My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 999: Both Beauties Submit

"Those who labor with their minds rule others. When I was the chief of the Strategy Formation Hall back then, I never struggled like you do."

"You must learn to delegate authority."

Li Fan advised earnestly.

Lu Xichan, in her current state, dared not refute him and could only nod repeatedly in agreement.

A brief silence fell within the bamboo hut.

Then, after pondering for a moment, Li Fan seemed to reach a decision.

With a casual point in the air, he directed his finger toward Lu Xichan's forehead.

This move, inherently threatening and one that any cultivator would instinctively resist, passed without the slightest reaction from Lu Xichan, thanks to the distorted perception wrought by Li Fan's three lashes and the True Temptation Fruit.

She endured the finger strike directly.

Over a thousand novel formations, far beyond her current comprehension, instantly flooded Lu Xichan's mind.

After a moment of stunned silence, Lu Xichan abruptly looked up: "Master, this is..."

Her voice, somewhat weak, brimmed with surprise.

Li Fan snorted coldly: "With your current incompetence, if you were left to work in isolation, you might never achieve greatness, even until your demise."

"These formations are recent gains from my years of study, far more refined than when I faked my death back then. That should keep you occupied for a while."

Lu Xichan naturally understood the value of these formations. A surge of joy and gratitude welled up in her heart, and she promptly kowtowed to Li Fan: "Thank you, Master, for your generous gift."

"Xuan Sushang..." Li Fan ignored Lu Xichan and turned his gaze to Xuan Sushang instead.

"This junior is present," Xuan Sushang replied hastily.

"Your matter..." Li Fan began slowly.

Upon hearing this, both Xuan Sushang and Lu Xichan held their breath.

"Now that the deed is done and you two are mutually affectionate, I cannot intervene."

"Xichan has a naturally indolent disposition. Without someone to urge and oversee her, she is likely to meet the same fate in the future..."

As he spoke, Li Fan transferred the golden long whip, formed from his soul force, through the air: "I grant you this whip. In the future, whenever you find Xichan slacking, you shall administer punishment in my stead!"

"Xichan, you must not resist! Do you understand?" Li Fan stared directly at her.

Lu Xichan's body trembled slightly once more, and she whispered: "This disciple understands."

Xuan Sushang accepted the dark golden long whip with both hands, her face a mix of bewilderment and delight.

She stole a glance at Lu Xichan, and as if struck by a thought, a blush crept across her cheeks.

Only after the other's reminder did she kowtow to Li Fan in thanks.

"With matters here settled, I shall take my leave first."

"As for the mess in this Bamboo Sea..."

Before Li Fan could finish, Lu Xichan interjected: "Master, rest assured; I will handle it myself."

After a pause, Lu Xichan hesitated before murmuring softly: "Please be careful on your journey, Master..."

Li Fan smiled. In the next instant, his figure had already appeared high in the sky.

"A mere minor calamity; how could it harm me?"

"Still, I accept your well-wishes, disciple. Hahaha..."

With those words, his presence vanished from this Bamboo Sea Forest.

Xuan Sushang and Lu Xichan stared blankly at the sky.

The events that had unfolded so abruptly felt like a dream. In less than a day, it seemed as if half a lifetime had passed for the two of them.

Their gazes intertwined. After a long while, Xuan Sushang spoke first: "Since the choice has been made, regrets are pointless now."

"However..."

"The internal strife within the Tianxuan Mirror may not affect us in the end."

Lu Xichan nodded: "Still, what happened here should not be spread outside..."

Her eyes flicked to the long whip in Xuan Sushang's hand, and her breathing grew erratic once more.

...

Beyond the Bamboo Sea.

Having released the previously suppressed servant female cultivators and Shuo Feng, Li Fan's group headed toward the location of the Tianxuan Mirror's clone.

Yet Daoist Hundred Flowers and Lin Ling regarded Li Fan with peculiar looks.

Only the little junior brother Tianyang remained unperturbed, as always.

The scenes from the bamboo hut had naturally been witnessed by them.

In truth, with such commotion, it would have been difficult for them to ignore even if they tried.

"If such methods were used on me..." Lin Ling's fear of Li Fan deepened.

"Worthy of an emmisary; his mastery of manipulating hearts and managing subordinates has reached the pinnacle. No wonder the True Immortal took notice of him. Even among those survivors from the various realms back then, none were like this," Daoist Hundred Flowers mused inwardly.

Li Fan paid no heed to their wild speculations.

What he had done was merely to plant a contingency.

After all, Xuan Sushang and Lu Xichan held no small status within the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.

Though not comparable to a Dharma-Transmitter, they could certainly be counted among the upper echelons of rule.

But Li Fan was not truly the Xuantian Sect's Dharma King, nor aligned with Mo Rubin; with his True Self and his myriad unique secrets, he needed his own channels for certain matters.

Through those three lashes just now, Li Fan believed that even if loopholes appeared in the lie woven by the True Temptation Fruit, they could be temporarily overlooked amid the shock of this impactful event.

As long as recalling Master Li Fan first brought to mind those three lashes...

With Lu Xichan's temperament, she could never face it calmly.

As for imparting over a thousand formations to her afterward, it was simply to enhance the credibility of the fabricated memories and to offer a soothing sweet after the slap.

And granting the golden long whip to Xuan Sushang later...

First, to monitor the two women's every move; after all, the whip was formed from his soul force, equivalent to another form of clone.

Second, to delay as much as possible the moment when the lie would be exposed.

How could Li Fan not know what would transpire between Xuan Sushang and Lu Xichan once she obtained the golden long whip? Especially with the legitimate authority of "supervision and punishment" he had bestowed.

They would surely savor the taste and forget all else in indulgence.

In this way, for quite some time to come, the two female cultivators would remain confined to this Bamboo Sea.

"The less they appear at the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance headquarters, the lower the risk of exposure."

That was Li Fan's calculation.

All else was not as it seemed on the surface.

Gathering his thoughts, Li Fan refocused on the information Xuan Sushang had passed regarding the Tianxuan Mirror's clone.

"Incarnating as a mortal, wandering the Xuanhuang."

"Changing appearance and identity ceaselessly, finding endless delight in it."

"Suspected to be comprehending the Dao..."

"Interesting."

Li Fan's eyes gleamed as he accelerated toward the most recent sighting of the Tianxuan Mirror's clone.

Liuguang Province, a mortal city named Weidu.

Before long, the four had arrived at the destination.

"The Immortal-mortal Miasma lives up to its reputation. I had only heard of it before, never witnessed it firsthand."

"Now, experiencing it directly from afar, I feel a wave of revulsion."

Daoist Hundred Flowers sighed.