Starting Cultivation During a Trip

Chapter 577: Chapter 282: The Tribulation of Vacuum Refining Form! An Incredible Hypothesis_2

”You...”

Ye Beichen’s voice trembled, and he even forgot his current situation as he took a step forward subconsciously, as if trying to get closer to see the other person’s true face.

”Great Mending Heaven!”

The mysterious figure murmured indifferently, and the white gas around them suddenly boiled, spreading around like it had a life of its own. Wherever it passed, the void fluctuated, like tides surging, stirring up layers of ripples.

”This is...”

Zhang Fan’s eyes flickered, and he saw that the Toad Treasure Mountain in front of him suddenly began to boil like waves, with every scene overlapping like paper sheets.

The white gas spread and boiled, filling the north, south, east, and west.

At this moment, Zhang Fan looked at his own body as if it was merging into this eerie white gas, folding and refolding, with his thoughts and senses melting into the mysterious void.

”Is this the Vacuum Refining Form?” Zhang Fan looked at his distorted body, unable to distinguish whether this was real or illusory.

Everything before his eyes vanished, leaving only the distorted scenery and the boiling white gas.

Whoosh...

At this moment, within the boiling white gas, a figure slowly emerged, precisely the mysterious being practicing the Vacuum Refining Form.

In the boiling white gas, her figure became increasingly blurred, with only a pair of eyes exposed to the air, filled with boundless tenderness and affection as they looked at Zhang Fan.

”Mom? Is it you? You’re... you’re not dead?”

Zhang Fan locked eyes with the mysterious figure, a strange emotion coursing through his heart, familiar yet perplexing.

Buzz...

The mysterious figure oscillated at a profoundly intricate frequency, becoming more blurred, as if suspended between reality and nothingness.

She didn’t speak, slowly lifting her hand, gently reaching towards Zhang Fan as if to caress his face.

The white gas boiled with it, and her hand actually passed through Zhang Fan’s face, dissipating as a fleeting shadow.

”Mom?” Zhang Fan was left speechless in astonishment.

Buzz...

The oscillation frequency of the mysterious figure became increasingly terrifying, the screeching sound piercing the eardrums, and the next moment, it transformed into a mass of white gas, gradually dissipating.

”Mom...”

Zhang Fan’s expression changed drastically as he lunged forward, but the white gas dissipated, leaving the surroundings empty, without a trace of a figure!?

”Was it really mom!?” Zhang Fan furrowed his brow, his heart filled with suspicion.

Clap...

At that moment, a hand reached from behind, placing itself on Zhang Fan’s shoulder.

He turned around instinctively to see a familiar face.

Si Snake Bai Yujing.

”Aunt Bai...”

”You have quite the fortune, able to remain unscathed in such chaos.” Bai Yujing said softly.

”Is it really fortune?” Zhang Fan said strangely, ”Aunt Bai, tell me, is my mom really not dead?”

”Is the one practicing Vacuum Refining Form her?”

Bai Yujing was Li Linglong’s absolute confidante among the Thirteen Zodiacs, and once one of the Five Great Demons.

She should know about Li Linglong.

”That day in Yujing City, she appeared once, and I found it strange at the time...” Zhang Fan said solemnly.

”Tell me, is my mom really not dead?”

Zhang Fan asked again in a steady voice.

”The Nine Great Inner Elixirs, all come with great tribulations...” Bai Yujing changed the subject suddenly.

”Vacuum Refining Form is a technique that exhaustively explores the mysteries of the human body, emphasizing the refinement of form to Qi, and the unity of form and Qi. Once accomplished, it shatters the corporeal form, existing between existence and non-existence...”

With these words, Bai Yujing couldn’t help but sigh.

It’s like a fish living in water, and one day, a fish breaks that barrier, leaping out of the water to touch the air, seeing another side of the world.

Once stepped out, returning to the water becomes difficult, and even if they can return, it’s only for a brief moment.

”This is the tribulation of Vacuum Refining Form, shattering the mortal frame, transforming Qi to void. If one tries to re-enter reality, they will often perish at the barrier of nothingness.” Bai Yujing lamented.

Even she could only vaguely describe the tribulation of Vacuum Refining Form; the actual situation was beyond imagination.

