Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Ye Suo has yet to experience the pain of being oppressed by Ling Ying, whom he has been longing for.

At this moment, on this dueling platform, with his two swords on the ground and his knees on the ground, he was bearing the boundless pressure of the Nine-Tailed Nine Swords, which formed a world of its own.

It seemed that Su Qing was deliberately humiliating him, since the Nine-Tailed Nine Swords could have reduced Ye Suo to ashes if they had landed.

But it didn't fall for a long time, just hovered in the air, putting pressure on him and making him look ridiculous!
Ying'er is still watching from below the stage!
I must be in such a sorry state, which must be heartbreaking for her and I must have embarrassed her!

"I, Ye Suo, acknowledge that my sword is inferior to yours, but I, Ye Suo, will not allow myself to be humiliated by you!"

Ye Suo, with his extreme personality, became agitated. He mobilized all his strength, and with his joints cracking and breaking, he straightened up from the ground, bearing the weight of a mountain. He held the Gale Sword in his hand, pointing the blade at his dantian, ready to commit suicide on the spot!

"No, no!"

Seeing him like this, Su Qing immediately spoke up to stop him.

Ye Suo has lived to such an old age, yet he gets excited like a young man.

Is Su Qing the kind of person who wouldn't let go of someone once he's in power?

If he wanted to kill Ye Suo, he would have done it long ago.

The key point is that he didn't want to kill this sycophant.

It wasn't that he was afraid of Ling Ying's retaliation, but rather that he was afraid of upsetting the cultivators of the Sword Hall.

Ling Yingfei didn't really care for him, but Ji Yongen and the other sword cultivators, though calling him a little beast, actually had genuine feelings for him.

Su Qing didn't want this leaf to cause a rift in his relationship with the other cultivators of the Sword Arrival Hall, as he was going to mine in the far west in the future.

The reason why the sword force couldn't be fully formed just now was not because he intended to humiliate him, but because Tiger Egg had only grasped half of the concept and only knew how to form the force, not how to stop it.

Unable to control the sword's momentum, he could only let it linger in the air, causing Ye Suo to misunderstand. It was only after he exerted tremendous effort and used his own energy to slowly dissipate the sword's momentum that it dissipated on its own.

As he spoke, the sword's momentum collapsed. Ye Suo, feeling light all over, stood there dumbfounded, sword in hand, unsure whether to stab or not.

"Fellow Daoist Su is a true master who has never revealed his abilities. He is an unparalleled swordsmanship genius. Fellow Daoist Ye's defeat today is not unjust. This Great Chun Wood Sword should be yours. Ling Ying will now take Fellow Daoist Ye away. I will visit you another day with a precious treasure. I only hope that you will not keep me at arm's length again!"

Ling Ying gracefully landed on the platform, snatched the Gale Sword from Ye Suo's hand with her delicate hand, not giving this excellent sycophant a chance to commit suicide, and then used her beautiful eyes to urge Ye Suo to dispel the divine imprint of the Great Chun Wood Sword. She then handed the sword to Su Qing with both hands.

Then, emphasizing the word "treasure" meaningfully, he extended an invitation to Su Qing.

With the large cedar wood sword in hand, Tiger Egg also yielded a significant reward.

In a good mood, Su Qing was also somewhat interested in the treasure that Ling Ying had mentioned. She nodded and gave Ling Ying the opportunity to talk to her alone.

All they wanted was for him to go to sea, seize the island, and reclaim his family business.

I absolutely cannot help him. The relationship between Master Tong and me is far beyond what a vixen like her can compare to.

The main reason is that I don't have the confidence to get a good deal from this old Taoist priest who sells talismans!

Bah!
It's all Tiger Egg's fault for being so disappointing. He was able to develop the prototype of a Heaven-level combat skill, but why didn't he just finish it in one go?
“Master, you do not know that it is not possible without tiger eggs, but that you are incompetent.”

