Exploring the Limits of the Standing Posture! (Please Bookmark, Please Follow!)

"Gulp!"

"Gulp!"

The icy water slid down his throat, carrying a chill with it.

Qin Annian set down the cup and looked at the key in his hand, confirming that what had just happened was not an illusion.

"I'm weak enough, so I'm easier to control."

It was blunt, and there was nothing wrong with it.

"I have no way to refuse."

Han Xi's final words made Qin Annian feel as though thorns were pressing against his back.

There was no trace of secret delight in his heart.

Being favored by a beautiful superior?

Heh.

In this era,

to martial artists with high Life Development Power, ordinary people were merely monkeys bearing the label of the same species.

Would anyone really fall for a monkey?

Uh.

Except for certain bizarre outliers.

"Phew!"

He let out a soft breath and adjusted his state of mind.

Then, expressionlessly, he took a nutrient paste from the refrigerator and swallowed it.

This food had a higher nutritional density than nutrient solution and brought an even stronger sense of fullness.

Qin Annian entered the Practice Room.

Shoulders lowered, legs apart, Standing Posture.

The sound of rain, wind, and thunder.

As a numb, aching sensation rose from Qin Annian's legs, those noises seemed to be magnified a hundredfold.

At the same time,

Han Xi's earlier words seemed to transform into distorted demonic whispers.

They rippled through Qin Annian's mind.

Then,

they stirred up wave after wave, growing from small to large!

His thoughts could not settle, much less could he calm himself, see his true nature, and behold the light of his heart.

"What's wrong with living off a woman?"

"Isn't it a tremendous blessing that Director Han has taken a liking to you?"

"Her registered Life Development Power was already 896 a month ago. Hold tight to that thigh, and won't you soar in the future?"

"What are you complaining about?"

"If this got out, who knew how many people would want to replace you immediately!"

It was as if Qin Annian's consciousness had split off another person.

That person kept condemning him.

However,

within Qin Annian's chaotic state of mind, one thought remained utterly unshakable:

"Just as expected."

"Coming to cultivate immediately was the right choice."

"The Inner Demon appearing this time is far stronger than before."

"The gains I receive from the Spirit Sea during this Standing Posture session should not be small either, right?"

He focused his mind.

He let the demonic whispers rage like wind and rain while he remained unmoved.

Then,

an arcane scripture began to resound from the depths of his consciousness.

Qin Annian could feel his consciousness stepping onto a long staircase formed by that scripture, passing through a "door."

In the end,

he arrived within the Spirit Sea!

"Exhale!"

"Inhale!"

He greedily drew upon the power within the Spirit Sea.

He wished he could immerse his entire physical body in the Spirit Sea.

Under the influence of this great Force of Creation, capable of turning illusion into reality,

every cell in Qin Annian's body was changing on a microscopic level.

The deoxyribonucleic acid with its double-helix structure within the cell nuclei underwent minute changes during replication.

His level of life gradually ascended and rose.

This time,

Qin Annian did not set an alarm.

Because

he no longer needed to rush to the Security Bureau early in the morning to clock in.

Therefore,

he wanted to see

just where the limits of his Standing Posture lay.

Inside the Practice Room,

Qin Annian truly seemed to have become an Iron Man, standing motionlessly in his posture without moving an inch.

The rain gradually subsided.

Strands of golden sunlight pierced through the gloom from the edge of the horizon.

Under the Tyndall effect, dust outlined streaks of light that decorated the Practice Room.

The star gradually revealed its full form, scattering radiance across the land.

Within the dilapidated settlement,

things also grew increasingly lively.

Office workers splashed through puddles on their way to work, quietly cursing the municipal authorities.

Students carrying backpacks and cheap breakfasts jogged along the road.

Housewives hurrying to the mall to snatch up the day's limited special offers urged the people ahead of them to walk faster.

Yet when those sounds reached Qin Annian's Practice Room through the window,

they seemed to have been muted by something.

That jumble of information had no effect on Qin Annian.

As time passed,

the old residential district gradually became quiet once more.

The star followed the path it had traveled for countless years, slowly climbing toward the zenith.

Until

noon.

Crack!

Crack!

Faintly,

a dreamlike sound of shattering quietly echoed through the Practice Room.

Bang!

It was as if something had broken apart within the room.

A pair of eyes suddenly flew open!

Whoosh!

For a moment,

it seemed as though two beams of light abruptly illuminated the entire Practice Room.

"Phew!"

Qin Annian exhaled a mouthful of turbid air.

The white mist transformed into the hazy shape of a dragon and drifted through the Practice Room.

"This time..."

"How long did I hold the Standing Posture?"

After withdrawing from the Spirit Sea,

Qin Annian's gaze immediately fell upon the clock hanging on the wall.

"Fourteen hours."

Looking at where the hands pointed, Qin Annian revealed a faint smile.

"I originally thought..."

"After the opportunity from my first Standing Posture cultivation session..."

"it would be difficult to encounter another chance like this."

But he had not expected

Han Xi's appearance to bring him an opportunity.

As a man, as a young man with pride in his heart,

Qin Annian had been able to remain calm when facing Han Xi earlier, rational like a machine.

He had thought, analyzed,

and even mapped out an escape route.

However,

could he truly have no emotional fluctuations at all?

Absolutely impossible!

"Indignation? Humiliation? A wounded pride?"

"None of those!"

"This..."

"is the best time for my cultivation!"

"During the Standing Posture,"

"one needs to see one's true nature."

"Moreover,"

"the stronger the Inner Demon one breaks through, the longer one can remain in the Spirit Sea."

"Just as I expected,"

"what happened yesterday really did evolve into an Inner Demon."

It had also allowed him to sink into the Spirit Sea for longer!

He stood up.

He felt the changes in his body.

"Although I don't know..."

"how much my Life Development Power has increased,"

"still..."

"it won't be lower than last time."

After wiping away the sweat on his body, Qin Annian went to the bathroom and washed himself.

The warm water carried away all sorts of negative emotions, leaving him feeling completely renewed.

The emotions in his heart also became brighter.

He brushed his teeth in front of the mirror, his eyes clear and bright.

"My attention from here on..."

"will be on that gang brawl case."

"However..."

His brow furrowed slightly.

He looked around him.

After rinsing the foam from his mouth, Qin Annian scooped up a handful of water and splashed it onto his face.

"There's quite a lot of stuff."

"I need to find a moving company."

Since he had no choice, there was no point in continuing to dwell on it.

Besides,

this deal would let him move directly into the Universe Tower, and he would have a martial artist with nearly nine hundred points of Life Development Power to guide him.

"Hello?"

"Is this the moving company?"

After taking care of the trivial matters.

Qin Annian prepared to head out and look for an opportunity to handle a case.

Meanwhile.

Security Bureau.

Inside an office.

A long-haired woman with meticulously applied makeup and an air of nobility picked up her Personal Terminal as usual and checked the registration list for the competition for director of the Operations Division.

"Hehe."

"With this condition added."

"How are you going to compete with me now?"

There was a hint of seductiveness in her laughter.

Sure enough.

Just as she had expected.

The registration list, which had originally contained eight names, now had only two left.

"Hm?"

"Who else is there?"

"Trying to compete with me?"

Within the Public Security Bureau, who else was qualified to squeeze into this coveted position?

But.

When she looked closely and saw that familiar name.

In an instant.

The long-haired woman's expression froze.

She even could not help rubbing her eyes with her hand.

"Impossible!"

"How could he?!"

"Who was it?"

"Other than your family, what other power stepped in to help you?"

"And how could you possibly agree to their terms?!"