Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 311 The furnace explodes, and the jade disc is contained.

"Reporting to No. 129, Dingzi, Tianfu Hall, to No. 27, Jiazi!"
We discovered it, we contained it, we kept it safe!

Gao Erqiang, who also recited the incantation to activate the Heavenly Talisman Token, held up a Heavenly Talisman Token that was slightly smaller, thinner, and more shabby than the one in Tong Laodao's hand, and shone it at Yu Bi Laoxie.

It is quite obvious that the talisman number 129 of the Ding character is far inferior to that of number 27 of the Jia character.

The old evil spirit Yu Bi was struck by Gao Erqiang's talisman light, but did not experience the same pain as before.

With a whoosh, a chilling aura rushed towards the easy target, Gao Erqiang. Unable to dodge in time, Gao Erqiang was violently knocked away.

Poor Gao Erqiang, inside that Jade Wall Cave, he could even defeat the incarnation of the Earth Demon Heaven and seize a small portion of the evil runes power that the Earth Demon Heaven possessed from that incarnation.

I thought that with two evil runes on my body and a wide range of Taoist arts, I could stand shoulder to shoulder with senior cultivators like Master Tong and Master Lijing on this battlefield, working together to exorcise evil.

Unexpectedly, compared with these two seniors, Gao Erqiang's foundation was still too weak and his experience too shallow.

The reason why Shi Lijing and Tong Laodao had just shown their power was because they knew that the Jade Wall Old Evil had broken through the hole and was about to fight desperately. Therefore, they showed their strength to let him know that they were not pushovers and could not be easily manipulated.

As soon as Gao Erqiang showed his power, Yu Bi Lao Xie immediately realized that he was the easy target.

As expected, Gao Erqiang was easily knocked aside.

Old Xie, guided by the fragrance of the Dao patterns, prepared to squeeze that persimmon that was even softer than Gao Erqiang's!

Su Qing possesses several Dao patterns on his body!
Inside that cave, the Jade Wall Old Evil's first target was Shi Lijing, whom it corrupted. It would then be able to command a Nascent Soul evil spirit to exert its power. After that, all the prey it had its eyes on inside and outside the cave would have nowhere to escape and could be slowly devoured by it.

Besides respecting his teacher, what he most wanted to enjoy was this generous gift that had suddenly appeared in his field of vision and was offered to him on its own initiative: Su Qing.

If he hadn't been afraid of alerting the enemy and being targeted by Tong Laodao and his group, he would never have let Su Qing leave the cave!
But it doesn't matter if he comes out of the cave. In that talisman inheritance, there is a jade slip that he has already tampered with. Even if Su Qing escapes to the ends of the earth, he will not be able to escape his grasp!

Heaven bless my Yu Bi! This Su Qing didn't run to the ends of the earth, but is still near this cave!

Forced into a corner, Master Yu Bi fled towards Su Qing's location at an extremely fast speed.

Upon witnessing this scene, all the demons and cultivators who were warming themselves by the fire and watching the show near the Demon Refining Furnace Child were dumbfounded.

"What's going on? This old scoundrel can't defeat the sect leader, so he's turned around and is trying to kill us?"

"What did we do to him? Let's fucking kill him!"

"What's the point of killing us? What kind of skill is it to bully us!"

"Why didn't Brother 260 give any warning? Is Brother 260 no longer working?"

"He's going to die. His physical body and soul are practically frozen. Only his mouth can still move!"

"If you can still move your mouth, you're close to the stove. Those who are far from the stove have their mouths frozen numb!"

The Nascent Soul Great Evil, with its overwhelming ferocity, came towards all the demons and cultivators. The demons and cultivators had no ability to resist and could only close their eyes and wait for death, or open their mouths and curse angrily.

The witch with the Frosty Moon Dharma Form had a stronger resistance to this evil rune than all the other cultivators.

The temperature control work was temporarily suspended, mainly because she no longer needed to control the temperature. With that old evil spirit approaching, the Fire Phoenix Flame was condensed by him, and the furnace was extinguished by him, so there was no risk of the furnace exploding.

The witch, quick-witted and agile, pulled out the Heavenly Talisman Token from her bosom and, amidst the astonished gazes of the demonic sect disciples, recited the talisman's incantation.

