Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 343 The Four Lions, Real and Illusory, and the Core of the Great Toon Tree

A top-notch puppet shop has opened in Wanghai City.

From the very beginning of its opening, the Night Emperor was killed to add to the festivities, and the scene has been played on a large screen ever since. The Night Emperor's tragic appearance has made the place so powerful that customers who wanted to give them a bad review would tremble at the sight of him and dare not leave a negative comment.

In fact, very few people would want to give Su Ji Puppet Shop a bad review.

The shopkeeper is a Foundation Establishment spirit, beautiful and hospitable. The shop assistant is a pretty and sweet-talking young woman, and a kind-hearted bear provides loan services to many fellow cultivators, doing so with great care and charging just the right interest rate.

Good service is secondary; the most important thing is good products!
Although the number of puppets sold in the store is not as large as that of the Duan family, each series is a masterpiece, especially the Wanfa Master's puppet, which is exclusively supplied in the entire Western Sea.

It is said that the Hundred Treasures Pavilion and the Yuanlai Pavilion resell these items to other immortal kingdoms. A first-tier Myriad Law Master Puppet can be sold for the price of a second-tier puppet. This shows that the Myriad Law Master Puppets that the cultivators of Wanghai can buy cheaply due to their proximity to the source are very popular in other places.

The exorcism puppet series is a real bargain. The third-tier dagger exorcism missile is something that low-level rogue cultivators can only dream of. But with the little ghost dolls equipped with the exorcism magic gun, a burst of fire is enough to make most first and second-tier little ghost dolls unable to withstand it. Nowadays, whenever cultivators from Wanghai go out to sea by ship, the exorcism ghost doll team is a standard feature on board.

Good wine needs no bush, especially Su Ji Puppet Shop. From the very beginning, it has never known the meaning of being low-key. As a result, in just half a year, the shop has taken root in Wanghai and reached the level of a four-star gold medal shop, becoming one of the prides of Wanghai cultivators.

"Do you know, we people of Wanghai, don't you know? Master Wanfa, do you know? It's produced in the shops of Dawanghai!"

Su Qing, who had achieved the ability to earn a fortune from home and no longer worry about spirit stones and crystals for a short period of time, had made a fortune in spirit stones and crystals in the past six months, but he was also exhausted.

Behind Su Ji's shop, in recognition of the outstanding contributions Su Ji's puppet shop has made to Wanghai City, the three leaders of Wanghai, namely Huanghun Society, Yuanlai Tower, and Hongxiu Tower, allocated a large plot of land for Su Ji's shop so that Su Qing could freely practice puppet making.

Su Qing acted with great freedom, and within just six months, she single-handedly created the prototype of a puppet factory.

This factory contains nearly ten thousand wood spirits of various sizes, all controlled by the dragon and snake wood spirits who also act as supervisors. There are also forging puppets, fire-making puppets, smelting puppets, and other puppet-making tool puppets, forming a puppet-making assembly line.

Besides these puppets helping him work and refine puppets, because he helped the Duan family puppet shop out of the clutches of the Twilight Society, the Duan siblings sent hundreds of first and second-tier puppeteers to work for him. Since their employment relationship was with the Duan family shop, Su Qing did not have to pay these puppeteers' monthly salaries.

However, it is precisely because of these working puppets that the workers help share the basic work of puppet making and drawing low-level runes.

Su Qing also found it difficult to find time to free up.

The blueprints for the Wanfa Master Puppet and other secrets must not be known to outsiders; they must be made personally.

He was the only one who could guarantee the success rate in refining high-level runes such as third- and fourth-tier immortal runes, exorcism runes, and illusion runes.

The inheritance of the Fu Dao Sect can only be passed on by him through the Fu Sheng Seal, which integrates it into the immortal runes, so that his master, Kui, can have the ability to impart knowledge and skills, and spread the inheritance of the Fu Dao Sect far and wide.

