My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1206: The Ancient Boundless Mirror Covered in Dust
Previously on My Longevity Simulation...
“How bizarre. A critical issue like the Tianxuan Mirror potentially transforming into a human clone and fleeing has been pushed aside for later handling...”
“Without my ability to still connect outward on my own, I'd nearly suspect the Immortal Alliance has already crumbled.” Sun Luyuan frowned as he spoke.
Sun Luyao feigned surprise right then: “Such a thing happened? I didn't notice anything about it when I gazed into the Tianxuan Mirror?”
The two brothers shared a look.
Sun Luyao spoke with some hesitation: “I'm unsure if my gaze missed it, or if the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance is hiding this even from the Tianxuan Mirror?”
“The Immortal Alliance headquarters exists as a separate space within the Tianxuan Mirror. To block it from the Tianxuan Mirror’s awareness, it would likely demand the Dharma-Transmitters’ Council and Mirror Holders uniting their efforts...” Sun Luyuan’s face turned grave, as though a memory had surfaced.
“The Immortal Alliance headquarters lies inside the Tianxuan Mirror?” Sun Luyao, ignorant of this, felt a jolt of shock.
Sun Luyuan snapped back and nodded, offering no further details.
“That old Fu can't make time, which works in our favor. Let's seize this chance to hunt down the Boundless Mirror fragment you detected.”
“Very well, Brother.” Sun Luyao had no qualms.“I planned to use this scarce break to bring you to the Essence Blood Pool for boosting. We'll handle that upon our return.” Sun Luyuan shook his head faintly.
The Essence Blood Pool served as the Sun family's hidden trove, holding essence blood contributed by direct clan descendants.
Processed through secret techniques, its potency edged out even Sun Luyuan's own essence blood, their nearest kin.
Yet drawing essence blood from kin couldn't happen too often, lest it spark doubts. Thus, gathering sufficient amounts for boosting demanded much time.
Sun Luyao had benefited from it a few times previously, yielding real gains.
But...
“It pales far beside our ancestors’ ways.”
In essence, the family blood boost merely fortified Sun Luyao’s lingering soul strength.
As his personal might grew, eroding the Boundless Mirror would grow simpler.
Li Fan, however, had unveiled the direct control method for the Boundless Mirror right before him.
Not only did brute-force erosion become unnecessary, but the fractured, chaotic Boundless Mirror even hinted at gradual mending, sparing him the prior agony when confronting it.
Though these thoughts swirled in his mind, he still played the part outwardly.
So he wore a faintly regretful face.
Noticing this, Sun Luyuan reassured: “We'll see how this journey unfolds. A swift return leaves ample time still.”
With that, Sun Luyuan stepped away to prepare.
Returning to the hidden chamber, he now bore the guise of a young Sun family member.
This marked Sun Luyuan’s standard cover.
“Off we go.”
He tucked the Boundless Mirror close, slipped away from the Sun family unseen, and sped toward Shilin Prefecture.
Due to its unstable damage, the Boundless Mirror barred use of teleportation arrays, forcing physical flight.
Luckily, for a Dao Integration cultivator, the span proved short, and they swiftly hit the Hundred Stones Cave-Heaven gateway.
Guided by Sun Luyao’s senses, they plunged ever deeper into the subterranean caves.
Dead ends met brute force breakthroughs, drawing nearer to the goal.
“This cursed spot.” Yet the deeper they pressed, the tougher the walls grew, straining even Sun Luyuan.
“Brother, we're nearly there.” Sun Luyao felt the familiar presence ahead and grew thrilled.
Its prior deep burial underground had muddled his detection. Only now, so close, did he grasp that this fragment exceeded his earlier estimates in size.
“Hmm? Pursuit from behind?”
Just a wall from the Boundless Mirror fragment, Sun Luyuan’s face shifted abruptly, halting.
“They've tailed us.”
Sun Luyuan acted swift, veering direction to burrow further in.
He surged speed, vanishing amid the labyrinthine tunnels instantly.
Two blue-robed cultivators emerged, faces twisted in frustration.
“Blast. He spotted us anyway.”
“Sun Luyuan’s cultivation has progressed again, it seems.”
“No worry. The entrance is sealed. Escape's impossible.”
...
Unbeknownst to the pair, deeper within, Sun Luyuan had peered via the Boundless Mirror at their every move.
“Tianquan, Chen family.”
Sun Luyuan sneered coldly.
He'd long tracked the Medicine Hall Chen family’s petty schemes, their lust for the Boundless Mirror.
But with their backing, striking preemptively lacked cause before firm moves.
“Now they've delivered themselves, handing me a chance.”
A scheme sparked in Sun Luyuan’s thoughts.
He leaked his aura on purpose, luring the Chen duo deeper below.
Then he concealed himself silently, racing back to the fragment site.
Boom!
Breaching the sealed cavern, Sun Luyuan pinpointed the fragment fast.
This appeared as an ancient sect’s ruins. The Boundless Mirror shard had merged into another mirror-like relic.
Alas, the sect lay long ruined. This treasure mirror had gathered dust, entombed for millennia.
Unfit for delay here, Sun Luyuan skipped close inspection and stowed it away.
Abandoning stealth, he ignited essence blood, unleashing full power in a flash.
In moments, he burst from the Hundred Stones Cave-Heaven exit.
The entrance guards, taken aback, failed to block; Sun Luyuan barreled through.
“Chen family! Without vengeance, I vow I'm no man!”
Unscathed outwardly, Sun Luyuan hacked up blood abruptly, his aura plummeting.
His roar thundered like peals, resounding long over Shilin Prefecture.
Then, as a light ray, Sun Luyuan streaked toward the Immortal Alliance’s core.
He left the two Chen guards dazed.
Only with the lured Dao Integration pair's arrival did realization dawn.
“Trouble.” The four exchanged grim glances.
Exposure barred open pursuit now.
“Mission failed. The Sun family will drop all facades. Best return soon to plan countermeasures.”
“Hmph. Worst case, we abandon that immortal artifact, expose it publicly. No way their puny Sun family holds onto it!”
The four Chen members flickered away sequentially.
Within Shilin Prefecture, Sun Luyuan’s earlier rage ignited murmurs among locals.
A ripple of unrest began to swell.
Meanwhile, Sun Luyuan had sped home.
He dove straight to the underground chamber, drawing out the Boundless Mirror.