Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 369 Nunchucks, Tornado

[Bionic combat puppet - nunchaku successfully crafted. Success rate for crafting this puppet is permanently increased by 20.]

[Bionic Rune Proficiency +10, Current Proficiency: 868/1000 (Tier 4)]

[Weapon Rune Proficiency +10, Current Proficiency: 689/1000 (Tier 4)]

[Puppeteer Proficiency +10, Current Proficiency: 768/1000 (Tier 3)]

[The biomimetic combat puppet – Tornado – has been successfully crafted. The success rate of crafting this puppet is permanently increased by 20.]

[Bionic Rune Proficiency +10, Current Proficiency: 868/1000 (Tier 4)]

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Inside the puppet-making chamber, Su Qing, who was marked as a mortal enemy by the Pingxi Martial Kingdom across billions of miles, remained completely calm.

He didn't even let Erqiang send the corpses of the crown prince and his guards, which were originally intended to be returned to Pingxi Wu Kingdom for safekeeping. Instead, he used them as waste and turned them into puppets.

It must be said that the Central Plains Martial Kingdom truly lives up to its reputation as the strongest in Tianyuan for its body cultivation methods. Even the seemingly frail crown prince's corpse was sturdy and durable, making it excellent material for puppet making, not to mention the burly guards.

"It's a pity that all four guards' corpses had penetrating wounds, and the wounds all went through the furnace, which reduced their quality too much. They couldn't be used to forge a third-tier ultimate puppet. They could only patch it up and barely forge two nunchucks and two tornadoes."

The nunchucks were originally a third-tier long staff weapon used by bodyguards. However, their owner was pierced through the heart by a sword, and the two staffs naturally met a bad end, breaking in two and becoming unusable.

Su Qing was a master of upcycling. He attached a chain made of black refined iron between the two broken sticks, transforming them into a third-tier magical weapon, the nunchaku.

To save trouble, he also named the two guard puppets wielding this weapon "Nunchucks".

The same applies to Tornado; he slightly modified the Meteor Hammer, the original weapon of the two guards, so that the two guard puppets could use the hammer after they died.

The two guards died tragically; one lost his left leg, and the other lost his right leg.

He simply sharpened its single leg so that it could wield the popular warhammer and spin in place to form a warhammer tornado. It would be an existence that no one on the battlefield would dare to get close to. It would certainly be powerful, but Su Qing did not care whether it would hurt friendly forces.

The four guardian puppets, due to their own limitations, were not very good guards in life, so they would not have great fortune after death. They were only of mid-grade third-level quality, which was too low to be Su Qing's guards. They were just waiting to find a sucker, or rather, a good customer to sell them off.

Besides the four guardian puppets, Dong Hongtu, who died before achieving great things in life, found great success in Su Qing's hands after his death.

"As expected of a second-generation king, this body is entirely made of paid products. The upper body uses runes and martial arts to control many precious materials, transforming them into an indestructible form. The lower body has long legs, seemingly incorporating the running and jumping genes of demon kings such as the Azure Leopard, Yellow Wind Antelope, and Three-Colored Deer!"

"Resilient and fast, it deserves to be refined into a super-fast runner!"

There is no one more suitable than Wang Erdai to be refined into the Divine Traveler.

This Dong Hongtu was unwilling to endure hardship in his lifetime. He did not temper his body or refine his runes like a normal body cultivator in the Central Plains. Instead, he did all sorts of grueling work on his body. He did not work hard in his lifetime, so he will suffer after death.

It is governed by a fourth-tier speed rune, with a fourth-tier bionic rune and a fourth-tier space rune as its subjects, and a fourth-tier material rune, a fourth-tier flight rune, and a fourth-tier weapon rune as its assistants, accompanied by numerous second- and third-tier runes.

Wang Erdai was a wealthy man in life, and even in death he should not be treated poorly. The materials used on his body were all purchased by Su Qing from various shops in Wanghai City at great expense.

