Immortality begins with meditation puppets

The atmosphere inside the hearse was awkward. The group of powerful cultivators, who were richer than they were, were caught trying to evade the fare and were quite embarrassed.

Under such circumstances, even the Demon Buddha was too busy fighting with several seventh-order Dao Lords to care. Su Qing, who was leading these high-level cultivators from all the heavens to visit the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom in order to impart his values ​​to them, could not just stand by and watch as the host!

"Ahem!" Su Qing coughed twice to get Liu Qingsong's attention.

"You're such a powerful cultivator, and you're still coughing? If you're coughing, you're not qualified to get in my car!"

Cultivators are not human and have no worries about illness. If someone coughs, it's either because their cultivation is insufficient or they've been infected with some kind of evil disease. In any case, they are guests that Liu Qingsong does not welcome. He instinctively spit out a curse: "You can't expect any service attitude from someone who works two jobs day and night." He was full of resentment and would curse anyone he met.

Liu Qingsong always did this: he would verbally abuse people at night and kill people during the day to relieve stress, so that his thoughts could be clear and his Daoist heart could be stable.

If you walk by the river often enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet eventually; you'll inevitably end up criticizing the wrong people.

Today was just like that. When Liu Qingsong saw Su Qing's face, his heart skipped a beat. Still not believing it, he stepped forward and tugged at Su Qing's skin. After confirming that it was not some audacious disguiser impersonating the King of Kaiyuan, he was so frightened that he took several steps back, his legs trembling, his lips moving, his Dao heart swaying, and his soul in a state of confusion.

That's terrifying!
Within the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, there are few people he fears. Therefore, the Immortal Kingdom protects the legitimate rights and interests of all cultivators within it equally. His only problem is his foul mouth, which is a matter of personal quality and moral character and does not rise to the level of law. If anyone attacks him because of this, the law enforcement puppets within the Immortal Kingdom will handle it for him. Therefore, he dares to spew insults at anyone, developing a unique mouthpiece and entering the ranks of spirit mouth masters without any formal instruction.

No one can criticize the Kaiyuan Kingdom ruler, because everyone knows that he was the one who established the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom. He has countless followers and is extremely prestigious in the kingdom. Let alone coughing twice in his carriage, even if someone dances in a hearse, he will still praise them for dancing well.

"It's my fault for having such a foul mouth, offending King Su. This mouth deserves a beating, it deserves a beating!"

With a few slaps, Liu Qingsong deflected the nozzle, expressing his apology in the most sincere way.

Of course, he was just lucky today; Li Hailang wasn't with Su Qing. Otherwise, a slap from Li Hailang would have been a better expression of apology than a slap from Su Qing himself.

"Is that alright now? These are all honored guests of Kaiyuan. Let them go in and take their seats!" Su Qing said softly.

"Sure, but you have to pay first!"

When it comes to money, Liu Qingsong is no longer afraid of Su Qing. It's no big deal if the nozzle is blown crooked; he can just blow it back to the right side. But not paying to get on the bus is a big deal, as it concerns whether he can repay the car loan from Xiong Er Money House. He cannot compromise on that.

"You still don't realize who I am?" Su Qing asked in confusion. Although he strongly supported freelancers and individual business owners like Liu Qingsong to develop within the Immortal Kingdom, allowing them to avoid being exploited by criminal gangs and having the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom take care of all their problems, giving them ample confidence, he never expected that this hearse owner would be so confident as to dare to disregard him.

"You are the ruler of Kaiyuan, the great Su Tianjun. Of course I know that, but the ruler must pay for his carriage. This is a sign that is engraved all over Kaiyuan. I am just acting in accordance with the will of Kaiyuan. Surely the ruler will not blame me?"

Liu Qingsong said confidently that he had his own ambitions despite his poverty, and he had never thought of currying favor with Su Qing. After he had just spit on him, he couldn't curry favor with him even if he wanted to. So he would follow the rules. These rules were set by Su Qing himself in the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom. As long as he operated legitimately, he should charge normal fees, and no one else could change that.

"I knew that in the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, there was no distinction between superiors and inferiors, and everyone was equal. Now it seems that it is indeed true. Even you, Lord Su, have lost face in this Immortal Kingdom!"

Guangxian Zhenjun said with a forced smile, his tone mocking.

As for the things Su Qing and the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom have done recently, Yuanshi Sect doesn't care about most of them. Even when they fought for the inheritance of the Great God of the Three Altars Sea Gathering, which gave the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom the most benefit, True Monarch Guangxian didn't say much.

There was only one thing that made everyone in the Yuanshi Sect, including the Guangxian Zhenjun himself, particularly dissatisfied with Su Qing and the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

This matter concerns the very foundation of the Yuanshi Sect and involves a reshuffling of the underlying rules of the cultivation world.

Since the beginning of time, many major events in the Tianyuan Realm have, in essence, been about various forces vying for dominance in this world.

