Chapter 9: The Black Vortex
Since Gu Yang left, Ling Fan has practiced unremittingly every day. It took Ling Fan more than half a year just to practice maintaining the stability of the aura group.
Just like Gu Yang taught him, at first, Ling Fan could only rely on strong means to maintain the stability of the aura group, but the aura group was like a rebellious child, the more you forcibly restrain it, the more fierce it resisted. Especially in the center of the aura group, those active aura were forcibly imprisoned by Ling Fan, which only made them even more irritable.
Gradually, Ling Fan found that this didn't work at all, so he began to try to use his own consciousness to contact those active aura, trying to appease them as much as possible, although there were some changes, but the effect was still not ideal.
What method would be used to make them quiet and stable? This question made Ling Fan wonder if it continued like this, when would Ling Fan start compressing and refining the spiritual energy.
Ling Fan was upset at the thought of this.
Tempering the Aura...... Wait a minute, Ling Fan suddenly remembered what Gu Yang had said when he taught him, compressing and refining the spiritual energy should be compressed one by one from the inside out. Inside out, inside out...... Ling Fan always felt that there was something abnormal, and it was normal to operate better from the outside in, which was a bit unreasonable. Common sense...... Yes, Ling Fan suddenly thought about how to restrain those active auras before, so what would be the effect if he violated common sense and stopped restraining them, thinking of this, Ling Fan decided to give it a try.
Ling Fan gathered a good aura group, but this time it was different from before, he first used his consciousness to appease the aura in the center, and then just when these aura wanted to break through the constraints, Ling Fan manipulated the layers of aura outside to make way for them, they were not hindered but happy like a child, and after leaving the center, they also wanted to take away the other layers of aura as well.
However, the other layers of aura were controlled by Ling Fan, and they stayed there quietly. These active auras continued to swell out helplessly, trying to pull away some partners every time they passed through a layer, and after trying a few more times without success, these active auras became a little depressed.
Ling Fan was also a little worried, if he really let them come out of the aura mass, then the aura mass would collapse. Ling Fan carefully observed these active aura, the speed at which they walked outward was getting slower and slower, although they were usually restrained, but the layers of aura surrounded them as if they were the focus, but now they ignored them and were completely isolated.
The active aura stopped after walking for a while, and it seemed that it couldn't bear the loneliness and took the initiative to return to the center. This made Ling Fan a little happy, and he controlled the layers of aura to wrap them. The aura mass has changed to its previous intact appearance, although it has returned to the same restraint as before, but these active aura seem to have become very enjoyable, and they no longer resist, the aura mass at this moment makes Ling Fan feel that it is more stable than before.
Whew, Ling Fan breathed a sigh of relief, his understanding of aura was more profound, everything has a spirit, even the most ordinary aura is no exception, they are also individuals, Ling Fan should not use them as a tool for cultivation, but as a friend, a cordial and friendly exchange. Ling Fan's understanding was probably something that even those so-called powerful cultivators couldn't understand.
After successfully solving the problem of stabilizing the aura mass, Ling Fan was not in a hurry to compress and refine the aura mass. Instead, he began to try to communicate with the aura around him according to his bold ideas. However, Ling Fan's aura that tried to communicate didn't seem to buy Ling Fan's account.
Ling Fan tried to use his consciousness to contact the aura, but the auras avoided Ling Fan's consciousness and seemed unwilling to communicate with him. Ling Fan could only gather the aura mass, and then slowly communicate with the aura from within the aura group. Then Ling Fan took the initiative to break the aura group, and then used his consciousness to follow these aura auras that formed the aura group, trying to communicate little by little. And the surrounding aura also seemed to sense that Ling Fan had no malicious intent, and gradually began to get closer to Ling Fan.
Ling Fan spent half a year to establish a favorable relationship with the aura, with his innate super perception, the current Ling Fan can finally be said to have initial results, as long as Ling Fan beckons the surrounding aura, it will gather, and the current Ling Fan can't help but think of the time when he was on the Tianyuan Mountain before, and the auras are actively approaching Ling Fan.
Almost, Ling Fan felt that it was time to start compressing and refining the aura, and then absorb the aura for cultivation. According to the method taught to him by Gu Yang, Ling Fan compressed it from the inside little by little, originally thought that it would be very difficult, but the aura seemed to be very obedient to accept Ling Fan's ideas and control, and the aura mass was easily compressed layer by layer, gradually becoming smaller and more pure.
Even if Ling Fan no longer deliberately controlled the stability of the aura group, the aura group would no longer collapse. But as the aura mass continued to compress, Ling Fan still felt a little struggling, when Ling Fan compressed the aura mass to almost the size of a fist, Ling Fan obviously felt that the compression could not move, Ling Fan had to try to suck this aura into his body, but the moment it touched his body, the aura mass was bounced away.
Still can't do it?But Ling Fan has really done his best, should he do this?Looking at the floating aura ball, Ling Fan was at a loss.
