Immortality begins with meditation puppets

"It's falling, it's falling again, the stock market is falling again, it's a once-in-a-decade drop, and this is the third consecutive drop!"

"What a disappointment! It's all thanks to Brother Su Qingtie. Look at his stock! He's already a fourth-tier battle armor master, and his personal stock price has risen by five consecutive daily limits. Anyone who bought his stock would be financially independent by now!"

"I told you long ago that Debao is a junk stock. Expecting him to achieve great things through his personal cultivation is less worthwhile than investing in his Debao Canteen. It's been going crazy lately!"

"If we're talking about stability, then we have to go with the Su Group. Leading stocks like Jia Tianxia and Langya Metallurgical Workshop are very stable. Last month, the Su Group just acquired the puppet businesses of Baibaoge and Yuanlaifang, and its market value has reached a new high!"

"Wait a minute, why are all the stock prices dropping? In just a short while, my 'witch stock' has already fallen by 300 points!"

"Don't worry, it's a technical adjustment, it's definitely a technical adjustment!"

In the trading hall of Xiong Er Qian Zhuang, the green light dancing on the puppet screen caused panic among all the investors in the trading hall.

One by one, the cultivators who failed in their investments and went bankrupt on the spot were unable to bear the blow. They were in unbearable pain, howling like ghosts, and lining up to go to the rooftop. This scene was witnessed by the high-ranking cultivators of the heavens.

This caused Su Qing, who had originally wanted to show the high-ranking cultivators of the heavens the fundraising capabilities of Xiong Er Qianzhuang as an individual cultivator and a major merchant, to have a dark expression.

But he will still introduce what needs to be introduced.

"In all the myriad realms of our world, there are always talented cultivators who are neglected and buried due to a lack of resources, and there are also many merchants whose years of accumulation are destroyed in an instant due to a demonic disaster or a change in the world."

Even sects, immortal kingdoms, and various races can fall to the bottom and never recover due to unexpected disasters or failure to choose sides.

Just like now, look at the battle between the Demon Buddha and several seventh-order Dao Lords. They fought from the Western Sea to all parts of Tianyuan. Countless forces and individuals along the way were affected by them, and countless lives were destroyed as a result.

In response to these problems, Xiong Er Money House of Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom pioneered the establishment of Kaiyuan Stock Exchange, relying on its strong financial strength and the reputation of Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

The Kaiyuan Stock Exchange has three functions: first, it allows qualified individuals and industries to list and raise funds, and second, it accepts investment from all living beings in the public market.

In this way, if a cultivator is exceptionally talented, he will not be delayed in his cultivation due to financial difficulties in the early stages. When he achieves something in the future, the asset investigation department of our stock exchange will also compile statistics on his annual earnings and distribute dividends according to the shareholding ratio of investors, so as to effectively protect the interests of every investor.

Meanwhile, various startups, emerging industries, or large-scale projects with high investment but slow returns in the spiritual practice community can also raise funds on the stock exchange to realize their grand ambitions.

If this continues, the development of both individual cultivators and various industries will not be limited by temporary funding. The entire cultivation world will usher in an era of rapid development, bringing new changes to the cultivation world every ten, hundred, or thousand years.

Financing and fundraising to support individual practitioners and help start-up industries take off is the first function of Kaiyuan Stock Exchange.

As for the second function, it is to guide and directly manage the various large and small spiritual insurance companies.

As the saying goes, the heavens have their phases of sunshine and rain, and man has his ups and downs. No one can guarantee that they will always be at their peak and never decline. The ancient witch clan and dragon clan were once so invincible, but after several great calamities, what are their current circumstances? You should all know this.

Even in times of peace, one should be mindful of potential dangers. The moment one falls from grace and one's power declines, the greatest wish of any sect or clan would surely be to rise again.

Let's buy an insurance policy. With just a tiny bit of spirit stone, you can secure a guarantee for your sect, ensuring its continued existence for generations to come.

Besides sect insurance, cultivators face numerous risks during their personal cultivation process, such as being cheated on, cheating on others, failing to break through, or incurring the wrath of powerful enemies. These risks can cause a cultivator to lose years of hard work. However, if they have insurance, they can minimize these risks and losses.

For cultivators attempting Foundation Establishment, you can purchase Foundation Establishment Insurance. If you fail, we'll help you make a comeback. For those entangled in romantic relationships, you can purchase Green Light Insurance. Once the conditions are met, you'll instantly transform into a green light and escape. For those with too many enemies, you can purchase Defend the Righteousness Insurance. If you encounter a formidable foe, you can immediately contact the Star Chain Puppet deployed by the Su Group on the outskirts of the Tianyuan Realm for immediate protection.

The second function of the Kaiyuan Stock Exchange is to provide individual cultivators and sects with a safeguard against risks.

