Immortality begins with meditation puppets

In the heavens of this world, the demand for puppets among practitioners is increasing day by day.

With essential puppets like exorcism puppets, demon-suppressing puppets, and spirit-exploding puppets for protecting the country and resisting evil spirits, even if the Su Group sells them at exorbitant prices, all sects and cultivators will still have to buy them even if they have to sell their pots and pans.

There are passionate puppets, master puppets, and intelligent puppets that can cultivate the mind and body and free up the hands. Those who have not used them do not know, but those who have used them cannot live without them. They are good things that all sects and cultivators are willing to spend their money, including their masters, parents, partners, and disciples, to get.

Furthermore, there are the various ancient puppets sold by sects such as the Eastern King Sect and the Peach Blossom Sect. These puppets are no longer keeping up with the times and do not meet the needs of cultivators in the new era. They have become old and dilapidated, disliked by everyone. The market demand created by eliminating these old and dilapidated puppets needs to be filled by high-quality puppets provided by advanced production capacity companies like the Su Group.

Finally, there are many cultivators like Liu Qingsong who purchase parade hearses and use puppets as means of production to earn money and support their families. These products are mostly provided by the Su Group.

While the Su Group has developed rapidly in recent years, establishing a puppet research and development laboratory, a divine weapon manufacturing plant, a rune research institute, a divine weapon industry, a puppet factory, and the Su Ji Puppet Shop, it has also established branch factories in various immortal kingdoms of the Tianyuan Realm to continuously expand its production capacity in order to meet the growing demand for puppets from all sects and cultivators in the myriad realms.

Even though the tool puppets in the puppet factory work day and night, year-round, it's already a struggle to meet the orders from the various immortal kingdoms of the Tianyuan Realm. As for the much larger market demand in the myriad realms, although they covet their spirit stones, they simply don't have the time to earn them.

It can be said that the puppets of the Su Group are like budding girls of marriageable age. Not to mention the original ones, even second-hand, third-hand, or fifth-hand ones are hot commodities in all the heavens and myriad worlds. Others have to find connections and ways to buy them. Why would they need to go through the trouble of selling them!
Therefore, Su Qing had no interest in the Dongwang Sect's cooperation proposal. Previously, he had thought that although the Su Group could not cultivate the multiverse market now, it would eventually have to invest heavily in it in the multiverse. In order to pave the way for the future, it was not impossible to establish a good relationship with the Dongwang Sect in advance and grant them some agency rights for Su Group puppets.

However, the Eastern King Sect's appetite was too great. The negotiation process with their sect leader disgusted Su Qing to the extreme. According to the sect's idea, once the Eastern King Sect reached a cooperation agreement with the Su Group, all the puppets sold by the Su Group would be supplied to them first to meet the needs of the various heavenly markets.

This includes three types of puppets with extremely high premiums: exorcism puppets, demon-suppressing puppets, and spirit-exploding puppets. The pricing power of puppets in the multiverse market is completely dominated by this sect, and the Su Group cannot interfere arbitrarily. The Su Group only needs to provide puppets to them and then sit back and wait for dividends.

Su Qing didn't need to think about these demands carefully to know what the Eastern King Sect was up to. They wanted to turn the Su Group into their puppet tool, transfer the influence that the Su Group had built up through puppets to the Eastern King Sect, and use their free pricing power to embezzle and swallow up the Su Group's rightful profits.

Such a collaboration that treats him like a fool—even if Su Qing didn't need the Eastern King Sect's help now, he would never agree to these conditions, let alone if he did.

Of course, he knew the Eastern King Sect was shrewd and understood they had no good intentions, but Su Qing was no longer the impetuous young man he once was. He was now the ruler of a nation, bearing heavy responsibilities, and had to be more tactful and patient in his dealings with others than before.
"I hope Fellow Daoist Zhongze will forgive us. My Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom currently has limited production capacity and has recently offended the Yuanshi Sect. Given the sect's influence in the myriad realms, my Immortal Kingdom's various businesses in the myriad realms may be suppressed."

Under these circumstances, my Immortal Kingdom is neither capable nor willing to invest heavily in the Heavenly Market. Therefore, our cooperation with the Eastern King Sect will be temporarily suspended. If your sect still wishes to cooperate with my Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom when conditions are ripe, we can then discuss the matter in more detail.

"Hmm? What does Su Tianjun mean by that? Does he look down on my Dongwang Sect? While his Yuanshi Sect certainly has considerable power in the myriad realms, my Dongwang Sect is not to be underestimated either. Rest assured, as long as you give us the agency rights, the markets that the Su Group can't conquer in the myriad realms, our Dongwang Sect will conquer for you. When it comes to dealing with the Yuanshi Sect, we are the professionals!"

