Immortality begins with meditation puppets

"Ancient immortal relics on Langya Immortal Island? Is Zun Du a fake? Master Ling, don't try to fool us!"

"If there really were relics of immortals, why wouldn't you be keeping quiet and making dumplings at home instead of telling us?"

"Oh, so you were kicked off the island and are no longer considered one of the Langya people? That's alright then. Master Ling, please tell us in detail what this Immortal Ruins is all about!"

"It's not that I have any designs on this immortal's ruins, but I can't stand the adulterous couple on that island who monopolize it and bully the Master. The Master has explained the layout of this island to me, and I, Fuhu, will definitely lead people to the island to help you get justice!"

"Does the Venerable One have a Daoist partner? Do you think I do? Ah, the Venerable One has already given himself to Fellow Daoist Su? Then would you suggest having another Daoist partner?"

Langya Immortal Island was already very fertile, and the Huang family of Penglai even went so far as to launch a full-scale attack on it, determined to obtain the island.

Now that they learned that this island was also a relic of immortals, with many ancient treasures inside, the cultivators present were immediately eager to make their move.

However, Ling Ying and Su Qing's attention was focused solely on the two True Immortals, Du'e and Fuhu.

Ling Ying thought that although the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom, and the Fire Phoenix Immortal Kingdom had their own strength, they were too far away to be able to mobilize their forces to go to the island and seize the treasure. Only Penglai and the Thousand Island Immortal Kingdom were close by and had the motivation and ability to go to the island to help her deal with the poisonous woman Lanxiang and the talisman master Tong Chang.

Su Qing's idea was to use Langya Immortal Island to divert the attention of the Penglai Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom from Wanghai Immortal City, so that after these two True Immortals returned, other forces in their Immortal Kingdom would still be eyeing Wanghai City.

It's tough on Master Tong!
Hey! This old Taoist deserves it. He took over the lady's body and seized Lingying Immortal Island. He deserves this calamity!
The eager cultivators surrounded Ling Ying again, asking for more details about Fanxian Island.

Ling Ying spoke vaguely and ambiguously, saying some irrelevant but enticing things that stirred up the White-Faced Green Lion King's heart. He wanted his father, the True King, to send him over a hundred lion brothers, also wanting to come to the island to seize the treasure and the immortal ruins.

Regardless of what the cultivators planned, Su Qing already knew that after sacrificing Master Tong, the peace and stability of Wanghai City for the next thousand years would be guaranteed!

It's time for him to earn another thousand-year spirit stone!

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"Finally, we have seen off all these powerful cultivators. From today onwards, Wanghai can enjoy peace for another thousand years!"

Inside the Hall of Law Enforcement, Hei Qingtian, who had just been humbly seeing off the two True Immortals, the two Evil Gods, Su Daoren, and other high-ranking cultivators, now sat high in the main seat of the hall, looking down at the group of big and small dogs below, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Bai Wuchang also relaxed and said:
"We thought we would fight to the death today, that the world of Wanghai would change, and that we would have to find a new master. But we never expected that Gao Xieshen and Su Daoren would be able to withstand the immense pressure from Penglai Thousand Islands and keep Wanghai safe!"

"We have known these two for over thirty years, and among the city lords we have served, they are considered easy to get along with. As long as we do not offend them, our Law Enforcement Hall should be able to remain peaceful for the next thousand years."

Moreover, with the abilities of Gao Xieshen and Su Daoren, I, Wang Hai, may be able to rise completely in the Western Sea during this era of great strife, and it's not impossible that I might even establish my own immortal kingdom in the future. Everyone, follow me and work hard! I will follow the two powerful Su Qing and work hard, and we will have everything we could want in the future!

Hei Qingtian was making empty promises to himself, as well as to Bai Wuchang and his henchmen, and was envisioning how he would fawn over the two powerful Su Qing in the next thousand years.

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the hall.

"Urgent report! Urgent report! The heir of the Prince of Pingxi has been murdered at Yuanlai Inn!"

died?