The third function is to mobilize the investment enthusiasm of everyone in the cultivation world, integrate and allocate resources across the entire cultivation community, concentrate efforts on major tasks, and fully utilize the resource advantages brought to all living beings by the revival of Tianyuan, transforming them into various undertakings such as fighting against evil spirits and improving the cultivation level of cultivators!

Su Qing's words were a wake-up call, demonstrating his deep expectations for the Kaiyuan Stock Exchange and his desire to promote it to all the worlds.

In his view, the establishment of this stock exchange is more beneficial than harmful to all the heavens and myriad realms. If it can be successfully implemented in all the heavens and myriad realms, the talent resources of the entire heavens and myriad realms can flow freely, and the energy that the entire cultivation world can unleash is enough to become an important factor in fighting against evil.

While he thought this way, the high-ranking cultivators of the heavens had many concerns.

"Investing involves risks, and caution is advised when entering the market. Su Tianjun, you are too greedy! You even covet the meager profits of those insignificant cultivators? Everyone knows that the higher one's cultivation level, the more secrets one knows, and the stronger one's ability to divine the future. In this situation, isn't this so-called investment just a field where high-level cultivators harvest the韭菜 (leeks) of low-level cultivators? Even a demonic cultivation sect like my Luo Hou Sect finds such unscrupulous behavior disgusting and despicable, and would never touch it!"

"Insurance is a complete scam. They make all sorts of promises before you buy it, but when it comes time to pay out, they'll probably make all sorts of excuses and refuse to insure you. Individual cultivators and small and medium-sized businesses have no power to fight against Xiong Er Qianzhuang. They can only suffer in silence, with nowhere to seek redress. Insurance premiums are just a pure tax on intelligence!"

"Concentrating resources on major tasks sounds nice, but if everyone pours resources into this stock exchange, who will supervise it? Isn't it the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom that will supervise it? Who knows if they will line their own pockets? No, they definitely will. Concentrating resources on major tasks is indeed a major task, but it's a major task for the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom!"

At first, the high-ranking cultivators from all heavens kept their voices down to save face for Su Qing. However, when they saw that most people shared the same opinion and felt that Su Qing had ulterior motives in setting up the Kaiyuan Stock Exchange, they unconsciously raised their voices and stopped considering Su Qing's feelings.

Seeing this, True Lord Guangxian chuckled softly.

Su Qing was far too incompetent to fight against the Yuanshi Sect.

The recent drop in all stocks on the stock exchange was entirely the work of Yuan Shi Zong. Yuan Shi Zong had actually been watching all the little tricks that Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom had been up to over the years. Although he hadn't interfered, he had already formulated corresponding countermeasures.

For example, they used the power and resources of the Yuanshi Sect to obstruct individual cultivators and various businesses listed on the Kaiyuan Stock Exchange.

By announcing that Yuanshizong's industries and upstream and downstream suppliers are prohibited from cooperating with businesses listed on the Kaiyuan Stock Exchange, they can immediately make it difficult for these businesses to operate in the external market and hinder their further development.

Spreading messages on the black market, they hunted down and offered bounties for individual cultivators listed on the Kaiyuan Stock Exchange, aiming to kill them and destroy their souls, or at the very least, severely injure them so that they could no longer advance on their path.

In just a short time on the road, the Yuanshi Sect had already accomplished this task and was now showing its effects. Seeing the miserable situation of the many cultivators who had failed in their investments at this stock exchange, even Su Qing's staunch allies, the two brothers, could not say anything good about the stock exchange against their conscience.

“Lord Su, Heaven is watching what people do. We cultivators should always be kind and compassionate. We should not ignore the lives of the cultivators below us just because we are in a superior position due to our own strength.”

Look at the mess you've made of Kaiyuan Stock Exchange! How many families have been ruined and destroyed? Yes, whether they make a profit or a loss, you still collect your commissions and management fees without fail. You're guaranteed to make a profit, but if you eat too much of this blood-stained bun, people will stop being human.

You always say that desire can drive the progress of the spiritual practice world, but desires are hard to satisfy. Indulging desires blindly, using any means to achieve one's goals, and disregarding the interests of all beings in pursuit of personal satisfaction, is this really beneficial to all beings and spirits in the myriad realms?
"My abilities are far inferior to Su Tianjun's, and I have no right to lecture him. It's just that Su Tianjun has had a smooth and successful journey, which might make you think all your decisions are correct. Sometimes you should consider that in all the myriad realms, generations of cultivators have passed down their wisdom, and countless choices have been made. Just because they differ from Su Tianjun's ideas, are they wrong?"

"Guangxian Zhenjun's advice is correct, but it is not yet clear whether what I have done is right or wrong. Let's wait until they bear fruit before we can see the success or failure!"

Su Qing raised her head slightly and looked directly at True Lord Guangxian.

"Then I, fellow Daoists, will wait and see!"

