Immortality begins with meditation puppets

For the immortal kingdom to develop, it needs talented people!
Although Su Qing was busy with many things and had no time to go to the far west in person, he had a clear understanding of the development situation in the far west through remote control.

That's no place for a human to live!
The barren icy soil cannot grow decent spiritual food. If it weren't for the fact that cultivators' storage bags could hold food and transport it from the outside world, this place would probably be uninhabited for thousands of miles. In addition, various natural disasters such as storms, tsunamis, and extreme cold have been rampant, showing no mercy to cultivators. Furthermore, because Guixu is located here, there are constant yin winds and evil spirits. With all these unfavorable conditions combined, Penglai and the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom used to use this place as a place of exile for criminals of the Immortal Kingdom, which is not an insult to this place at all.

But that was before!
When spiritual energy recovers, even the barren icy soil will bloom with sun-facing flowers. According to the information he obtained from Elder Tong, this round of spiritual energy recovery in the Tianyuan Realm began at the Eye of the Four Realms, namely:
The Eye of the Western Sea Ruins.

The Great Abyss of the North.

Fengdu, the Mysterious Kingdom of Southern Xinjiang.

The Qingqiu Plain in the Eastern Wilderness.

In short, the suffering this far western land has endured over the years due to the Ruins of Return will be rewarded handsomely in this wave of spiritual energy revival.

Therefore, Su Qing resolutely staked everything he had accumulated on this place.

Therefore, even though the spiritual energy revival has just begun, the harsh environment here has not yet been completely changed.

But if it suddenly becomes a hot commodity, Su Qing won't be able to take over this place so easily, will he?
Temporary difficulties can be overcome.

The power of cultivators can completely reverse natural disasters and calamities!
The prerequisite is that there are enough cultivators, and they are strong enough!
Thanks to his efforts, there are now many more practitioners who have devoted themselves to the practice in the far west than before.

However, most of them were speculators from Wanghaixian City, along with their cattle and horses.

These people might be okay for infrastructure construction.

However, they were unable to accomplish the high-level task of altering celestial phenomena and suppressing great evil.

Over the past two decades, he has often heard Hongshang report that a great evil has appeared at the far western mine, which has delayed the mining progress time and time again. To this day, only a small amount of goods can be shipped out, and even the cost has not been recovered, let alone the profit.

His original plan was to maximize the production capacity of the puppet factory as soon as he arrived in the far west, and produce a large number of fourth-order puppets to guard the mine and deal with evil spirits.

But now, he clearly has better cattle and horses available.

Eight old masters, numbered one through five, joined his ranks as contract workers, willingly serving as his beasts of burden.

Of course, he couldn't really treat them like Li Hailang and his brutes.

They are all local patriarchs, and each of them is a treasured old man, used to a life of luxury. If they were under my command, I would have to change their accustomed lifestyle, make them eat dry rations and drink bitter water, and accept the lowest possible food standards. It's hard to guarantee that this wouldn't affect their work enthusiasm later on.

Compared to the working capacity of fourth-tier oxen and horses, Su Qing didn't mind investing more resources in them.

However, these individuals have long held high positions and have enjoyed a life of pleasure and entertainment, so satisfying them is not so simple.

Su Qing was not a second-generation rich kid; she was used to a low-class life and knew very little about the lifestyle of the upper class.

But once you reach a certain level, you'll naturally understand this.

For example, Su Qing has made very good arrangements right now.

On the World Peak, the lights were bright and the atmosphere was lively, with people drinking and making merry.

Freshly killed sea creatures, served at a top-quality banquet.

Ama (female divers) dancing passionately, a charming puppet.

A generous leader, a carefree servant.

Su Qing's arrangements for their onboarding team building were truly excellent. She secretly thought that with this wave of warmth, they wouldn't be so disheartened as to leave after going to the far west.

"Esteemed True Immortals, I, Su Qing, am not indulging in wishful thinking. I am certain that with your assistance, the label of poverty and hardship that has been attached to this far western region will be removed within a hundred years."

In fact, this place has the most spiritual mines in the Western Sea. However, in the past, the western region lacked manpower and resources and could not deal with the evil spirits and monsters that parasitized the mines. Therefore, despite having a treasure mountain, people lived a life of poverty.
The crime lies with those evil spirits and monsters, who dared to devour the spiritual mines of my human race, causing these rare mineral veins—enough to elevate the strength of human cultivators by a level—to remain shrouded in darkness year after year!

The swaying wine glass reflected Su Qing's heartbroken face. The other True Immortals, who had been treated to a comfortable meal, also stopped showing their lewd expressions to the puppet girls beside them. They knew that they had eaten and drunk well and were about to have their fun over. Now it was time for the proper show of loyalty, which even the most qualified cattle and horses knew!
"Don't worry, Master Su, I, Lao Piao, am the most reliable person. With me at Su's Spirit Mine, there will be no surprises!" Liu Qianpiao, who was short of sperm and had weak kidneys, hugged two sea maiden puppets and shouted slogans loudly. However, Su Qing had great doubts about his ability to guard a spirit mine on his own, given that he couldn't even control his own younger brother. He didn't seem very reliable at all!
"If they are just some third or fourth-order evil spirits, if Master Su could send a team of puppets to assist me, I would try to hold them off. I only hope that if an unexpected situation arises, Master Su would allow me to temporarily retreat in order to preserve my life and continue to serve Master Su!"

