Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Baptism

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Xia Ping’an, whose eyes were closed, was unaware of what was happening in the outside world. After the ancient tribe became a mass of light and mist and disappeared, Xia Ping’an felt that his entire body was warm. A surge of power was cleansing his entire body, causing his body to feel numb. It was as though a gentle current of electricity was flowing through his body. It was inexplicably comfortable.

Under the cleansing power, Xia Ping’an felt the flesh, bones, and muscles in his body being pried open layer by layer. Impurities in his body were being extracted by this energy from his body.

When the comfortable sensation completely disappeared, Xia Ping’an immediately noticed that there was another mysterious space in his consciousness. The space was filled with black mist. Within the black mist, there seemed to be a cave that was being lit up.

A mass of golden flame was burning on the ground in the cave. The golden flames dispelled the surrounding darkness in the space of his consciousness, establishing small domains of light.

Behind the golden flames, there was a floating statue of Suiren, carved from white jade that had an ancient aura on it. The color of the figure and background of the floating statue of white jade was the same. They were both flesh in color. However, behind the figure of Suiren on the floating statue, there was a brightly colored flame totem. It seemed lifelike.

Above the flame totem and the stone wall, there were 16 golden balls of light floating. They were larger than fireflies, almost the size of pigeon eggs. The balls of light were surrounded by endless black mist.Fiind updated novels at novelhall.com

Xia Ping’an reached out to one of the balls of light with his mind. The ball of light floated away and then returned to its position when he retracted.

Interesting!

The mass of golden divine fire did not respond when he reached out to it with his mind.

The statue of Suiren on the stone wall also did not react to his consciousness. However, when Xia Ping’an reached out towards the brightly colored flame totem behind Suiren with his mind, he felt that the totem was empty inside. Xia Ping’an felt as though it could be filled with something.

It seemed that he had reaped a lot of benefits this time around.

Xia Ping’an’s consciousness shifted. He pondered for a moment and did not do anything rashly. Instead, he retracted his mind from the mysterious domain in his consciousness and then opened his eyes.

He was still in Room 999. Nothing in the room had changed.

Didn’t they say that there was the mystery of the boundaries after merging with the boundary beads?

However, when Xia Ping’an opened his eyes, he discovered that he could actually recall everything that occurred in the boundary bead.

His experience of becoming Suiren and teaching the tribesmen to create fire from drilling wood together in the boundary bead was still fresh in his mind.

Did the mystery of the boundaries actually have no effect on him?

The so-called merging with of the divine fire boundary bead was just becoming Suiren and going through the process of generating fire from drilling wood together. This process was also deeply ingrained in Chinese history.

Xia Ping’an was moved. He seemed to realize something, but his face remained expressionless.

“It’s still luck after all!” Tu Polu rubbed his head and revealed a knowing look.

Luck?

Xia Ping’an kept his lips sealed and did not say a word.

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Next, Big Zhou from the armory appeared on the screen. He grinned at Xia Ping’an and said, “Kid, congratulations. You have just successfully merged with the divine fire boundary bead and have experienced a perfect baptism. Your physical abilities will improve by leaps and bounds. Before this, didn’t you complain that the recoil of the gun was too huge and it was a little hectic for you to swing the Black Cobra steel whip? Now, you should be able to use them at ease.”

“Alright. Thank you, Uncle Zhou!”

“You’re welcome. Those things are meant for you to use after you have ignited the divine fire. It’s just that I didn’t expect you to perform so exceptionally well.”

Big Zhou was very pleased to hear Xia Ping’an addressing him as Uncle Zhou. Xia Ping’an was much more polite than the b*stard Li Yunzhou. At the very least, Xia Ping’an knew how to respect his elders and he did not act all arrogantly just because he had a perfect merge.

“Alright, everyone, keep your conversation for later after he comes out.” Mo Yanshao’s face appeared on the screen again. He instructed Xia Ping’an, “Return to your own room and have a good shower first. After you have changed, come down to the multipurpose training ground. If you’ve any questions, we’ll discuss it there.”

After Mo Yanshao said this, the screen turned black, and it slowly ascended back into the ceiling.

Only then did Xia Ping’an stand up.

When Xia Ping’an stood up, he realized that his entire body seemed different. Just now, he was sitting cross-legged. Without moving his arms and waist, he could stand up straight by having his legs exert a little force. Even though this action appeared simple, it required very strong thigh muscles and the coordination of all the muscles in his entire body. Prior to this, he couldn’t have done it.

Just when Xia Ping’an was still amazed by his movement, he suddenly felt all the bones in his body itching. He couldn’t help but slightly twist his body. To his surprise, a stretch caused all the joints in his body to let out a series of popping sounds. The sounds rang in Xia Ping’an’s ears, making him feel like a string of firecrackers had exploded in his body.

After the pops, Xia Ping’an felt that his body was light, nimble, and full of energy from top to bottom. It was as though he had switched into a new body.

Right now, his body was in too disgusting of a state. He needed to have a shower first.

Xia Ping’an stood up and immediately opened the door of Training Room 999. He walked out and returned to his own room, Room 963. The two rooms weren’t far from one another.

After half an hour of having a nice, soothing shower in his room and changing his clothes, Xia Ping’an immediately went to the multipurpose training ground underneath the building.

He was surprised to see that Dr. Huang, Mo Yanshao, Tu Polu, Cao Xinghua, An Qing, Li Yunzhou, Fang Lingshan as well as Big Zhou had all gathered and were waiting at the multipurpose training ground.

Almost everyone in the Special Forces Unit had gathered.

When they saw Xia Ping’an coming, all their gazes landed on him.

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