Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 78 Substitute Doll
Lately, while crafting lizard warriors, all I can think about is selling them to make money.

I completely forgot that once you reach the maximum proficiency level, you can unlock new types of puppets.

What a sin!

The prompt on the personal panel startled Su Qing.

After realizing what was happening, she hurriedly clicked on the description of the substitute doll.

[Substitute Doll]

[Type: Spatial Bionic Puppet]

[Rank: Tier 1, High Grade]

【Function: The substitute doll can connect with the owner's consciousness and take the attack in place of the owner when the owner is in danger of death, and move the owner to a safe area.】

Note: The substitute doll activates automatically at any moment, but once activated, it will disintegrate on its own regardless of whether it is attacked. It is irreparable and cannot be retrieved.

【Materials required: My own blood essence (one drop), Black Xuan Gold (5.8 taels), Tiankui Water or Songren Water (7.8 jin), Kongling Bamboo (5 feet 3 inches), Golden Roc Feather (one piece)】

[Rank Requirement: Tier 1, High Grade (If the rank is not met, forcibly crafting will not improve the puppet's proficiency)]

[Rune Requirements: Spatial Rune (Tier 2), Bionic Rune (Tier 2), Intelligent Rune (Tier 2) (If the runes are not met, the success rate of crafting will be extremely low. The puppet's proficiency can be slightly increased, and the proficiency of the corresponding runes will also increase accordingly.)]

[Consumables: Daily consumption (i.e., maintaining a state where it can be activated at any time): 5 Spirit Crystals; Activation consumption: the doll itself.]

[Note: The substitute doll can only be used by the puppeteer; others cannot use it.]

"The doll series must be top-notch!"

After reading the introduction to the substitute doll, Su Qing felt that most of the troubles that had been bothering her recently had vanished.

What do a violent tiger or a cruel witch matter?

I'm not afraid at all!

With a child protecting me from disasters, I'll have to be bolder in the future. You can't stand firm if you're not ruthless!
The meditation doll helps me in my spiritual practice, and the substitute doll helps me ward off disasters.

With two dolls in hand, even the most powerful can be bullied!

The cultivation world is a battlefield; no one knows whether an accident or tomorrow will come first.

Since his transmigration, he has always been walking on thin ice. Even if he earns some spirit crystals, he spends them all on expanding his puppet army and strengthening his military power, never daring to slack off in the slightest.

Now, with this substitute doll, the safety level is several times higher than before!
The unexpected surprise made Su Qing lose all interest in continuing to refine the lizard warrior and the dual-blade lizard.

Spirit crystals are important, but a puppet that can save your life is definitely more important!
Without much hesitation, he went straight to the Baibao store.

"Most of the materials are similar to those for the meditation doll, except for an extra golden roc feather, an extra section of ethereal bamboo, and a few bottles of space talisman water. It shouldn't cost much, right?"

Su Qing squeezed the remaining seven or eight thousand spirit crystals in her storage bag, feeling inexplicably guilty.

Money gives men courage. Without enough spirit crystals, he lacked confidence. Even when Tong Xin called him over, he lost the domineering air he had shown before when he spent lavishly.

"Manager Tong, I just made a sale from you at noon, and I need to trouble you again this afternoon."

Su Qing greeted Tong Xin with a smile and clasped her hands in a gesture of respect.

"Fellow Daoist Su, what are you doing? Why have you become so polite after only half a day apart?"
"Just let me know if you need anything. I'll do what I can, and if I can't, it's simply because I lack the ability and authority."

Tong Xin used to be a shop assistant, and now he's the manager. He's meticulous in his dealings with people, leaving no room for error.

The two chatted and laughed for a few minutes before Su Qing got straight to the point, asking if the shop sold any ethereal bamboo or golden roc feathers.

As for the spatial talisman water, there's no need to ask. This talisman water is useful to many professions such as weapon refiners and array masters, and the Hundred Treasures Shop must have some in stock.

Upon hearing Su Qing's request, Tong Xin looked up at Su Qing for a long while before saying:
"Fellow Daoist Su, are you going to study space-type puppets?"
This truly leaves me speechless. It's a pity Manager Liu isn't here; otherwise, he would surely be overjoyed and applaud my fellow Daoist!

Spatial runes, among the runes currently circulating in the Tianyuan Realm, are an extremely profound type of rune, just like bionic runes and intelligent runes. In fact, some people with profound knowledge of spatial runes can even compare them to the ancient Dao patterns and immortal patterns.

Once a weapon refiner masters these runes, they can craft storage bags that yield a fortune every day.

Once a formation master has mastered it, they can set up teleportation formations and move freely.

Once a puppeteer masters this skill, they can create spatial puppets that appear and disappear unpredictably, making them natural-born killers and the nemesis of magic cultivators.

If Su Qing were to truly achieve proficiency in spatial runes, even at the second tier, Tong Xin was confident that Manager Liu would definitely request permission from above to grant him the status of a second-tier guest elder.

"It's still early, we're still in the exploratory stage. That's why I wanted to get some materials to test my skills first!"

Su Qing waved her hand, a smile playing on her lips.

Tong Xin also realized that this person had only just begun to master spatial runes, and it seemed that nothing was even close to being successful yet. Why was he thinking so far ahead?

No, what kind of kind person would ask for second-tier space rune water right after just learning space runes!

"Fellow Daoist, are you still hiding your true abilities from me?" Tong Xin was certain that Su Qing must have mastered the first-order spatial runes.

"No, really no. Hey, what's it to you? Just tell me if you have the ingredients!"

Su Qing was too lazy to explain to him, so she put away her smile and urged him on.

"The shop does have a few pieces of ethereal bamboo, which can be used as materials for mid-grade storage bags and spatial artifacts."

However, the Golden Roc Feather is the plumage of a third-tier demonic beast, which our shop does not carry. If you wish to obtain it, you will need to source it from the central area.

Tong Xin noticed that Su Qing was a little anxious, so he quickly responded.

Su Qing nodded and then asked about the price again.

I learned that a three-zhang-tall ethereal bamboo costs eight thousand spirit crystals, and a golden roc feather costs more than twenty thousand spirit crystals.

This left him speechless.

Previously, the author had even complained that the meditation doll was priced at over 600 spirit crystals.

Now that I see the cost of the materials used to make this stand-in doll, I realize what "expensive" really means!
But no matter how expensive it is, I have to go!

Is life more important than spirit crystals?
This multiple-choice question is so easy to answer.

"Then I'd like to trouble you, fellow Daoist, to help me prepare three Golden Roc Feathers!"

Su Qing cupped his hands in greeting and decided to try three livers first; any more than that, given his current condition, he probably couldn't afford it.

"If you have any needs, my shop will arrange the goods. However, you will need to pay a deposit first..."

"Do we still need a deposit?"

"That's natural!"

"How many?"

"Eight thousand spirit crystals!"

"You've calculated exactly how many spirit crystals I have left, haven't you!"

The trip was in vain; not only did they fail to buy any materials, but their storage bag was also completely empty of spirit crystals.

If it weren't for the fact that Tang Wanqing's girlfriends occasionally hunt monsters and send them some monster meat recently, he and Huodan would probably have to lower their food standards.

"The cost of materials for a substitute doll is about 30,000 spirit crystals, and the success rate of initially refining this doll is definitely not optimistic."

So, I need to prepare even more spirit crystals!

(End of this chapter)