Who died?
The sucker, the fool, the second-generation prince of Pingxi, Dong Hongtu, is dead!
Why did I have to die in Wanghai City of all places?

Hei Qingtian stood up in alarm, waved his sleeve, and led all the good dogs in the hall straight to Yuanlai Inn.

The Kingdom of Pingxi is not easy to deal with. The heir of the royal family stayed on Penglai Immortal Island for hundreds of years without any incident, but died in Wanghai City. If the Kingdom of Pingxi is not given a satisfactory explanation, Hei Qingtian's dream of a thousand years of wealth and prosperity will be ruined!

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"With the soul and spirit separated, the sea of ​​consciousness destroyed, and the golden core ruined, the methods of dreaming and questioning the gods are unusable, and the methods of searching for the soul and questioning the spirit are not advisable."

These few corpses alone cannot give us any information. We cannot find out who the murderer is, but we can find out why he came for it.

Dong Hongtu and his guards were stripped of all their belongings, including their armor and robes. The murderer must have been after money!

At the Yuanlai Inn, the most professional corpse collector in Wanghai City made the most professional judgment at the crime scene, which caused all the dogs of the Law Enforcement Hall present to curse loudly.

Such a heinous incident occurred in Wanghai City, and their Enforcement Hall cannot escape blame and will inevitably suffer some punishment.

"This involves the Central Plains Martial Kingdom, and is of great importance. This matter is beyond our control. Let us go and inform Gao Xieshen and Su Daoren!"

Hei Qingtian said helplessly, picking at his teeth.

It's not that he's useless, it's just that Dong Hongtu died a tragic death. With the abilities of his gang of dogs in the Enforcement Hall, they're not even as good as Dong Hongtu and his guards. Not to mention whether they could catch the thief, even if they did, they probably wouldn't be able to subdue him!
Just then, a clever and loyal dog led over a witness named Hu Gua and tremblingly handed a recording talisman to Hei Qingtian.

Upon seeing the phonograph, Hei Qingtian clenched his teeth even more, until his back molars bled, and he could only utter a resentful sentence:
"Damn it, which force is trying to ruin my life, Wang Hai?!"

When Su Qing and Gao Erqiang saw off the Gao Xiu from Penglai Thousand Islands, they arrived at the crime scene.

Then they saw that the entire Yuanlai Inn was under the control of the Law Enforcement Hall, and the entire Wanghai City was placed under martial law, in an effort to prevent the murderer from escaping the city.

Su Qing looked at the corpses of Wang Erdai and his group, their bodies torn to pieces, so mangled and bloody that it was impossible to tell who was who.

They were both distressed about where their valuables had gone and annoyed that these people hadn't waited until the young master left the city before taking action, instead choosing to dump this trouble on Wanghai City.

Without alerting anyone, in an instant, he killed four third-level guards who were skilled in runic martial arts and a wealthy prince with many protective items.

Such methods are only possible for those who are at least at the fourth-tier Nascent Soul stage. Once such a person succeeds, it is not something that can be found simply by imposing martial law in Wanghai City.

The crime scene was recorded using a phonograph and sent to the Pingxi Wu Kingdom, requesting them to send someone to collect the body of their heir!

Erqiang rubbed his temples, not wanting to get involved in the matter.

Su Qing shared the same opinion. This Prince Pingxi's heir didn't understand the principle of not flaunting wealth, insisting on displaying it at the grand auction. He deserved to be robbed and killed. Wanghai City had just seen off two Nascent Soul cultivators and had no interest in offending a fourth-tier Nascent Soul cultivator for the sake of this deceased prince. Seeing the two powerful figures' stance, Hei Qingtian, somewhat embarrassed, whispered to himself:
"An eyewitness used the Myriad Shadows Retention Technique to record everything that happened at the time of the incident. Would you and Fellow Daoist Su like to take a look?"

"Since you've recorded the thief's crime, why don't you bring it out sooner? I want to see which high-ranking cultivator is causing trouble in my Wanghai City. It's really too impolite!"