Hmm, Ling Fan closed his eyes and his consciousness entered the aura group, "Please, my friends, please be tight, I want to be with you." Ling Fan sincerely said his thoughts from the bottom of his heart. The aura group also seemed to understand Ling Fan's inner voice, and took the initiative to begin to shrink on its own, squeaking and contracting hard according to Ling Fan's thoughts.
The entire aura mass suddenly became smaller again, even smaller than the aura mass compressed by Gu Yang before. "Thank you. Ling Fan thanked the aura, the aura group seemed to hear Ling Fan's thanks, and the entire aura group flickered even more dazzlingly, and then surged towards Ling Fan's body. Ling Fan watched nervously, the aura mass was finally not bounced off when it touched his body, but entered Ling Fan's body.
Hiss, a long-lost pain struck, and Ling Fan also understood that the aura had really been sucked into his body, but it disappeared not long after entering the body.
Finally succeeded, Ling Fan smiled, according to his idea, as long as he absorbed a sufficient amount of aura, then there would be a small amount of aura left in his body, then Ling Fan would have to be more proficient in the operation and increase the speed of absorbing aura.
With a goal, Ling Fan worked harder. Ling Fan continued to practice every day, and most of the time passed, and the speed of compressing the aura mass became faster and faster, but it still could not meet the demand for aura in the body.
By the way, it is possible to compress multiple aura masses at the same time to increase demand, just like the original Imperial Object. Imperial Object, suddenly thinking of this, Ling Fan seemed to have forgotten that he knew this ability, after Ling Fan and Gu Yang parted, he rarely hunted, most of the time he concentrated on cultivation, I don't know what the level of his Imperial Object is now.
Thinking of this, Ling Fan raised his hand to control a stone and slammed it towards a big tree. Poof, the trunk of the big tree was pierced in an instant, and a small round and very neat hole was left in the trunk.
This...... Ling Fan was a little incredible, it was obvious that his ability to control objects had gone to the next level. Ling Fan's establishment of communication with the aura, coupled with the continuous practice of controlling the aura, made him more capable of controlling the aura.
Surprised to be surprised, Ling Fan still remembered his current task, which was to control multiple aura masses at the same time. Whew, as much as possible, Ling Fan thought, and began to mobilize all his consciousness, and the surrounding aura quickly gathered, neatly arranged, and then began to gather together one by one.
One by one, the aura masses slowly formed. Ling Fan opened his eyes and counted seven, he could only gather seven spiritual qi masses now. That's pretty good.
Ling Fan tried to compress the seven aura masses at the same time, one by one the aura masses were compressed, but two of the aura masses suddenly collapsed, and Ling Fan felt his head slightly dizzy. It seems that controlling multiple aura masses is still too difficult for him.
Ling Fan had no choice but to inhale the compressed five spiritual qi masses into his body. The aura mass disappeared into his body one by one, and after that, Ling Fan was a little tired and rested against the tree.
It took a while of rest to recover. Five, Ling Fan can now completely compress five spiritual qi masses, then start with five, if he controls five at the same time, then he can still have some spare strength. Ling Fan continued to compress the aura mass, and it was obviously much easier to control the five.
Once or twice, Ling Fan could still control it, but the successive manipulation and compression of the aura mass also made Ling Fan's consciousness tense, and Ling Fan worked hard to persevere. Batches of spiritual qi masses poured into the body, and after an unknown number of absorptions, a spiritual qi mass that finally entered the body was left after being half devoured. Huh, Ling Fan finally stopped, fortunately there was a result, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to hold on.
Ling Fan closed his eyes and trimmed it, and at the same time his consciousness entered his body to check the remaining aura, and through the light of this half of the faint aura, Ling Fan saw that there seemed to be a small black vortex in the darkness not far from it.
What is this?
Was that the thing that devoured all the aura that Ling Fan had worked so hard to absorb?
Ling Fan subconsciously wanted to continue to get closer to see what was going on, but as soon as he advanced a little bit, he was overwhelmed by an unprecedented pressure, and Ling Fan had no choice but to retreat.
Call. The black vortex didn't seem to allow anyone to get close to its territory.
It's really arrogant, Ling Fan only has this one thought, no matter what you are, you are still so presumptuous in my body.
But anger is anger, and Ling Fan has no way to deal with it.
Hey, forget it. Ling Fan slowly opened his eyes and sighed, no matter what, he was finally able to place the aura in his body now, although it was hard, but with the current situation, it seemed that he could only cultivate harder. But what exactly was that black vortex, did the other cultivators also have it in their bodies? These questions Ling Fan had no way of knowing, because he had never been in contact with a few cultivators at all, and he would only have the opportunity to understand them in the future.
Ling Fan stood up and breathed in the fresh air to relax his body, he was also a full-fledged cultivator from now on. Time flies really fast, it has been almost two years since he parted with Grandpa Gu, and Ling Fan finally lived up to Gu Yang's teachings, and it took two years to finally initially step into the path of cultivation.