If the predecessors and sages of the Fu Dao Sect knew that Su Qing had spread the Fu Dao Sect's legacy everywhere in such a way, they would probably be overjoyed if they had a spirit in the afterlife.

Six months of hard work, but it wasn't that hard.

He completed all the large orders from the major forces in Wanghai City on time and in the required quantities, and the final payments were received one after another, earning him a huge sum of 20,000 spirit stones.

Business with individual customers in the city was never delayed, and no despicable act of scarcity marketing was ever committed. Instead, the city opened its doors to supply the Wanfa Master puppets that were selling like hotcakes all over the West Sea, which directly led to many scalpers and resellers in Wanghai City reselling the Wanfa Master puppets.

On this day, Su Qing, somewhat weary, installed a third-tier dagger missile puppet onto the treasure ship of Yuanlai Tower. He smiled wryly at Rao Tingshan, the now much more powerful and successful lord of Wanghai Tower:
"Fellow Daoist Rao, you're doing a great business! This treasure ship can earn a lot of money on its voyage. Once it reaches Fangzhang Immortal Island, you can resell the ship and its cargo for three or four times the profit. Unlike me, who can only toil away refining puppets and earn this meager hard-earned money!"

"Fellow Daoist Su is too modest. Nowadays, everyone in Wanghai knows that it's only a matter of time before Su's Puppet Shop becomes a five-star gold medal shop. The taxes paid in the past six months alone have enabled the construction of several more third-tier arrays in Wanghai City."

Although Rao's treasure ship business earns him a lot of spirit stones, he's essentially working for the main building. It's nowhere near as lucrative as Fellow Daoist Su starting his own business and making money personally!

Rao Tingshan, who became the master of Wanghai Tower, had the support of the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom, but because his master had abdicated and left a few months ago, he no longer had a Nascent Soul master to back him up. So he didn't dare not eat beef in Wanghai City and was very polite to Su Qing, the new darling of Wanghai.

Su Qing, who had not yet reached the point of not eating beef, was also unwilling to offend Rao Tingshan, a fellow Daoist who could represent the will of the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom in Wanghai City.

In fact, in the past six months, even the Twilight Society and the Law Enforcement Hall, who used to be hostile towards him, have now maintained a harmonious relationship with him and have not had any disputes.

This was due to both Su Qing's own pride and the imminent arrival of the High Evil God in Wanghai!
"It has only been a few months since the Evil God took control of this city. Given Fellow Daoist Su's relationship with the Evil God, you will need to put in a good word for our Yuanlai Tower in front of the Evil God. For the next thousand years, we will still have to rely on him and dare not neglect this Evil God!"

Rao Tingshan spoke in a slightly respectful tone, which made Su Qing's lips twitch.

He considers himself to be doing quite well now, but he is one of the Three Heroes of Yunshan, who also came from Yunshan Immortal City.

Gao Erqiang, through some unknown fortuitous encounter, became a fourth-order Great Evil. Now, he is second only to the First Evil and above all other Evils in the Demon Tree Evil Kingdom, far surpassing him.

Old Master Tong is no less impressive. He has a beauty in his arms and an immortal island at his disposal. I heard that last month he forced back a Nascent Soul cultivator from a thousand islands with the power of a fourth-order talisman. He's incredibly powerful!
These two, one evil and one a puppet, are neither human, so how come they're doing better than people?

It's because they are strong enough and have a powerful enough fist!
In the White Cloud Immortal City, Gao Erqiang is a headless evil spirit. In this Sea-Viewing City, even before his arrival, various forces have already begun to move about, preparing to welcome the evil god's arrival!

Su Qing gave Rao Tingshan a few ambiguous words, neither confirming nor denying, and then sent him away before calling Hongshang to her side:

"I instructed Qinghe that from today onwards, I will no longer accept orders for third-tier puppets, and the supply of second-tier Myriad Law Master puppets should also be limited. I will focus on selling the factory's existing stock for the time being. In the coming months, I will not have time to be distracted by the affairs of the store."

