Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 74 Harvest
Inside the spirit house.

After looting the corpse, Su Qing was taking stock of his spoils.

As the ringleaders and high-ranking members of the gang, these people naturally possessed qualities that Xiao Sanqiang and his ilk could never match.

I obtained four low-grade storage bags in total, one for each of my deceased friends. It seems I've made quite a bit of money as a cultivator over the years.

The two Tier 1 mid-grade combat tools were dropped by Li Wulang.

One is the Green Wood Belt, which slows down the flow of Qi and blood when worn; the other is the Jade Water Bracelet, which can summon clear spring water to attack enemies and defend oneself.

"Damn these cultivators, they're so extravagant! They've equipped even the most worthless and lowly with two sets of weapons!"

In Su Qing's opinion, Li Wulang, who was trampled flat by Zhan Xiong, might have some skills, but not many. It wouldn't be unfair to call him a worthless nobody.

Looking into Feng Tianyang's storage bag, a Xuan-level combat technique called the Golden Body Technique immediately caught his eye.

"Refine the essence of fire to cultivate a golden body and fiery form, so that the body is indestructible and can be attacked with blazing flames..."

Upon reading the introduction, Su Qing immediately lost interest.

This Xuan-level combat skill is both offensive and defensive, and is actually quite impressive.

However, unlike ordinary body cultivators, Feng Tianyang needs to take the lead and do everything himself, so he naturally has to take on both offense and defense.

However, with the help of puppets, he cultivates combat skills. Besides strengthening his body and enhancing his blood and qi, what he cares about most is the life-saving ability of the combat skills.

As for warfare, if he needs to personally lead the attack, what's the point of raising these puppets?
"The Immovable Heavenly King Technique is purer, focusing on defense, and most importantly, it doesn't have high requirements for physical constitution. Unlike the Golden Body Technique, which requires one in a thousand physical constitutions."

Su Qing disdainfully set the Golden Body Technique aside, planning to dispose of it at the Hundred Treasures Shop the next day.

What's the approximate price of a Xuan-level combat skill that hasn't been widely disseminated?

Ten thousand spirit crystals? Or twenty thousand spirit crystals?

Although Feng Tianyang lacked manners, he was still very polite. When he came to visit, he brought quite a few gifts in his storage bag.

Besides the Golden Body Manual, there was also a thousand catties of Xuan Iron Essence, a hundred catties of Fire-Gilded Gold, three bottles of Qi and Blood Pills, and one bottle of Returning Strength Pill.

These were originally for his daily training and combat, but now they belong to him.

To Su Qing's greatest surprise, he actually pulled out a carved wooden house from the bag!
"A first-grade top-quality spirit house with courtyards in the front and back, covered with a thick earth array, containing five rooms with a golden light array, and with several runes such as water purification runes and dust purification runes imprinted inside."

"Hey! This thief even keeps a lotus flower maiden as a servant! He really knows how to enjoy life!"

Su Qing inspected the situation inside the Fanling House and was overjoyed.

Let's leave the Lotus Maiden aside for now.

The value of this spirit house alone is so high that it would cost at least 20,000 to 30,000 spirit crystals to acquire.

He had been craving such a spirit house for a long time, but because the puppet was so expensive, he hadn't made a move yet. He never expected that his first house would be completely free!

"As a cultivator who has undergone tribulation, Feng Tianyang must have had a very difficult time. If he didn't often appear at night and have to use the Golden Light Array to guard against evil spirits, and if he didn't have to run away at any time, he would have to carry his house on his back."

Perhaps he wouldn't have needed to prepare this spirit house, and if he had spent the spirit crystals on improving his combat power, he might have had a better chance of escaping with his life today?

Perhaps Feng Tianyang had given too much, because Su Qing felt a little sorry for this Tribulation Cultivator.

But this did not stop him from having the puppet pull the Wind-Stepping Boots and another piece of equipment called the Golden Jade Armor from its corpse.

These two weapons could be used for both escape and self-defense, which suited Su Qing's needs perfectly.

So much so that when the law enforcement officers took away Feng Tianyang's mangled body, he was even a little reluctant.

If the physical body of a peak first-order body cultivator were refined into a puppet, it would at least be a first-order ultimate puppet.

