Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 326 The Joyful Sect, Cloth Body Residence

In the cultivation world, it's difficult to distinguish friend from foe; one must always be wary of others.

Although Princess Fire Phoenix was just like the witch, he could see right through her. But you can know a person's face but not their heart. Who knows what kind of black heart was hidden under the princess's red hair and white skin? She was far less trustworthy than the witch who adhered to the three obediences and four virtues.

At least, when he and the witch cooperated seamlessly, the witch shared all her skills, puppets, magical artifacts, and Taoist arts with him without reservation. This is why they were able to successfully kill the Joyful Old Demon and Huang Song together in the Nascent Soul Cave.

This collaboration with the princess was not entirely honest. Su Qing knew nothing about the Four Elders of Emptiness. In fact, before he fought Yin Ganyu and fled, he hid Hongshang in the shadows to protect his partner, the princess, in case she met with misfortune.

In retrospect, it seems he had done something unnecessary and was just being presumptuous.

"These four illusory elders, the princess is wary of her third uncle, the leader, or perhaps she is also wary of me, Su Qing?"
That's hurtful, so hurtful!
However, this trip to the Fire Phoenix Immortal Kingdom, besides the gains from the Transformation of Yuan Hand, also broadened my horizons. The Illusory and Real Formless Robe, the Four Elders of Illusory and Reality, the ability to switch between illusion and reality, and the wonders of teleportation and attack. If I can make use of them, it would be best to comprehend the Illusory and Reality Runes on the Illusory and Reality Robe, a spiritual treasure. Using these runes as the main material, I might be able to refine an Illusory and Reality Puppet.

If we could create puppets like the Four Elders of Emptiness, the gains would be no less than those from the Transformation Technique!

Seeing that Princess Fire Phoenix, with the help of the Four Elders of the Void, had driven Feng Tianyang, whose power, fueled by burning phoenix blood, was nearly equivalent to a fourth-level body cultivator, to flee in terror, only able to parry and unable to retaliate, it was perfectly normal for Su Qing to feel envious, jealous, and wanting to possess her.

Now look below.

Xiong Er lived up to expectations, using his lock-picking skills honed from ravaging thousands of demonic cultivators in Demon Smoke City to successfully lead Rao Tingshan and the others out of the city.

The substitute puppet on its shoulder, however, lacked the courage and spirit of its original self. It was so frightened by the scene that it trembled and its hands and feet shook wildly. It even had to be carried by Xiong Er to run away, which made Su Qing feel extremely annoyed.

The substitute puppet was created using the same techniques as the original demon woman.

Unfortunately, he was able to imitate the witch to create a third-tier demonic woman, and imitate the fire phoenix princess to create a third-tier princess tiger and leopard.

When facing the true self who knows them best, it is difficult to create a third-tier substitute for the true self.

Even if he used the remaining bones of the Vajra Master as the main material to simulate the pressure of the third-level body cultivator of the original body, he could not succeed. He only made the master's bones suffer in vain, exploding into a pile of bone powder, and the bones became much thinner.

One failed attempt made him realize that if he wanted to emulate his original self, ordinary third-tier body cultivator skeletons or third-tier demon bones and demon cores would be difficult to use as the main materials.

The third-tier skeletons of the Nine Li Qiongqi bloodline are hard to find, and before conquering the Widow Island Lord, he had neither the money nor the means to afford the Star Sun Essence. The most difficult thing is that Su Qing simply cannot be as extravagant as the great master who refined Tong Laodao, to the point of transferring his own Dao patterns to the puppet.

This original is unique and cannot be perfectly replicated.

Without the Dao patterns, the Quanxing Furnace Lid, and the Star and Sun Spiritual Root, the original body would have very few abilities left.

Even if a low-end version of a Tier 3 substitute is created, it will be difficult to compare with the Demoness and Princess Tiger Leopard, so it is better to settle for second best.

