Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 277 Transformation into Form, Tyrant Displays His Power

【Taoist Patterns: Transformation and Change】

【Origin: It was comprehended by an ancient great being from the Dao Heaven Talisman Wall. It is rarely passed down in the myriad realms. There is a lineage that fell into a bull-headed horse mountain in the central part of the Tianyuan Realm. Due to the bloody war in the Central Plains, blood flowed like rivers. The evil deeds and consequences polluted the Dao patterns, which transformed into evil patterns that devoured spirits and seized bodies.

When the evil markings merged with the Ox-Headed Horse Mountain, a demonic woman was born. She later transformed into a spiritual treasure, attracting the attention of hundreds of sects in the Central Plains, causing widespread suffering and a surge in evil power...

[Rune Type: Supernatural Power]

[Rune Quality: Five Elders (roughly equivalent to an eighth-tier rune in this era)]

[Current Dao Pattern Completeness: 3.18%]

[Current Power: Tier 3 (Power will gradually increase as the cultivator masters more information about this Dao rune and gains further insights)]

[Current effect: It can change form and energy, transforming into humans, demons, mountains, rivers, spirits, monsters, birds, and beasts. It can transform into whatever it takes, and can use the corresponding abilities of that thing. The power and effect depend on the difference between one's own realm and the transformed thing.]

Note 1: The highest level that can be transformed at present is the third order, which can be improved.

Note 2: The number of transformations and their duration are determined by the Dao pattern rank and one's own spiritual power. Currently, one can transform into a third-rank being once every ten days, each lasting half a quarter of an hour. One can transform into a second-rank being three times a day, each lasting three hours.

[Puppets that can be crafted: Puppet Immortal, Seven-Aperture Stone Monkey, Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, Demon Puppet, Heavenly Demon Puppet, Hundred-Transformation Divine General Puppet...]

[Currently possessed by: Heavenly Demon Twelve, Fox Qingqing, Divine General A, Chief Evil Yuan, Evil Demoness... Su Qing (in order of mastery of this rune)]

"Such excellent Dao patterns, what a mess this old evil one has made of them! Is this how you use Dao patterns?!"

After reading the introduction to the Transformation of Fetus, Su Qing immediately demonstrated the correct usage of this Dao pattern.

It transformed into the form of Niu Ya, with a golden head, golden legs, and a robust body, its appearance and aura being exactly the same as Niu Ya.

Su Qing glanced at his crotch, at the little thing he had custom-made for Niu Ya. He knew exactly how big and small it was. At a glance, he knew it was exactly the same size as a normal person's thumb and the length of a middle finger!

This ability to transform into a different form is truly remarkable; it can even mimic a puppet or prosthetic limb perfectly!

Even more powerful.

In the instant of the deformed bull cliff.

Niu Ya had a thorough understanding of what he had learned, what he knew, what he was good at, and what he was skilled at, and he could use it with ease.

It's just that his sister-in-law is gone. Otherwise, with Brother Niuya's expertise and skills, even his sister-in-law would have to call him husband, and he wouldn't have noticed anything amiss!

It's even better than the Celestial Master Daoist's Daoist runes combined with the Illusionary Heart Runes!

Su Qing's mind raced, and she realized that besides the insignificant use of impersonating someone else's husband, there was another reason.

If he were to sell Blackheart Puppets, Witch Puppets, or Sea Maiden Puppets in the future, he wouldn't need to be as secretive and secretive as he is now, fearing that unpleasant customers would come knocking on his door.

"I can even transform into the shape of my opponent and have them take the blame for me!"

Transforming into only humans is too limiting. Transforming into magical artifacts and weapons, daily necessities, mountains and rivers has many other wonderful uses!
After just a moment's thought, he realized that this Dao pattern was worth exploring further.

They felt even more that the old evil spirit of Yunshan was wasting such a precious resource. With his talent, how could he have the nerve to occupy this Dao pattern and prevent others from cultivating it?

"Old Xie must have mastered the complete Dao pattern. If we can convert it, I wonder what level of effect this Dao pattern can achieve!"

