Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 344 Sword Fight
The principle that cultivators fear authority more than virtue is universally applicable.

But the far west is an exception.

The cultivators here have long lived on isolated islands overseas, rarely influenced by the evil influences of the outside world. They also uphold the ancient traditions and are extremely grateful for kindness.

Of course, this trait may also be one of the reasons why they are still poor.

Su Qing was revered as a holy teacher by them because his words could command the sword cultivators of the hall to draw their swords and help him, regardless of the opponent or the time and place.

This is because, in the past six months, Su Qing has provided tremendous assistance to the far west.

Why are the far western regions so poor?
Firstly, the extreme west is bitterly cold, unlike the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, which sits on the Hundred Beast Mountain Range, where natural treasures and rare and exotic beasts abound, allowing one to become a wealthy man without any effort.

Secondly, due to the lack of proficiency in various arts and crafts, and the harshness of the far west, few cultivators are willing to go to the far west to spread their teachings. Even if they scrimp and save and use their hard-earned money to hire professionals to spread their teachings in the far west, it is still a drop in the ocean compared to the huge population of the far west, and it is impossible to create an atmosphere of nationwide cultivation like the immortal kingdoms of the Western Sea.

They cannot change the harsh, cold conditions of the far west.

However, they are capable of making efforts to popularize and develop various arts and crafts in the far west.

Since Su Qing reached an agreement with Ji Yong'en and representatives of several major tribes in the far west to jointly develop the Far West Essence Stone Mine.

With the Wanfa Master puppet and the dagger missile puppet as capital, Su Qing, who holds 80% of the shares in this mine, has been fulfilling his promise for the past six months.

A third-tier dagger missile puppet and hundreds of first and second-tier myriad mage puppets were loaded onto ships and sent to the far west five months ago.

According to feedback from the far west, the Wanfa Shizun Puppet is very popular there. Based on the Wanfa Shizun Puppet, the entire far west is now bustling with the opening of cultivation schools to popularize various cultivation arts.

This is only the first batch. According to the agreement between Jianlai Palace and Su Qing, the second batch of puppets will be loaded onto a ship and set sail in another month. Among the puppets on this ship, there are even third-order array master puppets, who can teach the cultivators of the far west the way of third-order arrays!
If this trend continues, in less than a hundred years, the development of cultivation arts in the far west will leap to a new level. At least some cultivation materials that have not yet reached a certain level or are only at the first level will be able to be refined by themselves, without having to travel across the ocean to purchase them at high prices from the outside world.

Giving a man a fish is not as good as teaching him how to fish. Su Qing's Wanfa Master Puppet makes the future of the far west promising.

Such a good person deserves to be called a Holy Master. This was a sentiment expressed by many sword cultivators in the Sword Arrival Hall, who were willing to do so.

Anyone who tries to harm their Holy Master is going against the hundreds of thousands of sword cultivators of the Sword Arrival Hall, and against the millions of cultivators in the far west!

"Is it that the Qingtian Wuchang of the Law Enforcement Hall is being unreasonable, or that the Blood Emperor of the Twilight Society is itching for a beating? Holy Master, please speak your mind. Even if we have to leave this place in Wanghai, we will still cut them down!"

When Ji Yong'en learned that Su Qing was coming, he rubbed his hands excitedly. He felt no burden about helping him kill people and was even looking forward to it.

They were all honest people. Although they sold the Jingguang Stone Mine to Su Qing, the mine is still lying motionless underground in the far west, while Su Qing's puppet in the far west has already begun to enjoy it.

This made the simple-minded sword cultivators feel uneasy, as if they owed Su Qing something and felt they had to help Su Qing kill a few people to repay the debt.

A swordsman's sword is hard to dodge, but his thoughts are easy to guess.

Su Qing was also very satisfied with these business partners who came from wealthy families and were capable in business.

Seated in a high position in the Sword Arrival Hall, he bowed to Ji Yong'en and said:
"Fellow Daoist knows my character. I value harmony and making money, and I rarely have conflicts with others, let alone life-or-death enemies with whom I need to fight."

"My visit to your esteemed hall is not to seek your assistance, but rather to request something!"

"Oh, you're not going to kill anyone?" Ji Yong'en muttered in disappointment, then added:

"Fellow Daoist, just tell me what you need, and my Sword Arrival Hall will provide you with whatever you have or don't need!"

Even a broken ship has three pounds of nails. Although the far west is harsh, it has accumulated some treasures over the years. Most of them were brought out by the sword cultivators of the Sword Arrival Hall for protection when they venture out.

Ji Yong'en's statement that the treasures inside the hall were at Su Qing's disposal was already quite generous and magnanimous, making Su Qing feel even more certain that her previous judgment was correct.

These second-generation miners are people you can befriend!

"I heard that only your esteemed hall in Wanghai City possesses a fourth-grade Great Toon Wood core. I was in a hurry to obtain it, which is why I had to come and bother you. Rest assured, fellow Daoist, I will not take your money for nothing. I will give you the full amount of spirit stones you are entitled to!"

