Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 79 Heroes are always burdened by money.

Even a skilled cook can't cook without rice, and even heroes are often burdened by money.

The substitute doll, such a top-quality puppet, is right in front of me.

Su Qing dreamed of it.

Unfortunately, the materials were too expensive and the spirit crystals were scarce.

They could only devote their best years to crafting lizard warriors and dual-wielding lizards to make money.

"Fellow Daoist, it's not that I'm greedy. The previous price of nine thousand spirit crystals was just an introductory price. Now that the Twin-Blade Lizard has gained widespread recognition among fellow Daoists, it should return to its normal price of thirteen thousand spirit crystals. I really didn't make much money off you!"

"Fellow Daoist Wei, please take your time. I know you're not interested in the Twin-Blade Lizard. Have you ever seen the Beauty Snake? It's even more exciting than the Witch Puppet. It's just that I get along well with you. I don't usually sell these to just anyone."

"Alas, fellow Daoist, this one is missing a leg. It looks rather awkward to only have one steel leg. How about we cut off the other one too? We can install both at the same time, and I'll give you a discount!"

"Fellow Daoist Tang, another demonic beast has attacked today? I see that the sisters are having a hard time dealing with them. My puppets are just sitting around doing nothing anyway, so why don't they work for you, Fellow Daoist Tang? How about a share of the profits? We're all friends, so a ten or twenty percent would be fine!"

"Fellow Daoist Guo, your clinic has been quite busy lately. I'm not exaggerating, I've recently gained some insights into the Needle Control Technique. I can't speak for other things, but I can certainly sew up some skin and flesh. Ah, the payment, how can I possibly accept that? Eighty spirit crystals per stitch? You're so generous, Fellow Daoist!"

When cultivators are burdened by rogue cultivators, they lose all dignity.

After making the stand-in doll her next target.

Su Qing did everything he could, even having his puppet work for Tang Wanqing, and he himself went to Guo Qiaolian's clinic to earn wages, all to earn every bit of spirit crystal he could.

However, after about ten days, the Golden Roc Feathers had arrived, but he still hadn't gathered enough spirit crystals, so he could only ask Tong Xin to keep them for him temporarily.

He has been working incredibly hard these days.

The main force in earning spirit crystals is naturally still the puppets.

Each double-bladed lizard yields a profit of approximately five thousand.

Each lizard warrior yields a profit of approximately three thousand spirit crystals.

The independent cultivators in the forward camps all lived comfortably.

This business is definitely profitable.

However, in this day and age, there are only a few independent cultivators who have spirit crystals and are willing to spend them on puppets.

In the past ten days or so, only four Dual-Blade Lizards have been sold, and the sales of Lizard Warriors are even more dismal, with only three sold.

The market for low-end, high-volume products seems to be saturated.

These are high-end, high-profit items, and only a handful of people can afford them.

As for the spirit crystals that the two teams of lizard warriors earned from working for Tang Wanqing, after more than ten days of odds and ends, they only had a little over six thousand spirit crystals.

Guo Qiaolian is a good sister. Although she is small in stature, she has a big heart. The reward she gives him is not low. However, perhaps because of the cold weather, the monsters have not been very active lately, and not many rogue cultivators have been injured. Even fewer have the chance to have their skin stitched up by him, so he doesn't earn too much.

Left with no other choice, he ignored the witch's threats, pulled over Wei Debao and a few other wealthy patrons, and secretly took out two beautiful snake women, earning ten or twenty thousand spirit crystals.

After more than ten days of hard work, he now has about 50,000 spirit crystals on hand.

This efficiency in earning spirit crystals is probably unmatched even by Foundation Establishment cultivators.

However, if the money is spent on the substitute doll, it can only buy two Golden Roc Feathers, and for now, it can only buy one Ethereal Bamboo.
According to Tong Xin, Manager Liu was extremely supportive of him when he learned that he wanted to study spatial puppets, and this time he brought over as many as seven Golden Roc Feathers.

Su Qing naturally wanted to capture them all in one fell swoop.

"It's a pity that the spirit crystals don't allow it. How about I go get two sets of materials today and practice? Maybe I'll get lucky and it'll work?"

Just as he was leaving Guo Qiaolian's clinic, preparing to head to the Baibao shop...

Suddenly, the beautiful snake that Yuan Tianye carried with him day and night made a sound.