Yunshan Laoxie has gained another reason to die.

Su Qing, carrying his spear, charged straight into the Hall of Transmission. Inside the hall were hundreds of books on Taoist arts and dozens of combat techniques, which he put into his bag. The moment his spear burst out of the hall...

From the outside world, the evil spirit in the pavilion also collapsed with a crash.

Upon seeing this, the cultivators and puppets outside erupted in cheers!

"Fellow Daoist Su may not be good at other things, but his skill in fighting evil and slaying demons is truly remarkable!"

"To be honest, everyone, when I saw Fellow Daoist Su rush into the evil spirit's interior and remain motionless for a long time, I thought he was never coming back. But unexpectedly, he did return and utterly defeated the evil spirit!"

"One of the evil spirits in the pavilion has been destroyed, and Master Lei Guang is also dead. Let's put in a little more effort and help Fellow Daoist Su destroy this evil spirit in the pavilion as well!"

"Fellow Daoist Su has already come out, and you still want us to shorten our lifespans?"

"Of course! Those of us ahead of you have already shortened our lifespans. If you don't, how are we supposed to look at you in the future? Can we still be family?"

It's only right that the rogue cultivators cheered and were thrilled when Su Qing emerged victorious from the demonic path.

Since he left, the remaining evil spirit in the pavilion and the Cloud Master have made them suffer terribly, experiencing both ecstasy and agony.

With the combined abilities of the cultivators and puppets, they had absolutely no way to deal with the combination of the evil spirit in the pavilion and the Venerable One in the Clouds.

Left with no other choice, Liang Haishun first donned the Death Cloth again, sacrificing thirty years of his lifespan, and set up a third-tier defensive array to barely protect the cultivators and puppets.

Then Helian Xian put on his robe and went into battle, sacrificing twenty years of his lifespan to summon the Whale-Sucking Gourd to absorb the Golden Knife Black Dragon of the evil spirits in the pavilion and the annihilation spiritual light of the Cloud Master, so that the defensive formation could hold out for a little longer.

Even with their combined efforts, it would be difficult to sustain the fight for long, even if it shortened their lifespans.

Someone else needs to wear the black cloth again; the "Life-Shortening Team" needs to be temporarily expanded!

Because Lai Yiren had already sacrificed over eighty years of his lifespan to help Su Qing break the formation, Liang Haishun and Helian Xian didn't want to hurt him the first time and wouldn't dare to do it again next time, so they let him off the hook for the time being.

His gaze first fell on Hai Changqing, a cultivator who had just completed the Foundation Establishment stage.

The young man has already reached the Foundation Establishment stage at such a young age; how could he bear to watch these old guys shorten their lifespans?

"Fellow Daoists, why are you looking at me like this? I will establish my foundation before I turn fifty, and I still want to achieve the Golden Core in the future. Although I have a long lifespan, it will all be useful!"

When Hai Changqing saw the two treasures approaching with the Life-Ending Cloth, his testicles shrank instantly, and he repeatedly said no.

"Nonsense! Whose lifespan is useless? You need to save your lifespan to break through to the Golden Core stage, while we need to save our lifespan to find wives and have children to continue the family line. Stop talking nonsense! If we don't die today, we'll have a future. If we die today, it's all over!"

Liang Haishun slung the black cloth over Hai Changqing's body in a bad mood.

Seeing this, Hai Changqing could only grit his teeth and cruelly shorten his lifespan by ten years.

This earned the utter contempt of Liang Haishun and Helian Xian.

"That's so stingy!"

"You have the nerve to bring up a ten-year lifespan and embarrass yourself?"

"Look at Fellow Daoist Lai, he gained eighty years of lifespan on his very first time wearing the cloth!"

Hai Changqing, mocked by the two treasures, knew he couldn't fool them, so he held back his tears and accepted the life-shortening rule they had set on the spot: fifty years to cultivate the Foundation Establishment method and ten years to cultivate the Qi Refining method.

Heaven have mercy, Hai Changqing hasn't even lived to be fifty years old yet, and this tremor will squander all the lifespan he's lived so far!

