Immortality begins with meditation puppets

[Puppet Name: Inspiration Doll]

[Puppet Rank: Rank 3 (Lower Limit) - Rank 7 (Upper Limit)]

[Puppet Type: None (Custom-made puppet by Puppet Immortal; due to its unique nature, it cannot be categorized at this time; one of the doll-themed puppet series.)]

[Refining Requirements: Puppet Immortal (identity), Fourth-Order Puppet Master (profession rank), mastery of any one of the Three Pure Ones Daoist runes or their derivative runes (rank) such as Creation, Yin and Yang, or Life and Death]

[Refining materials: the souls of living beings of the same rank as the Inspiration Doll being refined (the higher the strength of the soul, the stronger the power of the Inspiration Doll).

Hidden Stone (Tier 4 or higher quality).

Black blood (taken from the heart of a wicked person; the more lives they have harmed, the better the quality of the blood).

Virgin blood (the older the boy, the purer the flavor).

White Lotus Tears (taken from the tears of a pure maiden; lotus spirits are most effective).

Spirit wood (preferably over 10,000 years old).

Five Elements Stones (can be crafted by combining five fourth-tier gems: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth).

[Function 1: Heavenly Vision and Earthly Hearing, the Inspiration Doll passively detects all movements within a radius of ten thousand miles (ignores concealment by cultivators no more than two levels higher than itself, and is immune to the influence of Daoist divine abilities below the Five Elders).]

[Function 2: Echoes of All Things - The Inspiration Doll can rewind to everything that happened within the current three days (minimum three days; as its rank increases, the rewind range and time also increase).]

[Function 3: Hearing the Heart's Voice. When a being's emotions fluctuate, the Inspiration Doll can receive changes in their thoughts. (For beings of the same or lower level, their thoughts can be heard at any time. For beings of higher level, unless their minds are disturbed, it is difficult to perceive or hear their thoughts.)]

[Function 4: Human Hearts Can Be Measured. This ability can discern others' attitudes towards the host. Kindness is indicated by blue, evil by red, and neutral by green. The deeper the color, the stronger the inclination. (This ability ignores rank and can infer the attitude of any being towards the host. Note that the Inspiration Doll has the power to manipulate people's hearts. Excessive influence on lower-ranking beings may cause them to develop extreme emotions such as admiration or devotion towards the host. These emotions are irreversible, so use with caution.)]

[Function Five: Manipulating Minds. The Inspiration Doll can target the weaknesses in a being's will, amplifying the influence of their emotions on their consciousness, causing them to lose their composure, become restless, and let their thoughts run wild. (This function may be detected and even locked onto by those with stable minds and strong wills. It should only be used when the target's mind is shaken.)]

[Comment: Come on, play with me!]

Slowly closing the puppet blueprints in her hand, Su Qing tapped her fingers rhythmically on the table.

He had obtained the blueprints for the Inspiration Doll a long time ago, but the reason why he hadn't finished crafting it yet was quite simple.

Expensive, and useless in the short term.

It's obviously expensive. Putting everything else aside, just those five elemental gems, which are at least fourth-tier, are each worth tens of thousands of spirit stones. If you don't have strong connections or a wide network of influence, you won't be able to gather enough spirit stones even if you have them.

The other materials, whether it was the Tongyou Stone that had been washed by the blood of the Nether River in the Nine Netherworld, or the ten-thousand-year-old Tongling Wood that even demons dared to wreak havoc in the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, were not ordinary things and could only be obtained by him if he had money and connections.

But there are advantages to being expensive. The meditation doll and the substitute doll were also very expensive for him in the past, but he would grit his teeth and make these two dolls even if it meant exhausting his family's wealth.

These two dolls had an immediate effect on him. The meditation doll helped him cultivate and made great contributions to his current Nascent Soul cultivation level. The substitute doll saved his life and is now able to run around, all thanks to these dolls sacrificing themselves for their master.

How about the Inspiration Doll?
It's good, and it's bad.

It can see the heavens and hear the earth, echo all things, listen to the voice of the heart, fathom the human heart, and manipulate the human heart. It combines five different types of abilities: investigation, exploration, celestial secrets, and demonic arts. One of these abilities is stronger than five of them, making it an excellent assistant for home and travel.

However, in Su Qing's previous view, compared to the cost of the puppet, its function was not indispensable to her.

With his keen eyesight and keen hearing, he possessed the Bee Detective Puppet, which had undergone several upgrades. In addition, his own divine sense was unparalleled among Nascent Soul cultivators, making it no exaggeration to call him a half-step Divine Transformation cultivator. Even without this puppet, the Bee Detective Puppet, combined with his own divine sense, was sufficient to handle most situations.

The ability to recall everything that happened at the current location within three days is indeed remarkable. However, he also possesses the art of incantation and witchcraft. If he encounters something he can't understand, he can also ask the heavens with his head. If all else fails, he can use the Lotus Seal to rewind time or have his good brother, Old Daoist Tong, use the crystal ball to calculate it. After all, they are brothers, and they are talking about feelings. He would be too embarrassed to ask him for payment.