"Reporting to No. 37, Dingzi, Tianfu Hall, to No. 27, Jiazi!"
We discovered it, we kept it safe, we contained it!

The moment the incantation was uttered and the talisman in his hand was activated, it also connected with the talismans in the hands of Old Taoist Tong and Gao Erqiang, who were following closely behind.

The three talismans flashed simultaneously, with Tong Laodao's talisman as the main one. The talisman light, imbued with the power of various runes from all three directions, fell on Yu Bi Lao Xie, binding him on the spot and rendering him unable to move!

"You rats of the Heavenly Talisman Palace, you rats are everywhere! I've been hiding for thousands of years, but I still can't escape you rats!"

I am not reconciled, I am not convinced, I am unwilling!

The Jade Wall Old Evil was furious. His body exploded with thousands of ice spikes, and he deliberately disintegrated his physical body to avoid the suppression of the talisman light. Only a wisp of evil spirit remained, which he wanted to throw into the furnace child.

Tong Laodao and Gao Erqiang were both unaware of what was inside the furnace that attracted this wicked old man.

But the places Lao Xie wanted to go were the places they couldn't let him go.

Seeing this, they all turned their talismans around and shot out talismanic light again, trying to lock onto the old evil man once more.

The witch didn't know whether Su Qing inside the furnace was alive or dead, but she knew that if the Jade Wall Evil entered again, Su Qing would surely die. Her expression was even more anxious than that of Old Taoist Tong and Gao Erqiang. She mobilized the talisman and used its light to chase after the Evil.

The old evil spirit moved with extreme agility, like a cat playing with a mouse, leaving the three talismanic lights to eat dust behind it.

And just as it was about to reach the furnace doll.

Suddenly, the stove exploded.

"I knew that if you kept burning it like that, the oven would explode sooner or later!"

"Damn it, I was standing too close just now. Why do I feel a chill on my butt after this explosion!"

"Fellow Daoist Niu, your butt's hanging out of the tree!"

"Quick, quick, help me retrieve it! That's my Azure Steel Leg! I spent a lot of spirit stones to have Fellow Daoist Su refine it for me!"

The fact that the furnace boy exploded was something that all the demons and cultivators had expected.

Even the alchemist's furnace couldn't withstand the relentless spewing of the two phoenixes until now.

But the explosion at that moment was perfectly timed.

But after the furnace exploded, it first stunned the old evil man for a moment, so that the three talisman lights that followed would instantly fall on him, making it impossible for him to move.

Amidst the smoke and dust swirling around the remains of various sizes of the strange dolls inside the furnace, Su Qing appeared, riding a golden and silver dragon-turtle-shaped puppet.

It was truly a magnificent dragon turtle, its surface shimmering with ten colors and overflowing with thousands of shimmering brilliance. Its entire body was covered in glittering gold and silver, radiating a terrifying aura that sent chills down one's spine.

It was a fourth-tier puppet, comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator.

On the dragon turtle, Su Qing, with his beard and tail intact, dressed in a tiger puppet and with array flags on his back, looked majestic and awe-inspiring.

"Good Su Qing, not only is she still alive, but she also quietly pulled off a big operation for us!"

"He crafted a fourth-tier puppet from the furnace!"

"It can't be real, it's fake!"

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it either, but this dragon turtle is so majestic, you can't make a lie out of a lie!"

"That old devil has run into the line of fire!"

"Fellow Daoist Su is an expert in exorcising evil spirits!"

Seeing that Su Qing was not only alive but also seemingly standing out with a fourth-order puppet, the demons and cultivators were immediately invigorated and had a pillar of support.

However, Su Qing did not activate the dragon turtle puppet under his seat to exorcise evil spirits.

The puppet looked gleaming with gold and silver, and was quite imposing.

In reality, it can only make you look impressive for a while, but it's not really useful.

Using the crafting principles of the third-order ultimate puppet blueprint, Dragon Island Bixi, the main body of the fourth-order puppet was created by dissolving the fourth-order spiritual treasure, Cloud Mountain Palace.

If Su Qing has no ambition for the puppet, using the fourth-tier divine beast rune as the ruler and the flight rune as the subject, and transforming it into a third-tier ultimate puppet—Floating Dragon Island—would not be a problem.

