Immortality begins with meditation puppets

"The sinful Peng Muying killed countless people in his lifetime, and even in death, he lingered on the throne, harming thousands more to feed the evil spirits. His crimes are heinous and he deserves to be executed according to the law!"

On the Dragon-Slaying Platform, Tong Laodao, who had already tested his skills and sent many undead on their way, finally saw one or two decent-sized fish. He was visibly shaken and his spirits lifted.

On the other side, Gao Erqiang, who had already accepted his fate of being tricked by Su Qing again and had been praying that no ancient dragon would come to embarrass him as the God of Punishment, was overjoyed when he saw Peng Muying and a group of Nascent Soul and Golden Core undead.

The Celestial Master determines the crimes, and the God of Punishment carries out the punishments. The greater the sins of the beings killed, the more merit one gains.

If it were just those undead souls who were only at the Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment stage, he and Master Tong would not even be able to recoup their losses this time.

However, if we were to take down these big fish like Peng Muying...

This job will be profitable and risk-free!
"Celestial Master? God of Punishment? Your Honor, I'm innocent!"

Peng Muying, a veteran pirate who had died many years ago, thought he was tired of the endless days of being a lackey on the Qiuniu Treasure Ship. But when he came to the Dragon-Slaying Platform, he felt that compared to vanishing into thin air and not entering the cycle of reincarnation, being a lackey for others didn't seem so bad. After all, he had been doing it for so many years and had gotten used to it.

He had no intention of rebelling against the Celestial Master, because the Celestial Master held an extremely high and noble position, and this Celestial Master was of the same rank as him. Being placed on this Dragon-Slaying Platform, he was suppressed by the laws of heaven and earth, and his abilities were reduced to less than one-tenth. He also had no intention of fighting against the God of Punishment. Although the God of Punishment was not good-looking, his awe-inspiring divine might meant that he was undoubtedly a fifth-rank being! He was definitely not someone that a fourth-rank undead could deal with!
This shouldn't be the setup for dealing with him!
It was probably aimed at Gu Long. We were just innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire. As long as we kneel down quickly enough, we might have a chance to survive!
Peng Muying, being experienced, knew that this Celestial Master and the God of Punishment were beyond his ability to defeat. He led Li Huaichun, Zhang Changhao, and other undead behind him to cry out for their innocence and beg for mercy!

"Silence! Every soul that has ascended this Dragon-Slaying Platform deserves its fate. Line up now and let me send you off one by one!"

Erqiang is heartless. He doesn't think these dead spirits could possibly be innocent. Even if they were, it would be because the Heavenly Master made a wrong judgment and arrested the wrong person. What does it have to do with Erqiang? He is just a knife that carries out the execution. The knife is innocent, but it can share in the merits.

Click!

Under the intimidation and suppression of the two powerful gods, Peng Muying walked to the dragon head guillotine like a puppet. After a cracking sound, black gas emanated from her body, and she was completely devoid of any soul or spirit!
"Hmph, your soul has long been corrupted by evil spirits. Even if I don't kill you, you will have no chance to be reincarnated!"

Erqiang snorted coldly, but inwardly he was overjoyed.

Slaying a dead spirit is not as meritorious as slaying a demon.

Peng Muying has clearly been controlled by evil spirits for a long time and has been transformed into a demon. This head is worth much more than previously estimated!

"I won't let you off even if you resort to trickery!"

"I, Li Changhao, was only a hair's breadth away from advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, but I failed to break through that hair's breadth and died. I have been a dog under the demons for many years, and now I am about to suffer the pain of being beheaded by the guillotine and losing my reincarnation forever. Oh, heavens, how cruel you are to me!"

"Lord Qiuniu, Grandpa Qiuniu, Ancestor Qiuniu, I was born your man, and I will die yours. Now that I am in great trouble, you cannot stand by and watch me die!"

"Bah! When a person dies, their eggs face the sky. You've already died once, how can you still be so cowardly and laughable? You're utterly despicable! In this world, people live like humans and die like ghosts. If you're gone, you're gone!"

