Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 303 A preordained marriage, not seeking a child, but unexpectedly blessed with a treasure!

Inside the nest, Princess Fire Phoenix slowly awoke, all demonic energy gone from her body and all runes scattered. She excitedly thanked Su Qing repeatedly, made various promises, and shamelessly borrowed five princess leopards from Su Qing on credit.

"Fellow Daoist Su need not worry. After you go to the Fire Phoenix Immortal Kingdom, you will know my reputation as Feng Shen. I have always been a person who repays what I borrow and have never defaulted on my debts. Over the years, no creditor has ever come to my Fire Phoenix Immortal Palace to collect a debt!"

"May I ask, Fellow Daoist Feng, who were your creditors in the past?"

"We are members of the Fire Phoenix Clan. Why should we borrow money or goods from outsiders? Even if we are in dire need, we can simply rob outsiders. It is only among our own Fire Phoenix Clan members that we cannot rob each other. We can only borrow temporarily!"

"Then I'll consider this Princess Leopard a gift to you, fellow Daoist. I only hope you'll enjoy it, so that I can sell this puppet in the Fire Phoenix Immortal Kingdom in the future!"

"Why are you so polite to my clansmen, fellow Daoist? They treat Feng Shen the same way whenever she borrows something. They say they'll return it, but they never give Feng Shen a chance to do so!"

"I suppose they, like me, hold the princess in high esteem. They would be happy to give her some gifts!"

Princess Fire Phoenix is ​​not only lustful and narcissistic, but also a seasoned deadbeat with more power and influence than Qinghe. The Fire Phoenix clan is afraid of her, and Su Qing is also afraid of her.

The few princess leopards on either side were nothing to him; he could simply consider them as paving the way for his future business in the Fire Phoenix Kingdom, and it was worth a try to please the princess.

Judging from the princess's beaming face, she's probably like Senior Brother Lin and Elder Li—someone who gets things done for money.

"What are your plans, Princess? There are still Nascent Soul Spiritual Objects and Five Elders Dao Patterns in this cave, and their ownership has not yet been decided. If you are interested, Princess, you can try your best to obtain them!"

Princess Fire Phoenix has lost her demonic energy and seed, and is no longer a demon beast. Therefore, the beast ring that can only restrain demon beasts can no longer restrain her.

Su Qing put the rare third-tier beast ring into his storage bag and asked the Fire Phoenix Princess, who had regained her freedom.

"Do you two want to compete?" Princess Fire Phoenix asked, her left arm around one princess leopard and her right arm around another, her hands moving all over the place in a manner unsuitable for children. The three princesses' faces all crowded around her.

"Xiao Dao and Yun'er felt that their strength was too shallow to compete with the high-level cultivators in the cave for treasures, and they were already thinking of leaving the cave."

Su Qing frankly said that he couldn't win the competition, didn't want to, and wouldn't even try. With his abilities, if he could escape this calamity, he could easily earn the contents of this cave through his own skills. Why would he risk his life?

Princess Fire Phoenix nodded in agreement. She couldn't compete with it and didn't want to. Given her background, if she could escape this calamity, she could inherit the treasures of this cave by virtue of her birth. Why should she risk her life?

Seeing that the princess was as cautious as he was, Su Qing realized they were kindred spirits and nodded in satisfaction.

It should be noted that although Princess Fire Phoenix was misled by the Joyful Old Demon, because she was unwilling to exert herself for him, the Old Demon could only mobilize 70-80% of her abilities, which was enough to keep the Dragon Armor Demon Lizard busy.

After regaining her freedom, the Fire Phoenix Princess in her prime is a force to be reckoned with. With her help, Su Qing will be even more confident in venturing out of the cave to explore!
"Outside the cave is that Old Evil of Yunshan. He has swallowed up the Yunshan Sect and Baiyun City. Even if he hasn't reached the Nascent Soul stage, no one below that stage can subdue him. Do the three of us have any chance of subduing him?"