Erqiang glared angrily at Hei Qingtian, snatched the image-recording talisman from his hand, and after a moment, handed it to Su Qing with a very interesting expression.

Su Qing didn't understand what he meant. He thought that this thief was too strong, stronger than Erqiang, making Erqiang tremble with fear. He quickly took the recording talisman to take a look.

Within the image displayed on the talisman, Dong Hongtu, preparing to return to the Pingxi Wu Kingdom to realize his grand ambitions, was checking the quality of the Sunshine Rainbow Horses with a group of guards. He also rode a few Princess Leopards to test the skills and wits of this batch of horses.

Just as they were having a good time, suddenly, a figure came from the roof of the dilapidated house.

He was dressed as a tiger puppet with nine tails on his back. Each tail had nine swords. When the nine swords were drawn together, an unparalleled sword aura was formed. Dong Hongtu and his guards did not even have time to use their magical weapons and battle tools before their bodies and souls were pierced by his swords!

"Framed! A blatant frame-up! I was just dealing with the two True Immortals from Penglai Thousand Islands with you fellow Daoists, arguing for the interests of my Wanghai City. How could I have committed such a heinous crime!"

This scoundrel is utterly despicable! He actually dared to bully me, Su Qing! Investigate! Investigate thoroughly! When he's caught, skin him alive and make him go back to committing crimes under the guise of a thief, making others take the blame!

Su Qing was furious. He had often made others take the blame in his life, but he had never taken the blame for anyone before. His motto was never to suffer a loss.

This scoundrel dared to make Su Qing take the blame and suffer losses, how could that be allowed!
"Fellow Daoist Su, please don't be angry. Fellow Daoist Su has an alibi. Many cultivators in my Wanghai Sect, including the two Nascent Soul cultivators from Penglai Thousand Islands, can testify that what was recorded on this phonograph is fake. I don't see any need to keep it. Besides, that witness..."

As Gao Erqiang destroyed the phonograph, he made a gesture to Hei Qingtian as if to kill him to silence him.

Without further ado, Hei Qingtian slapped himself twice across the face before blushing and saying:

"I am incompetent. After that person sent the image talisman, he turned into a white light and disappeared in an instant. What I saw was just a cloning image of him, not his real self."

According to what that person said before leaving, if Gao Xieshen and Su Daoyou did not want the scene recorded by this image talisman to spread to all parts of Tianyuan, especially the Pingxiwu Kingdom, then...

"We also need to give him 50,000 spirit stones as hush money. I wonder if Gao Xieshen and Fellow Daoist Su are involved?"

"Extortion! This is clearly extortion! Tell him he can spread it if he dares, but he has no chance of getting a single spirit stone from me, Su Qing. And don't let me catch him. If I do, I'll make sure he suffers a fate worse than death!!!"

Su Qing glared angrily at Hei Qingtian, determined not to accept any conditions that would be used to blackmail her.

Fifty thousand spirit stones would be enough for him to refine a fourth-order puppet. How could he possibly get it for nothing?
"What Fellow Daoist Su means is what I mean. Fellow Daoist Su is innocent. This photograph will spread throughout Tianyuan. With us vouching for Fellow Daoist Su, I doubt many people will believe it!"

"Yes, not many people believe it, but I'm afraid those people from Pingxi Wu Kingdom might actually believe it!" Hei Qingtian said worriedly.

"If he believes it, he does. The Pingxi Martial Kingdom is separated from my Wanghai by the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, and there are nearly a hundred large and small immortal kingdoms there. Could he be so stupid as to believe this fabricated phonograph? Could he be so stupid as to attack my Wanghai?"

Erqiang was completely unafraid of the Dao.

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[Decree to Punish Evil: There is now an evil god, Gao Erqiang, who has acted against the will of Heaven, occupied our human race's immortal city, controlled Wanghai, and enslaved nearly 100 million humans.]

