Immortality begins with meditation puppets

[Sow a seed in spring, reap a thousandfold in autumn; the puppet, self-taught, wins the favor of fate and gains the puppeteer's exclusive divine power: Wild Growth.]

【Wild Growth (Puppeteer Exclusive Ability): Passive ability. From this day forward, any puppet crafted will possess the ability to be self-reliant and grow wildly. During daily life or missions, it can maintain itself, collect items, and store materials for self-renewal. It can even upgrade and break through its current rank without the help of a master, solely through its own efforts, potentially from a lower-tier rank three to the rank three limit. (Note: Because higher-level runes still need to be drawn, it cannot break through the current rank.)】

It was like a pie falling from the sky, and it was even her favorite preserved vegetable and beef dish. The contents displayed on the panel filled Su Qing with surprise and delight.

Practicing various arts and skills, and reaching the pinnacle in a particular area, may evolve into a unique supernatural ability, which is what is meant by skill approaching the Tao.

These professionals, whether they are crafting weapons, creating puppets, or setting up formations, possess supernatural powers that enhance their products, making them far superior to their peers. They are industry leaders with core competitive advantages, and any one of them is sought after by various sects and immortal kingdoms, even more so than a Nascent Soul cultivator.

There may have been many such professionals in ancient times, but since the Great Calamity, it seems that the world has taken back the authority to use supernatural powers and no longer issues supernatural power licenses indiscriminately as before. As a result, from ancient times to the present world, the difficulty of comprehending supernatural powers is ten thousand times higher than in ancient times. At least, after traveling all over the country for so long and staying in Wanghai Immortal City, which is known for its many arts and talents for decades, he only knows a handful of professionals who have mastered supernatural powers.

First, there was his sworn brother, Shao Delong, who was immortal despite wearing armor. Shao Delong had mastered a battle armor technique called the Undying Armor, which granted his armor the incredible ability to grant immunity to lethal damage in attacks of the same level.

It was precisely because he possessed such supernatural powers that he was chosen by Ying Jue Shen to be the son-in-law of the Ying family. It is a pity that Ying Jue Shen thought that Shao Delong should rely on the resources of Jia Tianxia to make use of his supernatural powers, so as to inherit the mantle of Jia Tianxia and make Jia Tianxia reach a higher level. However, after Delong entered the Ying family, what he cared about most was when his father-in-law would die and when he could inherit the Ying family business with tears in his eyes.

Secondly, there is Duan Yang, the head of the Duan family, who was brainwashed by Tong Laodao. The supernatural power he comprehended is called asexual reproduction. After he creates a puppet, he only needs to put the puppet in a pile of materials. In three days to half a month, it can turn into two, two into four, until all the materials are used up.

This incredible ability allows him to increase the success rate of creating similar puppets to nearly 100%, since, apart from the first puppet which he needs to create, the rest are created by the puppets themselves.

Secondly, it saves a lot of his energy and allows for the mass production of homogeneous puppets. Over the years, in terms of troop production capabilities, Su Qing has only seen this sheep. Of course, this does not include his puppet factory. Although Su Qing's puppets cannot reproduce, his puppet factory operates on an assembly line basis, and its troop production capabilities are on a completely different level from those of individual puppeteers.

With this ability alone, Duan Yang, a brainwashed, half-foolish, half-mad third-tier puppeteer, was able to keep the Duan family's puppet shop standing in Wanghai Immortal City. Its earning power was only slightly weaker than Jia Tianxia, ​​who had inherited the Divine Armor. This shows the extent of his minor supernatural abilities.

Besides Shao Delong and Duan Yang, the master of Fobaozhai possesses the unique supernatural power of an appraiser: the ability to identify the genuine at a glance. With this power, he can clearly see the authenticity, value, origin, and history of all kinds of antiques, trinkets, and other artifacts created through cultivation. Despite his Buddhist-style management, Fobaozhai is thriving under his leadership, and he even supports the monks of Fulong Temple who do not engage in production to practice martial arts.

