Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 5 The Passionate Couple Who Strive for Perfection

"The overall environment has deteriorated."

After exchanging a few words with Tang Wanqing, I learned that her friends' businesses hadn't been doing as well as before.

Su Qing closed the doors and windows and looked at the newly created witch puppets, feeling somewhat depressed.

Originally, the great war between the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom and the Cloud Mountain Immortal Kingdom had a very limited impact on Baiyun Market. In fact, because it was located in the heart of the Baiyun Sect, it benefited from the front-line war and the independent cultivators in Baiyun Market have been living quite comfortably in recent years.

Only when they have surplus purchasing power will the rogue cultivators use spirit crystals to reward their second brother. Now, the businesses of the young ladies under Tang Wanqing's command, who have been doing well for a long time, are gradually declining. It is conceivable that the impact of the two wars has gradually spread to Baiyun Market.

Although the day when the rogue cultivators pack up and run away is still far off, they may have to spend their spirit crystals wisely in the near future and make their second brother suffer a little.

"No wonder Tang Wanqing is planning to go into the business of flesh puppets; she knows that the spending habits of rogue cultivators have declined!"

With the sales of their only flagship product about to suffer, Su Qing was naturally not happy.

But then he thought about how he could make a fortune just from the demand for the Hundred Treasures Pavilion.

He immediately felt better again.

As a rogue cultivator, he was not yet qualified to care about the war between the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom and the Cloud Mountain Immortal Kingdom. Judging from the fact that the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom only dared to send a few small fry to the markets within the territory of the White Cloud Sect to cause trouble, he knew that it was still a long way from the two sects determining the victor.

"Besides, if things really get chaotic, the lizard warriors should sell out, and I might even make a fortune!"

With this in mind, Su Qing immediately abandoned all distracting thoughts and focused on refining the witch puppet with a calm and focused mind.

Witch Puppet (Passionate Puppet) +1, Proficiency 154/200.

Witch Puppet (Passionate Puppet) +1, Proficiency 155/200.

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Before she knew it, Su Qing had exhausted her magical power and reluctantly ended her refining for the day.

The day's work resulted in twenty-four witch puppets, each with a different posture and charm.

"Although they are all based on Liu Yun'er's template, the subtle changes in micro-expressions greatly enhance the differentiation between them. With the matching voice runes, they can be as flamboyant as they want or as innocent as they want. Each one is wonderful and beautiful in its own way. I have put a lot of effort into this batch of products!"

Extremely satisfied with today's results, Su Qing specially asked the Wood Spirit servant to prepare some barbarian beef to reward himself.

The Wild Bull, a first-tier demonic beast, is one of the demonic beasts that rogue cultivators can raise. There are quite a few rogue cultivators in the market who make a living by raising Wild Bulls.

Although the price is slightly lower than that of wild bulls, there is no such thing as cheap meat from demon beasts. The price of three to five spirit crystals per kilogram makes most independent cultivators hesitate.

He used to live a very frugal life, even saving every grain of rice, so he naturally wouldn't dare to dream of this beef.

But now, my buddy's rich, huh!
I can't afford high-end items like magical artifacts, robes, spirit beasts, and spirit servants for now.

But he was still willing to eat a few meals of demon beast meat.

The main reason is that his physical body really needs the flesh of this demon beast.

Five years ago, in his previous life, he worked himself to the bone, working 996 hours a day. He transmigrated into the body of this unlucky guy who died inexplicably in the forbidden area behind the Yunshan Sect. The original owner's soul had dissipated, and all his memories had disappeared, so Su Qing had no idea what had happened to him before.

However, his body, depleted of both qi and blood and far worse than that of an ordinary person, made him realize that the original owner must have encountered something extraordinary in the forbidden area of ​​the Yunshan Sect.

He had no intention of investigating the truth. Using the excuse that his body was depleted and his cultivation progress was slower, making it difficult to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining within the prescribed time limit, he was successfully expelled from the Yunshan Sect.

In recent years, he has made a living repairing puppets for people in Baiyunfang City. Although he lives a hard life, no trouble has come his way.

It's certainly a good thing to have no trouble, but the problem of physical deficiency was something we could let go of before when we didn't have the means, but now that we do, we need to make up for it.

Stir-fried beef with a fresh aroma and flavor, paired with two bowls of rice, instantly washes away the fatigue of the day.

I just finished eating and practiced a very weak exercise that wasn't even visible on my character panel, to aid digestion.

He sat cross-legged to recover his magical power, preparing to work late into the night once his power was fully restored, so as to maximize his proficiency with the Passionate Puppet and unlock the Meditation Doll as soon as possible.

In his mind, the meditation doll might be a puppet that could help him restore his magical power.

"That would save more time for crafting puppets and earning money for cultivation!"

Having suffered terribly from the 996 work schedule in his previous life, Su Qing did not resist the 007 lifestyle in the cultivation world. After all, the gains from hard work in this world far surpassed what he could have achieved as cheap labor in his previous life.

About two hours later, Su Qing ended his meditation after being reminded by the Wood Spirit servant.

Stepping out of the room and opening the courtyard gate, a dark-skinned cultivator paced back and forth. Hearing the door open, he looked up with some surprise.

At the same time, in the neighboring courtyard, Tang Wanqing also pushed open the gate, her gaze falling in this direction, scrutinizing the visiting cultivator for a few moments.

Su Qing gave her a grateful look, indicating that this person had a past with her and was not a bad person. Tang Wanqing then nodded slightly and turned to leave.

"Fellow Daoist Ge, you've come to visit so late at night. You must have something to discuss with me. There are too many people around outside, so please come inside for a chat."

Su Qing stepped aside and ushered the flustered middle-aged cultivator into the courtyard.

The middle-aged cultivator was named Ge Changyuan. He was only at the second level of Qi Refining and made a living by cultivating spiritual fields in the outermost spiritual field area of ​​the market.

When he was down on his luck, he took some jobs repairing farm tools in Lingtian District and received a lot of help from Ge Changyuan's family.

Since I moved into the residential area, we haven't had any contact. Only occasionally, when Ge Changyuan goes to the market to buy supplies, his daughter will come to my stall and chat with me for a few minutes.

Right now, Ge Changyuan has come to visit overnight, and Su Qing guesses that something big must have happened. He just doesn't know what it is that would make Ge Changyuan ask him, a mere Qi Refining Level 4 nobody, for help.

Sure enough, before he could even close the courtyard gate, Ge Changyuan cried out in a sob, "I deserve to die! I knew there were monsters lurking in Lingtian District recently, but I only thought that the monsters wouldn't dare to show themselves during the day, so I left Ling'er alone at home. I never expected that the monsters would be so bold as to harm people in broad daylight!"

"Something happened to Ge Ling?" Su Qing's heart skipped a beat. He didn't have many friends here, and Ge Changyuan's family was one of the few that could stir up his emotions.

"Thankfully, a fellow cultivator arrived in time and saved her life from that beast's jaws, but she lost both legs. They said that only a Foundation Establishment cultivator could perform a limb regeneration technique. But how could I possibly get through to a Foundation Establishment cultivator? I thought Fellow Daoist Su is a puppeteer, so I wondered if he could help Ling'er make a pair of prosthetic legs. Otherwise, how will she live without legs!"

(End of this chapter)