The third-tier Leopard King Dan was merely a second-generation king in life, but after death he was able to be paired with a king.

The third-tier earth-element stone cannot ascend to heaven in life, but can be buried in the earth after death.

A third-tier bewitching powder user should not be too straightforward in life, but must use tricks when creating a puppet.

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With the support of the emperor, ministers, and assistants, and with precious materials bestowed upon him, the second-generation Divine Speed ​​Guardian, the culmination of five or six days of Su Qing's hard work, was born.

Puppet Name: Swift Traveler

[Type: Escape-type bionic puppet]

[Quality: Third Order Limit]

[Ability 1: Pushing Earth Assault. The Divine Traveler's upper body is indestructible, while his lower body can burrow into the ground. With his lower body firmly planted on the ground and his upper body pushing earth as he moves, he has no weaknesses. No one can break his earth-pushing ability!]

[Ability Two: Swiftness. The Swift Traveler can traverse mountains and cross peaks with ease, his speed unmatched by most of his peers.]

[Ability Three: Taibao, the Divine Taibao is proficient in all martial arts skills, including but not limited to scattering lime, throwing confetti, disguise, ambush, and framing.]

[Ability Four: Born of Nobility, the Divine Traveler was of noble birth and still possesses a trace of royal blood, giving him a certain deterrent effect on cultivators from the Central Plains Martial Kingdom.]

[Ability Five: Mission Accomplished. The Divine Traveler possesses the ability to deliver messages and relay information, overcoming all difficulties to complete his mission even across thousands of miles!]

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"With five more Tier 3 puppets, the pressure on my divine sense has increased even more. I should reserve the remaining divine sense for the puppet fleet and stop recklessly crafting puppets."

However, once the Starry Sun Doll helps me break through to the mid-Golden Core stage, and my divine sense can advance further, I can finally unleash my full power again. No, I must restrain myself; the remaining divine sense from breaking through to the mid-stage needs to be reserved for the fourth-tier puppet!

Inside the puppet-making room, Su Qing's eyes shone brightly. Since breaking through to the Golden Core stage, he had met the basic requirements for crafting fourth-order puppets.

Once any rune breaks through to the fifth rank and fourth-rank materials are obtained, the crafting of a fourth-rank puppet can begin.

Fourth-tier treasures are rare and hard to come by, but as long as you have the right spirit stones and connections, it's not difficult to acquire some treasures in the vast and resource-rich Western Sea. He already possesses treasures like fourth-tier water-repelling pearls, without spending many spirit stones. After Ling Ying gave herself to him, she also handed over all the rare and precious items of Langya Workshop to him!

It wasn't in vain that Su Qing betrayed his sworn brother, Old Dao Tong; he was also willing to help Ling Ying!
"The old Taoist is also a straightforward person. After the news of the immortal ruins spread throughout the Western Sea, he knew that he and his lover would have difficulty protecting the immortal island. He wrote to me and Erqiang a long time ago, asking us to help him. The promised reward even included two or three fourth-level talismans, which was really tempting!"
You mustn't fall for him, Su Qing. You must have principles. Ling Ying has treated you so well, you can't be a scumbag!

"Why not give it a try? She only wants one valuable treasure on the island, which doesn't seem to conflict with me guarding the island for the old Taoist priest?"

On one hand, there's Ling Ying, who has given him everything he can to enhance his own image and reputation.

On one side was the Daoist puppet with Daoist patterns, with whom he had a long-standing friendship, and who occupied an island, possessing resources and talismans.

Su Qing was quite hesitant about who to help after arriving on the island.

However, the Immortal Ruins are of great importance, and it will take time for various forces, such as Penglai Thousand Islands, to mobilize their troops. It is estimated that no one will launch a large-scale operation on the island in the short term, leaving him with at least twenty or thirty years.