The real person who spoke was named Chen Quanquan. Yes, the same Chen Quanquan who was written down by Xiong Er before he even joined the company. He was also the one who had the least respectable life among these real people. Everyone else had the Five Elders Dao Pattern, but he only had the Seven Departments Dao Pattern. This was his incompetence. Everyone else's children and descendants were all very promising, but his children died before him, leaving him without a grandson. He was childless and had no descendants. He was incompetent and had no descendants. He spoke weakly and listlessly.

However, his words made Su Qing feel that this person was more reliable than Liu Qianpiao. It's not that the oxen and horses are afraid of making demands, but that they are afraid of the oxen and horses not making any demands, because the oxen and horses who don't make demands are mostly already planning to slack off and fool around, only those who make demands are willing to do real work.

"Rest assured, Master Chen. Since you are all willing to assist me, I will also keep your lives in mind. I can guarantee that every Master who goes out to guard the spirit mine will be equipped with a team of third-tier puppets. If necessary, fourth-tier puppets can also be arranged. In addition, if there is any accident, you can request long-range fire support at any time and retreat at any time. In all matters, the safety of your lives is the most important thing!"

Su Qing addressed Chen Quanquan and the other True Immortals solemnly.

Upon hearing this, the real people immediately felt much better.

After all, they were prepared to be Su Qing's beasts of burden in order to get Su Qing to help them advance to the fifth rank.

But there are many kinds of cattle and horses.

Are bricklayers like oxen and horses? Why can't a fourth-order body cultivator do bricklaying? They're incredibly strong, okay? They're experts at demolition and construction. When they get angry, they can build a city wall in no time.

Are those who mediate disputes like cattle and horses? The far west is very poor and wild. The natives are hot-tempered and arrogant, while the new immigrants are ambitious and hot-tempered. The two sides are like dry tinder meeting a raging fire, and conflicts are constant. With these fourth-level body cultivators maintaining order and being responsible for mediating disputes, aren't they also contributing to the far west?

Are those who amass wealth just cattle and horses? Everyone knows that Su Qing talks a good game, saying he's leading the far west to prosperity and fighting for the common cause of all human cultivators, but in reality, he came all the way to the far west to start a business just to amass wealth. These old cultivators have been around for so many years, with extensive connections and abundant resources. They can easily introduce him to some clients, and those clients are like spirit stones delivered to his door.

They can do all of these things, like cattle and horses.

But when Su Qing asked them to do the most dangerous evil-suppressing work, they were naturally very unwilling and, like Liu Qianpiao, were prepared to just give a perfunctory answer and do the work without any effort.

A person should have a conscience!

Su Qinggang's words were very considerate. He not only provided them with puppets but also granted them the authority to request the deployment of exorcism missiles and demon-suppressing cannons. More importantly, he allowed them to retreat and protect themselves. This left them with no excuse to slack off. At this moment, they all spoke up, saying that they would definitely be loyal and dutiful servants and would never, at least not often, slack off.

Seeing this, Su Qing nodded in satisfaction.

Although they couldn't compare to Li Hailang and Qinghe, who had been trained for many years, and certainly not to the puppets like Xiong Er and Hu Dan, who didn't need any training, these real people in front of him, after his training, were already qualified and could barely be willing to create value for him.

Leading a herd of cattle and horses, they sailed on the Western Sea, chatting and laughing. Along the way, Xiong Er led them to fish and catch birds, helping them quickly integrate into the team and get into the rhythm of cattle and horses. Su Qing felt that this trip to the far west would be very rewarding.

"Master, how long will it take to reach the far west? I've been wandering around for so long, I'm getting a bit lost!"

After advancing to the third rank, Qinghe, who had become even more charming and lovely, watched Xiong Er teach the new employee Chen Quanquan a lesson. Feeling a little bored and anxious, she took Su Qing's arm, her big, watery eyes blinking incessantly with a teasy air.

As they were about to enter the far west, Ling Ying, Tang Wanqing, Guo Qiaolian, and other female cultivators with whom he had ambiguous relationships, who had even shared stories with him, all gathered together. To avoid any impropriety, Su Qing was careful to keep his distance from Qinghe. However, despite his attempts to avoid her, she still managed to pin her lotus-like arm precisely into the crook of his arm, making him wonder if this green tea white lotus possessed some kind of passive skill for tea girls.

