Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 255 Returning to Baiyun
"An unexpected disaster, utterly unlucky!"

"It's all Su Qing's fault."

"They said they'd be right back, but it's been over a month!"

"Is Boss Su really gone?"

"Can't we think of something better? Lord Su has many powerful puppets. In the outer area of ​​the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, how many demonic beasts can do anything to him!"

"Who knows? Lately, tigers and wolves are running rampant outside, cats and dogs are jumping around, and more and more monsters are gathering. Even tigers are afraid of packs of wolves. Boss Su is made of iron, how many nails can he hammer? How many monsters can he kill!"

"The situation outside is getting worse and worse, should we run?"

"This isn't called running away, it's called a strategic retreat. Asu has gone too far this time. There's been no news for over a month. We've waited long enough. It's time to leave. If we don't leave now, we might not be able to escape!"

Pig Demon Mountain, the outermost part of the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, is the hometown of the Gangjing Pig King.

Liang Haishun and others, who occupied the pigsty, felt even more aggrieved than Su Qing.

After Su Qing left that day, they obediently waited in the cave.

I thought Su Qing would be back in a day or two, or at most three to five days.

Unexpectedly, this wait lasted for more than a month.

For the past month, the cultivators have been residing in this cave filled with demonic energy, not daring to move around freely.

Liang Haishun was worried that if he disappeared for a month, his old customers would find new lovers. He wasn't afraid of losing customers, but he was afraid that the owner of the Yuanlai Building would think that he, Old Liang, was dead and would find new lovers. If that happened, who would support Old Liang in the future?

Tang Wanqing was worried about the members of the Bear King team. Among her sisters, she was the best fighter. She was away for a month, and she wondered if her sisters would be bullied by outsiders.

Qinghe didn't have much to worry about. After all, she was just a wage earner with no business or team in Baiyun Immortal City. She didn't need to think about her old lover or worry about her good sister.

The saying goes, "If one person is full, the whole family isn't hungry." I've been hiding here for a month, avoiding my creditors, so it's been quite peaceful.

The three Lang brothers originally cared most about Su Qing, hoping that the eldest brother Su could keep his promise and let Li Hailang get what he wanted, to rebuild his foundation with the Blood Lotus Fruit and to break through to the second-level body cultivator realm with the second-level demon core.

But as more and more monsters appeared outside the cave, they became increasingly uneasy, secretly thinking that Boss Su might perish halfway through his business venture, and they were already considering disbanding and running away.

Of all the people, Pang Feifan was the busiest. During this month, he talked and exchanged feelings with the demon kings in the beast ring day and night, and had no time to care about the outside world.

In just over a month, he had made some progress. The Rat King and his wife were willing to have offspring for him, the Butterfly King was willing to spread his wings for him, and a Black-scaled Crocodile Dragon was willing to serve him like a slave.

For him, successfully training the four first-tier demon kings was not the greatest achievement.

The biggest gain was the Gangjing Pig King. Perhaps it was because Su Qing had scared it before, and then Qinghe and Tang Wanqing used it for practice, which made it lose all its courage and become weak-kneed.

Or perhaps the generous treatment he offered was too much, the promises too tempting, and she couldn't resist the temptation to remain chaste.

In short, he cooperated with him in a spiritual connection and actively promoted him to the position of a second-tier beast tamer.

Actually, if we're talking about who's wronged, the one who's most wronged is this Gangjing Pig King.

They're having a banquet at home all of a sudden.

Then a group of wicked villains broke into the house and indiscriminately burned, killed, and looted.

After the fierce-looking man with four hands and two guns left, two female cultivators came to him every day to test their swordsmanship and practice their spear skills.

Even if the Pig King had three thousand catties of meat, it couldn't withstand their repeated attacks and daily torment.

Left with no other choice, they had to defect to the enemy and cooperate with the useless beast tamer, turning themselves into one of their own.