The premise is that the old Taoist can withstand the attack of the Huang family of Penglai. After all, the Huang family had already launched a fierce attack on Langya Island before the news of the immortal ruins spread!
"The most urgent task is to organize the merchants of Wanghai and get them to contribute to the construction of the Wanghai Fleet. Although this puppet fleet is controlled by me, Su Qing, it is still protecting the entire Wanghai. It's fine if they don't contribute, but it would be too much if they didn't contribute money!"

Su Qing secretly calculated that once this puppet fleet was in place, he should have already started farming all the relevant fifth-tier runes.

"At that time, with a fourth-tier puppet and a deep-sea fleet, we will first take Lanxiang, no, first help Langya Immortal Island, then plot against the Hai family's ancestral tomb, and incidentally deal with the sea witch, before going to the far west to establish a business and start mining!"
"Have you forgotten something? Right, there's also the Vajra lineage. Damn it, why are those bald guys at Fulong Temple so slow? Haven't they retrieved the ancient Buddha's lineage from the Nascent Soul realm yet?"

There is still much to be done. For now, the puppet master can only refine and sell puppets to accumulate strength.

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The years of spiritual practice are fleeting, twenty years have passed in a flash.

Over the past two decades, the situation in the West China Sea has changed again.

After displaying its power for thirty years, the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons retreated to the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, fearing no one and refusing to provoke anyone.

The Pingxi Wu Kingdom, which entered the final round of the Central Plains Dynasty, took a detour of more than ten years and finally bypassed the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, deploying its troops on the border of the Demon Kingdom. The two sides fought for more than ten years. Although the Demon Kingdom suffered heavy losses, it also produced batches of disciples who were good at fighting after years of war. The strength of the Demon Sect did not decrease but increased.

The fate of the Fire Phoenix Immortal Kingdom, along with many surrounding smaller immortal kingdoms, has consistently provided the Demon Sect with resources. Puppet weapons such as the Flaming Cannon, the Colossus, and the Pea Shooter, as well as magical artifacts like the Fire Ring and the Divine Fire Shield, have helped the Demon Sect disciples fight on the battlefield and achieve countless merits.

There is also a rumor that the Fire Phoenix Ancestor went to the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons and obtained a phoenix tree branch from her mother, the Old Fire Phoenix, who had been violated by her father. It is unknown whether she used it to prolong her life or for some other purpose.

Within the Divine Transformation Realm of the Ksitigarbha Buddha Kingdom, under the compromise of various forces, the Fulong Temple and the Joyful Sect, among others, unearthed their Inner Secret Treasures. For a time, Buddhist treasures related to Buddhism appeared at major auctions in the Western Sea, but there were also some counterfeit items, so bidders needed to keep their eyes open.

One of the Buddhist Vajra lineages was treasured by Fulong Temple and not to be circulated outside. However, one night, it was stolen from the temple. The Buddhist monk who fought with the person said that the person's appearance and temperament were very similar to a fourth-level general of the Pingxi Prince's Mansion.

This incident greatly angered the Ksitigarbha Buddha Kingdom, which used this as an excuse to join forces with the Fire Phoenix Immortal Kingdom to assist the Demon Kingdom in resisting the army of the Pingxi Wu Kingdom.

With the combined forces of these three immortal kingdoms, the battle-hardened army of Pingxi Wu Kingdom was in a state of chaos. They were locked in a protracted struggle with the Demon Kingdom on the border, with each side seizing territory from the other and slaughtering an entire army of the other. The battle was fierce and extremely brutal, turning the area near the former Yunshan Immortal City, now the front line between the two armies, into a blood-soaked grinding mill for cultivators.

In the Western Sea, Penglai Immortal Island and Thousand Island Immortal Kingdom mainly focus their efforts on dealing with evil spirits and sea monsters.

A fifth-order Great Demon Buddha occupied Yingzhou Island deep in the Western Sea. Using this as a base, he led countless evil spirits to commit heinous massacres in the depths of the Western Sea. No one, human or beast, could escape their clutches. Only the old god of Penglai Immortal Island and the Penglai cultivators did their best to stop them and prevent this evil spirit from erasing the entire human heritage of the Western Sea.

