Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 40 A Happy Ending!

The Ge Family Courtyard.

Hearing the commotion outside, Ge Ling and Yuan Ailan hurriedly ran out of the house and saw Ge Changyuan walking in to greet Su Qing.

Ge Ling's eyes lit up instantly, and she ran happily to Su Qing's side.

"Brother Su, you've finally arrived! I knew you'd come, but those uncles and elders wouldn't listen to me. They kept asking me questions as soon as they saw me. It was so annoying!"

"Ling'er, don't talk nonsense!" Ge Changyuan scolded Ge Ling, then cupped his hands to Su Qing and said, "The villagers are ignorant, please don't take offense, it's nothing serious, this old man can handle it."

Su Qing didn't need to ask for details to know what had happened to Ge Changyuan's family these past few days, and immediately bowed and said:

"I'm sorry to have troubled you for my sake, fellow Daoist. Once this deal is done, I will repay you handsomely."

Upon hearing this, Ge Changyuan waved his hands repeatedly. If this deal went through, and the village had lizard warriors patrolling, it would also benefit Ge Changyuan. He really didn't think Su Qing needed to thank him for anything.

Ge Changyuan was especially grateful for the scene Su Qing had just set up.

Living in a village is different from living in a residential area.

The residential area is full of independent cultivators from all over the country, who have no relatives or friends. Some of them don't like to socialize and may not even know whether their neighbors are male or female.

If they're not satisfied with their place of residence, they can simply move on to another one. They don't care about saving face; getting spirit crystals is the most important thing.

In the village, everyone is related to each other, and you see each other all the time. Here, face is more important than spirit crystals. Without face, you simply can't survive.

Ge Changyuan felt that Su Qing had made him look good today, which was more meaningful than any other form of gratitude.

Su Qing disagreed, but didn't say anything more for the time being.

While waiting for the village chiefs to arrive.

He also inquired about the recent situation in the village.

Gejia Village is located on the outermost edge of the market town, closest to the hunting area, and they know the situation in the hunting area best.

"Things are not peaceful. Although those rogue cultivators have killed a lot of demonic beasts, the number of demonic beasts is not decreasing at all. In fact, the more they kill, the more there are."

The old man also heard that a few days ago a black mountain tiger appeared, swallowed more than ten rogue cultivators, and then disappeared without a trace.

That's a second-tier demonic beast, not something a Foundation Establishment cultivator can afford to offend. These past few days, many rogue cultivators have been so frightened they've retreated from the hunting grounds.

When Ge Changyuan heard that Su Qing was also going to the hunting area soon, he told her everything he knew.

Su Qing nodded in agreement. The Hundred Beasts Mountain stretches for countless miles from north to south, and even the Cloud Mountain Sect might not know how many demonic beasts are hidden within it.

It's not surprising that when these monsters descended the mountain, first-tier monsters emerged and second-tier monsters appeared to harm people.

If it weren't for news of a second-tier demonic beast, why would the Hundred Treasures Pavilion have sent anyone here?

"Also, more than ten days ago, a young body cultivator had his right leg gnawed off by a demonic beast, and he asked me to find you to refine a spirit lotus root leg."

Unfortunately, it was already late at night. The old man had encountered a headless evil spirit last time, so he was hesitant to walk at night.

He was only asked to wait one more day, but he lost patience and left, dragging his one leg along.

Ge Changyuan said with some regret, "That fellow Daoist was quite nice, polite and courteous. I had hoped he could help him."

After all, he had seen the benefits of the Lotus Root Legs clearly from his own daughter.

That fellow Daoist seemed to be being chased by someone, who couldn't wait any longer, and the old man had no choice.

Su Qing didn't seem to care, but instead reminded Ge Changyuan:

"Brother is right. Things haven't been very peaceful where I live lately. It's best not to go there unless you have to."

"I know, I know!" Old Man Ge nodded repeatedly.

Su Qing then looked at Ge Ling, listening to the little girl chattering about recent interesting things.