After all, the Nine Great Inner Elixirs are not worldly cultivation techniques, their meanings are difficult for ordinary people to grasp.

”Life in this world, everyone faces tribulation, especially those practicing the Nine Great Inner Elixirs, face the greatest tribulations of the human world...” Zhang Fan pondered.

He practiced the Divine Demon Holy Embryo and naturally understood deeply.

The world considers the Nine Great Inner Elixirs as the Immortal Technique, yet they do not realize this is also a prison, a tribulation, a karmic obstacle...

First, one must undergo tribulation; the greater the tribulation, the greater the fortune.

”How can one break the tribulation?” Zhang Fan couldn’t help but ask.

”She thought of two methods...” Bai Yujing pondered slightly.

”Which two methods!?” Zhang Fan pressed.

”Using the true form of the void to rely on the creation of heaven and earth, recreate a corporeal form, integrating internal and external, shattering the vacuum, and one can achieve great success, completely taking that step.” Bai Yujing said firmly.

”Rely on the creation of heaven and earth... Are you saying...” Zhang Fan’s heart stirred as if he thought of something.

”Innate Spirit Embryo!?”

”Correct!” Bai Yujing nodded.

Vacuum Refining Form is formed by shattering the mundane body into Qi and entering the void undying.

Because of this, the mundane body cannot carry the vacuum Qi.

Only the heaven-born Spirit Embryo can serve as a corporeal form, integrating internal and external, shattering the void, completely manifesting, and breaking through the tribulation.

”No wonder!!”

Zhang Fan suddenly understood.

No wonder Li Linglong appeared here to compete for the innate Spirit Embryo to help her break through the tribulation of Vacuum Refining Form.

”Did they succeed?” Zhang Fan asked further.

”They succeeded.” Bai Yujing nodded.

Who would have thought that the Daoist from Dragon Tiger Mountain who struggled for hundreds of years to wait for the Spirit Embryo nurtured under the Golden Toad Swallowing Pearl pattern would ultimately fall into the hands of a supposedly dead person amidst the contention of the Three Celestial Masters.

Such is time and fate.

Truly, the wonders of creation, the celestial secrets are unpredictable.

”Then in that case...” Zhang Fan’s heart moved, his eyes brightened.

”It’s not that easy.” Bai Yujing noticed his thoughts and shook her head promptly.

”The innate Spirit Embryo is just a hope, seizing it to transform into body acupoints still has a long way to go.”

The innate Spirit Embryo, though lacking a Primordial Spirit, its consciousness nurtured by nature is extremely terrifying. Once born, that trace of initial consciousness will grow ever stronger, attempting to obliterate it is inherently perilous.

This is the first issue.

Even if that consciousness is obliterated, to occupy the innate Spirit Embryo with a mortal foundation is an act against the order, naturally laden with heavy tribulations, and when the great tribulation descends, it’s a near-certain death.

”Indeed, the Nine Great Inner Elixirs are not meant for humans to practice.” Zhang Fan sighed softly.

For the first time, he felt profound despair over the Nine Great Inner Elixirs, for cultivation begins with the descending of great tribulations.

At this moment, Zhang Fan even found it hard to determine whether this was an Immortal Technique or a disaster bringing death.

”Aunt Bai, didn’t you say there’s another way to break the tribulation?” Zhang Fan’s thoughts turned, and he asked.

Bai Yujing hesitated, showing a look of uncertainty before speaking.

”This is merely her speculation and may not necessarily succeed.”

”What?” Zhang Fan was puzzled and asked.

”There’s another alchemy technique in this world, also exploring the mysteries of the human body, but whereas Vacuum Refining Form considers non-action as its root, that branch considers action as its foundation...”

”Existence and non-existence, birth and extinction, are one. If they could reference each other and connect, perhaps a new world could be opened up, altering the scenery, with immortals distinct...” Bai Yujing’s voice was low, and extraordinary light flickered in her eyes.

Listening to Bai Yujing, Zhang Fan’s expression gradually changed. With his current knowledge, he couldn’t help but know what kind of alchemy technique Bai Yujing was referring to.

His heart was surging, his eyes flashing with unusual light, a name rising in his mind, urging to be spoken.

”One of the Nine Great Inner Elixirs...”

”Five Elements Mistaken King!?”