Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 225 Fire Phoenix and Serpent Beauty (Two-in-One)

"Based on the resources and abilities currently available to the master, the goal is to rival a Golden Core cultivator in twenty months."

Hongshang suggested that the master could first refine a bionic intelligent puppet to quickly bring the bionic and intelligent runes to the fourth level of proficiency, and then use a second-level Spirit Nourishing Pill to rapidly raise his cultivation to the late Foundation Establishment stage. In this way, the master could then try to refine a third-level puppet.

Secondly, by continuously imprinting the Nine Li Dao patterns, one can strengthen their physical constitution and, by utilizing the enhanced effects of the Nine Li Nourishing Body, along with second-tier demon cores, Qi and Blood Pills, and other substances containing a large amount of Qi and Blood, break through to the third tier of physical cultivation.

The third ability can develop the Spirit Explosion Rune, making the master's many puppets even more powerful. When the number of puppets accumulates to a certain level, they can have destructive power equal to or even exceeding that of a Golden Core cultivator.

Fourth, make friends with powerful people, such as establishing a life-and-death relationship with the witch Liu Yun'er or the hermit of Xiashan, or place your hopes on the Heavenly Talisman Hall to exchange merit points for the Transformation Yuan Hand or the Nine Li Dao Pattern, and then use the merit points to recruit powerful people to help you.

The method the owner chooses determines what the owner should do at that moment.

For example, if one wants to pursue the path of a third-tier puppet, the master must invest all resources in bidding for third-tier materials at this Immortal City auction. Techniques and pills that can increase the speed of magical power cultivation must also be obtained with all efforts.

If you're going down the path of physical cultivation, you absolutely can't miss out on Demon Cores, Blood Qi Pills, and Furnace Nourishing Pills.

If you choose to befriend powerful people, you need to find out their preferences in order to target them effectively. For example, the witch, besides being determined to get the Fire Phoenix Feather, seems to have mentioned the Quartz Flower quite a bit before.

If we follow the puppet-based spirit explosion strategy, Master needs to acquire at least five more Explosive God Pills at this Immortal City auction. This will allow him to boost his divine sense by several times when needed, thus enabling him to control a massive number of puppets.

After Hongshang finished speaking, she stood respectfully to the side, waiting for Su Qing's decision.

As a staff-type puppet, his main job is to integrate current resources and information and make suggestions to his master; the decision-making power still lies with Su Qing himself.

"I never expected that, without realizing it, I would have four ways to deal with and resolve even when facing a third-tier being?"

Su Qing rubbed her temples, shook her head, and smiled.

There are methods, but each of them is extremely difficult to implement.

A third-tier puppet requires him to reach the Foundation Establishment stage and master fourth-tier runes, and the exorbitant price of third-tier materials makes it daunting for him.

Unless, of course, there are good people like the Wang family who would allow him to plunder again.

But who can be as generous as the Wang family?
Breakthroughs in physical cultivation are not achieved overnight. The stronger the nourishing effect of the Nine Li Dao Patterns, the greater the demand for second-tier demon cores.

To break through to the third tier of body cultivation in less than two years, one doesn't know how many second-tier demon cores one would have to consume, and the third-tier demon cores needed for the breakthrough are even more unpredictable.

Making friends with Golden Core cultivators and recruiting people from the Heavenly Talisman Palace won't work either. Even with Liu Yun'er, who's currently the easiest target, he'll probably discard her once she no longer needs him. He's not that naive to think that Liu Yun'er will help him in any way.

Ultimately, the cultivation world is all about profit. If you don't have any value that Liu Yun'er values, then you have no chance of getting her protection.

The Spirit Blast Push style is exactly what he is currently preparing.

The difficulty of this method lies in the fact that as the size of the puppet increases, his divine sense cannot control it, and the Spirit Explosion Puppet requires a massive amount of prohibited materials, which are not easy to obtain.

"There's still plenty of time, so let's take it slow and see what happens. But no matter which path we take, we absolutely must acquire the Myriad Manifestations of Talisman Technique and the Exploding God Pill at this auction."

