My Simulated Road to Immortality - Chapter 226
Chapter 226: Chapter 210: Aftereffects Changing the World
Translator: 549690339
Within the Becoming First Emissary Bone Hand realm, Li Fan, who held the highest authority level, nodded secretly at the inexplicably excited Ye Feipeng, and the likewise thrilled Xiao Heng.
“Having played along with these youngsters for so long, it’s finally about time.”
“Barring unforeseen circumstances, I can sit back and reap my investment returns, and not have to worry about every little thing any longer.”
In order to make the lies he created appear as real as possible, Li Fan had racked his brains and spent quite a sum.
It included, but was not limited to: a necklace integrated with the Communication Array, and the Array that strengthens the ritual.
The Communication Transmission Array disguised as an altar.
A puppet with Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivation.
The Phantom Stone forged to imitate the signs of a fallen cultivator.
And so on.
The reasons for Li Fan going to such lengths, which included renting and modifying the Advanced World and creating fictional stories of True Immortals, were manifold.
Firstly, if he directly sponsored their Techniques as a cultivator, it wouldn’t raise eyebrows at the beginning when these prodigies were young and naive.
But as they grew older and realized the value of Techniques, they would inevitably harbor doubts, suspecting there might be hidden plots or costs behind it all. Once there was a shred of doubt, difficulties might emerge.
However, if he disguised himself as a semi-fallen ancient cultivator and presented the gifted Techniques as good fortunes they encountered, there would be no reason to worry.
Secondly, with the establishment of the [Immortal Revival] organization, he could comfortably step back and let it go.
No more painstaking efforts to personally find outstanding talents for investment.
Geniuses are attracted to each other.
It is quite likely that Xiao Heng, Su Xiaomei, and other prodigies would stumble upon companions of similar talent during their growth and travels.
Without Li Fan needing to bat an eye, the members of Immortal Revival would continue to increase.
Allowing the prodigies to grow, Li Fan could cultivate in peace and enjoy the investment returns from the expansion of Immortal Revival.
It’s simply indescribable.
Thirdly, the weight of the Immortal Revival background, an organization that opposes the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals, would naturally impose a layer of pressure on Xiao Heng and the rest.
Pressure yields motivation.
Only then can their cultivation talents be exploited to the fullest extent.
And Li Fan could recoup his investment faster.
Li Fan distinctly remembered that without any pressure, Xiao Heng took over a decade to eliminate the miasma in his body in the previous life.
Yet, in this life, under the pressure of being stranded on a Deserted Island and the “responsibility of revenge”, he began cultivating the very next day after receiving “The Godly Sword of Calming Seas” Technique.
The gap between the two was vast.
As for whether the small [Immortal Revival] organization would attract the attention of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals…
Li Fan had warned Xiao Heng when he’d disguised himself as a skull.
The Alliance of Thousands of Immortals has tremendous power. Their primary goal right now is to strengthen and expand their own forces.
Until they reached the Nascent Soul Realm, they should avoid face-to-face conflicts with the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
No matter how gifted Xiao Heng was, it would take a number of years to reach the Nascent Soul Realm.
Perhaps, Li Fan would not live to see that day in this life.
In any case, the seeds have been sown. All he needed to do now was to wait for the prodigies from the Advanced World to grow and then he could harvest the fruits of his labor.
Having been busy for two whole months, by the time Li Fan returned to Ten Thousand Immortals Island, ten years had passed.
Although he could “sit back and reap the benefits” by Cultivating The Art of Mountain Sitting, Li Fan was not the type to pin all his hopes on others.
His personal cultivation had not been neglected.
Throughout the ten years, Li Fan spent his time diligently cultivating in seclusion.
The Enlightenment state never stopped. One year of it was equivalent to twenty years of hard labor for a normal cultivator.
And then, one day, a substantial amount of cultivation feedback suddenly appeared in Li Fan’s Dantian.
It jolted him awake from his cultivation.
This cultivation feedback was equivalent to three to four years of his normal cultivation.
He hadn’t expected the first batch of cultivation feedback to arrive so swiftly. Li Fan couldn’t help feeling pleasantly surprised and began to check on it.
Upon careful examination, to Li Fan’s surprise, the first major cultivation feedback from the Art of Mountain Sitting didn’t come from the prodigies of the Advanced World.
It actually came from He Zhenghao!
Just recently, he had successfully moved from the Mid Stage of Foundation Establishment to the Final Stage Foundation Establishment stage.
“Daoist He has made rapid progress indeed, achieving breakthrough so quickly.”
“Seems like his claim of achieving Gold Core within fifty years was not an empty boast.”
At this moment, Li Fan received a joyful message from He Zhenghao.
Li Fan waived his interest for this year as an encouragement.
He urged him to continue his diligent cultivation and strive for the Gold Core as early as possible.
Afterwards, he reviewed the messages he had missed during his seclusion.
Zhang Zhiliang’s research on the Array of Mountains and Rivers was almost complete.
He sent a message asking how Li Fan was progressing in self-studying the Array Techniques.
Once he returned, he’d conduct a test for Li Fan.
Given that Li Fan had studied the array techniques under Zhang Zhiliang for over ten years in his previous life, he was not worried at all.
Then came a flurry of unimportant greetings and well-wishes. However, a message from Jiang Zhengji of the Martial Arts Battle Hall piqued Li Fan’s interest.
He asked Li Fan if he had recently encountered a cultivator at the Final Stage
Foundation Establishment.
