Chapter 160: Nine Great Internal Dan Methods, Vacuum Refining Form! This is High Merit

The moon, like a fox's eye, looked indifferently at the human world.

On the cold street, the chilly night wind rose, blowing a few fallen leaves away.

At this moment, everyone was a bit dazed, staring blankly at Li Linglang. Just a moment ago, killing intent was everywhere, but now she was looking around in a daze...

Not just her, everyone's expression became strange, and a strange feeling rose in their hearts.

Just now, on this cold street, in this gloomy night, someone seemed to be speaking, but what was said, they had forgotten...

Right now, that person seemed to be right before their eyes, but where they were, they couldn't see.

However, everyone in their hearts was extremely certain...

At this time, in this place, someone had appeared out of thin air, right before their eyes.

"I knew you weren't dead yet. Come out." Li Linglang clenched her hands, biting her silver teeth.

"Ten thousand kalpas and a thousand lives to obtain a human body; one must know the cause planted in the previous life. Awaken quickly, leave the maze, do not let reincarnation suffer hardship."

Suddenly, that faint voice sounded again, filled with intense mystery and the unknown.

"Being a human is not easy. The great calamity has arrived; do you still not know how to return?"

"The Great Dao has always had ten thousand paths; who is not on a lost path?" Li Linglang sneered: "Since everyone is on a lost path, how can one know how to return?"

"Times have changed. When it comes to reasoning, you cannot out-reason me. If you don't come out, I am going to kill."

As she spoke, Li Linglang's gaze narrowed into a line, and thick killing intent erupted, locking onto Zhang Fan not far away. Black lightning lived and died around her, and the terrifying aura made experts like Liu Fusheng feel like they were facing a great enemy, sweat seeping from his forehead.

"As you wish!"

As the words fell, the night wind on the cold street stopped abruptly. Everyone widened their eyes, watching this scene, all revealing expressions of shock.

"That... what is that!?"

Rumble...

In the sky, a clap of thunder sounded, and lightning tore through the black clouds.

At this time, in the Li family mansion, in an empty room, only a candle was lit, illuminating that graceful and charming figure.

"Sister Yun..."

A respectful voice came from outside the door.

"Come in." The graceful woman looked out the window.

The door opened, and a middle-aged man in a crisp suit walked in, respectful, not even daring to look directly at the graceful woman wearing only pajamas.

"Where is Yishan?"

"Young Master is not here. During this time, Young Master's whereabouts have become increasingly elusive." The middle-aged man said in a deep voice.

"The Double Ninth Festival is coming soon. Nine is Yang; double nine is the Double Ninth. That is a pass for him..." The graceful woman sighed.

"No one can help him; he can only rely on himself. Don't worry about it."

"Yes, Sister Yun, you really have it hard." The middle-aged man nodded, but in his heart, he sighed.

As a stepmother, she was worrying more than a biological mother. To be a stepmother like this was hard to find in the world.

"Who let me have only this one son." The graceful woman swirled the crystal wine glass in her hand, her eyes looking out the window, somewhat dazed.

Rumble...

Just then, a clap of thunder sounded in the sky, and black clouds rolled, obscuring the bright moon.

"Hmm!?"

The graceful woman raised an eyebrow, and her previously leisurely expression changed instantly.

"Sister Yun, what's wrong?" The middle-aged man sensed the abnormality and couldn't help but ask.

"Didn't you see it?"

"The weather has changed." The middle-aged man looked out the window and said casually.

Rumble...

Just then, in the sky, another clap of thunder rang out, accompanied by the sound of the crystal glass in the graceful woman's hand shattering, and the crystal-clear wine spilled all over the floor.

"Sister Yun..." The middle-aged man's face changed drastically, but he saw the graceful woman had already stood up and walked to the window.

"The Great Void is me; first empty the body. Once the body is empty, heaven and earth are also empty. Once heaven and earth are empty, the Great Void is also empty. Emptying what is empty is the Vacuum..." The graceful woman murmured softly, but a solemn expression appeared on her beautiful face.

