Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 51 Black Boys Sitting in a Row.

[Successfully crafted a meditation doll, proficiency +10, current proficiency: 34/500]

After much hard work and significant investment.

Success has finally been achieved!

The excitement in my heart is beyond words.

After the initial excitement subsided, his main body stopped cultivating. Seeing that the meditation doll could continue cultivating and was able to provide feedback on its cultivation gains, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"This has completely freed me from cultivation. From now on, I only need to focus on making money and won't have to worry about cultivation at all!"

At this moment, Su Qing just wanted to find a safe place to lie low and let the meditation doll cultivate for her.

Unfortunately, there is no absolutely safe place in the cultivation world. Rogue cultivators like him are like dandelions, drifting with the tide of the times, growing wherever they land.

To the west lies the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom, and to the east, one must cross the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range to reach the Cloud Mountain Immortal City. In comparison, White Cloud Market is, at least for now, the safest place for him.

"At least for now, life is still manageable. With Heiwa by my side, reaching the Foundation Establishment stage is not difficult at all. Once I reach the Foundation Establishment stage, I will be able to roam freely like a fish in the sea and a bird in the sky!"

At that moment, in his eyes, there was no more perfect puppet in the world than the meditation doll, but after calming down, he discovered the meditation doll's shortcomings.

This doll can only support his cultivation during the Qi Refining stage. Once he reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, the doll will become useless and cannot even be recycled.

Furthermore, the cultivation efficiency of this doll is consistent with that of his original body. With his spiritual root aptitude, even if a meditation doll were to run non-stop for 24 hours straight, until it was smoking, it would not be able to support his cultivation to the Foundation Establishment stage.

To rapidly advance his cultivation level, he needs to refine even more meditation dolls.

Leaving aside the possibility of a higher success rate in the future, just considering the present, the yield rate of one meditation doll is six sets of materials, and the total cost of one meditation doll is approximately 3,600 spirit crystals.

With his current savings, he can only manage to make a maximum of ten.

The reason he was able to earn so many spirit crystals so quickly was that in such a dangerous place as the hunting grounds, puppets not only sold well, but also commanded a high premium.

Without the protection of Ma Tuan and other guards from the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, who deterred those greedy rogue cultivators, he wouldn't have dared to earn such spirit crystals.

This is also why Liang Haishun, Helian Xian, and he themselves, even knowing that the mission to Black Tiger Mountain was dangerous, were reluctant to leave.

Baibaoge sent Matuan and his men to the hunting grounds, where they were fed and cared for by the horses, not just to protect them!
Leaving aside the matter of Black Tiger Mountain for now, since she had enjoyed the benefits they had given her, she should naturally help them when the time came; Su Qing still had that much professional ethics.

Besides the enormous cost, meditation dolls also have another drawback.

This doll needs to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to cultivate. If you want it to cultivate day and night, you cannot put it in a storage bag.

This necessitates creating an excellent, undisturbed environment for the meditation doll.

"It must be a spirit house, and a spirit house protected by various formations."

Su Qing looked troubled, feeling that this was another huge expense.

But he couldn't skimp on it. If disaster struck, he would put the meditation doll in his storage bag and run away with it, but normally he couldn't bear to let Heiwa rest for even a moment!
"With my aptitude, if I dedicate myself to cultivation, I can reach the fifth level of Qi Refining in about two years."

In reality, it's impossible to dedicate oneself entirely to cultivation. Most of the day is spent busy with external affairs and trivial matters. If I were to cultivate on my own, it might take five or six years to break through to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

Su Qing pondered to himself, thinking that if Heiwa was not disturbed and he could create ten or eight Heiwas, he would have reached the fifth level of Qi Refining in about two or three months.

"If I reach the fifth level of Qi Refining in two or three months, wouldn't I reach the peak of Qi Refining in two or three years? If I get more Black Babies and set up a Black Babies factory or something, I could even reach the Foundation Establishment stage in less than two years."

Su Qing became increasingly smug as he thought about it, but he soon realized that the problem was not so simple.

Leaving aside the fact that cultivation becomes increasingly difficult as one progresses through the later stages, even Heiwa, at each stage, has a limited number of resources he can control.

The problem isn't with Heiwa, but with him.

As a cultivator's cultivation level increases, their sea of ​​consciousness gradually expands, and the size of this sea of ​​consciousness determines the total amount of spiritual energy a cultivator can absorb each day.

In the past, after completing his daily cultivation, due to his limited cultivation efficiency, he could only achieve one-seventh or one-eighth of the daily cultivation limit. Even when cultivating with drugs, he could only reach one-quarter of the limit.

This means that, currently, it can only accommodate a maximum of eight black babies.

"So it's not necessary to refine too many Black Babies at once. More would be useless for now. Once we use up the materials we have, that should be enough for our current needs."

"Perfect timing. Since the trip to Black Tiger Mountain is imperative, and we don't need to let Heiwa occupy our attention for the time being, we can focus our energy on improving our combat strength."

Su Qing muttered to herself. By this time, her emotions had completely calmed down, and she threw herself back into the work of refining the next black doll.

The sooner we get it ready, the sooner we can start working!
[Failed to craft a meditation doll. Proficiency +1. Current proficiency: 35/500]

[Failed to craft a meditation doll. Proficiency +1. Current proficiency: 36/500]

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[Successfully crafted a meditation doll, proficiency +10, current proficiency: 138/500]

Five more days and nights passed before Su Qing finally stopped, having completed the refining of the eighth Black Boy.

At this point, he still had about twelve sets of the Black Doll materials he had bought in the previous two transactions, which cost him more than 40,000 spirit crystals, but he did not plan to continue refining them for the time being.

Looking at the rows of black children sitting there, emitting wisps of smoke, Su Qing's eyes were filled with satisfaction.

Although these black bastards are expensive to refine, they are not expensive to use.

A black child consumes about three spirit crystals a day, which is only ninety spirit crystals a month, just like a lizard warrior.

"But one isn't expensive, but having too many can be a problem!"

Eight Black Boys, plus sixteen Lizard Warriors, two Armored War Bears, and additional puppets to be prepared for the Black Tiger Mountain trip.

This will cause huge expenses in the future!

If it is in a relatively safe environment such as a market or residential area.

He could also temporarily lay off some lizard warriors to reduce expenses.

However, in this perilous hunting area, the puppets must remain active to ensure they can engage in combat at any time.

Make money!

We need to start making money!

Su Qing's eyes hardened as he looked at the Fire Spirit Sword Embryo, which he had been caressing for almost half a month.

This sword blank is unusually large, about two meters tall, and its entire body is fiery red, yet crystal clear, like a flowing fire crystal. Even without anyone activating it, it exudes a blazing heat.

Its hardness is much stronger than that of Xuan Tie Jing. Su Qing had Xiong Er punch it several times, but the sword blank was completely unharmed. Instead, several pieces of Xuan Tie Jing broke out from Xiong Er's fist.

This made him realize that without the refining skills of a weapon master, he would not be able to change the main structure of this Fire Spirit Sword Embryo.

To create this sword blank, he could only try to find a solution from the runes.

(End of this chapter)