Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Gathering cultivators from all heavens, who will be the hero? This grand gathering will determine the distribution of interests, reputation, and fame among various Daoist traditions in the Tianyuan Realm. It concerns the personal development and future lives of many high-ranking cultivators or those who consider themselves high-ranking cultivators, and it will attract every cultivator who aspires to show their skills at this gathering.

Even Su Qing, the ruler of the Kaiyuan Kingdom and the head of the Tianyuan Puppet Army, was no exception.

He not only wanted to do it himself, but also to get everyone around him to do it together!

He painstakingly used his connections to bring this heroes' gathering to his doorstep, and together with Tong Chang, he managed to extract a number of rewards from various powerful forces—not just for others to enjoy.

With hundreds of projects, we have to make sure our own people are fed first!
Because of his position as the sect leader of the Supreme Sect, his identity as the ruler of the Kaiyuan Kingdom, and most importantly, the fact that he was in charge of the conference venue invested and built by various merchants of the Yuanxian Kingdom, he managed to secure a position as a member of the conference committee, which was composed of leaders of various powerful forces, even though he was a junior in the cultivation world.

Other members of the committee who were also with him included:
Liu Gandang, a Nascent Soul cultivator representing the Penglai Immortal Kingdom, the overlord of the Western Sea!

Ji Yitong, a fifth-tier War King representing the Immortal Qin Martial Kingdom, the overlord of the Central Plains!
Du Daomin, a Nascent Soul sword cultivator representing the Xuanyuan Sword Sect, the overlord of the Eastern Wilderness!

The fifth-tier Vajra representing the Hanging Temple, the overlord of the Southern Wilderness—Master Wubei!
The innate, unique species representing the Lion Camel Ridge, the overlord of the North—the White Elephant with White Fangs!
Within the Tianyuan territory, besides these five people, the only others qualified to join as committee members are Huo Yun'er from the Wan Yao Kingdom, Jinlong Gu Feng representing the Azure Dragon King, Su Qing, and Celestial Master Tong Chang. These nine people are the only ones. Even Gao Erqiang, Shi Lijing, and the Styx cultivators from the Thousand Island Immortal Kingdom were unfortunately not selected.

The remaining spots were reserved for disciples of ancient Daoist lineages who had returned to Tianyuan from the heavens and possessed both strength and background, such as Xia Jizhang of Yuanshi Mountain, Li Sanyang of Lingbao Sect, Jiang Xueying of Snail Palace, and twelve others.

The Tianyuan Immortal Kingdom stands tall, and countless realms vie for supremacy, flocking to the Tianyuan Realm in droves. Naturally, the competition for the positions on this committee, consisting of only twenty-one people, is exceptionally fierce. Su Qing admits that he only managed to secure this position thanks to Tong Chang's strong recommendation and Jiang Xueying's nepotism within the Snail Emperor Palace.

His elaborate efforts to join the committee were certainly not to fulfill his duties; rather, he was after the benefits of the Heroes' Assembly and wanted to use his power and inside information to benefit his own people!

It is important to know that the performance in this Heroes' Gathering is not only related to the corresponding rewards offered by each force, but more importantly, it is to select the most capable and promising cultivators from among them. These people will be assigned star ratings by the committee. Based on their star ratings, they will have priority in allocating any opportunities and benefits that may arise in the ancient secret realms within Tianyuan in the future.

This is why Su Qing not only decided to participate in the competition himself, but also to have his puppets participate, and even his own women were not spared. He trained Ling Ying, Guo Qiaolian, Tang Wanqing and others to make sure they were brave and competitive.

Today, inside the Su residence.

Ling Ying, Tang Wanqing, and Guo Qiaolian stood in a row behind Su Qing.

Having rushed over last night and spent the night in a passionate embrace with Su Qing, Liu Yun'er, her face still radiating a seductive charm, casually linked arms with Su Qing and nestled beside him, asserting her dominance.

Before them stood a parade of puppets made up of Su Ji Group employees, including Li Hailang, Qinglian, Niu Shisan, Hudan, and Xiong Er.

As Xiong Er lit a firecracker, the military parade was declared to have begun.

First to approach them was the lizard army led by Ah San. They rode horses and carried guns, their ranks were neat and orderly, and they showed good discipline and obedience. Their leader, Ah San, had been studying battle formations for a hundred years and had also trained them for a hundred years. Now they could set up fourth-level battle formations and were fully confident and capable of winning gold and silver medals in the battle formation competition!

Su Qing also had a deep affection for the lizard knights. Over the past hundred years, in the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom where mineral resources were inexhaustible, he had spared no expense in refining these lizard knights.

Besides the commander, Ah San, who was promoted to the fourth rank, there were twelve fourth-rank lizard captains in this legion. Each of them was big and burly, and even their swords and spears were much thicker and longer than others. This was so that they could protect Ah San on the battlefield and allow him to fully display his command talents. The other lizard soldiers were also equipped with the third rank and rode the same third-rank Crimson Flame Horses.

