Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 10 Gale Technique, Ironback Bear

In the morning, the sun is just right.

Ge Changyuan and his wife went out to raise money to pay for Su Qing's expensive medical treatment.

Although Su Qing had explained to them that the lotus root legs on Ge Ling's body were his experimental creation, and that they did not need to pay him any additional production costs beyond the necessary expenses.

However, the cost alone was not something that Ge Changyuan and his wife could easily afford.

"Honey, Immortal Master Su said there's no rush to pay back this amount of spirit crystals. We can raise the money for him after we sell the spirit rice. Are we really going to sell the ox? Without it, how will you plow the fields?"

The woman speaking was Ge Changyuan's wife, Yuan Ailan. She had a simple and honest appearance. At this moment, she was stroking the neck of the bull repeatedly. The old bull seemed to sense this and gently rubbed its horns against her chest.

Seeing this, Ge Changyuan felt a pang of pity.

In the eyes of most cultivators, the bull is just a carnivorous monster, but it is the most trusted partner of the spirit plant cultivators.

Cultivating fields rich in spirituality requires the strength of oxen.

For shipping goods, Manniu is a trustworthy choice.

Even if they encounter danger in the fields, the presence of a Tier 1 Wild Bull gives the Spirit Plant Master more confidence.

A bull worth thousands of spirit crystals is not something every spirit plant grower can own; most spirit plant growers can only rent bulls from others when they need them.

The money he saved up at home was the result of more than ten years of hard work, day and night.

With its help, he has been able to manage more spirit fields in recent years, and his life is becoming more and more prosperous. He even plans to save up enough spirit crystals in a few more years to send Ge Ling to a shop in the city to learn a craft, whether it is talisman making, weapon refining, or even just becoming an appraiser. It would be more promising than being a spirit plant grower like him.

If it weren't for dire circumstances, Ge Changyuan wouldn't have considered selling Man Niu.

Looking at Su Qing, who was leading Ge Ling through rehabilitation exercises, Ge Changyuan hardened his heart.

"Fellow Daoist Su is a good person, and we can't be sloppy. Fellow Daoist Su covered the hiring fees for Fellow Daoist Tang and the material costs for the spirit lotus root leg. Fellow Daoist Su has worked so hard and said he only wants the cost price. Can we really only pay the cost price?"

After saying that, Ge Changyuan pulled on the reins and led the bull out of the Ge family's house.

Yuan Ailan glanced at the departing man and ox, then at Ge Ling, who was running happily with her legs up. Her earlier reluctance turned into a deep sense of relief.

It's certainly hard to accept that illness can lead to poverty, but it's already a blessing that my daughter can continue her spiritual practice. What more could she ask for?

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"The running and jumping function seems to be working fine. Let's try calling up mana and see if there's any difference from before."

Su Qing called out to Ge Ling, who had run far away, and said to her with a smile.

Although the Spirit Lotus Leg has been recognized by the system as a mature first-tier mid-grade puppet, there shouldn't be any problems.

But since this was the first puppet he had independently crafted, Su Qing decided to observe it for a few more days, which could be considered after-sales service for the Spirit Lotus Leg.

This service was actually just a side effect; Tang Wanqing, who was working part-time as a hunter, hadn't returned yet, and he was still somewhat uneasy about having to return to the living area alone.

Fortunately, I brought enough materials with me when I arrived. I spent the last two days helping Ge Ling with her rehabilitation and kept up the pace of crafting the witch puppet at night.

Manager Liu's orders have all been completed, and the three puppets that Tang Wanqing customized, as well as the high-level puppets that were paid for as employment fees, have all been crafted.

With his mastery of the Passionate Puppet skill nearing its maximum, Su Qing even had the leisure to have a custom-made Passionate Puppet made for himself, named Teacher San Shang. This fulfilled a small wish from his previous life and temporarily curbed his urge to patronize the Red Sleeves Brothel.

"Brother Su, can I use the Gale Technique? If I apply it to my legs, I can run really fast!" Ge Ling asked, her face flushed from running.

Her rehabilitation has been progressing well over the past two days. She has completely forgotten the pain of losing her legs, and in her eyes, her legs are no different from before.

Apart from the tingling sensation she experiences at night where her legs connect to her body, she doesn't even realize that she has lost a pair of legs.

"You've even mastered the Gale Technique? I didn't know you were such a genius in Taoist arts! Go give it a try, it shouldn't be a problem!"

Watching Ge Ling easily summon a wisp of wind and imbue it onto her leg, the wind carried her into the air, making her float and drift across the fields like an elf.

