Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 313 Three Flowers Gather at the Top
The disciples of the Demon Kingdom have no moral bottom line.

The black market business is filthy.

Transformed into Su Qing, the second strongest in the group, wearing a red lantern robe over a black magic robe, and holding a report on major events of the Immortal Kingdom, he strolled around the black market with an air of nonchalance, clearly a seasoned hacker.

Wandering around aimlessly, asking prices but not paying, he found his contact in the crowd like an idle loafer.

A tall, thin demonic cultivator with a headdress of cyan, blue, and purple flowers, radiating the spiritual pressure of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Three Flowers Gather at the Top, members of the Three Flowers Organization!
This organization primarily operates in the black markets of the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom, and also undertakes business from other immortal kingdoms. They are ruthless, unscrupulous, and possess immense power.

He had previously relied on this organization to find buyers for his shipments. Apart from the slightly exorbitant 10% commission, they were efficient and clean in their work, and there had been no major issues with their previous collaborations.

Finding a suitable buyer for such a large item as a four-story house is difficult. It wasn't until a month ago that he received news that he could come to the black market today to find a contact to ship the goods.

"The earth shakes the high hills, revealing the timeless beauty of the Western Mountains!" Su Qing flicked his sleeves, using his spiritual pressure to isolate himself from the surrounding cultivators' detection, and whispered.

"The gate faces the sea, where three rivers converge and flow for ten thousand years!" Upon hearing this, the tall, thin cultivator's eyes lit up, and he uttered the same coded message.

"Comrade!"

"Fellow!"

"Come with me!"

The tall, thin cultivator was taciturn. After confirming that Su Qing was the person he was waiting for, he shrank his neck, cautiously scanned his surroundings, and led Su Qing into a secluded path.

After passing through the narrow path and arriving at the front and back of the third-tier spirit house, he cupped his hands in a perfunctory manner and let Su Qing go inside first.

Su Qing didn't take it seriously. Having traded with the Three Flowers Organization for a long time, she knew they would arrange for buyers to conduct transactions in safe houses with various concealment formations.

In the past, it was always a Tier 2 safe house, but this time they were willing to take out a Tier 3 safe house. They must know that the items in this transaction are valuable and cannot afford to make any mistakes.

Su Qing stepped into the spirit house and chatted with a few familiar members for a few minutes before a servant came over to take the house and ask them to inspect it for the buyer.

"Professionalism is truly impressive!" Su Qing nodded, handing the nest house to the servant while also praising the Three Flowers Organization.

This servant boy is easily flattered.

As soon as he finished speaking, the servant suddenly turned red in the face, panting heavily, and then exploded violently in front of him!
The demonic cultivator self-destructed.

If Su Qing were to arrive in this Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom for the first time, she might be somewhat taken aback.

But now he has been in the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom for three years and has seen it all. Even Xiong Er's debt collection team had forced several demon cultivators to self-destruct.

The shockwaves and spiritual energy from the self-destruction were easily blocked by his external protective aura, causing him no harm whatsoever.

Inside the spirit house, the members of the Three Flowers Organization, who had been peaceful and harmonious, suddenly burst open their black robes to reveal yellow robes embroidered with the crimson sun and golden crow clan emblem.

"The Huang family?" Su Qing's face darkened, and he asked coldly.

Upon hearing this, a middle-aged Taoist priest emanating the spiritual pressure of a Golden Core cultivator stepped forward from the crowd. He held up a lamp-shaped magic artifact and shot out a beam of spiritual light, which seemed to have the ability to dispel illusions. It melted away the black robe that Su Qing was wearing on the outside, revealing his evil appearance in a lantern-red robe!
“Gao Erqiang! We’ve been watching you for a long time. Do you really think you can fool us by pretending to be Master Tong and moving around selling stolen goods?”
No matter how wonderful the Illusion Heart Runes on your body are, they can't cover up the stench of the evil markings on your body!
Have you sold all the magical artifacts and puppets in this nest house?

