Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 278 Immortal Gods Dance with Whips, Escape from the City (Bonus Chapter 5000)

It's always been the one plotting against people, but who would have thought that others would plot against it too.

Today, Sect Master Bai Mei, who had been tricked by Gao Erqiang and Su Qing, one evil and the other wicked, was furious.

A surge of evil energy, far exceeding what a Golden Core evil spirit could possess, erupted from its body with its roar.

In an instant, the blood threads binding him melted away, countless lanterns exploded, and the deep lake seemed to be completely evaporated by the evil energy emanating from his body.

The white eyebrows above his eyes resembled a god wielding a whip, striking the giant puppet as if to turn it into dust.

But before the white-browed figure could land, the giant puppet exploded on its own!

boom!
Like the wrath of Thor.

It resembles an earth dragon turning over.

A deafening roar echoed throughout the city.

Cracks spread outwards from the center of the explosion in all directions towards the Immortal City.

Even Su Qing and his group, who were only a few miles away from the eastern city wall, were affected by the explosion.

The earth shook and mountains trembled; puppets collapsed and people were overturned.

While the cultivators were unaware of what had happened, they looked in the direction of the explosion and saw smoke and dust filling the sky and evil energy surging everywhere. They thought it was the work of evil spirits and became even more panicked.

Su Qing looked in the direction of the explosion with a mixture of satisfaction and regret.

The one that exploded was a Tier 3 Spirit Explosion type puppet, the Deepwater Tyrant!
This is Su Qing's most satisfying work since he started making puppets, apart from the Heavenly Demoness!

With several sets of materials provided by Gao Erqiang, Su Qing failed several times in the deep lake before finally managing to refine the puppet using the earth's energy from the spirit stone mine. It was not even the third-tier limit; it was only a high-grade third-tier puppet.

Such a powerful puppet, which burns all its energy in the instant of explosion, can only function when it self-destructs.

A moment of glory can elevate someone to the ranks of a third-tier puppet; one can only imagine just how glorious that glory was.

Even if Sect Master Bai Mei was caught off guard this time, he should suffer a great loss.

Su Qing was satisfied with the puppet's self-destruction power, which did not disappoint him.

Unfortunately, the process of crafting this puppet consumed over a thousand spirit stones!

Although Gao Erqiang provided the money and he provided the labor, he didn't spend a single penny on the puppet.

But after all, it was a product built from a thousand spirit stones. It was such a pity that it was blown up in a deep pit unknown to anyone, with only two evil spirits as witnesses!

It seems that this Deepwater Tyrant has utterly wrecked the Old Evil of Yunshan.

After the explosion, the entire Baiyun Immortal City began to tremble. The Yunshan Palace, which had always stood in the center of the city, was gradually pushed into the air by Baiyun Immortal City to the horror of the cultivators, and transformed into a huge bull's head.

Baiyun Immortal City was not idle either. Blood began to gush from the ground, and the landform underwent a drastic change, collapsing and bulging, like a living thing about to stand up, exuding an aura that terrified everyone.

"The Old Evil of Yunshan is about to reveal his true form! Everyone, listen to my command and head immediately to the east city wall!"

Knowing that the Old Evil of Yunshan had already taken possession of the entire White Cloud Immortal City, and having transformed the White Cloud Immortal City into his own body, Su Qing immediately shouted in a hurry upon seeing this.

While the old evil spirit is in human form, they still have a chance to break through the city walls and escape. Once the old evil spirit completely controls White Cloud Immortal City, then even gods and immortals will be powerless to save it, and no one will be able to survive!

And it's not just their team.

At this moment, the remaining rogue cultivators in the immortal city were frantically rushing towards the east and west city walls.

Among them, countless lanterns joined the human cultivators in their desperate escape. However, judging from the significantly smaller number of lanterns compared to before, it seems that Gao Erqiang also paid a considerable price in this chase and escape with Sect Master Bai Mei.

Because their team had been marching and was not far from the eastern city wall, and because their standard equipment included rainbow horses provided by Su Qing, which were sold for only tens of thousands of spirit crystals at family prices, they were incredibly fast.

Almost the instant the city underwent its transformation, the group arrived at a distance of over a hundred feet from the city wall.

With the city walls within reach, breaking through the city walls was just a matter of a final tremor.

All the cultivators stopped in their tracks, not daring to move forward even half a step.

Because Brother 260 turned around!

In the past, generations of cultivators in the Langtian Gang died tragically, while Brother 260, who repeatedly betrayed his teammates and survived time and again, had an instinctive warning, and Su Qing dared not be careless at all.

"Fellow Daoist 260, how are you feeling right now?"

He ordered the entire army to halt and inquired about the 260th brother with concern.

"I feel nauseous and want to vomit. I feel that if I take another step forward, I will suffer a fate worse than death. Even if Boss Su wanted to go forward now, I would turn around and run away!"

