Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 37 Gains a Little Fan
early morning.

A cool, damp breeze swirled up the sparse leaves, sending off a group of people heading towards the hunting grounds.

Most of these people were dressed in Baibaoge clothing.

The leader was thin and rough-looking, with a dark red scar that stretched from the corner of his eye to his chin. His demeanor was like that of a hard, angular stone, exuding an aura that kept strangers at bay.

This person is somewhat famous in Baiyunfang City. He is a well-known thug in the central area of ​​Baibaoge and a peak first-order body cultivator.

His name was Ma Tuan. Because he often did things like collecting debts and kicking people out for the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, he offended many rogue cultivators and was called "Ma Madman" by them.

The fact that the leper led the group out was already enough to attract attention, but the female cultivator walking alongside him drew even more whispers from the rogue cultivators.

She wore a plain white robe and a simple Taoist bun, with no other adornments. Even so, with her bright eyes, white teeth, and crescent-shaped eyebrows, her pure and delicate temperament, like a lotus emerging from the water, surpassed even the most flamboyant courtesans of the Red Sleeve Pavilion.

Of course, it could also be that the ugly and fierce-looking Ma Tuan next to her made her look more beautiful than usual.

Qinghe is even more famous in Baiyunfang than Matuan.

It wasn't entirely because of his temperament and appearance, but rather his skill in Taoist arts.

For the past ten years or so, almost all the large-volume goods that have been transported between Baibaoge and the surrounding markets and immortal cities have been escorted by this woman, who is rumored to be only one step away from achieving the Foundation Establishment stage.

She can easily wield Yellow-level Daoist techniques and has mastered several Profound-level Daoist techniques. In the past ten years, the caravans she has escorted have never encountered any trouble, which shows her ability.

With Ma Tuan and Qing He, along with more than twenty skilled individuals, what is Baibaoge planning to do by sending these people out?
The rogue cultivators whispered among themselves, struggling to shift their gaze from Qinghe's slender waist to the group of people in the middle of the procession.

Although these people were unfamiliar, the independent cultivators were able to verify their identities by checking with each other.

The one wearing a golden robe, with an old face and many wrinkles, is Liang Haishun, one of the most renowned array masters in Baiyunfang.

This person only knows how to set up defensive formations, but he is so skilled that he can rely on this one trick to succeed. Even the disciples of Yunshan Sect treat him with great respect.

Wearing a blue robe and sitting on a flying magical artifact with his eyes lowered as if dozing, was the artifact refiner Helian Xian.

I heard that he used to be a guest of Yuanlai Tower, but he ruined a batch of high-quality materials and ended up with a huge debt. From then on, he and Yuanlai Tower disliked each other.

There's a small shop in the central district where everyone who's used the magical artifacts he makes says they're good, and everyone who's bought them says they're expensive. Even if independent cultivators haven't dealt with him before, they'll always pass by his shop when they go to the central district.

The short female cultivator, who, to be honest, was no more than four feet tall, was the spiritual healer Guo Qiaolian.

She comes from a family of spiritual healers, with generations of her ancestors being spiritual healers. In addition, she is also intelligent and quick-witted.

At a young age, her medical skills were already superb, saving countless lives. She was highly respected by the rogue cultivators. Even the most vicious and ruthless cultivators would not harm her when she went out to treat patients, and would even secretly escort her.

Besides these few, there were dozens of other cultivators, young and old, men and women.

Without exception, these cultivators were all independent cultivators in Baiyunfang City who had made achievements in various cultivation arts.

Among them, Su Qing, who rode the Iron-Footed Horse, was not considered famous. He was too inexperienced and became famous too late. Only a few scattered cultivators nodded knowingly when the topic of the self-destructing puppet came up.

The reason why the rogue cultivators were interested in Su Qing, who was wearing the Dust-Avoiding Robe, was simply because he was too conspicuous in the group.

Two armored war bears, each three zhang tall, with black iron skin that gleamed with a cold light, and red eyes looking down at the wandering cultivators, were quite frightening.

The two bears stood one in front of the other. Compared to the bear behind, the bear in front looked as if it had been starving all winter and appeared rather thin. However, the golden retriever perched on its shoulder had bright, lively eyes and looked quite magical.

Besides the two bears and the dog, there were also twelve lizard warriors surrounding Iron-Legged Horse. With such a formation, it felt like the escort team from the Hundred Treasures Pavilion was somewhat superfluous. Normally, the puppeteer's puppets could handle a rogue cultivator.

To be able to manipulate so many puppets, this puppeteer must be at least at the peak of Qi Refining.

Indeed, only a rogue cultivator with such skill could have a kind-hearted, charming, and exquisite woman like Guo Qiaolian chasing after him to talk.

Ah, my heart aches so much!
That damned puppeteer! Not only does he steal our spirit crystals, but he also tries to seduce young girls.

Looking at Guo Qiaolian riding a white elephant, keeping pace with Su Qing, and occasionally leaning over to talk to him.

Many of the rogue cultivators who witnessed all of this, seeing Su Qing's ugly face of nonchalant chatter and utter annoyance, wished they could pull him off his horse and take his place.

Good grief, Qiaolian is speaking to you in a gentle and sweet voice, and you're still pretending.

Su Qing swore that he was not faking it at all.

He was indeed a little annoyed by the young girls around him.