Princess Fire Phoenix was unaware of the dangers outside the cave, but the witch knew perfectly well and asked with concern.

"Who says it's just the three of us? I also have a group of trustworthy, independent cultivators who have been tested by the flames of demonic warfare and have been fighting on the front lines against evil spirits. In the demon race, I also have my demon lion brother and a group of demon beast brothers to help me."

Yun'er could also gather some elders and disciples from the Demonic Sect. With our combined strength, I dare not say we could directly kill the old demon, but escaping with our lives shouldn't be too much of a problem, right?

Su Qing was ambitious. This time, he followed the witch and entered the cave with her. He gained great benefits. Huang Song's gifts alone greatly increased his strength, not to mention the help from the inheritance of talismanic arts, the talismanic seal, and the Fire Phoenix Princess.

With his strength and confidence soaring, he had the courage to once again collude with the witch and, at the same time, to seduce Princess Fire Phoenix and fight against that old evil spirit of Yunshan.

The two people and the phoenix discussed it again and changed their costumes and puppets.

Since most of Princess Fire Phoenix's equipment had been taken by the old demon, it was now the witch's spoils of war. Although the witch was temporarily lending her these magical artifacts because she would need her help later, she would have to return them after using them.

Everything must be clearly stated; cooperation and transactions between cultivators must be settled precisely. Princess Fire Phoenix nodded in agreement and had no intention of reneging on the deal.

It's not easy to deny it either. Although the man and woman keep calling each other "fellow Daoists," the witch doesn't even hide her clothes from Su Qing. It's obvious that their relationship is improper. If you try to deny the witch's debt, you'll either get beaten up by both of them. A smart deadbeat wouldn't deny a debt that's bound to get them beaten up.

After the three finished changing their clothes, they put the nest house away.

On the arena, Shi Zhifang had already defeated the two evil cultivators from the Demon Tree and was now being beaten by Gao Erqiang.

On the arena, lanterns filled the sky, blood-red clouds gathered, and a red pagoda shone with evil light, suppressing Shi Zhifang's Netherworld magic in mid-air, preventing him from turning the tables.

With the Dharma form suppressed, let us discuss the Daoist arts.

Although Gao Erqiang is clearly an evil spirit, he is somehow able to perform all kinds of Taoist arts.

His Taoist arts, seemingly without any rules, were a mixed bag and of low quality. However, by relying on the power of the evil runes, he forcibly elevated their levels, turning those Taoist arts that were originally at the Yellow or Profound level into Earth level power.

In his hands, the Gale Blade is the Gale Blood Killing Blade, and pain only comes with its strike.

In his hands, the Thick Earth Technique is the Thick Earth Mountain Seal, and the place where it is printed is bitter.

In his hands, the Water Arrow Technique becomes an extremely cold water dragon, and once the dragon emerges, it disappears.

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When Shi Zhifang was defeated and knocked off the stage by Gao Erqiang, he was exhausted and powerless.

He was in pain, both physically and emotionally.

It's a pity Yun'er left early; she didn't see him beat up the evil cultivator at all.

Poor Yun'er arrived early; now he's being brutally beaten by the evil cultivator, while Yun'er hasn't suffered a single bit of damage.

Just as he was thinking to himself that Yun'er had left at the wrong time and arrived at the wrong time.

Then I heard Yun'er whispering instructions to the tiger king:
“Spirit pattern masters are like this. Although they can receive the help of spirit patterns, they are also bound by them. Their cultivation of Taoist arts and the use of their methods are limited, which is not something we can do.”

“Fellow Daoist Yun’er, it’s not like that. I just fought two evil cultivators, which depleted most of my magic power. I also used up all my methods before I was easily defeated by Gao Erqiang!”
On that battlefield of white clouds, when I was at my peak, I fought against this high school senior. I can only say that this evil spirit is quite powerful, but I am not weak either, certainly not as frail as I appeared just now!