Using the Qiongqi tiger skin, which he had used up all the Dao patterns and demonic power on, and which his brother had discarded like worn-out shoes, as the main material, he crafted a second-tier substitute puppet that closely resembled his original self and was perceived by outsiders as being almost identical to his original self.

This double is just a pretty face, completely incapable of fighting, only good for deceiving others. Somehow, it went wrong; its true nature is completely different from its original self, it's cowardly as a mouse, cowering and shrinking back at the slightest pressure from a powerful person, making it despicable.

Fortunately, Rao Tingshan and Li Kuishan were terrified today, and their minds were completely focused on the conflict between the Phantom Troupe and the Princess's Third Uncle. They thought Su Qing was just a cowardly rogue cultivator who was all bark and no bite, and did not investigate further. That's why they have not yet realized that the thing in the Spirit Cage is a puppet, not a human!

But this can't go on any longer. It's just not right for a dignified third-level body cultivator to let Xiong Er carry him around like this.

He opened his palm and summoned tiny blue flower buds, as fine as dust, from his palm. With a gentle breath, the flowers fell and their fragrance wafted. This was the fifth Yao flower to be born after the third stage of blooming.

Rosemary, a bewitching and enchanting flower!

The flower fell around Rao Tingshan and his companions who were fleeing the city. They were unaware that they had inhaled it. As they were feeling dizzy and disoriented, the two-headed mirage dragon created many illusions, which terrified them.

Taking this opportunity, the main body quietly floated down from the clouds, put the useless substitute puppet into the storage bag, and then gave Rao Tingshan, Li Kuishan and the others a few hard slaps.

"Fellow Daoist, wake up! How could you be so careless and fall into the Fire Phoenix Clan's trap!"

The roar of the overlord tiger resounded through my ears, almost shattering my eardrums. The intense pain on my face was so intense it sent a jolt through my mind.

The cultivators, who had been yelled at and beaten by Su Qing, awoke from the illusion woven by the rosemary flower and the two-headed mirage dragon, and thanked Su Qing repeatedly with great gratitude.

"Were we just tricked by the Fire Phoenix Clan's formation and trapped in an illusion?"

"The Fire Phoenix Clan is utterly despicable. It's all thanks to Fellow Daoist Su that we have him. Fellow Daoist Su's soul is so refined that he can see illusions as nothing. We are far inferior to him in such a skill!"

"Fellow Daoist Su's puppet is also quite good. If it weren't for this war bear unlocking the lock today, how could we have escaped from our cages!"

"We need not express our gratitude; let us see how we treat Fellow Daoist Su in the future!"

At this moment, Rao Tingshan and the others only wanted to escape as quickly as possible, thanking Su Qing as they ran!
Extremely perfunctory!

There are no real benefits whatsoever, just lazy bums offering empty promises!

Cultivators are often ungrateful and heartless, something Su Qing had seen all too often. He didn't intend to gain anything from these poor working-class people; his only thought was to get them to drive and lead the way so they could escape the Fire Phoenix Immortal Kingdom as quickly as possible.

The group fled in panic, not daring to relax even after reaching the Digging Dragon. Rao Tingshan also became furious, taking out a mid-grade spirit stone and stuffing it into the Digging Dragon's mouth, causing it to go full speed ahead and disappear underground. They ran wildly all the way out of the Fire Phoenix Immortal Kingdom's territory before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Su Qing, who had also relaxed, suddenly remembered that she seemed to have forgotten something!
"Qinghe, my Qinghe, is someone who loves to freeload and is quite demanding, but after years of training, she's become a capable manager!"

Qinghe is lost.

It was left with Princess Fire Phoenix!
Given Princess Huofeng's quirks and Qinghe's appearance, how could things possibly turn out well for her? Who knows what kind of inhumane torture she would suffer!
Thinking of the objects that looked like magical artifacts or torture instruments that she had seen in Princess Fire Phoenix's bedroom, Su Qing couldn't help but shudder for Qing He.

