My longevity simulation

“Voidbright Flow Crystals?”

In an instant, relevant information surfaced in Li Fan’s mind.

The Voidbright Flow Crystals was a silk-like solid crystal.

It could float in the air and drift like flowing water. It also emitted a dreamy, multicolored glow.

It was often mixed into magical treasures by female cultivators of the Xuanhuang Realm during forging, causing the treasures to release brilliant, dazzling radiance whether in their normal state or when activated.

But…

Aside from looking beautiful, it seemed to have no other uses.

Therefore, although its production was not particularly high, its price remained at a modest level of eight thousand contribution points per piece—neither too expensive nor too cheap.

Yet now, such an apparently flashy but useless item had people in the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance headquarters risking future reckoning to hoard it in advance.

Clearly, this Voidbright Flow Crystals was connected to the Immortal Ancestor signs involving the sixteen Dao Integration cultivators departing the Xuanhuang Realm.

Inside the Sun family secret chamber, Li Fan used the Tianxuan Mirror’s origin power and the Boundless Mirror’s spying capabilities in tandem. He quickly detected several obscure related messages and transaction records.

These people operated very secretly and cautiously.

Most of them arranged deals through the Tianxuan Mirror and then conducted face-to-face transactions using standard spirit stones.

Occasionally, when the Tianxuan Mirror showed acquisitions, they would still post the information afterward as if offering it for sale. This ensured that a certain quantity of Voidbright Flow Crystals continued circulating in the Tianxuan Mirror market, preventing any major price fluctuations.

However, through repeated transfers, the vast majority of Voidbright Flow Crystals on the market gradually came under the control of the same group of people. The so-called transactions were merely moving goods from one hand to another.

“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 clicked his tongue in praise and, using the power of the Tianxuan Mirror’s origin, joined in as well.

He possessed the ability to erase traces and information from the Tianxuan Mirror at any time. Naturally, he would not act as timidly as these shadowy rats.

He swept the market without restraint, buying frantically.

He cared nothing for price and purchased at rates no one could refuse.

Like a giant whale, he stirred up massive waves in the Tianxuan Mirror trading market.

Soon, the price of Voidbright Flow Crystals rose steadily and shot upward in a straight line.

This anomaly naturally drew the attention of more cultivators.

Although they still did not know the true use of the Voidbright Flow Crystals at this point, it did not stop them from following the trend and buying.

Li Fan’s clone, using a fabricated Tianxuan Mirror identity, soon received several messages from strangers.

“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 replied to all these noisy messages with a single sentence: “Very good. I have lured you all out. Wait to be purged!”

The other cultivators fell completely silent in an instant.

Upon checking, quite a few had already died mysteriously within that short time.

“They are even so ruthless toward their own people.”

“But they are still a bunch of fools.”

Li Fan did not take these people seriously. While toying with them, he did not stop his acquisition of Voidbright Flow Crystals.

Unfortunately, this time the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s response was unusually fast.

“Senior, withdraw quickly!”

Sun Luyao sent a warning.

Li Fan had already begun his tail-cutting operation.

One Voidbright Flow Crystals after another was taken out from the mini Tianxuan Mirror, after which he directly erased the fabricated identity information.

Li Fan’s clone then slashed out a black light of annihilation and destroyed the mini Tianxuan Mirror outright.

Only then did the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s announcement belatedly appear in the Tianxuan Mirror.

It directly classified the Voidbright Flow Crystals as a prohibited circulating item.

All crystals currently held by cultivators would be recovered by the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.

The Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance urged all parties to cooperate fully with the relevant work. Anyone who deliberately obstructed it would be charged with betraying the alliance.

…

As soon as the news spread, it caused shock in all directions.

This could be considered the harshest measure announced by the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance since its founding.

And it was all for a small, previously neglected item like the Voidbright Flow Crystals.

What profound mystery did this thing possess that warranted such a massive mobilization from the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance?

Those cultivators who possessed Voidbright Flow Crystals but were unwilling to hand them over simply disassembled and studied them instead.

As before, they still found nothing.

Suspicion and discussion brewed like a storm.

Yet the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance showed no intention of providing any explanation from beginning to end. It even employed even harsher measures to enforce silence.

No information related to the Voidbright Flow Crystals could be found in the Tianxuan Mirror anymore.

Any member within the Immortal Alliance system who dared to discuss the Voidbright Flow Crystal privately was directly removed from their post.

Even gatherings of non-system cultivators discussing it would be targeted by the Martial Halls of various prefectures, leading to summons and warnings.

Such a high-pressure atmosphere made cultivators across the world realize that this time was different: the Voidbright Flow Crystal had truly become a forbidden topic.

Xuanhuang cultivators still valued their lives.

For a time, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance fell deathly silent.

Voices could be suppressed, but the doubts and curiosity in people’s hearts could not be permanently crushed.

The Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s control had not yet reached every single cultivator.

Thus, in deep mountain caves far from the immortal cities of various prefectures, and in heavily restricted secret chambers, discussions about the Voidbright Flow Crystal could not be avoided.

However, all the Voidbright Flow Crystals in the world had already been confiscated.

They could only speculate based on imagination.

Not to mention mere speculation—even if they had physical samples, it would still be difficult to figure out the true method of using the Voidbright Flow Crystal.

In the Sun family secret chamber, Li Fan even used the Boundless Mirror to conduct a detailed analysis of the Voidbright Flow Crystal, yet he still could not identify its special qualities.

“It seems the Voidbright Flow Crystal is only one relatively important link among the related materials. There should be other steps involved.”

After consuming more than a hundred Voidbright Flow Crystals, Li Fan helplessly paused his research for the time being.