Brother 260 spoke frankly.

His words caused all the cultivators to freeze in shock.

They had witnessed firsthand how easy it was to cling to Su Qing's coattails. Just those two waves of evil spirits—if they hadn't been with Su Qing, even if they had been accompanied by two or three Golden Core cultivators, they wouldn't have been able to get here.

With such a powerful backer and such a strong leader, if he were to take another step forward, even Brother 260 would be willing to abandon him and run away.

It's easy to imagine how terrifying the dangers ahead are.

Seeing that his 260th brother was trembling and his limbs were weak, Su Qing could imagine that alarms were probably going off in his head right now.

Brother 260's instinctive warning made everyone stop in their tracks.

Su Qing looked at the city wall, which was over a hundred feet high, and activated Lu Wu's True Eye, but found nothing amiss.

Seeing that the White Cloud Immortal City behind him had already risen into a mountain shaped like a horse's back, and that Old Evil of Cloud Mountain was about to emerge and show his power, he suddenly felt a little anxious and had an impulse to ignore Brother 260's warning.

I almost acted impulsively.

Because it was during the time when all the cultivators stopped and stood still.

Some scattered cultivators who had been fleeing with Su Qing and the others rushed over to the city wall with great joy.

Compared to the western city wall, which is guarded by many elders and disciples of Yunshan, the eastern city wall is now guarded by only a few Yunshan disciples because the demon beasts have all been attracted to the Nascent Soul Cave. For independent cultivators, it is undoubtedly a smooth path to the Great Dao.

Break out! Even if you end up as a dog in the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, it's still better than staying in the White Cloud Immortal City, which is like a ghost realm.

These days, the rogue cultivators, who had been driven to the brink of collapse, could no longer contain their excitement and rushed to the city wall like madmen. The few Yunshan disciples were instantly overwhelmed by the rogue cultivators.

Just as the rogue cultivators flew through the air to the city wall...

The sudden change occurred amidst the attention of all the cultivators.

These are at least at the peak of Qi Refining, and some are even Foundation Establishment cultivators.

As if they had instantly become mortals, their spiritual power completely gone, and with expressions of utter terror on their faces, they fell from the sky like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

The body cultivators were relatively better off. Although their blood and energy were completely drained, their bodies, which had been nurtured for many years, allowed them to fall from a height of over a hundred feet without dying instantly.

Those physical cultivators who were weak were not as lucky as the body cultivators. With their spiritual energy drained and unable to use their magic techniques and artifacts, they fell to the ground with a thud, turning into a pool of bloody mud, and were instantly swallowed up by the immortal city.

"Evil Domain Barrier!"

Liang Haishun spoke with a bitter tone.

Lai Yiren, Helian Xian, and other older and more experienced rogue cultivators in the group also shook their heads bitterly, their faces showing despair.

A fourth-tier evil spirit can transform an entire immortal kingdom into its own evil domain.

All those who wish to escape the evil realm are blocked by an invisible barrier!
Baiyun Laoxie may not be a fourth-order evil spirit, but since it can manipulate the Golden Core sect and Yunshan sect, it is probably only one step away from being a fourth-order evil spirit.

It might not be able to transform a celestial kingdom into an evil realm, but it can certainly transform the White Cloud Immortal City, which is already on the verge of being corrupted and absorbed by it, into an evil realm.

"Fellow Daoist Lai?"

Su Qing turned to look at Lai Yiren. Lai Yiren understood what he meant and simply shook his head slowly.

The Evil Domain Barrier can indeed be regarded as an array, which is an array that can only be set up by evil spirits, with the evil runes controlled by evil spirits as its core.

But so what if it's an array? So what if his array-breaking eyes can see through the array's true nature?

A fourth-order barrier is not something that someone in the Foundation Establishment stage can easily see through with just their eyes. Even if he were to wear a black cloth and exhaust his lifespan, it would be of no use!
Amidst the despair of the cultivators, Su Qing silently took out a fourth-tier summoning talisman. He prepared to summon a deity to possess him and try to break the barrier. If he succeeded, people like Qinghe and Yaofei would naturally have a way to survive.

If that fails, he will have done his best. He can only rely on the hundred or so substitute dolls in his storage bag to escape first. Afterwards, he can dig up the graves of his fellow Daoists and offer incense as appropriate. That would be doing his duty to them.

Just as he was about to activate the fourth-tier summoning talisman...

Among the countless red lanterns in the sky, Gao Erqiang was also prepared. He was ready to self-destruct all the red lanterns, even though this would cause his strength to drop to the first rank. Without doing so, he was not confident that he could break through the barrier.

Both he and Su Qing knew that the current situation was already excellent.

