Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 235 Dao Pattern Phoenix Boils the Sea, Battle Puppet. (Two-in-one)

The Fire Phoenix Feather bears the inherited Dao patterns of the Fire Phoenix Clan, and a significant portion of its value lies in the few Dao patterns contained within it.

This means that if he could discern the profound mysteries of the Dao patterns on the Fire Phoenix Feather, he would have gained a profit of several hundred spirit stones with a simple calculation.

He wasn't the type to take advantage of others, but with such a wonderful item right in front of him, how could he bear not to look at it a few more times?

Unfortunately, human power has its limits. If the Daoist scripture inherited by the Fire Phoenix could be so easily deciphered, the vast Tianyuan Realm wouldn't still only have the Fire Phoenix clan capable of performing the Phoenix Boiling the Sea technique, which ranks among the Six Departments.

Su Qing couldn't see through it either, except that his cultivation was insufficient, his comprehension was lacking, and he couldn't fathom the subtleties of the Dao patterns.

The problem lies in the fact that the Dao pattern information contained in this single fire phoenix feather is too little, although there is indeed a faint Dao pattern divine light on the red fire feather.

But asking someone to imagine what an elephant looks like from a small piece of elephant skin is like asking them to do something completely wrong. It's simply asking the impossible.

But even if you can't see through it, there's no problem in copying it and drawing it on your chest.

Refining oneself into a puppet and converting the Dao patterns for one's own use is Su Qing's best way to resolve the Dao patterns issue.

That's practically cheating!
But who can blame him for having such abilities?

According to the puppet immortal's blueprints, the Phoenix Boiling Sea Pattern needs to be branded on the chest.

He carefully followed the patterns of the fire feathers and drew the few strokes of the Phoenix Boiling Sea Pattern on his chest.

The talisman water was slightly cool, but after the brush was applied, it became as hot as molten lava.

A red glow emanated from his chest, as if it were about to burn him and his soul to ashes at any moment.

Su Qing groaned in pain, a burning pain shooting through his chest, which he had anticipated.

Blindly imprinting Dao patterns is not advisable; one must pay a price when trying to refine oneself into a puppet.

However, the Dao patterns of this Phoenix Boiling the Sea are extremely incomplete. Based on his experience in imprinting other Dao patterns, he should be able to withstand it.

The result was not what he expected.

After the initial excruciating pain, the red light on the chest slowly faded, followed by a burst of fiery energy exploding within the body.

After hesitating for a moment between his mind and dantian, he finally let his consciousness fall into his mind.

Above the sea of ​​consciousness, a phantom image of a fire phoenix instantly materialized, soaring joyfully and pleasing to the eye.

However, to utilize this phantom of the fire phoenix, one needs a sufficient amount of magical power.

Su Qing had a feeling that if he were to fully mobilize the phantom of the fire phoenix at this moment, the magical power in his sea of ​​consciousness would be evaporated in an instant, leaving him with nothing.

Yu Hongshang was already prepared in a bath tub, where she recuperated from the injuries sustained during her transformation into a puppet.

Then open the panel and look at the many prompts that you just ignored.

[Failed to refine the puppet immortal. Current proficiency: 7604/32764532...]

[My magical power is completely depleted, and my vital energy is mostly lost.]

[Successfully branded with Phoenix Boiling the Sea; Fire-type rune comprehension increased; Fire-type Taoist magic comprehension increased...]

[Phoenix Boiling the Sea's Current Proficiency: 1/10000 (Tier 2)]

【Dao Pattern Completeness: 1/8866】

【Phoenix Boiling the Sea: Six-Department Dao Pattern, a Dao Pattern inherited by the Fire Phoenix Clan. A fifth-order Fire Phoenix can activate a small portion of the power of this Dao Pattern, unleashing an inextinguishable raging true fire that can burn mountains and boil seas, with unfathomable power.

