Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 381 Taking a Gamble?
The masters at Fulong Temple are all good bald monks!
He acquired a fourth-tier Buddha relic in exchange for only five third-tier exorcism puppets.

So much so that when Su Qing walked out of the Buddhist Treasure Shop, he was still a little dazed, like a silly boy who had just picked up a pie from the sky.

"Fulong Temple is trying to curry favor with you, fellow Daoist, and may ask for favors from you in the future. These Buddhist cultivators are masters at manipulating cause and effect. Once they have a karmic connection with you, it's like a stubborn plaster that they can't get rid of!"

On the third floor of Langya Lane, Ling Ying, who had invited Su Qing into the cultivation room, whispered a reminder to Su Qing.

"It's alright. Buddhist principles of cause and effect are not much different from human relationships. Since Fulong Temple has given me benefits, I will certainly help them if they need anything in the future."

Just like Master Ling, Master, your journey is about to begin, are you ready?

Su Qing smiled indifferently. He had already sensed the attitude of Fulong Temple towards him when he stole the Buddhist Vajra Dharma last time, so he was not against it.

It's better for someone to use your treasure to scheme against you than to scheme against your treasure. Just like in his past life, Widow Wang next door would often give him sausages and cured meat, hoping he would help pick up and drop off his children every day. He was happy to do so, or perhaps she wanted him to raise the children? Now that he's already dressed up, there's no chance to ask her.

Ling Ying, who could ask questions in the present world, looked gloomy upon hearing this. She felt that this person had slept with her for over fifty years, so surely feelings should have developed between them. How could he still think that their relationship was just a simple transaction, at most involving some human relationships?
"Rest assured, Master Su, all one hundred treasure ships of Langya Pavilion, twelve Golden Core cultivators, over seventy Foundation Establishment cultivators, and second and third-tier professionals are ready and can depart with you at any time."

Hearing Ling Ying's tone turn cold and her turn her back to speak to her, Su Qing knew perfectly well that she was being temperamental.

But if you're going to play games, do you expect me to coax you?
"Now that you have made all the preparations, I am relieved. Please wait for me for another three to five days. Once I am ready, I will fulfill my promise from back then and go to Langya Immortal Island to risk my life for you and seize the great treasure!"

Who do you think you are? You expect me to risk my life for you, and you want me to coax you? Do you think you're some kind of witch?

Ling Ying turned her head, her beautiful eyes filled with tears, and whispered:
"Perhaps we should give up. The appearance of the immortal script has already exceeded Ling Ying's expectations. The news of over a hundred divine runes will undoubtedly attract countless powerful cultivators. It's no longer something we can risk..."

"Master, are you serious?" Su Qing looked at the young woman with some suspicion. This young woman was skilled at deceiving people, especially the Azure Fox Dharma Form, so one had to be careful.

Sizzle!
A wisp of green smoke rose from inside the house; it was Ling Ying who had deliberately destroyed the spiritual contract she had made with Su Qing in the past.

This action meant that for over fifty years, Langya Workshop had been a vassal of Su Qing, serving him and providing him with all sorts of good things, which had all gone down the drain. Even Ling Ying herself had essentially slept with Su Qing for over fifty years for nothing. If Su Qing was heartless, then all her anger over Ziwei would have been wasted!
"Why do you do this, Venerable One? That Immortal Island is a mountain of knives and a sea of ​​fire. I, Su Qing, am a man of my word and a man of my promises. I will not even flinch. I will bring you to the island!"

"If the other cultivators hadn't known what treasures were inside the immortal ruins, with your current abilities and Ling Ying's understanding of the immortal ruins, it would indeed have been possible for you to take advantage of the situation."

But now it's impossible. This isn't your fault, nor is it Ling Ying's incompetence. Perhaps Ling Ying is destined to be forever separated from that treasure. Rather than let you lose your life on that immortal island, Ling Ying will not take that treasure!

Ling Ying turned her back again and said softly.

Su Qing took two steps forward, wrapped her arms around his slender waist from behind, nuzzled her fair neck with her chin, and whispered:

"Is the precious treasure that the Venerable One seeks the 'Mercy Brush' from the immortal's relics?"

"How did you know?" Ling Ying's expression changed. She wanted to turn her head and stare at Su Qing, but Su Qing pressed her shoulder down with his chin. She struggled for a moment but couldn't move. She could only sullenly twist her body in his arms to express her dissatisfaction.

"I am in perfect harmony with you, Master. I know exactly what you are thinking. This brush contains some amorous Dao patterns. It is a spiritual treasure and can also be used to create a spirit object. It concerns your path to enlightenment. Even if the island is full of dangers, I will still retrieve it for you."

This has nothing to do with the transactions I made with the Master in the past; it was simply because the Master needed it.

"If the Venerable One desires it, I will fetch it for you!"

Su Qing's voice was soft, yet it exuded a rare domineering aura that made Ling Ying's body go weak.

"Really...really, even without the bond of a spiritual contract, you're still willing to risk your life for me?"

Countless people would risk their lives for Ling Ying, including Ye Suo and many other guests in Langya Fang.

But Ling Ying had never been moved by her before, and now, hearing that Su Qing felt the same way, her heart trembled slightly.

She knew that Su Qing, having cultivated for only a hundred years, had already reached the third-tier Golden Core stage in both physical and magical cultivation, and entered the fourth-tier True Person realm in puppetry. Now, controlling Wanghai City and with no shortage of spirit stones, he didn't actually have much need for Langya Immortal Island or the immortal ruins. As long as he proceeded step by step, his advancement to the Nascent Soul stage and glimpsing the fifth-tier Puppet Master realm would be a natural progression, requiring no risk whatsoever. Because he didn't need it, and his path was bright, this statement was all the more valuable.

