Retirement begins with summoning Yuan Tiangang

Time flows like the stream outside Hexi Town, seemingly slow, yet never ceasing.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Tian had been "lying down" in this small town full of hidden talents for a whole month.

For the past month, he has lived an extremely regular and... lazy life.

I'm physically or chemically awakened by my son in the morning—by bedwetting—and then I frantically clean up after him and myself.

In the morning, during the routine town patrol, I carried Lin Feng, and later led him by the hand, from one end of the town to the other, greeting all the familiar faces and listening to all sorts of everyday stories.

Occasionally, I would use the system to peek into the daily lives of a few big shots, and inwardly I would rant and rave.

When I get home at noon, I make my son a nutritious but perfunctory lunch, usually steamed egg custard, soft noodles, or minced meat porridge.

The afternoon was always "lying down" time. Lin Feng was placed in a corner with soft cushions to play with toys, while he himself would slump in a rocking chair, either watching the clouds, taking a nap, or using his mind to soothe the suppressed Heavenly Gang True Power and the slowly increasing Qi and blood within his body.

At night, after putting the energetic little guy to sleep, he would occasionally browse the system store, drooling over the powerful martial arts manuals and heaven-defying artifacts that cost tens of thousands of points, and then silently close it.

He sighed, "The task is arduous and the road ahead is long," and then lay down.

In this extremely "laid-back" lifestyle, the number of times he could lie down quietly accumulated to a considerable figure.

When the number of points reached 1000, Lin Tian felt like a penniless man who had saved up enough for a down payment on a house, so excited that he almost fell off his rocking chair.

"Consumption! I must consume!" He stared at the two familiar cultivation techniques on the system panel.

The Heavenly Gang Technique (Basic Edition) (Introduction)

"The Hundred Refinements of the Star Body (Beginner's Guide)" (by Xiao Chengcheng)

It's time to take them a step further!

He first focused his mind and pointed sharply at the "+" sign after "Tian Gang Jue".

[Would you like to consume 500 Lying Down Points to upgrade "Heavenly Gang Technique (Basic Chapter)" to the Lesser Completion stage?]

"yes!"

500 points evaporated instantly.

This time, what surged into my body was no longer a gentle breeze, but a scorching, surging torrent!

This torrent violently washed over his meridians, running wildly along the complex trajectory of the "Tian Gang Jue" formation!

The true power of heaven and earth, which had been suppressed and pressed deep into the dantian by heaven and earth, was now like a powder keg that had been ignited. Although it still could not be released on a large scale, the efficiency and condensation of its circulation within the body had increased by more than several times!

His control over this extremely yang and powerful force has transformed from clumsy guidance to effortless mastery!

He could even clearly see his internal meridians being widened and strengthened under the torrent, shimmering with a faint golden luster.

Every cell in his body seemed to be cheering, exhaling that pure masculine energy.

The process was several times more painful than when he first started, and his whole body felt like it was being forged in a furnace, but he gritted his teeth and endured it.

When the heat finally subsided, he felt like he had been reborn.

Although his cultivation level was still at the eighth level of the Celestial Realm, his control over power was already on a completely different level.

"Awesome!" Lin Tian exhaled a long, hot breath. He felt that if he were to use his "Turtle Fist" again now, a single punch without any real strength would probably be enough to collapse the wall of this small courtyard—if it were not suppressed.

Without pausing, his gaze burned as he pointed at the "Hundred Refinements of the Star Body" again.

[Would you like to consume 500 Laying Down Points to upgrade "Hundred Refinement Star Body (Beginner Level)" to the Great Completion Realm?]

"yes!"

Another 500 points disappeared. The familiar tempering energy surged in again, but this time its intensity and depth were far beyond what it had been at the initial stage!

"Click... Buzz..."

He could almost hear his bones humming with a mixture of unbearable strain and elation, his muscle fibers being torn and reorganized, becoming tougher and denser, containing explosive power.

My internal organs feel as if they have been baptized, and I am full of vitality.

The blood and qi surged like a river, gurgling through the body, and even forming a faint, almost invisible blood-red halo on the skin's surface.

When it was all over, Lin Tian felt light as a feather, as if he could leap into the sky.

It also felt heavy, with every inch of flesh containing terrifying power.

He casually picked up a stone lock that was used to weigh down the pickled vegetable jar. With a little force, the stone lock felt as light as a feather in his hand, and he didn't feel it at all.

He estimated that with his fully-developed "Hundred Refinements Star Body" physical strength, combined with his foundation in the Celestial Realm, even if his true power was suppressed, he should be able to easily defeat a Celestial Realm Ninth Level opponent in a head-on confrontation... Of course, this was on the premise that the opponent didn't have any powerful techniques or special methods.

Looking at the points on the system panel that had instantly shrunk to single digits, and the golden "Great Success" mark in the cultivation technique section, Lin Tian was satisfied.

"Effort? Cultivation? Those are all foolish methods!" He smugly crossed his legs.

"With the system as my daddy, I can become a god without even lying down!"

Just as he completed his transformation, Lin Feng, who was playing with building blocks on the blanket, seemed to sense something. He looked up, blinked his big eyes at Lin Tian, ​​and mumbled, "Daddy...Daddy...Liang!"

Lin Tian was taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter, picked up his son and gave him a big kiss: "You little rascal, you have good taste! Your dad is now a master of both inner and outer cultivation, incredibly awesome!"

Although he knew that under the oppressive conditions of this godforsaken place, his awesomeness would be severely diminished, the sense of security he felt was real.