Only if the master equips the tiger egg with a fourth-tier Lu Wu bloodline demon core, draws fifth-tier divine beast runes and fifth-tier sword dao runes, and provides various fourth-tier materials to improve and renovate the tiger egg, thus upgrading it to a fourth-tier puppet, will the tiger egg have the possibility of freely controlling heaven-level combat skills.

The Tiger Egg's third-tier puppet body is no match for the power of a Heaven-level combat skill. This is not something the Tiger Egg can achieve through its own efforts; its master will need to put in more effort.

Of course, what Tiger Egg has realized is also what its master has realized. If the master can create these subsequent combat techniques himself, the master can do so himself!

After gaining a rudimentary understanding of a Heavenly-level combat skill, Tiger Egg seemed to think it was capable enough, daring to swagger in front of its master and say that its master was no good.

Su Qing is really no good!

It was indeed his fault that he delayed Tiger Egg, but for a third-tier puppet, it was already quite an achievement to be able to create the prototype of a Heaven-level combat skill. How could we expect it to create a complete Heaven-level combat skill?
Tiger Egg is no good, and he himself is even less capable.

He doesn't possess a flawless sword heart. What he seeks and does in his cultivation is comfort and enjoyment. His pursuit of immortality is all for the sake of enjoying pleasure for a long time.

Born an ordinary person, not a born swordsman, and without the help of a tiger egg to comprehend the Dao, he will certainly not achieve anything in the way of sword cultivation.

"Don't worry, I won't delay anyone but you. It's just a fourth-tier puppet. Once I've finished refining the relevant runes, I'll go and prepare the necessary materials. The only difficult thing is that the fourth-tier Luwu demon core. However, it's said that there's a fairy beast garden on Penglai Immortal Island, and the Huang family's Golden Crow blood was obtained from there. When I have the chance, I'll go there and explore!"

After calming Tiger Egg down, Su Qing watched Ling Ying lead Ye Suo and the other sycophants from Langya Fang away.

As he slowly stepped down from the platform, facing the powerful figures of Wanghai City, he felt that their attitude towards him was even more obsequious and enthusiastic than before.

It was not because he was a friend of the High Evil God, or simply because of his own strength and potential.

This has always been the way of the cultivation world: praising the powerful and belittling the weak, fawning on the strong and bullying the weak. There's no need to elaborate on these polite phrases.

Unable to offer any compensation, Qing Tian Wu Chang only offered a warm farewell, leading Qing He towards Su Ji Puppet Shop.

Along the way, Qinghe's eyes were bright, and she would glance at him from time to time, occasionally chuckling to herself, acting like a lunatic.

"What are you laughing at!" Su Qing asked curiously, turning her head to the side.

"Qinghe smiled at Dongjia's divine might, and said that he might become famous in the world after today. As Dongjia's manager, Qinghe would share the glory and loss with Dongjia, so she was naturally excited and happy."

Qinghe responded generously, saying that she wasn't happy because Su Qing was about to become famous in Tianyuan. She only thought that she had become the manager of the Su family in the past because she begged Su Qing to teach her sword control. She thought she had sold herself cheaply, but now she had made a fortune.

The personal instruction of a sword cultivator who created a Heaven-level combat technique could be the tuition fee that Qinghe, a second-tier lotus spirit, could pay for with her hundred-year indenture.
"Don't overthink it, you can't learn my swordsmanship!" Su Qing had spent a lot of time with this girl, and when he saw her smiling like a deadbeat who didn't have to pay back hundreds of spirit stones she had borrowed, he knew what she was thinking.

It's pointless to even think about it. Do you have that flawless sword heart? Learning everything will only harm you!
"Why can't I learn it?" Qinghe didn't know what the Flawless Sword Heart was. She only knew that even if she, Qinghe, had many distracting thoughts and colorful ideas, they were still cleaner than Su Qing's. He was able to achieve success in cultivation, so why was she, Qinghe, incapable of being cultivated?
Upon hearing this, Su Qing pondered for a moment, recalling the legend of the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal in the Western Sea. The white lotus is a noble and pure spirit, known for its purity and untainted beauty. Judging from its origins, Azure Lotus might indeed possess a flawless sword heart.