So what if it's all sold out? The main structure of this nest-like house is still intact. Even if we catch them red-handed today, why don't you surrender and come with us to the Huang family to atone for your sins!

The Huang family came prepared. After the Taoist confirmed Su Qing's identity, the other two Golden Core cultivators standing around him summoned spirit beast puppets and many other spiritual creatures, and dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators threw out a net-like magic weapon to cover him from above!
"Fellow Daoist Shi, you betrayed me!"

Su Qing looked shocked and angry, her eyes glaring at the burly body cultivator with the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top who was hiding behind the Huang family cultivators.

This person's name is Shi Jingxuan, a third-level body cultivator who oversees most of the Three Flowers Organization's business in the Desire Demon Immortal City. For the past three years, he has been the one who has been in contact with me.

This time, he has betrayed himself!
"Fellow Daoist Gao, I didn't want to either, after all, reputation is the most important thing when you're in this business, but the price offered by the Huang family is too high!"
This spirit house bento is a small gift from me to the high-ranking cultivators of the Huang family as a bonus in our transaction. It's no big deal if it gets damaged or broken; I won't disturb you fellow cultivators' work. I'll take my leave now!

Shi Jingxuan shamelessly bowed to Su Qing and apologized, then smiled a few more times at the Huang family before disappearing with several members of the Three Flowers Organization out of the house.

With his departure, the Huang family's high-ranking cultivators immediately engaged in a fierce battle with Su Qing.

The red spider lilies, transformed into red lanterns, exploded repeatedly. The three-year-old branding mark appeared on the body in an instant. This flower now possesses the power of the third rank and can break through the protective spiritual light of a Golden Core cultivator.

This single tactic threw the spirit house into chaos, causing the Huang family's high-ranking cultivators to secretly think that this evil spirit was indeed quite capable, no wonder it could bring about the death of their young master, Huang Song.

Three Golden Core cultivators, using magical artifacts made of spirit beasts, protected the Huang family cultivators and were about to use their methods to arrest this fiend on the spot.

Unexpectedly, the evil spirit, feeling guilty, burst open the lantern and then transformed into a cloud of red mist, breaking through the spirit house and fleeing into the distance.

"Hurry and chase after it! The patriarch will reward you handsomely for capturing this evil spirit!"

"Let's wait a bit before pursuing it, lest we push this evil spirit too far. There are just a few of us, and we're no match for it!"

"We've confirmed that this evil spirit killed the young master. Send a message to the family, and they will send more people!"

"We've done a great service, haven't we?"

"That's natural!"

After waiting a moment and confirming that Gao Erqiang had escaped to a safe distance, the group of Huang family cultivators, having determined that there was no danger in pursuing him, charged out like tigers descending from the mountain and dragons emerging from the water, fearlessly fighting their way out.

After they had all gone far away, groups of two or three members of the Three Flowers Organization entered the spirit house.

Among them were Shi Jingxuan, who had just sold Gao Erqiang, and Gao Erqiang, who had just emerged from the dilapidated house.

"Fellow Daoist Gao, how was my performance in this play!" Shi Jingxuan laughed loudly, clearly having taken advantage of both sides, having betrayed Gao Erqiang without actually betraying him.

Or rather, it was Gao Erqiang who signaled to Shi Jingxuan to sell himself out.

"That Golden Core cultivator from the Huang family just now used the True Spiritual Light? If they use this spiritual light to determine my identity, they will never doubt it. From now on, the Huang family's bounty targets should be directly focused on me, Gao Erqiang!"

Su Qing nodded in satisfaction, becoming increasingly pleased with the Three Flowers Organization's capabilities.

"The Huang family of Penglai, even as a single family, is far more powerful than my entire Desire Demon Kingdom. Fellow Daoist, you do honest things without doing anything in secret. You killed their Nascent Soul cultivator son and even took the initiative to expose your identity, fearing that they might not know. Such boldness and courage are truly admirable!"

