Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 77 Unlocking the New Puppet (Two Chapters Combined)

Feng Daoyou's gift was beyond Su Qing's expectations.

He originally thought that after his battle, his fearsome reputation would cause the rogue cultivators to avoid him, thus affecting his ability to make money peacefully.

Unexpectedly, the fact that Fellow Daoist Feng died at the hands of his own puppet made his puppet famous.

"In the blink of an eye, Feng Tianyang moved with the speed of a dragon and the power of fire from his palms. He seemed to be insane, like a demon king descended from heaven or a god of war on earth."

"If it weren't for the protection of the lizard warriors, how could I be standing here talking to you fellow Daoists!"

"Yes, it's this squad of lizard warriors! Fellow cultivators, if you have strong spiritual sense, buy three or five of them for self-defense. Even a mid-grade first-level body cultivator won't be able to get close to them!"

"Oh, why is the price so high again? This lizard warrior risked his life with me last night and earned his reputation. Is 3,600 spirit crystals expensive?"

"Fellow Daoist, if you think it's too expensive, you should really think about how hard you've worked in your cultivation over the years, and why you haven't earned any spirit crystals!"

Lizard Warriors are selling like hotcakes!
Su Qing gave a few shouts and exaggerated the story, attributing most of the credit for last night's success to the lizard warriors.

This immediately attracted many independent cultivators, and the crowd in front of the stall was comparable to that of Tong Chang's talisman stall.

But there are also those who are not easily fooled; they not only stand aside and refuse to buy, but also try to sabotage the deal.

"The Lizard Warrior has been on the market for quite some time now, and many fellow cultivators have bought it. It is indeed quite remarkable among mid-grade first-tier puppets."

"But to say that these lizard warriors alone could defeat Feng Tianyang and his group is wishful thinking. We're not three-year-olds; we won't be fooled!"

There were more than one or two rogue cultivators who spoke.

Seeing that the other independent cultivators were influenced by them, their surging enthusiasm for consumption cooled down.

Su Qing wasn't particularly angry.

He could tell that these few rogue cultivators who were undermining him had stronger purchasing power than the other rogue cultivators.

They're not standing here to ruin his business.

Rather, they want something better.

Even better, Su Qing has that too!

He had considered this beforehand, seeing that the witch puppets could no longer be sold, and the lizard warriors were becoming increasingly difficult to sell as well.

They need to come up with a new flagship product.

The Explosive Bear and the Swarm of Hummingbirds are hidden trump cards that cannot be revealed.

However, the two-bladed lizard can be exported.

"These fellow Daoists are quite knowledgeable. They are right. These lizard warriors alone are no match for a fierce villain like Feng Tianyang."

"You've all come to the right place today! I'm launching the advanced version of the Lizard Warrior, a Tier 1 superior-grade puppet capable of using combat tools and skills—the Dual-Blade Lizard that slayed Feng Tianyang!"

Su Qing's loud shout immediately attracted the attention of all the rogue cultivators present.

Even the old Taoist priest Tong Chang packed up his stall and came over.

Two-bladed lizards? Nobody's ever heard of them.

It was obvious from the sound that it was a new type of puppet that Su Qing had developed herself.

Given its record of killing Feng Tianyang and others, anyone would know that this puppet is extraordinary.

And then Su Qing summoned the three dual-blade lizards.

Seeing them wielding dual swords, slashing and hacking repeatedly, it was clear they could unleash the power of their weapons, and that they had mastered Yellow-level combat skills.

The independent cultivators immediately erupted in excitement.

"Nine thousand spirit crystals for one? That's not expensive. These two battle swords alone must cost four or five thousand spirit crystals!"

"Fellow Daoist Su is a kind man. Such a puppet would be worth at least ten thousand spirit crystals in the Treasure Pavilion, wouldn't it?"

"Fellow Daoist Su doesn't want to earn our spirit crystals. He's treating us like family. No problem, give this humble Daoist one!"

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The independent cultivators all know their stuff.

This dual-bladed lizard, though only a first-tier high-grade puppet, is far more practical than that armored war bear.