But after glancing at Qinghe's jingling ornaments, it became clear that she wished she could be adorned with every kind of accessory imaginable.
Su Qing shook his head regretfully. Although he had never seen what color the lotus heart was, with such a greedy mentality, it was impossible for him to have a flawless sword heart.

"What are you looking at? These things were all gifts from the sisters and cousins ​​in the city. I didn't touch the shop's finances. Besides, with Ge Ling, Xiong Er, and Huo Dan keeping an eye on things, I wouldn't have a chance to take anything!"

Seeing Su Qing looking at the treasure on her body, Qinghe instantly forgot about pestering him to teach her swordsmanship. She covered the large piece of purple jade Buddha on her chest, afraid that he would misunderstand.

Su Qing, who wasn't worried about her embezzling public property, suddenly narrowed his eyes as she made her move, reaching out to touch the exposed white flesh of her chest.

Seeing him like this, Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief, lowered her guarded hands, closed her eyes and straightened her chest, letting him do as he pleased.

I thought he suspected me of being honest in my business as a shopkeeper, which scared me to death. Turns out he was the one who wanted to ruin my reputation. Well, that's fine then. Go ahead and touch me. I'll give you a raise if I touch you once!
To Qinghe's dismay, Su Qing only grabbed the purple-gold Buddha from her chest and didn't even bother to touch her.

Looking down at her flat chest, Qinghe felt a sense of defeat, followed by a moment of embarrassment and anger. Even though there was nothing to touch, she thought, "Why don't you at least touch me? How can you be so disrespectful!"
"Who gave you this purple-gold Buddha?" Su Qing asked, holding up the purple-gold Buddha with a stern face.

"What, is there something wrong with this thing? It was given to me by Qin Cao, a fellow Daoist from Hongxiu Tower. She said it has the effects of exorcising evil spirits, solving problems, and calming the mind. She only said that it was a small trinket that had not yet reached the next level, and she gave it to me because she liked it!"

Seeing Su Qing's pale face, Qinghe knew perfectly well that she might have been tricked by someone else, and said in a panic.

Su Qing nodded upon hearing this, and with a surge of spiritual energy, she drew out streaks of runic light from the Purple Gold Buddha.

Listening to whispers to spy on secrets, taking pictures to pinpoint locations, using illusions to bewitch the mind and spirit...

That's a really dirty trick.

Inside this tiny purple-gold Buddha statue, there are dozens of different runes, all of which are despicable runes used to pry into people's privacy and demand secrets!
Among the puppets he gave to various families, he only hid a musical note, and he even knew to use a third-tier illusionary heart rune to cover it up!
These people not only use dirty methods, but their skills are also so poor!

He could only fool those around Qinghe, but he wouldn't dare to fool Su Qing.

Su Qing handed the purple-gold Buddha back to Qing He, which startled Qing He so much that she backed away repeatedly.

"No more, Qinghe doesn't want it anymore! That Qincao even said she was my good sister, but I never expected that she was planning to take advantage of me, Qinghe. When I see her again, I will definitely tear her lying mouth apart!"

"Take it. Since you work under me, such tests are unavoidable. Just let me see what you're accepting in the future. If someone can use runes to deceive me, it's beyond our ability to prevent."

Su Qing shook her head and led the dazed but still virgin Qinghe into the shop. She summoned Ge Ling, Xiong Er, Huo Dan, and others who were busy in the shop and asked them to bring out all the items they had received as gifts from outsiders or purchased from elsewhere over the past few days.

You don’t know at first glance.

It's easy to tell who's loyal and who's treacherous, and who's the most dishonest, just by looking at them.

As the shopkeeper, Qinghe was the first target of outsiders' advances, and given her greedy nature, Su Qing originally thought that Qinghe would receive the most gifts.

