Immortality begins with meditation puppets

The discussion about the Witch Clan abruptly ended because Su Qing adopted an attitude that the Witch Clan was under his protection and no one could take advantage of them.

The cultivators understood that Su Qing's purpose in taking them to visit this tourist area featuring the unique characteristics of the Wu Clan and informing them that he would no longer use the Wu Clan's Dao patterns for his own purposes, nor did he have any intention of forcibly seizing the Wu Clan's fortune or heritage, was to set an example and encourage them to follow his example and not cause trouble for the Wu Clan in the future.

His attitude was so clear that it would be extremely impolite for them to continue to be obsessed with the Dao patterns of the Wu Clan.

It should be known that although this Lord Su has been very polite to them along the way, he is also a tough guy who has fought his way out of danger. If you really touch his sore spot, his thunderous rage will be so fierce that not a single cultivator here could withstand the arrow he shot at the Demon Buddha!
"What Su Tianjun said is true. The contributions that the Wu Clan made to heaven and earth were already completed in ancient times. Now it's their turn to enjoy them!"

"The Witch Clan has already bled dry after experiencing two great calamities: the Great Calamity of the Witch and the Ancient Calamity of the Demon. Now that they can rise again in the world, it is not only a blessing for the Witch Clan, but also a blessing for all living beings in the heavens. We really cannot bear to disturb their recuperation any longer!"

"Let the Witch Clan rest if they want. We, the Demon Clan, have many demons. The things they did in ancient times, we, the Demon Clan, will now do. The Witch and Demon Clans are old rivals. The Witch Clan was able to dedicate themselves to the myriad realms until their dying day during the ancient demonic calamity. Our Demon Clan naturally has the same ambition. I ask Heavenly Lord Su, and I also ask all fellow Daoists to trust me!"

Inside the hearse during the parade, the atmosphere became harmonious again, giving Liu Qingsong, who was driving, the courage to continue being a tour guide.

"Attention, tourists! We are about to arrive at the most prosperous area of ​​Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, or perhaps the most bustling area in the Western Sea cultivation world—the Immortal Kingdom Commercial District."

Since the founding of our Kaiyuan Kingdom by Lord Su Tianjun in the far west, this commercial district has always been the focus of our Kaiyuan Kingdom's development. From the very beginning, Lord Su Tianjun had the foresight to plan a grand blueprint for this area, and amidst the doubts and skepticism of others, he planned rows and rows of third and fourth-tier shops and spirit houses in this area.

Today, these shops and spirit houses, which were originally considered by many to be Su Tianjun's grandiose and reckless planning, have been eagerly rented by merchants from all over the world after initially going unnoticed. With the rental policy in place, the annual rent alone should be enough to buy a brand new spirit house or shop.

The reason why these businesses are so eager to move into the commercial district is that, looking at the entire Tianyuan Realm, no, looking at all the myriad realms, the commercial district of my Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom is the most prosperous and lucrative area.

According to the intelligent statistics of the Great God of Inspiration in my Immortal Kingdom, the trade within my Kaiyuan Commercial District alone has amounted to hundreds of billions of spirit stones this year, and the cultivation resources and creations flowing out of the commercial district are countless.

Such a prosperous place, now that countless cultivators from all the heavens and myriad realms have come to the Tianyuan Realm, who wouldn't want to visit it? Especially during festivals like the Qixi Festival, Dao Birthday Festival, Opening Heaven Festival, and Celebration Festival, which were piloted by Su Tianjun in the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and later became popular throughout the heavens, this commercial district is always bustling with people.

"You've all arrived at the perfect time today, as it's the founding anniversary of my Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom. All the shops in the commercial district are offering discounts and promotions. Don't miss out! Don't let those merchants save you anything; buy them as many items as possible, let them lose money, and you'll make a fortune!"

Based on facts and taking into account the sales subsidies that the businesses in the commercial district provided to the parade hearse drivers, Liu Qingsong praised the commercial district to the skies.

Meanwhile, all the cultivators inside the carriage had bright eyes and were highly focused.

As representatives of the great sects and powerful clans of the heavens, they are all proud of their family's strength, which has been passed down for tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years.

They also didn't think that a newly established immortal kingdom like Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom could have any foundation or qualifications to compete with them.

Hundreds of years ago, when the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom absorbed and merged with the Divine Realm, its national power reached its zenith, making it the undisputed overlord of the Western Sea.

In the eyes of the various cultivators, the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom was not taken too seriously. They believed that the kingdom's current status was solely due to its ruler being Su Qing, the leading candidate for the Human Emperor, a strong contender for the Heavenly Emperor, a collector of Dao patterns, a leader in the puppetry of the heavens, a vanguard general against demons, and a holy master of the Witch Clan.