Currently, the proficiency level is only at Tier 2, allowing the summoning of a phantom phoenix for protection.

"This time, instead of improving spiritual roots and physical aptitude, it improved the corresponding comprehension related to fire?"

If one can summon a phantom of a first or second-tier phoenix to fight, then if one is at the third or fourth tier, wouldn't one be able to summon a mature fire phoenix capable of fighting against Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators?
"It's not that simple. This phantom of the fire phoenix was born from my sea of ​​consciousness, based on my magical power and mixed with the power of Dao patterns. With my current magical power, summoning a first or second-tier fire phoenix would drain me completely. The massive amount of magical power required for third and fourth-tier fire phoenixes is simply beyond the capacity of my mere Qi Refining stage!"

Inside the medicine tub, Su Qing's voice grew softer and softer until she finally fell into a deep sleep.

Hongshang knew that this was because the imprinting of Dao patterns had greatly depleted her energy and spirit.

Therefore, he did not wake him up, but simply touched him with his finger to lift him out of the medicine barrel, dressed him in the Cloud Maple Robe, clapped his hands to let the beautiful leopard come and serve its master to bed, and then continued to work outside with the wood spirits.

The years of spiritual practice are unknown, and those who practice independently need to exert themselves a hundred times more.

After the Immortal City Auction, many independent cultivators in White Cloud Immortal City who had made some gains were working hard to digest their auction proceeds.

Niu Shisan went into seclusion to break through to the second level of body cultivation, determined to succeed in one fell swoop and get the golden wolf king head that his sister-in-law liked.

Pang Feifan was training the White Python Demon King, trying to get it to lay eggs as soon as possible and produce more baby snakes.

The sound of hammering echoed constantly in Shao Delong's armor shop every day; it was unknown whether he could successfully forge a second-tier Heavenly Silkworm Armor.

Helian Xian and Liang Haishun swallowed Foundation Establishment Pills and went into seclusion to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, borrowing another three hundred years from heaven.

After the auction, Tang Wanqing came to the small shop and exchanged a second-tier Bear King Pill and a hundred spirit stones for the Foundation Establishment Pill she had been dreaming of from Su Qing. She is currently breaking through, but whether she has succeeded is yet to be known.

Qinghe's reputation for being a scoundrel finally reached He Xinyan's ears. Qinghe, who had squandered all the borrowed spirit stones, was naturally unable to repay them. She could blame others, but she couldn't blame He Xinyan.

This was the first time she had experienced the pain of being in debt. The daily interest alone was unbearable for her. Helpless, she had no choice but to temporarily resign from her job as the manager of the Su family's shop and go to fight against monsters in order to pay off her debts as soon as possible.

"Everyone is working hard, and I haven't slacked off either. In another month, I might be able to advance to the ninth level of Qi Refining!"

Su Qing, who believed that her efforts were no less than anyone else's, was freed from Princess Leopard and Hong Shang's arms and legs.

Having been busy working on the Lizard Rider lately, it was only natural for him to indulge himself a little last night, and there's no need to say more.

This is understandable; he now understands why Brother Bao has such a strong demand for the Passionate Series puppets.

The physical cultivator's energy was simply too abundant. If he didn't fight against the demonic beasts, he could only fight against the puppets at home.

A self-disciplined person like him, after expending a demon core a few days ago to imprint the more complete Nine Li Dao patterns onto his body again.

With the fire blazing and my energy high, I felt itchy all over if I didn't fight off tigers, leopards, wolves, and jackals every day.

The Golden Roc King is still rampaging outside the city. It is said that the Lin family patriarch fought against him several times, and both sides suffered losses. Even so, this third-level demon king still often appears near the immortal city, probably still looking for his son's killer!
That's too much of a temper. In this time, it could have reproduced itself!

Because of the Golden Roc King's threat, his plan to go out hunting and vent his energy on monsters failed. He could only occasionally fight with Red Robe and Princess Leopard to release his pent-up energy.