Su Qing felt a slight pang of envy. In the Tianyuan Realm, those who cultivate the Dharma practice Taoist arts to protect the Dao, while those who cultivate the body practice combat skills for self-defense.

Taoist arts and combat skills are divided into four levels: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. Among them, those in the Qi Refining stage and those in the first-level Body Cultivation stage can only practice Yellow-level Taoist arts or combat skills at most.

The Gale Technique, a low-grade Yellow-rank Daoist technique, has effects such as increasing speed and briefly levitling. It is one of the essential Daoist techniques that every rogue cultivator must know.

However, it is rare to find someone like Ge Ling who can skillfully perform this Dao technique at the first level of Qi Refining, which shows that she has a great talent in Dao techniques.

With high talent in Taoist arts, one's future development path could be to serve as a warrior or escort for a major power, or to work independently as a demon hunter or thief. Such a path would be brighter than that of a spiritual plant cultivator.

Compared to Ge Ling, Su Qing's talent in Taoist arts is rather underwhelming.

He has not yet mastered the Gale Technique, an essential life-saving Daoist art, even though he is currently in the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

"This doesn't make sense. Shouldn't a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator be able to learn and use this kind of low-grade Yellow-level Dao technique immediately? Why am I completely confused and unable to learn it properly?"

Su Qing watched with a bitter expression as Ge Ling displayed various techniques with the Gale Technique. The little girl could actually compress the wind ball into the shape of a blade, already touching the shadow of the advanced Gale Technique, the mid-grade Yellow-level Gale Slash!
"I must be cursed by the panel. In order to make me focus on the art of puppetry, it has stripped me of my aptitude in cultivation, physical skills, and Taoist arts!"

"What a treacherous system!"

Su Qing didn't want to admit that her physical body was hopeless except for having a slight talent in puppetry, so she silently blamed it on the control panel.

"Brother Su, run! The monster is coming! It's the same monster that killed me that day!"

Ge Ling's panicked shout interrupted Su Qing's wild thoughts.

When he looked up into the distance, he could only see a vague outline of a giant object several miles away, slowly moving toward him.

Ge Lingfei could see far and high. The moment he saw the giant object appear, his body trembled and he almost lost control of the wind and fell from mid-air.

In her panic, she didn't forget to land next to Su Qing, activate the wind spell to buff him with a whirlwind technique, and try to escape with him.

"It was an Ironback Bear. That's the one that ate my leg that day. It was as big as a small mountain, and it made a deafening noise when it ran. Even with my Gale spell, I couldn't outrun it!"

Ge Ling's face turned pale with fright. Seeing Su Qing standing still, she hurriedly spoke up to warn him, wanting him to know how terrifying this monster was.

Su Qing was also somewhat flustered. With his current abilities, it was hard to say whether he was more useful than Ge Ling when facing a first-tier demon beast.

After all, none of the puppets he crafted were good at fighting. The two Taoist arts he possessed, the Direction Technique, could at most prevent him from getting lost when escaping, and the Yellow-grade low-rank Golden Wood Blade would only excite the monsters even more.

But once he switched to the perspective of the Wood Spirit servants buried nearby, he was no longer flustered.

"Don't be afraid, that ironback bear is dead. The older sister who came with me the day before yesterday hunted it down and is dragging it this way now!"

Su Qing patted Ge Ling's head and offered words of comfort.

"Is that the lady with the really big breasts? She's amazing." Ge Ling had a vivid memory of Tang Wanqing's enormous breasts.

"If you say it's big, then it's big. It's her. You should cultivate diligently, and you can become as powerful as her in the future."

"Can't I be the same age as her?" Ge Ling asked, somewhat disappointed.

"How old are you? You're always thinking useless things!" Su Qing couldn't help but slap her, then turned to look at Tang Wanqing dragging a group of ironback bears, which gradually came into view.

The giant beast, about three zhang tall and with skin like iron, was a dead body. As one approached it, one's mind would falter, and it was hard to imagine its ferocity when it was alive and kicking.

Tang Wanqing, unharmed and relaxed, was able to easily subdue such a demonic beast, which refreshed his understanding of her strength.

"This fellow Daoist is quite strong!"

Su Qing was not surprised that Tang Wanqing could hunt monsters. To be able to run a special business in Baiyunfang City, one must either be a good fighter or have connections. Tang Wanqing was clearly one of the good fighters.

But being able to solo a Tier 1 high-grade monster is truly excessively strong!

(End of this chapter)