Seeing that Liu Yun'er had a prejudice against the spirit pattern master and looked down on him, Shi Zhifang quickly spoke up to defend himself.

"Yun'er knows that Fellow Daoist Master is quite capable. Just now, she was only taken advantage of by Gao Erqiang. Fellow Daoist Master, there is no need to worry about it."

Seeing that Shi Zhifang was agitated, Liu Yun'er repeatedly tried to comfort him.

Upon hearing this, Shi Zhifang felt a little better, but then he heard Liu Yun'er whisper to Su Qingyan:
"Fellow Daoist Su, you must remember that a temporary victory or defeat is nothing. But if you lose, you lose. Just strive to cultivate and wait for the future. Never be stubborn and refuse to admit defeat!"

Who's going to refuse to admit defeat!

Are you talking about me?
Shi Zhifang was about to get angry when he heard this, but when he saw Liu Yun'er smiling at him with her head turned to the side, his anger suddenly dissipated.

Shi Lijing witnessed this scene and felt a pang of pain in his heart.

Like father, like son. He treated his mother the same way back then. Even if a thousand people told him she was bad, he wouldn't believe a word until he saw it with his own eyes and was hit hard, then he finally woke up.

Zhi Fang is better off than him. He ended up licking someone he shouldn't have, while Zhi Fang seems to have missed out on that, thus avoiding the pain of being hurt by him later.

Master Yu sighed inwardly, thinking that taking someone like Liu Yun'er into the sect, given her disdain for his own son, was a testament to his painstaking efforts as the sect leader and father, allowing his only son to live a lonely life and focus on cultivation.

But then he saw Liu Yun'er gracefully walking towards him, bowing to him and saying:

"The formation of the Nascent Soul Spiritual Object and the Dao Patterns of the Five Elders are of great importance. The Sect Master and his fellow disciples are fighting over it here, but Yun'er is temporarily powerless to help!"

"To serve the sect, Yun'er is willing to lead the sect disciples out of the cave to explore. This will allow the sect leader to act freely and fully within the cave, while also clearing the way for the sect and securing the cave entrance to prevent the old evil spirit of Yunshan from taking advantage of the situation outside!"

Liu Yun'er spoke frankly, and Shi Lijing raised his eyes to look at Gao Erqiang on the arena, as well as Yu Bi Zhenren, who had been keeping his eyes down and remaining silent.

Although he knew that Liu Yun'er did not want to get involved in the struggle within the cave, and that she wanted to use the sect's power to kill Huang Song and Huanxi the Old Demon, he had the idea of ​​withdrawing.

But this time, his words coincided with his own.

"The battle that will follow is indeed beyond the reach of Foundation Establishment disciples and low-grade Golden Core cultivators. To prevent excessive casualties among the sect's elders and disciples, we must take precautions."

Apart from Fang and the six Golden Core elders including Wang Ye who stayed behind to assist me, Elder Wu Dan led the remaining disciples and all followed Elder Liu out of the cave first!

At Shi Lijing's command, Elder Wu Dan almost cried out in delight, while the other Golden Core elders looked at him with envy.

Although the Foundation Establishment disciples all shouted that they were willing to stay here with the sect leader and live and die with him, their feet moved nimbly, and before Su Qing could react, a long line had already formed behind him. "Brother Tiger, Huaiyi and you hit it off immediately. I hope Brother Tiger will help me on the way out."

"Brother Tiger, this is Tang Li, a humble Taoist priest. I used to hang out with Senior Sister. This is just a small token of my appreciation. Please accept it."

"I run the Demon Tasting Pavilion in the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom. It has many demonesses of all kinds. Brother Tiger, when you come to the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom, all your expenses will be on my tab!"

"Tiger King, I want to be with you!"

Liu Yun'er, formerly the senior sister, now Elder Liu, no matter how her identity changes, is still seen as a cold and unapproachable witch by the disciples of the Desire Demon Sect.