Hai Changqing, who rarely indulged in luxury, experienced feelings he had never had before.

The spiritual power generated by the vitality is surging and seemingly inexhaustible. As long as he dares to risk his life, he can unleash a Dao technique that threatens even a third-tier Golden Core cultivator!
His fifty years of lifespan allowed him to condense a hundred-zhang-tall muddy water giant. Although the muddy water giant could only take the beating when fighting against the evil spirits in the pavilion, it still helped to relieve some of the pressure on the formation.

With Hai Changqing setting an example, there's no need for the two treasures to waste their breath on the other independent cultivators.

Everyone knows the principle that shortening one's lifespan might allow them to live, while not shortening it will inevitably lead to death.

The brothers Niu Ya and Niu Shisan, having lost their sister-in-law, grew even closer. Together, they shortened their lifespans, their vital energy condensing into one, summoning a blood energy shield to protect the front of the formation.

Wei Debao was entrusted by his brothers-in-law to protect a bunch of sisters and nephews. He didn't even flinch when asked to put on a cloth. He thought that exchanging fifty years of his lifespan for the lives of eight sisters, thirty-six nephews, and seventy-two nieces was a win-win situation. He roared out a blood dragon and attacked the evil spirit in the pavilion.

Li Hailang was once the leader of a gang. Although he never led his brothers to fight, only to die with them, he still showed responsibility in critical moments. His fifty years of lifespan transformed into fifty giant vines, which wrapped around the arms of the evil spirit in the pavilion, making it difficult for it to swing its sword freely.

Zhang Tianming had just joined the body cultivation team when he saw how fearless the four elder brothers were. He was also inspired. The furnace that had been burning for fifty years of lifespan made a creaking sound and steamed out a white water dragon. Together with Brother Debao's blood dragon, they attacked the evil spirit in the building from top to bottom.

The body cultivators are all excellent, and the professionals are no less so.

The six friends who were placed under the protection of Su Qing as soon as they joined the team took the black cloth.

He draped a cloth over his body, took out a rare and precious piece of demon beast skin from his storage bag, and blew spiritual energy into its anus.

He blew until he was dizzy and his eyes were swollen before he stopped. The limp animal skin had been transformed into a third-tier demon tiger with a white eyebrow and a drooping forehead. The demon tiger rode on demonic clouds and went straight to kill the evil spirits in the pavilion.

Li Demao, a winemaker who loved brewing wine but disliked drinking it, took out a bottle of eerie green liquid that looked like it was laced with poison, tilted his head back and gulped it down. He didn't need to wear a black cloth, because this wine was meant to shorten one's lifespan and kill one's life.

The moment the drink entered his stomach, it was forced back into his mouth. With a loud spit, he expelled not only the drink but also half of his life.

The wine condensed into a spirit sword in the air, lingering in everyone's sight for only a moment before disappearing onto the evil spirit in the pavilion. But in that instant, its dazzling display shattered dozens of second-tier formations surrounding the evil spirit. The professionals displayed their skills, while the other Qi Refining cultivators, first-tier body cultivators, and even the villagers of the Ge family, though their lifespans were limited, generously shortened their own.

However, the cultivators tacitly excluded Qinghe, Yaofei, and other women from the group. Even when Tang Wanqing took the initiative to step forward and put on the cloth, she was pulled down by the cultivators.

The reason they wouldn't let the women wear cloth was quite simple.

Although Su Qing had only led them in and out of Qiaolian's spirit house for a short time before.

But once they've been inside and out, in the eyes of the cultivators, they are considered Su Qing's women.

Su Qing was already the core and key player of the team, and now he was fighting alone in another building. How could he let his women suffer the loss of their lifespans?

Especially Consort Yao, who had already cut her wrists and bled almost to death, and now she's being forced to shorten her lifespan? That's just too inhumane.

By this time, the situation had been barely maintained due to the lifespan loss and power surge of the cultivators. Although they could not do anything to the evil spirit in the pavilion, the evil spirit in the pavilion could not kill them for the time being either.

