He's One of My Kind!

The hyperbaric oxygen chamber had been delivered to the warehouse entrance, where a large group of workers had gathered around, curious about what it was.

"What did the boss buy?"

"No idea. Looks like some kind of high-tech thing."

"That thing must have cost a fortune, right?"

It was time to get off work and eat, so the workers had gathered to watch.

Not far away, Lin Wei came over with several researchers. When she saw the hyperbaric oxygen chamber, she froze.

"A hyperbaric oxygen chamber!"

With her knowledge, Lin Wei recognized the chamber at a glance.

She hadn't expected Chen Feng to actually get his hands on a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. She had only made a suggestion to him back then.

"Professor Lin, what did Professor Chen buy this hyperbaric oxygen chamber for? Could he have some illness related to oxygen deprivation?"

A researcher asked in puzzlement.

Hyperbaric oxygen chambers were generally used only for medical conditions.

Chen Feng was so young, and he didn't look sick, either.

Lin Wei said:

"He isn't sick. He just bought it to try absorbing gamma rays and radiation. Professor Chen is a researcher who dares to experiment boldly. You should learn from him."

"Huh?" The researchers were all dumbfounded.

How did a medical device like a hyperbaric oxygen chamber have anything to do with radiation?

Lin Wei gazed at the chamber, her eyes full of anticipation.

She truly hoped Chen Feng was using it to absorb radiation. Research required the courage to seek breakthroughs from angles others didn't dare imagine.

Chen Feng's way of thinking was very much to her taste. She felt that he was one of her kind.

Lin Wei was obsessed with research, and constant innovation was her goal.

Although she had joined the Dragon Academy of Sciences, the people there were too rigid. They were overly cautious in their research, and once they decided something wouldn't work, they wouldn't even try it.

That was also why she had volunteered to come to Xingfeng Mining.

Because she had seen innovation in the Blazing Sun Iron.

"Come on, let's go back! Back to work."

Lin Wei left with the researchers. She planned to ask Chen Feng about the results of his experiment after some time had passed.

If Chen Feng really used the hyperbaric oxygen chamber to absorb radiation quickly, whether the results were good or bad,

it would undoubtedly be an entirely new breakthrough.

Chen Feng had no idea that a female research fanatic had already taken him for one of her kind.

At that moment, he was driving a forklift to bring the hyperbaric oxygen chamber into the warehouse.

The thing was simply too big. There was no way to get it into the room in the warehouse, so he had to bring the scroll out of the room instead.

Although the scroll was small, Chen Feng had tried it before. Even objects larger than the scroll would shrink after coming into contact with its waterlike ripples.

Soon, Chen Feng drove the forklift into the warehouse alone.

He shut the warehouse doors, then took out the scroll and hung it on the wall.

He started the forklift and slowly brought the hyperbaric oxygen chamber in front of the scroll.

Waterlike ripples appeared, and the enormous chamber vanished in the blink of an eye.

The scroll returned to stillness.

Chen Feng immediately jumped off the forklift, put away the scroll, and hung it back up in the warehouse room. Then he entered the Painting Scroll World.

As soon as he entered the Painting Scroll World, Chen Feng nearly ran into the hyperbaric oxygen chamber in front of him.

Fortunately, his secret chamber was big enough that fitting a hyperbaric oxygen chamber inside was no problem.

Chen Feng didn't begin cultivating right away. Instead, he left the secret chamber and found Wang Hu.

He told Wang Hu that he was going into seclusion and instructed him to stand guard at the entrance to the abandoned mine with his men, allowing no one to enter.

When Wang Hu heard that Chen Feng was going into seclusion, he immediately called over a dozen men to guard the entrance to the abandoned mine with him.

Back in the secret chamber, Chen Feng connected the hyperbaric oxygen chamber to the generator and switched it on.

The indicator lit up, displaying adjustable values for oxygen concentration and atmospheric pressure.

"Let's try setting it to the maximum first and see what happens."

Chen Feng wasn't worried about anything going wrong. There were separate controls inside the hyperbaric oxygen chamber, so he could stop at any time if he felt unwell.

Chen Feng adjusted the oxygen concentration to fifty percent.

That was the highest oxygen concentration setting. Once he had set it, Chen Feng entered the hyperbaric oxygen chamber.

He sat cross-legged and began absorbing the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth according to the Qi Induction Art.

In an instant, more than several times the previous amount of Spiritual Qi surged into Chen Feng's body.

Chen Feng was immediately thrilled.

"It actually works!"

Not daring to waste time, Chen Feng hurriedly guided the vast Spiritual Qi through his body.

As a large amount of Spiritual Qi entered him, Chen Feng felt as though something inside his body was slowly appearing.

For the first time, Chen Feng sensed the emergence of his Spirit Aperture. It was located at his Dantian and was a dull grayish black.

According to the Qi Induction Art,

when the Spirit Aperture shone, it meant one had taken the first step on the path of immortal cultivation: the First Level of Qi Refining.

At this realm, the Spirit Aperture could store Spiritual Qi, and one could also use a small amount of it.

Chen Feng continued cultivating. He intended to activate his Spirit Aperture and enter the Qi Refining First Layer in one go.

Time slowly passed. Three hours went by.

Chen Feng had completely lost track of time. In this state of cultivation, his mind was entirely focused on guiding Spiritual Qi into his Spirit Aperture.

By now, almost all the gray in the Spirit Aperture had disappeared.

But it still needed more Spiritual Qi before it could shine.

Another five hours passed in the blink of an eye, and the sky outside had grown bright.

Just then, the Spirit Aperture in Chen Feng's body suddenly began to shine.

The Spirit Aperture radiated light like a brilliant star, with a faint layer of purple light around it.

Chen Feng was puzzled.

According to the Qi Induction Art, an activated Spirit Aperture should emit a pale blue light, but his Spirit Aperture glowed like this instead.

It made him wonder whether he had gone wrong somewhere.

Just as the thought crossed Chen Feng's mind, an explosion rang out beside his ears.

The entire hyperbaric oxygen chamber was instantly blasted to pieces.

Chen Feng opened his eyes and looked around warily.

The hyperbaric oxygen chamber, which weighed nearly a ton, had been reduced to fragments scattered across the floor. The furniture, electrical appliances, and everything else in the room had been destroyed along with it, as though they had been crushed and burst apart by some tremendous force.

"This..."

Chen Feng was completely stunned.

He hadn't noticed anyone appearing. He was the only person in the entire secret chamber.

What surprised Chen Feng most was that, though he had been at the center of the explosion, he was completely unharmed.

Chen Feng stood up and looked at his body. He was completely naked; his clothes were long gone.

Compared to before, his skin had become somewhat translucent. On closer inspection, it even had a faint glow.

"Does the Qi Refining First Layer bring such a huge change?"

Chen Feng was utterly shocked.

He could feel that his five senses had risen to a new level. He could even see tiny specks of dust falling through the air.

He could even hear Wang Hu calling out from beyond the abandoned mine.

The voice sounded as though it were right beside his ear.

"Sect Master, are you all right?"

"Sect Master!"

The calls from outside kept coming. Chen Feng didn't have time to examine the changes in his body in detail, so he quickly put on a set of clothes and left the secret chamber.