No Talent for Immortal Cultivation? Let Technology Help

After circulating the Qi Induction Art for just a few seconds, Chen Feng immediately sensed a strange force around him.

"This is Spiritual Qi!"

Chen Feng was instantly excited.

Sure enough, his guess had been right. The modern world had no such thing as Spiritual Qi.

Only the Painting Scroll World had it.

Chen Feng began drawing Spiritual Qi into his body according to the Qi Induction Art.

Once Spiritual Qi entered the body, it could activate one's Spirit Aperture.

However, the Spiritual Qi traveled once through his body and then all came back out.

He didn't feel any special changes in his body, either.

Chen Feng gave a wry smile.

"Looks like I don't have the aptitude!"

Chen Feng had considered that those capable of cultivating immortality in the Painting Scroll World were probably one in ten thousand.

If everyone could cultivate immortality, wouldn't immortal cultivators be everywhere?

Why else would immortals be so rarely seen throughout the Yue Kingdom?

He had obtained an immortal cultivation method but couldn't practice it. At that moment, Chen Feng's heart was filled with disappointment.

"Do I really have to cultivate martial arts?"

Unable to cultivate immortality, he now had only one path left: martial cultivation.

But even with martial cultivation, his lifespan would only be a little longer than a mortal's, and even at its limit, his strength wouldn't amount to half that of an immortal cultivator.

What was more, Xiantian experts were already the limit of martial artists as far as Chen Feng knew, though he didn't know whether anyone stronger existed.

But they could definitely be killed with modern weapons.

What meaning was there in cultivating such a martial path?

In the modern world, wouldn't he still be just like an ordinary person, with no control over his own fate?

"According to the Qi Induction Art, Spiritual Qi can activate a Spirit Aperture once it enters the body. The less Spiritual Qi it takes to activate the Spirit Aperture, the better one's aptitude."

"The fact that I can't activate my Spirit Aperture doesn't mean I don't have one. It might be that I haven't absorbed enough Spiritual Qi into my body."

"Not enough Spiritual Qi."

Chen Feng fell into thought.

If someone in the Painting Scroll World lacked the aptitude, they would surely choose to give up right away.

Even if they forcibly activated their Spirit Aperture, it would mean they couldn't go far on the path of immortal cultivation.

That was why the cultivation methods developed by immortal cultivators were all created on the condition that one had aptitude.

But Chen Feng was different. He came from the twenty-first century and had a modern person's way of thinking.

The resources at his disposal were beyond anything this era could compare with.

"As long as I find a way to absorb more Spiritual Qi, or store it in my body, there's still hope of activating my Spirit Aperture."

Chen Feng thought of modern technology. Perhaps it could help him solve this problem.

He wouldn't give up so easily until the very last moment.

If he couldn't absorb more Spiritual Qi himself, then he would find a way to absorb more.

Chen Feng immediately stood up and walked out of the Black Wind Stronghold's main hall.

The martial artists standing guard outside immediately saluted when they saw him.

"Sect master, do you have any orders?"

One of the martial artists asked.

Chen Feng shook his head.

"Tell Liu Qian I'm going back to the Xingfeng Sect for a while."

With that, Chen Feng left.

The modern world, Xingfeng Mining.

It was already nine at night when Chen Feng returned.

The factory had started operations that day, and the Blazing Sun Stone had been successfully delivered. The first batch of Blazing Sun Iron was being produced around the clock and would be ready to ship to the military factory the next day.

Chen Feng went to the factory's research lab.

Although it was nine at night, the lights in the lab were still on, but only one person was busy inside.

A glance at her figure told Chen Feng it was Lin Wei.

Chen Feng entered the lab, and Lin Wei, who was observing Blazing Sun Iron under a microscope, looked up.

"Professor Chen, what brings you here so late?" Lin Wei looked quite surprised.

"I saw you were still busy, so I came to take a look. What are you researching?"

Chen Feng looked at the things arranged beside Lin Wei. They were all various raw metal materials.

"I'm synthesizing Blazing Sun Iron. I want to make its strength more perfect."

Lin Wei's eyes were full of fighting spirit.

"I came today to ask Professor Lin about a few things." Chen Feng sat down.

Lin Wei was the only person he could ask now. As a researcher at the Dragon Academy of Sciences, her knowledge in certain areas already surpassed Baidu's.

"No need to put it like that. What academic questions did you want to discuss, Professor Chen?"

Lin Wei was very interested. She had always wanted to exchange ideas with Chen Feng.

Chen Feng asked:

"Is there any way to make the body absorb energy faster, or absorb more of it?"

Lin Wei was slightly taken aback. She hadn't expected Chen Feng to ask her this kind of question, although it was somewhat outside her specialty.

But there were many experts in all sorts of fields at the Dragon Academy of Sciences, and through constant exposure, her knowledge in other areas was quite good too.

Lin Wei asked, "What kind of energy, exactly?"

"Uh, something like radiation, or gamma rays?"

Chen Feng didn't know how to describe something like Spiritual Qi, either.

Lin Wei looked at Chen Feng in surprise.

"Professor Chen, your thinking really runs wild. Other people avoid radiation like the plague, yet you're researching how to absorb it quickly."

Chen Feng explained, "Research in other fields is one of my interests too."

Lin Wei nodded. She was actually the same kind of person as Chen Feng and also liked researching unusual subjects.

"Professor Chen, you know about the Carboniferous period, right?"

"Of course." Chen Feng didn't know why Lin Wei had suddenly asked about the Carboniferous period.

The Carboniferous was a prehistoric era 250 million years ago, and all that remained of it now were some fossils of living things.

Lin Wei continued:

"The Carboniferous was a representative period of great flourishing in the plant world. At that time, plants absorbed large amounts of carbon dioxide and released oxygen, causing oxygen levels to be much higher than they are now."

"And an abundant oxygen supply could help the mitochondria in living cells absorb energy and matter more efficiently. That's also why the plants and animals of that era were generally so large."

Lin Wei went on:

"Although I don't know how to absorb radiation quickly, if there is a way, it must be to create a high-oxygen environment that allows the human body to metabolize rapidly, thereby giving it the ability to absorb large amounts of a certain substance and energy."

Lin Wei's words instantly made everything click for Chen Feng.

That was it!

If his body were in a special high-oxygen environment, perhaps he could absorb more Spiritual Qi.

At that thought, Chen Feng immediately asked:

"How do you create a high-oxygen environment? What equipment do you need?"

Seeing how anxious Chen Feng looked,

Lin Wei was puzzled, but she still answered:

"A hyperbaric oxygen chamber can do it. This kind of equipment is generally used for medical treatment, such as treating certain illnesses related to oxygen deprivation."

"It's also used to help athletes recover their physical strength. A hyperbaric oxygen chamber can help them quickly restore normal oxidative metabolism and promote the recovery of serum enzymes and liver enzymes."

"Great, thank you, Professor Lin!" Chen Feng expressed his heartfelt thanks to Lin Wei.

Her suggestion had given him hope, although he couldn't be sure whether it would work.

But no matter what, Chen Feng intended to give it a try.

"Um... Professor Chen, are you really planning to absorb radiation?"

Lin Wei looked at Chen Feng rather strangely.

The way Chen Feng had acted didn't look like an academic discussion. It looked as though he really intended to absorb radiation.

"Of course not. I'm just curious, that's all. Thank you, Professor Lin. Get some rest early."

Chen Feng then said goodbye to Lin Wei.

He was now eager to get a hyperbaric oxygen chamber and take it to the Painting Scroll World to try it out.