Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 56 The Dual-Blade Lizard!

"The Wind and Thunder Hammer is forged from the bones of a second-tier Thunder Eagle beast mixed with Wind and Thunder Stone. The materials are perfectly integrated, and it weighs over two thousand catties. When activated, it carries the power of wind and thunder, moving as fast as the wind and containing the force of thunder."

If it weren't for the fact that only second-tier body cultivators could wield this hammer, very few people in Baiyun Market could use it. This hammer would easily sell for 40,000 spirit crystals, but now it's only 18,000 spirit crystals. Fellow Daoist, you've gotten an incredible bargain!

It took Tong Xin and Ma Tuan, along with several other warriors, to lift the Wind and Thunder Hammer out of the warehouse.

This hammer was originally the prized possession of the central district's Baibaoge store, and could also be considered its most treasured item.

Because it had been unable to sell, it had now become the prized possession of the Baibao shop. If he could sell it, he would be able to secure his position as the shopkeeper.

The hammer has a deep blue body with purple electric snakes surging on it. The thick, black and red handle is covered with many runes. Among the runes that Su Qing can recognize, there are three to five first- or second-tier runes, such as those for strength, speed, and weapon control.

Tier 1 Ultimate Combat Tool!
This hammer lives up to its name, but since it can't be sold, it's no wonder he's haggling over the price.

After some back and forth with Tong Xin, he finally acquired the hammer for 12,000 spirit crystals and had Ma Tuan and other warriors deliver it to the spirit house first.

With the Wind and Thunder Hammer successfully used, Tong Xin's attitude became even more enthusiastic, and he led Su Qing directly to the warehouse.

Small but complete.

Swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks, and forks—all kinds of weapons, both popular and unpopular, are available.

With its jade pendants, ribbons, umbrellas, flutes, and fans, it possesses all the magical artifacts needed for both offense and defense.

Su Qing was not surprised by this.

These are the best-selling items in this forward camp. Although there are many items in this warehouse, given the current purchasing power of the independent cultivators, it will probably need to be restocked within a month.

His gaze lingered on the sword, and before long, he spotted his target.

A row of about forty curved knives were neatly arranged. The blades were shaped like dog legs, about three feet long, top-heavy, wide in the front and narrow in the back, with a thick back and a thin blade.

He took out a small piece of Xuan Tie Jing from his storage bag. When it touched the blade, the Xuan Tie Jing was immediately cut in half. The cross-section was as smooth as a mirror, which made Su Qing nod slightly.

"Fellow Daoist has excellent eyesight. This blade is called the Demon-Slaying Blade. Its blade is so sharp that it can cut through iron like mud. Even a peak first-tier body cultivator like Niu Ya uses this blade. Would you like a couple?"

A low-grade first-tier battle sword isn't expensive, costing only two thousand spirit crystals.

Seeing that Su Qing could buy a warhammer worth over ten thousand yuan so easily, Tong Xin didn't think he couldn't afford one or two war swords.

Su Qing hesitated at this moment. The warhammer was expensive, but it was worth every penny, and one was enough.

If he had bought this battle sword at the central market, it would have been much cheaper. Moreover, he was buying it in bulk, and the price difference made him even more heartbroken.

"As expected, fighting and killing are the most expensive things. In urgent situations, it's even harder to balance cost-effectiveness. You just have to accept being ripped off!"

Su Qing gritted his teeth and bought only ten battle swords for now. He originally wanted to form a lizard battle sword team, but he was short of money, so he would just make do with five dual-sword lizards for the time being.

After buying the warhammer and warblade, Su Qing only had a little over 20,000 spirit crystals left. She didn't dare to look at any more and only asked Tong Xin to bring out the cheap and lightweight sets of magic weapons to look at.

In the end, he couldn't keep the remaining spirit crystals either, and spent 23,000 spirit crystals to buy a set of spirit needle magic tools.

Oh, and there's also a half-set of mother-and-child boomerangs that's practically free. It's only half-set because the other half is still stuck in a monster and hasn't been retrieved. The magic weapon isn't a complete set, so its value is greatly reduced. I guess you could say he got a bargain.

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"Fellow Daoist, your leg has been broken for some time now, hasn't it?"

"That's for sure! Sigh, I wish I had met you sooner, fellow Daoist. Otherwise, I could have at least gotten a pair of lotus root legs. Those legs are so tender!"