If it weren't for the fact that the sect leader, Bai Mei, was unable to fight after being blasted by the Deep Water Tyrant, and if it weren't for Su Qing sweeping away many evil spirits along the way...

At this moment, what was blocking their way was not just this evil spirit barrier, but also the evil spirit army led by Sect Master Bai Mei, including Golden Core evil spirits and Pavilion evil spirits!
Having already gone this far, how could we possibly hesitate to give it one last shot!
Just as Su Qing and Gao Erqiang made up their minds at the same time.

Both the human and the evil one saw the figure of an old rogue cultivator suddenly appear below the city wall.

Upon seeing this person appear.

Su Qing put away the summoning talisman.

Gao Erqiang pressed down on the red lantern.

They're both evil, and they've only been developing for a few years. How much good stuff could they possibly have? It's best not to fight if you can avoid it.

Given the noble character and integrity of this elder, this opportunity to shine should naturally be given to them!

But then, the old Taoist priest Tong, standing beneath the city wall, raised his hand and produced a fourth-tier golden light talisman. As the talisman ignited, endless Buddhist light filled everyone's vision.

Some people saw the Buddha's light converge into an ancient Buddha, and the Buddha reached out his palm and patted the barrier.

Some people saw the Buddha's light converge into an ancient bronze snake, its head and tail intertwined, dancing in a vortex that sucked the evil domain's barrier into the vortex.

Some people asserted with certainty that the Buddha's light clearly transformed into the Peacock King!

Some people confidently asserted that the Buddha's light had transformed into countless golden lotuses, upon which sat the Buddha and Bodhisattvas.

What all beings see, the Buddha manifests in myriad forms.

In Su Qing's eyes, the Buddha's light was just that—Buddha's light—and did not condense into any strange phenomena. It seemed that Su Qing had made a living selling dolls in his previous life and started his business by dealing in secret dolls in this life.

Although he was doing things to benefit the general public, it was understandable that he was not understood by the Buddhist community. Even in the grand baptism of Buddhist light, he, who had no Buddhist roots whatsoever, could not comprehend anything.

But he was beyond redemption. It didn't matter that the Buddhist sect was unwilling to convert him. The thirty-six high-ranking Buddhist cultivators in his storage bag, especially the one holding the vajra, were all frantically absorbing Buddhist light and gaining more insights than all the other cultivators present.

If Su Qing hadn't worried that they would absorb too much and affect the exorcising effect of the Golden Light Talisman, and had asked them to restrain themselves and absorb it more slowly, then Old Daoist Tong's fourth-tier talisman paper might have been completely useless, and all the benefits would have gone to them!
Since both the merit-making wooden fish and the Buddhist high-ranking Xiong were in his storage bag, the cultivators present only saw that half of the Buddhist light was heading towards the evil domain barrier and the other half was heading towards Su Qing.

Seeing him bathed in the Buddha's light, enjoying its unique favor, they all secretly praised Fellow Daoist Su for being so kind-hearted that even the Buddha's light recognized him. Such a good person! They had previously thought he was heartless for selling high-priced puppets! It was truly their own lack of awareness that led them to slap themselves in the face.

"That kid has no conscience!"

At the foot of the city wall, Old Taoist Tong saw that his fourth-tier golden light talisman had only played half its role, with the other half being absorbed by Su Qing, and he immediately cursed in anger.

The old Taoist priest didn't ask them for a single penny. He took the initiative to use talismans to pave a way out for them. How could he possibly take advantage of the old Taoist priest at this time?
While secretly sighing at the boundless shamelessness of human cultivators, Tong Laodao helplessly took out three fourth-order talismans from his storage bag.

The fourth-tier Divine General Talisman summons a divine general who descends from the heavens, clad in celestial armor, wielding a celestial sword, and wielding it with a power that seems capable of cleaving through the sky.

The fourth-tier Five Thunder Talisman, enraged by the Thunder God, unleashed five thunderbolts, with lightning serpents dancing and surging down towards the barrier.

The fourth-tier summoning talisman invoked an ancient deity to possess him. A divine light descended, and behind Old Daoist Tong, a valiant immortal appeared with a red face and beard, clad in golden armor and a red robe, his three eyes glaring angrily, riding on wind and fire wheels, holding a golden seal in his left hand and a golden whip in his right.

Tong Laodao waved his hand, and the immortal spirit lashed out with his whip, striking the barrier that had been weakened by the three talismans: the Golden Light Talisman, the Divine General Talisman, and the Five Thunder Talisman.

A series of faint, rustling sounds, like breaking glass, reached Su Qing's ears.

"The barrier has been broken!"

Su Qing spoke up excitedly, and just in case, glanced back at his 260th brother. Seeing that he had turned his head back, he didn't hesitate any longer. He rode his flying dragon and took the lead, heading straight for the city gates with the other cultivators.

