Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 281 To protect Eighth Sister, she was willing to go all out; the Buddhist monk Gao Xiong possessed many extraordinary skills!
With the teachings and example of her seven older sisters, and the guidance of the Wei family's ancestral precepts, she was able to succeed.

Wei Yingying is someone who's willing to go all out.

Temporarily shedding her demon beast skin and donning a thin veil, she becomes incredibly powerful; her azure dress is equally captivating, drawing men with its minimal fabric. She bursts into the spirit house.

Then I saw a hot bathtub.

So impatient! Did you even prepare the water for yourself?
Just as she was shyly preparing to take off her clothes and get into the tub.

Suddenly, two heads popped out of the bucket: one was beautiful and stunning, the other was proud, fiery, and charming.

Because her younger brother was spared, she had the good fortune to buy the Witch Puppet and the Princess Leopard. Wei Yingying knew what these two things were as soon as she saw them.

Seeing that they were soaking in the same tub as Su Qing, they immediately knew what they were doing!
Bah! You filthy scoundrel, do you expect me to serve you alongside two puppets?

Wei Yingying cursed inwardly. Although it was somewhat unexpected, she was already here and had already taken her clothes off.

Just as she lifted her lotus feet and walked towards the tub, Su Qing, who was still immersed in the afterglow of refining herself into a puppet, opened her eyes.

"Fellow Daoist Wei, why are you taking off your clothes?"

"Does Fellow Daoist Su like wearing clothes?"

"I'm asking you why you took off that monster skin!"

"Fellow Daoist Su likes me wearing a demon beast skin?"

"I mean, after you shed your demon skin, won't you have to trouble Fellow Daoist Liu to blow it again?"

Su Qing, feeling a headache coming on, made Wei Yingying get dressed and firmly kicked her out.

What kind of brain does this person have? If they want to find their brother-in-law, why not wait until they've settled down? He's busy right now, he doesn't have time for that kind of thing!
With the help of Hongshang and Princess Leopard, he put on layers of armor and golems.

They then turned their attention to the puppets.

He was unharmed in the great battle, but the puppets suffered heavy losses, which severely impacted his combat effectiveness.

Since the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range is not a safe house, even if the cultivators change into demon beasts, they will inevitably be exposed if they are not careful and will have to fight.

Therefore, it is essential to repair the puppets in a timely manner so that your puppet army is always at full strength.

After releasing all the puppets one by one, Hongshang and her puppets took stock of the puppet losses and the benefits obtained from the two evil spirits in the pavilion.

Su Qing immediately felt a bit annoyed.

Of the thousand lizard riders, more than half were lost in battle. Only about a hundred could be repaired and continue fighting. The remaining four hundred lizard riders had completely sacrificed themselves for their lord.

He still had a lot of affection for these lizard knights, mainly because they used a lot of spirit crystals. The materials used for each lizard knight were several times better than those he had used for the mission to refine for the Cloud Mountain Sect. The cost of refining one knight was more than five thousand spirit crystals, not including the rainbow horses they rode!
"Four hundred lizard riders mean a loss of two million spirit crystals. Old Evil Yunshan, I, Su Qing, will remember this debt!"

Looking at the Soul Explosion Lizard and the Dog-Headed Lizard, the losses were countless. However, he had cut corners in the crafting process of these puppets, saving wherever possible. They were derivative products used to farm runes. The cost of the puppets sold outside the shop had already been recovered. Now that the Battle Warrior had used some, he was not disappointed.

"But the materials for each item are worth at least a thousand spirit crystals, so the selling price has to start at at least five thousand spirit crystals. This loss should also be attributed to Old Monster Yunshan!"

My poor Falcon King Puppet! Before it could even serve its master, over a hundred of its units were lost. Now, even with two Yunpeng motherships combined, it's difficult to even put together a single Falcon King crew!
"I will never share the same sky with that old evil Yunshan!"

Fortunately, the second-tier puppets, such as the Mountain Demon Burial Spirit and the Five-Star Bear King, although somewhat damaged, were not too serious and could be repaired and restored to their original state.

"But the appearance fees for these puppets, the firepower costs for the Thunder Serpent and the Spirit Explosion Flame Cannon should also be attributed to Old Evil Yunshan!"

As for the exploding stones he distributed to the cultivators, they cannot be attributed to Lao Xie, because these things were provided by Gao Erqiang. They didn't cost Su Qing any of his spirit crystals; on the contrary, Gao Erqiang embezzled 30-50% of them. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be considered his loss.

"Why does Master hate that old evil spirit of Yunshan so much? According to Hongshang's statistics, Master obtained more than 1,800 spirit stones, 12 second-tier demon cores, 3 foundation-building pills, 8 bottles of second-tier spirit-nurturing pills, 100 bottles of first-tier spirit pills, more than 10 spirit houses, 396 semi-finished magic weapons, and 258 semi-finished battle tools from that evil spirit in the pavilion."

