Twin Dimension Yin-Yang Mirror: Attaining immortality through the martial path
Chapter 347 - 312 Spiritual Master, Unparalleled General

Chapter 347: Chapter 312 Spiritual Master, Unparalleled General

"If it weren’t for a staff member who couldn’t stand up because her legs had gone numb while using the toilet, and she even took a fall, we might never have suspected this area," said Tang Tang. Despite the seriousness of the situation, she couldn’t help but feel a slight urge to laugh.

The one who had trouble in the toilet was an auntie who inspected packages.

For a long time, she had a problem with her legs that prevented her from standing if she squatted for more than ten minutes, leading to a fall.

It wasn’t too serious...

Aside from limiting her time in the squat toilet to between seven to nine minutes, there were no other significant issues.

But this time, she had finished in about seven minutes.

After throwing away the tissue in her hand, she tried to stand, once, twice, to no avail.

She fell to the ground, nearly crying out in pain.

Lying there gathering her wits, annoyed with herself, she habitually checked her watch again and noticed something wrong; about six minutes had mysteriously disappeared.

Based on what that auntie reported, Tang Tang began a broad inquiry...

It turned out she wasn’t the only one who had experienced lost time.

Others had taken a long time to eat, or left the water running while washing their face, flooding the floor...

These events didn’t seem like a big deal unless you specifically asked about them.

Once you did, suddenly the issue became serious.

Zhou Ping’an immediately thought it might be hypnosis.

He had just pulled off a trick using hypnosis at a hotel in Proluo State.

And now here at Dongjiang Customs, someone had played the same trick on them.

On a grand scale.

Someone was capable of hypnotizing so many people at once, making them oblivious to anything that happened, as if that block of time was forcibly erased from their memory.

The adversary’s method felt less like a sneaky entry and more like a show of force.

After discussing the auntie’s case, Tang Tang brought up her next course of action.

"At that time, you were fighting with the local patrol inspector in Proluo, and the situation was quite perilous. To avoid worrying you about home while you were on the West Coast, I didn’t send the message."

"Realizing something was amiss, I immediately reviewed surveillance from seven blocks around the port and finally spotted the enemy’s trail."

Tang Tang opened another video.

On the screen, five or six figures with blonde, brown, and white hair appeared... not a single one had black hair.

The footage showed the group walking into an alley, vanishing from sight.

"My preliminary guess is that among these five men and one woman, there certainly is one individual with considerable expertise in mental manipulation, and another who’s a master of system intrusion, capable of easily hacking surveillance cameras and creating various images to confuse our judgment."

"Yuan An and Zhang Zhihe were responsible for investigating that direction."

"They had traced the leads to the West City Gate, then lost contact..."

"When we found them again, they were unrecognizable."

Tang Tang looked visibly distressed, "I haven’t even informed their families yet. I wanted to wait until you had seen it to decide what to do."

Since the swift development of genetic modification technology.

Strange and inexplicable events occur occasionally within Zhuxia.

Generally, with the capabilities and insights of the local Police Security, such incidents are tough to handle.

They are handed over to the Special Affairs Office in different regions.

Dongjiang is different, though.

Personnel from the Special Affairs Office seem unusually quiet.

As if non-existent.

The reason, of course, lies in the last clean-up of the southern city’s gene modification lab, which left the Special Affairs Office severely wounded, and the deputy director, Zhao Shiying, nearly died from his injuries and has yet to recover.

Officially, Zhao Shiying overestimated his abilities and encountered heavy casualties when facing the gene modifiers in the lab, even getting poisoned himself.

But everyone knows the truth.

It was the consequence of some grievances between Zhao Family, Tang Tang, and Zhou Ping’an.

Later on, Zhao Shirong from the Zhao Family led a surprise attack on Tang Tang and Zhou Ping’an, resulting in the complete downfall of all Zhao Family forces from Linhai.

In such circumstances, Tang Tang isn’t too keen on calling for backup from the Special Affairs Office to collaborate on the case.

Better to avoid complications.

Plus, Tang Tang suspects that this "time loss" incident is likely a continuation of the General’s Tomb Artifact Theft Case.

Even less cause for making it public.

She has always believed,

Since the Eternal Life Group has joined forces with Taihe Pharmaceuticals and dispatched experts to retrieve artifacts

Not only did they fail to see the treasures

They came up empty-handed and even suffered a net loss.

Two capable experts from within their own ranks were lost in Dongjiang.

Under such circumstances,

It’s inconceivable that the Eternal Life Group would ignore it.

Therefore, the suspected "Spiritual Master" and electronic expert emerging from customs are exceedingly suspicious.

"Senior sister, your handling of the situation was correct," said Zhou Ping’an, referring to Tang Tang not directly deploying a large force to search for the whereabouts of that group outside the West City Gate.

From the brief images on the surveillance video, only the backs of six people were visible.

Tang Tang couldn’t make out much from it.

However, Zhou Ping’an, just from those few silhouettes, could discern an outstanding presence.

Among them, one dressed in a black, tight-fitting suit with neatly combed hair emanated a dazzling brilliance.

That was the sensation of power.

Even judging solely from a single silhouette, it was evident the person possessed an explosive force ten or a hundred times stronger than that of lions or tigers.

"He’s an expert."

"How skilled?" asked Tang Tang.

"Just what you’re thinking."

Zhou Ping’an replied solemnly.

Tang Tang then fell silent.

Yet, her eyes betrayed traces of intense fervor.

Who knows what she was thinking?

With Zhou Ping’an’s current perspective,

Ordinary A-list fighters, even those at the peak of A-class, couldn’t earn the title of expert from him.

Only those on the level of Old Man Jones could alert him.

The day he laid eyes on that old man standing at the foot of the hillside, he sensed that the man was exceptionally out of the ordinary.