Its small size means it can be taken on more occasions. For example, if it were an armored war bear, it wouldn't be suitable to carry it around in the current forward camp.

While it can act as a personal bodyguard, it is also highly intelligent and skilled in combat. Its destructive power when wielding a battle sword may not be inferior to that of a clumsy iron bear like the Ironclad War Bear!

Having cultivated the Dharma, one is no longer afraid of strongmen forcing their way in.

Having cultivated a body, one can charge into others together with it.

Such a fine puppet, nine thousand spirit crystals, is a really good price!

Unfortunately, Su Qing didn't have much stock, and only three were supplied today.

The rogue cultivator who bought these three dual-wielding lizards was overjoyed, feeling incredibly lucky.

The independent cultivators who failed to buy it were certainly a little disappointed, but with Su Qing, the puppeteer, around, there was still hope for them to buy the puppet in the future.

Thinking about it this way, they felt that Feng Tianyang really deserved to die.

Is it easy for a top-grade puppeteer to emerge in Baiyun Market?

If he kills Su Qing, where will these rogue cultivators get these cheap and useful puppets? In that case, they'll have no choice but to obediently surrender to the Hundred Treasures Pavilion and the Yuanlai Tower.

The lizard warriors and dual-wielding lizards on the stall were selling out very quickly.

Su Qing had just received some more puppet orders and was all smiles as he prepared to pack up and leave.

But then they saw Old Master Tong approaching.

"If you have any more Twin-Blade Lizards, could you sell one to me? Don't worry, I won't take it for free. Two second-tier evil-suppressing talismans in exchange for a puppet. What do you say?"

Tong Chang was skilled in talisman crafting, and his mastery of talismans was far beyond that of ordinary rogue cultivators.

He immediately recognized the most remarkable feature of the double-bladed lizard.

Intelligent runes, bionic runes, and combat runes—all at the second tier—this is truly remarkable.

But what interested him even more was the combat skill runes. Such runes were not passed down in the Cloud Mountain Immortal Kingdom. Where did Su Qing get them from?

He had always thought the boy had potential, and now Tong Chang felt even more strongly that the boy's comprehension of runes was the most outstanding among all the cultivators he had ever seen.

Upon hearing Master Tong speak, Su Qing pondered for a moment, recalling how the old man had refused to sell her a second-tier evil-suppressing talisman, no matter how expensive it was.

He suddenly felt that he wouldn't lose out in this deal.

He transferred ownership of a double-bladed lizard to him and took the talisman with the image of the Kaiming Beast from his hand.

Before he could put the talisman into his storage bag, the old Taoist Tong spoke again:

"I originally thought that you only had some talent in biomimetic runes, but I didn't expect that you were just as good in the other types of runes."

This old man, however, has developed a fondness for talent. Therefore, I must remind you, fellow Daoist, that you will soon face a crisis. Remember one thing: the crisis is not the demonic tiger, but rather a woman!

Damn it, this old Taoist priest doesn't sell talismans anymore, he's switched to fortune telling now!
Su Qing's heart, which had been burning with passion, instantly turned cold after hearing his words.

Although he didn't particularly like the old Taoist's mysterious style, he wouldn't completely believe his current mystical advice.

But what if.

What if this old Taoist priest is actually a highly skilled person who can predict the secrets of heaven and destiny?

"Fellow Daoist, please explain in detail!" Su Qing picked up a stool and casually placed it under the old Daoist's buttocks.

What woman is more terrifying than that demonic tiger? It's that demoness from the demonic sect.

That demoness also has her eye on the Blood Lotus Fruit?

If that's the case, even if I have to pay the Hundred Treasures Pavilion some spirit crystals, I absolutely will not go on this mission!

Tong Chang's words made Su Qing feel very uneasy.

In his view, he hadn't offended many female cultivators, and the only one more terrifying than the demon tiger was Liu Yun'er, the demoness from the Demon Sect.

What a pity.

Who would have thought that before Yunluo City had even fallen, this demoness was not cultivating properly in her own territory, but instead came to cause trouble near Baiyun Market!
As he looked at Master Tong with expectant eyes, his mind racing, hoping he could offer some guidance.