One hundred and eighty-six Gale Cannons, forty-nine Flame Cannons, over one hundred blueprints for first and second tier puppets, two third-tier blueprints, and the remaining first and second tier materials filled two spirit houses.

A rough estimate suggests that the master gained over eight thousand spirit stones from the evil spirit in the pavilion. Even after deducting the losses of the master's puppet, he still managed to earn over seven thousand spirit stones!

"So you mean I should thank that old evil spirit from Yunshan? Thank him for sending the two evil spirits in the Yunshan Palace, which contain a small portion of the Yunshan Sect's accumulated power, to stop me?"

How can I thank him! This benefit belongs to the Yunshan Sect, not to that old evil Yunshan. If I should thank anyone, I should thank Senior Brother Yuan, Senior Brother Lin, and the other Yunshan disciples. I can't possibly thank that old evil Yunshan.

Anyway, that old scoundrel from Yunshan owes me a lot, and I'll make him pay it all back with interest sooner or later!

Su Qing cursed Yunshan Laoxie again, and ordered the big and small wood spirits to bring out the tool puppets such as the stirring puppet, the iron forging puppet, and the fire-starting puppet, and began to focus on repairing the puppets.

With the help of the large and small wood spirits, his speed in repairing puppets far surpassed that of ordinary puppeteers.

Seeing how diligently these little creatures worked, Su Qing couldn't help but marvel at the versatility of the Wood Spirit servants.

"Yes, and there's also the Merit Wooden Fish and Xiong Er, who received half the benefits of the Golden Light Talisman. I wonder what changes have occurred in them!"

Su Qinglian opened the storage bag and released the thirty-six high-ranking Buddhist cultivators and the Buddhist elder Xiong.

He could see the changes in the high-ranking Buddhist monks at a glance.

There are more and more merit-making wooden fish!
It went from twelve to eighteen!

Originally, there were thirty-six high-ranking Buddhist monks, but they were divided into groups of three and each group struck a wooden fish.

Now they're doing it in pairs, knocking on one of them!
The number of high-ranking cultivators remains the same, but the effect of eighteen merit wooden fish in the salvation ritual is definitely stronger than that of twelve!
"Half a Golden Light Mantra, when shared with Xiong Er, can still condense six merit wooden fish. If I use this Golden Light Mantra on the merit wooden fish, is it possible to condense eighteen merit wooden fish, so that each high-ranking Buddhist cultivator can have one?"

After obtaining the merit-enhancing wooden fish, Su Qing unwittingly formed a Buddhist high-level spiritual practice team for the deceased.

For the first time, they found a way to increase the number of merit-making wooden fish, thus expanding the number of the salvation team.

At this moment, he couldn't help but feel excited, and even had the urge to use the fourth-order golden light talisman on his body directly on the merit wooden fish.

"Let's see how Xiong Er changes before we decide!"

Su Qing hesitated for a moment, then turned her gaze to Xiong Er.

Bear Two, with a vajra on his arm, still radiated Buddhist light with his bear face and body, as if he had been baptized by Buddhism from the inside out, looking quite different from usual.

However, the specific changes are unclear, as Xiong Er can only pout and whistle. Even with Huo Dan's translation, it's difficult to understand what it's saying. It's estimated that even Xiong Er itself can't explain what changes it has undergone.

Left with no other option, Su Qing could only try opening the panel, skipping a long string of notifications about puppet damage from previous battles, and find a completely new introduction about Xiong Er.

[Puppet Name: Xiong Er (Original Name: Ironclad War Bear, Nickname: Flower Stick Xiong Er, Also Known as: Buddhist High Bear)]

[Type: Creation-type Spirit Puppet]

[Quality: Tier 3, Low Grade (Can be improved through personal effort and with resources provided by the Puppeteer)]

[Ability 1: Divine Creation: Born with self-awareness in a puppet body, gaining the approval of heaven and earth, transforming into a puppet spirit, capable of cultivating and attaining enlightenment like living beings.]

[Ability Two: Innate Insight: Xiong Er is born with an interest in valuable things and can accurately identify the most valuable items among all things. It is extremely willing to use any means, including but not limited to, cheating, swindling, looting, arson, and even doing business with others, to seize these valuable items from others and hand them over to its master, earning the reward it deserves from its master.]

[Ability Three: Buddhist Vajra: Xiong Er has established a bond with the ancient Buddhist treasure, the Vajra, and can use most of its power. It is remarkably effective in subduing demons and evil spirits.]

[Ability Four: Back Attack: A fighting technique Xiong Er learned from the burial site of the mandrill.]