Seeing that Su Qing was still stubborn and determined to challenge the Yuanshi Sect, Guangxian Zhenjun's face turned cold. After saying a few words, he led most of the sects present to leave the Kaiyuan Stock Exchange in a huff, ending this extremely unpleasant Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

Su Qing was not surprised by this.

The Yuanshi Sect has been passed down to this day and has always been regarded as the correct doctrine for cultivation. Even the founder of the Lingbao Sect, who shared the same origin as its founder, could not change it. It is not something that Su Qing can change with a few words and a few things.

Since he insisted on reform, he must have known that reform is never a dinner party or a matter of give and take; it is a violent process of a new interest group breaking down an old one, a process of the East Wind prevailing over the West Wind.

Admittedly, the Yuanshi Sect has made tremendous contributions to all realms from ancient times to the present, and all living beings should be grateful for its virtues. However, in the present world, the Yuanshi Sect, which follows the old ways, has become an obstacle to the development of the cultivation world. It is a towering mountain blocking all living beings from enjoying a wonderful life of cultivation and living a peaceful and stable life.

This mountain is even higher than the demons, because the demons are infamous among living beings and have no base of support. However, the influence of the Yuanshi Sect among all living beings is far greater than that of the current Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom. If Su Qing wants to reform, the Yuanshi Sect can lead all the major sects in the heavens to fight him!

To Su Qing's slight relief, not all the sect representatives left with True Monarch Guangxian.

Other Tianyuan forces that chose to side with him included Penglai Immortal Kingdom, Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom, Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, Fire Phoenix Immortal Kingdom, Thousand Island Immortal Kingdom, Punishment God Kingdom, Bodhi Buddha Kingdom, Ksitigarbha Buddha Kingdom, Xuanyuan Immortal Kingdom, and even the Immortal Qin Martial Kingdom, which had been receiving resources and talent investment from the Primordial Sect.

This is Su Qing's base of support: the local forces in Tianyuan. They may have doubts about his methods and are not optimistic about the outcome of his struggle against the Yuanshi Sect.

However, because Su Qing and the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom have always been the leaders in defending the interests of Tianyuan, the cultivators of Tianyuan can only unconditionally support his decisions.

In addition to the local forces of Tianyuan, some forces from other realms remained in place.

There is the Three Sheep True Lord of the Lingbao Sect and the Ancient Music True Lord of the Taishang Sect.

"That's just how the Yuanshi Sect is. They act like they're the boss of heaven and earth, and everyone has to obey them. Fellow Daoist Su, don't be afraid of them. Go ahead and do it boldly. They don't dare to use force against you right now!"

San Yang Zhenjun curled his lip at the back of Guangxian Zhenjun. Clearly, even though the three sects of the Dao lineage were the co-formulators of the rules of the cultivation world and the biggest beneficiaries, there were still differences of opinion within the three sects. Lingbao Sect was not necessarily on the same side as Yuanshi Sect.

"I stayed behind only because of some personal matters, which does not represent the attitude of the Supreme Sect. I just want to know if this stock exchange can list pills? I want to refine a batch of sixth-grade immortal pills. The investment is huge, and the probability of the furnace exploding is high. I can't afford to use my spirit stones, and those old fogies at the top won't approve it if I use the sect's spirit stones."

How about I go public and use everyone's spirit stones to try it out? The risk is a bit high, but if I succeed in refining the pills, all the profits will be distributed to you investors in full!

Gu Letianjun bowed to Su Qing somewhat embarrassedly, saying that their Supreme Sect's consistent attitude towards internal conflicts in the heavens was to have no stance.

It's euphemistically called "governing by doing nothing," but in reality, it means never sticking to the pan and always being on the winning side. Speaking now is purely out of personal need, which made Su Qingbai happy.

After the Lingbao Sect and the Taishang Sect expressed their stances, it was the turn of the remaining major sects of the heavens to express their stances.

True Lord Taoyuan took the lead and made a solemn promise on behalf of the Taoyuan Sect:
"Our sect promises that while our hearts are with Cao Cao, they are with Han. Our hearts are set on Kaiyuan. The void and the heavens are merely a temporary haven for our sect. Tianyuan Realm is the eternal home of our Peach Blossom Sect."

Our sect pledges that, from this day forward, the interests of the Tianyuan Realm are the interests of our Peach Blossom Sect. Our sect is willing to unite with all fellow Daoists of the Tianyuan Realm in the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, and around Lord Su, to contribute our own strength to the great revival of the Tianyuan Realm!

After hearing what he said, Gao Erqiang nodded slightly and withdrew the three-pointed double-edged knife that was stuck in his waist.

Since the Peach Blossom Sect is operating within his territory, where he executes the Divine Kingdom, if they don't support his second brother Su Qing in this situation, then they shouldn't stay in his territory either. True Monarch Peach Blossom should understand this simple logic. (End of Chapter)