"Is Master about to begin refining the Four Void Puppets? Hongshang understands. I will take care of everything outside and will not let Master's important matters be delayed!"

As the red puppet that accompanied Su Qing day and night, Hong Chang knew that the four puppets of illusion and reality that her master had been sketching on the blueprints for more than half a year were definitely not ordinary puppets. Therefore, she supported her master in making them.

"The puppet blueprints and corresponding materials are indeed ready, but the rune reserves are still insufficient. This seclusion may not be successful; it's just a trial. The focus of this seclusion is still on that broken lotus platform. If we can refine this treasure into a puppet, this seclusion will not have been in vain!"

Su Qing said, her mind preoccupied.

All the cultivators in Wanghai City felt that Su Qing and Gao Xieshen were close friends and had a very deep friendship. Su Qing had indeed cooperated with Gao Erqiang before, and they had also been exchanging ideas frequently on the Heavenly Talisman Tablet in recent years.

However, this relationship becomes insignificant when it comes to the conflict over Dao patterns.

As the master of the Dao pattern that blooms in an instant, Su Qing is currently unaware of how much Gao Erqiang still needs to achieve before becoming the number one master.

But he knew that if given the chance, Gao Erqiang would definitely make him return the Dao patterns he had obtained by collecting lanterns in Baiyun Immortal City!

To be honest, this mark originally belonged to someone else. Now that they are powerful, it's not a big deal to make friends with them.

But since he already has the Dao mark imprinted on his body, he would have to pay with his life to repay it, which is absolutely impossible.

However, based on my conversations with Gao Erqiang over the years while surfing the Tianfu brand website, it seems that he is not as enthusiastic about Dao patterns as other evil spirits. At least he has never mentioned the few Dao patterns on his body that bloom in an instant.

This time, he is coming to Wanghai City to take charge and dominate the city. He also wants Su Qing to stay and wait for him. Once he arrives, the two brothers will jointly govern the city. With this city as their base, they can look to the islands of the Western Sea and have a bright future!
Su Qing couldn't guarantee whether there was much potential, but he knew that he needed to be qualified to stand shoulder to shoulder with Gao Erqiang to be considered a brother.
In the past six months, he has earned as many as 60,000 spirit stones as a puppet crafting tool. A small portion of these were converted into inventory for his small shop, and a small portion was used to expand production in this puppet factory.

Even so, there are still more than 40,000 in working capital. With so many spirit stones in hand, how can we not build a puppet that Gao Erqiang can't do anything about?
Su Qing went into the puppet-making room and made some changes to the two drawings before finally finalizing the version.

"Using the Golden Lion as the main material, mixed with the illusory and real Dao patterns extracted from the Illusory and Real Formless Robe, and supplemented with fourth-order illusory and real runes to make up for the incomplete Dao patterns, it may be able to exert abilities close to the fifth order. Moreover, because the Dao patterns can grow, this puppet may have the potential to advance further."

In this way, the demon core corpse of the golden lion will also need to be repaired, or a fourth-order large cedar wood core will be used to add growth power to it, so that it can grow and progress together with the Dao patterns.

Furthermore, by equipping it with the four elements of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, it can draw upon the power of the four elements, possessing not only the ability to defend against unpredictable events, but also the offensive power that is difficult for those below the Nascent Soul stage to withstand!

The Four Lions of Void then refined the Broken Lotus Puppet according to this idea. As for its destined owner, it would be made as originally planned, since its destined user was that second-tier Earth Obsidian Monster!

After determining the refining method, Su Qing gathered all the spirit stones and went straight to various shops in the city to buy them.

Inside the Treasure Pavilion, Su Qing was a distinguished guest. He went straight to the third floor and, with the warm hospitality of Tong Xin and the pavilion master, gathered materials such as Gangfeng Purple Essence, Heavenly Thunder Essence, and Cloud Rain Stone Embryo, along with various kinds of talisman water, spending a total of more than 2,200 spirit stones.