"Whether we reach the far west or not, I'll still pay you your salary, so what's the rush!" Su Qing struggled slightly, but seeing that she couldn't break free from Qing He's lotus-like arms and body, she simply let herself be half-embraced by her, gazing at the white continent that was already faintly visible in the distance, and said helplessly.

According to his estimate, he could reach the far west in half a day at most. The news had already reached them. Hongshang had even invited prominent figures from both the local and out-of-town areas to give him a grand welcome ceremony at the Su Mansion, which he had never been to but was said to be extremely grand and luxurious, befitting his current status.

Seriously.

He was actually quite excited.

Just as Qinghe said, he had had enough of wandering around in the West Sea and was eager to go ashore and have some real fun!

Just as he was making empty promises to Qinghe, telling her not to forget her original intentions because of the extra income from the White Lotus Blood, and to be a good manager for him even when she went to the far west, so as to make his, no, their business bigger and stronger.

Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed across the sky, heading from east to west. It was clearly a bad thing heading towards the far west!

"You audacious demon, how dare you ruin my foundation!"

Su Qing had personally killed several demons, and while he wouldn't say he knew their aura inside and out, he was at least on par with Liu Qianpiao in his understanding of his bed partners.

If the demon flying above him had come from west to east, he might not have paid any attention to it at this moment, when he was eager to wander to the far west.

With the resurgence of spiritual energy, evil spirits have sprung up everywhere; how could he possibly manage it all by himself?

But this evil spirit is blind and wants to go from east to west to his base of operations. How can he tolerate that!
After a loud shout, he still had time to send a text message to Hongshang, telling her not to rush into anything big, as he was only killing a demon and it would probably take some time.

As the man soared into the sky like a rocket, the puppets—Tiger Egg, Bear Two, and the Demon God Legion—also took their positions.

The demon in the sky felt a momentary daze and was suddenly surrounded by the human cultivators.

Below, the crowd of immortals, who had been bewildered by the demonic aura and pretending not to see anything, were terrified when they saw Su Qing rushing forward like a fool.

Guardians of justice, demon slayers—isn't that just a slogan?

Master Su, are you serious?!
What did this evil spirit do to you? It was just someone passing by. Why are you so angry? Just let it go. Who can argue with you?

The crowd was filled with fear and distress. They feared that Su Qing would impulsively die, leaving them with no hope of advancing to the fifth rank, but they also lacked the courage to step forward and lend him a hand.

No wonder the people were terrified and weak-kneed when they saw the demon.

Indeed, from ancient times to the present day, terrifying stories about demons have been passed down to this day.

Everyone knows that there were countless great sages and powerful beings in ancient times, with an unparalleled heavenly court above and a unified imperial dynasty below, all of which were destroyed by this evil demon.

These fourth-tier old masters are only considered tall among the dwarfs of the present world. Compared to the ancient great powers, they are as insignificant as dust. How could they possibly deal with the evil demons that even the ancient great powers could not subdue!
They hadn't even seen what a demon looked like!

"Let's call it a day and break up. I've had a stroke of good luck, finding a kind person who could help me rise to the fifth rank. But I never expected this kind person to be so good-hearted and virtuous, choosing to fight against evil instead of enjoying a good life. While we still have a chance, let's quickly break up and escape, or we might avoid being implicated and persecuted by evil!"

Liu Qianpiao slapped his thigh, forgetting all about playing with the puppet girl, and said in a panic and fear.

The other True Immortals, though they did not reply, were all watching the commotion in the sky with solemn expressions. They wanted to assess the situation first and see if there was any chance to save Su Qing from the demons. It wasn't out of loyalty to save their master, but because none of them wanted Su Qing to die before he helped them advance to the fifth rank.

Of course, if there is truly no way to save him, even if he dies at an inopportune time, they can only watch him die. After all, he brought it upon himself, and there is no need for everyone to die with him. Although they will all die sooner or later after he dies, everyone would rather die sooner or later.

The only thing no one expected was that Su Qing could kill the demon!

But Su Qing insisted on killing it, and it died!

In the pitch-black night, the stars and the moon hid behind layers of clouds, shyly unwilling to take the stage and perform.

Su Qing, soaring into the sky, became the only light in the night.

A bluish light shone straight into the sky, illuminating the stars and piercing through the clouds, with countless starlight points focusing on one person.

This person was dressed in azure dragon armor, with dragon scales covering his entire body. A mysterious and majestic azure dragon phantom coiled behind him. With a flick of its tail, waves rose in the sea and the moon appeared after the clouds parted, as if the ruler of this world had descended to earth once more.

It will terrify evil spirits.

Let the cattle and horses be invigorated!
"It's the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern, the legendary Azure Dragon Dao Pattern! My God, how did this happen?!"

"If you never know Master Su, even if you reach the fifth level of cultivation, it will be in vain. Master Su, your most reliable Lao Liu is willing to lend you a helping hand!"

"This old monk has arrived! Demon, take this!"

"With the Azure Dragon by my side, what is there to fear from demons? I'll fight demons!" (End of Chapter)