Heiwa and his friends worked as hard as ever, and the newly acquired Talisman of Myriad Manifestations greatly shortened the time it took for him to advance to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

According to his estimate, he might be able to break through to the peak of Qi Refining in a month at most!
His spiritual practice is progressing smoothly, and he has no worries.

The shop's business also flourished again after the Yuan and Lin families finally showed their fangs and started raising prices to rip people off.

The lizard knight, who was originally cursed as a heartless puppet, has once again become a conscience puppet in the eyes of many rogue cultivators. This keeps Xiong Er whistling happily every day.

Having saved up spirit crystals for a month, Su Qing was not far from collecting enough spirit stones to refine the dragon bones for the new Sky Roc Ship.

"If this order goes through today, not only can we start crafting these two puppets, but we might also be able to raise enough money to pay for Zhi Muling's crafting!"

At the service of Hongshang, Su Qing, dressed neatly, confidently tied three storage bags around his waist and headed towards the Yunshan Pavilion.

Today is the day he competes with the Lin family for the Yunshan Sect puppet contract.

With Yunluo City abandoned, it won't be long before the Desire Demon Sect digests the city's accumulated resources. When their army presses in, Baiyun Immortal City will face immense pressure, fighting against demonic beasts in the east and demonic cultivators in the west.

In recent days, disciples of the Yunshan Sect and corresponding resources have been sent from time to time across the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range to support Baiyun Immortal City, enriching the city's resources.

According to what Su Qing learned from Yuan Tianye, two Golden Core cultivators had already arrived, not to mention Foundation Establishment disciples. It was estimated that most of the Foundation Establishment disciples of Yunshan Sect were now in this immortal city.

Thus, the entire Baiyun Immortal City and the Yunshan Sect had four Golden Core cultivators in charge, two to three hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators, and seven or eight third-tier professionals such as Li Mubai.

With the support of the Yuan and Lin families and the help of the Happy Old Demon.

This level of strength far surpasses that of Yunluo City.

The Yunshan Sect, having adopted a posture of having no way to retreat and going all out to protect the city, has also stabilized the morale of the Immortal City, and there are no signs of a large number of rogue cultivators fleeing.

The reason why the independent cultivators did not flee is quite simple.

Because in this White Cloud Immortal City now, it's just too easy to obtain spirit crystals, spirit stones, and all kinds of cultivation resources!

Every day, the warriors stand on the city wall, relying on the array formations and various puppet magic weapons of the Yunshan Sect, they can easily kill demonic beasts and earn a lot of spirit crystals. Not to mention, once they have accumulated enough battle merits, they can also exchange them for cultivation treasures that they could not obtain in the past from the Yunshan Sect.

Professionals like Su Qing, driven by the soaring demand for various resources during the great war, wielded their dragon-slaying swords and slaughtered indiscriminately.

For example, the order from Yunshan Sect this time.

Su Qingbao's price for three hundred lizard knights is 30,000 spirit crystals per knight, so three hundred knights would cost nine million spirit crystals!
Admittedly, the lizard knights he crafted this time were of better quality than before. At least the spears and swords held by each lizard knight were of the highest grade, and he had also added more Heavenly Spirit Gold to the Xuanjia horse.

However, the cost is still only three or four thousand spirit crystals. Although the profit is only ten times, the quantity is large and plentiful, and there is also follow-up. Therefore, he is determined to win this big order.

"I haven't seen Fellow Daoist Lin for a month. Fellow Daoist Lin is still as elegant as ever. Given Fellow Daoist Lin's status in the Lin family, why would such a trivial matter require Fellow Daoist Lin's personal visit?"

Before Su Qing even reached the Yunshan Pavilion, she saw Lin Fan leading several members of the Lin family, their expressions unpleasant, walking towards her from a distance.

"An order worth nearly ten million spirit crystals is no small order even for my Lin family, and it is an unimaginable large order for Fellow Daoist Su."