The Great Calamity of Ferocious Beasts removed the ferocious beast lineage from the ranks of the overlords of Tianyuan. From then on, the ferocious beast race became synonymous with tyranny and cruelty, losing all voice in the Tianyuan Realm. Beast rights could not be asserted, and anyone who killed or slaughtered beasts did not have to bear any moral burden and could even gain the reputation of acting on behalf of Heaven.

The Great Calamity of Dragon and Phoenix brought the three races of Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin down from their pedestals. Along with them, the voices of scaled insects, beasts, and feathered creatures were also lost. From then on, scaled insects became spirit pets, beasts became food, and feathered creatures became spirit beasts, completely controlled and divided by other races.

The conflict between the Dao and the Demonic Path caused the once-powerful Demonic Path to decline. Demonic cultivators became like rats in the street, hated by everyone, and could only survive in the shadows. All the resources in the Tianyuan Realm were irrelevant to the Demonic Path cultivators. The Demonic Path grew weaker and weaker, and was only a hair's breadth away from the extinction of its lineage.

Then came the Great Calamity of the Lich King. The two races, the Lich King and the Demon King, who were originally the overlords of heaven and earth, were both severely injured after the calamity. The Lich King was wiped out, and the Demon King was also greatly weakened, making it difficult for them to stop the rise of the human race and relinquish their overlord status.

Then came the Investiture of the Gods, which was also an internal struggle among the Taoist sects, who had already occupied absolute power in the cultivation world at that time, as they fought for the right to define and interpret various rules in the cultivation world.

As a result of this calamity, the Jie Sect's teaching of education without discrimination and the Ren Sect's governance through non-interference both failed because the Chan Sect followed the will of Heaven. From then on, races were divided into noble and lowly, and cultivators were divided into high and low ranks. Based on bloodline, talent, and cultivation level, cultivators were divided into three, six, and nine classes.

Originally a master-disciple relationship, the master had to address his disciple as master only because the disciple surpassed him. Originally a father-son relationship, the son was superior to the father because of the saying "a dog father and a tiger son." The trend of judging everything by cultivation level was promoted by the Yuanshi Sect to all the heavens and myriad worlds, influencing thousands of generations and still affecting the Tianyuan Realm and all the heavens and myriad worlds to this day.

As a result, the Yuanshi Sect, which established these fundamental rules, gained ever greater prestige and became the orthodox Taoist sect that would last for millennia, subtly surpassing the Lingbao Sect and the Taishang Sect.

If this rule continues, meaning that those with high cultivation and high status will naturally enjoy respect and the best resources for cultivation, then the strong will remain strong and the weak will become weaker. Even with the current revival of the Heavenly Origin and the reshuffling of the forces in all heavens, the status of the Primordial Sect as the number one sect in heaven and earth cannot be shaken.

Therefore, after the revival of Tianyuan, the Yuanshi Sect appeared to be benevolent and magnanimous, and did not compete with others in anything. In reality, they knew very well that those petty gains would not help their status much if they gained them, and losing them would not affect their current strength. As long as they remained the rule-makers at the bottom, the Yuanshi Sect could continue to prosper.

What Su Qing and the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom have angered the Yuanshi Sect in recent years is their attempt to reconstruct the underlying rules of the cultivation world.

The Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom was founded on the cultivation of all arts and crafts, advocating that cultivators cultivate not only to compete with others or to achieve immortality, but also to use their creations for production and daily life, improving the cultivation environment for cultivators, and enabling them to cultivate immortality happily and joyfully.

To achieve this, granting cultivators the right to engage in free trade, breaking the inherent prejudice that cultivation level determines status, and protecting the inviolability of all cultivators' private property are all measures that would shake the underlying rules established and maintained by the Yuanshi Sect. If the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom's model were to become prevalent throughout the myriad worlds, in a thousand or ten thousand years, people might only know the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and not the Yuanshi Sect.

In addition to these hidden losses, there are also real financial losses.

In the past, according to the rules of the Yuanshi Sect, all the sects and clans in the myriad realms would carry out their own plans. Once the puppet business was decided, only that person could do it. No matter how well others did it, they had to give way. As for the quota of beasts that your realm could control each year, you could only control the spirit beasts within that quota.

Production was determined by quotas and planned allocation, based on the power level of each clan and sect. Monopolistic industries and the most profitable sectors could only be controlled and operated by the three major sects: the Yuanshi Sect, the Lingbao Sect, and the Taishang Sect.

Over the years, this rule has been in effect, and the three sects of the Dao lineage have benefited countless times from it. How could anyone possibly interfere and change this so-called "rule of heaven and earth, ancestral law"!

Today, as soon as he got into the carriage, True Monarch Guangxian knew what Su Qing was up to. He wanted to use the prestige of Su Qing wielding the Xuanyuan Bow and shooting the Demon Buddha to promote the system that Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom had been using to the cultivators of the various sects present. He didn't expect them to follow suit now, but at least he wanted to plant a seed in their hearts.

