take two of the red ones daily.

Later, I will teach you the Tidal Breathing Technique... With this cultivation technique aiding you, you’ll be able to stimulate the potential of your body faster, and strive to begin marrow cleansing within half a month."

"That quickly?"

Tang Tang was astonished.

"Isn’t it said that the cultivation of the Mingjin Stage requires years of hard training of the muscles and bones, particularly with Bone Tempering making bones as strong as steel, and tendons creating a network? Isn’t this process supposed to be gradual?"

"Eh, you know about this as well? Where did you hear this term Mingjin from?"

"These days, I have been practicing the Gentle Water Eight Steps and diligently studying the advanced theories of traditional martial arts. Look, it’s all written in this book. After passing the Mingjin stage, one will step into the Anjin stage, and later, even reach the Transformation Jin stage?"

"What is this all about?"

Zhou Ping’an was certain that in the Great Yu World, the martial arts heritage distinguished between firm jin and soft strength. One could even control the physical strength to reach the Intricate Realm, making one part of strength yield tenfold effect.

However, this was not a distinction of cultivation realms but rather a way of applying force.

He had only been at the Blood Renewal stage and had already mastered the Unity of Hardness and Softness, manipulating strength to a divine and enchanting level. What did that count for?

He took the book from Tang Tang’s hand, glanced at it, and found it to be a novel titled "Martial Performance Command."

Well, learning martial arts from a novel is not out of the question. At least, it can cultivate an interest in martial arts.

As long as you’re happy.

"Mingjin, no, what I call the Ninth Level Wave Stacking as firm jin, after you practice firm jin to its limit, the extreme of firmness transitions to softness. Then, you can learn the Ninth Turning of Wave Subduing Blade Gentle Strength to lay an extremely solid foundation."

"Achieving the Unity of Hardness and Softness requires understanding, which is the skill that takes a lot of time. As for the strengthening of muscles and skin, it’s just a matter of piling up resources, and there are ways to accelerate cultivation speed."

Zhou Ping’an weighed his words.

With his control of intricate jin combined with a needle technique that stimulates vitality, he could indeed make such a boastful claim.

In the modern world, as long as one mastered the martial art of Unity of Hardness and Softness and wore a bulletproof vest, one could virtually stroll through ordinary dangers unscathed.

As for cannons, bombs, lasers, and particle ripple guns, there was no need to consider them too much.

If one really faced such situations, it would be best to just wash up and go to sleep.

Of course, if he let the environment around him deteriorate to such an extent with his capabilities, it would be an utter failure.

Zhou Ping’an clenched his teeth inwardly, determined not to let such a thing happen, not even a hint of it.

The moment he discovered anyone planning to clear him and the people around him with a bomb, he would strike preemptively, regardless of the cost, to eradicate the threat completely...

The two talked for a while.

Then three group members carried Roger into the office.

"I need to go to the hospital, or rather, even if you want to interrogate me, you need to wait until my injuries stabilize. What you’re doing is inhumane."

Roger groaned in pain, fainting and waking, though his speech was weak, he was still determined to fight for his rights.

It can be said that this man’s will to survive was very strong.

"It’s a good thing you’re not so tough; it saves me the trouble."

Zhou Ping’an heard but pretended not to.

He slowly took out a silver needle, heated it over a lighter, and with the gleam of the needle, pricked it into Roger’s chest and thighs.

The silver needle hummed and vibrated.

But that was just the surface.

Zhou Ping’an had long since utilized the Life and Death Unpredictable Needle, converting the deathly energy in the other’s body into vitality, accelerating the activation of potential.

He had never practiced the Six Paths Samsara Scripture, nor had he practiced the Wheel-turning Heart Method, and, of course, he could not cultivate Samsara True Qi.

But just for treating some external injuries, it was already more than enough.

Especially when he was stimulating Roger’s potential, he was also consuming some of the man’s lifespan, with explosive effects.

Majestic and vast vitality surged within Roger’s body, cellular division sped up, and with the replenishment of life-giving yuan qi, he didn’t become weaker but instead grew more vigorous, his qi-blood swelling, filled with inexhaustible energy.

Watching flesh grow over the wound like crawling insects... the sizable blood hole gradually closed and scabbed over.

It was like months of healing condensed into a single minute.

Roger’s mouth gaped open in shock, his eyes nearly popping out like a toad’s.

"Oh, heaven’s cakes."

"Cakes..."

This Skyhawk Country’s assassin team’s brain now felt his mind was no longer his own.

He had completely lost the ability to think rationally.

"A miracle."

He felt that even Newton’s coffin lid might be having trouble holding down.

Everything before him was so unscientific.

Yet it was a reality that truly existed.

Although eyes could be deceptive, how could one’s own physical experiences lie?

Watching the wound turn into a red line, black scabs all falling away, and finally looking as if it had never been injured...

If it weren’t for the remaining bloodstains on his clothes and surrounding skin, Roger could almost believe he had just had a nightmare.

"Mr. Zhou, I will spare no detail, I will tell you everything I know."

The blond middle-aged man raised his right hand, as if taking an oath.

"You’re named Roger, not surnamed Luo, but you did use the idiom correctly."

Zhou Ping’an remarked upon hearing the other’s flawless Zhuxia language, smacking his lips...

Heavens, if it weren’t for the fact that this guy had the typical foreigner appearance, by voice alone, Zhou almost thought he was a compatriot.

"So, tell me about the ten billion Skyhawk Currency and the Dark Web stuff."

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