It's a pity that he hasn't mastered the method of making humanoid puppets yet, which is a waste of Fellow Daoist Feng's good intentions.

They've probably all been burned by the law enforcement team by now, so there's no use thinking about it now. I turned their storage bag upside down. Fellow Daoist Feng is indeed a kind person; there's still some stuff left in this bag!

Besides the more than three thousand spirit crystals, a crystal-clear spirit stone rolled out. The spirit crystals were instantly swept into their storage bags, their eyes completely drawn to the spirit stone.

The exchange rate between spirit crystals and spirit stones is said to be 10,000 to 1, but it actually fluctuates in real time.

In fact, only cultivators need to exchange spirit crystals for spirit stones when they ask their grandfathers or grandmothers for help.

Very few fools would exchange spirit stones for spirit crystals; even if they did, one spirit stone would be worth about 20,000 spirit crystals.

This is because spirit stones are much more valuable than spirit crystals. Not only are the spiritual energy contained in spirit stones abundant, but it is also much purer.

Most importantly, spirit stones can be directly extracted and used by cultivators. In daily cultivation or when their mana is depleted during battle, taking a breath of a spirit stone will instantly make them energetic, almost like taking drugs.

As a body cultivator, Feng Tianyang should theoretically not have the same thirst for spirit stones as magic cultivators.

It's likely that someone he's harmed fell victim to, which is why he obtained this spirit stone and hasn't had a chance to sell it yet.

"I'm actually lucky!"

Su Qing's face was beaming. With Heiwa around, he didn't need to cultivate on his own, nor did he have to worry about recovering his magic power. It would be a waste for him to use the spirit stones himself.

However, a spirit stone is of great use to a puppet.

It can provide a new power source for first-tier ultimate puppets such as the Explosive War Bear, improving their endurance. Because the spiritual energy is purer, their combat power can also be raised to another level.

They can also be kept for use in the future for second-tier puppets. Second-tier puppets have higher requirements for spiritual power, and the power supply method will be changed from the function of spirit crystals to the power supply of spirit stones.

"It's too early for me to create a second-tier puppet. Why not split it in two and equip it on the Explosive Hammer War Bear and the Mantis Swordsman?"

According to his estimation, using a spirit stone on either of these two puppets would be somewhat wasteful, as it would not be able to unleash the full potential of the spirit stone.

Dividing it in two is the best way to utilize this spiritual stone.

Without hesitation, he summoned the Mantis Blademan, whose scythe-like forelegs slashed precisely, splitting the spirit stone in two.

Then place them into the power supply slots of the two puppets respectively.

The two puppets, now powered by new energy sources, looked much more energetic than before, and no longer required him to replace the spirit crystals periodically.

Based on the energy consumption of the Mantis Blademaster and the Explosive Hammer War Bear, this one spirit stone is enough to keep them running for more than two months, and during this period, their combat power will increase by a level compared to before.

After digesting Feng Tianyang's gift, Su Qing felt refreshed.

Who says that Tribulation Cultivation has no future? Today, Fellow Daoist Feng has given Tribulation Cultivation a new name!
Looting corpses is addictive. After looting Li Wulang and Feng Tianyang, Su Qing became extremely interested in the two cultivators' remaining corpses.

However, the result greatly disappointed him.

One bottle of Qi-restoring pills, two bottles of Yellow Sprout pills, two tattered robes, and over a thousand spirit crystals.

"Is this because the Heavenly Tribulation Gang discriminates against Dharma cultivators and hasn't improved their treatment, or are these two just so poor that they're shameful to look at?"

After silently cursing the two cultivators for being penniless, Su Qing quickly hung several storage bags from the table on her waist.

As he created more and more puppets, along with other materials, his original storage bag gradually became insufficient.

Having acquired these four storage bags today saves him the trouble of spending spirit crystals to buy them separately.

By this time, it was already dawn.

There was no time to repair and replenish the puppets damaged in yesterday's battle.

Carrying her spoils, Su Qing headed towards the treasure shop.

Meanwhile, Feng Tianyang and other cultivators attempted to ambush Su Qing at night but were killed by her alone.

As the news spread last night among law enforcement officers and eyewitness monks like Liang Haishun, it has reached most of the forward camp.

(End of this chapter)