It was Su Qing alone who elevated the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom to a position that did not belong to him. Without Su Qing, not only would the major sects of the heavens, such as the Yuanshi Sect, Lingbao Sect, and Dongwang Sect, not take the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom seriously, but Liu Gandang of the Penglai Immortal Kingdom would be the first to jump out and reclaim the status of the Penglai Immortal Kingdom as the overlord of the Western Sea.

However, as the Heavenly Gate of the Heavenly Origin Realm was fully opened to all realms, allowing all cultivators to come and go freely and for all creations to circulate freely, the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, with its unparalleled attraction to all cultivators and its terrifying ability to absorb resources, changed the perceptions of all cultivators towards it.

The key to changing the views of all the cultivators in the heavens lies within the commercial district of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

Within a small area spanning only a few hundred miles, commercial organizations such as the Su Group, Langya Metallurgical Workshop, Jia Tianxia, ​​Duan Family Puppet Shop, and Divine Weapon Factory Headquarters have emerged, whose products sell well throughout the heavens and conquer cities and territories in various realms with overwhelming force.

Among them, the Su Group, due to its unique advantages in intelligent, bionic, and even creation puppets, and its competitive advantage in puppets for exorcising evil spirits and suppressing demons, has almost monopolized the high-end puppet market in the heavens. With its strong financial strength and powerful technological accumulation, it has established a mature puppet manufacturing industry chain in the immortal realm, encompassing puppet research and development, puppet production, and puppet sales. It has begun to greatly reduce puppet manufacturing costs through industrial clusters and has started to use this cost advantage to impact the low-end puppet market in the heavens.

Today, the Su Group has surpassed all the original commercial organizations in the Tianyuan Realm, such as the Hundred Treasures Pavilion of the Penglai Sect and the Yuanlai Workshop of the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom. It has also entered the market of the heavens. Although it is still not as powerful as the Yuanyi Pavilion, Lingbaozhai, and Dandingtang supported by the three sects of the Dao lineage, which either have an infinitely wide business scope or are unrivaled in their professional fields, it is not much different from the commercial forces of the major sects of the heavens, such as the Danyuan Sect and the Dongwang Sect.

The fact that the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom could give rise to such a behemoth as the Su Group already meant that all cultivators in the heavens could no longer easily ignore its underlying power.

Besides him, Xiong Er Qianzhuang, which pioneered and gradually improved the financial system, has been widely welcomed by cultivators across the heavens and the earth for its services such as lending, mortgage, investment in cultivators, and listing and financing of various arts and crafts industries, which are all made possible by the intelligent puppets created by Su Qing. It has now promoted this business to the entire Tianyuan Realm. After it has digested the Tianyuan market, it will enter the market of the heavens and the earth in the future. In fact, the sects of the heavens and the earth will not be able to resist it.

With the Su Group and Xiong Er Money Shop as the two leading companies, along with the Langya Metallurgical Workshop and Jia Tianxia as the backbone, and the emerging forces such as Delong Logistics, Debao Restaurant and Jile Tiangong, the entire Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom's commercial groups are showing a thriving trend, with one after another, poised to set off a frenzy of various industries across the myriad realms.

The major sects of the heavens naturally paid attention to this situation. After initially ignoring it, they were shocked and questioned it when the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom gained momentum. They began to try to suppress it and block its commercial forces in various industries in order to protect their own market share. However, this attempt failed not long after it began.

They have tried various methods to suppress the Su Group, the leading industry in the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, including raising tariffs, price wars, and propaganda wars. As for other industries in the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, they have not dared to target them too much because they are afraid of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s influence in the Tianyuan Realm and fear that the Immortal Kingdom will retaliate against them in the same way.

Unable to suppress them any longer, they began to seek exchanges and cooperation, attempting to gain a share of the benefits from the development of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

Now, cultivators from all realms have come to the commercial district of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom with the sincere hearts of apprentices, seeking to learn from its advanced industrial experience so that they can replicate its commercial miracle upon returning to their own sects and realms, achieving similar development. Along the way, their gazes were fixed on the fleeting scenery outside the windows.

The extensive network of roads, over a hundred feet wide, can accommodate heavy trucks, heavily armed puppets, and other large-scale cultivation creations.

Numerous iron-clad trains, stretching from the ground to the sky, carry tourists from all over the country, the world, and even the heavens to the far west city, where they land in the commercial district for tourism and consumption.

The high-end spirit houses stand side by side, each with a custom-made advertisement by a talisman artist on its facade. The advertisements are accompanied by flashing lights and shadows, each displaying a captivating slogan.