But the witch is not easy to please, while the first red tiger in front of her, the Tiger King, is a shrewd and cunning man.

Amidst the flattery and fawning of the Foundation Establishment disciples, the Fierce Tiger King patted his chest and assured them that on the way back, if there was any danger, those disciples who hadn't given gifts would be sent to their deaths first. None of the disciples who had given gifts objected to this.

If those who give gifts are treated the same as those who don't, wouldn't all those who give gifts to build relationships have wasted their time?

While the Fierce Tiger King was cultivating relationships with a group of demonic sect disciples and recruiting followers.

Having just calmed down, Shi Zhifang jumped out and shouted at his father, the sect leader:
“There is an old evil spirit from Yunshan blocking the way outside. Fellow Daoist Yun’er is leading the team out of the cave. I am afraid that they are in danger, so I am willing to protect them all the way out of the cave!”

Before he could even receive the witch's gratitude, he was met with a brutal attack from his sect leader father.

Shi Lijing slapped his unfilial son across the face, then, with his hands behind his back, walked towards the arena, saying with exasperation:

"If Fellow Daoist Liu is in danger, then I am not? Stay here quietly, I'll need your help later!"

Say goodbye to Shi Zhifang's swollen right cheek, which made him look even uglier.

The witch led the way, flanked by the Fierce Tiger King and Princess Feng, with Elder Wu Dan leading a group of demonic cultivators behind her.

A large group of people were about to get up and turn back.

As they set off, all the cultivators focused their attention on the Jade Wall Immortal.

What they feared was that this dead immortal might suddenly rise up, and they didn't want to give them the chance to come and go without saying goodbye.

But the Jade Wall Immortal only glanced at them before closing his eyes again, without making any further moves.

This made Su Qing, along with the cultivators around him, all breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hurry, hurry! If we're too late, the sect leader will start fighting them, and we might be in trouble!"

"If we leave, and the sect leader and the Golden Core elders are gone, then my Desire Demon Sect is finished!"

"The sect leader is finished, the sect is finished, but we're not finished, right?"

"That makes sense, but the sect leader won't give up so easily. With seven Golden Core cultivators, we can surely condense a powerful technique from our Desire Demon Sect. This is the fundamental reason why our Desire Demon Sect can still stand firm in the Western Sea even without a Nascent Soul cultivator to suppress us!"

"What kind of methods do you have that I have no idea about?"

"It's normal for a Foundation Establishment cultivator like you not to know!"

"Then how do you know that!"

"Before my eldest sister joined the sect, our elder master had pursued my second aunt..."

"Clear, clear."

The group of demonic disciples discussed as they walked, their words revealing a deep concern for their own lives, yet also a certain affection for their sect leader and sect.

Su Qing also learned from them, and after confirming with Elder Wu Dan, why Shi Lijing dared to gamble so recklessly even though he knew that the Jade Wall Immortal was wrong.

"A fourth-tier spirit rune master with fifth-tier runes on his body, if he were to receive the magical power of six Golden Core cultivators, he could temporarily possess the power of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Furthermore, with the assistance of a treasure left behind by his ancestor, even if he were no match for that Jade Wall True Man or the Nameless Old Daoist, he should be able to escape safely."

Elder Wu Dan, an old, weak, and cowardly man, held his master in the highest esteem and admired him greatly. Su Qing felt the same way after he finished speaking.

Otherwise, how could he become the sect leader? He cultivates both body and magic, achieving the third-grade Golden Core and being a third-level body cultivator. Moreover, he dares to brand a fifth-level rune onto his body, enduring the torment of the fifth-level rune devouring his soul and flesh day and night without uttering a sound, and has endured it until now.

With this strength, he is indeed qualified to compete with evil puppets such as the evil Gao Erqiang, the wandering talisman master Tong Laodao, and the lingering Yu Bi.

