Immortality begins with meditation puppets

The illusion dolls were ingenious, but the freshly made ones were the four lions of illusion. After only a moment of distraction, my attention returned to the four lions of nothingness.

[Puppet Names: The Four Lions of Emptiness (Wind Lion, Rain Lion, Thunder Lion, Lightning Lion)]

[Quality: Tier 3 Limit (Upgradeable)]

[Type: Mythical Beast-type Puppet (A mix of real and virtual elements)]

[Ability 1: The ability to seamlessly shift between reality and illusion. The four lions possess some illusory Dao patterns on their bodies, which they can use to their advantage. Each lion can seamlessly change between reality and illusion, neutralizing attacks from those below the Nascent Soul stage. (This ability is enhanced as the lions' rank increases.)]

[Ability Two: Gate to the Void Realm. The Four Void Lions can combine the power of Dao patterns to create a gate connecting the two realms of Void Chaos, which can guide beings or energies below the Nascent Soul stage into Void Chaos. (When the gate opens, there is a chance to attract beings from Void Chaos into the Heavenly Origin Realm.)]

[Ability Three: Four Symbols Daoist Arts. The four Void Lions are each inscribed with runes representing storm, mother river, five thunderbolts, and lightning. Combined with magical artifact runes, they can unleash numerous Heavenly Will Four Symbols Daoist Arts below the Earth level.]

[Ability Four: Four Symbols Thunderous Strike - The Four Lions Palms of Emptiness, with Wind and Thunder in Four Rings, can summon the power of the four elements (wind, rain, thunder, and lightning) to unleash a powerful Earth-level ultimate Dao technique—Four Symbols Thunderous Strike.]

[Ability Five: Azure Lion Combat Techniques - The Golden Lion Brother faces death with unwavering resolve and reigns supreme in close combat!]

[Sixth Ability: Summoning smoke and mist. Possessing the bloodline of the Suanni, and having comprehended the Suanni's supernatural powers, the green smoke and white mist have the effect of calming the mind and focusing the spirit.]

It only has six abilities, not ten skills.

Su Qing was not disappointed.

This puppet still has the potential for further development; its potential has not been exhausted, and its abilities can be enhanced.

These six abilities alone, especially the effects of "Illusory Transformation" and "Gate of Illusory Reality," will give him more confidence when facing a fourth-tier Great Evil or a Nascent Soul True Person.

They only dared to sit at the same table with them, but dared not provoke them recklessly.

Putting aside the fact that opening too many Void Gates could easily attract Void Beasts and pose a risk of misfortune, there is a limit to the number of times the Four Lions of the Void can open Void Gates each day. However, if a Nascent Soul True Person or a Fourth-Order Great Evil were to really attack him, the battles would be endless.

You can block it once or twice, but how can you block it a thousand or ten thousand times?
"So simply refining these four Void Lions is not enough for me to calmly face the two powerful ones?"

"Erqiang is working too hard. How come he's reached the fourth level of cultivation in just a few years? Is he planning to go down the path of evil gods and become utterly inhuman?"

The second strong one is very strong. He was able to defeat the Myriad Wood Tubes of the Demon Tree Evil Kingdom. How could Su Qing dare to underestimate him in the slightest?

But no matter how strong Erqiang is, it is still an evil non-human.

As a professional exorcist, Su Qing finally managed to open a shop and establish a business in Wanghai, but she didn't want to be forced to run away because of Er Qiang.

"Of course, if we can't refine this Shattered Lotus Puppet and can't gather the three Buddhist puppets, we still have to run away!"

Su Qing looked at the shattered fragments of the lotus platform in her hand and muttered to herself.

Erqiang is no ordinary evil spirit. The Tier 3 dagger missile puppet is fine for dealing with a contestant of the Night Emperor's caliber, but he is not very confident in dealing with Erqiang.

The merit-based wooden fish only has the ability to convert evil patterns. It's really too cruel to have a group of wood spirits beat the wooden fish in battle.

