Chapter 2: Hong Meng Refines the Spirit

  After returning to the dilapidated hut, Lin Fan took off the blood-stained clothes on his body and threw them into the trash can, waiting for tomorrow to deal with it. Then he put on a clean set of clothes and sat down at the worn-out desk.

  The desk was neatly filled with the books that Han Feng used to study, these books also looked very old and worn out, it was obvious that they had been frequently read. A small table lamp was placed on the right side of the desk, and it was this lamp's light that illuminated the entire small room.

  Lin Fan sat in front of the desk, putting his right hand with a ring under the desk lamp to observe the ring carefully. Just now outside, the light was too dim and he couldn't see the change of the ring clearly.

  The original black ring was still black, but the surface of the ring emitted a faint purple glow. This purple light was not dazzling and seemed to be hiding in plain sight, making it hard to notice if one didn't look closely; also, the patterns on the surface of the ring appeared more mysterious, seeming to form several characters, but upon closer inspection, they seemed to disappear again.

  Amazing! Bizarre! It's really too unbelievable!

  Although Lin Fan had always been fantasizing about cultivating immortality in his heart, when he really encountered such a thing, he was somewhat unbelievable! After all, after receiving atheist education for so many years, suddenly encountering something that would change one's worldview, I'm afraid anyone would feel incredible!

  Taking a few deep breaths, Lin Fan finally suppressed the excitement in his heart and began to study the ring in his hand to see what kind of abilities it had.

  According to the immortal heroes' explanation, ring-type magical artifacts are generally used for storing objects, and the method of use is through spiritual power operation.

  Lin Fan concentrated all his mental energy and took a deep breath before charging at the ring in his hand with all his might.

  Boom!

  Lin Fan suddenly felt his spirit as if it had crashed into a hard shield wall, and a loud humming sound came from his ears. He only felt a blackness in front of him, and he fainted.

  Perhaps Lin Fan's spirit had triggered some sort of prohibition on the ring, for after he fainted, a purple glow shot out from it.

  The light circled around the ring for a moment, then suddenly flew towards the drawer of the desk and instantly passed through the wooden board into the inside of the drawer.

  A moment later, a ball of light flashing with purple light emerged from the desktop of the desk, and then the light ball flashed towards Lin Fan like lightning, and in the blink of an eye it was on Lin Fan's forehead.

  Slowly, just like a water droplet merging into the lake surface, the light ball sank into Lin Fan's forehead.

  ......

  Where is this?

  Lin Fan walked in a bright and strange space with a puzzled mind, this space was very vast, as if endless, and couldn't see the edge at a glance.

  Before he knew it, a magnificent palace with golden tiles and majestic aura appeared before Lin Fan's eyes just as he thought he would die in this strange space.

  A desire for life surged up in Lin Fan's heart, and he quickly ran to the front of the palace gate with three steps merged into two.

  From a distance, the palace seemed magnificent and majestic. As he approached, Lin Fan felt an overwhelming sense of shock that filled his entire chest. The mysterious patterns on the palace gates alone gave him a tremendous shock, as if they had an immense magical power that firmly attracted his attention!

  In a daze, Lin Fan seemed to feel as if he had relived his life all over again.

  When children are young and foolish, kind old people tease themselves, making themselves laugh.

  When children are sensible, they help the elderly pick up scraps and share their hardships.

  When feelings first awaken, the girl I met at that time, the taste of secret love can only be understood by oneself.

  The pain of losing a loved one when an elderly person passes away is so unbearable and hard to accept.

  The joy of receiving one's first pay through one's own hard work is unforgettable.

  When faced with death, that boundless darkness seems to swallow everything into an endless abyss, a fear that penetrates deep into the soul.

  Scenes flashed through his memory, and Lin Fan's face changed with the flow of memories, happiness, hard work, joy, pain, fear...

  Just as Lin Fan's lifelong memories reached their endpoint, another life began anew.

  In this life, Lin Fan became an ordinary businessman, from a small peddler to a wealthy magnate who could rival a country. There were failures and abandonments along the way, but in the end, he still persisted!

  After the merchant's life, Lin Fan went through another cycle of reincarnation. This time he became a beggar with no one to rely on, living by begging every day. Eventually, he fell ill and died by the roadside.

  Endless cycles, endless lives, each cycle is a different life!

  In the end, a hint of calmness hung on Lin Fan's mouth, and a feeling of cloudlessness and breeze floated around his body.

  It seemed that he had suddenly gained insight into life, Lin Fan closed his eyes and slowly opened them again, a hint of confusion appeared in Lin Fan's eyes, but soon that hint of confusion disappeared.

  Lin Fan's originally pitch-black eyes now seemed incredibly profound, without the kind of weariness that came from going through countless cycles of reincarnation; instead, they were filled with a brilliant light of wisdom!

  When he saw the mysterious Taoist lines on the palace gate again, he didn't have that feeling of being strongly attracted. Lin Fan placed his hand on the palace gate, and a burst of light began to spread from where Lin Fan touched, like ripples in water, spreading across the entire gate.

