Immortality begins with meditation puppets

"Pain! It hurts too much!"

On the treasure ship of the Prisoner Ox, Helian Xian was hung upside down like a piglet, howling hysterically.

Below them, Peng Muying, Li Huaichun, Zhang Changhao, and other former pirate kings, who were neither human nor monster, were all withered and bowed their heads in silence, praying that this sacrifice would satisfy the Qiuniu Treasure Ship so that it could revive and lead them to escape this sea of ​​despair!

“These days, the living souls have been busy feeding on the Qiuniu Treasure Ship, leaving us starving. Now I don’t even dare to look up at this old bastard. Even though I know he’s old and tough and not very tasty, I still can’t resist!”

Zhang Changhao muttered to himself, his head down and drool dripping from the corner of his mouth.

"Not tasty? Did I let you eat it? And you're complaining?" Upon hearing his wolfish words, Helian Xian was so angry that he thrashed about in the air like an eel, but he was immediately in so much pain that he couldn't curse anymore. He could only wail and scream, feeling as if his soul was being torn off piece by piece like a piece of paper.

This is the way the Prisoner's Treasure Ship feeds. The pain of swallowing souls made Helian Xian feel that it would be better to feed the dead on the ship, such as Zhang Changhao. At least, they would give him a quick death and end it with his eyes closed!

Shit!

The subtle sound of his soul being torn apart was only felt by Helian Xian himself. The intense pain prevented him from even screaming. He could only gasp for breath with his mouth open, his old eyes fixed on the undead below!

Even if they do something underhanded, we won't let them get away with it!

No, I was only at the Foundation Establishment stage in my previous life. I can't compare to those pirate kings who were at least at the Golden Core or even Nascent Soul stage in their previous lives. Even after I die, I'll be a little ghost who gets bullied by them!
Oh, heavens, how cruel you are to me! From birth to death, am I destined to be bullied? Is this how miserable a lecherous old cultivator at the bottom of society is?

Just as Helian Xian was feeling sorry for himself, suddenly, he felt the evil spirit of Qiuniu, which had been tugging at his soul like a cat, stop!

what happened?

Having had half of his soul devoured, Helian Xian, who was originally quite intelligent, is now mentally sluggish and unable to process what he's thinking.

He saw that from beneath the Qiuniu Treasure Ship, one after another, human-like, capable and ruthless water monsters crawled out. They left no trace on the ground, and as soon as they landed on the Qiuniu Treasure Ship, they walked behind the real ghost crew members like ghosts. One by one, they slit the throats of the outer crew members with daggers branded with exorcism runes.

It wasn't until the innermost few undead pirate kings realized something was wrong that Peng Muying shouted, "Who goes there! How dare you come to my Qiuniu Treasure Ship to seek death!"

At this point, the mobile force, one of Su Qing's four aces, began to confront the elite undead who had been imprisoned on the Qiuniu Treasure Ship for countless years.

"By order of the Lord, destroy the Treasure Ship of the Prisoner Ox and make sure to save Brother 17 and Brother 260!"

He looked eight or nine parts similar to Zhao Chun, the real master. There was no need to look similar anymore. He was a special forces captain who was made by Su Qing using Zhao Chun's stone sea as the main material and with creation runes. He stood in front of the three pirate king undead, giving the special forces behind him a chance to save people from the broken ship!

"My lord? Are you from Penglai or from the Thousand Islands? No matter who you are, today you will be sacrificed to the Treasure Ship of the Prisoner Ox and become our blood offering."

"Heh heh heh! We were just worried about not having enough blood to help us escape this desolate place, but unexpectedly, you guys have come to our door to send us on our way!"

Peng Muying and the other two pirate kings, the undead, laughed wildly, overjoyed to see these special forces soldiers as if they were their own sons.

How could they not be happy? They've been going crazy from being cooped up for so long!

Although they were trapped on this Prisoner Bull Treasure Ship in the past, they were fed by the pirates in the Shipwreck Bay outside. The Prisoner Bull evil spirit ate well, and they were able to pick up some scraps to eat.

But since the pirates of Shipwreck Bay disappeared without a trace and stopped paying tribute to them, they could only use the last batch of blood offerings to feed the Prisoner's Treasure Ship.

They themselves haven't eaten a drop of blood or a piece of meat in recent days, and their undead bodies have become emaciated from hunger!
This isn't even the worst part!

After all, the undead can starve for a while but will never die again. What's most torturous is this Land of No Breath, which has been acting strangely lately!

Within the endless mist, grotesque figures of dragons and snakes appear and disappear, and terrifying dragon roars rise and fall, their awe-inspiring power sweeping through the mist, while sinister demonic energy emerges from beneath the calm sea.

This strange phenomenon, which they had never seen even after they had been dead for tens of thousands of years, terrified them.

The Land of Despair was originally an ancient battlefield between ancient demons and true dragons. They were unaware that such strange phenomena could only be explained by the emergence of demons and the revival of dragon souls.

These souls of the dead rely on the Treasure Ship of the Prisoner Ox to survive in this world. No matter which side they encounter, they are not people they can mess with!