As always, Old Daoist Tong was indifferent to the killings and didn't care about the burials. He shook his head, unwilling to say more, and only said one sentence: "Crisis, crisis. But within crisis lies opportunity. If I'm not mistaken, fellow Daoist, your health is somewhat weak!"

Even with medicinal and dietary supplements, things are slightly better than before, but the damage to the foundation of one's physical constitution poses a significant hidden danger to one's future path, which cannot be remedied by Xuan-level combat skills alone.

"If you wish to eliminate this hidden danger, then a trip to Black Tiger Mountain is probably inevitable!"

After the old Taoist priest finished speaking, he stood up and, no matter how much Su Qing pressed him for details, he refused to reveal the name of the woman who supposedly harmed him.

This infuriated Su Qing, who could only sulk, pack up her stall, and head towards the spirit house.

Well, I'll cancel the rental today. I have my own place now, and it's more comfortable than this rented place, so I don't want to waste money.

Oh, and there's also a lotus flower maiden in this spirit house.

Could it be that the problem lies with this Lotus Maiden?

I've heard that the Lotus Maiden is skilled in all sorts of strange and ingenious techniques, and she's truly capable of bewitching people!
It would cause me to become obsessed with trivial things, lose my energy and blood, and become lax in my spiritual practice.
Well, I'm not afraid of cultivation. The doll will take care of things for me. It's just that it will make me slack off in puppet making and hinder me from making money!

Hiss! Sure enough, even a mere lotus flower maiden is this terrifying!
They returned to the rented haunted house and emptied it of all its contents.

While taking advantage of the opportunity to cancel the lease at Baibao Shop, I also took care of Feng Tianyang's Lotus Maiden.

Although this lotus flower maiden was dressed in a white dress and thin gauze, she looked so pitiful that I couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

But Su Qing remained unmoved.

The things that the Lotus Maiden can do, the Wood Spirit servants and the Witch Puppet can also do. On the contrary, since she has an independent mind, it is not very convenient for me to do some things when she is in the Spirit House.

"Fellow Daoist Su is indeed a person devoted to the Dao. You are willing to spend money on such a beautiful and talented girl. It's a pity that she has already been defiled by Feng Tianyang. How about 18,000 spirit crystals?"

Tong Xin sized up Fan Ou Nu's figure and qualifications before offering his price.

Su Qing naturally wouldn't agree to any price he asked for. After some haggling, they finally settled on a price of 23,000 spirit crystals.

Throughout this process, the lotus maiden's misty eyes gazed at Su Qing with tears welling up in her eyes.

But Su Qing thought to herself, what's the big deal? He just killed her master, and now he's putting on this show of being inseparable from her.

We're not even close, let alone enemies. Who are you trying to fool with that expression?

After realizing that the Lotus Maiden was far less reliable than the Witch, he became even more determined to sell her.

Once the spirit crystals are deposited, plus the proceeds from selling the dual-wielding lizard and lizard warrior today...

He had about 70,000 spirit crystals on him, which was the most he had ever been rich.

With an abundance of spirit crystals, and ultimately still wanting to take a gamble at Black Tiger Mountain.

Therefore, this time, he spent spirit crystals without any restraint.

Twenty-six battle swords for forging the twin-bladed lizard, along with materials for the matching puppets.

Two second-tier talismans—Mist Concealment Talismans. The old Taoist priest didn't sell this type of talisman. It's unclear whether he hadn't explored invisibility and escape talismans before, or whether he was already so powerful that he didn't need this type of talisman.

A bottle of Fire Spirit Pills. If this pill were used by a cultivator of fire-based Daoist arts, it could increase the power of their Daoist arts by several times. However, Su Qing used it to feed Fire Egg.

He was about to take it out to fight a desperate battle, so he needed to feed it well. More importantly, he wanted to improve everything he could to the extreme.

Battle sword, puppet materials, talisman paper, elixirs.

These four items alone cost him over 68,000 spirit crystals.

They were suddenly rich, but now they are suddenly poor again.

Su Qing adapted quite quickly; after all, in both his past and present lives, he had experienced far more poverty than wealth.

