Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 317 Yuanhai Kui Niu
The Jade Wall Immortal's Cave Abode is the lineage of the Talismanic Dao.

Over the past three years, he has either gifted the inheritances related to cultivation arts such as arrays, artifacts, and talismans to Liang Haishun, Helian Xian, and Shao Delong, or dismantled and sold them, mostly to cultivators outside the Demon Kingdom. After all, the Desire Demon Sect also obtained a copy of the inheritance, which is difficult to sell for a good price in the Demon Kingdom.

However, he did not reveal the essential parts, such as the inheritance of the three major life systems of Spring Wood, Living Gold and Mother River, the Nascent Soul chapter of the Talisman of Myriad Manifestations, and the methods for making five fourth-order talisman papers, including the Myriad Manifestations Talisman, Dharma Image Talisman, Gold Panning Talisman, Jianmu Talisman and Heavenly Water Talisman.

Among them, the three runes he studied for a long time and could immediately apply were Spring Wood, Living Gold, and Mother River.

On the path of runes.

Although he had worked his way up to the fourth tier with runes such as exorcism runes, biomimetic runes, and intelligent runes, it was already extremely difficult to raise these runes to the fifth tier by crafting puppets to increase their proficiency after reaching the fourth tier.

After all, only third-tier puppets can bear fourth-tier runes. Where would he get so many third-tier puppets to refine and practice on?

To achieve a qualitative breakthrough with the original runes would take three to five years. In order to make further breakthroughs in puppetry, we can only temporarily focus on developing other runes.

As for the three runes that belong to the five elements and have the power to regenerate and prolong life, Spring Wood, Living Metal, and Mother River are the most versatile and powerful ones, and are therefore his top choices for study.

Over three years, following the puppet blueprints he obtained from the Fu Dao Sect, he began refining first-tier puppets, painstakingly working on these three types of runes.

They painstakingly crafted puppets, while Qinghe and Geling downstairs worked tirelessly to sell them.

The numerous low-level materials he obtained from the Jade Wall Cave were gradually exhausted, his proficiency in the three major runes increased rapidly, and the spirit stones in his storage bag also accumulated more and more.

It's been a modest success!
Now, all three runes have reached the third level of proficiency, and there is a certain chance of successfully drawing a fourth-level rune if one tries to force it.

At the same time, he also achieved a high level of skill in using these three types of runes on several kinds of puppets. Combined with his experience in crafting other puppets and the many runes he had mastered, he also developed several new types of puppets in addition to the puppet blueprints of the Rune Dao Sect.

Second-order Five Elements type intelligent puppet - Guardian Tree Spirit.

On the surface, it is just a willow branch, but once the branch is dropped and it takes root in the ground, it can instantly grow into a towering tree, just like the Dragon-Snake Wood Spirit. Its branches become arms and its roots become feet, making its combat power comparable to a second-tier low-grade demon beast.

The only difference between it and the Dragon-Snake Wood Spirit is that the Guardian Tree Spirit's branches will not explode when broken, and it can also absorb the earth's spiritual energy to instantly create a Tier 1 Wood Soldier.

Easy to carry, it can be used to create soldiers when needed, instantly forming a second-tier puppet army that can be commanded as easily as an extension of one's own arm.

Su Qing crafted over thirty of these puppets, and with their combined strength, even a Golden Core cultivator would find it difficult to easily break through their defenses.

Second-tier refined material type combat vehicle puppet - Armored Locomotive.

This puppet is decorated with Tier 3 Living Gold Runes, supplemented by Tier 3 Swiftness Runes, Tier 3 Material Runes, Tier 3 Intelligence Runes, and Tier 3 Flight Runes.

The core material is a second-order refined core—a gold-iron-stone core.

This gold-iron stone core is hard and tough, making it one of the main materials for forging puppets such as the Gold-Iron Beast and the Golden Guard.

Su Qing used it to forge an armored locomotive, in order to create the hardest head among the second-tier puppets.