"Wang Ergou from the next village, his dad took him out hunting monsters on his iron horse. They brought back a first-tier monster, looking very impressive! I asked my dad to get me one too, so I could go hunt monsters, but my dad absolutely refused. All he does is make me braid ropes all day."

"Your father did the right thing. Monsters aren't so easy to kill. With your limited skills, trying to kill them is just fooling around!"

"What's there to be afraid of if there are many people? I'm much more capable than Wang Ergou. Look, Brother Su, this is Gale Slash, a mid-grade Yellow-level Dao technique. It's just that I don't have enough mana right now, so I can only activate it once."

"That's enough, your brother Su is almost thirty and still hasn't figured out the Gale Technique!"

"That yellow dog looks so majestic."

"Just a stupid dog."

Talking to Ge Ling is completely different from talking to Guo Qiaolian. Guo Qiaolian is a fellow Daoist, a friend of the same path, so you have to be a little careful when you speak to her.

To him, Ge Ling was like a little girl next door he had watched grow up, and as he spoke to her, he felt a little more relaxed.

While he was talking to Ge Ling, Yuan Ailan brewed a pot of Lingmai tea and brought it over.

The warm tea had a rich wheat aroma. After Su Qing poured a large pot, she saw Ge Changyuan welcoming in several elders, and she quickly stood up and bowed.

"This humble Daoist Su Qing greets fellow Daoists."

The elders were all villagers from nearby villages, and most of them were at the mid-stage of Qi Refining. Facing a puppeteer like Su Qing, they did not dare to be arrogant and all returned the greeting with cupped hands.

Among them, Ge Shu, the village chief of Gejia Village, had dealt with Su Qing before, and he was the one who spoke first:

“Fellow Daoist Su, they said the puppets they asked you to refine are all finished. We old folks are eager to see your craftsmanship as soon as possible. The village has been in chaos lately, and everyone wants to use these puppets soon.”

"I'll show you my technique now, but this courtyard is too small for me to practice properly. Let's go outside," Su Qing said slowly, putting down his cup.

When everyone arrived outside the courtyard, the villagers had not dispersed; in fact, they had gathered in greater numbers. It was only after they made room that the villagers were able to disperse.

Su Qing patted his storage bag, and a series of puppets immediately came into view.

Thirty iron horse puppets, clad in silver armor, strong and imposing.

Fifty wooden ox puppets, with strong limbs and broad backs.

The most eye-catching are the twelve lizard warriors, with green skin, red eyes, long tails, and sharp claws, resembling twelve cold-blooded killing machines, stern and imposing.

After several village chiefs took turns trying out a few puppets, they all nodded in satisfaction and thanked Su Qing profusely.

"Fellow Daoist Su's skills are truly superb. Even this ordinary iron horse and wooden ox are far superior to those of others!"

"Fellow Daoist Su stayed in our village for a while. Back then, Fellow Daoist Su always provided the best materials and never cheated anyone. Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked you to come with me to find Fellow Daoist Su!"

"The lizard warrior is great, really great! How could those rogue cultivators bear to let such a good puppet self-destruct!"

The village chiefs kept praising him, and Su Qing smiled and said a few words of modesty before having to interrupt:
"Fellow Daoists, to be honest, I've been invited by the Hundred Treasures Pavilion to do some business in the hunting area. Our team is still waiting for me in Hao Family Village, so I can't linger here too long. What do you think..."

“Yes, yes, since you have something to do, let’s make the deal quickly!” Ge Shu looked at Su Qing with even more respect when he heard that even the Hundred Treasures Pavilion had invited him to do something, and quickly said.

After the village chiefs handed over the remaining 23,000 spirit crystals to Su Qing in the presence of all the villagers.

Ge Changyuan smiled and saw them off, but when he returned home, Su Qing was nowhere to be seen.

In the courtyard, however, there was an extra heavily armored lizard warrior.

"Fellow Daoist Su thinks too highly of this old man!"

As Old Man Ge touched the lizard warrior's smooth chest, he felt that his decision to bring Su Qing home a few years ago was absolutely the right one!

This kid.

That's really kind of you!

(End of this chapter)