The ability to listen to people's thoughts is truly remarkable. Everyone has a desire to pry into others' private lives, and Su Qing is no exception. However, being worldly-wise and shrewd, he can cunningly deduce the thoughts of the people he interacts with from their attitudes and reactions. Whether he listens or not seems to be of little importance.
Human nature is predictable, which can prevent the presence of bad people in the crowd and avoid being betrayed by others. However, Su Qing is cautious by nature, and it is difficult to gain his trust from those who have not signed a master-servant contract with him. Just look at this huge Su Ji fleet, where the sailors and crew are all puppets he has created. Only Li Hailang can be considered a real person, which shows how cautious he is.

As for distinguishing between good and evil, he has his own set of rules. Those who don't let Su Qing take advantage of them are not necessarily bad people, but they are definitely not good people. Those who can let Su Qing take advantage of them and continue to do so must be very good citizens.

Besides, in the current situation in the Western Sea, aren't the worst off the Demon Buddha, the Great Sage Who Overturns the Sea, the Earth Demon Heaven, and the high-ranking demons who are about to be unsealed? Do they even need to distinguish between good and evil? Just wait and see if they laugh maniacally when they appear!
Of these four features, the last one, manipulating people's hearts, is the most worthwhile to see.

Human hearts are not made of iron, and neither are gods.

If you cultivate yourself to the point of turning into a stone, that's not cultivation; that's just falling ill.

According to Su Qing's understanding of cultivators, as their strength increases, their desires become stronger, they acquire more secrets, and they have more and more chaotic thoughts.

Even when Su Qing himself was still weak, the witch puppets he made were enough to meet his needs. Now that he's stronger, doesn't he also need to go to the Red Sleeve Pavilion to spend money?

This is the meaning of arduous cultivation. The difference between high-level and low-level cultivators lies in their ability to effectively conceal or protect their subconscious. Dharma cultivators can cultivate secret techniques of divine sense, choosing the object of their deepest obsession as an anchor for their mind, also known as the Dao Fruit. By guarding the Dao Fruit, they can prevent themselves from being taken advantage of by evil spirits. Body cultivators can also strengthen their physical bodies to make it difficult for evil spirits to invade their sea of ​​consciousness. In addition, high-level body cultivators generally have expressionless faces and deliberately appear cold, which is also a deliberate attempt to control the expression of their true emotions so as not to be deceived by evil spirits!
The Inspiration Doll's ability to manipulate people's minds is exactly the same as that of the higher-ranking demons—no, it surpasses them. Because as long as the opponent's emotions fluctuate drastically, the Inspiration Doll can ignore all their defenses, amplifying their current emotions without their awareness, causing them to reveal weaknesses. It can be used as a universally applicable divine tool for defeating enemies! "Besides combat, this ability can be used in all aspects of business dealings and interactions!"

Su Qing smiled and, after a moment's thought, decided to refine the Inspiration Doll instead of the alternative Treant Guardian that could only be refined using the Cloud Heaven Demon Tree.

What made him decide was the unique environment of that Land of No Breath.

The fog of isolation from divine sense probing and divination rendered his own investigative and divination abilities ineffective.

The ever-changing and unpredictable evil spirits are impossible to guard against, and with my mind full of all kinds of poisons, I may not be able to withstand their ability to manipulate people's hearts!

"Special environment, special treatment. This Inspiration Doll is more useful to me in the Land of Despair than a fifth-order puppet. In addition, in the future, evil spirits will emerge in the Tianyuan Realm, and ancient lineages from all sides will come from the outside world. At this critical moment, having this Inspiration Doll to distinguish between good and evil, friend and foe, and to ensure that I am not manipulated by others while also being able to manipulate others is by no means a bad thing!"

As Su Qing spoke, she took out all the precious materials that she had prepared in advance from her storage bag.

He possesses, and many, the divine souls of fourth-order beings.

Nine-Headed Dragon, Sky-Swallowing Toad, Golden Crab King, Black Ape King... all were heroes in life, and also legendary figures in death!

He chose the Black Ape King, not because the other divine souls were inferior, but because the Black Ape King was simply too outstanding. Its origins were humble, rising from a first-order water monkey to a fourth-order alien king ape. Its monkey brain was full of wisdom and knowledge of how to handle things. As a puppet that plays with brains, the quality of the Inspiration Doll's brain is extremely important.

The Tongyou Stone, although it is a treasure of the Thousand Islands Sect's Styx Dao lineage that is not allowed to leave the sect, Su Qing and Master Fuhu have a long-standing friendship. After giving Master Fuhu some kickbacks, he asked him to guarantee that he could get two or three of them from the Thousand Islands Sect. Master Fuhu even hinted to him afterward that if he wanted this, he could get it anytime, as long as the price was right!
The Spirit Wood, which is ten thousand years old, is a divine object in the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons. Cutting down such a divine tree would be condemned by all the demons. But as the saying goes, as long as the price is right, his good lion brother from the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons can even uproot the tree and send it to him. However, his good lion brother is currently thousands of miles away, and he only has a small piece of Spirit Wood that he used to buy a puppet as payment last time. This means that he cannot make any mistakes in the process of refining the Spirit Doll. If he fails once, he will have to wait for his good lion brother to deliver the wood to his door if he wants to refine it again.