It's infuriating that Xiong Er doesn't work hard enough. If he could work as hard as Hu Dan, he, who wields the Vajra Pestle and occupies the offensive position, might be able to fight Er Qiang after three and a half years of hard work!

If Erqiang can become a fourth-order Great Evil in three or four years, why can't Xiong Er become a fourth-order Buddhist Vajra Bear?
If Xiong Er doesn't work hard, then only his owner will have to.

The broken lotus flower that the tomb raider hero Feng Bo E unearthed caused the merit wooden fish and vajra to react in an unprecedented way, making it a Buddhist treasure of even higher quality than the merit wooden fish and vajra.

Even though it's broken, it's still a Buddhist treasure, reflecting a very high level of spiritual attainment.

In the past six months, he has crafted many puppets, but none of them have caught his eye or become his destined puppet.

By sheer coincidence, the second-tier Earth Stone Monster that he had casually taught a lesson to on his first trip to the Hundred Beast Mountains in search of the witch had actually won the favor of this Broken Lotus.

The intelligence of this obsidian monster had long been erased by him, and now it was just an ordinary second-tier obsidian.

Since Suilian could take a liking to this stone, her original quality must not have been very high.

However, the Earth Obsidian is a material, not a puppet, and cannot use the Broken Lotus to achieve merit for itself.

So he simply fused the broken lotus with the obsidian and refined it into a puppet!
Since it is a Buddhist treasure, it should naturally be refined into a puppet for exorcising evil spirits.

He has a lot of experience in making exorcism puppets, and after making his fortune in Wanghai for half a year, he has plenty of spirit stones to spend and has bought all the best materials.

The hundred catties of fourth-order large cedar wood chips were brought from the far west by the Sword Arrival Palace. He was paid the Saint Master price, which was several hundred spirit stones per catty. In total, it cost him more than a thousand spirit stones and several second and third-order puppets.

The fourth-tier Thunderclap Stone is said to have a thunderous roar, as majestic as the descent of the Thunder God. It was originally prepared for the Golden Lion Brothers to evolve the Golden Lion Roar. Since the Golden Lion Brothers didn't use it, and the more than seven thousand spirit stones have already been spent, it can't be left idle. So let's give it to this Broken Lotus Puppet.

The third-tier Blood Spirit Crystal weighed nearly a thousand pounds. It was already a broken lotus, so no one could bear to let it break further. The Blood Spirit Crystal was used to give it the attribute of being unkillable, so that it would not easily break again.

These are the main materials, and that's quite a lot. It adds up to nearly 30,000 spirit stones. It's only because Su Qing currently lacks the ability to draw fifth-order runes that he could have enough to refine a low-grade fourth-order puppet.

Buddhist treasures are no ordinary objects; once obtained, they must be cherished. Spending over 30,000 spirit stones is nothing compared to the fact that this Broken Lotus Puppet lives up to expectations and possesses effects even greater than the Merit Wooden Fish.

Knead the second-tier obsidian into a ball to form a lotus fragment, and draw fourth-tier intelligent runes on the obsidian.

It's hard to say how much power a fourth-tier rune can unleash on second-tier materials, but what can be done? After all, the Lotus Blossom has its eye on this Earth Obsidian.

After the fourth-order intelligent rune was drawn, a large mouth that opened and closed appeared on the obsidian.

A stubborn rock cannot be molded; it never changes its nature. After obtaining the intelligent rune, it didn't grow a brain first, but instead produced a foul mouth.

"Damn it, what's in my stomach? It feels like I'm being pricked with needles, it's so uncomfortable."

"Even though you're my master, I advise you to be sensible. I'm not some useless coward you can just wring out. Hurry up and take out what's inside me. What, you want me to lay eggs for you?"

It's quite something that it can spout nonsense and lack manners so soon after being branded with runes.

Pick up the needle-threading puppet, temporarily sew up its foul mouth, let it be silent for a moment, and let it know the principle that it is okay to curse outsiders, but not to curse him, Su Qing.

In the quiet atmosphere, the Earth Obsidian was wrapped with Blood Spirit Crystal, and fourth-tier damage reduction runes were drawn on it.

