Chapter 1203: Immortal Alliance's High-Pressure State

Chapter 1213

The Immortal Alliance's High-Pressure Stance

"Void-Flow Crystal?"

In an instant, information related to it appeared in Li Fan's mind.

Void-Flow Crystal is a silk-like solid crystal. It can float in the air, moving like flowing water, and emits a seven-colored, dreamy light.

It is often mixed in by female cultivators in the Xuanhuang Realm when forging magic treasures, causing the treasures to emit dazzling, colorful light whether in their normal state or when activated.

But... aside from its aesthetic appeal, it seemed to have no other use.

Therefore, although its output was not high, its price remained at 8,000 contribution points per piece, neither high nor low.

Yet, for something seemingly so ornate but impractical, someone at the Immortal Alliance headquarters was now pre-emptively rushing to purchase it, even risking retribution if the matter came to light.

Clearly, this Void-Flow Crystal must be related to the "Inheritance Revelation" that signals the departure of sixteen Dao Integration cultivators from the Xuanhuang Realm.

Inside the Sun family's secret chamber, Li Fan, using both the Celestial Mystery Mirror's origin power and the Boundless Mirror's scrying abilities, soon detected obscure messages and transaction records related to it.

These individuals operated very secretly and cautiously. Most would arrange meetings via the Celestial Mystery Mirror, then choose to conduct transactions in person using standard spirit stones.

Occasionally, when someone acquired the crystal via the Celestial Mystery Mirror, they would still post its information as if to sell it, ensuring that a certain quantity of Void-Flow Crystal always circulated in the Celestial Mystery Mirror market and that the price did not fluctuate significantly.

However, as it continuously changed hands, most of the Void-Flow Crystal on the market gradually came under the control of the same group of people. The so-called transactions were merely transfers from one hand to another.

"A clever tactic," Li Fan praised. "Much more pleasing to the eye than my crude, direct market manipulation."

"It seems they're not doing this for the first time."

Li Fan clicked his tongue in admiration and joined in, utilizing the Celestial Mystery Mirror's origin power.

He possessed the ability to erase any traces or information within the Celestial Mystery Mirror at will. Naturally, he wouldn't be as timid and hesitant as these shadowy rats.

Recklessly, he went on a buying spree.

He completely disregarded the so-called price, acquiring items at exorbitant prices that no one could refuse.

Like a massive whale, he stirred up immense waves in the Celestial Mystery Mirror's trading market.

Soon, the price of Void-Flow Crystal surged, skyrocketing.

This anomaly naturally drew the attention of more cultivators.

Although they still didn't know the true purpose of the Void-Flow Crystal at this point, it didn't stop them from following suit and making purchases.

Li Fan's fabricated Celestial Mystery Mirror identity, created by his clone, soon received several unfamiliar messages.

"Which faction do you belong to? Are you insane, acting so recklessly?"

"Brother, calm down. Don't ruin it for everyone."

"Hmph, let me give you a piece of advice: greed is useless. Spit out what you've swallowed, and only then can we all survive."

Li Fan replied to all these unsettling messages with a single phrase: "Excellent, you've all been lured out. Prepare for reckoning!"

And those cultivators on the other end immediately fell silent.

Upon investigation, many had even mysteriously died within that short period.

"They're ruthless even with their own people."

"But they're also a bunch of fools."

Li Fan didn't pay them much mind; while toying with them, he didn't stop his acquisition of Void-Flow Crystals.

Unfortunately, the Immortal Alliance's response this time was uncharacteristically swift.

"Senior, quickly pull back!"

Sun Luyao's warning came through.

Li Fan's "severing the tail" operation had already begun.

One by one, Void-Flow Crystals were removed from the Celestial Mystery Minor Mirror, and then the fabricated identity information was directly erased.

Li Fan's divine clone then unleashed a devastating black light, directly destroying the Celestial Mystery Minor Mirror.

Just then, the Immortal Alliance's announcement in the Celestial Mystery Mirror finally arrived, belatedly.

It unequivocally declared Void-Flow Crystal a forbidden item for circulation.

All existing Void-Flow Crystals held by cultivators would now be collected by the Immortal Alliance.

The Immortal Alliance urged all parties to cooperate with the relevant procedures. Anyone who deliberately obstructed the process would be prosecuted for treason against the Alliance.

The announcement sent shockwaves throughout the four directions.

This was arguably the most stringent measure the Immortal Alliance had announced since its establishment.

And it was all for the sake of the tiny Void-Flow Crystal, an item previously almost completely ignored.

What mysterious properties did this item possess that warranted such a massive mobilization from the Immortal Alliance?

Those cultivators who possessed Void-Flow Crystals but were unwilling to surrender them simply chose to disassemble and study them.

But as before, they found nothing.

Suspicion and discussion brewed like a storm.

However, the Immortal Alliance never came forward to offer an explanation, instead opting for even tougher measures to enforce the blockade.

No information related to Void-Flow Crystal could be found in the Celestial Mystery Mirror anymore.

Furthermore, any Immortal Alliance members within the system who dared to discuss Void-Flow Crystal privately were immediately stripped of their positions.

Non-system cultivators who gathered to discuss it would also be targeted by the Martial Arts Halls in various states, summoned for warnings.

This high-pressure stance made it clear to cultivators across the realm that this time was different; Void-Flow Crystal had truly become a forbidden topic.

Xuanhuang cultivators valued their lives.

For a time, the Immortal Alliance fell silent, like cicadas in winter.

Voices could be suppressed, but how could the doubts and curiosity in their hearts be permanently quelled?

The Immortal Alliance's control had not yet reached every single cultivator.

Consequently, discussions about Void-Flow Crystal were inevitable in deep mountain caves far from the Immortal Cities of various states, and in heavily restricted private chambers.

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

They could only rely on imagination to speculate.

Not to mention merely fantasizing, even if they had a physical specimen, it would be difficult to figure out the true method of using Void-Flow Crystal.

In the Sun family's secret chamber, Li Fan even used the Boundless Mirror to conduct a detailed analysis of the Void-Flow Crystal, yet found no special properties.

"It seems the Void-Flow Crystal is just one important component among related materials. There must be other steps involved."

After expending over a hundred Void-Flow Crystals, Li Fan, feeling somewhat helpless, temporarily halted his research.

"I'll have to wait until the Immortal Alliance finishes with the sixteen Dao Integration cultivators departing Xuanhuang, then find a way to inquire."

"But I can prepare for observation in advance."

At the Sun family residence.

Wu Ninglu, who was meditating with closed eyes, utilizing the resources bestowed by Sun Luoyuan, did not notice a dark shadow emerge from her storage ring.

The dark shadow vanished into her sea of consciousness, quickly gaining control of Wu Ninglu's body.

It was a wisp of soul left behind by Li Fan's true body before he entered the Immortal Alliance's Protector Hall.

Compared to the dormant divine clone, this wisp of soul was much more powerful.

After the divine clone unleashed a sword strike, destroying the Celestial Mystery Minor Mirror and cutting off any clues for investigation, it fell back into a weakened state.

However, this wisp of soul, like a cultivator, could absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to replenish its own expenditure.

(End of Chapter)