The entire puppet is triangular and streamlined, made entirely of various gold-refined materials. Its lower part flows like liquid, and its numerous tentacles allow it to move freely on any terrain, unleashing extreme speed.

The combined impact of extreme speed, coupled with the hardest locomotive, would cause even a third-tier body cultivator to stagger upon impact.

As it sprints forward, it can use any golden spiritual energy it encounters along the way to replenish itself or enhance its offensive capabilities.

Because of the enormous amount of materials required, he only managed to forge five locomotives.

Second-tier life-type medical puppet - Water Giant.

Even a single, crystal-clear drop of water, when it falls into a place rich in water elemental energy, can absorb the surrounding water elemental power and transform into a hundred-foot giant. Moreover, if it is slightly damaged in battle, it can immediately recover using water elemental power.

This puppet is constructed primarily with Mother River runes and secondarily with healing runes. It can be used for combat as well as to heal and save lives using water elemental power.

Since its main ingredient is the essence of a second-tier jellyfish, and there are more than fifty of them stored in the Jade Wall Cave, he doesn't need to spend extra money to buy more.

Therefore, at this moment, the water spirit giant had filled a bottle, and ordinary low-grade golden pills were easily dealt with.

The creation of these three new types of puppets also unlocked three new puppet blueprints for him on the interface.

[Five Elements Disaster-Type Puppet - Storm Messenger (Tier 3, Mid-Grade)]

[Five Elements Disaster-Type Puppet - Wave Messenger (Tier 3, High Grade)]

[Five Elements Combat Puppet - Light Energy Envoy (Tier 4, Low Grade)]

These three types of puppets are mainly derived from the Spring Wood Rune and Storm Rune, respectively; derived from the Mother River Rune and Howling Wave Rune, respectively; and derived from the Living Gold Rune and Heavenly Light Rune, respectively.

The Storm and Howling Wave runes are on the same level as the Springwood and Mother River runes and are closely related, so they can be used interchangeably. Although their power effects are different, they are not unusable.

Only the Heavenly Light Rune is a superior rune to the Living Gold Rune, with a qualitative difference in rank, which cannot be replaced by the Living Gold Rune.

Fortunately, he didn't have the ability to refine fourth-tier puppets, so he stuffed the blueprints for the Light Energy Messenger into his storage bag to gather dust. Instead, he searched for precious materials, improved the blueprints for the Storm Messenger and the Wave Messenger, and created two new types of puppets.

Stormbringer Advanced Version.

Tier 3 Superior Puppet - Storm Tree!
Normally, it is just a yellow maple leaf, but when the maple leaf is blown by the wind, it will cause a great storm, gathering all the wind spirit power within a hundred miles and turning it into a storm tornado that will engulf everything.

Su Qing once used this puppet to destroy a gang stronghold in the Demon Kingdom that was trying to double-cross the gang. This stronghold was protected by a third-tier array that could withstand third-tier attacks, but after provoking the wrong person, a storm swept through overnight, and the apocalypse came. The array, along with the more than 10,000 gang members inside, were all crushed into dust and blood, causing a bloodbath and a cruel scene in the area.

Su Qing only managed to craft one of these puppets. The main material was the core of a third-tier yellow maple tree spirit, which was extremely difficult to find. He obtained it by exchanging Huang Song's dragon and phoenix white cloud belt for a piece at a black market auction in the Demon Kingdom, and then crafted this puppet.

The advanced version of the Wave Messenger.

Tier 3 Ultimate Puppet - Abyssal Kui Niu.

Made primarily from the horn of a third-tier demon king, the Howling Beast, and adorned with fourth-tier Mother River runes, along with fourth-tier material runes, fourth-tier divine beast runes, and fourth-tier soul demon runes, this is a life-type divine beast puppet with five fourth-tier runes in its body.