But after a shiver, he instantly calmed down.

Even if Princess Huofeng were no human being, if she wanted to become a princess in the future, she would have to consider Su Qing's feelings and wouldn't make things too difficult for Qinghe. At most, she might lose her innocence, but her life should be spared.

"The lotus spirit is neither human nor non-human, and Qinghe values ​​chastity as much as no one cultivates. In addition, although the princess is half human and half phoenix, she is still female and not male. Giving it to her is not really giving it to her?"

While he was silently calculating that Qinghe was probably alright.

However, a divine message entered his sea of ​​consciousness along with the master-servant contract.

It was Qinghe who sent the message, asking him to meet Princess Huofeng in the Dizang Buddhist Kingdom, which borders Huofeng Immortal Kingdom.

The Ksitigarbha Buddha Kingdom is not the princess's territory, so Su Qing has no need to be afraid of her. He left without saying goodbye anyway, so he can meet her now. He, Su Qing, killed the Phantom Leader, which was of some help to the princess and made a contribution. What is there for him to be embarrassed to see her?

After apologizing to Rao Tingshan and the others, asking them to wait a moment, Su Qing, accompanied by Liang Haishun, who was draped in a cloth and ready to plant a flag at any time, headed straight for the place where the princess had arranged to meet.

The princess was not very proper, and the place where they made their appointment was also not very proper.

However, it was a place of filth and depravity within the Ksitigarbha Buddha's realm, a nunnery called Bu Shen Ju.

The nuns living in this place are all beautiful, with varying figures, and they wear elegant clothes, but their faces are solemn and dignified. Even when receiving guests, they are as serious as if they were practicing their spiritual cultivation.

They were truly practicing spiritual cultivation. After their guests had enjoyed themselves, they would even give them spiritual crystals and stones in return, to repay the guests for expending their life essence and physical bodies to help them with their spiritual cultivation.

The old demon of joy, falsely claiming to be the Buddha of Joyful Zen, is utterly shameless.

The only true practitioners of the Joyful Meditation and Buddhism path are the female practitioners of the Joyful Body-Spreading lineage in the Ksitigarbha Buddha Kingdom!
It is precisely because of these living bodhisattvas who give away spirit crystals instead of spirit crystals that Su Qing has never had the idea of ​​distributing the Passionate Series puppets to this immortal kingdom.

The competition is too strong. Not to mention puppets, even professional organizations like the Red Sleeve Pavilion, which have spread all over the cultivation world in the Western Sea, have a hard time competing with them for male organs.

Even Liang Haishun, an old ox nearing the end of his life, was not looked down upon by them. Looking at the four Foundation Establishment female cultivators blocking his way, Liang Haishun's old eyes simply couldn't take it all in.

You have to come out and see the world. If you don't, you'll never know there are such good people in the world, and such good things happen!

"Fellow Daoist Liang, you'd better take it easy. If you squeeze every last drop of juice out of us here, how will you explain it to Fellow Daoist Bai when we get to the Western Sea?"

Su Qing looked helplessly at Liang Haishun, who could not walk. Old Liang was good at everything else, but he always relied on his waist strength. Even if Liang Haishun had iron kidneys, how could he cope with the torment of four professional juicers?

"Fellow Daoist, rest assured, this old Daoist is ready to fight fiercely today. Perhaps I can earn my first pot of gold before heading to the Western Sea from these fellow Daoists!"

Old Liang was sharpening his gun, and Su Qing didn't want to interfere with his comfortable money-making.

In this world, there aren't many ways to make money comfortably while lying down. If you come across one, it's a pity if you miss it.

Unfortunately, he had important business to attend to and couldn't enjoy himself as much as Lao Liang. He could only let Lao Liang plant the battle flags for him first, allowing him to enjoy himself here alone, while he himself resolutely walked inside.