After he came out of the treasure shop.

They planned to find an open space to release Feng Tianyang—no, to release their own spirit house.

His first thought was to place the mourning house in its original location, even though it would take up more space and might affect neighborly relations.

But Liang Haishun and Helian Xian were very happy for him to continue living next door to them.

With such a ruthless person around, what's a little space for him? In fact, if Su Qing needs it, they can put away the spirit house and give him more space.

Unfortunately, before Su Qing could take any action, the enforcement team informed him that even if he didn't rent a spirit house from the Yunshan Sect, he would still have to pay rent for simply occupying a space to place a spirit house in this forward camp.

Su Qing cursed these heartless devils in his heart. They were rotten to the core, not only making rogue cultivators risk their lives, but also trying to exploit them for even a little bit of spirit crystals. He then gave up his plan to settle down in the center of this camp.

His subconscious thought was to place the spirit house next to Tang Wanqing and the other female cultivators.

Tang Wanqing and he had a very close relationship, and the Xiongwang team was also extremely strong. With the two sides working together, they could look after each other in this forward camp and would not be bullied.

But thinking of what the old Taoist priest had said—that he might be ruined by women, and that Tang Wanqing's whole family were female cultivators—he couldn't help but feel some apprehension.

After circling the forward camp for most of the time, Su Qing finally decided to set up the spirit house near the Heavenly Tribulation Gang.

I just killed their boss.

They took the leader's spirit house and landed it in the heart of their den of thieves.

This is something no one else would have thought of.

Su Qing did this because Feng Tianyang and the others had given her far too much yesterday.

"Those gangsters should at least have some sense of loyalty, right? I've already chased them to their doorstep and humiliated them. Tonight, they'll probably gather a dozen or twenty of their brothers to come and chop me up!"

Inside the spirit house, Su Qing ignored the flickering gazes of the tribulation cultivators outside.

Addicted to touching corpses, he was especially looking forward to a good night.

However, after a night of preparation, he not only did not encounter a single calamity cultivator at his door, but when he opened the door in the morning, he saw the huge Heavenly Calamity Gang's imposing row of spirit houses from the previous day.

They emptied the entire place in just one day!
The cold wind whipped up the falling snow, creating an exceptionally bleak atmosphere.

"These ungrateful bastards! I really feel sorry for Fellow Daoist Feng!"

The once-proud Heavenly Tribulation Gang has fallen apart, and now only Su Qing remains to settle down in its vast territory.

Aside from the slight disappointment that no fish were biting, he quite enjoyed the place.

This place is located in the southwest corner of the forward camp, the farthest from the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range and the closest to Baiyun Market. By using the hummingbird puppet to fly high and look far, one can even see the array fog that the Yunshan Sect used to prevent rogue cultivators from escaping.

The best part is that this area was originally allocated to the Heavenly Tribulation Gang by the Cloud Mountain Sect, so that they could serve the forward camp.

Therefore, there is no land rent!

This can be considered Feng Daoyou's final gift to him.

Having occupied a large area of ​​territory, Su Qing released the lizard captain, ordering him to lead a group of lizard warriors to patrol the surrounding area.

The hummingbird golems have been deployed since last night.

The golden light array and the thick earth array inside and outside the spirit house were not activated.

Maintaining the spirit house only requires three spirit crystals per month, but activating the formation requires seventy or eighty spirit crystals per day.

With no immediate danger around, Su Qing tried to conserve her spirit crystals as much as possible, not daring to waste them.

After settling in, he began to work on crafting the puppet.

During this period, he only crafted two types of puppets: the lizard warrior and the dual-blade lizard.

One takes the low-end route and supplies in large quantities.

One takes the high-end route and earns high profits.

Both hands must be grasped and both hands must be strong.

For him, crafting lizard warriors was no challenge at all.

It's not difficult, but it's full of surprises.

[Successfully crafted a lizard warrior. Proficiency +5. Current proficiency: 200/200]

[Puppet proficiency is now at maximum; new puppet blueprint unlocked.]

[The blueprint for the spatial bionic puppet—the substitute doll—has been unlocked.]

Thank you everyone for your support!
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