She could feel that the sky over Yujing City seemed to have an extra layer of film. The vast Yujing City was like an egg in a shell, seemingly there yet not there, seemingly not there yet there, visible yet invisible, observable yet unobservable. Everything had become subtle.

"Sister Yun, there is a great expert..." The middle-aged man's expression shifted slightly, finally sensing the unusual.

"That is not an ordinary great expert..."

The graceful woman's expression was solemn: "I didn't expect that there really is someone in this world who can master this method..."

"Nine Great Internal Dan Methods, Vacuum Refining Form!"

At this moment, on the cold street, a white airflow manifested out of thin air, condensing into a shape...

It seemed to be a woman, tall and slender, her appearance blurred. The surging white airflow seemed like her robes, swaying in the wind. Such a strange existence appeared before Li Linglang.

"What is that thing!?"

Zhang Fan's gaze sank, looking in disbelief at the near-human white airflow before him.

Since he began practicing, although he had profound Daoist attainments, he had never seen such a special existence...

That mass of white airflow seemed to have life, power, and will... manifesting out of thin air, naturally.

"The Vacuum is not empty, giving birth to wonderful existence; wonderful existence returns to emptiness to refine the True Form..."

Liu Fusheng murmured softly, his narrowed eyes revealing intense shock.

His knowledge was, after all, not something Zhang Fan could compare to. After observing slightly, he saw a clue.

"Liu Shu, what is this thing?"

"If I am not mistaken... this should be one of the Nine Great Legendary Internal Dan Methods..."

"Vacuum Refining Form!"

"Vacuum Refining Form!?"

Once these words were spoken, even the Liu brothers' expressions changed. Although they hadn't eaten pork, they had seen pigs run.

Vacuum Refining Form ranks among the Nine Great Legendary Internal Dan Methods.

It is said that once this method is mastered, the form refines into Qi, form and Qi are one; when scattered, they become Qi, when gathered, they become form. There is a body outside the body, and a heaven outside of heaven.

"Sister Yun, is this really 【Vacuum Refining Form】? This..."

In the Li family mansion, the middle-aged man looked at the sudden strange phenomenon in the sky and asked in disbelief.

"Form is perfected by the Dao, life is extended by technique. This method is to steal the infinite primordial Qi to continue the limited physical body, extract Yin to refine dregs, and Pure Yang transforms into an immortal..." The graceful woman said in a deep voice.

Vacuum Refining Form, since it ranks among the Nine Great Internal Dan Methods, the difficulty of cultivation can be imagined.

To master this method, there is a sixteen-character secret formula: 【Internally abandon heart-thoughts, externally abandon ten thousand conditions, suddenly forget heaven and earth, shatter the physical body】. Only then can one comprehend the mystery of this method.

Internally abandoning heart-thoughts means to empty one's cultivation, the Nascent Soul is empty, as if dead yet alive.

Externally abandoning ten thousand conditions means to cut off all connections with this world, to comprehend the mystery of the Vacuum. Whether it is parental affection, husband and wife love, or children's bloodline, once ten thousand conditions are extinguished, one enters the Vacuum.

Suddenly forgetting heaven and earth; reaching this realm, heaven, earth, life, and death are all forgotten. Seeing that flash of spiritual light, only then is there a possibility of entering the method.

The last step is to shatter the physical body. Only by destroying the physical body can one hope to refine the True Form in the Vacuum.

These sixteen characters of the secret formula, each one is harder than the last, with trials upon trials, and ten thousand difficulties.

Throughout history, those who have been able to master this method are few and far between.

"The Nine Great Internal Dan Methods, each one is extremely difficult to practice, with passes upon passes, transcending life and death..." The graceful woman said in a deep voice.

"I didn't expect that in this generation, someone would actually master 【Vacuum Refining Form】."

"【Divine Demon Holy Fetus】!"

"【Heaven and Earth Seizing Luck】!"

"【Jia Sheng Gui Si】!"

"【Five Elements Wrong King】!"