It wasn't that Su Qing was virtuous and clean-living, nor that he was unwilling to give his essence and blood to the living bodhisattvas.

It was indeed the Joyful Zen Buddhist lineage that the witch had emphasized in her instructions to him before his departure.

He said that in recent years, the Ksitigarbha Buddha Kingdom has been excavating ancient Buddhist relics. Although the progress has been slow, two fourth-level Buddhist treasures have been unearthed.

One of them is the fourth-tier spiritual treasure – the Joyful Buddha Statue.

This Buddha statue contains the method of joyful dual cultivation, and promotes the method of using desire to control desire. It is said to be a Buddha treasure, but no one can control it. On the contrary, this treasure uses the method of dual cultivation to gather a large number of believers in the Ksitigarbha Buddha Kingdom, and uses Vajra Buddha bones and many Buddha treasures to make it a spiritual and physical Dharma form.

From then on, the Buddha treasure transformed into a kind of spirit, possessing the power of a fourth-level Nascent Soul, and became a ruler of one side of the Ksitigarbha Buddha Kingdom.

What is most feared about it is its ability to bewitch people. Even Jia Chunqiu, who was able to manipulate events and thrive among various forces in several immortal kingdoms, could not escape being deceived when he hid in this Buddhist kingdom for several years. He transformed into a believer and used the nickname "Joyful Zen Buddha" to attract followers to the statue of the Joyful Buddha.

If it weren't for this Joyful Buddha statue, it wouldn't be able to escape the realm of Ksitigarbha Buddha. Moreover, within this Buddha realm, there is another fourth-tier spiritual Buddha treasure, which rivals the lineage of Fulong Temple, established by a highly accomplished cultivator who has attained enlightenment and realized the true Dharma of Buddhism.

If it can only harm the Ksitigarbha Buddha Kingdom for the time being, this immortal kingdom will probably have long been labeled an evil kingdom by the Western Sea cultivation world and will be targeted and suppressed by other immortal kingdoms.

The best time for the bewitching Buddha statue to entice people is when an outsider interacts with its followers, at the moment of their spiritual and physical elevation, breaking through their hearts and making them so immersed in the pleasure that they can hardly escape.

People like Liang Haishun, who have no hope of spiritual progress, would not be interested in Buddhist statues. At most, they would let their followers squeeze some of his essence and blood to help them with their spiritual practice.

With Lao Liang's limited resources, and the fact that he can still get donations afterward, indulging himself might be a win-win situation. So, he might as well do it, and having sex wouldn't hurt.

However, Su Qing is full of energy and has a long way to go. But if he associates with the believers of the Joyful Buddha, he will definitely attract the attention of the Joyful Buddha statue. At that time, the old story of Yunshan may be repeated, and his spiritual roots and bones will be used to benefit others. This time, there will be no original owner to protect him from disasters.

The Buddha statue of joy was even more terrifying than the old evil spirit of Yunshan. Su Qing was naturally moved but refused. Along the way, he encountered a series of charming female cultivators who wanted to undress him, but he did not even look at them and kept his penis under control.

But as he walked among the myriad flowers without a single petal clinging to him, doubts began to creep into his heart.

Given that Su Qing was able to learn about the strangeness of the Joyful Buddha Statue from the witch, and considering that the Fire Phoenix Kingdom and the Earthly Treasury Buddha Kingdom have been neighbors for many years, there's no reason why the Fire Phoenix Princess wouldn't know.

Then why choose this place to meet?

Could it be that after Princess Fire Phoenix was abducted by that Happy Old Demon, she was already turned into a Happy Believer?

It's entirely possible that they'll actually pay it back!

Given the extent of that princess's perversion, it wouldn't be surprising to say that she was the embodiment of the Buddha of Joy!

While Su Qing secretly cursed Princess Huofeng and reminded herself to hold on tight to her belt, uphold her principles, and not be misled by the evil Buddha, she thought to herself.