I thought I could finally have a few good days, with good food and drink to my name, all provided by this beast tamer.

Unexpectedly, these cultivators were going too far. They dared not go out to hunt for food themselves, and instead asked their spirit beast to go out and hunt for them.

Other people's spirit beasts are provided with food and lodging, but this one, a spirit beast, still has to provide food and drink for its owner!

"This is outrageous! I, Old Pig, am done! I don't care who needs food or drink; let them get it themselves. I'm not giving them any more!"

The Qilin Pig King, transformed into a pig-headed, human-bodied creature, huffed and puffed as it carried a half-sized storage bag full of food towards the cave.

If it weren't for its current life-and-death bond with its cowardly master, Pang Feifan, it would have loved to turn around and report those human cultivators who were eating and drinking for free in its house to the demon beasts.

That old man Liang is the worst. He eats and drinks his own food, and he even plays with his own willow tree spirit!

Are there any other people in the world who bully honest demons like this?!
Just as the Gangjing Pig King unleashed all the foul language he had ever learned, hurling insults at Liang Haishun until he was utterly humiliated.

Suddenly a cold wind came from behind, and before it could turn around to look, it was knocked to the ground by the mountain demon's shovel!

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"Fellow Daoist Gang, I am truly sorry. I have never seen your pig-headed, human-bodied form before, nor did I know that you had pledged allegiance to Fellow Daoist Pang. It's like the flood washed away the Dragon King's temple; you've accidentally harmed your own people. Rest assured, there will absolutely not be a next time!"

Inside the Pig King's lair, Su Qing sincerely apologized to the powerful Pig King, whose head had been slapped by the Mountain Demon's spirit and looked even more like a pig's head than a real pig's.

The Gangjing Pig King was most afraid of this four-armed, double-gun man. After being ambushed and beaten by him, he could only meekly agree and dared not say anything more, hiding in Pang Feifan's beast ring and secretly shedding tears.

The Pig King of the Divine Spirit suffered the greatest injustice, but demons have no human rights and dare not appeal.

The three Lang brothers were servants of Su Qing, and they dared not speak ill of Su Qing.

Qinghe had no complaints, only asking Su Qing to give her a raise, considering that she had been living in fear in the demon cave for more than a month.

Although Tang Wanqing and Liang Haishun were anxiously waiting, they were overjoyed to see Su Qing return safely and forgot to blame him.

My fellow Daoists are all very understanding.

Su Qing was deeply moved.

Of course, the many valuable items he took out of his storage bag also played a crucial role.

"Asu, you're too kind. This old man can't possibly accept such a peony spirit, but since it's your kind gesture, I'll take it. And don't even mention the ten lizard riders; this peony spirit is more than enough!"

Hey! If it weren't for Liu Yun'er saying that this peony spirit is good at swallowing human essence, you, Old Taoist Liang, wouldn't have a chance!

“Fellow Daoist Su, Wanqing has not done anything along the way. This Demonic Smoke Escape is a secret Daoist technique of the Desire Demon Sect. It is so precious, how could Wanqing dare to accept it!”

If I give it to you, just take it. Even Liu Yun'er doesn't take the inheritance of the Desire Demon Sect seriously. What are you being so pretentious about? Study, study like crazy. Once you've finished studying, I can use it to transform my essence!
“Master, I have never seen a more generous master than you, fellow Daoist. Fifty thousand spirit crystals a month, I would give my body to you for such treatment!”

You have no restraint at all. I can still stick to my principles and not give myself to a witch. You, a young woman, sold yourself for 50,000 spirit crystals?
"A life adrift and desolate..."

Stop talking, I've already said this to the witch to death, there's nothing new about it. Here's a second-tier demon core, you'd better make good use of it so that I can have a second-tier body cultivator under my command in the future. The blood lotus fruit is also an expense, raising people is really difficult!

"Fellow Daoist Su, don't worry, I, Pang Feifan, don't need yours. Go back to Immortal City and watch me, Pang Feifan, earn you a ton of spirit crystals!"