Su Qing knew that the sword cultivators of the Sword Arrival Hall were suffering, and he didn't intend to take advantage of them. He would offer whatever price they were willing to pay, as long as they were willing to sell.

"I do have large ailanthus wood cores, and not just one, but two!"

Since Ji Yong'en was able to put the large cedar wood core up for auction, this treasure was certainly not something they couldn't part with. As long as the price was right, they would sell it to anyone, especially since the Holy Master Su Qing had stepped in.

"There are two? That's great! I'll take both. Fellow Daoist, just name your price!"

Su Qing's eyes lit up. Two is great! He was worried that one would not be effective enough for the four lions and would affect the potential of these puppets, wasting the power of the illusory and real Dao patterns. Now that he has two, there should be no problem for the four illusory and real lions to advance to the fourth rank at the same time in the future.

Seeing Su Qing's obvious interest in the large ailanthus wood core, Ji Yong'en's face showed some difficulty, and he stammered:
"Originally there were two, but now there is only one left. The other one is in the hands of my junior brother, Jifeng Jianye Suo. A few years ago, my junior brother was bewitched by that fox woman and is no longer under the control of my Sword Comes Hall. If the Holy Master wants his one, it will be somewhat difficult."

"This small tree can be given to the Holy Master now, but the Holy Master needs to know that this great cedar tree has male and female branches. The spiritual energy and vitality contained within the male tree far surpasses that of the female tree, and it can command the female tree. Before the male tree, the female tree can only bow down and submit!"

The Great Toon Tree is a specialty of the far west. This tree can produce Toon Fruit, which tastes like the flesh of a spirit beast. One fruit is enough to feed a person for several days. Its leaves and bark can be woven into simple robes, which have the effect of warding off evil and keeping warm. Hollowing out the tree can also make it into a spirit house to resist the invasion of the omnipresent winds of the far west.

Every part of the tree is a treasure. A large Toona sinensis tree is an important asset for families in the far west. The growth and quality of the tree are related to the family's status in the tribe and whether the men in the family can get married. Therefore, the people of the far west take great care of the large Toona sinensis tree.

In this way, every household raised trees, and a few fourth-order large ailanthus trees were cultivated. The two large ailanthus tree cores that Ji Yongen and others brought to Wanghai were left behind by two fourth-order large ailanthus tree spirits who exhausted their life force and died in order to suppress the evil spirits in the underground riots in the far west more than 10,000 years ago.

"Since there are male and female, as the master of the Sword Arrival Palace, what you have should be the male one, right?" Su Qing had little interest in the significance of the Great Chun Wood to the Immortal People of the Far West; he only wanted the male one.

"Of course it is female. Ye Suo is a sword genius that my sect has not seen in ten thousand years. My master once said that he has the appearance of a Nascent Soul and can see the realm of a fourth-level sword cultivator. He has long since refined that male cedar wood core into a magic sword, which has the ability to generate ten thousand swords with one sword."

"To be honest, Holy Master, what we submitted for auction before was this mother ailanthus wood core in my hand. We had the intention that if someone else obtained this core, they would be subdued by Ye Suo's ailanthus wood sword!" Ji Yong'en frankly admitted that he was inferior to Ye Suo.

This cannot be hidden. After Ye Suo betrayed the Sword Comes Palace and was bewitched by that fox woman, he led several third-level sword cultivators from the Sword Comes Palace to attack Langya Workshop several times.

However, they were all repelled by Ye Suo alone with his sword. This matter became known throughout the city, and everyone laughed at the Sword Arrival Hall for painstakingly cultivating a peak third-tier sword cultivator, only to find that he had been trained for someone else.

When Su Qing heard that the male toon tree kernel was in the hands of the traitor Ye Suo, he frowned, feeling that the matter was becoming rather difficult.

The sword cultivators of the Sword Arrival Hall may seem honest, but they have quite a few ulterior motives. Back when they auctioned off the female Toona sinensis wood core, they probably had the idea of ​​using the male Toona sinensis wood core to take back the female one after the auction.

Su Qing could not accept the consequences of the puppet made from the mother ailanthus wood core being controlled by Ye Suo's ailanthus wood sword.

"In that case, I will need to make a trip to Langya Market. I believe that Fellow Daoist Ye, being a fellow cultivator from the far west, is as understanding and reasonable as the other Daoists from Sword Arrival Hall, and would be willing to make a deal with me!"

“That beast Ye Suo only has eyes for women now and can’t tolerate anything else. If the Holy Master goes, we will go with him. That little beast now only follows Ling Ying’s lead. We are afraid that he will be a threat to the Holy Master!”

Although Ji Yong'en hated the traitor Ye Suo to the extreme, he still held onto the hope that Ye Suo might one day repent and turn over a new leaf. Upon hearing that Su Qing was going to find Ye Suo, he was worried that Ye Suo might hurt Su Qing, and Su Qing might hurt Ye Suo. To be on the safe side, he took his brothers and went with Su Qing.