Aside from these three, Su Qing had never encountered any other professionals who possessed supernatural abilities. He had only heard that the Penglai Immortal Kingdom, the Thousand Island Immortal Kingdom, and other immortal kingdoms kept a few of them, treating them like treasures and using them as leaders in their respective fields. For example, the Puppet Hall of Penglai Immortal Island might have a hall master who possessed supernatural abilities. The Super Star Orbiter Cannon, the Divine Beast Spaceship, and other puppets were his creations. However, Su Qing did not yet know the specific details of the supernatural abilities he possessed.

Those who possess supernatural powers are practically cheating, so it's impossible not to envy them. Even though Su Qing has a personal panel that allows him to farm puppet rune proficiency, making him a true cheater, I still envy him and want to have another one!
It's a pity that this world, having bestowed upon him the Star and Sun Spiritual Root and the Complete Nature Bone, thought it had already treated him well and was unwilling to bestow any more benefits upon him. As a result, even though Su Qing clearly excelled in the art of puppetry, he had never comprehended his own unique divine power.

Fortunately, heaven rewards those who persevere. No, heaven rewards those who persevere. After Ah San worked hard, developed a brain, and gained consciousness, the puppets under Su Qing's command who gained self-awareness came to the top. In the eyes of heaven and earth, it was no longer reasonable not to grant him a license to use supernatural powers.

Today, this supernatural power has arrived!

Wild growth!

If left unattended, the puppets can grow to the maximum puppeteer ability of their rank.

Don't underestimate this ability just because it can't break through to a higher level.

It should be noted that, for the same third-tier puppet, a third-tier ultimate puppet can fight five at once, and can rival five third-tier low-grade puppets without being at a disadvantage.

For Su Qing now, crafting ultimate puppets is purely a matter of luck and probability. For example, the third-tier ultimate puppet, the Dragon Armor Demon Lizard, which he crafted before, has never been replicated even now that he is a fourth-tier puppeteer.

After mastering the ability of savage growth, he will only need to refine the most basic Tier 3 lizard captains in the future. The captains will then be able to grow to the Tier 3 limit puppets such as Dragon Armor Demon Lizard, Demon Lizard Warrior, and Tyrannosaurus Lizard.

This is not the most incredible aspect of this ability. The most incredible aspect is that after he has this ability, the probability of the puppets he creates developing self-awareness will be greatly increased. If he then equips them with creation-type runes, he is already beginning to dream of the possibility of a completely new race being born in his hands: the Puppet Race!
"The only downside is that these puppets were supposed to be self-reliant, so why do I have to provide them with the materials they need to grow? Can't they just steal, rob, or cheat like Xiong Er? There's still room for improvement in their abilities!"

Su Qing muttered something unsatisfactory to herself, then turned to look down.

[Creation Rune Proficiency +3000, Current Proficiency: 12898/80000.]

"Because the Indian received a blessing and became a being recognized by heaven and earth, in the process of this, as the master who refined it, I was able to fully perceive its changes, and thus I also developed a brain and a more thorough understanding of the blessing. As a result, my proficiency with the blessing runes improved."

Although Su Qing couldn't quite explain what she had learned, her personal panel couldn't be wrong. If she understood, she understood. Cultivation was a mysterious and profound thing, something that could only be understood intuitively and not explained in words. It was normal to gain some insights that she couldn't articulate clearly.

He had only recently acquired the Creation Rune and hadn't had time to level up its proficiency. His current proficiency mainly came from the accumulation of previous Intelligent Runes and Bionic Runes. He was still far from breaking through to the sixth rank, so the 3000-point increase in proficiency was just a small gain for him, better than nothing. What excited him was the reward that followed.

[Puppet Ah San becomes the third puppet under my command to develop self-awareness, unlocking related puppet blueprints. Please choose three from the following five categories of blueprints.]