"If you don't have the Lotus Root Legs, how about these Green Steel Legs? They're long, strong, and can even spin silk!"

"It's not bad, but what about the price?"

"Four thousand spirit crystals, I'll give you a pair of strong legs, so that going through fire and water will be no problem for you!"

"Isn't it a bit expensive?"

"This is expensive? If I'm not mistaken, your legs are just the cheapest puppet prosthetics right now. Forget about other functions, they can't even run as fast as others. If a rogue cultivator can't run fast, wouldn't he be born to be someone else's stepping stone?"

“That’s true. Last time I was too slow and got chased and had my leg gnawed by a monster…” “Alright, then pay in full first. After I’ve finished refining it, you can come to my place to install it.”

"Oh, is this one not suitable? And why do I have to pay in full?"

"This body won't do; it's not a good match for you, fellow Daoist. As for why I paid in full, there are a lot of scoundrels in this forward camp. I'm just a small business owner, so I have to be careful. Of course, you seem like an honest person, so you wouldn't do that. I'm just taking precautions!"

Su Qing beamed as she accepted the next order.

In the past few days, he hasn't been busy refining artifact puppets, but has instead been working diligently to earn spirit crystals.

I don't feel at ease without spirit crystals in my pocket!

Having squandered all his spirit crystals, he pushed the lizard warriors around. Whenever he encountered a fresh severed leg, he would sell it at a discount to benefit his fellow cultivators. Even the not-so-skilled Qinggang Leg began to actively seek out a market.

Five days later, after processing all the orders and earning a hefty sum of nearly 20,000 spirit crystals, he began to work on refining his first artifact puppet.

Double-edged Lizard

[Type: Modified Artifact Puppet]

[Rank: Tier 1, High Grade]

[Function: Modifies a Tier 1 mid-grade lizard warrior, granting it the ability to wield weapons. It is skilled in dual-wielding, capable of unleashing dual-wielding combo slashes, frenzied dual-wielding cleaves, and other combat techniques, making it a superior-grade puppet with relatively excellent melee capabilities.]

[Puppet Master Rank Requirement: Tier 1, High Grade.]

[Rune Requirements: Intelligence Rune (Tier 2), Combat Rune (Tier 2), Bionic Rune (Tier 2), Weapon Mastery (Tier 1 for Blades).]

[Required materials: Spirit Wood (8 feet 3 inches), Demon Lizard Claws (two), Mystic Iron Crystal (15-300 jin), Tier 1 Battle Blades (two), and other materials as needed.]

[Consumption: 5 Spirit Crystals for daily use, 50-500 Spirit Crystals for combat (can be charged with Moon Essence, reducing some daily consumption.)]

[Note: Therefore, the puppet is modified from the lizard warrior, and the lizard warrior's original proficiency will be converted into the puppet's proficiency.]

Current Lizard Warrior Proficiency: 188/200, Dual-wielding Lizard Proficiency: 94/200

"Apart from two more battle swords, the other materials are the same as those used by the lizard warriors, but the cost of just these two battle swords alone is four thousand spirit crystals!"

Su Qing silently calculated the cost of the dual-bladed lizard. The cost alone was already higher than that of the armored war bear. If a lizard were to be forged but its combat power was not comparable to that of the armored war bear, it would be a huge loss.

The panel shouldn't be misleading me. It says it's a Tier 1 high-grade puppet, so it should at least have combat power similar to the Ironclad War Bear!
Trusting the puppets produced by the panel, he began to refine them.

Apart from the higher requirements for runes, the rest of the process was no different from when he crafted the lizard warrior, and his crafting speed was also extremely fast.

He hesitated slightly when attaching the battle knife to the lizard warrior's claws.

If other materials fail to be refined, the loss would only be a little over two hundred spirit crystals. However, if these two battle blades are damaged, the cost of failure would be far too high.

"It should be fine. There are no runes drawn on the sword, so even if the forging fails, the sword will not be affected."

Logically, it shouldn't be possible, but when it comes to puppet making, there have been instances where failed attempts resulted in rune explosions that blasted the puppeteer into the air, so damage to the battle blade isn't out of the question.

Such a divinely punishing event was beyond Su Qing's control; he only thought about it for a moment.

Two crisp, click-like sounds followed.

The first lizard warrior was then considered complete!

"Activate, start!"

Su Qing remained calm on the surface, but inwardly she watched with excitement as the energy supply tank emitted a spiritual light, instantly illuminating all the runes.

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