Obviously, the message was sent to a group, but this Foundation Establishment Cultivator, Li Fan, was familiar.
He was the Foundation Establishment Master, who had also smuggled himself from the Mortal Small World in the twelfth reincarnation.
After Li Fan had inquired Jiang Zhengji, he came to know the situation.
Turns out, not long before, this always low-key Foundation Establishment Master suddenly had increased his promotions.
Claiming a guaranteed successful Foundation Establishment, and a promise of reducing the time of Foundation Establishment by 90%, he was recruiting disciples enthusiastically.
The not bad reputation of the Foundation Establishment Master, and the hyped-up effectiveness, attracted many Perfect Energy Cultivators who were preparing for Foundation Establishment.
They were quite trusting of this Foundation Establishment Master. After paying their contribution points, they started setting up their foundation on the spot under the master’s careful guidance.
However, when they either succeeded or failed and woke up from the process of Foundation Establishment, they were enraged to find out.
The Foundation Establishment Master, who was constantly instructing them by their side, turned out to be nothing more than an illusion.
The real Foundation Establishment Master had long since disappeared.
The cultivators then realized that they had been deceived.
According to the statistics after the incident, at least over a hundred cultivators had gathered on the island at that time.
2000 contribution points, for a Perfect Energy Cultivator, is quite a significant amount.
Being unwilling to accept the loss, they, no longer caring about face-saving, chose to report the incident to the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
The alliance wouldn’t care about such a trivial matter.
However, they still needed to maintain a facade.
The Martial Arts Battle Hall thus ordered Jiang Zhengji to thoroughly investigate this case.
By the time Jiang Zhengji arrived at the incident island for investigation, it was already a deserted place, and nothing could be discovered.
Moreover, the culprits seemed to be resourceful.
Even Operation Tiantong could not find a single trace of them with Jiang Zhengji pulling the strings.
If the task is not completed, merit will be deducted, and authority level will be dropped.
Having no choice, Jiang Zhengji had to adopt an attitude of trying and broadcasted to all his friends, inquiring whether anyone had seen the Foundation Establishment Master.
Li Fan, who understood the ins and outs of the matter, was intrigued and stroked his chin.
“According to the normal trajectory, they should still be carrying out the fraud discreetly, slowly accumulating contribution points.”
“How did it happen that they made a big scene and directly ran away? “Could it be that they also speculated on the Spirit Mist Grass?” Li Fan couldn’t help but think so.
After thinking about it, there was indeed a certain possibility.
After all, during the twelfth reincarnation, they were not far from exchanging for the Unified Dao Technique ‘Swallow the Sea Longevity Technique’.
Trying their luck, maybe they could complete the task fifty years ahead of
schedule?
Li Fan could even imagine that when the price of Spirit Mist Grass initially skyrocketed, they might have been tempted, but not necessarily reached a consensus.
Using decades of accumulation to speculate on the market.
But as the price of Spirit Mist Grass continued to soar, the opposing opinions would become increasingly weak.
In the end, after some hesitation, they finally agreed to enter the market, planning to make a quick buck and run.
When the Tianxuan Mirror settled the issue with a single word, the price of Spirit Mist Grass plummeted.
They lost everything.
“Maybe they didn’t use all their savings, but they definitely suffered heavy losses. So they took a desperate chance, preparing to make a quick buck for a bailout, and directly ran away.”
“One hundred people, that’s two hundred thousand contribution points. This scam is quicker than investing.”
After thinking, Li Fan replied to Jiang Zhengji: “If possible, friend Daoist can try to search along the way to Yongliang State. Maybe you will see some results.”
After a moment, Jiang Zhengji replied: “Do you mean that they have fled to join the Five Elders Organization? Humph, deserting the alliance is a heinous crime. If they were caught by me…”
“Whatever it is, thank you, Daoist friend!”
Li Fan politely exchanged some more words, put away his communication charm and began to ponder quietly.
He was not very concerned about the Foundation Establishment Master fleeing ahead of time.
What really concerned Li Fan was that the impact of the Spirit Mist Grass incident seemed to exceed his expectations.
Before, he had a vague feeling in his heart that he seemed to be overlooking something.
At this moment, with the reminder of this interlude, Li Fan finally realized.
What he was overlooking.
Li Fan started searching for the price of herbal spiritual plants in the Tianxuan Mirror.
As expected, there were cries of despair everywhere, a sight too gruesome to watch.
Some prices had even fallen below the cost price.
“During the twelfth reincarnation, these herbal medicines collapsed in price due to the first batch of spiritual plants grown in the Wood Attribute Hollow World being matured and shipped in large quantities.”
“And this reincarnation, because of the announcement in the Tianxuan Mirror. All the cultivators of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals knew ahead of time about the hollow world with a vast variety of herbal spiritual plants.” “It’s predictable that prices would fall. To quickly sell off the herbs in their hands, the cultivators undercut each other, causing the prices of spiritual plants to collapse ahead of time.”
“However, this is not the point.”
“The main point is…”
“The Little Pharma Sovereign Cauldron.”
Recalling this culprit that caused his previous death, a gleam shone in Li Fan’s eyes.
“With the collapse of the price of herbal medicines, naturally, no one will buy the small furnace for planting herbal medicines.”
“Without any commissions, would Jiao Xiuyuan still go to the ruins of the
Medicine King Sect to unearth the Little Pharma Sovereign Cauldron?”
“At this moment, the Little Pharma Sovereign Cauldron has negligible value.” “But when the real Medicine King Cauldron returns, it will become a treasure that everyone competes for..”