They only hoped that the last three piglets remaining on the treasure ship would satisfy the evil spirit of the Prison Bull, leading them out of this sea to the blue sea and sky, or perhaps they would have the chance to return to their old home and go to Shipwreck Bay to teach those unfilial and deserving descendants a lesson.

They never expected that just when they were worried about not having enough piglets, some kind of living god would send them such a batch of live piglets!

"Regardless of who your master is, I, Old Zhang, would like to thank him for this meal!"

Zhang Changhao licked his lips, his hand stretching out like an endless rope, and with a whoosh, he grabbed a special forces soldier who was rushing into the cabin.

Crunch! He took a big bite.

There was no smell of blood and flesh as expected, only a dripping sound emanating from the special forces soldier's shattered body.

"Hahaha! Are you stupid? You can't eat that thing! It's a puppet, you bunch of idiots!"

Helian Xian, who was watching from a distance, finally realized what was going on. He saw in these special forces soldiers the characteristics of Soviet puppets: cunning, resourceful, and reckless. He then mocked the bewildered Zhang Changhao and the others.

"You motherfucker! You dare to try and fool me with a puppet!" Zhang Changhao's face turned ashen. Luckily, he was an undead spirit without a physical body, otherwise, this puppet would have knocked out his teeth!

No, breaking a tooth might be a better outcome!

Just as Zhang Changhao was secretly rejoicing, the ticking sound turned into a rapid buzzing sound, and then the special forces weapon in his hand exploded, causing the Nascent Soul undead to appear and disappear intermittently, its soul fire dimmed. Even though it didn't die again, judging from its bluish-red face, it must have been seriously injured.

By this time, the special forces captain had already engaged in battle with Peng Muying and Li Huaichun.

It was worth it for Su Qing to go through all that trouble to piece together the body of Zhao Chun Zhenren, who had been blown to pieces on Langya Immortal Island, in order to create this puppet.

This special forces captain, having acquired the Creation Dao Rune, now fights as if Zhao Chun himself has been resurrected. Wielding a fishing rod magic weapon just like Zhao Chun's, he can hit any target with the hook and line. Every time the two pirate king undead are hooked, a cloud of black energy surges out from their bodies, causing them to roar in pain. Clearly, this special forces captain also has the means to deal with evil spirits and demons. However, Su Qing has also imprinted an all-powerful execution rune on him in addition to the Creation Rune.

Although a toothless tiger is no better than a cat, and a dead nascent soul is no better than a dog, Peng Muying and Li Huaichun had been dead for a long time, and the Dao patterns they had condensed in life had collapsed into the world at the moment of their death. Without their natal Dao patterns, they could not fully exert the powerful methods they had used in life, and could only use 60 or 70% of their former abilities. This was only because they were the undead spirits of the treasure ship, and had the blessing of immortality on this ship. Otherwise, they would not even be able to exert half of their former strength.

Even so, the special forces captain, in his puppet form, was able to deal with these two Nascent Soul undead, and for the time being, they were evenly matched and he was not at a disadvantage. This achievement was worthy of his status as a fourth-tier high-grade puppet.

"You can't beat us. Go back to where you came from. Consider it saving your master money!"

Peng Muying, who was being forced to the point of exhaustion by the puppet, shook her head and tore a large gash in her mouth that was hanging on the fishhook. She said with great pain in her mouth and exhaustion in her heart.

Although he was very angry at the puppets' immediate attack, he had no intention of continuing to waste time with them.

There are no winners in this battle, so why bother!

They are immortal, and in a war of attrition, as long as the Qiuniu evil spirit remains, they fear no god, demon, or even puppet. These puppets, on the other hand, are neither edible nor playable; fighting them offers no benefit to the undead.

It would be more comfortable to just stop here and go home.

"Alright, then let's call it a day. The green hills remain, and the clear waters flow on forever!"

For some reason, the special forces captain, who had been as cold as ice and ignored Peng Muying and the others' calls to cease fighting, suddenly agreed. He gracefully clasped his hands in a fist salute and then led his special forces soldiers off the ship.

They moved so swiftly that Helian Xian, still hanging on the rope, hadn't even had time to react.

He could see that the retreating special forces soldiers had taken Brother 17 and Brother 260 with them. It made sense, as Brother 17 and Brother 260 were no ordinary people. Helian Xian knew this, and Su Qing understood it as well. Rescuing these two was probably the main mission of these special forces puppets.

He could imagine that the puppets Su Qing had created must have done something bad by rushing into the cabin earlier, and that they had probably already installed countless self-destructing puppets inside.

Although Helian Xian and the undead captains on the ship knew that the Qiuniu Treasure Ship was formed from evil runes, and that as long as the evil spirits were not dead, no matter how they messed with the ship, it would not have any problems, Helian Xian was still happy to see it bombarded and let these undead captains suffer the pain of being baptized by cannon fire.

The only problem is:

"What about me? You haven't brought me along yet!"