With this lineup, I wouldn't dare say it's unparalleled in all realms, but it's certainly invincible. It should give those arrogant, disdainful cultivators from the outside world a real shock from the Heavenly Origin Cavalry.

After the Lizard Knights' army of ten thousand passed by, the Arhat Bears followed. Each Arhat Bear was bald and hairy, with a mountain-like size. Although there were no more than a thousand of them, each of them carried two hammers on their shoulders, and their momentum was no less than that of the Lizard Knights. The Arhat Bears would do their best in the Warhammer competition, striving to have more Arhat Bears enter the ranks of the thousand.

Because Xiong Er had too many projects to participate in, which conflicted with the Warhammer project, the outcome of the Buddha Bear Team without Xiong Er's leadership was difficult for Su Qing to predict. However, he had prepared in advance, equipping the Buddha Bears with runes for violent output, such as Mountain Moving Runes, Weapon Runes, and Burst Runes. He also had Xiong Er select a Mighty Arhat Hammer from the Buddhist True Skills for the Buddha Bears to practice. This was due to inside information and the advantage of being one step ahead in preparation, which had already been realized, and they were expected to achieve some success.

Just as the clumsy, foolish, and violent Arhat Buddha Bears passed by, a puppet spurred his horse and charged out arrogantly. With his halberd and Red Hare, the Father-Slayer Fengxian led the way. Behind him were ten heavily armored knights, the kind that the Tianyuan Immortal Kingdoms coveted. These ten knights, capable of turning the tide in other immortal kingdoms and deciding the regional situation, were merely the Father-Slayer Fengxian's assistants. Their sole mission was to protect the Father-Slayer Fengxian as he charged into the enemy ranks and emerged victorious in the battle!
The patricide Fengxian is the most morally corrupt but the strongest Fengxian in terms of combat power. Freed from moral constraints, he is extremely cruel and is a fifth-tier puppet. Su Qing has high hopes for him and has equipped him with heavy knights to ensure that everything goes smoothly. Fortunately, the competition is quite fierce, and none of the participants are weak. They are all famous generals from all over the world who have gained an advantage.

After Fengxian, a group of carefree and frivolous exorcism dolls came towards us. The dolls had round hands, round feet, and round heads, and were all dressed in yellow anti-shoo-in suits so they could walk freely in the sunlight. They looked harmless, but each of them carried a short gun, and the larger dolls carried missiles, which were all violent weapons. There were hundreds of thousands of them, but they had signed up for the archery competition instead of the exorcism competition.

Su Qing had no hope for these strange dolls. He could only hope that he could fool one or two of them by virtue of their numbers. As long as one of the dolls entered the top 10,000 in archery skills, this round would be worthwhile.

After the children finished walking, there were no more team competitors, and then it was time for the individual competitors to come.

The first to appear was, of course, Su Qing's top general, the innate sword seed recognized by the Heavenly Emperor, Divine Tiger Lu Wu - Tiger Egg!
Tiger Egg, draped in a cloak, unleashed streaks of sword light from its nine tails without its own awareness. Over the past century, Tiger Egg had honed its swordsmanship and cultivated its swordsmanship, challenging numerous sword cultivators in the far west without ever suffering a defeat. After Su Qing repainted its runes and refined its entire body, Tiger Egg had now reached the fifth rank of sword cultivator and intended to challenge the powerful sword cultivators of the Xuanyuan Sword Sect and the Lingbao Sect at this Heroes' Gathering.

Su Qing made no demands of Tiger Egg, only instructing it to be cautious and prioritize its own safety above all else. This wasn't just for its master's sake, but also for the sake of Liu Yin, whom it had already married and made its "Tiger Lady." The sword cultivation competition was truly a matter of both skill and life-or-death, and the contestants were all ruthless and vicious. According to Su Qing's information, Li Sanyang, sent by the Lingbao Sect, was a powerful figure ranked within the top thousand of the Heavenly Battle Power Ranking, making him extremely difficult to deal with. Therefore, he was even more worried about Tiger Egg. Compared to Tiger Egg, he wasn't worried at all about the lazy Xiong Er who arrived later.

Xiong Er has participated in quite a few projects.

For the theft project, Xiong Er enthusiastically signed up, making him the undisputed frontrunner.

In the Buddhist scripture project, Xiong Er took the lead without hesitation. He not only represented Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and Su Qing, but also Fulong Temple. He received the support of all the bald men in Fulong Temple. They said that Xiong Er, the Vajra Transmission Master, would surely be able to defeat his competitors, Xuankong Temple and Vajra Temple, leaving them speechless. As for the likes of Huanxi Temple, they were not even qualified to be Xiong Er's opponent.

In the Hunter Project, Xiong Er is always adept at fishing and catching birds. Although it's a business, he might not be a match for those professional spirit hunters.