[Ability Five: Gambling Skills: Gambling techniques learned by Xiong Er from Qing He.]

[Skill Six: Lending: Financial Management Skills Inspired by Qinghe]

[Seventh Ability: Loan Sharking: Money-Making Techniques Learned by Xiong Er from Qing He]

[Ability 8: Negotiation: Money-making skills learned by Xiong Er from Su Qing and Qing He] [Ability 9: Lying: Interpersonal skills learned by Xiong Er from all the human cultivators he encountered]

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[Ability 19: Sanskrit Whistle: Puppets skilled in ventriloquism, after receiving the baptism of golden light and Buddhist teachings, can use whistles to simulate Buddhist chants. Any demons or evil spirits that hear this sound will inevitably lose their senses or be moved to repentance and turn back to the right path. (Currently only effective against demons and evil spirits below the fourth rank.)]

[Usage Consumption: 1. Due to his improved abilities, Xiong Er believes that the current monthly salary is unreasonable and needs to be increased to 100,000 spirit crystals per month. Xiong Er has the right to decide how to settle the monthly salary based on the exchange rate of spirit crystals to spirit stones in different regions (if the monthly salary is insufficient, Xiong Er can still fight for his master, but his enthusiasm will be slightly reduced)]

[Second: Due to his own development needs, Xiong Er needs to consume one Tier 1 essence core daily and one Tier 2 essence core every three months to strengthen his physique, improve his cultivation level, and steal more valuable items for his master!]

[Three: Xiong Er hopes its master will allow it to borrow money in the master's name, targeting creditors who are either dying or unable to collect debts, so as to quickly accumulate wealth for its master! (Whether or not this request is granted will not affect Xiong Er's enthusiasm)]

[Four: Xiong Er hopes that his master can back him up and provide him with enough fighting puppets so that he can go to Qing He's door to collect debts when he encounters a deadbeat like her (because Qing He has an unpleasant relationship with his master, to avoid putting his master in a difficult position, whether or not this request is granted will not affect Xiong Er's enthusiasm)]

Xiong Er's panel information is extremely easy to find.

Because it contains far too much information and is far too long.

As Su Qing looked around, she sighed inwardly that it was easy to learn bad habits but difficult to learn good ones. She decided that she could no longer let Xiong Er and Qing He hang out together, lest Xiong Er learn some other weird skills.

The focus was mainly on the Buddhist vajra and the chanting whistle.

The Vajra, a Buddhist weapon, was a skill that Xiong Er had mastered long ago. Having a connection with Buddhism, he used this Vajra to smash countless red lanterns in the past year or two.

However, previously he could only attack evil spirits of around the third rank or lower grade.

Even when striking the Thunder Light Evil Spirit and the Cloud Evil Spirit, he needed other puppets to cooperate with him in using the Mountain and Sea Capture technique to knock them into the Evil Refining Furnace.

Now, after being baptized by the Buddha's light, the power of the Vajra Pestle that it can summon is even greater. One strike is stronger than the previous two. If that Thunder Light Evil Spirit encounters Xiong Er again, it probably won't be able to withstand more than a few blows from it.

The Sanskrit Whistle is a new skill. Although it is a puppet spirit, the whistle it blows has the same effect as an old monk chanting sutras, which is a bit strange.

But since it already knows how to lend and profit from loans, this oddity doesn't really matter.

For puppets like Xiong Er and Gongde Muyu, whose evolution depends entirely on their own efforts and has little to do with him as a puppeteer.

Su Qing didn't want to delve into how they evolved or how they developed these functions.

The main problem is that it's impossible to investigate further. If Master Tong hadn't used the fourth-order golden light talisman, and if he had happened to be there with Xiong Er and the merit wooden fish, even if he racked his brains, he would never have imagined that they could absorb Buddhist golden light and evolve.

For him now, how to use them and when to use them are the questions he needs to consider most.

After having Hongshang break off one-tenth of a spirit stone and give it to Xiong Er, she sent him away.

Su Qing stared at the prompt on the panel for the Creation-type Spirit Puppet and fell into deep thought.

He had never heard of or seen a puppet created by nature.

But after seeing this message, he felt a stirring in his heart, as if this kind of puppet was of great importance to him.

Such a feeling cannot be easily ignored.

He now possesses the Nine Li Dao Pattern and the Celestial Master Dao Pattern, both of which make him exceptionally sensitive to changes in heavenly secrets and human fortune.

Both Dao patterns were telling him that this creation-type puppet was extremely important to his future.

He knew nothing about this type of puppet, while Xiong Er had evolved into this type of puppet by chance.

