Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 171 Lizard for Dog? I'm Not Stupid!
A good woman is afraid of a persistent suitor.

The old Taoist priest wasn't a good woman, but she was somewhat afraid of Su Qing.

Although he didn't mind building a relationship with Su Qing, a rising star in the art of talismans and a second-tier puppeteer.

But after several days of this, with him outputting the audio and Su Qing only listening, he was starting to feel the strain.

So much so that later on, when Su Qing asked him anything, he became completely mute and knew nothing about it.

Seeing that he couldn't extract any more information from the old Taoist priest, Su Qing could only regretfully bow and say:
"Fellow Daoist, your knowledge is vast, and I have benefited greatly from it over the past few days. I only regret that my strength and ability are insufficient, which has made you lose interest in sitting down and discussing the Dao with me!"

Actually, there are some. For example, the old Taoist priest kept subtly asking him where he got his skills in bionic runes and intelligent runes.

But can he say that?

I can't say.

While Master Tong was unwilling to sit down and discuss philosophy with Su Qing, someone else was willing to sit down and discuss philosophy with him.

That day, Su Qing had just sold a batch of puppets, making a hefty profit of over 100,000 spirit crystals, which he then exchanged for four low-grade spirit stones at the Treasure Pavilion.

He kept cursing and complaining that the Hundred Treasures Pavilion was too greedy. It was one thing for the material prices to go up, but even when exchanging spirit stones, they charged some kind of handling fee.

Unexpectedly, upon reaching the courtyard gate, a peacock-like man with a long, slender neck and a face as white as powder was waiting there.

Upon seeing it appear, it concealed the impatience in its eyes, but held its head high, its arrogant demeanor clearly indicating that it had not yet experienced the harsh realities of the cultivation world.

“A few days ago, I was busy refining a first-grade high-quality puppet and didn’t have time to sit and discuss the Dao with Fellow Daoist Su. Yesterday, I finally succeeded, so I came to pay a visit today!”

As Wang Junli spoke, he pointed to the dog-headed general behind him, who was about two zhang tall and dressed in armor.

Su Qing knew that the Wang family was a family of dog breeders. Not to mention the Dog-Headed General, they could even breed flying dogs.

Judging from Wang Junli's proud attitude towards this puppet, he clearly knows how to flatter him.

"General Dog Head, wearing a thousand-pound fine gold armor, with unparalleled defense and the strength to suppress ten thousand puppets, this first-grade high-quality puppet was actually made by you, fellow Daoist."
Fellow Daoist, at such a young age, you are already a first-tier high-grade puppeteer?
With such talent and gifts, it's no wonder everyone says you are the future pillar of the Wang family, a sturdy gem supporting the heavens!

Wang Junli did indeed want Su Qing to know his current strength.

He had been berated by his third uncle, who said he was not qualified to exchange puppetry skills with Su Qing.

As a proud second-generation immortal, how could he stand this?

After more than half a month of arduous study, he finally broke through his own limitations, crafted the Dog-Headed General, and advanced to the first-tier superior puppeteer realm.

He believed he was now qualified to look down on Su Qing.

Although both are first-tier high-grade puppeteers, he possesses the various inheritances of the Wang family, which is far superior to that of Su Qing, a rogue cultivator with unorthodox methods.

But before he could use his years of accumulated puppetry skills to impress Su Qing.

Su Qing immediately showered him with compliments, making him feel a little uncomfortable.

That's how it should be. After all, how can a wandering cultivator survive without flattering others?
Wang Junli felt contempt for Su Qing, a rogue cultivator who had no semblance of dignity befitting a cultivator.

Su Qing silently instructed Liu Yin to lead the bears and leopards to the backyard, where they hid using an array.

It wasn't that she was afraid of revealing her strength in front of Wang Junli; the main reason was that she didn't want to hurt the pride of this spirited young master of the Wang family.

After the two entered the courtyard one after the other.

Wang Junli looked at the shabby courtyard, which was full of green lizards, with disdain in his eyes.