Unexpectedly, although Qinghe was greedy, she was also sensible. She refused all gifts from people who were unrelated to her or who had a grudge against her, Su Qing. She had refused the grand gifts from Langya Fang several times. As for other gifts from powerful people who were on good terms with Su Qing, such as Hongxiu Lou and Yuanlai Lou, she would not accept any valuable ones, for fear of making Su Qing feel indebted.

Su Qing was very pleased with Qinghe's behavior and immediately fed her a blood lotus flower, which made her feel much better.

Ge Ling was an honest girl; she didn't accept any gifts, but instead bought a few inexpensive first-tier magic artifacts from outside.

"For some reason, my luck suddenly improved after the shop opened. Whenever I went out for a stroll, I would always find shops having discounts and promotions, or celebrating their centennial anniversary, or I would be lucky enough to win a prize and buy magical artifacts for one percent or one-thousandth of the market price!"

Ge Ling rubbed her hands together, smiling like a silly girl.

"With such good luck, didn't you notice anything wrong?" Su Qing slapped his forehead, feeling that the clever little girl from a few years ago shouldn't have become so naive and innocent after being by his side for so many years!

"Yes, there is no such thing as a coincidence in the world. Ling'er is not someone who is extremely lucky. Ling'er knew that there must be a trick involved. She resold all the magic artifacts she got at a bargain price and used the spirit stones from the resale to ask outsiders to buy other magic artifacts!"

"I knew Ling'er had been clever since she was little, and she's not stupid now either. But even though Ling'er is smart, she didn't expect how cunning the various forces in Wanghai City are. Even if she asks someone to buy things for her, she will still fall into their trap!"

Su Qing picked out a scorpion-tail hairpin from the magical artifacts that Ge Ling thought were safe. However, this hairpin was marked with several runes such as the ability to hear sounds.

There were no major problems with Qinghe and Geling. Su Qing turned to look at Xiong Er and Huodan, who were huddled in the corner with their heads drooping.

What a pair of bear dogs! They've piled up so much stuff it's almost a mountain!
This bear and this dog deeply obstruct the principle that when one attains enlightenment, the bear and the dog ascend to heaven.

Since Su Qing gained power in Wanghai, various forces have flocked to them with gifts. The bear and dog accepted all of them without hesitation, and even intentionally or unintentionally hinted to others that no matter they were not human, but puppets or beasts, they were still Su Qing's red bear and red dog.

Giving them gifts is definitely effective. Qinghe and Geling are far more useful than servants like them who have signed a master-servant contract with their master!
The gifts were so pleasant that they opened up a whole new world for Xiong Er. He discovered a way to make money that was even more profitable than doing business. As long as you were powerful and capable enough, and you could show off your power, you wouldn't need to steal or rob; people would just obediently bring you spirit stones!

No wonder Tiger Egg practices so diligently every day; it turns out it already knew this wonderful way to make money!

Su Qing didn't know how to punish these two shameless individuals, so he simply confiscated all the gifts they had received. Of course, he first had to remove all the hidden runes and techniques within them before he could take them in.

He sent Xiong Gou to reflect on his mistakes in the corner and took the opportunity to cut most of Qing He and the others' bonuses for the year. They had earned a lot this year and the bonuses promised to them were also substantial. He would have felt a pang of regret if he had to pay them back, so this saved him some money.

The spirit stones saved could be used to purchase one or two magical artifacts and have someone deliver them to Yun'er; Yun'er would surely be delighted.

He waved them downstairs to get back to work, and Su Qing, carrying two large Chinese toon wood cores (one male and one female), entered the puppet-making room.

Before reaching the Golden Core stage, he had no chance of drawing fifth-order runes.

The Bixi Dragon Turtle, a fourth-tier tiger egg, is currently beyond my ability to refine.

However, with the help of Dao patterns, the Void Four Lions, comparable to fourth-tier puppets, can now be refined and crafted! (End of Chapter)