On the outside of the Blood Spirit Crystal, layers of large ailanthus wood shavings are brushed on. Fourth-order large ailanthus wood has the power of life creation and the ability to attract lightning and exorcise evil. Using it as a coating, exorcising runes can be brushed on, as well as spring wood runes and five thunder runes.

To ensure the puppet's exorcising effect was even stronger, he crushed the Thunderstone and then troubled the Buddhist master, whose body he had dismantled, to sacrifice himself again. He mixed the bone powder he had taken from the master with the Thunderstone powder and applied another layer of cold white coating to the outside of the broken lotus puppet, then drew another layer of exorcising runes.

By this time, he believed that the Broken Lotus Puppet was complete. He then embedded a mid-grade spirit stone, enough to power it for more than a month, into its body, which was constantly changing and flowing like liquid.

Establish a spiritual link, activate it, and let me see the power of the third puppet of Buddhism!
Su Qing looked at the Shattered Lotus Puppet with great anticipation.

But then the puppet shook its body, transforming into knives and swords, into people and swords, into lotus platforms and jade flowers...

Ever-changing and incredibly lifelike.

But who told you to change? You want the exorcising Buddha's light, and you want the life-taking chants!

Su Qing didn't know where the problem was. Her first thought was that there was something wrong with her crafting, which made it impossible for the Broken Lotus Puppet to exert the same Buddhist light exorcising effect as the Merit Wooden Fish and Vajra.

Just as they were about to rework the failed puppet and retrieve the broken lotus,

But then the cold white lotus puppet transformed into a human form, hopping and gesturing.

They seem to be in a hurry?

Can't you speak properly when you're in a hurry? You're not brainless like the Lion Brothers. Didn't we brand you with intelligence runes?
Bah!
She really doesn't know how to talk. She pointed two fingers at her lips with a irritating expression that said, "How am I supposed to say anything?"

Su Qing suddenly remembered that he hadn't unsealed its mouth yet, so he used the "Mountain and Sea Detection" technique to penetrate its layers of coating and remove the needle and thread from the obsidian mouth.

"I was suffocating! I just managed to speak again, and you, you big idiot, sewed my mouth shut! Is that even right? Is that even right?"

"Look at all this coating you've put on me! It's a jumbled mess of colors, and you even dared to put bone powder on me! Do you think this will work? If you don't have a job, don't force it. You don't even understand what's going on inside me!"

The naturally ill-mannered Broken Lotus Puppet had been holding back for a long time, and now that it could finally move its mouth, Su Qing had the urge to sew it up again.

Some puppets seem to be inherently unsuited to speaking.

There is only one reason why he did not take action.

The moment the shattered lotus puppet spoke, its voice was like thunder, resounding throughout the area within three miles of the small shop. Accompanying the thunderous sound were countless points of Buddhist light, golden lotus necklaces, and many other Buddhist images.

"Is it just pure verbal attacks?"

Su Qing didn't have time to explain to her fellow practitioners around the shop why she had been scolded by the puppet.

In a moment of astonishment and delight, he used the Mountain and Sea Capture technique to temporarily seal the mouth of the Broken Lotus Puppet.

One reason is that they can't stand the stinky mouth of this broken lotus puppet, which even spews filth at its master.

The main problem was that the Shattered Lotus Puppet had only uttered two sentences, yet it had already consumed nearly half of the mid-grade spirit stones that would have been enough for more than a month.

"It has a strong output, but consumes a lot of resources. It can only be used as a strategic weapon. We can't let it open its mouth easily!"
"Bilian, you'll have to bear with it for a while. I'll let you vent your anger when the opportunity arises!"

Ignoring Bilian's objections, Su Qing named it and forcibly stuffed it into her storage bag.

He opened his personal panel to view Bilian's detailed information.

Puppet Name: Bi Lian

[Rank: Third Rank Limit (Can be upgraded to Rank Seven as the number of shattered lotus fragments collected within the body increases)]

[Type: Exorcism Puppet]

[Introduction: Treasures are divided into innate and acquired. Treasures that are born from heaven and earth without the hands of living beings are called innate treasures. The Lotus Platform of Merit is one of them. In the current world's ranking system, it can be ranked in the eighth rank. Only those who have reached the Void Refinement and Dao Integration stage can master it.]