Of course, the main reason she was moved by him was that she had developed feelings for him and hoped that he would reciprocate. After all, she wasn't a stone after spending more than fifty years together day and night.

What she didn't know was...

The information about the so-called "mercy pen" was given to Su Qing by Madam Lanxiang, whom she hated to the core. With Madam Lanxiang's cooperation, they entered the Immortal Ruins and plotted to seize the pen. It was not as risky as Ling Ying had imagined.

Su Qing's arrival on the island was not without purpose. Even if those hundred-plus divine runes could not be transformed into Dao runes, they could still be of great use by integrating them into puppets and refining fourth- or fifth-tier puppets. Not to mention that they could also be decomposed into corresponding runes for further use.

More importantly, Ling Ying didn't know his current cultivation level, nor did he know how hard the Huangwas had been cultivating. They were almost at the peak of the Golden Core stage. It wasn't impossible for them to instantly become Nascent Souls on Langya Immortal Island!

This job is a success!
Besides, even if it's not for the old Taoist priest, not for Ling Ying, and not even for himself, it has to be for the witch, right?

That old Taoist priest is heartless! He used the Yin-Yang Twin Rings to deceive my precious witch!
A true man keeps his secrets to himself and doesn't need to tell a woman much. If Ling Ying doesn't know these things, then so be it. Knowing everything would only harm her!
He placed Ling Ying, who was trembling and didn't know what to do, on the edge of the bed. Just as she was skillfully undressing, Su Qing said seriously:
"We'll talk about it later, not today. Time is tight and the mission is heavy. We need to get to Langya Island. I need to hurry up and prepare my methods..."

"Whatever the real person lacks, Ling Ying will give to the real person whatever he has."

What a wonderful girl, she understands so quickly!
When Su Qing returned to her family's puppet shop with the four fourth-tier treasures left to her by her father-in-law—or rather, the ones from the Langya Master—she was far too unfamiliar with.
In the VIP room on the second floor of the puppet shop, all the leaders of the various forces in Wanghai that he had asked Qinghe to invite early in the morning had arrived.

Not only the leaders of Wanghai, but also the Green Lion King who had been making brotherly deals with him and was reluctant to leave, as well as Shi Zhifang and his nephew Lü Wentian, who had lost their third uncle and had just recognized their second uncle, and helped their second uncle set up the Killing Pavilion in Wanghai City.

Su Qing originally thought that with the appearance of the immortal relics on Langya Island and the emergence of more than a hundred divine patterns, cultivators from all over Tianyuan were drooling with envy. The cultivators from Wanghai, which was not far from Langya, must also be eager for it. He thought that he could take the opportunity to gather his forces and use the full power of Wanghai to go to Langya and share the spoils.

Unexpectedly, these people were either blinded by the prosperity and tranquility of Wanghai or disheartened by the dancers of Hongxiu Tower.

A tremendous opportunity was right before their eyes; becoming an immortal or an ancestor was just a gamble. Yet, they all cowered and dared not set foot on the island.

They lack ambition and want Su Qing to be less ambitious as well.

"Master Su, although the Immortal Island is wonderful and the divine patterns are exquisite, beautiful women are sought after by many families and treasures are fought over by thousands. Today, countless powerful figures from all over the world are rushing to Langya Immortal Island. I, the Evil God of the Sea, am in seclusion. My mere Dragon Island Bixi can barely contend with the fourth-level True Immortals. How can I be qualified to meddle in that matter!"

Ying Wushen stroked his beard and sincerely advised him.

Since marrying Shao Delong and having several grandchildren, the old hero has lost his former heroic spirit. He only wants to enjoy his grandchildren in Wanghai and pave the way for his daughter and son-in-law. He will avoid doing anything that puts him in danger if he can.

Compared to the old hero, Rao Tingshan, who still had ambition for his career, was very enthusiastic about the treasures in the immortal ruins. However, he had no chance of advancing to the Nascent Soul stage. After seizing the divine runes, he could only give them to the Nascent Soul cultivators in the building. He was unwilling to risk his years of hard work with the team he had built in the building for something he could not use himself.

"According to information obtained through unofficial channels, the forces seeking to seize the divine runes from Langya Immortal Island include not only the Huang and Liu families of Penglai, but also several True Persons and fourth-level high-level cultivators from my Thousand Kingdoms Immortal Kingdom. Because the aura of the divine runes cannot be concealed, even the evil sea beasts deep in the Western Sea are stirring..."

"And my Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom's True King Tianpeng also went to the vicinity of Langya Immortal Island a long time ago!" The White-Faced Green Lion King, who also disapproved of Su Qing's adventure to Langya Immortal Island, added.

It wasn't that he had a deep brotherly bond with Su Qing and was afraid that he would die in vain; it was that Su Qing had taken more than twenty corpses of his many golden-haired brothers and a hundred drops of his father's true king's essence blood, but had not yet delivered them to him!

Fearing that his previous investments would be wasted, he urged Su Qing to think of him even if not for himself, and at least finish delivering the goods before dying!

"Father, the sect leader, also sent word that a general in the Pingxi army has broken through the blockade of our Desire Demon Sect and is leading his men towards Langya Immortal Island. Fellow Daoist Su has a deep-seated grudge against the Pingxi Prince's Mansion. If you run into this group on the Immortal Island, your chances of survival are slim!"

Shi Zhifang spoke not because he feared Su Qing was in grave danger, but because he feared that if something happened to him, Yun'er would be heartbroken.

Su Qing glanced over and saw Duan Tianai looking like a coward, shrugging her head and not daring to look her in the eye. She was heartbroken.

The vast sea, the hometown of heroes, is now devoid of even a single hero who aspires to make progress?
(End of this chapter)