Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 27 Headless Evil Spirit, Hunyang Treasure Umbrella.

"There is one more thing, which I would like to remind you, fellow Daoist. On the way here, before dawn, when we were about ten miles away, I saw a headless cultivator wandering around!"

"That must be an evil spirit! Luckily, the old man saw it from afar and avoided it. Fellow Daoist, you'd better be careful lately; these evil spirits are even more powerful than demonic beasts!"

Ge Changyuan said with lingering fear, "Last time I walked through the night with Su Qing and nothing happened, which made me a bit bolder. Today, I went out in the dark, but I never expected to be so unlucky as to run into an evil spirit."

"A headless evil spirit? What size is it? What is it wearing?"

Ge Changyuan's words made Su Qing's hair stand on end, and she quickly asked.

"He looked very strong, wearing a short jacket and shorts. Apart from being headless, he was no different from us rogue cultivators. The old man was far away and didn't dare to look too closely, so he couldn't see the details clearly."

Ge Changyuan recalled that before leaving, he told Su Qing to be extra careful, but he immediately fell silent after glancing at the dozens of exorcism talismans pasted on Su Qing's door.

With these exorcism talismans, what kind of evil spirits could possibly break into the Su family's house!
After seeing Ge Changyuan off, Su Qing's expression turned somewhat grim.

The headless evil spirit immediately reminded him of the two head lanterns hanging in the Gao family's butcher shop.

With lanterns hanging over its head, it's practically headless!
"No, we still have to spend the money. Today, I'll go to the Hundred Treasures Pavilion and get my hands on that Hunyang Treasure Umbrella!"

With over ten thousand spirit crystals in hand, and the evil spirits at the Gao family's butcher shop seemingly still unresolved, he immediately had the idea of ​​getting an exorcism artifact.

With his mind unsettled, and not suited for crafting puppets, he closed the courtyard gate, mounted his iron-legged horse, and headed straight for the city center.

During this trip to the Baibao Pavilion, he spent money like water.

"Eight spirit woods, eight hundred catties of black iron essence, five hundred catties of wrought iron, twenty Chinese toon trees, and a certain amount of talisman water materials, totaling four thousand six hundred and forty-six spirit crystals."

"I'll take the liberty of rounding down the price for you, Fellow Daoist, and also arrange for someone to deliver it to your door. What do you think, Fellow Daoist Su?"

Tong Xin was overjoyed. Yesterday, Su Qing had only spent a little over thirty spirit crystals at his place, and he had secretly thought he was stingy. But today, this fellow Daoist Su was surprisingly generous.

Puppet masters really do make money. Lately, none of the rogue cultivators who have been working hard in the hunting area can afford to do a big order like Fellow Daoist Su's.

Su Qing nodded. The price of this batch of materials was reasonable. Most of them would be used to refine lizard warriors. The wrought iron for refining wooden oxen and iron horses, as well as the Chinese toon wood, were just ordinary materials and not worth many spirit crystals.

After buying the materials, he turned around and asked Tong Xin to take him to see the three exorcism artifacts he had wanted to buy yesterday but hadn't dared to purchase.

"The Warm Sun Jade Pendant is made primarily of spiritual jade and is imprinted with four types of runes, including second-tier exorcism runes and first-tier Great Sun runes."

Wearing this daily can regulate Qi and blood, and unblock magical energy. It also wards off evil spirits and resolves difficulties, emitting beams of light to drive away malevolent forces. The price is only 1900 spirit crystals.

Tong Xin took out a piece of realgar-colored warm jade pendant and introduced it enthusiastically.

Su Qing wasn't particularly interested in the Warm Sun Jade Pendant. He was already in good health, and eating some spiritual rice and meat would be enough to nourish his body.

The exorcising effect could be achieved by the robes he wore and the exorcising talismans he carried, though they might be slightly stronger, but still not as effective as the talismans for suppressing evil, and wouldn't meet his needs.

"Let's just take out the Hunyang Treasure Umbrella and have a look."

He didn't like the Warm Sun Jade Pendant, and the Pixiu Belt was too expensive, so he set his sights on the Hunyang Treasure Umbrella from the start.

Upon hearing this, Tong Xinyan knew that the deal was almost done, and he even had the shop assistant bring out the precious umbrella.