With the resources I currently possess, am I capable of successfully bidding for this cultivation technique and the Divine Elixir?

Su Qing looked up at Hongshang and said.

"Since the auction price of the Fire Phoenix Feather is not yet clear, if you have 500 spirit stones to spare, with the spirit stones you currently have, you should be able to bid for the Myriad Manifestations of Talisman Technique."

As for the Divine Explosion Pill, apart from puppeteers and talisman masters, very few cultivators are determined to obtain it. The price shouldn't be too high; one should be able to be bought for around ten spirit stones.

After checking the prices of several cultivation techniques and related items from previous years, Hongshang gave her assessment and then added:
“Since the master has already handed over the Phantom Leopard and Flying Sword Puppet to the Hundred Treasures Pavilion for auction, Hongshang suggests that the master also sell the Explosive Hammer War Bear Team as a package deal.”

"Are you also selling the Explosive Bear team? Hammer One and Hammer Eight have made great contributions with me!" Su Qing asked hesitantly.

After learning about the scale of the Immortal City Auction, he realized that the beautiful snake was still of a lower level at such a high-end auction and wouldn't fetch a good price.

Especially with the witch and sea goddess templates unusable, their appeal to cultivators is reduced, further diminishing their value.

Left with no other choice, he brought out the Phantom Leopard. In order to refine those five Phantom Leopards, he not only bought up all the Phantom Leopard bones from Baibaoge and Yuanlailou, but also asked Niu Shisan to go to Yuanlin's and Yuanlin's shops.

Only after emptying the stock of every shop in the Immortal City could five bodies be crafted.

His willingness to sell the Phantom Leopard was also due to its conflict with the Mountain Demon Burial Spirit. Keeping it for his own use would easily affect the unity of the puppets, so he was willing to sell it.

These five Phantom Leopards, along with the hundreds of flying sword puppets, were his biggest assets for profiting at this Immortal City auction.

Su Qing was already very reluctant to part with these two new types of puppets.

Now, Hongshang still felt it wasn't enough and asked him to sell the Explosive Bear Team as a package deal.

"With the combined strength of the Explosive Hammer Bear Team, they can briefly contend against a second-tier being, but once the Autonomous Man possesses second-tier puppets such as the Earth Bear King and the Tyrant Tiger..."

The Explosive War Bears are becoming less and less useful to their master. It's better to supply them with a large amount of spirit crystals every month and let them occupy the master's consciousness.

It would be better to sell them all together. This would replenish the spirit stones, and the remaining spiritual energy could be used by the owner to craft another second-tier puppet.

From a purely cost-effectiveness perspective, Hongshang still believes that the Explosive Hammer Bear team should be eliminated to give new Tier 2 puppets a chance.

"But a whole squad of Explosive War Bears making a grand entrance is quite impressive. Even keeping them in an unactivated state is better than selling them. How many spirit crystals can they fetch?"

Su Qing still shook his head, feeling somewhat reluctant to part with the Explosive Hammer War Bear Team. The previous generation of the Explosive Hammer War Bear Team had all perished in battle, dying heroically and making countless contributions, which he was extremely satisfied with.

After this generation was forged, it even replaced the previous Dual-Blade Lizard and became his personal bodyguard. Without these Explosive Hammer War Bears protecting him, he wouldn't be so imposing when he went out in the future.

"According to Hongshang's calculations, based on the current price of the Explosive Hammer War Bear sold at the Hundred Treasures Pavilion and the possible bidding premium at the Immortal City Auction, a single Explosive Hammer War Bear could sell for around 50,000 spirit crystals. If sold in a group, it could fetch a high price of one million spirit crystals."

Hongshang is not human, so she lacks the myriad thoughts and emotions of a human and cannot understand Su Qing's feelings for the Explosive Hammer War Bears she created. She simply uses cold spirit crystals to calculate the value of the Explosive Hammer War Bear team without any emotion.

"Sold! Sold in bulk, don't keep a single one!"

As a mature puppeteer, one needs to be decisive and ruthless in letting go; out with the old, in with the new.