Pang Feifan is a great comrade! Where can you find a partner like him?

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Inside the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range.

The majestic Pig King led the way.

On either side were four first-tier demon kings: two rats, a crocodile, and a butterfly, accompanied by a pack of precious dogs and fierce leopards.

This lineup is considered above average among the second-tier demon kings in the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range.

Therefore, the local demon Gangjing Pig King, leading the outsiders, had an extremely smooth journey. No lesser demons dared to say anything, and few demon kings came to cause it trouble.

Until it led its team to the edge of the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range.

Then a white-horned sheep demon kindly reminded him, "Brother Gangjing, don't go any further. The area ahead is human territory. We don't have a third-tier demon king to back us up. If we go any further, we'll probably be skinned alive and die a violent death!"

As the sheep demon spoke, it tried to step forward and persuade the powerful pig king to return.

The Gangjing Pig King shuddered.

Although its master intended for it to lure the White Horned Demon King and capture him.

Although the Gangjing Pig King had become a wicked demon beyond redemption, Brother White Horn was a rare and good brother to it in the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range.

How could it bear to harm such a brother!

The Demon King unleashed his demonic power, knocking the unsuspecting sheep demon to the ground. Then, to the sheep demon's astonishment, his limbs whipped up a demonic wind, carrying the Rat King, the Crocodile Dragon, and other spirit beasts, straight towards the low mountain defense line that was now occupied by humans.

In the white-horned sheep demon's perception, it could see the shadowy figures of several human cultivators appearing behind it as it fled.

The sheep demon was shaken, but remained silent.

"Who just barged in? Don't they know they should be conserving their strength and waiting for the third-tier kings to arrive before settling scores with the humans? To recklessly charge into the human defenses is suicidal!"

Startled by the commotion, the gray-backed wolf king revealed himself and asked the white-horned sheep demon fiercely.

"It's nothing, the little demon is just testing his demonic arts!" White Horn replied dismissively.

"With your meager skills, any sorcery you practice will be a waste of time! Just stay here and watch, or I'll swallow you whole!"

The wolf demon glared at the white horn, then turned and left angrily.

White Horn's eyes were fixed intently on the wolf king's retreating figure.

When I was a lamb, I was to be eaten by you wolf demons.

Even after painstakingly cultivating to the second-tier Demon King realm, I'm still going to be eaten by you wolf demons?

Then all my cultivation would have been for nothing!
These demons are better off gone!

Let's wait for my brother Gang Jing to scout out a good path. I, Old Sheep, am no longer going to stay in this demon realm!

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The pig is walking, and the person is following.

They fled all the way, and not a single demon chased after them.

Su Qing and the others assumed that the demon kings were afraid of Yunshan Sect.

After Pang Feifan put the Gangjing Pig King into the beast ring.

The cultivators, hidden within Liang Haishun's formation, waited until nightfall before quietly slipping into the low mountain defense line.

This defensive line has changed hands twice, and the mountainous terrain has been drastically altered due to the modifications made by the demon race.

The mountains stretch out in a row, forming a barrier between the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range and Baiyun County.

Now that it has fallen back into the hands of the Yunshan Sect, Su Qing and the others saw that the Yunshan Sect cultivators had set up formations and erected high platforms and cannons inside the defensive line. All that was left was to merge with the formations of Baiyun Immortal City so that it could be included within the territory of Baiyun Immortal City.

Su Qing and the others did not intend to stay here any longer, after all, their businesses were still in Baiyun Immortal City.

Just as they were about to head straight for Baiyun Immortal City, they happened to run into an acquaintance.

Wherever there is fierce fighting, there is the Rat King Team, and Niu Shisan of the Rat King Team is always fighting on the front line.

Niu Shisan is now carrying the golden wolf king's head, whistling a mournful tune that evokes sadness and sorrow in the mountain valley.