The Nine Great Legendary Internal Dan Methods, every hundred years, there might not even be one person who masters one of them.

But now, as far as she knew, there were four great methods that had been mastered, and now there was an extra 【Vacuum Refining Form】...

"In the age of Dharma-ending, yet seeing the holy light of all methods... this era is destined to be different!" The graceful woman's gaze narrowed into a line, looking at the faint sky, lightning crisscrossing.

Rumble...

On the cold street, Li Linglang was panting, and the terrifying pressure came from the strange, white, drifting airflow before her, suppressing her Nascent Soul.

"Too strong... is this Daoist magic of the human world!?"

The Liu brothers looked at each other, their faces filled with shock.

In their eyes, Li Linglang was already terrifying and strong enough that even the Nine-Fingered Talisman Demon was no match for her, but in front of this human shape condensed from white Qi, all her means were like nothing.

"Thunder Evil!"

Li Linglang gave a low shout, and the black thunder around her seemed to revive its will, rushing outward frantically. Bolts like wild snakes rose from the ground, cracking the earth, and instantly spread throughout the entire street.

The terrifying power was like a dam bursting, pressing toward the white airflow figure.

"What kind of thunder magic is this?" Zhang Fan watched, his heart shocked.

He had seen profound thunder magic, such as Xia Weisheng's 【Five Thunders Orthodox Method】...

But in front of this black thunder, Xia Weisheng's Five Thunders Orthodox Method couldn't even be considered a small spark.

Hum...

The figure transformed from the white airflow stood motionless. The black thunder had just touched her side when it immediately dissipated into nothingness, and a large amount of white airflow escaped from that figure.

"Thunder magic enters the Vacuum, having-action transforms into formlessness." Zhang Fan watched, feeling all kinds of mysteries flowing in his heart.

Rumble...

More and more white airflow flowed from that strange figure, instantly enveloping Li Linglang.

"Vacuum Refining Form... you actually mastered it... you used the great calamity ten years ago to cut off your physical body... you husband and wife... one is more ruthless than the other!"

Li Linglang gritted her teeth, a strange brilliance flashing in her eyes.

The white airflow became more intense, and in an instant, it spread across half the street...

It was like a behemoth, swallowing Li Linglang, who had been arrogant just a moment ago.

"Form refines into Qi, form and Qi are one, Vacuum has wonderful existence, wonderful existence refines form..."

At this time, Zhang Fan was also trapped in the white fog. He felt that every wisp of airflow seemed to possess a will, wriggling, changing, living, and dying...

The method of having-action drives non-action, wonderful existence is born in the Vacuum.

Rumble...

I don't know how much time passed, but the white fog on the street slowly dissipated. Zhang Fan rushed out, looking left and right, but Li Linglang's figure was long gone.

"Bai Yujing!"

Zhang Fan's heart skipped a beat. He observed with his Nascent Soul, but there was no trace of Si She.

"Gone!?"

Zhang Fan's expression sank, his eyes deep and uncertain.

"That crazy woman finally left."

Just then, Liu Fusheng walked over, letting out a long sigh of relief.

It must be said that with his cultivation, he was ultimately no match for Li Linglang.

"Liu Shu, what exactly is going on? Who was that woman just now? What is her relationship with my mother?" Zhang Fan asked in a deep voice.

"You heard it too. She said it herself, she is a relative of your family." Liu Fusheng said indifferently.

"Why would a relative want to kill me?" Zhang Fan said with a strange expression.

"Can't a relative kill you?" Liu Fusheng asked back.

"..."

"It's normal for relatives to kill. The mess in your family is simply too chaotic. Don't ask me; I really don't know." Liu Fusheng looked at Zhang Fan's appearance of wanting to pursue the question and hurriedly said.

"I don't care. You must contact my father quickly. You saw it too; a lunatic appears at every turn to kill me. Tell him, if he doesn't want to be without a son to hold his funeral, he had better not show up." Zhang Fan said with an ugly expression.

Just now, if that mysterious expert hadn't appeared, his life would likely have been lost today.

