Chapter 24: Did I get plastic surgery? The Banished Immortal

As soon as he stepped out of the secret chamber, Chen Feng felt a lightness beneath his feet.

His body had become incredibly buoyant.

He attempted to push off with his legs, and in just an instant, his figure leaped over a hundred meters, arriving directly at the entrance of the mine.

It was as if he had teleported.

"Is this the first level of Qi Refinement?" Chen Feng looked at his body, his face filled with disbelief.

According to the records in the *Qi Induction Manual*, the first level of Qi Refinement could only mobilize a small portion of the spiritual energy within the body's spiritual apertures.

In almost every physical aspect, one would be indistinguishable from a mortal.

In terms of combat, being able to perform one or two minor spells was considered good, and once the spiritual energy was exhausted, it would take several uses to run dry.

But now, not only did his body look as if it had been smoothed by a beauty filter, but his speed and strength had also increased to an absurd degree.

"Sect Leader, are you alright!" Wang Hu's worried voice rang out as he led his men into the mine.

When they saw Chen Feng standing inside the mine, everyone froze.

Because, in their eyes, Chen Feng's appearance had undergone a world-shaking transformation.

Chen Feng's short hair had vanished, replaced by a cascade of silver hair that flowed over his shoulders like a waterfall. The strands shimmered with a faint silvery light, looking like silk woven from moonlight.

Chen Feng's previous appearance had been considered handsome.

But now, his face looked as if it had been exquisitely carved, and an aura of transcendence radiated from between his brows.

Although they could still tell that the person before them was their Sect Leader, Chen Feng, the feeling he gave them was entirely different.

Wang Hu felt as though the Chen Feng standing in the distance was a banished immortal descended to the mortal realm; that otherworldly temperament simply did not belong to a human.

Seeing their stunned expressions, Chen Feng immediately touched his face. Only then did he realize his hair had grown long and changed color.

"You all, get out first!" Chen Feng said indifferently.

Reacting instantly, Wang Hu shouted to those around him, "Everyone, get out!"

At this moment, Wang Hu's heart was filled with shock. He wondered if Chen Feng had actually achieved immortality.

Just by making eye contact with Chen Feng, he felt as though he were being seen completely through. It was a gaze he had never encountered before—one filled with mystery and depth.

After Wang Hu and his group left.

Chen Feng returned to the secret chamber and found a mirror. When he saw his reflection, he was also stunned.

"Did I just get plastic surgery?"

He could hardly believe the person in the mirror was himself.

"I have only reached the first level of Qi Refinement. Why has such a massive change occurred? Where exactly did things go wrong?"

Chen Feng grew worried and began to examine his body in detail.

Soon, he discovered that the reason for this appearance was related to the spiritual apertures within his body.

His spiritual apertures were emitting a starlight-like glow, and a continuous stream of spiritual energy was radiating from them, spreading throughout his entire body.

Chen Feng immediately controlled his spiritual apertures to withdraw the spiritual energy within his body.

As the spiritual energy was pulled back, his silver hair reverted to his previous short style at a visible speed, and his body returned to its former state.

The sense of lightness also vanished.

"Could it be that absorbing too much spiritual energy caused a mutation in the spiritual apertures?" Chen Feng speculated.

Fortunately, he could return to his original appearance. If he had returned to the modern world in that state, he would certainly have been taken away for research.

Chen Feng glanced at the messy secret chamber without paying it any mind. He closed the teleportation channel and walked out of the mine.

At the entrance of the mine, Wang Hu was reprimanding a dozen men

"No one is to speak of today's events. If anyone dares to utter a single word, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

A fierce expression appeared on Wang Hu's face.

Although he didn't know exactly what kind of change had occurred to Chen Feng, it certainly had something to do with being an immortal.

Once people found out Chen Feng was practicing immortality, the entire State of Yue would likely come looking for trouble.

An immortal—that was what every martial artist yearned for.

The dozen or so martial artists of the Xingfeng Sect nodded like chickens pecking at grain.

Since experiencing the last betrayal, Wang Hu's personality had matured significantly; he no longer trusted people easily.

In this life, he would only trust Chen Feng. Thus, he had already made a decision: these people must be kept strictly within the Xingfeng Sect.

If anyone dared to leave, he would kill them without hesitation.

"Sect Leader!"

A martial artist spotted Chen Feng emerging from the mine.

Wang Hu also saw him immediately. Seeing that Chen Feng's appearance had returned to normal, he was slightly surprised.

"Sect Leader, are you alright?" Wang Hu asked with concern.

Chen Feng waved his hand. "I'm fine. Send someone in to clean up the secret chamber."

Wang Hu quickly arranged for someone to clean the chamber.

At this time, Chen Feng noticed that some of the Xingfeng Sect's buildings had collapsed, and even some trees on the mine mountain had been snapped in half.

"What happened?"

Wang Hu explained, "Sect Leader, about an hour after you entered seclusion, the entire Xingfeng Sect was suddenly hit by violent winds for some reason. A mysterious force appeared within the sect, and then everything turned into this."

Hearing Wang Hu's explanation, Chen Feng immediately understood that the mysterious force was likely the spiritual energy.

He hadn't expected that using the hyperbaric oxygen chamber would cause such a massive disturbance.

At this moment, Chen Feng also realized why the chamber had exploded: it was because there was simply too much spiritual energy for it to withstand.

Wang Hu asked hesitantly, "Sect Leader, have you become an immortal?"

Looking at Wang Hu's anxious eyes, Chen Feng replied with a smile, "Not quite, but I am attempting to."

Hearing Chen Feng's words, Wang Hu immediately broke into a simple, honest smile.

"I knew all along that the Sect Leader was no ordinary man."

In less than half an hour, the secret chamber had been cleaned. Chen Feng told Wang Hu he needed to continue his seclusion and returned to the chamber.

Actually, Chen Feng planned to make a trip back to the modern world. Given his current physical condition, he needed to ask Lin Wei.

It was Lin Wei who had told him about this method of using a hyperbaric oxygen chamber to absorb spiritual energy.

He didn't know if his current state would be dangerous.

After all, using modern technology to assist in immortal cultivation was something no one had ever attempted before.

***

Modern World, Research Lab.

Lin Wei looked at the metal block in her hand with a satisfied expression.

"Both the hardness and lightness have improved significantly, but this isn't the limit yet."

Lin Wei had been researching Solar Iron lately, and the piece in her hand was her latest successful improvement.

The strength of this piece of Solar Iron was about ten percent higher than before.

Although she hadn't fully researched seventy percent of the substances within Solar Iron, the strength could still be increased further by processing and fusing it with other metals.

"Professor Lin!" Chen Feng's voice arrived as he entered the laboratory.

Lin Wei's eyes lit up upon seeing Chen Feng, and she immediately asked, "Have you tried absorbing the radiation yet? How were the results?"

Looking at Lin Wei's expectant eyes, Chen Feng was momentarily speechless.

"Professor Lin, didn't I say? I'm not absorbing radiation myself; I'm just engaging in academic discussion with you."

Lin Wei actually believed he had gone to absorb radiation.

Who would actually go absorb radiation? That would be like being tired of living.

He wondered what kind of logic this woman operated on.

"I understand, I understand. So, Professor Chen, what brings you here this time?"

Lin Wei gave a knowing smile and did not press him further.