Temporary safety does not mean permanent safety. If this combination of attacks disappears, they will inevitably have to shorten their lifespan by another cycle. If this happens a few times, even without the evil spirits of the pavilion killing them, their own lifespan will be exhausted.

All the cultivators' eyes were fixed on the other evil spirit in the pavilion, because they all knew that if Su Qing could not break free from the evil spirit, he would have to kill this evil spirit in the pavilion. They would just be sitting and waiting to die!

Fortunately, Su Qing lived up to expectations, and his figure riding out on a bear made all the rogue cultivators breathe a sigh of relief.

Su Qing, who was in the air, glanced at the battle below and breathed a sigh of relief.

The puppets are still there.

Few of my family members died.

Good thing!

His gaze shifted to the evil spirit in the pavilion, noting that its formation was the same as the previous one, suggesting it was created by the same formation master.

Following the same pattern, he grabbed the bear's head, swiftly stabbed its thighs, pierced its kidneys, and plucked its skull.

Break through the three formations and enter his body.

Inside this pavilion are mostly spiritual springs and waters, filled with spiritual energy that turns into mist and rain. There are a few spiritual houses scattered around, which must be the cultivation place of the elders and disciples of the Yunshan Sect.

Fearing that the old evil spirit of Yunshan would bring more evil spirits to block the road, they even abandoned Gao Erqiang and brought over the sect leader Bai Mei.

This time, Su Qing had no intention of reaping any wealth. In the mist and rain, she headed straight for the core of the evil spirit.

Along the way, there were also various small evil spirits formed from mountains and rivers blocking the way, but he didn't need to lift a finger; the spirit shovelmen he carried with him could take care of them.

It wasn't until they arrived at a sacred mountain with the richest spiritual energy that they saw the venerable one in the clouds at the summit, slowly descending.

"Lightning died at your hands? How did you do that? Was it the Dao patterns on your body, or are you a product of a Nascent Soul cultivator residing in your body?!"

As soon as Master Yunzhong spoke, Su Qing immediately understood that it seemed that the thoughts of the many clones of this old evil spirit were not synchronized, or that only the sect leader Bai Mei could accept what all the evil spirits saw and heard!
In this way, the Cloud Master, whose methods of killing Lei Guang were unknown, would be easier to deal with.

Compared to Master Lei Guang's Five Thunder Dao Techniques, Master Yun Zhong is skilled in using the Annihilation Cloud Light. Where the cloud light falls, life is extinguished. At this moment, above the two of them, there is a radiant glow and auspicious clouds!

The true form of the Cloud Mountain Hermit is hidden in auspicious clouds, making it difficult to see his true form!
This evil spirit knew that Master Lei Guang had died at his hands, and guessed that he must have some skills, so it was more cautious than Master Lei Guang.

But such methods are useless against Su Qing in her current state.

The protective spell of radiant light was cast to block the erosion of the annihilating cloud light falling in front of him.

His eyes emitted a mysterious black light, as he activated the Lu Wu True Eye, and immediately saw the lewd old man who had transformed into auspicious clouds and was hiding in the mist.

Although he saw through the old man's true form, he did not make a sound. Instead, in a fit of impotent rage, he activated the nine tails behind him to stir up the sea of ​​clouds, summoning the power of wind and thunder to confuse the evil spirits and attract their attention.

Just as the evil spirit was smugly waiting for his spiritual power to run out and his protective glow to disappear, it was ready to deliver a fatal blow.

The four mountain demon spirits activated their passive talents, flanking the Buddhist high-ranking bear and the evil-refining furnace child, and approached the evil spirit from behind.

There's not much to say about what happened next.

The Buddhist monk Gao Xiong angrily raised his vajra and beat the old evil spirit.

The furnace lid is lifted to draw evil spirits into the furnace.

Fire-breathing boy Su Qing, after taking drugs, puffed out his cheeks and spewed out the phantom of the Fire-Breathing Boy—a phantom of a fire phoenix.

Inside the furnace, the various sizes of the strange creatures, armed with long guns and short sticks, fired sealing lasers, and with a single exorcising guided missile, reduced it to ashes.