[Blueprint 1: Royal Knight (Tier 4 Creation-type Cavalry General Puppet)]

[Blueprint 2: Heavy Armor Knight (Tier 4 Creation-type Cavalry General Puppet)]

[Blueprint 3: Loyalty and Filial Piety (Tier 4 Heroic Spirit Cavalry General Type Puppet)]

[Blueprint 4: Father-Slaying General (Tier 5 Heroic Spirit Cavalry General Puppet)] [Blueprint 5: Dragon Rider General (Tier 6 Celestial God Cavalry General Puppet)]

The five blueprints, all for cavalry-type puppets, proved to be a great help.

In today's great battle, the Lizard Knights demonstrated the ability of a knightly legion to deliver a decisive blow on a large-scale battlefield.

Su Qing had always planned to transition from the deep sea to the inland, go ashore to clean up his act, and establish a base in the far west. Now, with the Tianyuan Realm undergoing a major change, with powerful forces vying for power and demons emerging, the importance of having a well-trained cavalry regiment under his command was self-evident.

If he had no other choice, he could only continue to rely on the Lizard Knights. Under the leadership of Ah San, the combat power of this puppet group had improved compared to the past. Although it could not yet be promoted to an ace force on par with the Demon God Legion and the Mobile Force, it was still usable, provided that he had no other choice!

It wasn't that Su Qing was fickle; it was simply that the main material for crafting the Lizard Knights, the Demon Lizard Demon, had too low an upper limit. The puppets crafted from it could only reach the third tier at most, making it difficult to keep up with his progress. Today, it was only because Xiong Er and Hu Dan were absent that Ah San and the Lizard Knights had the opportunity to make their appearance. Otherwise, it would have been the Exorcist Corps and the Demon God Corps that were currently slaughtering the Wheelchair Corps.

Of course, there are new cavalry-type puppets available. Given the performance of the Indian and Lizard Knights today, he will not directly abolish the organization of this knightly order. He simply needs to create another ace cavalry general with a higher rank and stronger combat power to cooperate with this knightly order, so that they can have the ability to fight against high-end powerhouses such as fourth-level Nascent Soul cultivators and even fifth-level Divine Transformation cultivators.

He had to carefully examine each of the five drawings before making a decision.

Royal knights are all-rounders and experts, possessing formidable combat prowess on both horseback and foot. However, being all-rounder means being mediocre, without any particularly outstanding qualities. But this doesn't matter much. If he were to create this puppet, he would undoubtedly mass-produce it. If he were poor, he would produce three to five puppets; if he were rich, he would produce three to five teams. With their coordinated efforts, their all-rounder status would leave them with no weaknesses, making them impossible to target. This would be their greatest advantage.

Heavy armor knights, as the name suggests, are puppets with extremely strong bodies and immense strength. Both riders and horses can wear heavy armor, and their impact and defense are far beyond those of ordinary cavalry. On the battlefield, a single rider or general can charge in and out seven times. The only problem is that the cost of this heavy armor is a bit high, but that doesn't matter. Su Qing has a brother named Delong and a father-in-law. His family's assets are just right to match this puppet, so purchasing the heavy armor at cost price shouldn't be a problem.

The Loyal and Filial Piety Puppet differs from the other two types. While the Royal Knights and Heavy Knights can unleash their full power by uniting as a group, the Loyal and Filial Piety Puppet, along with the Puppet of the Father Killer and the Dragon Knight, are puppets focused on individual combat strength.

The only difference between the three is their respective strengths.

Dragon Knight Fengxian is the strongest!
Everyone knows that!
With a real dragon as a mount, even a pig could take flight!
But Su Qing himself hasn't even been paired with a dragon yet, and you expect him to pair a dragon with a puppet? That's just wishful thinking!