Every movement of the body, every rhythm of the muscles.

All exuded an extremely comforting aura.

The breaths taken seemed perfectly in tune with the surrounding environment...

And the fleeting glimpse of that silhouette had similarly stirred such a feeling in him.

Without a doubt, it was another S-rank.

So, within this six-person team.

There was at least one "Spiritual Master" capable of widespread manipulation of hearts and influencing of spirits.

A computer expert who could hack into surveillance networks anytime, anywhere.

And a martial arts side powerhouse deemed S-rank for his formidable strength.

Observing that person walking as elegantly as the wind over water,

He surmised it must be a swordsman.

As the saying goes, swords lend to agility and elegance; blades to strength and power.

The type of weapon a person favors can cultivate a corresponding demeanor.

Especially at very high levels of skill, it even leaves behind certain brands.

"Don’t send anyone to investigate, just retract the troops as usual for training and handle the city’s cases; wait for orders."

Zhou Ping’an glanced at the three in the reception room, thought for a moment, and then said, "I just got back; I need to recoup my spirit before thinking of how to treat them. Sister, you go ahead with your tasks."

What he called recouping the spirit was naturally just an excuse.

Zhou Ping’an had been fighting his way through Proluo State, then rushed back to Dongjiang City by plane without a moment’s rest.

From start to finish, someone had been by his side.

His Wish Power Threads had now reached an astonishing total of five hundred and eighty thousand.

He had long been eager to level up.

The office was exceptionally quiet at the moment.

With five hundred special forces settled outside, he wasn’t worried about anyone prying into his secrets.

Tang Tang knew.

Those who cultivate sometimes encounter bursts of inspiration; once enlightenment dawns, they must seize the opportunity and break through immediately.

She guessed that Zhou Ping’an might be experiencing just that.

While a sense of joy welled up inside her, she also quickly took her leave...

"I’ll be next door. Call me if you need anything."

"Mm, I will,"

Zhou Ping’an could tell she had misunderstood, but in fact, it was almost the same.

After all, "inspiration" can be artificially created by using the Power of Wishes in conjunction with the Red Lotus Visualization Method.

...

Perhaps it was because his body had gradually become stronger.

Perhaps it was because his soul had become more pure.

After Zhou Ping’an used the Wish Power Threads to overclock his brain and enter a state of sudden enlightenment, the results improved significantly.

His mind was clearer, his thoughts quicker, his comprehension deeper...

He could not express these personal sensations with precise language.

He just felt, for that moment, that he was omnipotent.

It seemed there was no problem he couldn’t understand, no puzzle he couldn’t solve.

Of course, the speed at which the Wish Power Threads were consumed also increased exponentially.

Three hundred and seventy-five thousand Wish Power Threads were like wood thrown into a raging fire, slowly burning while contributing unparalleled wisdom.

A flicker of Spiritual Light arose from his heart, eventually turning into a sea of light.

Every Chapter of the Five Desires Demonic Technique played out in his mind from beginning to end, continuously evolving.

It was as if he were practicing relentlessly day and night for countless years, painstakingly cultivating this technique from all angles.

Suddenly, at one moment, he realized that all the chaos and desires in his heart had condensed into glistening pearls of light.

These seemingly infinite yet minuscule pearls fused into every single particle of his body, like fireflies joining the night sky.

His soul, as crystal clear as transparent quartz and faintly perceptible, revealed its true form from nothingness for the first time.

Zhou Ping’an, for a moment, sensed a transparent figure emerging within his mind.

This figure, seemingly illusory yet real, was wholly composed of his Heart Thought and recollection, first appearing in the depths of his mind. Then, as the Heart Thought changed, following the trajectory of the emotions and desires dispersed in the body’s particles, it also scattered into countless light points, plunging into his physique.

"Boom..."

Zhou Ping’an suddenly felt.

His body became both substantial and light.

Existing somewhere between being and non-being.

Flesh and Muscles and Bones seemed to have their own consciousness at that moment, coming to life.

The soul and the body were no longer separate entities but melded like milk with water, inseparable from each other.

"Spirit and Flesh Unification, this is Soul Solidification."

Zhou Ping’an felt as if every single hair on his body was branded with the soul, taking on its own will.

For a time, he was moved to tears by this miraculous transcendence.

With just a thought, everything within a hundred meters around him imprinted itself vividly in his heart, without the slightest effort.

There was no need to consciously harness power.

He felt the inside and outside of his body were thoroughly connected, the flow of power and True Qi became nearly twice as smooth without any reason.

With a slight intention, a single strand of shoulder-length hair atop his head silently transformed into a sword and sliced off the rim of a teacup on the table.

A ceramic ring spun around atop the wooden table; Zhou Ping’an lifted his hair and saw that the strand still shone with a lustrous black, his heart brimming with joy.

After the Five Desires Demonic Technique reached Completion, the Seven Emotions and Five Desires, even the soul itself, all came under his control, becoming an instinct of this body.

It was no longer possible to differentiate between what was physical and what was soul.

The result of this was, "The heart is me, I am the heart, internal and external harmony, the spirit and flesh as one, all evil cannot invade."

This was actually a Secret Technique derived from the Physical Cultivation Method in the Suppression Prison Subduing Demon Scripture, corresponding to the Method of attack by those who cultivate True Qi with Martial Intent.

"Heart-Refining State."

Reaching this step, he was finally on equal footing with masters at the Ninth Level Mortal Refinement of Martial Intent Realm.

Thinking that he had attained Five Desires Completion, solidified his soul, and fortified his body. He could ignore the effects of the First Realm of Martial Intent... it would be as if only he could strike others, but no one could touch him.

He could initially display the imposing aura of a physically divine, Unparalleled General.

This feeling was a bit exhilarating.

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