When they fell before the dragon-head guillotine, the dead either cursed or cried, some were heartbroken and felt that the heavens were blind, while others were filled with righteous indignation and felt that it was worth it to die and live for several lifetimes like ordinary people.

No matter how much they screamed, Tong Chang and Gao Erqiang remained calm and indifferent. One swiftly sentenced the dead, while the other deftly carried out the execution with the guillotine. It seemed as if they could see wisps of merit descending from the sky above their heads.

"The old Taoist's divination skills are indeed flawless. He foresaw that traveling with Fellow Daoist Su would bring him benefits, and I never expected that his prediction would come true here!"

Tong Chang was in a great mood. The resentment he felt from being tricked by Su Qing earlier had long since vanished. Although he did not follow the path of gods, as a contemporary Celestial Master, merit energy was of great use to him. Not to mention anything else, if he had enough merit energy, he could hire deities like Gao Erqiang to serve him without Su Qing having to burn incense in the future. He would not end up as a Celestial Master without any support.

"Fellow Daoist Su is a true brother! Such a good thing, yet you still think of me, Erqiang. It's laughable that I, Erqiang, think he's disregarding the big picture and making me, Erqiang, do the hard work. I, Erqiang, am in the wrong!"

Gao Erqiang was also overjoyed, realizing he had misunderstood Su Qing before. It wasn't that Su Qing was disregarding the bigger picture; on the contrary, he was extremely considerate. Knowing how difficult it was for Erqiang to accumulate merit and how little divine power he had, Su Qing had specially sent him here to suffer a great loss so that he could fight against the Earth Demon Tianxiang! Such kindness was beyond even that of a close brother!

While Gao Erqiang and Master Tong were busy enforcing the law and counting their merits, they were unaware that Su Qing, who was originally at the stern of the ship, had already flown to the Pixiu treasure ship in the distance. His golden eyes shone brightly as he stared intently at the direction from which Peng Muying and the others had escaped from the place of death!
"Its body resembles a long snake, with a unicorn's head and a carp's tail, long whiskers on its face, antlers like a deer, and pure white dragon scales that flow freely across its body like clouds. It is undoubtedly a cloud dragon!"

Using the ability of the True Eye of Truth to see a thousand miles away, Su Qing had already discovered the cloud dragon that was following in the footsteps of Peng Muying and the other undead.

As the saying goes, dragons follow the clouds and winds follow the tigers. Dragons are the darlings of the sea and the sky, playing with clouds and mist. In terms of cloud manipulation, cloud dragons are even better than other real dragons.

As it rolled in, its form and aura were concealed by clouds and mist, so even the old celestial master on the Dragon-Slaying Platform, Gao Erqiang, a fifth-order deity, did not notice this cloud dragon.

"Judging from their appearance, they're planning to ambush my two good brothers!"

Su Qing thought to himself that there were indeed few good people in the cultivation world. Even true dragons could lower themselves to do such despicable sneak attacks, which was shameful to behold.

Although he saw it, he was also worried about his two good brothers.

But he didn't say a word!
Because he is more despicable.

Driven by his divine will, Tiger Egg had already led the demon god army to ambush in the sea. Xiong Er, who was good at and loved to ambush, also led the Arhat Buddha Bear Group to hide in the blue clouds and smoke emanating from the Suanni treasure ship, pretending to be a turtle.

Su Qing himself concealed all his aura and remotely controlled the situation from a great distance.

After instructing the Bixi Treasure Ship that, should anything happen, regardless of the condition of the two good brothers on the Dragon-Slaying Platform, protecting themselves and the assets on board was the top priority, the cloud dragon, which had been observing from the clouds for a long time, finally extended its despicable and wicked dragon claws towards its two good brothers.

Su Qing saw it clearly: a giant claw covered in dragon scales descended like a pillar of clouds from the sky. The claw was larger than the Dragon Slaying Platform and seemed to want to crush it into dust.