Dragon Knight Fengxian was the first to be ruled out by him. Although he was a sixth-tier puppet, the conditions did not allow it, and the strength was not a good match. If he got his hands on it, it would just sit there gathering dust for a long time and could not immediately form combat power or produce benefits.

Even patricide Fengxian is unacceptable. This puppet has many advantages, such as unleashing its true nature and increasing its combat power by a level compared to the loyal and filial Fengxian. For example, if this puppet is corrupted by wine, women, and beautiful women, it has a very high probability of developing self-awareness. However, its disadvantages are just as obvious as its advantages. After developing self-awareness, it may have thoughts of betraying its master and is full of rebelliousness. Su Qing would certainly not tolerate such a puppet under his command.

Ultimately, after eliminating the risks of the Father-Killing Fengxian and the Dragon Rider, Su Qing acquired the blueprints for the Royal Knight, the Heavy Knight, and the Loyal and Filial Fengxian.

Only after securing all the benefits did he have time to check the attribute changes of the Indian soldier who was fighting for him on the front lines.

[The attributes and abilities of the cavalry general, Ah San, have changed. Please click to view.]

[Puppet Name: Ah San (Puppet is customizable; its owner can be changed)]

[Type: Creation-type Cavalry General Puppet]

[Rank: Third Rank Limit (Emergence of self-awareness; with sufficient opportunities, it can continue to grow and advance, with a maximum of Rank 8)]

[Synopsis: Originally a lowly puppet, teetering on the brink of oblivion and destruction, Ah San, with his indomitable spirit and unwavering will, and repeatedly repaired and upgraded by his master Su Qing, was blessed by Heaven. In the Western Sea's Land of Desolation, while his master battled the Wheelchair Legion led by the high-ranking demon Wheelchair Demon, Ah San was tasked with a mission in a moment of crisis. He transformed from a cocoon into a butterfly, breaking free from the shackles of an inanimate puppet, achieving great feats, gaining the recognition of Heaven and Earth, and becoming one of the few puppets in the world with independent consciousness.]

[Single Target Skill: One: Soldier A-San. A-San has progressed from a Tier 1 puppet to a skilled warrior, mastering techniques for survival on the battlefield, making him extremely resilient.]

[Second: Veteran A-San, a veteran of countless battles, possesses a ruthless and murderous aura that can be used on the battlefield to intimidate opponents and enhance his own combat strength.]

[Three: Captain Indian, Captain of the Year. During his tenure as captain of the Lizard Team, Indian mastered captain-level combat skills, including but not limited to: long-range bombing and demolition, battlefield looting, and pursuing deserters.]

[Four: General Ah San, a rookie general. Ah San has only recently been appointed to the rank of general and has not yet had time to learn and master the corresponding skills. However, he is growing at an extremely rapid pace, striving to live up to his master's high expectations and become a qualified general.]

[Group Skills (Abilities that can only be used after building a team around them): 1. Exceptional Military Command: Indian generals possess unparalleled strategic acumen, allowing them to perfectly leverage their strengths and achieve victories against superior numbers and weaker opponents on the battlefield.]

[Second: Cavalry General Aura. When the Indian general charges into battle alongside his troops, an aura effect is created that buffs the entire team, including but not limited to: cavalry speed +10%, defense +10%, attack +10%, etc.]

[Three: The Formation-Breaking Spear. The Indian general can concentrate the fighting power of his soldiers into a single spear, using it as the spearhead to break through the enemy's formation.]

[Four: Fearless Vanguard. The Indian warrior can unleash the potential of his soldiers, enhance the effects of their runes, and improve the durability of their puppet materials, lasting for half an hour to one hour.]

[Note: The effectiveness of group skills depends on the number and quality of the soldiers under their command, their synergy with the user, and the user's own rank and abilities.]

[Comment: "Doing whatever my master tells me to do—that's my only purpose as a puppet, as a cavalryman!" This is what the now-general, Ah San, said.] (End of Chapter)