  The palace gate slowly opened, and the purple golden light instantly shot out from the gap of the gate, Lin Fan hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover his eyes.

  It wasn't until a while later that the purple-golden light gradually disappeared.

  Lin Fan put down his arm that was blocking his eyes, and everything in the palace entered Lin Fan's line of sight.

  From the outside, the palace seems to be just over a thousand square meters in size. However, it's only when you really enter the palace that you realize how vast it is inside. It can probably fit a large football stadium!

  There is a door every meter on both sides of the palace, and the doors extend all the way to the end of the palace!

  In the center of this vast palace was a small, circular platform, and floating above it was a glowing orb that shone with a purple light.

  Lin Fan curiously stretched out his finger to touch the light ball, and suddenly, Lin Fan only felt a vast amount of information flowing through his fingers into his mind!

  After a long time, that stream of information finally poured in completely.

  Suddenly, a large amount of information flooded into his mind, Lin Fan only felt that his brain was swelling and about to burst, and he fell to the ground in the palace, rolling around, as if this was the only way to alleviate the pain in his head!

  It wasn't until much later that the pain in his head slowly subsided and eventually disappeared.

  Lin Fan panted heavily and got up, sitting on the ground of the palace, his whole body already covered in sweat.

  Taking a deep breath, Lin Fan began to examine the information that had suddenly appeared in his mind.

  At this glance, Lin Fan was suddenly shocked.

  The extra information in his mind was recorded by a mysterious text, but Lin Fan found that he clearly knew the meaning of each mysterious character, and these texts recorded a cultivation method called "Hong Meng Lian Shen Jue".

  According to the records, this cultivation method was born in the Hongmeng space before the Hongmeng judgment, and it is the strongest cultivation method. If someone can cultivate this method completely, that person will reach an unprecedented realm, as for what kind of realm Lin Fan has not seen!

  The "Hong Meng Lian Shen Jue" has a huge scope of practice, occupying 99% of this information. However, Lin Fan can only see the first small part of the cultivation method.

  As for not being able to see more cultivation method content, Lin Fan didn't feel disappointed because he knew from the information of another zero point one that as long as he cultivated the previous cultivation methods that he could see, the later cultivation methods would naturally let him see them.

  In addition, Lin Fan also understood many things from the remaining 0.1% of information.

  For example, why did the initial blood recognition fail at first, but later succeeded after being stained with fresh blood from the heart.

  The human body has a lifeblood, and to recognize the owner of a spiritual treasure, one must use this lifeblood. However, ordinary people's lifeblood is extremely rare, or only one drop, and this lifeblood is hidden in the heart of the human body, while the rest of the blood is just a byproduct of the lifeblood.

  Cultivators can increase the amount of innate spiritual blood in their bodies through cultivation, which is why the fresh blood that those cultivators casually prick from their fingers can be used to bind spiritual treasures.

  As for the ring on his hand, its true origin was also like the Hongmeng Cultivation Technique, a treasure born in the Hongmeng space before the Hongmeng judgment, called the Hongmeng Ring.

  In the Hongmeng Ring, a vast and boundless Hongmeng space was formed. Although this Hongmeng space couldn't produce endless Hongmeng treasures like the original Hongmeng space, it was filled with infinite uses of Hongmeng purple energy!

  In addition, Lin Fan also knew about the information of this strange space.

  This strange space is actually Lin Fan's own conscious space, also known as the sea of consciousness. Originally, the sea of consciousness wasn't like this, it was only because Lin Fan came here for the first time and due to some special reasons that led to the appearance of this strange space now, when Lin Fan enters the sea of consciousness next time, it will return to its original state.

  In the Sea of Consciousness, this palace is called Hongmeng Palace, which was transformed from that tattered old book with only one word "Tao" on its cover and blank content.

  The functions of Hongmeng Temple and Hongmeng Seal are completely different. Hongmeng Temple is an all-in-one defensive and offensive treasure, but to activate the attack function of Hongmeng Temple against enemies, Lin Fan's strength is still far from reaching that level.

  Inside Hongmeng Temple there is a special benefit, that is the time ratio is different. In Hongmeng Temple 100 days are equivalent to only one day in the real world!

  Such a huge time ratio allows Lin Fan to have more time to comprehend and cultivate his skills!

  However, what made Lin Fan feel regretful was that he couldn't cultivate in the Hongmeng Hall, or else it would really be against the heavens!

  After leaving the Sea of Consciousness, a hint of determination flashed in Lin Fan's profound eyes, and a small grand wish was established in his heart: to cultivate, become stronger than anyone else, and control his own life!

  Those who have never experienced being on the verge of death will never understand the feeling at that moment, it's a kind of darkness and fear that cannot be expressed in words!

  For this, Lin Fan made a small vow in his heart.

  Taking a deep breath, adjusting his mindset, Lin Fan recalled the cultivation method visible in the first part of the "Hong Meng Lian Shen Jue" and began the first cultivation of his life.