My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1213: The Immortal Alliance's High-Pressure State
Previously on My Longevity Simulation...
"Voidbright Flow Crystals?"
Instantly, key details flooded into Li Fan's thoughts.
This item manifested as a solid crystal resembling flowing silk.
It hovered in the atmosphere, drifting like liquid streams while casting a mesmerizing, prismatic light.
Female cultivators in the Xuanhuang Realm commonly blended it into magical treasures during refinement, granting them a spectacular, eye-catching shine in both idle and active forms.
However...
Beyond its striking appearance, it appeared to serve no practical purpose.
Thus, despite limited output, each piece sold for a reasonable eight thousand contribution points—affordable yet not bargain-priced.
Even so, this seemingly gaudy, pointless object now prompted folks at Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance headquarters to hoard it preemptively, heedless of later consequences.
Evidently, Voidbright Flow Crystals tied directly to the omens of the Immortal Ancestor and the exodus of sixteen Dao Integration cultivators from the Xuanhuang Realm.
Within the Sun family's hidden chamber, Li Fan harnessed the Tianxuan Mirror's core energy alongside the Boundless Mirror's surveillance to swiftly uncover hidden chatter and trade logs.
These operators moved with utmost secrecy and vigilance.
Typically, they set up exchanges via the Tianxuan Mirror, then swapped using ordinary spirit stones in person.
Sometimes, after Tianxuan Mirror purchases, they'd list them publicly for sale anyway. This kept a steady supply of Voidbright Flow Crystals flowing in the market, avoiding sharp price swings.
Through endless handoffs, however, nearly all available Voidbright Flow Crystals ended up controlled by one secretive faction. Their "trades" were just shuffling stock between allies.
"A rather clever method. It is far more pleasing to the eye than my own crude market manipulation."
"It seems they have done this kind of thing more than once."
Li Fan praised with a tsk, then tapped into the Tianxuan Mirror's origin power to dive in himself.
With his knack for wiping Tianxuan Mirror records anytime, he felt no need to skulk like these furtive vermin.
Unleashing restraint, he ravaged the market, snapping up Voidbright Flow Crystals wildly.
Price meant nothing; he offered irresistible bids.
Like a colossal whale surging through, he unleashed chaos in the Tianxuan Mirror's trade waters.
Quickly, Voidbright Flow Crystals' value climbed relentlessly, rocketing skyward.
This uproar inevitably alerted throngs of other cultivators.
Not yet grasping its real function, that didn't deter them from jumping on the bandwagon to stockpile.
Messages poured into Li Fan's clone's fake Tianxuan Mirror profile from unknowns.
"Which family are you from? Acting so recklessly—do you want to die?"
"Brother, restrain yourself. Don't make it so that none of us can eat."
"Hmph, this old man advises you: greed brings no benefit. Spit out what you have swallowed so that we can all survive."
...
Li Fan shot back the same retort to every pestilent note: "Very good. I have lured you all out. Wait to be purged!"
Silence engulfed the senders immediately.
Checks revealed many had perished inexplicably in mere moments.
"They are even so ruthless toward their own people."
"But they are still a bunch of fools."
Li Fan dismissed them utterly. While playing these games, he kept hoarding Voidbright Flow Crystals nonstop.
Regrettably, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance reacted with shocking speed this round.
"Senior, withdraw quickly!"
Sun Luyao's urgent alert arrived.
Li Fan was already executing his escape ploy.
One by one, Voidbright Flow Crystals emerged from the mini Tianxuan Mirror, followed by deletion of the phony profile.
Next, Li Fan's clone unleashed a ray of obliterating black light, shattering the mini Tianxuan Mirror completely.
Only then did the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance's decree flash across the Tianxuan Mirror belatedly.
It branded Voidbright Flow Crystals as a banned trade good outright.
All stocks in cultivators' hands faced mandatory seizure by the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.
The alliance demanded full compliance from everyone. Any resistance equaled alliance treason charges.
...
The revelation triggered uproar everywhere.
This marked the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance's most draconian edict since inception.
All over a trivial, overlooked trinket like Voidbright Flow Crystals.
What hidden secret made the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance unleash such overwhelming force?
Reluctant holders dismantled and probed their Voidbright Flow Crystals instead of surrendering.
Still, they discovered zilch, just like before.
Speculation and buzz erupted like tempests.
From start to finish, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance offered zero clarifications, instead clamping down with fiercer tactics to stifle talk.
Tianxuan Mirror purged every trace of Voidbright Flow Crystals info.
Alliance members caught whispering about it privately got booted instantly.
Even off-grid cultivator meetups faced raids from local Martial Halls, hauling them in for stern warnings.
This iron-fisted clampdown convinced global cultivators: this was no joke—the Voidbright Flow Crystal was now utterly taboo.
Xuanhuang cultivators cherished their necks too much.
Temporarily, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance realm went eerily mute.
Though tongues could be muzzled, inner suspicions and intrigue endured unquenched.
The Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance's grip hadn't ensnared every lone soul yet.
Hence, in remote cavern lairs deep in wild mountains, distant from prefecture immortal hubs, and within ultra-secure private vaults, Voidbright Flow Crystal debates persisted.
But every last Voidbright Flow Crystals worldwide had been seized already.
Left to wild guesses, that's all they managed.
Forget guesses—with samples in hand, unraveling the true activation of Voidbright Flow Crystals remained elusive anyway.
In the Sun family secret chamber, Li Fan deployed the Boundless Mirror for an exhaustive Voidbright Flow Crystals scan, yet its uniqueness eluded him still.
"It seems the Voidbright Flow Crystal is only one relatively important link among the related materials. There should be other steps involved."
After devouring over a hundred Voidbright Flow Crystals, Li Fan reluctantly shelved his probe for now.