But using fourth-tier materials to refine a third-tier puppet, Su Qing hadn't gone to such lengths as to squander his wealth.

Fifth-tier runes cannot be drawn yet.

A fourth-tier puppet cannot be forged in a short time.

For now, this Dragon Island Bixi can only be used as a lump of iron that exudes fourth-order aura.

But he knew this was just a useless lump of a puppet body without any runes, incapable of displaying any power. Others wouldn't know!

According to the auras of the cultivators and demons present, and the Jade Wall Old Evil opposite them, Tong Laodao and Gao Erqiang judged that this Dragon Island Bixi was clearly a first- or fourth-order puppet, a ferocious beast that could contend with Nascent Soul cultivators once it bared its fangs and claws!

Of course, this might also be because Su Qing, by some strange twist of fate, first drew a fourth-order Illusionary Heart Rune on the Bixi (a mythical creature) on Dragon Island.

Since we do not yet have the skill or ideas to create this puppet, we dare not draw any other runes on it.

However, its true form can transform into a sky island, and such a size is really too conspicuous. Given its personality, no matter how it plans to match runes in the future, the Illusion Heart Rune will definitely be added. Therefore, it can be drawn on it in advance without worrying about taking up its rune slot and affecting its future refining.

After achieving the first mastery of the Transformation and Rebirth Pattern, his mastery of the Illusionary Heart Rune derived from this Dao Pattern greatly increased. Once drawn, it gave the Dragon Island Bixi the ability to make it difficult for Nascent Soul True Persons to discern its true nature.

It's likely that the reason why the fourth-order Illusion Heart Rune on Old Master Tong's body was so effective was because he was the number one rune master of the Celestial Master Dao Rune.

However, Master Tong's Illusionary Heart Rune was derived from the Celestial Master's Daoist runes.

Unlike the transformation of fetuses into different forms, which relies on change to make others perceive the change, the illusionary runes derived from the Celestial Master's Dao patterns aim to confuse others' perceptions and make them fill in the blanks in their minds.

In short, the illusionary mind effect of the Celestial Master's Dao Pattern is more mindless and stronger than the illusionary mind effect of his Fetal Transformation and Shape-Changing!
The question of whether the Celestial Master's Illusory Mind or the Illusory Mind of Transformation is stronger or weaker is left unresolved for now.

Just looking at the scene, the Dragon Island Bixi, adorned with fourth-order Illusion Heart Runes, has already made quite a show of power upon its appearance, intimidating everyone present.

Even the Jade Wall Old Evil, who was still struggling under the talisman light and unwilling to be taken in, had his main attention focused on the Bixi of Dragon Island.

He lamented that Heaven had been too cruel to him, Yu Bi. He had spent thousands of years studying the Immortal God Ice, hoping to use this Dao pattern to achieve the Divine Transformation Realm, but to no avail.

After his death, he plotted for thousands of years, actively merging with the Dao patterns, spreading news of the emergence of his cave, and causing chaos and calamity. He successfully corrupted the Dao patterns into evil ones, intending to live another life as an evil spirit and seek immortality.

Unexpectedly, not only did the strategist fail to pay homage to the Nascent Soul Dharma Body inside the cave, but he also suffered the torment of being imprisoned and detained by these three members of the Heavenly Talisman Hall outside the cave.

Even Su Qing, whom he originally thought was the softest and most delicious persimmon, was much tougher than he had imagined. A fourth-order puppet protecting him might not have mattered to him in his prime, but right now, it was an insurmountable chasm between him and Su Qing.

If it weren't for the Dragon Island Bixi, he would have unleashed his last bit of evil energy to break free from the restraints of Tong Laodao and the others, making that final gamble. If he had taken refuge in Su Qing, he might still have had a bright future. But with the Dragon Island Bixi around, he no longer had that thought.

“The mandate of heaven is not in my hands, nor will the divine plan fall upon my Fu Dao Sect. This time, the effort has failed at the last minute, not because I, Yu Bi, am incompetent, but because heaven is unjust.”

"Come, I have chosen as the last successor of the Talisman Dao Sect. Use your puppet to send me on my way. Do not let me be used by the Heavenly Talisman Palace along with this evil rune, thus benefiting them for nothing!"