"Junior Brother Yuan, the sect elders have instructed you to search for some weapon refiners, talisman makers, and puppeteers within the forward camps, so that they may serve the sect. The sect has also allocated a large amount of spirit crystals; this is a matter of utmost importance. Why haven't you made any moves, Junior Brother? These past few days, you've been staying in the spirit house day and night, have you been studying formations?"

Lin Shuangmu, a true disciple of the Yunshan Sect, is a Foundation Establishment warrior cultivator.

Entrusted with an important mission by the sect, he joined forces with two other Foundation Establishment cultivators and four other true disciples, including Yuan Tianye, to come to this forward camp to deal with the threat of the witch Liu Yun'er and the monsters.

The forward camp is the rear base of Baiyunfang City, which in turn is an important supply point for supporting Yunluo City.

If Yunluo City were to fall, Baiyun Market, in conjunction with several surrounding markets, would become a bridgehead against the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom.

All things considered, this forward camp may not seem very important at the moment, but it is a matter of great importance and has a far-reaching impact. Lin Shuangmu, who bears a heavy responsibility, has always been walking on thin ice, fearing that he might make a mistake.

These past few days have yielded remarkable results, having already gathered together a group of relatively strong individuals from the independent cultivator community, including Tang Wanqing.

They were given the status of outer disciples and placed directly in front of the forward camp.

Furthermore, they even planned to bring over all the spirit planters from the Spirit Field District to form the Iron Horse Knights. Although individual combat strength was not much, a large number of people and horses would still be a force to be reckoned with.

But if he's working so hard, what is Hara Amano doing?
Originally, Yuan Tianye was a master of rune techniques and was supposed to be responsible for recruiting professionals from the front-line camps to serve him.

These past few days, he's been neglecting his duties, except when he first arrived and enthusiastically completed the formation system for the forward camp.

In the days that followed, he hid in the spirit house, doing who-knows-what.

Today, he couldn't help but ask.

"They're working on it, studying the formation. The elder is really making things difficult for us. This forward camp is full of rogue cultivators."

What skills do they possess in cultivation and other arts? Are they so exceptional that we would spend spirit crystals to buy them? Although we've allocated a lot of spirit crystals, they can't earn enough, and we can't afford to spend them!

Yuan Tianye climbed off the snake-woman, straightened his clothes, and stepped out of the spirit house, looking aggrieved.

The sect allocated him seven or eight hundred thousand spirit crystals, but he wandered around the front-line camp.

Only a handful of people, such as Liang Haishun and Helian Xian, had decent skills.

Even with just a handful of people whose skills are passable, they don't have to worry about making a living.

Despite holding the title of guest elder of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, he was unwilling to do anything for the Yunshan Sect. He simply followed the rules and completed the daily tasks assigned to all independent cultivators by the Yunshan Sect.

After being rebuffed by Liang Haishun and Helian Xian, Yuan Tianye lost interest in arguing with the rogue cultivators.

Of course, this is definitely not because the beautiful snake is too tempting!

Rather, he wanted to serve the sect, but there was no one available at the front-line camp, so he spent his time fighting against the witch's temptations!

Seeing that his expression didn't seem fake, Lin Shuangmu didn't want to criticize him.

Although he was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, within the sect, the status of a second-tier array master was in no way inferior to his.

I chatted with him for a few more minutes and reminded him to be moderate in some things.

He looks like he's been drained of his life essence after not seeing him for half a month. You wouldn't know unless you saw him, but once you do, everyone can see what he's been up to these past few days.

"Furthermore, the sect's spirit crystals should be spent when necessary. Since the elders have sent us here to risk our lives, we don't need to save these spirit crystals for the sect!"

Before leaving, Lin Shuangmu nudged Yuan Tianye.

That idiot, with such a large sum of money at his disposal, could easily rake in tens of thousands of spirit crystals just by flipping it around.

If this right had been given to someone else, they would probably have spent all their spirit crystals by now. But he hasn't spent a single one yet!
Yuan Tianye wasn't stupid either. After understanding Lin Shuangmu's words, he immediately felt as if he had been insulted.

"Don't worry, Senior Brother Lin. I, Yuan Tianye, am not the kind of person who would embezzle funds. I will make sure that every single spirit crystal in the sect is used wisely!"

(End of this chapter)