Zhongze Zhenjun feigned anger, but he knew in his heart that Su Qing was using the Yuanshi Sect as an excuse and did not want to reach this cooperation. However, whether or not to cooperate was no longer up to him.

In the world of cultivation, it's a dog-eat-dog world. How much benefit you can gain depends not on how good you are at making money, but on whether you can hold onto that benefit.

The Su Group is highly sought-after, a consensus shared across all realms, but since it has fallen into the hands of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, everyone feels that the Kingdom is somewhat unworthy of it.

It is only now that the demonic calamity has descended, and Su Qing is a person with many mysterious and supernatural abilities that makes people wary. Otherwise, according to the operating rules of the myriad worlds from ancient times to the present, many industries in the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, including the Su Group, would have been divided up and devoured by the major sects of the heavens long ago.

Even now, many industries of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom are actually being targeted and exploited by various sects throughout the myriad realms.

After all, before the Heavenly Yuan Boundary Wall was opened, the high-level cultivators of the great sects of the heavens could not enter the boundary. At that time, they might have had to give Su Qing some leeway. Now that the Heavenly Gate of the Boundary Wall has been opened, the high-end forces of the sixth and seventh rank of the great sects of the heavens can enter the Heavenly Yuan. Looking at the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, which only has Su Qing as a sixth-rank existence, they will naturally no longer have the same good attitude as before.

Among all the myriad realms, the Eastern King Sect, whose strength is second only to the three major sects of the Dao lineage, has its eyes on the biggest piece of meat in the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom—the Su Group, which can probably create many unique puppets beyond human capabilities, has a complete industrial line, excellent troop production capabilities, and its money-making ability is second to none in the myriad realms!

The Eastern King Sect, which had long wanted to take action against the Su Group, had held back until today because Su Qing's relationship with the three Daoist sects was ambiguous. The Eastern King Sect was afraid that the three Daoist sects would support Su Qing and thus be unable to put pressure on the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

But now, the situation is different. Su Qing, unfortunately, is even more courageous than their Dongwang Sect in turning against the Yuanshi Sect. The Yuanshi Sect is no longer their potential ally, but has instead stood on the opposite side. At this time, it will be difficult for the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom to ignore what the Dongwang Sect says.

Su Qing also understood the implication in Zhongze Zhenjun's words, and although she was slightly annoyed, she smiled and said:

"Fellow Daoist, your words sound like a threat. Could it be that if I refuse to cooperate with your sect, your sect will join the Yuanshi Sect in suppressing my Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom throughout the myriad realms?" "Suppress the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom? What makes you say that? But if the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom doesn't cooperate with my Dongwang Sect, my Dongwang Sect won't be able to speak up for it in the myriad realms. After all, the pressure of confronting the Yuanshi Sect is also great for my Dongwang Sect. And without my Dongwang Sect providing protection for the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom in the myriad realms, all of your Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom's industries, including the Su Group, might be confiscated by the Yuanshi Sect under various pretexts. Believe me, the Yuanshi Sect has always been this despicable; they are capable of such a thing!"

Zhongze Zhenjun did not expect that Su Qing could still be so tough, and he still gritted his teeth and refused to give in, continuing to put pressure on and threaten him.

"Let them blockade us then. Let me tell you, a temporary blockade means nothing. The technological advancements of my Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom in the Hundred Arts industries, and the thirst of cultivators from all realms for advanced Hundred Arts creations, are things you can never block. That's all I have to say. If your sect has any other areas of cooperation with my Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, Fellow Daoist Zhongze may bring them up. As for cooperation in the area of ​​agency sales with the Su Group, my Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom currently has no such need."

Su Qing waved his hand, showing even more disdain than he did for the Yuanshi Sect.

Although there is ideological competition between Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and Yuanshi Sect, he has to admit that Yuanshi Sect still has principles and bottom lines. Their differences with Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom lie only in their belief that the path they have adhered to in the past is the correct route that can truly save all the worlds and benefit all living beings, rather than being purely for the selfish interests of one sect.

In contrast, the Eastern King Sect's behavior was utterly disgusting. They didn't care about the conflict between the Yuanshi Sect and the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom; all they wanted was to profit from the struggle between these two forces. Their despicable actions were hardly worthy of Su Qing's favor.

"Good, Su Tianjun has really had too smooth a path these past few years, cultivating such arrogance. He doesn't even take the Yuanshi Sect seriously, and he dares to disregard my Dongwang Sect? Just wait and see, let's see if your Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom really has three heads and six arms, and let's see if your Su Qing will always have boundless luck!"