"If your father doesn't show up, you will be safe." Liu Fusheng reminded.

"Are you sure?" Zhang Fan glanced at him, seemingly reminding Liu Fusheng of everything that had just happened.

"This is an accident. How many crazy women like this can there be?" Liu Fusheng said awkwardly.

"Liu Shu, do you think this relative of ours is dead?" Zhang Fan couldn't help but ask.

Vacuum Refining Form, this kind of method is ridiculously powerful and bizarre. Even Li Linglang, facing this method, had no power to parry.

"I don't know. Regardless of life or death, in the short term, she shouldn't come looking for you again." Liu Fusheng said in a deep voice.

"Who was that just now? Vacuum Refining Form, being able to master one of the Nine Great Internal Dan Methods, definitely won't be a nobody." Zhang Fan frowned.

This method is simply too powerful. Vacuum gives birth to wonderful existence, wonderful existence returns to Vacuum. Everything, form, sound, method... seems to be between existence and non-existence, and one cannot even leave a trace in one's heart.

Even Liu Fusheng, with his profound cultivation, faintly remembered a trace of that mysterious expert's aura.

"This person's aura is very special. I don't think I have seen it before..." Liu Fusheng said somewhat uncertainly.

After all, the other party practiced 【Vacuum Refining Form】. To achieve this method, one must destroy everything, escape into the Vacuum, and refine the True Form. Even if seen before, this person would definitely be different from before.

"Fan-ge..."

Just then, the two brothers, Liu Xingyu and Liu Xingchui, walked over, their expressions terrified and uneasy. The way they looked at Zhang Fan was evasive.

At this moment, even if the two brothers were pigs, they could see that Zhang Fan was not an ordinary Zhenwu Mountain disciple; he was hiding many secrets.

Not to mention anything else, being able to attract such an expert to want his life was not something an ordinary person could do, not to mention that standing beside him was the Nine-Fingered Talisman Demon who was once famous throughout the world.

Thinking of this, the Liu brothers subconsciously looked at Liu Fusheng beside them, only to see Liu Fusheng acting as if no one was there, taking out a nail clipper and clipping his nails.

"Some redundant things should be cut off in time, lest they prick you when you don't know when." Liu Fusheng said indifferently.

Once these words were spoken, the Liu brothers' faces twitched, and their legs were shaking so much they almost knelt down.

"Fan-ge, we didn't see anything..." Liu Xingchui was almost crying, hurriedly expressing his loyalty.

"Don't be nervous. It doesn't matter if you saw it. Come, go home, take a bath, and get some sleep."

Zhang Fan hugged the brothers' shoulders and comforted them.

"Other things, we will talk about tomorrow."

"Can we still have a tomorrow!?" Liu Xingyu looked at Zhang Fan excitedly, tears faintly shimmering in the corners of his eyes.

"I suppose so." Zhang Fan chuckled.

It was late at night.

Returning to Hongfu Huayuan, Zhang Fan felt unprecedented fatigue.

If he fell asleep, he could probably sleep an hour or two longer than usual.

However, at this time, Zhang Fan sat cross-legged in meditation, recalling the feeling of being immersed in the white airflow just now.

"Use non-action as the application, existence is born from non-existence..."

"Vacuum gives birth to wonderful existence, everything is sought within..."

"Existence and non-existence, life and death, North and South, water and fire, dragon and tiger..."

Zhang Fan's Nascent Soul left his body and circled, streams of spiritual light flickering and intertwining, the mysterious scriptures chanting, and many key points were suddenly enlightened at this moment.

Killing turns into life, existence is born from non-existence...

All mysteries are hidden in that innate Nascent Soul.

All Daoist methods also come from that innate Nascent Soul.

Seeking outward, ten thousand years are the same; seeking inward, creating something from nothing.

"So, this is High Merit!"

Just then, a whisper rang out, and True Fire rose around Zhang Fan's Nascent Soul. A wisp of golden light flickered, condensing into a shape, resembling that immortal spirituality, forming that holy lotus flower.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 161 =====