"It's not that our shop is hoarding goods and reluctant to sell; it's just that those fourth-grade large cedar wood cores are rare and precious materials throughout the entire Western Sea. Our Hundred Treasures Pavilion headquarters might have some, but it would take three to five years to transport them from Penglai. Fellow Daoist Su, since you urgently need them, you can't wait!"

Lu Wentian, the head of the Wanghai branch of Baibaoge, is not only a Golden Core cultivator but also a fourth-order Spirit Assassin. Only a ruthless person like him can maintain the reputation of Baibaoge within the sphere of influence of the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom.

But no matter how ruthless he was on the outside, at this moment in the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, he was just a businessman. He even smiled and begged Su Qing, a distinguished guest who had contributed several thousand spirit stones to his Wanghai Hundred Treasures Pavilion's sales over the past six months. Because he could not provide the distinguished guest with the goods he needed, he even had a bit of shame on his face!

The already short Lü Wentian was now bowing and scraping so low that his waist was almost touching the ground. He looked worthless, but since he was bending over for spirit stones, Su Qing dared not neglect him.

If Ling Cifu wants to reach the fourth level, he needs to have the record of killing a fourth-level Nascent Soul cultivator. Regardless of whether this guy killed a Nascent Soul cultivator who was old and frail, as long as he has the record of killing a Nascent Soul cultivator, he is one of the most ruthless people in this city who cannot be offended.

"It was my haste that made the request, not that the Hundred Treasures Pavilion was out of stock. After all, fourth-grade treasures are extremely rare. Since your pavilion is temporarily out of stock, I will go and look elsewhere."

Su Qing bowed and cupped his hands to Lü Wentian, then headed to Yuanlai Tower to try his luck.

Just before leaving, he was stopped by Tong Xin, who had been silent the whole time.

"Master Su, please don't go to Yuanlai Tower. If my Baibao Pavilion doesn't have the goods, Yuanlai Tower certainly won't have them either. As for the fourth-grade large cedar wood core, in this Wanghai City, only Jianlai Palace once had one, which they brought from the far west."

It was once submitted to the Wanghai City auction, but due to its high starting price and the lack of interest from anyone at the time, it failed to sell. It's unknown whether they've tried to acquire it again over the years. If Fellow Daoist Su wishes to obtain this item, he should perhaps inquire at the Sword Arrival Hall.

As Su Qing established himself in Wanghai City and became a powerful figure in his own right, fewer and fewer people called him "fellow Daoist," while more and more people addressed him as "Master Daoist."

This is only to be expected, since in the cultivation world, seniority is determined by strength!

Su Qing thanked Tong Xin a few times, saying that all the sales figures related to Li Hailang bringing people to purchase goods in the future could be attributed to him. This made Tong Xin extremely happy, and he wished he could escort him all the way to the Sword Arrival Hall.

However, there is no need for Tong Xin to see them off.

Because Su Qing's status in the Sword Hall is even higher than that in the Treasure Pavilion.

The Hundred Treasures Pavilion treated him with great respect because of the spirit stones in his bag.

However, the ruthless sword cultivators inside the Sword Hall held Su Qing in the highest esteem from the bottom of their hearts.

As soon as he stepped into the entrance of the Sword Arrival Hall, many sword cultivators inside came out of the hall to greet him.

"What brings Master Su to my palace today? Please come in quickly. Little Seventeen, close the doors immediately. My Sword Arrives Palace has a distinguished guest today and is not receiving outsiders!"

"Is something the Holy Master Su doing? He must be doing something, otherwise why would he take the time to come here when he could be spending hundreds or thousands of spirit crystals every minute! Please speak freely, Master, and my Sword Comes Hall will help with whatever we can and cannot help with!"

"Is the Holy Master going to kill people? When? Where? How many people do you need? How many guns? Don't underestimate my Sword Hall just because we have few people now. If a fight really breaks out, we can summon several ships of troops from the far west at any time!"

(End of this chapter)