Zhongze Zhenjun was also furious at this moment. Before leaving, he did not forget to say some harsh words to Su Qing. After he finished speaking, he also turned his gaze to Liu Gandang of Penglai Immortal Kingdom.

Liu Gandang is in a very awkward position now.

Although he was surprised that the Yuanshi Sect had turned against the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, he didn't think it had much to do with their Penglai Immortal Kingdom.

Because the Penglai Immortal Kingdom is incapable of establishing industries throughout the myriad realms, and has nothing in its kingdom that can compete with the various arts and crafts industries of the major sects of the myriad realms, it has no interests to pursue within the myriad realms and only desires to develop peacefully within the Tianyuan Realm.

Therefore, when choosing sides just now, he chose to side with the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom without thinking. After all, no matter how strong or powerful the Yuanshi Sect was, it was still far away. Its influence in the myriad realms was boundless, but its influence in the Tianyuan Realm was still a notch below that of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom. Their Penglai Immortal Kingdom had now been completely infiltrated by the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom. If Liu Gandang did not side with the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom would have a thousand ways to deal with him, and he would have no choice at all.

But after Su Qing turned against Yuanshizong, he also turned against Dongwangzong, which made Liu Gandang feel very troubled.

The saying "a weak nation has no diplomacy" is vividly demonstrated in the case of Penglai Immortal Kingdom. The fact that the Eastern King Sect settled in Penglai Immortal Kingdom is the biggest gain for Penglai Immortal Kingdom in attracting investment from all the heavens and myriad worlds.

Over the years, the Penglai Immortal Kingdom has also relied on the advantages of the Eastern King Sect in various industries and cultivation talents to develop its own strength. Only in this way could it maintain its competitiveness in the Tianyuan Realm after the disasters of Yunlong and the evil demons, and never fall behind in the competition with other immortal kingdoms of the same level such as the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom and the Immortal Qin Martial Kingdom.

Yes, the cultivators of the Eastern King Sect are indeed a bit arrogant, and they do not really respect their Penglai Immortal Kingdom. They also have a tendency to usurp their territory.

However, the Penglai Immortal Kingdom also needs to develop, and cultivators also need to eat. Not everyone can be as self-reliant as the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and maintain competitiveness under such great competitive pressure in the current world.

In Liu Gandang's plan, it was like inviting wolves into the house. He wanted Su Qing, representing the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, to use the Liu, Huang, Liang, and Ying families to interfere in the affairs of the Penglai Immortal Kingdom. Then, he would bring in the wolf, the Dongwang Sect. The two wolves would check and balance each other, while the Liu family would mediate and smooth things over. Although they lived in constant fear and caution, and suffered some grievances, the development of the Penglai Immortal Kingdom could still be guaranteed.

Now that the eldest and second eldest brothers have suddenly turned against each other, should Penglai Immortal Kingdom support Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, which has always been at odds with them but is the leading brother in this realm, and is known for its loyalty and adherence to rules, or Dongwang Sect, which has had a good relationship with Penglai Immortal Kingdom in recent years and has an astonishing influence in the myriad realms, and is known for its aggressive behavior?
Liu Gandang hesitated, but in the eyes of Zhongze Zhenjun, his hesitation meant that he didn't lift his foot or move his body at all, clearly indicating that he was not prepared to stand with their Dongwang Sect and was determined to stand with Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

Zhongze Zhenjun was even angrier. He glared at Liu Gandang again before riding his Cloud Roc puppet away. Just as the expensive Tier 3 luxury bionic vehicle puppet produced by the Su Group reached a height of 100 feet, he suddenly jumped off the puppet and flicked it into dust.

"Has this old bastard gone mad? What is he doing? Is he saying that his Eastern King Sect can deal with the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom just like he deals with this puppet, destroying it with a flick of his finger? How childish! He doesn't seem like an old cultivator who has lived for thousands of years. Even my three-year-old child wouldn't do something like this!"

"Let him be. Anyway, the puppets he's playing are ones he bought with his own money. Neither the Su Group nor the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom will suffer any losses!"

"Lord Su, the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom should be more careful in the future. Offending the Yuanshi Sect still leaves room for reconciliation. Before the Demon Tribulation ends, this sect will likely still consider the overall situation and won't push the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom too far. But the Dongwang Sect is different. From ancient times to the present, they haven't done many good deeds. They don't care about the big picture. They've long coveted the Su Group and other high-quality industries of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom. Under the current circumstances, they will definitely use every means to force the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom to submit!"

In the Tianyuan Realm, Su Qing's old brothers and new friends, the cultivators who offered him the strongest support and were the most steadfast in their support, all spoke up. (End of Chapter)