Shi Jingxuan didn't know why Gao Erqiang was acting this way, but since he had accepted money and was doing things for others, he didn't need to ask any questions. He bowed and flattered Gao Erqiang, who seemed to have been fooled by the evil mark, and prepared to make the next deal with him.

The transaction of those nest houses!
"The Nest House is a precious treasure of Penglai and should not be easily revealed. Moreover, there are very few Nest Houses left behind in the outside world now, making it difficult to clear its name."

Xiao Dao contacted an underground auction that will be held in the Kingdom of a Thousand Islands eighteen years from now. Given the bitter relationship between the Kingdom of a Thousand Islands and the Immortal Kingdom of Penglai, they will likely accept this item as an auction item.

"At that time, I will resell this treasure several times within my immortal realm, and then send someone to auction it off under the guise of a cultivator from the Thousand Islands Kingdom. Within twenty years, I should be able to deliver the auction proceeds to you, Fellow Daoist. This matter is rather difficult to handle. According to the rules, my Three Flowers Organization intends to take 50% of the profits. I wonder what Fellow Daoist Gao thinks?"

"The price is reasonable, so let's do it this way!" Su Qing thought for a moment and then agreed.

The nest house is a miniature immortal city, a mobile fortress. When magical artifacts and puppets land here, their power is even greater. When array talismans are pasted on it, their effectiveness is even stronger.

Even though most of the magical artifacts and puppets inside had been dismantled and sold off, leaving only an empty shell, it was still a fourth-tier spirit house, a masterpiece.

At that auction, it could be bought for 10,000 spirit stones. The Three Flowers Organization takes 50%, which means a profit of at least 5,000 spirit stones.

Is it too much?

Not many! Without their help, this Nest House would have been nothing more than gathering dust in my storage bag before I reached the Nascent Soul stage. And if it were ever exposed, it would have brought me to my death!
After agreeing to the deal, Su Qing bowed and bid farewell to Shi Jingxuan and the others, and obtained the contact information of the members of the Three Flowers Organization in the Thousand Islands from him.

"The land of a thousand islands is full of treasures, but also full of dangers. I wish you, fellow Daoist, that all you encounter will be treasures, all evils will be shunned, and your journey will be smooth!"

"Fellow Daoist, you jest. My own Dao is inherently evil, so why should I fear evil spirits!"

Gao Erqiang turned around, waved his hand, and said casually.

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"The archipelago is rife with evil spirits; we must be on guard!"

Su Qing solemnly addressed the assembled rogue cultivators.

Looking around, one could see Liang Haishun, Helian Xian, Shao Delong, Guo Qiaolian, Niu Shisan, Wei Debao, and Debao's sister and nephews.

After spending three years in this Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom, the group of fellow Daoists remained steadfast in their Daoist resolve, refusing to be tempted by the demonesses' towers and alluring caves of this Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom, and were still willing to follow Su Qing to the Kingdom of a Thousand Islands to develop their careers.

Only Niu Ya's Dao heart is unsettled. In the past three years, he has married one or two wives and concubines, and now he has children and many nephews. Clearly, he has lost his ambition and will find it difficult to go to sea again.

If Su Qing had known he was this kind of person, he would never have refined that second-tier Ruyi Vajra Leg for him. He originally wanted Niu Ya to use that Vajra Leg, which could grow bigger or smaller, to help him eliminate his enemies. Who knew that he would use that leg to conceive!

He assumed that Niu Ya had gotten married and had children, and had lost his ambition.

Unexpectedly, people's hearts are fickle. After three years of peace in the Demon Kingdom, very few of these rogue cultivators were willing to move on.

“Fellow Daoist Su, Wanqing’s strength is weak. If she goes to sea with you, she will be powerless to do anything for you and will only be a burden to you. Now that Wanqing has joined the Demonic Sect, she may have a chance to reach the Golden Core stage if she works hard. But when Wanqing achieves the Golden Core stage and can help you, she will go to the Western Sea to find you!”