In its normal form, this puppet is simply the black bull horn hanging from Su Qing's waist. When he blows the horn, waves surge and a single-horned blue bull, resembling the mythical beast Kui Niu, emerges from the crest of the waves!

The moment the Kui Niu appears, towering waves will rise in the hundred-mile sea area where it is located. Within the waves is black water, and within the water are countless ghostly phantoms of souls who perished in this sea. With the power of the giant waves, these ghostly phantoms will gather and devour all living beings in this area.

Both of these puppets were prepared by him for battles at sea. They could unleash their full combat power in the unique environment of the Western Sea, and were one of his greatest assets on this trip.

That's just one aspect, because in these three years, besides developing puppets crafted from runes like Springwood...

He also made some improvements and renovations to the puppets he had already crafted.

Due to the extinction of the Demon Lizard clan, the Lizard Knights not only found it increasingly difficult to forge the Dragon Armor Demon Lizard, but also faced a growing shortage of materials for the second-tier Lizard Generals and the Lizard Riders.

Left with no other choice, Su Qing could only temporarily disband the Lizard Knights. Perhaps the Lizard Knights could re-emerge when Pang Feifan has cultivated enough first- and second-tier magic lizards, or even third-tier magic lizard kings.

The Explosive Bear Team only produced one team of twelve units, for Xiong Er's daily debt collection and protection. The expenses were deducted from Xiong Er's salary and controlled by Xiong Er's own consciousness, without consuming his own remaining consciousness.

The Yunpeng mothership underwent a simple renovation. Liang Haishun used a cloth to draw a third-tier array inside the mothership, on which two Spirit Explosion Flame Cannons and over a hundred large wood spirits that could launch explosive stone golems were placed. Because the Falcon King Puppet had not performed well in the previous battles, Su Qing replaced it with the cheaper, more practical, and cost-effective Yunpeng Hidden Bomb.

Although this batch of Cloud Roc Hidden Bombs are only first-tier limit puppets, if all the Exploding Stone Puppets inside can be launched, they can unleash terrifying destructive power that even second-tier puppets might not be able to cause. As long as they complete a combat mission, even if they are immediately killed in battle, they will only gain and not lose.

Because of his fiery temper, the True King Tianpeng led the Flying Bird Clan in a three-year-long battle against the Desire Demon Sect. As a vassal of the Tianpeng Clan, the Yunpeng Clan naturally participated in the war as a whole, and thus suffered heavy losses, causing the price of Yunpeng corpses in the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom to plummet.

Su Qing gradually acquired more than 500 Yunpeng corpses and transformed them into 562 Yunpeng Hidden Bombs.

Because of the lack of air power and the absence of third-tier puppets to suppress them, they would inevitably be bullied by Golden Core cultivators and third-tier body cultivators.

He further upgraded and modified Hongshang, using the blueprints of the Heavenly Demoness as a basis, and once again figured out the changes inside and out of the Golden Core Demoness. Using the finger bone of Master Leiguang of Yunshan Sect, and a low-grade Golden Core, he created a third-order Demoness who could control lightning.

The demonic woman given to the witch was created after Hongshang upgraded her, omitting the lightning finger bone and refining it.

Oh, back then he asked Shi Zhifang for two golden pills. The golden pill that Hongshang received was also a gift from Brother Zhifang.

Even after the upgrade, Hongshang still takes care of his daily life, helps him with chores and chores, and urges the puppets to work hard.

In wartime, he would sit in a Cloud Roc Hidden Bomb, commanding puppets such as flying dragons, flowing silver, and Roc King puppets. Such a lineup could not threaten the safety of his aerial strike group unless two or three Golden Core cultivators worked together.

In addition to his air power, he also built a giant treasure ship for his naval forces, in addition to the Heavenly Dragon Dance and the Abyss Sea Kui Niu.

A combined mythical beast-type puppet – the Deep Sea Dragon!

Creating this puppet was a last resort.

