Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 131 Current Status and Changes.

As Su Qing analyzed the rogue cultivators coming from the market outside, he also saw several familiar faces. They were all rogue cultivators from the original front-line camp, but none of them were his fellow cultivators who had gone to the Aishan defense line with him.

Just as he was pondering whether these fellow Daoists had died at the hands of demonic cultivators, and preparing to offer incense to them after he had settled down,

Suddenly, the figure of Dog King Pang Feifan appeared ahead.

"Fellow Daoist, it's only because I've switched to raising leopards now that I'm doing this; otherwise, you wouldn't be able to buy my spirit dog even if you wanted to!"

"What? You're saying my spirit dog is just ordinary? Then I'll have to give you a good talking to!"

"Thinking back to that day, I was invited by the Hundred Treasures Pavilion to go to Black Tiger Mountain to fight against the second-tier demon kings. The two second-tier tiger kings were so ferocious that the rest of my fellow cultivators were trembling with fear."

"My pack of dogs was fearless. At that time, the only ones who could rival the ferocity of my pack were Fellow Daoist Su's puppet army!"

"Ah, who is Fellow Daoist Su? He's dead, that's not important. Take a good look at my dogs. Look at the scars on their bodies, those are badges left from their deadly battles with second-tier demon kings!"

"1200 spirit crystals per dog? What? That's too expensive. These dogs have been inspected by the Demon King, so it's only natural that their value has increased?"

"Alright, go back and let it heal. If it works well, you can come again, fellow Daoist. I've been setting up my stall here lately!"

After Pang Feifan had dealt with the guests and left, Su Qing appeared behind him.

"It seems Fellow Daoist Pang has been doing well lately?"

Looking at Pang Feifan, whose complexion was rosy and who had transformed from a spirit dog to a spirit leopard, Su Qing asked with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Su...? You're still alive?" Pang Feifan turned around and looked at Su Qing, surprised and doubtful.

"Of course I'm alive. I fought that witch for half a month and luckily managed to slip away when she wasn't paying attention!" Su Qing cupped his hands and smiled bitterly.

"Fellow Daoist, you've suffered!" Pang Feifan looked at his emaciated and pale appearance, and imagined the scene of his fierce battle with the witch, and couldn't help but feel sorry for him.

This Fellow Daoist Su was already weak to begin with, and now that the witch has drained his essence and marrow, he'll probably be completely ruined in the future.

Looking at Huodan, who had also lost a lot of weight, I felt even more heartbroken.

“I am always moved to tears whenever I think of what Fellow Daoist Su did that day. Now that Fellow Daoist Su has returned to the front camp, let the unpleasantness between him and the witch be. I will go and inform the other fellow Daoists to come and welcome you back!”

As Pang Feifan spoke, he led Su Qing toward Helian Xianliang Haishun's residence.

The banquet at Baibaolou is not cheap; we can't let Pang Feifan pay for it all by himself!
As they walked, Su Qing inquired about everyone's recent situation, mainly asking how the influx of people into the frontier camp as the other three markets gradually merged into Baiyun Market would affect their businesses.

From Pang Feifan, we learned that in order to deal with the impact from the other three market professionals.

These professionals, who had experienced the battle of Black Tiger Mountain, rallied the professionals from the original White Cloud Market to unite and compete with their counterparts from other markets.

For the time being, array masters and weapon refiners like Liang Haishun and Helian Xian have not only not been affected by the business, but have also enjoyed the benefits of market expansion, making their business much easier than before.

Pang Feifan, on the other hand, was easily replaced by the puppeteers of the Beast Puppet Market with mountain dog puppets because of the role of the dog pack. He had no choice but to transform his business and breed with that little Shadow Leopard to do business with the spirit leopard in the future!
"Fellow Daoist Su, you should also be careful. Although there are puppeteers in the Talisman Market and the Azure Sky Market, in my opinion, there are not many who can surpass you in skill. They are nothing to fear."

However, that puppet market has one second-tier puppeteer, four first-tier peak puppeteers, and twenty or thirty other puppeteers. If you want to sell puppets as before, the lizard warriors alone probably won't be enough!