Thirty-six Buddhas chanted together, striking a wooden fish to help the deceased, their spiritual patterns then entering their own consciousness.

The process was exactly the same as last time, but the result was not as expected.

The previous sect leader of Yunshan Sect was clearly not skilled enough. At least Lei Guang Shangren could refine a section of Purple Lightning Finger Bone, which could be used as material for refining weapons and puppets.

The Cloud Master completely purified him, leaving him, the abandoned disciple of the Cloud Mountain Sect, with not a single benefit!
With such incompetence, it's no wonder he was bewitched by that Yunshan Palace back then, inviting evil spirits to his door and causing the deaths of many.

After showing contempt for Master Fan Yunzhong.

Su Qing, accompanied by the Iron-Eating King Beast, used spears and clubs to shatter the third-tier spiritual vein, whose spiritual energy had been mostly drained by the Old Evil of Yunshan.

At this point, the evil spirit in the pavilion could no longer maintain its form, exploding into a pile of dust, and could no longer block the cultivators' retreat.

"I, Fellow Daoist Su, am invincible!"

"A mere evil spirit, Fellow Daoist Su, is as delicate as a feather!"

"I regret not knowing Fellow Daoist Su's abilities before, otherwise I should have patronized Fellow Daoist Su's business more and allowed Fellow Daoist Su to create more puppets!"

"If I earn enough spirit crystals and spirit stones in the future, I will certainly patronize Fellow Daoist Su's business!"

"Why wait until later? Just take the spirit crystals and spirit stones from your storage bag and give them to Fellow Daoist Su now!"

"That won't do! I actually have spirit stones and spirit crystals in my storage bag right now!"

Two evil spirits resembling pavilions, along with two evil spirits at the peak of the Golden Core stage, all died at Su Qing's hands.

The rogue cultivators who were fleeing together were greatly encouraged. They felt that if they could defeat such an opponent, they should have no problem escaping from White Cloud Immortal City today.

Just as the cultivators were showering Su Qing with praise and flattery...

Su Qing, however, had a solemn expression and did not want to say another word to the cultivators. He did not even give them time to rest. With a wave of his hand, he rushed towards the east city wall at a marching speed 30% faster than before.

And at the same time.

The sect leader, Bai Mei, who was in the center of the former Baiyunfang city center, had his expression change several times in the short span of time.

Su Qing was very happy to have four kinds of Dao patterns on his body.

Su Qing killed all the evil spirits he sent and completely converted the evil spiritual power he had distributed, which made him very unhappy.

His gaze turned fiercely toward the east side of the Immortal City, and a cold laugh suddenly appeared on his face. He did not send any more evil spirits to hunt down Su Qing.

Refocusing attention on Gao Erqiang, who now had no more blood patterns to escape from.

Like a clown, he frantically threw himself into the lake in the Baiyunfang residential area.

Without any hesitation, Sect Leader Bai Mei followed him and jumped into the lake, intending to devour Gao Erqiang, who had been driven to the brink of despair.

This lake was originally a spirit stone mine, bottomless, but with its and Gao Erqiang's abilities, they chased and fled, and in an instant they rushed to the bottom of the deep lake.

Seeing that Gao Erqiang had nowhere to escape, Sect Master Bai Mei showed no joy at all. His pupils were wide open, and his face was full of terror.

Because in its field of vision, two yellow beams of light suddenly shone on it from the depths of the lake.

At the end of that beam of light were two enormous, disc-shaped eyes. Even larger than those eyes was a colossal puppet about a third the size of the Cloud Mountain Palace, resembling an ancient giant or a mountain spirit.

The yellow light seemed to possess a sealing power, making it difficult for Sect Master Bai Mei to escape for a while. Gao Erqiang had also secretly hidden countless red lanterns in the lake, causing countless blood threads to swirl and wrap around it.

"A trap? You deliberately lured me here?"
Is the person you're working with Su Qing?

When did you create this third-tier puppet?
"Very well! Even if you scheme and plot, you're nothing but fish in my palm. You think this mere third-tier puppet can do anything to me?!"

(End of this chapter)