My God, I, Helian Xian, am still alive, and I want to continue living!
I have a connection with your master, Su Qing. I have rendered service to him before. Puppet masters, come and save this old man!

Helian Xian's cries brought the group of pirate king undead to their senses. The 17th and 260th brothers had been unable to hold out because they were entangled with the special forces captain. Now, they only had Helian Xian left, and they couldn't let him escape!

"Quickly, continue the sacrificial ritual and let the evil spirit of Qiuniu eat this old piglet as soon as possible!" Peng Muying released a swarm of corpse water bees, which buzzed around Helian Xian and kept circling around him. The purpose of this swarm of poisonous bees was to ensure that Helian Xian would be obediently eaten by the evil spirit of Qiuniu and that no one else would try to take his food.

One by one, disgusting venomous bees, each as large as a human head and with bloated bellies filled with highly toxic corpse fluid, buzzed incessantly in front of and behind him. Hanging upside down, with the world turned upside down, Helian Xian was so terrified that he would have fainted if it weren't for his incomplete soul and somewhat mentally ill state.

Fortunately, I didn't faint from fright.

We can expect to see a great show to come!
But then they saw the pirate kings chanting incantations, pleading with the evil spirit of Qiuniu, who hadn't eaten properly earlier, to continue enjoying the delicious meal.

Suddenly a strange wind swept in, followed by rolling black clouds that enveloped the entire ship.

While the pirate kings were filled with suspicion, thinking that the special forces soldiers who had stolen their two piglets were now acting as puppets and had broken their promises, they were now bullying them again.

A dragon's roar made them realize that the situation was far worse than they had imagined!

"Ancient Dragon Soul! It's an Ancient Dragon Soul!"

"What's going on here? How did we manage to attract this ancestor?!"

"Quick, go check the cabin! It must be the work of those puppets!"

The several undead pirate kings were terrified by the dragon's roar, even though they could tell from the roar that the ancient dragon was still some distance away from them.

But given the speed of the ancient dragon, it would only take a short time for it to land in front of them, allowing them to witness a grand scene they had never seen in their previous lives!
They are afraid!

Because Gu Long could truly cure them.

Although this ancient dragon, like them, was an old monster who had been dead for quite some time.

However, there are differences between different kinds of trickery.

Ancient dragons could roam freely across mountains, rivers, and land, and were so arrogant because they were almost the perfect species among divine beasts.

Their physical bodies may be weaker than those of the Wu Clan, but only weaker than the Wu Clan; their supernatural powers may be weaker than those of enlightened masters, but only weaker than a handful of such masters.

When encountering gods, the dragon's might is no less than that of the gods; when encountering monsters, the true dragon is even more vicious than the monsters!

The ancient dragon souls of the Land of Despair are beings that fought against the Heavenly Demon Lord and the high-ranking demons in ancient times. Once they are revived, dealing with this group of evil spirits and undead will be a piece of cake!

Peng Muying emerged from the cabin under the dragon's might, holding a pile of powder in her hand. The powder emitted a smell that made even the undead feel nauseous, but it excited and thrilled dragon-like creatures!

"It's Dragon-Drawing Powder!" Li Huaichun's expression changed drastically upon seeing the powder!

"What a vicious puppet! Instead of confronting us head-on, it's trying to outsmart us!"

"Don't let me find out who their master is, or I will kill him!"

"Yes, we mustn't run into him, or we'll teach him a lesson!"

The undead pirate kings, who were despicable and shameless in life and committed countless evil deeds, never expected that so many years after their deaths they would still be schemed against by others, and that there were people even more wicked than them. They were so angry that they wished they could devour the masters of those cunning puppets alive.

"I'm afraid we've already missed our chance to cause trouble for that thief. The Ancient Dragon Soul, it's here!"

Peng Muying smiled bitterly. In her line of sight, a pair of dragon eyes, bright as two red moons hanging in the sky, were staring down at them.

"Ouch!"

With a roar, a massive golden-scaled dragon head, large enough to devour the treasure ship of the Prisoner of the Ox, snapped down at them.

But they were intimidated by the dragon's might and could only stand frozen in place, their teeth clenched and their bodies chilled, waiting to be devoured by this ancient dragon soul!

That's fine too. Being eaten by this dragon soul at least frees them from the clutches of the evil spirit Qiuniu!

Peng Muying was comforting herself with her hands closed in this way.

Suddenly, a series of shouts, seemingly both distant and close at hand, rang in his ears. They were so clear that they made his soul tremble. He felt that these calls were even more terrifying than the ancient dragon soul that was right in front of him!
"I am the Celestial Master of this era, inheriting the will of the Celestial Masters of the past. I am entrusted with the Mandate of Heaven above and respond to the needs of humanity below. Knowing the origins of all things under Heaven, I, the Celestial Master, hereby command the souls and spirits of the dead in this place to quickly come here to confess their sins and submit to the law!"

Confess and accept punishment!

What crime did they admit to?

Whose law is being subdued?

The Celestial Master determines the crime, and the God of Punishment carries out the punishment?
Do not!
My lord, I'm innocent! (End of Chapter)