With a tap on the storage bag, two wooden puppets emerged from it.

"These two wooden puppets can perform simple tasks such as serving tea and water, so I'll give them to you as a small gift."

As a puppeteer, it's one thing to not have servants, but to not even have wooden puppets is really outrageous.

Su Qing glanced at the wooden puppet. This kind of puppet was only a low-grade first-order puppet. It had neither biomimetic runes nor intelligent runes. It was only engraved with first-order wood runes.

Like a puppet on strings, every movement required the cultivator to manipulate it with their divine sense. Compared to his large and small wood spirits, it was far inferior.

But if you get it for free, it can be worth several hundred spirit crystals.

Sure enough, when you befriend the second generation, they always manage to slip in some subtle ways.

Not only did they send puppets.

Wang Junli seemed particularly eager to demonstrate the Wang family's strength in front of Su Qing.

Not only did they bring their own fine spiritual tea, but they also prepared all the necessary tea utensils, tea table, chairs, and stools.

Su Qing was happy to relax and would occasionally offer a compliment, which made Wang Junli feel that his preparations had not been in vain.

After the two were seated, they got straight to the point.

"The art of puppetry lies in mastery, not breadth. Do you agree, fellow Daoist?"

Wang Junli sipped his tea and, mimicking the manner of his family elders, asked Su Qing in a lecturing tone.

Every cultivator knows this principle, so Su Qing nodded and pretended to be sincerely seeking instruction, wishing he would share more valuable information.

"My Wang family is skilled in several runes, such as flight, great strength, and horsemanship, but for many years, we have been working hard on one form: the dog-shaped puppet."

For this reason, as long as the runes are properly matched, a puppet of one form can be used in countless ways.

Groups of mountain dog puppets, mounted cavalry fighting on horseback, dog-headed generals capable of breaking through thousands of troops, and flying dog puppets that can escape into the sky.

It is precisely because my Wang family only studies this type of puppet that we have been able to accumulate countless inheritances on the structure of dog-shaped puppets.

Later generations of puppeteers only needed to study rune techniques, and in terms of puppet construction, they only needed to follow the patterns and experience of their predecessors.

"It is not that I, Wang, am boasting, but when it comes to dog-shaped puppets, even the puppeteer families of the Penglai Immortal Kingdom cannot compare to my Wang family. Do you agree, fellow Daoist?"

Su Qing nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.

Indeed! Indeed! Indeed!
When it comes to playing with dogs, he admires the dog king Pang Feifan first, and the Wang family second.

Seeing that he was listening attentively, Wang Junli felt a surge of satisfaction and immediately said:
"Seeing that fellow Daoist Wang had done a lot of research on green-skinned lizards, it was clear that he was going down the path of specializing in lizard research."

Therefore, our exchange could allow us to share techniques related to the construction of canine puppets and lizard puppets. What do you think, fellow Daoist?

Wang Junli revealed the true meaning behind the plan, and what he said was indeed correct.

His Wang family is indeed very good at playing with dogs, but there are many puppeteers in the cultivation world who play with dogs.

In comparison, the canine puppet structure is not as popular as the lizard puppet structure.

After all, only a minority of people play with lizards, and even fewer can play like Su Qing, creating lizard warriors, lizard knights, and dual-wielding lizards.

He wanted to exchange the Dog-Headed General's blueprint for Su Qing's Twin-Blade Lizard blueprint, and the Dog-Horse Heavy Cavalry blueprint for Su Qing's Lizard Knight blueprint!

Su Qing immediately understood the intentions of this second-generation immortal.

So, he pretended to be a fool in order to get the good stuff out of this second-generation rich kid.

This second-generation rich kid really thinks he's a fool!

"How can my meager accumulation compare to the generations of accumulation of the Wang family? Trading a lizard for a dog is a huge loss for the Wang family."

"How about we exchange rune inheritances?"

Su Qing shook her head and rejected Wang Junli's proposal, instead proposing a new deal.

Wang Junli couldn't refuse this deal.

(End of this chapter)