That white-tusked elephant's back is so big and spacious, why can't you just lie down there properly? Why are you coming over here for no reason?

Although she was somewhat overwhelmed by the girl's enthusiasm, Su Qing didn't want to embarrass her, since the girl was a spiritual healer and she might need her help in the future.

"Please, please tell me how you helped a cultivator with a broken leg re-establish his mana circulation?" Guo Qiaolian's bright eyes revealed a thirst for unknown knowledge.

Ever since she learned from Manager Liu that Su Qing's spirit lotus root leg could revive a crippled cultivator, she had been extremely curious about this craft.

She had also treated rogue cultivators with broken legs, but at most she could only use spiritual needles and threads to suture the wounds. This might prevent the cultivator from falling in cultivation level due to the broken leg, but it was impossible to get them to continue cultivating.

Not to mention her, even her father, grandfather, and great-grandfather couldn't do this.

Along the way, in order to find out how Su Qing did it, she kept asking Su Qing questions.

"What you can't do isn't a systemic capability, so your curiosity is useless!"

Su Qing shook her head and explained, just like before.

To refine the Spirit Lotus Root Leg, one needs to master second-tier medical runes and second-tier biomimetic runes. Guo Qiaolian might know medical runes, but second-tier biomimetic runes are beyond her knowledge.

Moreover, crafting puppets requires extensive knowledge of puppetry, and even more crucially, the assistance of the Spider Doctor, which only Su Qing possesses.

Let alone Guo Qiaolian, no first-level puppeteer would be able to craft the Spirit Lotus Leg.

But his response clearly did not satisfy Guo Qiaolian.

This girl has a round face, red lips and white teeth, and looks like a pure and beautiful girl, but her personality is as stubborn as a mule.

"Of course I know I can't refine the Spirit Lotus Leg, but all cultivation methods lead to the same goal. Just tell me the principle behind how the Spirit Lotus Leg can achieve the circulation of magical power!"

Guo Qiaolian kept grumbling, and Su Qing, seeing that she couldn't get rid of her without saying something substantial, reluctantly said:

"Leaving aside puppetry techniques, the goal is to repair the damaged body of a cultivator so that they can cultivate normally as before."

One key factor is the mastery of medical runes; once a cultivator's body is broken and bleeding is uncontrollable, the treatment is relatively simple.

However, the most troublesome issue is that the magical power within the sea of ​​consciousness is leaking out through the gap. Without healing runes or other appropriate methods to temporarily seal the leak, nothing else can be done.

When Guo Qiaolian saw that the stingy puppeteer had finally spoken up, her eyes lit up and she nodded her head repeatedly.

“That’s right, that’s the kind of loophole we spiritual healers deal with. We don’t necessarily need medical runes; we can achieve the same result using a cross-stitch technique supplemented with animal meat sutures…”

Su Qing glanced at her, the meaning in her eyes couldn't be clearer.

Guo Qiaolian blushed slightly and chuckled, "Go ahead and say it, I won't interrupt."

"I don't care how you spiritual healers do this, but when we puppeteers encounter this kind of situation, we can only use medical runes. The runes have their own solutions."

This is only the first step. Next, we need to master the second-tier defensive rune. Mastering this rune will allow us to perfectly simulate the cultivator's physical condition and create a new leg for him.

“Bionic runes? Perfect simulation? How is that possible!” Guo Qiaolian interrupted again.

The little mouth babbled on and on: "I can understand that the surface of the puppet prosthetic limb is bionic to the same as the real leg, but how can the joints, countless nerves, various meridians and blood vessels of the legs be bionic?"

Upon hearing this, Su Qing replied with a slightly arrogant tone:
"You can't, but I can. Don't even mention his legs, even if his penis is broken, I can replace it for him!"

"Which one can you answer? Tell me in detail, I want to hear it..." Guo Qiaolian's eyes brightened even more.

At this point, Su Qing, who had never exchanged experiences with other professionals, also became quite talkative.

They talked with Guo Qiaolian until the team left the living area, and then stopped, still feeling a bit unsatisfied. The main reason was that the little girl's white-tusked elephant was hungry and needed to be fed by the little girl.

"I've really learned something today. Fellow Daoist Su, you're a good person. If you ever need anything in the future, just come to me. Don't worry, as long as you have a breath left, I can bring you back to life!"

The little girl took out various spiritual foods from her storage bag and had the white-tusked elephant stuff them into its mouth, while speaking to Su Qing.

"Well, although I don't want that day to come, I still thank you in advance, fellow Daoist."

Su Qing cupped his hands and smiled, glancing at the white-tusked elephant. When he first saw this elephant, he was somewhat envious.

It was enormous; Guo Qiaolian even built a small house on its back. It moved with remarkable ease and was gentle in nature. When trouble came, it was a formidable fighter.

It looks much more powerful than my own magical dog. That silly dog ​​not only won't let me ride it, but it also likes to ride the armored war bear. Judging from its appearance, it probably treats all these puppets as its underlings.

He used to envy the white-tusked elephant, but now he doesn't. This huge spirit beast, Guo Qiaolian fed it spirit food for half a day and it still wasn't full. Its food consumption was really astonishing. With these spirit crystals, he could raise two more armored war bears.

Just as he was secretly rejoicing that puppets were easier to raise than spirit beasts, another rogue cultivator approached him.

(End of this chapter)