"The Hunyang Treasure Umbrella is a mid-grade first-tier magic artifact. The umbrella surface is made from the animal skin on the chest of a flamingo. It is said that this bird has the bloodline of the divine beast Chongming Bird and has a restraining effect on evil spirits. It has the second-tier Great Sun Rune, the second-tier Exorcism Rune, and four other first-tier runes marked by the weapon refiner.

Such a five-rune magic artifact is quite rare among first-tier mid-grade magic artifacts. In addition, the materials are slightly expensive, and the functions and uses of this umbrella are incomparable to the Warm Sun Jade Pendant.

It has the power to subdue and kill evil spirits, and naturally, the price is a bit higher. If you want it, fellow Daoist, you can take it away for three thousand four hundred spirit crystals!

During Tong Xin's introduction, Su Qing's gaze remained fixed on the Hunyang Treasure Umbrella.

The bright red umbrella is covered with a vividly printed image of a mythical bird with red eyes, feathers, a sharp beak, and a long tail. It looks fierce and violent, even more menacing than an evil spirit.

The craftsman who forged this magical artifact was highly skilled. Su Qing could tell that he had used second-tier Great Sun runes to draw the two eyes of the Chongming Bird, and then used second-tier exorcism runes to draw the overall structure of the Chongming Bird, supplemented by other first-tier runes to depict the details.

Only in this way can the divine form of the Chongming bird be imprinted on the umbrella surface, and only then can the small amount of Chongming bird blood contained in the flamingo skin be mobilized to stimulate the ability to suppress evil spirits.

Although he knew nothing about the skills of a weapon refiner, he did understand runes.

Exorcism runes are one thing, but the Great Sun rune is a superior rune, just like bionic, intelligent, and immortal runes!

The runes imprinted on this magical artifact are of high quality and numerous, placing it in a similar position among mid-grade first-tier magical artifacts as the lizard warriors he crafted were among mid-grade first-tier puppets.

The best among the mid-grade first-tier items!
"Three thousand four hundred spirit crystals is too expensive. How about three thousand one hundred spirit crystals? Manager Liu said that as a guest elder, I can get a 10% discount when buying magic items in the pavilion."

The product is good, but it would be even better if it were cheaper.

"If others can't do it, Fellow Daoist Su certainly can. If Fellow Daoist Su is willing to use lizard warriors to pay the bill, I can even offer a discount."

Just as Tong Xin was in a dilemma, Manager Liu walked over and said to Su Qing with a big smile.

"Manager Liu, why bother? I suppose you already knew about my deal with Yuanlai Tower. You know the rules better than I do. This lizard warrior can be sold to others, but not to you, Manager Liu!"

Su Qing cupped his hands in greeting and smiled wryly.

Manager Liu nodded slightly, and then glared at Tong Xin again.

Before the lizard warrior was forged, Su Qing had shown him some of the blueprints. Although he wasn't very interested at the time, if he had seen the finished product, how could he have let Yuanlailou get away with it?

But even more important than the Lizard Warrior deal was Su Qing himself!

Second-order bionic runes and second-order intelligent runes are unique in Baiyun Market. If they were to get close to Yuanlai Tower, wouldn't Baibao Pavilion be at a loss?

“I understand the rules, but I don’t know if you have any new puppets that you want to try out recently. If so, please let me know. Although all kinds of materials are in short supply in our shop recently, we can still provide what you need.”

Because the Demon Immortal Kingdom had won a series of victories, Liu Yun'er had gained a lot of benefits from her military achievements. It was said that she was currently in seclusion breaking through to the Golden Core stage, and her ferocity was so great that the business of making demon puppets was not doing well outside.

After all, while those at the Qi Refining stage might encounter Foundation Establishment cultivators, most rogue cultivators still couldn't muster the strength to face a Golden Core cultivator.

Since the business with the witch puppets and lizard warriors was temporarily unavailable to Su Qing, Manager Liu decided to invest heavily in Su Qing's development of new puppets to prevent their relationship from fading due to reduced interaction.

It's important to know that the first-level guest elders of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion have little binding power. If Yuanlai Tower were willing to invest some spirit crystals to change Su Qing's identity, it would be incredibly easy.

(End of this chapter)