The exorcism project boasts a luxurious lineup consisting of Xiong Er and Bi Lian, the merit-making wooden fish, and the two-headed mirage dragon. To be honest, Su Qing couldn't find any rivals that could match them after scanning the entire list.

Even if Xiong Er were truly unlucky and cursed by the heavens, failing to achieve anything in these areas of expertise, Su Qing, through the committee, specifically sought out and arranged a financial project for him. With Xiong Er's years of experience running Xiong Er Bank, he should be able to crush all his competitors without any doubt, should any competitors participate.

Since Xiong Er participated in many events, none of them were particularly dangerous, Su Qing simply nodded to it, instructing it to prepare for the competition seriously and not to be careless. Then, she turned her attention to Xingxiu Hun Dun, who was to appear after Xiong Er.

The Starry Chaos Puppet is a fifth-order puppet that Su Qing only managed to create in the last ten years.

It is shaped like an egg, covered by a thin, pale yellow shell, with a transparent, colorless liquid flowing inside. The eggshell bounces and wobbles, looking even cuter than exorcism dolls, and appears completely harmless.

Even Liu Yun'er, Tang Wanqing and others beside and behind Su Qing knew nothing about this puppet. Seeing its clumsy twisting, they only thought it was cute and did not realize how strong it was. They couldn't understand what project Su Qing was preparing to participate in with this puppet.
Only Su Qing himself knew just how powerful this puppet was.

But he didn't want to explain anything at the moment. Who knew if there were any powerful figures spying on the Su family? These powerful figures in the heavens weren't exactly of high quality. It was perfectly normal for them to use eavesdropping and spying on those who posed a threat or had the ability. Anyway, Su Qing had installed countless eavesdropping puppets in various restaurants and guesthouses in the far west. Putting himself in their shoes, he didn't dare to overestimate the quality of other powerful figures. The puppets like Xiong Er and Hu Dan had a good reputation, and if people knew their true abilities, there was nothing he could do. But Xingxiu Chaos had never shown any abilities. If he didn't say anything, he wouldn't be afraid of being seen.

After the chaotic starlight struggled to emerge from view, the next person to step forward was Li Hailang, one of his employees, who was now the captain of the security department at Su Ji Group.

Hailang was a man who had seen many storms. Since the establishment of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, he had been doing a leisurely and high-paying job in the Su Group as one of the first veterans to follow Su Qing. He was originally prepared to live a peaceful and comfortable life.

However, due to Su Qing's request, he had no choice but to pick up the double red flower stick again and practice the stick technique for decades. Apart from losing dozens of pounds of fat, his skills were still mediocre and his second-level cultivation was still second-level. In the battle stick event, he was still a nobody who could be used as a stepping stone to beat others.

But he felt hopeless. Helplessly, his boss thought there was hope. Since his boss wanted to go, he had no choice but to go too. What else could he do? Hailang's success today can be summed up in one word. Hailang lifted his shirt, revealing the large character "忠" (loyalty) carved on his back so that Su Qing could see it.

Su Qing declined to comment. He knew Hailang was incompetent, but Brother 260 had sent him a message urging him to make sure Hailang participated in the competition. They were brothers in arms, and Brother 260 would surely not harm him. There must be benefits for Hailang in participating this time.

After showing his loyalty, Hailang, who lacked confidence in himself, ran off in a flash. Niu Shisan, who followed behind, was much more serious. You could tell his determination by the "victory-defying" handkerchief tied around his head.

Upon seeing Niu Shisan, Su Qing couldn't help but nod to him.

Thirteen is not easy.

For the past century, he has not only had to take care of the essential work of the Su Ji Group, following the patrol team through the streets and alleys, handling various disputes and mediating various conflicts, but also had to take care of his elder brother Niu Ya, who was often away on projects and rarely at home, as well as his sister-in-law and nephews.

Even so, he still managed to find time to improve himself, and now he is a third-level body cultivator. Through his personal efforts, he has made a name for himself.

However, while acknowledging Thirteen's abilities, they don't have a high opinion of him.

A third-tier body cultivator is ultimately too weak. Thirteen signed up for the most popular project among popular projects: the body cultivation project. It would be a stretch for him to even make it into the top ten thousand.

After the thirteenth, the final performer was Qinglian, who was dressed in a white top and a white skirt, and was graceful and elegant.

As you approach, a faint, delicate fragrance wafts to your nose, giving you the refreshing feeling of drinking ice-cold beverage on a summer's day.

This is Qinglian thoroughly enjoying the pickled white lotus flowers. Over the past century, with the rapid growth of the Su Group's profits each year, Qinglian's salary has also increased accordingly. She's generous to herself, using most of her monthly salary to exchange for white lotus flowers, which has continuously improved her aptitude. A few years ago, she was even noticed by the Snail Emperor's Palace and became a disciple, cultivating ancient true skills. This time, she's participating in a floral arrangement project, but it's unknown what methods she has prepared. Judging from her confident demeanor, Su Qing assumes she is genuinely prepared, rather than just participating for the sake of participation. (End of Chapter)