Who knows what kind of dirty deal the Penglai Immortal Realm made with the sea beasts and evil spirits of the Western Sea?

On the Western Sea, all mortal cultivators, except for disciples of the Penglai Sect, can only sail on the sea and cannot fly in the sky.

Otherwise, it would not only attract the pursuit of all the sea beasts and evil spirits within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, but would also be targeted by the magic cannons on many of the floating islands of Penglai Sect, which would directly blast it to death.

The Penglai Sect is powerful, shameless, and unreasonable. Its sea monsters and evil spirits are not to be reasoned with.

For many years, cultivators in the Western Sea have tacitly accepted the principle of prohibiting air travel in the Western Sea.

As a result, if cultivators wanted to go to sea, they either had to rent or buy a treasure ship built by a shipbuilding team composed of shipbuilders, weapon refiners, puppeteers, and array masters.

Either you are highly skilled and daring, possessing the ability to control water and escape into the sea, allowing you to sail alone in the deep ocean. You can only sail underwater, because the skies above the Western Sea are filled with omnipresent flying sea monsters that enjoy pecking at human cultivators. The treasure ship is protected by array formations and equipped with magic cannons for bombardment, so these flying sea monsters dare not provoke it. But if a lone human cultivator shows his face, they will not be polite at all.

Su Qing is not a professional shipbuilder, but if asked to spend a huge amount of spirit stones to find a professional shipbuilder to build a ship, he would rather tinker with it himself.

Based on the blueprints for the dragon crossing the sea provided on the panel, and with improvements and enhancements, a prototype of a biomimetic dragon puppet was drawn, using third-tier dragon bones as the main material.

During the refining process, he invited many wise men to help him, and Liang Haishun built the formation. The old Taoist accompanied him all the way. This ship protects Su Qing and Liang Haishun. How could the old Taoist not contribute?

Shao Delong was invited to help coat and armor the treasure ship. Even the Wind Eagle King he was riding was wearing armor. In the future, when they went to sea together, how could their puppet treasure ship not have armor? He wouldn't have to pay for the materials. It's pitiful that he's still carrying a huge debt from Xiong Er.

He invited the witch to draw a fourth-tier water-controlling rune for this ship. This rune was located outside the range of his skills. Although he had learned it from the witch, his proficiency had not yet increased. However, he was only at the second tier, which was not enough to meet the needs of this puppet.

The capable are often given more work, and the witch also doted on Su Qing, helping him not only to draw the fourth-order water control rune, but also to draw the fourth-order divine beast rune.

With the combined efforts of all fellow Daoists, Su Qing once again drew fourth-tier damage reduction runes, fourth-tier material runes, fourth-tier Mother River runes, and fourth-tier space runes on the treasure ship.

This allows the puppet to possess no offensive capabilities, nor does it rely on speed. However, its defensive capabilities within the deep sea have reached the limit for a third-tier puppet. Even if surrounded by more than ten third-tier sea beasts, this puppet will not easily be overwhelmed.

However, its main offensive capabilities were insufficient, so other puppets were needed to make up for it. On the left and right sides of the treasure ship, there were more than a hundred cannons on each side, and a hundred spirit explosion fire cannons were installed.

These second-tier puppets are not suitable for use in the deep sea. Water and fire are incompatible, and the power of cannons is always limited when they explode in the deep sea.

Unfortunately, Su Qing only has a near 100% success rate with the Spirit Explosion Flame Cannon and the Spirit Explosion Gale Cannon.

If you want to craft more suitable magic cannon-type puppets such as the Spirit Explosion Water Dragon Cannon and the Spirit Explosion Whale Hunting Crossbow, not only are the blueprints hard to find, but the success rate is also not guaranteed, and it is costly and laborious.

Therefore, we will make do with the Spirit Explosion Flame Cannon for now, and we can study the Spirit Explosion Water Dragon Cannon and other puppets that are more suitable for naval warfare after we settle down in the West Sea.