If Fellow Daoist Su truly desires this large order, then you should relinquish the puppet blueprints and rune inheritance you possess to my Lin family. In any case, these things will belong to my Lin family in the future.

"If you know what's good for you now, you can save your life and land a big job. Why not?"

As a member of a Golden Core family, Lin Fan was busy with many things and didn't have time to keep an eye on Su Qing every day.

But he really wanted the puppet blueprints and rune inheritance that Su Qing possessed.

But this kid was really good at hiding, staying in the Su family's small shop all day without going out. Due to He Xinyan's threat, Lin Fan had never found an opportunity to make a move against him.

Speaking at this moment was a way of giving Su Qing a way out.

He sees it as a stepping stone.

Based on Su Qing's previous behavior, it should have been his family that extracted her soul, refined her spirit, and sealed her into a puppet.

Now that we've spared his life and given him a big order, what more does he want?

However, Su Qing remained as annoying as ever, completely ignoring the way he offered her.

He merely bowed slightly, exchanged a few perfunctory words, and then stepped into the small building nestled in the mountains.

"You don't know what's good for you, you're courting death! Let's see how your lizard knight can defeat my Blood Demon!"

Lin Fan was furious. He had been in a bad mood lately because his younger brother, Lin Song, had successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage after swallowing the Foundation Establishment Pill.

In addition, he has a talent for alchemy and is now a second-level alchemist. His status in the clan is already showing a tendency to surpass mine.

Feeling threatened in his position, he was even more eager to perform well.

In his view, the puppet blueprints and rune inheritance on Su Qing's body were the best way for him to make contributions to the family.

The gains from him alone are far greater than those from the entire Wang family.

And apart from that.

This multi-million dollar deal with Yunshan Sect is one that cannot be lost.

Everyone knows that Yunshan Sect won't just take this one order. As the battles intensify, their demand for puppets will increase. At that time, the Lin family might just leech off Yunshan Sect and make a fortune.

"Is the Blood Demon alright?" Lin Fan asked, turning his head slightly to the second-tier puppeteers in the family who were responsible for refining the Blood Demon, still feeling uneasy.

"Absolutely no problem! We've made special improvements to the Blood Demon specifically targeting the Lizard Knight!"

"Lizard Knight, Blood Demon Knight, are just toys!"

"The opponent has already laid out their cards; if we still can't figure it out, wouldn't we look like fools!"

"Once the results of the puppet battle are out, any two elders of the Yunshan Sect with a brain would know who to choose!"

"Don't worry, this big order is firmly in the Lin family's grasp, there's absolutely no chance it will fall into the hands of others!"

Seeing the confident expressions of the family puppeteers behind him, Lin Fan felt even more emboldened and led his clansmen into the Cloud Mountain Pavilion with high morale.

"We, the three parties, have signed a contract to use the result of this puppet battle as the sole basis for our Yunshan Sect to select puppets. The winner will accept the order, and the loser will also withdraw with dignity."

Don't get entangled and cause trouble, ruining the harmony between us!

Inside the small building in Yunshan, Li Mubai and Liu Songqing, who had been waiting for a long time, spoke to Su Qing and Lin Fan.

Upon hearing this, Su Qing nodded gratefully to the two elders, secretly thinking that the beautiful snake-like shadow leopard he had recently presented to them had not been a waste.

This agreement, while seemingly restricting both parties, is actually mainly aimed at the Lin family, in order to prevent them from denying their debts if they lose, and to ensure that the Lin family, with their power, can forcefully claim the deal.

If Su Qing were to lose, even if he wanted to deny it, he wouldn't have the ability.

Lin Fan knew what the two old Taoists were up to, but he felt confident of victory and was also a little worried about He Xinyan, who seemed to be standing behind Su Qing. Therefore, he readily signed the Taoist contract.

(End of this chapter)