Upon hearing about the Explosive Hammer War Bear Team, he might be able to exchange it for materials to craft two low-grade second-tier puppets.

Su Qing immediately felt there was nothing to be reluctant about.

After deciding to send the Hammer Bears team to auction.

Hongshang then suggested that Su Qing put the "beauty snake" on the shelves in her shop.

"The 'Burning Passion Puppet' may have a profit margin of several times, but its price is too low to be worth the master's time."

However, the Serpent Beauty is different. As a first-tier high-grade puppet, it possesses both allure and combat abilities, and its price is similar to that of the Lizard Knight.

However, its crafting cost is far lower than that of the Lizard Knight, with a profit margin of more than ten times, barely justifying the master's investment in its creation. Su Qing nodded, then added somewhat helplessly:
"Since the beautiful snake didn't get a chance to appear at the Immortal City Auction, I've also thought about just putting this puppet on the shelves in my shop."

However, neither of the two templates for this puppet works well. Without the stimulation of the templates, using the faces of the teachers from the past life to cut the kidneys of the cultivators in the present life is still somewhat inadequate and won't fetch a good price!
"How about you choose a template for me, Hongshang?"

Although he really wanted to benefit his fellow cultivators in White Cloud Immortal City, he was still somewhat unwilling to sell the beautiful snake for a mere ten or twenty thousand spirit crystals.

However, to get independent cultivators to accept high prices, a template that can stimulate their desire for conquest is essential.

The witch lacks vision, and even the sea goddess dares not provoke her.

Having suffered two losses in a row, he now dares not just create a template and upload it.

That's why I wanted Hongshang to think of one.

It's as if I was cursed by God for choosing this template. God can't possibly curse a puppet, can he?

According to Hongshang's analysis, the Fire Phoenix Kingdom has a Fire Phoenix Princess. It is said that her Fire Phoenix blood essence is extremely pure, and she now has the strength of a Golden Core cultivator. She holds a high position and has considerable prestige in the Western Sea cultivation world.

The master can use her as a template. To be on the safe side, he can sign an agreement with Baibaoge, with both parties jointly selling the puppet. To the outside world, they can simply claim that the puppet originated from Baibaoge.

Hongshang knew Su Qing's concerns and spoke to her softly.

Upon hearing this, Su Qing immediately retrieved the numerous image talismans he had collected during the preliminary research when refining the Passionate Puppet, and selected the Fire Phoenix Princess from them.

The Fire Phoenix Immortal Kingdom is an immortal kingdom maintained by bloodlines, where the status of each person is determined by the amount and strength of the Fire Phoenix essence blood contained within their body.

Princess Fire Phoenix is ​​only a little over two hundred years old, yet she has already reached the Golden Core stage. Once she advances to the Nascent Soul stage, she may become the Fire Phoenix Immortal Emperor.

With such strength and status, coupled with possessing the blood of the Fire Phoenix, striking good looks, and an even more stunning figure, she is truly remarkable.

If the beautiful snake were used as a template, its value would easily double!
The Fire Phoenix Kingdom was extremely xenophobic, and even after he escaped from White Cloud Immortal City, he never thought of going to the Fire Phoenix Immortal Kingdom to make a living.

Besides, with the Treasure Pavilion as a cover, if they really want to cause trouble for the beautiful snake, they'll have to go to the Treasure Pavilion first!
Moreover, the cultivators of this immortal kingdom inherited the bloodline of their ancestor and were very open-minded about matters between men and women, so they probably didn't mind it much.

"Shall we go ahead with this deal? There shouldn't be any problems later, right?" Su Qing, still wary after being terrified, hesitated.

Hongshang nodded and said, "If you want to make more than twenty times the profit, you have to take some risks. The risks are currently under control. Master can decide for himself."

"Then let's do it!" The few photos of Princess Fire Phoenix all show her looking down on everyone and acting arrogantly as if she were the only one who mattered.