Despite the sudden change, Brother Tong Chang remained calm and quickly poured half a bottle of Dragon-Attracting Powder onto Er Qiang. He then took a few steps back and patted various talismans, including Golden Light Talisman, Immortal Armor Talisman, and Turtle-Snake Root Mantra, onto his body.
As expected of the Celestial Master of this era, the puppet chosen by the Ancestral Celestial Master, in the blink of an eye, Tong Chang not only protected himself but also had the strength to attach several talismans such as the Giant Strength Talisman and the Berserk Talisman to his good partner Gao Erqiang to help him fight the demon dragon!

On the other side, Gao Erqiang, who was carrying the dragon-headed guillotine and thought that merit was so easy to accumulate, suddenly froze the moment the dragon made its move. His divine body trembled, and his divine light shone for hundreds of miles. He had acquired a three-pointed, double-edged divine sword from who-knows-where, and without thinking, he slashed a dazzling blade of light at the incoming dragon claw.

As expected of the God of Execution in this era, he swung his blade without even looking at the result, then turned around and prepared to slip away immediately. He had already planned it out. This Dragon-Slaying Platform was set up by Old Daoist Tong. Before the edict for enforcing the law and carrying out executions was over, Old Daoist Tong and this Dragon-Slaying Platform would both perish together. Therefore, no matter what was summoned, whether it was a human, a monster, a dragon, or a demon, Old Daoist Tong could only stay on this Dragon-Slaying Platform. Otherwise, he would either perish together with the Dragon-Slaying Platform, or at the very least, have his abilities questioned by Heaven and Earth and be stripped of his authority as the Celestial Master. The consequences would be dire.

But what does this have to do with Gao Erqiang, the worker?
When he was cutting down Peng Muying and the other undead, the old Taoist priest received more merit than Erqiang. But Erqiang wasn't angry at all, because he had already decided that if he encountered a ruthless character, he would have to sell out his teammate, Tong Laodao!
Unexpectedly, just as Erqiang was about to turn around and apologize to the old Taoist priest, the old priest unreasonably splashed him with a foul-smelling powder!
The cloud dragon that was originally heading towards the Dragon Slaying Platform suddenly became stiff and straight upon smelling the strange powder. The dragon, which was originally soft, flowing, and ever-changing, turned into a stark stare at Gao Erqiang with pink stars in its eyes.

Even if Erqiang is nothing special, he now knows that he has been tricked by Su Qing and Tong Laodao!

"This...this is Dragon-Inducing Powder? Old dog Tong, is this how you treat me?"

Su Xiaozei, you knew all along that this old Taoist priest had such harmful things on him, didn't you?

"You tricked me! I knew that once you, Su Qing, came knocking, there was no way I wouldn't get tricked!"

Gao Erqiang recognized the strange powder on his body. He was furious, but he couldn't help but feel sorry for himself. Even after becoming a god, his brain was still not sharp enough, and he still couldn't escape being tricked by this old man and young man.

But now that Yunlong had locked onto him, Erqiang had no intention of running away from the Dragon-Slaying Platform. After all, as the God of Punishment invited by Master Tong, he would receive divine power on the Dragon-Slaying Platform. If he fought with all his might, he might not be unable to defeat a Yunlong of the same level.

"Fellow Daoist Gao, there's no need to worry about what's behind you. I, the old Daoist, will protect you and will certainly not let this cloud dragon stab you!"

When Tong Laodao saw Gao Erqiang condense a hundred-zhang-tall divine body, wearing golden armor and a divine crown, and exhale a red incense burner from his mouth, placing it in the sky above, he stabilized the space-time of heaven and earth, so that the Dragon Slaying Platform, which was battered by wind and rain in the dragon's might, and especially the tortoise-like creature on Dragon Island that was fidgeting and trying to escape, could be stabilized.

Then, another red and white pagoda was summoned. The pagoda spun around and transformed into a vast mountain range, with thousands of layers upon layers. From within it, beams of divine light surged forth, accompanied by countless white hands. As they smashed towards the cloud dragon, the white hands also tore strands of cloud light from the cloud dragon's body.