"You control the strings, I control the soul. The perfect bionic puppet—the Dao Companion Puppet—is now available. It combines the beauty puppet, the master puppet, and many other puppets into one. It is the top choice for bionic companion puppets. Today, instead of spending 99,000 or 88,000 spirit stones, you can have your Dao Companion Puppet, which will never betray you, delivered right to your door!"

"When the moon shines on a thousand rivers, your spirit vessel will be your boat. We warmly celebrate the opening of the Yuanshi Sect Yuanyi Pavilion Tianyuan Branch in the Far West City. During the grand opening promotion, every customer who spends 30,000 spirit stones at our pavilion will have the opportunity to draw a Vajra Pestle. The Vajra Pestle—forges three thousand delusions into a magical weapon, making every breath a Vajra Pestle!"

"Put it on, forget it's armor—only when you forget yourself and your weapon can you truly become indestructible! The Delong Brand Immortal Armor, new model now available!"

"When encountering demons, the Vajra pattern will appear; when facing monsters, the light of salvation will arise—your karma determines the form of your armor. The Vajra Subduing Demon Armor is 30% off today!"

"From the first snowflake falling from the Tianshan Mountains to the first dewdrop condensing on the Kunlun Mountains, from the far east to the far west of the celestial realm, you gather the essence of all heavens. The Treasure Canteen will feed you to your madness! (Also, we are sincerely recruiting outstanding spiritual chefs with high salaries; negotiable.)"

"If you don't manage your money, your money won't manage you. Xiong Er Qianzhuang, your personal financial advisor!"

The dazzling array of flowers and the magnificent scene before them gave all the cultivators in the heavens a clearer understanding of the commercial district of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

Here, the air is almost filled with the scent of spirit stones, and everyone's face reveals their desire for spirit stones and money. The commercial atmosphere is so strong that faint Daoist symbols have appeared in the sky above the commercial district.

"The Dao Patterns allow for trade throughout the world. The Five Elders' Dao Patterns, when wielded, allow goods to travel freely across all realms, regardless of the barriers of the heavens and the realms!"

"The Dao Pattern Money Opens the Way, the Five Elders Dao Pattern allows you to exchange spirit stones for any Dao technique or supernatural power in the world. The more spirit stones you have, the greater the power of the Dao technique or supernatural power!"

"The Dao Pattern Investment Master, the Five Elders Dao Pattern, can discern the potential of cultivators, develop industries, grasp the trends of the times, never miss a chance, always stand at the forefront, always take off, always be awesome!"

"The Dao patterns can communicate with the gods. The Six Offices Dao patterns can be used to offer spirit stones as a sacrifice to summon any god in the heavens to serve. The amount of spirit stones required varies depending on the god's rank, temperament, and degree of financial need (currently recommended god to summon: Gao Erqiang (God of Poverty, strong combat power, excellent professional attitude)).

"The Dao Rune allows you to compare prices across different vendors. With seven Dao Runes, you can compare prices for all kinds of cultivation items and find the lowest available price, ensuring you never get ripped off! (Obtaining this Dao Rune allows you to become a Purchasing Master, accepting job offers from various merchants for dedicated purchasing duties.)"

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"So many patterns!"

"You can cultivate Dao patterns by buying and selling goods!"

"It's not enough that he's already made money; he wants to make Dao patterns too. That damned Su Qing, he should just take all the good things in the world!"

The high-ranking cultivators in the heavens looked at the numerous Dao patterns that were about to form but had not yet formed in the sky, and their teeth itched with envy.

They felt that their trip to the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom was too late. If they had known earlier that supporting a commercial district would bring such great benefits, they would have followed Su Qing's example and replicated this commercial district in their own realm and sect!

“Replicating? Over the past few hundred years, countless forces across the heavens have attempted to replicate the miracle of Kaiyuan, but how many have actually succeeded? Not a single one.”

The blessings bestowed upon this Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom are not something we can simply replicate!

Taoyuan Zhenjun scoffed at the whispering Zhenjuns.

Although he was not from the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, he had witnessed its rise and development over the years.

The first rise of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom was when Su Qing entered the far west, became its ruler, and laid the foundation for the kingdom.

However, the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom truly entered the vision of all the heavens, and its various industries truly took off, after the first Anti-Demon Conference held by the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

Because of that grand event, all eyes were drawn to this place, and the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom had the opportunity to showcase itself in front of all the myriad realms. With Su Qing's advice and support, various merchants in the Immortal Kingdom also spent a lot of money advertising in various sub-venues. This is how the scene of Kaiyuan merchants, who had gained fame after the council, conquering cities and territories in all the realms came about.

Besides this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the current development of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom is also inseparable from the solid foundation it has accumulated in the past. This aptly describes the kingdom's success – a testament to its accumulated strength and eventual breakthrough! (End of Chapter)