"I imagine countless fellow cultivators within the Fire Phoenix Immortal Kingdom have suffered under her oppression. I need not be polite to such a bully who preys on the weak; she should be used as a model to vent the anger of all fellow cultivators!"

In the end, Su Qing could not resist the temptation of a profit of more than twenty times.

With the cooperation of the two wood spirits, ten beautiful snakes were quickly placed on the first floor at a rate of ten per three days.

He has a great talent for the Passion series of puppets, and crafting the beautiful snake is a piece of cake for him.

But when all ten Fire Phoenix Princesses looked at him with their cold and arrogant eyes, he still felt a chill run down his spine and went to the Treasure Pavilion to find a scapegoat.

On the second floor of the Baibao Pavilion, Manager Liu sat in the building when good fortune (or bad luck) came down from the sky.

"The superior puppet of the Passionate Puppet, Fellow Daoist Su's masterpiece, the real-life template of Princess Fire Phoenix!"

"Since Fellow Daoist Su has asked my Hundred Treasures Pavilion to sell these puppets, wouldn't it be disheartening for Fellow Daoist Su to refuse?"

As Hongshang had predicted, Baibaoge had never extended its reach into the Fire Phoenix Kingdom, and had even obtained the blueprints for the Flaming Cannon, which were strictly prohibited from being circulated outside the country.

This pavilion already had a bitter feud with the Fire Phoenix Kingdom. Now, they're willing to take the blame for offending Princess Fire Phoenix. Manager Liu is even planning to have someone transport the puppet to the Fire Phoenix Kingdom to sell.

Those Fire Phoenix Clan members certainly wouldn't buy it, but if you don't buy it, someone else will. Can you bear to see your princess-like puppet being ravaged by others? If you see it, you should buy it at a high price and destroy it!

Regardless of how Manager Liu dealt with the beautiful snakes he provided to Baibaoge, Su Qing saw that he had settled down and promised not to sell them in Baiyun Immortal City, thus stealing his business.

He then rushed back to Su's Puppet Shop, ready to personally buy puppets.

Qinghe is too shy to let go, and Xiong Er is clueless.

These puppets, on which he placed high hopes, had to be sold by him personally. Only by grasping the pain points and pleasure points of the rogue cultivators could he sell them at a high price.

Not only do we have to sell them ourselves, but we also have to sell them outside the store!

"New arrival at our shop: Passionate Secret Puppet Master!"

"A high-grade first-tier puppet that can transform and switch between multiple modes!"

"A fusion of the stunning beauty of the Fire Phoenix Princess of the Fire Cloud Immortal Kingdom and the graceful serpentine form of the Azure Serpent, the king of serpents in the Hundred Beasts Mountains!"

"Humans are the cream of the crop, snakes are the finest among snakes; those with the ability should not miss this opportunity!"

Su Ji's shop is located in a bustling area with many businesses and a constant flow of people; otherwise, Lin Fan wouldn't have considered acquiring these shops in the first place.

When Su Qing pushed out ten beautiful snake figures at the same time.

His reputation for crafting witch puppets immediately attracted a group of rogue cultivators.

Upon seeing the beautiful snake again, according to his request, it could transform into a half-human, half-snake, or a half-snake, half-human, or a snake-beauty, or a beautiful snake.

As a result, more and more independent cultivators gathered.

Upon hearing the news, Wei Debao took off running as fast as he could, fearing that the loot would be stolen.

He knew all too well what kind of people these rogue cultivators in the Immortal City were like.

"Drink today, for tomorrow we may die," they say, indulging in pleasure and neglecting their spiritual practice.

Let them ask for 30,000 to 50,000 spirit crystals to buy cultivation techniques, pills, Taoist arts, and combat skills to enhance their cultivation.

They were very frugal and reluctant to part with it.

But if you ask them to spend 30,000 to 50,000 spirit crystals to buy a beautiful snake-woman who knows how to care for you, they will definitely open their wallets without hesitation.

They really know how to use their spirit crystals wisely!
They deserve to be looked down upon!

But the beautiful snake.

He was pleased and loved it.

I want it!
(End of this chapter)