Tang Wanqing was strong-willed and passionate. She fell in love with Su Qing, but she didn't want anything and told him stories for three years.

But at this moment, if I felt that going to sea with Su Qing would only be a burden to her, I would resolutely refuse to go.

Su Qing had tried to persuade her several times over the past three years, but she remained unmoved. Now, there was no point in trying to persuade her again. He could only sigh and tell her that if she had any trouble in Demon Smoke City in the future, she could seek help from the witch. They were all his women, and they would be family from now on, so there was no need to be formal with her.

"Boss Su, I have a premonition that if I go with you on this voyage, it will bring great calamity to both of us. For the sake of your life, Boss Su, I will not get involved!"

Brother 260's words were particularly heartbreaking and beyond Su Qing's expectations.

Before he could react, his 17th brother stabbed him again.

"Brother 260 said that if I were to go with Boss Su, I would face certain death, or Boss Su might lead me to a deadly place with no way out. Therefore, I cannot do the treasure hunt that Boss Su assigned me!"

The vast ocean holds countless treasures, but without the guidance of his 17th brother, how can he aim and strike wherever he wants?

The vast Western Sea is fraught with danger. Without his 260th brother to guide him, how will he avoid calamities?

His two younger brothers, 17 and 260, who were both beacons of light and sought to avoid danger, refused to go to sea with him, which broke his heart.

But 260's instincts said no. Although he was helpless, he didn't dare to be stubborn. He could only let the two of them stay in Demon Smoke City for the time being, and let the witch help him guard these two guiding lights, who could be family heirlooms. He would send someone to pick them up when 260's instincts said it was okay.

"Don't worry about those two useless things, Boss Su. I, Li Hailang, have a heart as red as the sun. Wherever Boss Su goes, Hailang will go!"

Holding two red sticks, Li Hailang glared at Brother 17 and Brother 260, and patted his chest to make a guarantee.

Don't go where it's useful, but follow where it's useless.

This made Su Qing even more heartbroken.

“Fellow Daoist Su, I, Niu Shisan, can no longer follow you!” Niu Shisan stood up, cupped his hands, and said in a low voice.

"Fellow Daoist Thirteen, what is the reason for this?" Su Qing had only heard that Niu Ya had married and had children, but had never heard of Niu Shisan seeking pleasure. He had always thought that Niu Shisan's Dao heart was firm, so he was naturally a little puzzled to see that Niu Shisan was unwilling to go to sea.

"Fellow Daoist Su, you know that my elder brother Niu Ya has taken more than ten wives!" Niu Shisan's voice was soft, not as bold as before.

“I know Niu Ya got married, but what does that have to do with you… You haven’t fallen in love with your sister-in-law again, have you? That’s fine too. You have many sisters-in-law this time. Talk to Niu Ya properly, and with your brotherly bond, ask him to give one of his sisters-in-law to you!”

Upon seeing Niu Shisan covering his face with his hands, looking rather ugly, Su Qing knew that his old habit had resurfaced; he was thinking about his sister-in-law again!

"Not just one, but many!" Niu Shisan's head was almost touching the ground, and his behavior had crossed Su Qing's bottom line, leaving Su Qing speechless. He could only wave his hand and let him slowly win over his sisters-in-law.

"Fellow Daoist Su, I've bumped into my second uncle in this city. He's now a Golden Core cultivator and has built a great fortune in this Demon Smoke City. Fellow Daoist Su, you know me."

"De Bao is a man of integrity, who has never relied on anyone in his life. This time, he is relying on him not for his own sake, but for the sake of his eight sisters and one hundred and eight nephews!"

De Bao's father's brother-in-law and De Bao's second aunt's husband have become successful in this Demon Smoke City. De Bao's brother has the idea of ​​going back to his old ways and not relying on his brother-in-law but on his aunt's husband. Although Su Qing despises this, she can understand it. Relying on the second generation is still the second generation!

