Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 141 Everyone wants to improve.

Ling Zhifu's life was mundane and ordinary, but during this period, Ge Changyuan's life was also quite eventful.

Su Qing poured him three cups of spiritual tea before he finally stopped, still wanting more.

"I heard from you that you came looking for me a few days ago. May I ask what brings you here?" Su Qing asked, cupping his hands in greeting.

"Didn't you make puppets for several villages last time, fellow Daoist? In the past few months, the iron horses, wooden oxen, and lizard warriors have been used quite well by the villages."

Everyone knows that the old man has a connection with you, fellow Daoist, and that's why he asked the old Daoist to buy puppets from you!

Ge Changyuan said with a radiant face that Su Qing had greatly enhanced his reputation in the village last time, and Ge Ling had also lived up to expectations, reaching the peak of the third level of Qi Refining, which made him very respected in all the villages in the Lingtian District.

"Oh, were the original puppets not enough? How many lizard warriors and iron horses and wooden oxen are needed this time?"
"I still have some lizard warriors in stock, fellow Daoist, you can take a few back today!"

Although the orders from Lingtian District couldn't compare to those from Yunshan Sect, every little bit helps, and Su Qing had no reason to refuse.

"Not lizard warriors and wooden oxen and iron horses! This time, we want black-armored horses and dual-sword lizards!"

Ge Changyuan suddenly became arrogant, which startled Su Qing.

“Fellow Daoist Ge, it’s not that I think you can’t afford the Twin-Blade Lizard, but is it really necessary?”

"Didn't the Yunshan Sect issue an order strictly forbidding any cultivator from disturbing the spirit plant growers, allowing you to cultivate in peace? Surely no one should dare to harm you anymore, so why would you need the dual-bladed lizards?"

Ge Changyuan shook his head, his old face flushed, and he said angrily:

"With the elders of the Yunshan Sect speaking up, no fearless cultivator would dare to bully us."

But instead of killing and robbing, they've started stealing!

They used their magic to steal the spiritual melons and vegetables from a distance of one or two miles away, sometimes even stealing them right in front of us!
Standing in the field, I watched helplessly as the magical melons and vegetables flew away, some of them not even fully ripe. These damned people, they even steal the unripe ones, wasting everything!

"Did you report it to the authorities? I mean, did you tell the disciples of Yunshan Sect?" Su Qing asked.

"We told them, but the adults at Yunshan Sect, upon hearing that it was just a few petty thieves stealing spirit melons and vegetables, told us to handle it ourselves!" Ge Changyuan said, slapping his thigh.

Su Qing nodded upon hearing this. Judging from Ge Changyuan and the others' words, they were going to ride the Xuanjia Horse and take the Twin-Blade Lizards to chase away these cultivators.

"To be honest, fellow Daoist, when I came last time I couldn't find you, I ordered a batch of puppets from a puppeteer outside. I also ordered ten Xuanjia horses and two heavy cavalry dogs!"

Old Man Ge said somewhat embarrassedly.

Su Qing waved his hand, saying that it was no wonder he was being treated this way. The client had a need, and he wasn't home, so he couldn't stop the client from contacting someone else. There was no such logic in the world.

"Fellow Daoist, have you made a payment?" he asked tentatively.

"Of course not. That puppeteer from outside isn't Fellow Daoist Su. We don't know his background, so how could we dare to set a price for him?"

The puppeteer's shop has plenty of Xuanjia horses and heavy cavalry; they said the old man could just go and buy them with his spirit crystals, no need to order.

Entrusted with the important task of purchasing goods for several villages, Ge Changyuan was very cautious. Mainly because he was scared by Su Qing last time. He still trusted Su Qing, and he would not dare to pay a deposit for anyone else.

"Alright, since no deposit was paid, I'll take the order!" Su Qing didn't want to watch his client slip away to someone else. "I understand. Since you're alright, we won't buy the heavy cavalry. We'll just trouble you to forge two double-bladed lizard mounts for us, and I'll go to the West Market to buy ten Xuanjia horses!"

Ge Changyuan thought to himself, if he could find ten cultivators to ride on Xuanjia horses to chase after those bandits, and then use the Twin-Blade Lizards and the village's lizard warriors to intimidate them, that would surely scare them away.

"The Twin-Blade Lizard is unsuitable; I can refine a more suitable one for you. As for the Xuanjia Horse, there's no need to look for anyone else; I can refine one myself."

"Fellow Daoist, you only need to tell me how many spirit crystals each village has prepared for this transaction!"

"Fellow Daoist Xuanjia Ma can also refine it? I knew Fellow Daoist Su was quite capable!"

Ge Changyuan was pleased to be able to trade with an acquaintance. After praising Su Qing, he spoke frankly:
"Fifty thousand, no, eighty thousand! This is the total number of spirit crystals that twelve villages, including my Ge Family Village, can gather this time!"

Knowing Su Qing's abilities, Ge Changyuan gritted his teeth and said that the maximum amount the village chiefs had previously set for him was 80,000 spirit crystals, and he had directly pushed it to the limit.

"Alright then, fellow Daoist, come to me in three days with spirit crystals to retrieve the puppet!"

"That would be perfect. I was worried that if we dragged this out too long, those thieves would ruin everything in the fields!"

After seeing Old Man Ge off, Su Qing rushed towards the Hundred Treasures Pavilion without stopping.

A set of Xuanjia horse materials costs about 500 spirit crystals. He bought 100 sets at once, and with the discount for a first-level guest elder and Tong Xin's help, he bought them for 48,000 spirit crystals.

Dozens of bottles of spell potions for damage reduction, heavy armor, strength, speed, and cavalry combat also cost tens of thousands of spirit crystals.

Turning around, he went into Yuanlai Tower. Wang Rong, the former deputy head of Baiyunfang Market and the former courtesan, was still on the first floor, welcoming and seeing off guests, just like Tong Xin.

However, she lacked Tong Xin's boldness and dared not risk opening a shop in the chaotic front camp, which is why she did not become a first-level manager after the four shops were merged.

Nevertheless, thanks to the Lizard Warrior order that generates a fixed monthly income for Yuanlailou, Su Qing is considered a minor manager on the first floor of Yuanlailou, a position different from that of ordinary employees.

As soon as Su Qing entered, she swayed her hips and turned around.

"Fellow Daoist Su, it's been a few days since I came back, but I haven't seen you come to my shop."

"Since the other side of the street couldn't serve you today, you've come to our little shop for some fun?"

Wang Rong said with a hint of sourness, "I've seen Su Qing come and go from the Treasure Pavilion several times."

If she had just landed one of those big deals, her life would be much better now.

The old courtesan's sourness seemed inexplicable to Su Qing. He glanced at her and, in a businesslike manner, handed over the lizard warriors' supplies for the next three months to him.

Thirty lizard warriors were exchanged for one hundred and fifty sets of lizard warrior materials. Carrying the materials, he turned and left.

Wang Rong was left behind, stomping her feet until her buttocks trembled, but dared not utter a harsh word to Su Qing.

The lizard warriors' shop is still selling them for 1,600 spirit crystals!
Ten sets a month, after deducting the cost of materials for Su Qing, would yield a profit of about seven or eight thousand spirit crystals. Therefore, she naturally dared not offend Su Qing.

Thinking to herself that with his personality, she figured he probably wouldn't be interested in her selling herself, so she should give him some other benefits next time to encourage him to make more puppets for Yuanlai Tower. She, Wang Rong, also wanted to improve.

(End of this chapter)