"This demonic dragon from the outside world dares to invade my Tianyuan Treasure Realm. I have already punished the gods before I even saw it! Now that you have fallen before me, how can I let you continue to roam freely!"

"Oh dear, you demonic dragon, prepare to die!"

The red and white pagoda froze the aroused cloud dragon for a moment. Erqiang brandished his three-pointed double-edged sword, shouting slogans to claim credit from heaven and earth, hoping to open heaven and earth's eyes and let them know who the main force in this battle was. He then mustered his divine power and slashed with all his might. In order not to be stabbed by the cloud dragon, he could only stab the cloud dragon first!

Su Qing looked at the unfamiliar blade and sighed inwardly at Er Qiang's despicable behavior, even deceiving his own brother about the Divine Blade. It was indeed a fine blade, with three points and two edges that emitted a blade light. When the blade moved, the wind and clouds stopped, and its power was higher than that of a dragon. The dragon breath that the Red and White Pagoda could not do anything about, and the flowing cloud dragon scales that could separate and dissolve damage, were all shattered like tofu in front of Er Qiang's powerful three-pointed double-edged blade when he used it at full power.

"Roar! You lowly ant, I wish to give you dragon blood, yet you didn't know to prepare yourself for my favor, how dare you hurt me, how dare you hurt me!"

The crystal-clear, snow-white dragon blood, as white as frost and snow, poured down from the sky. The dragon's body was in excruciating pain, which briefly brought the cloud dragon, whose mind had been clouded by the Dragon-Attracting Powder, back to its senses.

With a roar like thunder, accompanied by a dragon's might that terrified all living beings, the enraged cloud dragon unleashed its power without restraint, having already forgotten its elder brother's instructions to sneak into the village and not to crow.

To hell with Tianyuan Heaven and Earth! They can't stand these former deserters. If they are discovered by Heaven and Earth, they may bring down unpredictable calamities.

All the third brother of the cloud knew was that he had suffered enough grievances since arriving in this Tianyuan Realm!

First, in that place of despair, the elder brother was swallowed whole by a blue dragon soul. The poor elder brother was full of ambition, but he didn't utter a sound before he died, leaving the one who escaped with his life to continue searching for the remnant soul of his ancestor in the mist.

Just as it caught a whiff of its ancestor's soul, three spirit treasure sword cultivators appeared out of nowhere. Without a word, they unleashed a barrage of vicious and ruthless sword attacks upon it.

Poor Yun Laosan fought them for no reason, and only after paying the price of having a piece of his dragon tail cut off did he realize that the three sword cultivators had misunderstood. It was the Azure Dragon Soul that had swallowed his elder brother that had taken over his elder brother's body and then eaten their master! They had sought revenge on the wrong person.

Having lost their elder brother, and without their master, they were all pitiful people, pitiful dragons. After the misunderstanding was cleared up, they snorted at each other and called each other foolish, and then went their separate ways.

It had just dealt with three impulsive and brainless spirit treasure sword cultivators and hadn't even caught its breath when two more unlucky cultivators, sitting on a treasure ship that didn't float on the sea but instead stood up, saw it. One of the cultivators, a burly and ugly man, cackled and tried to play with it. After a long struggle with them, it finally escaped from the grasp of the two men and the ship.

Then, he smelled a fragrance that made Long Xiaolu jump for joy, blush, and stiffen his body. Following the scent, before he could even taste it, he was drawn to the Dragon-Slaying Platform by the aroma.

Seeing the situation, the sneak attack failed, and then he smelled the fragrance again. Once again, he became impulsive and thoughtless. He was attacked by the fifth-order god in front of him, which was completely inconsistent with his aesthetics, but for some reason he wanted to enter it. The dragon's body was sizzling and bleeding, and it was in pain and howled.

Bully me!
Are you all bullying me?!

Let's see if I can still tolerate you!

These ants!
I, Yun Laosan, am determined to stab him! (End of Chapter)