This matter should have been handled by our fellow Daoists in the Western Sea. Although my Pingxi Wu Kingdom is willing to intervene and save the Wanghai people from their plight, I am unable to do so due to the covenant we made years ago.

But my beloved son Dong Hongtu of the King of Pingxi was completely innocent. He was tragically murdered by Su Qing of this city, and this city refuses to hand over the real culprit, Su Qing. Wang Hai is so arrogant towards my Pingxi Wu Kingdom. Does he think that the cultivators of my Pingxi Wu Kingdom can no longer wield a sword?

From this day forth, my Pingxi Martial Kingdom will embark on a campaign to the Western Sea. This expedition is solely for the purpose of slaying the Evil God of the Sea and killing the Puppet Master Su Qing. Any immortal kingdoms of the Western Sea that we pass through will be granted passage, and my Pingxi Evil-Slaying Army will not commit any offenses against them. But if they obstruct our path, do not blame my Pingxi iron hooves for their ruthlessness!

In less than half a month.

First, a photo was taken to commemorate the event, which then spread throughout Tianyuan.

On it is the puppeteer Su Qing, displaying the rudiments of a Heaven-level combat skill: Nine-Tailed Nine-Sword, ruthless in killing and plundering.

Although the Venerable Du'e of Penglai Immortal Island, the Venerable Fuhu of Thousand Island Immortal Kingdom, and a group of high-ranking cultivators from Wanghai City vouched for them, claiming that Su Qing was with them that day and had no opportunity to commit the crime.

But the Pingxi Wu Kingdom was as determined as if it had swallowed a weight, and was willing to bypass the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range to come to Wanghai to punish Gao Erqiang and Su Qing, this evil one.

A decree to exterminate evil has caused widespread panic among the immortal kingdoms of the Western Sea, who are unsure how to deal with the iron hooves of the Central Plains.

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In the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom, Shi Lijing glared angrily at the envoy sent by the Pingxi Martial Kingdom and said sternly:

"When did I, the true man, become unaware of the wolfish ambitions of the Pingxi Wu Kingdom?"

I met that King Pingxi a thousand years ago. He had the appearance of an eagle and a wolf, and he named the Wu Kingdom Pingxi, revealing his ambition. He has never given up on my Western Sea bandits.

Having found a pretext, and taking advantage of the great opportunity of the chaos caused by the myriad demons and evil spirits in my Western Sea, they want to seize the opportunity to devour the spiritual mountains and fertile land of my Western Sea, either to serve as the logistical granary for King Pingxi to establish his rule over the Central Plains, or as his escape route after failing to win the throne.

Such ambition! He even dares to expect me, a true immortal, to make way for him and allow him to pass through my Desire Immortal Kingdom? This is absolutely unacceptable! You must take this message back: if his army from the Pingxi Martial Kingdom enters the territory of my Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom, even if my Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom allows countless demons to run rampant, we will surely crush his horses' hooves!

The Nascent Soul cultivator was enraged, his spiritual pressure causing the air to crackle. Yet the envoy from the Pingxi Martial Kingdom still managed to raise his head and look the master in the eye with respect, speaking neither servile nor arrogant:

"Since Sect Master Shi insists on making things difficult for my Pingxi Martial Kingdom, I will convey my words truthfully. However, the next time my Pingxi Martial Kingdom comes here, it will be with a million soldiers and a fourth-tier king general waving a fourth-tier king flag. I hope that Sect Master Shi will not regret his decision today!"

"You have a million-strong army, but my Demon Immortal Kingdom has a million demons. I'm not afraid you won't come; I'm just afraid you won't be able to satisfy the demons of my Demon Sect!"

Shi Lijing gave a cold snort and waved his sleeve to see the guest out.

This scene, which unfolded in his Demonic Immortal Kingdom, was also playing out in other major immortal kingdoms that could determine the fate of the inland immortal kingdoms of the Western Sea, such as the Myriad Demon Kingdom, the Fire Phoenix Immortal Kingdom, and the Ksitigarbha Buddha Kingdom! (End of Chapter)