Yu Bi Lao Xie waited dejectedly and desperately for Su Qing to send him on his way using a puppet.

Rather than being taken in by the Heavenly Talisman Palace and dissected and studied by its talisman-wielding fanatics, he would rather endure the pain of his soul being scattered and unable to reincarnate.

To his disappointment...

"Reporting to No. 136, Dingzi, Tianfu Hall, to No. 27, Jiazi!"
We discovered it, we contained it, we kept it safe!

Su Qing is no good either!
He is also a member of the Heavenly Talisman Palace!

Upon seeing the talisman he pulled out, Jade Wall Old Evil was utterly desperate.

His despair was unbearable, and Su Qing was also suffering.

The Five Elders' Dao Patterns, Immortal God Ice!

If it weren't for the large number of people here and the formidable presence of Elder Tong, Master Shi Lijing, and other senior monks, who might be tempted by his wealth and rob his Buddhist masters, he would have had the merit-making wooden fish work harder and managed to carve out a Five Elders Daoist pattern for himself!

Right now, he can only team up with the three of them to take them into the Heavenly Talisman Hall and earn a pitiful, insignificant amount of merit points, barely a thousand or so!

The members have different ranks and different permissions. He, the witch, and Gao Erqiang, the three young people, are only members of the "D" rank. How can they compare to Tong Laodao, who has lived for who knows how long and has done countless dirty deeds for the Tianfu Palace?

Only with him as the main force can they contain the Nascent Soul Great Evil! Therefore, the bulk of the reward for this containment still goes to Old Daoist Tong.

Seeing the old Taoist priest's beaming face after the Jade Wall Demon was taken into the talisman held by Tong Laodao, Su Qing conservatively estimated that the old Taoist priest had earned at least tens of thousands of merit points from this deal.

Tens of thousands of merits are equivalent to tens of thousands of spirit stones!
The team leader earns a lot, while the three employees earn little. No matter the region, time, or place, the employees have no future; it's all the same.

Meanwhile, during the process of the four members of the Heavenly Talisman Palace taking in the Jade Wall Evil.

Shi Lijing remained silent, observing the situation with a cold eye.

The Heavenly Talisman Palace is unruly and composed of diverse individuals, making it an entity that is not well-received by any high-ranking figure in any immortal kingdom or sect.

But as much as I hate them, I can't do without them.

In this vast Western Sea cultivation world, only two organizations have the mission of expelling and containing evil spirits: the Heavenly Talisman Hall and the Western Sea Yuan Alliance.

The Western Sea Yuan Alliance is a loose alliance of Nascent Soul cultivators. In addition to expelling evil, they also have many important tasks to do that can affect all aspects of the Western Sea cultivation world, such as stabilizing the land, suppressing storms, and resisting foreign enemies.

With so many trivial matters to attend to, and each Nascent Soul cultivator having different interests, the priorities for resolving these matters naturally differ.

For example, the Jade Wall Evil and the Cloud Mountain Evil stirred up such a big storm here.

If the Yunshan Sect or the Desire Demon Sect had a Nascent Soul cultivator, they would have suppressed the Jade Wall Old Evil when he spread the news of the cave's emergence and the Yunshan Old Evil rushed from the Central Plains. How could they have given them the opportunity to escalate the situation!

It was precisely because neither the Cloud Mountain Immortal Kingdom nor the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom possessed Nascent Soul cultivators, nor could they persuade the cultivators of Nascent Soul sects such as the Penglai Immortal Sect to exorcise evil spirits, that the two immortal kingdoms fought to the death, resulting in a tragic bloodbath.

Of course, there were also reasons why the Desire Demon Sect coveted the Nascent Soul spiritual objects in the cave, and also harbored illusions that the Immortal Ice might not have been transformed into evil, fearing that it would attract Nascent Soul cultivators from other sects and allow them to reap the benefits.

Although the Yuanmeng's true masters are highly skilled, they also have many affairs to attend to. Moreover, it is easy to invite gods but difficult to send them away. Asking them to exorcise evil spirits would require paying an unknown price to get rid of them.

In comparison, the Heavenly Talisman Palace, which is disliked by ordinary people and dogs, is not bad at all.