“Fellow Daoist Su, I am getting old. With your help, I have set up a shop in Demon Smoke City. I have no intention of going to sea at the moment. I will give this Death Cloth to you. You may not need it, but Fellow Daoist Liang will definitely be able to use it.”

"Once we set sail, if we encounter danger, please do not pity Fellow Daoist Liang. All the longevity items that this old Daoist and Fellow Daoist Lai collected from the Jade Wall Cave have been exchanged for Fellow Daoist Liang. There's no need to save his life. Wear what you need to wear, and accept whatever fate brings!"

Old Daoist Helian had no old lover to meet and was unwilling to continue causing trouble. He had the idea of ​​settling down and taking root in this Demon Smoke City. Su Qing had nothing to say. Fortunately, Old Daoist Liang and Yunshoubu were still around, so the last glory of the Life-Severing Team could still be inherited.

Pang Feifan's spirit beast shop is now thriving. He has no intention of going to sea, and Su Qing doesn't want him to go to sea either. She just wants him to stay here and make money. Every year, he can send his share to the witch and wait for her to pick it up.

Shao Delong was slightly disappointed that Pang Feifan did not go to sea. He quickly chatted with his dogs, leopards, snakes, and rats to reminisce about their comrades-in-arms. He was afraid that he would not be able to charge into battle with these close comrades-in-arms in the future!

Delong was determined to go to sea. He used the custom-made Tier 3 armor for the Wind Eagle King as bait to lure this Tier 3 demon king, who admired his courage and fighting spirit, into becoming his battle partner.

Over the past three years, not to mention the loss of lifespan from wearing armor, most of the cost of the third-tier battle armor was borrowed from Xiong Er. Without going overseas to gamble for wealth, he doesn't know when he will be able to pay off this debt to Xiong Er!

“Fellow Daoist Su, it’s not that Qiaolian is unwilling to go to sea with you, it’s just that business in the Demon Kingdom is too good. Qiaolian is already too busy here, so there is no need to go to the Kingdom of a Thousand Islands.”

Furthermore, with Fellow Daoist Su's current physical body, Qiaolian's spiritual needles couldn't even pierce his skin, making him completely incapable of serving as a ship's spiritual healer.

After Qiaolian establishes her foundation and advances to the third-tier spiritual physician, she will go with Fellow Daoist Tang to find fellow Daoist Su. Don't forget Qiaolian!

"These are the spirit stones Qiaolian earned over three years. Her father once said, 'Even a poor family should travel with plenty of spirit stones. Fellow Daoist, when you go to sea, it's always good to carry more spirit stones... But don't use spirit stones for bad things, the sea maidens of the Western Sea are very dirty...'"

Over the past three years, Guo Qiaolian, who had also told stories to Su Qing, hugged him and chattered on like a young wife.

Her decision not to go to sea is the best one.

Thanks to the bad temper and ruthless methods of the demonic cultivators, who often disembowel and dislocate internal organs, spiritual healers in this demonic realm never have to worry about business and have every day to practice their sewing skills and improve their techniques.

Therefore, from the perspective of Guo Qiaolian's future career development, this Demon City is more suitable for her current development.

Su Qing, who was feeling uncomfortable from the pressure of her large breasts, pulled her aside, took out two five-star bear kings from her storage bag, and told her again that if she encountered any trouble, she should consult with Niu Ya, Niu Shisan and others. If all else failed, she should go to the Witch Tower to find the witch. She was assured that her safety in the city would not be a problem.

Independent cultivators are like rootless duckweed, drifting wherever the water is best.

At the best restaurant in the Demon Smoke City, all the cultivators enjoyed a good time.

As night deepened.

Taking advantage of the lingering reluctance to part before leaving, Su Qing, who was listening to the story with Guo Qiaolian, finally managed to get up from her shaggy arms and legs with difficulty.

He leaped out of the spirit house and, with just a few bounds, slipped into the Demon Smoke City's main city, into the Demoness Tower, a place that struck fear into the hearts of countless demon cultivators.

(End of this chapter)