Su Qing did not refuse. Although he was no longer afraid of Ye Suo, he had no idea how many sycophants Ling Ying had kept in Langya Fang over the years with her seductive skills. Having a group of ruthless sword cultivators under his command would indeed make him more secure.

After agreeing to go find Ye Suo, the transaction for the mother ailanthus core in Ji Yong'en's possession was completed extremely quickly.

Su Qing is a kind and honest person, and Ji Yongen is also an honest person.

There was no negotiation process; both parties directly used the starting price when they submitted the item for auction as the benchmark, and the item was transferred to another owner for 6,200 spirit stones.

When Su Qing led a large group of fierce and ruthless sword cultivators out of the Sword Arrival Hall and headed straight for Langya Workshop.

All the cultivators in Wanghai City who witnessed this scene were terrified and retreated in fear.

"Su Qing has led the people from the Sword Hall to attack Langya Ward!"

"What? Su Qing has his eye on Langya Fang's businesses and wants to acquire them, merging them with Su's Puppet Shop?"

"Ah, Su Qing has set his sights on Ling Shangren and intends to forcibly abduct him to be his Daoist partner!"

"Don't talk nonsense. The reliable information is that Master Su has taken a liking to Ling Shangren's figure and appearance and wants to have a life-size mold made to create a beauty puppet in the style of Ling Ying. Master Su's craftsmanship and pursuit of perfection in puppetry are truly admirable!"

"I heard it's Daoist Su who's plotting against Langya Immortal Island. He wants to take in Master Lingying and use Master Lingying's identity to lead 100,000 puppets to attack Langya Island!"

Su Ji Puppet Shop, which opened for half a year, has transformed the original nine-strong competition in Wanghai into a ten-strong competition. As the owner of this shop, Su Qing's every word and action can be interpreted in countless versions in Wanghai City.

Not to mention that today, he led a group of sword cultivators and thugs from the Sword Hall out into the streets and headed to Langya Lane in a grand manner.

Something big must be happening.

There will definitely be some excitement to see.

Hu Gua, who loves watching a good show, held his melon and took his place outside Langya Lane early in the morning, just waiting to enjoy a good meal of melon and spread the news to Wanghai based on the size and taste of the melon, earning a small amount of information fee.

Meanwhile, the onlookers in the Immortal City all learned that Su Qing was leading his men toward Langya Workshop.

Ling Ying and the others in Langya Lane had known the news long ago.

At this moment, the workshop was already closed and closed for business. The heroes gathered in the workshop felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Ling Ying's beautiful eyes were filled with spring-like warmth, her watery gaze shifting between the cultivators before her, making each of them feel as if she were looking at them, and as if they were the ones she truly loved.

Ling Ying didn't care much for those useless sycophants who were completely powerless against her Azure Fox Spirit Eyes. She only lingered a little longer on Ye Suo and a few other Golden Core cultivators, third-tier beings. These were high-quality sycophants, and she would need to put in more effort for them.

It has been ten years since she came to Wanghai City alone from Langya Immortal Island.

For the past ten years, she has been working tirelessly day and night, her heart and soul set on reclaiming Langya Immortal Island, which her Nascent Soul father had cultivated for many years.

It's a pity that the wicked woman's methods were even more sophisticated than hers. Even though she used the assets in Langya Fang, combined with her own Golden Core Dharma Avatar ability, and won over several third-tier Golden Core cultivators in Wanghai City and befriended many forces, she still had little chance of competing with that wicked woman.

Unless she can turn the currently powerful Taoist Su into her own.

This person's ability to create puppets far surpasses that of the Duan family, which has a history of ten thousand years. Duan Yang and his ilk are simply no match for him.

Besides her puppet-making ability, her physical cultivation and ability to control several third-tier puppets in battle are also among the best in Wanghai City. In terms of pure combat strength, she may be stronger than Ye Suo under her command.

We'll find out who's stronger in a test!
“Fellow Daoist Ye, Ling Ying has been trying her best to please this Daoist Su these past few days, but this Daoist Su only knows how to accept gifts and won’t even give Ling Ying a chance to meet alone. His attitude towards Ling Ying is obvious.”

Like the other forces in Wanghai City, they harbor ill intentions towards Ling Ying and the Langya Fang property!
This time, he brought all the sword cultivators from the Sword Hall uninvited, perhaps intending to reveal his true intentions to Ling Ying. Fellow Daoist Ye, what do you say Ling Ying should do?

Ling Ying turned her head and her soft voice reached Ye Suo's ears, making him tremble. How could he bear to see such a precious treasure of heaven and earth being hurt?
"Don't worry, Ying'er, with me here, that Taoist Su can't cause any trouble!"

Of all the heroes present, the only one Ling Ying can truly rely on is Ye Suo!

Ye Suo looked around at the pack of dogs and barked especially loudly.

(End of this chapter)