The fifth-order Great Sage of the Sea-Overturning Realm led thousands upon thousands of sea beasts and seemed to have the support of the dragon clan within the Sea of ​​Return to Nothingness. Among the sea beasts, there were many dragon-descended demon beasts who aided and abetted the evil deeds. In particular, a fourth-order demon king named Fish-Head Shovel was the most despicable. He devoured a million immortals on one of the immortal islands of the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom, prompting the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom to relentlessly pursue and attack this group of sea beasts, fighting all the way to the depths of the Western Sea.

The war between Langya Immortal Island and the Huang family lasted for more than ten years. For some reason, more than ten third-order magic cannons appeared on the island. With the help of the cannon fire and the Langya treasure, the old Taoist talisman, they forced the Huang family of Penglai to retreat.

However, the trapped Nascent Soul cultivator from the Huang family was also rescued. After retreating to Penglai Immortal Island, he joined forces with other forces organized by Penglai, and from a superior position, he may take Langya again in a few years!

Fighting broke out in both the east and west, and the fighting was fierce.

Wanghai City boasts unparalleled scenery. Since the evil god Gao Erqiang went into seclusion, the power of this city has been taken over by Daoist Su. He united the top shops in Wanghai to establish the Wanghai Chamber of Commerce, and their business has spread all over the world, providing countless cultivation materials to various immortal kingdoms.

However, Wanghai is located in the Western Sea and cannot remain unaffected. The Earth Demon Heaven in the east is about to break through to the fifth rank, and once it breaks through, Wanghai may be in danger of being overthrown. In addition, the coastal waters in the west are often plagued by sea beasts and evil spirits, making it difficult for Wanghai to have peace.

On this day, a number of third-tier sea beasts, including the third-tier evil shark king and the third-tier golden crab, were driven to the near sea of ​​Wanghai by the unscrupulous Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom, which attracted thousands of sails from Wanghai to set sail and fight fiercely with them for more than ten days.

The great battle had just ended, and the sea was littered with the remains and broken limbs of sea monsters and the damaged parts of treasure ship puppets.

"Hailong 003, calling Shelong 002, have all hostile sea monsters in the waters above been eliminated? My ship needs to surface for air. Please reply upon receipt! Please reply upon receipt!"

"Serpent Dragon 002, calling Deep Sea 003. All hostile sea beasts in the vicinity have been eliminated. No other Tier 3 sea beasts have appeared yet. You can surface with confidence. Serpent Dragon 002 and Serpent Dragon 003 will escort your ship!"

Yao Yongquan stealthily steered the Hailong to the surface of the sea, only to find thousands of treasure ships on the surface and no sea monsters in sight, which immediately put his mind at ease.

"Old Yao, you've done a great job these past few years. You've outsold us in every battle. Once this batch of sea monster carcasses is brought back to shore, the battle merits and rewards will be paid out. You'll probably be able to gather enough spirit stones to buy the Sea Dragon. The day you become the ship owner yourself won't be far off!"

On the opposite side, a long and slender ship, the Snake Dragon, which was skilled in naval warfare, a familiar fellow Daoist shouted loudly at Yao Guangquan.

Yao Guangquan counted the sea beast corpses collected inside the Hailong and smiled broadly:
"What's the Sea Dragon? If I'm going to get one, I'll get the Flood Dragon. They're both just treasure ship puppets. The Flood Dragon is a third-tier ultimate puppet with extremely high intelligence. If I get one, I won't even need to go to sea myself. I can kill enemies and earn merits just by operating this ship from the shore!"

"You really dare to dream. The Jiaolong and Jujiu are both Su Shangren's direct puppets and are not for sale. It is already difficult for us to be arranged by Shangren to be in the Shelong and Hailong.

You must understand, although the Wanghai Fleet has over a thousand puppet treasure ships, there are only thirty-two third-tier puppet treasure ships like the Serpent Dragon and Sea Dragon. We were only able to become captains of these third-tier ships through connections!

(End of this chapter)