In addition to these hundred Spirit Explosion Flame Cannons, a third-tier Spirit Explosion-type puppet is also mounted on the Hornless Dragon Head.

Made primarily from the Tier 3 magic weapon, the Dragon-Hunting Fork, and crafted using puppet-making techniques, this deep-sea weapon is adorned with Tier 4 spirit explosion runes, weapon runes, and other powerful runes.
Tier 3 Ultimate Puppet - Dragon Soul Rift!

The moment the puppet is brought out, even a true dragon would be so terrified that its soul would be torn apart.

In addition to Dragon Soul Rift, Su Qing also equipped it with a Tier 3 Deep Sea Tyrant and twelve Water Mine Explosion Puppets.

The Deep Sea Tyrant was forged using Huang Song's Mad Shark King demon bone as the main material. After activating the Mad Shark King's innate talent, this Deep Sea Tyrant can explode three times in a row, each time more ferocious than the last. If it explodes three times in a row, all living things in the surrounding hundred miles of sea will be wiped out. Within a range of ten thousand miles, apart from second and third-tier sea beasts, they will also be blown to pieces, their mouths crooked and their eyes slanted, floating to the surface belly up.

As for the Water Mine Blast Puppet, it was created by a second-tier biomimetic sea dog king and is a spirit explosion type puppet that chases enemies and self-destructs in the deep sea.

Because I was temporarily in the Inland Immortal Kingdom, which was far from the Western Sea, the materials were often sold through many middlemen at exorbitant prices. Therefore, I only managed to refine twelve of them.

Thus, with the help and cooperation of several fellow Daoists, the Deep Sea Dragon, which is equipped with five fourth-order runes, twelve third-order runes, a third-order formation, third-order battle armor, a hundred spirit explosion fire cannons, a third-order ultimate dragon soul rift, and a third-order superior deep sea tyrant, could not possibly be an ordinary third-order puppet.
The limit of the third-order limit!

In other words, without fifth-order runes, fourth-order dragon bones, or fourth-order true spirits, it is difficult to break through the fourth-order barrier. It is purely a third-order puppet, and this puppet has already reached the upper limit that a third-order puppet can achieve.

The Deep Sea Dragon was completed six months ahead of schedule, which relieved Su Qing's mind. Only now did he have time to work on his main combat puppet.

The Dragon Armor Demon Lizard died a miserable death. It was smashed to pieces by that damned old evil sect leader, White Eyebrow. Apart from the two leg bones of the Buddhist master, which were still intact, the rest of its parts had no chance of being reused.

This saddened and angered Su Qing, who then vented her anger on the two mirage dragon corpses left behind by Bai Mei.

Both mirage dragons were just juveniles, with only third-order cultivation. They originally had great potential, and with their heads covered, they were already showing signs of fifth-order growth.

Unfortunately, he was taken advantage of by the evil old man and later aided and abetted the wicked, making him extremely despicable.

Twist the two mirage dragon bodies together to form a twisted, two-headed mirage dragon.

Later, precious materials such as dragon powder and dragon skin were used to further enhance its dragon power.

It primarily uses the Illusionary Heart Rune to enhance its ability to conjure clouds and mist, and create illusions and phantoms.

With the aid of divine beast runes, the Mirage Dragon, which was not yet fully developed, was given the ability to awaken its bloodline and revert to its ancestral form.

Equipped with material runes and spatial runes, it possesses the ability to transform into an insect in an instant, or a colossal dragon in an instant, unpredictable and with unfathomable power.

Finally, it concludes with the Mother River rune, granting it the ability to gather water-based spiritual energy for its own use. It can handle its daily needs on its own, and in battle, it can also use water-based spiritual energy for offense and defense, as well as repair itself.

The final puppet, named Two-Headed Mirage Dragon, possessed the highest quality of the third tier, but it was not as versatile as the Dragon Armor Demon Lizard.

(End of this chapter)