Before him appeared a woman with bright eyes and white teeth, skin as white as snow. She stood there motionless, like the warm winter sun, a graceful woman who seemed to have embraced all the beauty in the world.

This woman was no less beautiful than the witch princess, and her temperament was completely different from all the female cultivators Su Qing knew.

A pair of pure, clear eyes, like those of a newborn animal, untouched by any impurities, yet somehow evoking the feeling that it would be better if they were tainted with some impurities.

A blank sheet of paper that can arouse everyone's desires and make people want to scribble on it!
Even though Su Qing had already prepared to guard against her and uphold his Dao heart, he was still distracted and his Dao heart wavered the moment he first saw this woman.

Even the thought of using her as a template to create a new type of passionate puppet never arose, which shows just how powerful this woman is at arousing people's desires!

But the illusion was only fleeting. After all, he was a proper cultivator who had undergone countless tests by the witch. Even if the abbess of the Bu Shen Ju brought out their temple, she would not be able to sway his Dao heart or loosen his belt!

"Benefactor Su?" The woman saw Su Qing's expression momentarily dazed, but then quickly regained its clarity. Her beautiful eyes lit up, and she turned her head to ask softly.

"This humble Daoist Su Qing greets fellow Daoist."

Su Qing held her breath and carefully replied.

The woman before me wore a yellow and black nun's hat and a plain-colored robe. On her fair, snow-white wrists were Buddhist prayer beads, a symbol of her status as the abbess of the nunnery.

With the cultivation of the Golden Core stage, and seemingly having achieved success in practicing the Joyful Zen method, he could conjure up appearances that would delight and move living beings without relying on the power of the Illusionary Heart Runes.

His cultivation is extremely profound; one can only imagine how many people he must have exploited to achieve such a level of mastery. He is not to be underestimated and must be on high alert to deal with him.

“This humble nun’s Dharma name is Xi Sui. I am here to receive Benefactor Su on the orders of Benefactor Feng Shen. Now that Benefactor Su has arrived, please follow Xi Sui to the backyard.”

Xi Sui nodded and, after revealing her identity, turned and took a step. Her steps were graceful, small but surprisingly fast.

Su Qing mustered his strength and took a step of several dozen feet to keep up with her speed. He was puzzled, wondering how she could have such a hundred-foot speed in a single breath without using any spiritual or physical strength.

"This is the Joyful Step. When I step on the ground, the earth rejoices and is willing to move to my place. If Benefactor Su wishes to learn this method, you can come to my place of seclusion after meeting Benefactor Feng. I will answer your questions!"

Xi Sui noticed the gaze fixed on him from behind, turned around and smiled, speaking softly.

"I am foolish and dare not presume to study your profound teachings. Although I am curious, there are countless things in the cultivation world that pique my curiosity, and I have no intention of exploring them all. The mountains are hidden deep in the clouds, which has its own charm."

Su Qing responded politely, saying that with his abilities, although he could not fully comprehend the mysteries of the Joyful Steps in such a short distance, he could at least discern some of its true nature.

It's just a movement technique that utilizes spatial loopholes to find spatial gaps within the real world, thereby achieving an effect similar to shrinking the earth to an inch.

You dare to make the earth rejoice for you? With your arrogance, how can you not make heaven and earth rejoice for you?

You've lied to so many people that you've even fooled yourself!
Despite his disdain, this spatial movement technique was still quite ingenious. It was just a pity that she wasn't a proper trading partner. If she were like a witch, he, Su Qing, would have given her the technique for the sake of it.

Seeing that Su Qing was unmoved by her words and acted like a chaste and virtuous woman, Xi Sui lost the will to provoke him. Her beautiful eyes no longer moved for him, and she was unwilling to let him see any more of her charm. She silently led him to Princess Huofeng, who was enjoying herself with two women on her left and right.

Third Uncle is right.

The Fire Phoenix Kingdom obtained this princess.

The country is probably really doomed!

(End of this chapter)