This treasure shattered into ten thousand pieces, scattered throughout the myriad realms of the past and future. Puppet Master Su Qing, by chance, obtained one of them and used this fragmented lotus to craft a puppet.

[Ability 1: Exorcising Buddhist Light. The Broken Lotus is one of the ancient Buddhist treasures, inherently possessing the ability to suppress evil spirits. It can generate Buddhist light that targets evil spirits (currently only effective against evil spirits that have not yet found their place in the world and have not been recognized by it)].

[Ability Two: Great Thunderous Buddhist Sound. Bi Lian's body is coated with a thunderous coating, and she herself is also exceptionally gifted, her voice resounding like thunder. Although she cannot, like a highly accomplished monk, guide living beings back to the right path, she can use the thunderous sound to subdue evil spirits, rendering them immobile and allowing them to receive the baptism of Buddhist light!]

[Ability Three: Formless Body, the Azure Lotus can transform into all forms of the heavens and change into any shape (only the appearance is similar, it cannot imitate the aura of others)]

[Ability Four: Vajra Subduing Demon Formation. Bi Lian can form the Vajra Subduing Demon Formation with the Two-Headed Mirage Dragon and the Buddhist Xiong Er. Even a fourth-tier Great Evil trapped in the formation cannot escape for a short time!]

[Ability Five: By combining the power of the Buddha, Bi Lian, Xiong Er of the Buddhist Sect, and the Merit Wooden Fish, and offering a fourth-tier Vajra Talisman, one can invoke the illusory image of an ancient Buddha to manifest its power, possessing the ability to suppress a fourth-tier great evil!]

[Sixth Ability: Healing and Rejuvenation; Bi Lian possesses extremely strong recovery abilities.]

[Seventh Ability: Golden Light Mantra. The Buddhist chant emitted by Bi Lian to her master can bless her with the Golden Light Mantra, enhancing her various attributes.]

[Ability Eight: Buddhist Luck. Even when a primordial Buddhist treasure is divided into ten thousand parts, it still receives the blessing of Buddhist luck, possessing a powerful attraction for the inheritance of Buddhist artifacts.]

"Erqiang, Erqiang, although you are very strong, who told you to be only Erqiang, not Daqiang? In Baiyun Immortal City, you were suppressed by Sect Master Bai Mei, and in the Demon Tree Evil Kingdom, you were suppressed by Di Motian. Now that you're in Wanghai Immortal City, why can't you suppress me, Su Qing, a bit?"

Bi Lian is very strong. Once he enters his combat sequence, he may become stronger than the two strongest!
The anxiety that had been hanging over her subsided, and Su Qing abandoned her plan to run away.

Unafraid that Erqiang would turn against him after arriving in Wanghai City, his attention turned to Bilian's eighth ability.

"Buddha's fortune? Does that mean that if I take Bilian to the Ksitigarbha Buddha Kingdom, all the treasures, whether above or below ground, will be destined for me?"

"A small realm of Nascent Soul has just been unearthed in the Ksitigarbha Buddha Kingdom, allowing the Void Doll to unleash its full potential. Therefore, it seems quite necessary for me to make a trip to the Ksitigarbha Buddha Kingdom. Perhaps, I won't need to search for the Vajra lineage of Buddhism; I can find it there!"

Having made up his mind, he planned to wait until the news of the Divine Transformation Minor Realm spread throughout the Western Sea with the promotion of the tomb raiding heroes, and when all forces began to take action, he could also organize a team of tomb raiding heroes to go to the Ksitigarbha Buddha Kingdom to seek some opportunities and fortune.

"Of course, before that, we still need to go to Langya Immortal Island to help Ling Ying retrieve the treasure. We can't just take it for free!"

Oh, right, I've been so engrossed in refining my puppets these past two weeks that I completely forgot about the luminous stones Ling Ying was supposed to send! (End of Chapter)