The conflict deep within the Talisman Dao Palace and the cave was too high-level for Su Qing and the others to handle, just like Elder Wu Dan. Therefore, they retreated swiftly and decisively.

But once they stepped out of the influence of the Talisman Hall and landed in the outer room, they launched a fierce attack on the numerous evil spirits that suddenly appeared from the outside, showing no mercy.

"What's going on? There weren't so many evil spirits when we arrived!"

"It's the Spirit House Palace! Who's so fearless as to cause trouble and steal treasures here? They're asking for it! They deliberately broke the seal and released these evil spirits!"

"Look, who are those cultivators riding pigs and leading dogs, bombing with puppets? It seems like they're the ones who caused all this."

"It seems to be a rogue cultivator from Yunshan Immortal City. That body cultivator with the golden wolf head bit me on the Yunshan battlefield before!"

"What audacity! Daring to steal our treasure and cause us trouble!"

"Kill them, rob them, bury them!"

When the disciples of the Demonic Sect get ruthless, they dare to kill and rob even their own fellow disciples, let alone cultivators from other sects, and rogue cultivators who are considered to be of slightly higher status than mortals but slightly lower than the sect's pigs and dogs in the eyes of the sect's disciples.

The moment the two sides met, the Demon Sect Foundation Establishment cultivator, who was meek and submissive in the Talisman Dao Palace, was already sharpening his knives and grinning menacingly at the rogue cultivators.

But before any of them could even make a move, they were greeted by the tiger king's claws.

"What's with the fighting and killing? Can't you see we're on the same side? These are all people who follow me, no, they're all people who follow Fellow Daoist Yun'er!"

Since the rogue cultivators had all shed their demon skins after entering the cave, they were not suitable to be the Tiger King's underlings, but could serve as the team that the witch had recruited before returning to her sect.

"The senior sister's people?"

"Senior Sister must be suffering outside. There must be no one else she can rely on, which is why these lowly rogue cultivators have the opportunity to serve her!"

"Those old men in that group must be two or three hundred years old, yet they're only at the pseudo-Foundation Establishment stage!"

"A fool riding a pig, a madman digging for stones, a simpleton exchanging wolf heads, a beauty holding a bow, a beauty wielding a sword, a beauty bleeding—this group has quite a high quality of female cultivators!"

"Wow, look! There's another group of spellcasters, all riding iron-eating beasts. Could they be from the same family as Brother Tiger?"

The demonic cultivators showed no respect for others, so the Fierce Tiger King gave a wink to Niu Ya, Niu Shisan, and others in the rogue cultivator group.

Immediately, the rogue cultivators who had infiltrated the demonic sect's ranks began to ruthlessly attack the demonic sect disciples who had spoken rudely earlier, beating them until they cried out for mercy and begged for forgiveness.

This is to be expected. These rogue cultivators are elites selected from various immortal cities within the Cloud Mountain Immortal Kingdom. Their ability to escape from White Cloud Immortal City is not only due to Su Qing's help, but also to their own outstanding strength.

In comparison, although the disciples of the Demonic Sect usually rely on the power of their sect and bar their teeth at outsiders, in terms of ruthlessness, they are actually not as ruthless as the rogue cultivators who are ruthless to themselves when necessary and dare to shorten their lifespan and change their heads.

The two teams were seen mingling together and getting along very well.

Su Qing pulled over Yao Fei, who was pale from excessive blood loss. Seeing that she had already finished eating the blood lotus flowers, she fed her two more, making sure to avoid being fed by others.

At this moment, Guo Qiaolian whispered something to him, letting him know about the hidden talent of the 17th brother. His eyes lit up immediately, and he put him in the team, just like the 260th brother, under layers of protection.

The first line of defense protecting them was their former leader, Li Hailang.

Compared to the exceptionally talented 17th and 260th brothers, Li Hailang, a second-tier body cultivator, is utterly unremarkable, making him perfectly suited for this kind of consumable work.

Even though he was holding two red flower sticks.

(End of this chapter)