Even faster than them was Gao Erqiang, who strung together red lanterns into a long line and slipped out of the city through the gap.

Tong Laodao thought to himself, "These young people are just inexperienced. Do they really think everything will be fine once they run away? Do they really think that Old Evil Yunshan won't come after them?"
Those who are capable should do more work.

The old Taoist priest sighed.

He urged the immortal behind him to throw out the golden seal in his hand to temporarily suppress the old evil spirit of Yunshan for a moment, so as to prevent him from chasing after him.

Only then did he calmly slap the Earth Escape Talisman on his body, burrow into the ground, and disappear in a flash.

After the evil domain barrier was broken, Yunshan Laoxie, knowing that his prey had all fled, went completely mad.

The entire White Cloud Immortal City, transformed into a bull-headed, horse-bodied monster, opened its massive maw the instant the immortal golden seal above its head dissipated, and fiercely sucked in the direction in which the cultivators and lanterns were fleeing.

In an instant, sand and stones flew and clouds and mist rushed eastward from the Immortal City. The demon beasts living there suffered a terrible fate. They watched inexplicably as a group of human cultivators ran wildly towards the Hundred Beast Mountain Range, and then inexplicably were sucked into the mouth of a strange thing.

Fortunately, those who died were all unaware of the situation, and didn't understand why they just ran after seeing others run.

Su Qing and the others ran fast and fast, their horses' hooves were smoking, and their mouths were dry.

They ran wildly, and in the short time that the old evil spirit was suppressed by the golden seal, they had already reached the low mountain range more than a hundred miles away. The suction force of the old evil spirit of Yunshan had been weakened by most of its strength by this time, and it could not do anything to the cultivators.

However, Su Qing and the other cultivators dared not relax at all upon arriving at this place.

They all knew that this was the territory of demonic beasts, not a place where human cultivators could stay for long.

Su Qing put away the puppet and first had the cultivators find a cave, where Liang Haishun set up a concealment formation to hide temporarily.

Then, Pang Feifan released the Gangjing Pig King to go out and gather information from the demon race.

Only then did he turn his gaze to Liu Daoyou.

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The chaos in Baiyun Immortal City resulted in the deaths of countless cultivators.

This was a matter of life and death for the rogue cultivators who were in Baiyun Immortal City at the time.

For the demon kings who are currently scratching their heads and racking their brains around the Nascent Soul Cave, this is no small matter.

"This old demon has already harmed many of my demon race's beasts in the east, and now he's causing trouble in the west, swallowing up an immortal city. His power is already close to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator."

"It is not a fourth-tier demon king of our race, and even a Nascent Soul cultivator of the human race cannot subdue it. If it continues to stay here, are we, the hundred beasts and demons, really going to abandon these western mountains and ridges?"

The demon lizard king, with a human body and a crocodile tail, watched the commotion in the west, his lizard face wrinkled with folds.

In recent years, the Demon Lizard clan has suffered greatly from the White Cloud Immortal City. It is unknown which damned puppeteer actually used the Demon Lizard clan as materials for puppet making!

As a result, those human cultivators never let the Claw Lizards go easily when they encountered them. In just over two years, tens of thousands of Claw Lizards died!
This is only the persecution inflicted on them by rogue cultivators. If this old evil spirit of Yunshan were to attack them, the demon lizard clan might have no choice but to migrate to the depths of the Hundred Beasts and be oppressed by those superior demon clans!
"There's no need to worry too much. Since this old evil spirit dared to commit such a heinous act as swallowing up the people of an entire city, he and Gao Erqiang must be on the Penglai Immortal Kingdom's list of demons to be exterminated. High-ranking cultivators from Penglai will surely come to subdue him. There's no need for our demon race to worry!"

A demon king with a bird's head and a human face reassured the lizard king.

These words immediately displeased the other leopard-headed demon king.

"You keep calling yourself a high-ranking cultivator from Penglai. Anyone who didn't know better would think you, King Wind Eagle, are a domesticated sparrow raised by the Penglai Immortal Kingdom. What, have you Wind Eagle Clan become so unaware of your own identity after doing business with humans all these years?"

"If we don't let the Nascent Soul cultivators from Penglai subdue this Old Evil Yunshan, and instead let our demon race come on our own, then it will be True King Tianpeng who ends up here. If he comes, Old Evil Yunshan will surely die, and whether we live or die is also unknown!"

The Wind Eagle King ignored the Yellow Leopard King's provocation. This clan had always been a vassal of the Lion Clan. They were weak and not very bright. They had been living a primitive life in the Hundred Beast Mountains with the Lion Clan, and had no idea about the prosperity of the outside world.

Not doing business with humans? Where would the Wind Eagle King find a bunch of beautiful wives and maids to enjoy? Humans know eagles so well; the beautiful eagles they make are just so beautiful and charming!

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