I fell in love with the wrong person.

Then one must endure suffering one should not have to endure.

He got a head transplant for his sister-in-law.

Even after getting a head transplant, his sister-in-law still didn't love him.

"What use is this wolf's head to me? What good is this iron rod to me!"

Niu Shisan sighed deeply and asked the moon a question.

The one who answered him was Liang Haishun.

"What are you doing, Fellow Daoist Thirteen? How can a fine man be burdened by love? You can use these two willow tree spirits for now. When you get tired of them, Fellow Daoist Su can refine two more Phantom Leopards for you!"

The sudden appearance of Liang Haishun and his group from the formation startled Niu Shisan.

But upon seeing that they were all familiar faces, Niu Shisan's expression softened, and he sighed again.

"Fellow Daoist Liang doesn't understand. I, Niu Shisan, am a man of deep affection. No matter how wonderful the willow tree spirit may be, she is not the one I desire!"

"Fellow Daoist Thirteen is a man of perseverance, which I admire. But I have something to ask you right now, so please don't think about your sister-in-law yet!"

Su Qing spoke up, wanting to inquire about the situation in the city, especially the Lin family's reaction after Lin Fan's death.

"Many major events have occurred this month. The sect leader of Yunshan Sect, along with the elders of the sect, descended upon Baiyun Immortal City, greatly increasing the prestige of Baiyun Immortal City. They suppressed the Desire Demon Sect in the west and attacked the demon kings in the east."

The situation in the west was stable with no battles to fight. In the east, my Rat King team fought for three days and then broke through the low mountain defense line.

As for other matters, all the elite members of the You family, from the head of the family, You Xianda, have disappeared, and their assets have been swallowed up by the Lin family. The Lin family patriarch was forced by the Yunshan Sect to fight against the elders of the Desire Demon Sect outside the city and was severely injured. After returning, he went into seclusion.

Then there was the Yuan family patriarch, who fought with Gao Erqiang over the corpse of a demon beast. He summoned several skeleton demons to fight the evil spirits, and the battle was so fierce that the sky darkened and the sun and moon lost their light. In the end, the Yuan family patriarch was killed by Gao Erqiang, and the Yuan family's property was confiscated by the Yunshan Sect.

Rumors are now circulating in the city that the Gao family's butcher shop has started targeting independent cultivators, but the Yunshan Sect has forcefully suppressed them.

Su Qing and the others did not take the initiative to explain where they had been or what they had done over the past month.

Niu Shisan didn't ask any more questions, but simply told the group about everything that had happened in the city in detail.

He asked Su Qing to help him forge two Phantom Leopards modeled after his sister-in-law, and exchanged them for a Willow Tree Spirit from Liang Haishun at a high price.

Clearly, after hitting a wall, he finally lost the will to cuckold his own boss.

He silently congratulated Fellow Daoist Niuya.

Su Qing led everyone on their journey back to Baiyun Immortal City.

"The Baiyun Sect is determined to defend Baiyun Immortal City with all its strength. The Yuan and Lin families are not sensible enough and will be dealt with by them."

But with the Yunshan Sect now investing so much power in Baiyun Immortal City, they no longer need to rely on us rogue cultivators. Our lives will likely become even more difficult in the next year or two!

On the way back, Liang Haishun said with a heavy heart.

Su Qing nodded repeatedly. The Yuan family was destroyed, and the Lin family patriarch was forced to become a coward.

They no longer need to worry about Lin Fan's affairs being exposed and him being targeted by the Lin family.

But compared to the behemoth that is Yunshan Sect, he would rather fight against the Lin family with wits and courage under He Xinyan's protection!

"Damn it, I really can't tell whether the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range is more dangerous or this White Cloud Immortal City is more dangerous. Going back to White Cloud Immortal City might not be as safe as staying in the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range!"

Su Qing even regretted returning to Baiyun Immortal City.

(End of this chapter)