In contrast, he was the first to gather the most valuable Five Elements Stones among all the materials. The current Xing Sha Heaven Kingdom, formerly Wang Hai Immortal City, is now the largest distribution center for resources in the Western Sea, handling countless precious materials every day. Gathering four-tier gems with the five elements attributes is not particularly difficult. Even his own Su Ji Puppet Shop has a four-tier Fire Obsidian Stone in reserve for emergencies. Other shops such as Jia Tianxia, ​​Duan Family Puppet Shop, Langya Workshop, and Fo Bao Zhai also have them in stock. Before going to Langya Immortal Island, he borrowed these gems from various shops on credit. It was Qing He who suggested it, saying that the trip was dangerous and having more creditors would definitely not be a loss.

Aside from these few rare and precious materials that he had to prepare well in advance, he hadn't prepared the remaining Black Heart Blood, Virgin Blood, and White Lotus Tears because they were relatively common. Only when he tried to refine them did he realize that there was a big problem with these three materials!

Of course, the presence of tainted blood is not a problem.

The cultivation world is full of ruthless and corrupt people, including Su Qing, Liang Haishun and Li Hailang on the ship, whose hearts are not pure either.

But there's no limit to how ruthless he can be. He possesses the life essence of a pirate king who has wreaked havoc in the Western Sea for years, committing arson, murder, robbery, and all sorts of evil deeds, as well as the life essence of the withered wood immortal who colluded with the sea witch to create the disgusting existence of the Asura God.

With a little tweaking, it becomes shockingly dark, absolutely allowing the Inspiration Doll to sense the evil in people's hearts and better grasp human nature.

White Lotus Tears weren't difficult to obtain. As far as he knew, despite Qinglian's gambling and swindling nature and low moral standards, she was a good girl. At least, she had never told anyone her story. Moreover, she was born as a lotus spirit and had been feeding white lotuses herself over the years, becoming purer with age. She was also an anomaly among lotus spirits, perfectly meeting the requirements for crafting the Inspiration Doll.

It's rare to find blood from a virgin!

Even if Su Qing vomited three liters of blood, he wouldn't find a single drop of pure blood.

Liang Haishun is even worse than him!

Tong Chang doesn't have this function, and he also has a wife. Unless he is impotent, he is definitely not a virgin.

Li Hailang?
Su Qing stood up and leaped to stand in front of Li Hailang.

Li Hailang, who was trying to get on Tong Laodao's good side and obtain some Vajra Talismans for protection, suddenly saw his boss, who was in seclusion refining puppets, land in front of him. His body stiffened as if in a reflex, and he shouted a slogan:
"Protecting the ship and guarding the home is our duty. No matter how hard we suffer, it is not as hard as our master sheltering us from the wind and rain. No matter how difficult it is, it is not as difficult as our master paying us our monthly salary. Don't ask how much you earn in a month, but how much you can do for your master. I, Li Hailang, swear to be loyal to my master to the death and never neglect my duty!"

"Alright, if you're slacking off, so be it. I'm not Xiong Er, I'm not going to dock your pay, am I?" Su Qing waved her hand and got down to business.

Upon hearing his question, Li Hailang's face immediately turned a deep purplish-red.

"Insulting! Utterly insulting! Master, what's the difference between this and pointing your finger at me and cursing me? Who hasn't done *that* thing after cultivating for over a hundred years? To tell you the truth, Master, when I was thirteen, I was with Aunt Wang next door..."

Seeing that Li Hailang was even angrier than when she had deducted his monthly salary, Su Qing immediately realized that she had been too hard on this gang leader. The Langtian Gang was named after the wave, so how could his gang leader possibly be chaste?

In a century, only a fool would not have experienced the joy of telling stories to others!
“Fellow Daoist Su, if you wish to obtain the blood of a virgin, this old Daoist has a way!” Tong Chang, who had been listening to the amusement from the side, saw Su Qing’s distressed expression and seized the opportunity to speak up.

Is this old Taoist priest really no good? My poor sister-in-law!
Su Qing turned her head and swept her gaze from Tong Chang's upper body to his lower body, the meaning of which made Tong Chang understand the anger that Li Hailang had just felt!
"I'm in good shape! It's not that I have it, it's that the Dragon-Subduing True Man of the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom has not yet lost his primordial yang, which can be used by Fellow Daoist Su!" Tong Chang roared, pointing at the Myriad Kingdoms Peak ship being dragged by the Jiao Tu ship behind the Dragon Island Bixi.

After he said that, Su Qing understood.

Whether Master Tong is truly capable or not remains to be seen; this matter still requires further investigation.

It's clear that there really are fools who remain chaste and don't understand the benefits of telling stories!

He's a complete fool who's kept his virginity for a thousand years!

"A thousand-year-old virgin's blood, the taste is just too authentic!" (End of Chapter)