Actively discover evil spirits, actively contain evil spirits, and actively safeguard evil spirits.

If they hadn't come to contain this Nascent Soul evil spirit, even though Shi Lijing is now a Nascent Soul expert, it would have taken him a lot of effort to deal with it. It was far easier for these four members of the Heavenly Talisman to contain it with their talismans.

The best part is that it's free!
It's great that it's free.

Shi Lijing turned his gaze to the True King Tianpeng opposite him.

This demon king is coming with great force and is not easy to deal with. If we can get help from this old Taoist Tong and Gao Erqiang, we might be able to drive it away easily.
He had a beautiful plan, but Tong Laodao was cunning and shrewd. He didn't give him a chance to make his unreasonable request. Instead, he bowed respectfully to Su Qing, the witch, Gao Erqiang, and Shi Lijing.

"When the Jade Wall Old Evil was born, he was wicked; when he died, he was a scourge. He defiled the Dao patterns into evil patterns, ruined the destiny of all living beings, and severed the opportunity for a Nascent Soul cultivator. He is intolerable to the world, so my Heavenly Talisman Palace has come here to take him in."

Today, I am fortunate to have worked with you all to contain this demon. However, there are evil patterns inside the talisman, and I fear that a great evil might try to take it. I need to find a secluded place to suppress the evil patterns inside the talisman as soon as possible. It is not advisable to stay here for long.

Fellow Daoists, the Great Dao is vast and boundless, and the path is long and arduous. We shall meet again someday. This old Daoist is departing now!

Old Master Tong was swift and decisive. As soon as he finished speaking, he slapped a Five Elements Escape Talisman onto his body, instantly disappearing a thousand miles away and vanishing without a trace.

"You talisman seller, didn't you say you couldn't draw fourth-tier escape talismans?!"

Seeing how easily he escaped, Su Qing angrily shouted and cursed.

"This old Taoist priest may not be able to draw one, but he can exchange talismans with others. Fellow Taoist Su, please don't be angry. This old Taoist priest only has this one talisman. But I'm also giving you a divination of heavenly secrets. Fellow Taoist Su, just tell me if it's accurate or not, and whether it's worth it!"

The old Taoist priest was not present, but his Taoist voice reached Su Qing's ears. As if afraid that Su Qing would think he was deliberately deceiving her, he offered an explanation.

Seeing that Master Tong had left, Gao Erqiang, though not as cunning as him, knew he had to slip away too.

He's neither human nor evil now; if he doesn't leave now, he really won't be able to leave!
“Master, I swear that from today onwards, I will never enter the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom again. Fellow Daoist Su, you can rest assured that if one day I unfortunately die and my path of cultivation ends, I will definitely send you a message so that you can collect my body.”

Dao patterns and evil patterns, evil cultivators, I, Gao Erqiang, will never become a demon, I, Gao Erqiang, will always just be Gao Erqiang!

Compared to Master Tong's ability to leave whenever he wants, with no one daring to stop him and no one able to stop him.

Gao Erqiang wanted to leave, but he asked Shi Lijing and Su Qing to be lenient and let him go like a fart.

"Defiled by evil runes, yet able to maintain a clear mind and intact spirit, Fellow Daoist Gao Erqiang may truly be able to forge an unprecedented path of coexistence between humans and evil. However, the longer the evil runes corrupt people and stain their souls, the harder it is to resist. I only hope that Fellow Daoist Gao Erqiang can truly uphold his original heart and take good care of himself!"

As a demonic cultivator, Shi Lijing was not a good person either. Seeing that this evil spirit had sworn not to provoke his Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom, he waved his hand and told him to go and harm others.

"If Fellow Daoist Gao wishes to leave, how can I stop him? I only hope that Fellow Daoist Gao will remember the promise he made today: if he dies one day, I will be the first to arrive and help him pass on to the afterlife!"

Although Su Qing coveted the Dao patterns on Gao Erqiang's body, he knew that his puppet was fake, strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Gao Erqiang seemed to have guessed that he had the ability to convert evil patterns, so he gave him face and assigned him the job of collecting corpses. Besides accepting it and hoping that he would die as soon as possible, there was nothing else he could do.

(End of this chapter)