Even the whole thing Su Qing and Liu Qingsong just did seemed like a pre-arranged performance. How could a mere first or second-tier cultivator possibly ask Su Qing, a Heavenly Monarch Kingdom ruler, for a ride? It was an insult to his intelligence; did they think he was brainless?

Guangxian Zhenjun's sarcastic remark made the dozens of powerful cultivators crammed into the car realize what he meant.

Knowing that getting on this hearse was not something to be done casually, and that this seemingly ordinary sightseeing tour was not as easy as they had imagined, they realized that this was not a simple matter.

"Alright, alright, it's just a small fare, not worth arguing about. I'll treat you!"

The kind-hearted Gu Letianjun stepped forward to smooth things over, taking out a pill to pay for all the cultivators in the car.

"Pills?" Liu Qingsong hesitated. He usually only accepted cash payments, but credit card payments were also acceptable. Paying the fare in kind was not allowed according to the rules.

But birds of a feather flock together, and people of similar backgrounds are grouped together. How could someone who can get along with Su Qing be simple? Even if he didn't know Gu Letianjun, he could guess that his status was not low. The pills that such a person casually pulls out would also be of high quality.

After hesitating for a moment, he accepted the pill. Once he confirmed that it was a third-grade pill and of the highest quality, enough to buy his hearse, not to mention the travel expenses, he immediately changed his attitude.

Although he was poor, he had his own ambitions. He would not bow down to the powerful and wealthy, but he would bow down to money.

With this pill in hand, he can not only pay off his car loan, but also make a down payment on a house, allowing him to live a life with a mortgage. With a house and a car, he will even dare to pursue female cultivators in the Divine Realm!
With such great benefits, he not only had to provide high-quality hearse services, but also act as a tour guide, ensuring that the VIPs were satisfied and had a great time.

"Distinguished guests, please fasten your seatbelts. The hearse, number 857, is departing. First stop: Paradise Palace."

This Blissful Heavenly Palace is located in the commercial district of my Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom. It was converted from the Blissful Workshop and offers a one-stop shop for eating, drinking, and entertainment. It has everything you could want, whether you know it or not, whether you can imagine it or not, whether it's legitimate or illegitimate.

As long as the money is right, gods will serve you tea and water, and fairies will massage your back and waist. You can enjoy the most supreme treatment, making you so happy that you'll want to come back again and again.

This place has become the first stop for cultivators from all realms visiting my Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom. Every tourist I've served who has been here once has only commented on its high price, never its poor quality!

Liu Qingsong could swear to heaven that he and Su Qing had absolutely no collusion, and his longing for the Blissful Heavenly Palace was genuine. As the saying goes, "If you don't go to the Blissful Palace in your life, your ten thousand years of life will be wasted." The Blissful Heaven on earth and the heaven on earth are the best medicine to comfort cultivators and the motivation for countless cultivators at the bottom to improve.

Even as he spoke eloquently, the powerful cultivators present remained unmoved, for with their cultivation and knowledge, they had long since passed the stage of being captivated by worldly affairs.

They are now only attracted to advancement in their spiritual path, wealth, and power, and have no interest in wasting their lives on pleasure and entertainment.

"You all go and have fun. I'm only a little over eight thousand years old, the prime of my life. I'll take this time to meditate and soak up some of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom's fortune."

Dan Yuan Zhenjun waved his hand and said that he was also a big troublemaker in the cultivation world when he was young. He did a lot of things, such as reselling pills from the sect to support his debauchery. The taste of youthful indulgence was certainly good, but the price would have to be paid slowly in the future.

Now that his lifespan is nearing its end, and he is still some distance away from breaking through to the sixth-order Heavenly Monarch, he has little time left to live. He should cherish this precious time even more and give it his all before he dies, to see if he can gain another hundred thousand years of lifespan.

"Experiencing the world is also a form of spiritual practice. Listen to me, let's go together and relive our youthful days. We might be surprised by the unexpected rewards!"

As the head of the alchemy sects across the myriad realms, Gu Letianjun, who held absolute authority within alchemy sects like Danyuan Sect, spoke up. Although Danyuan Zhenjun had no choice but to get off the bus along with the other cultivators, he was helpless.

As soon as I got off the bus, I was slightly shocked by the aura emanating from the Heavenly Palace of Bliss.

From the gates of the Heavenly Palace to each person's feet, golden flowers fell from the sky, golden lotuses sprang from the ground, purple mist paved the way, and colorful phoenixes welcomed the guests.

On either side of the purple carpet stood two rows of elegant female cultivators, dressed in black stockings and slit cheongsams, making even an old man blush.

"So tacky, so incredibly tacky!"

"We cultivators are refined and noble; how could we do such a vulgar thing!"

"Quickly, call them all to my side. I'll teach them a lesson on behalf of their teachers!"

"Just by looking at the scene before this gate, one can tell that this Blissful Heavenly Palace is a den of iniquity. Now that I've seen it, I can't turn a blind eye; I must go in and give it a thorough critique!" (End of Chapter)