According to the panel's assessment, although it has some connection to him, it's not significant. In any case, it's not significant enough for the panel to determine that this is a new type of puppet developed by him, and therefore he was not given a corresponding blueprint reward of the same type of puppet.

With his panel sparsely furnished, he could only pick up the Heavenly Talisman Token, grit his teeth, and spend twenty merit points to look up information about Creation Runes.

However, the Heavenly Talisman Palace was touted by Master Tong as encompassing all runic information and related inheritances from all realms.

No information about the Creation Rune could be found, as if such a rune had never existed!
"The reason this rune cannot be found is due to the incompetence of the Heavenly Rune Palace, not because this rune never existed!"

Su Qing was resolute. Putting aside the sense of the two Five Elders Dao Patterns on his body, the fact that the panel determined that Xiong Er was a Creation-type puppet was enough for him to conclude that Creation-type puppets existed in this world.

Where there are creation-type puppets, there are creation runes!

"The Heavenly Talisman Palace has existed for countless millennia, and countless cultivators skilled in runes have collected and contributed rune information to this palace, yet none of them know about this Creation Rune."

"I am but a rogue cultivator, my resources and connections are far inferior to those of a top-tier second-generation immortal like He Xinyan. How could I possibly have found this rune information?"

Su Qing sighed deeply, then decided to temporarily ignore the sensations arising from the two runes and put aside his interest in exploring these creation runes.

"Fate is the most unpredictable. You may not get what you seek even if you try hard. On the contrary, Xiong Er was able to suddenly evolve. Maybe one day this creation rune will suddenly appear in front of me!"

He indulged in a whimsical and optimistic thought, and was just about to steel himself to use the fourth-tier golden light talisman on Xiong Er and the merit wooden fish, so that they could bathe in the Buddha's light again and undergo another super evolution.

Suddenly, he frowned, put the unused talisman into his robe, stood up, rolled up his sleeves, and put all the puppets in the spirit house into his storage bag.

He strode out of the spirit house and said urgently to the cultivators:

"Old Evil Yunshan is coming! We cannot stay here any longer. We must quickly head deeper into the mountains!"

In Su Qing's perception, the evil aura of the Old Evil of Yunshan was overwhelming and undisguised, surging towards the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, presumably having completely digested Baiyun Immortal City.

Its evil power is even greater, and its might is unstoppable!
Reminded by him, the cultivators in the cave also hurriedly got up. They all knew how terrifying the Old Evil was. They had been trapped in Baiyun Immortal City by him for a year or two and were almost broken. They didn't want to be played by him again!
Please trouble Fellow Daoist Lao Liu to boast about yourself once more.

In the blink of an eye, the mighty tiger king, with golden wings on its back and a huge black body, once again appeared majestic and awe-inspiring.

One tiger takes the lead.

To the left and right were the Gangjing Pig King and the White Horned Sheep King, two second-tier demon kings leading a group of tusked pigs, bumping sheep, and other first-tier lesser demons.

Inside, there is a group of lesser demons led by first-tier demon kings such as the Groundhog King, the White Python Demon King, and the Shadow Leopard.

Further inside, there were nearly a hundred kinds of monsters, some named and some named, including frogs, foxes, deer, cows, and lotus spirits.

In the middle, there is a green frog with a green lotus leaf on its head stubbornly holding up a fierce tiger demon king flag.

The demonic banners fluttered in the wind, and the beasts suddenly emerged from their dens.

The aura of a third-tier demon king swept across several miles, and no demon beast dared to utter a sound.

Heading east, never looking back.

Along the way, demon kings who were ordered by the Desire Demon Sect and higher-ranking demon races blocked the road. The tiger king only roared once, and these first and second-rank demon kings were so frightened that they ran away in a panic and hurriedly made way for the tiger king, not daring to ask a single question.

With their lives at stake, Su Qing and the other cultivators had no intention of using the tiger skin and demon skin to hunt down the monsters.

Only when they encountered a gray-backed wolf king did they see the spirit pig king and the white-horned sheep king, both of whom wore expressions of unspeakable hatred on their faces.

Su Qingcai paused slightly.

The emotional changes of the two demon kings were secondary; the reason he stopped was that, in his perception, the Old Evil of Yunshan seemed to have stopped a hundred miles away and had not continued forward!

Afterwards, the white-haired hamster that was Brother 260, who had transformed into a silver wolf, was lying on the back of the ever-changing Li Hailang, wandering around aimlessly on its back, unable to find a way to escape.

Su Qing frowned slightly and ordered the demons to stop for the time being.

Brother 260 instinctively warned that running in any direction was a superposition of safety and danger; running in any direction was both right and wrong!
Whether you run to the left or right, or which way you run, it makes no difference.

He wouldn't mind hunting a few demon kings for himself as a side hustle.

(End of this chapter)