Pang Feifan earnestly reminded them that all professionals think the same way: they are enemies with their peers and always hope that their peers will die.

Puppet masters flooded into the Beast Puppet Market. As a beast tamer, he was accidentally injured by them. As a puppet master, Su Qing was naturally the first to bear the brunt and had to face the competitive pressure they brought.

Su Qing felt a little heavy-hearted upon hearing this, thinking that he was likely to have a hard time in the future. He originally crafted lizard warriors, with a material cost of two hundred and a selling price of three thousand, making a profit of about fifteen times.

In the future, I'm afraid we'll only be able to sell it for a thousand spirit crystals? Only five times the profit? Isn't this what you call a tough time?

Although other puppeteers would be grateful if they made twice the profit from a single puppet after deducting the cost of failure, they are themselves, and each has their own identity.

He also needs to support the meditation doll, rebuild his team, and refine himself to replenish his qi and blood. All of these things require spirit crystals, and the low profit margin can't support his expenses!

"Fellow Daoist Su is back! Thank you for your hard work!"

"Fellow Daoist, you've suffered terribly, haven't you been tormented by that witch!"

"Fellow Daoist, has my black python come in handy?"

"Fellow Daoist Su looks frail, but I never expected you to be such a hidden master. Even that witch couldn't do anything to you!"

Because of Su Qing's amazing performance on Black Tiger Mountain, and his willingness to feed the witches to rescue them, everyone was grateful to him.

Liang Haishun and the others now understood that Su Qing's escape from the witch's clutches was definitely not as simple as he had described; it was even possible that she had joined the Desire Demon Sect.

But since he didn't say anything, everyone assumed that he had only managed to escape by sheer luck after a fierce battle with the witch.

At this moment, sitting on the top of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, all the cultivators gathered together, including Ma Tuan.

Only Qinghe was nowhere to be seen. Su Qing asked her out of curiosity and learned that since returning from Black Tiger Mountain, the woman had been in seclusion in Baiyun Market to break through her cultivation, seemingly aiming to reach the second level.

"Fellow Daoist Su, please rest assured. We have not told anyone about you obtaining the Blood Lotus Fruit. Of course, it doesn't matter whether we tell anyone now or not. Perhaps the witch stole the fruit or you ate it?"

During the meal, Spiritual Master Ren Yuan came over and said this to Su Qing.

Su Qing nodded silently, not telling him whether the witch had stolen it or she had eaten it herself; in any case, it was gone.

Judging from Ren Yuan's disappointed look, he seemed to still have some interest in the Blood Lotus Fruit.
Unfortunately, he intended to use this fruit to advance to the first-tier high-grade body cultivation level.

After the three imprints of Dao patterns were applied and the foundation was improved, the Qi and blood experienced three ups and downs.

He doesn't plan to imprint Dao patterns for now. He will wait until his Qi and blood have been nurtured to a certain level, and with the help of the Blood Lotus Fruit, he will break through to the first-grade upper level and the late stage of Qi Refining before imprinting Dao patterns.

Let's save up a big batch before we make the final batch!
The proficiency gained then will be far greater than what the current branding can achieve.

After dealing with Ren Yuan, Su Qing asked everyone who was in charge of the forward camp.

The Yunshan Sect intends to use Baiyun Market as a base to encompass the forward camps and reclaim the low mountain defense line at any time, thus establishing a celestial city.

Under such circumstances, the forward camp may no longer be under the control of Yuan Tianye, Lin Shuangmu, and other second-tier array masters and Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"Several Foundation Establishment cultivators have come from other markets. I heard that a Golden Core cultivator will also be coming in the future, but for now, it's these dozen or so true disciples who are discussing matters together."

"Oh, that former array master who's on good terms with Fellow Daoist Su, his status hasn't been affected for the time being because his array mastery is irreplaceable!"

Senior Brother Yuan can still protect you!
I'll send him another beautiful snake tomorrow!

With connections in higher positions, Su Qing felt more confident in facing competition from her peers, and she was secretly delighted!
(End of this chapter)