Wood Spirit Servants and Spider Doctors

"Degenerate, huh. I never thought that after transmigrating to the Cultivation World, my First Pot of Gold would come from selling Flesh Puppets!"

Inside a room outfitted with a Soundproof Magic Array, Su Qing counted the Over 500 Spirit Crystals he had Newly Obtained, along with Puppet Materials Piled like a mountain, and spoke with some embarrassment.

But this was not his fault.

Five years ago, when he transmigrated into this Cultivation World, he too had dreamed of becoming a Carefree Immortal who traveled to the North Sea in the morning and Cangwu in the evening, ate the morning glow, drank white dew, and sang with his sword.

But when his cultivation had long failed to break through to the Mid Qi Refining Stage, leading to his being Expelled from the sect and reduced to a Rogue Cultivator who had to Bend waist for five pecks of rice, he had come to Realized the cruelty of the Cultivation World.

To survive in the Cultivation World, one either needed backing or cultivation. At the very least, one had to be like him now and achieve something in the Hundred Arts of Cultivation. Otherwise, one could not even afford to rent a house on the outskirts of the Market, and would be forced to wander the wilderness, living in constant fear of demon beasts, Evil Entities, Robber Cultivators, and Demonic Cultivators.

"No matter which world it is, craftsmen will never go hungry!"

Su Qing sighed, then opened his System Panel.

[Su Qing]

[Current Status: Depleted Qi and Blood.]

[Lifespan: 24/72]

[Spirit Root: Unbearable to behold]

[Bone Structure: Rotten Wood Physique]

[Cultivation: Third Layer of Qi Refining.]

[Main Cultivation Technique: Spring Return Technique.]

[Cultivated Dao Arts: Pathfinding Wind, Gold-Wood Saber.]

[Puppeteer Realm: Tier-1 Mid-Grade.]

[Craftable Puppets: Wood Spirit Servant: Proficiency 1000/1000, Success rate 100%]

[Spider Doctor: Proficiency 5000/5000, Success rate 100%]

[Passion Puppet: Proficiency 146/200, Success rate: 73%)]

[Iron-Footed Horse: Proficiency 26/200, Success rate 13%]

[Wood Ox: Proficiency 100/100, Success rate 100%]

[Iron Horse: Proficiency 100/100, Success rate 100%]

······

[When the success rate of Any Type of puppet provided by the panel exceeds 100%, a new Puppet Blueprint can be unlocked. The next Puppet Blueprint is: Meditating Doll Blueprint.]

······

A System Panel? A system? A cheat? A Golden Finger?

Doesn't matter!

Half a year ago, when he had still been barely surviving in the Spirit Field District by Helping others repair Farm Tools, this panel, visible only to him, had appeared.

After Half a year of exploration,

Su Qing had fully understood its functions.

When Refining Puppets, whether he succeeded Or not, his Proficiency increased permanently. As his Proficiency rose, so did his Success rate!

Moreover, all the Puppet Blueprints it provided were Puppets that had never appeared in the current Cultivation World!

For example, the humanoid Little People bustling around the room at this very moment, each roughly Three Inches tall.

[Puppet Name: Wood Spirit Servant.]

[Quality: Tier-1 Mid-Grade]

[Type: Tier 1 Small Auxiliary.]

[Quantity: 786]

[Refining Materials: Wood Spirit Flower (One Flower), Spirit-Calling Wood (Hundred Grams), essence blood (one drop).]

[Function: Care for the master's Daily Life. Has an Extremely Small Probability of developing intelligence.]

Wood Spirit Flowers were Easily Found throughout the Cultivation World. Come spring, they could be picked wherever one looked and were utterly worthless.

Spirit-Calling Wood was a Tier 1 Material. A single piece cost anywhere from Three to Five Spirit Crystals and weighed Thousands of Jin.

Too much essence blood could Cost a life, but with only one drop, even though his Qi and blood were depleted, he truly did not care about a drop or two.

Thus, the cost of making these Wood Spirit Puppets was Approximately Zero.

Yet the Over Seven Hundred Wood Spirit Puppets hopping energetically around the room had been of no small help to him.

Laundry, cooking, Boiling Medicine, cleaning, and other Daily Chores were All rely on the Wood Spirit Servants.

Whenever he refined other Puppets, these Little People could also handle some simple operations.

More formidable still, Su Qing could share the vision of these Little People. He could place some outside as sentries, and because of their small size and their skill at Hiding, others could not detect them at all unless they paid close attention.

Cheap and useful!

This was the Wonderful use of puppets produced by the system.

And what satisfied Su Qing even more than these Wood Spirit Servants was another New Type of Puppet provided by the panel.

Performing an Internal body scan, he saw spider-shaped Puppets hundreds of times smaller than motes of dust moving through every part of his body.

[Spider Doctor]

[Quality: Tier-1 Mid-Grade]

[Type: Miniature Medical]

[Quantity: 3826]

[Refining Materials: Spirit Pearl Silk (Trace Amount), Quartz Crystal (Trace Amount), essence blood (Trace Amount)]

[Function: Reside Inside Body and can perform Internal and External Wound Treatment at any time. Lacks means to handle Mental Shock, Elemental Invasion, and Curse Damage.]

Spirit Pearl Silk and Quartz Crystal were both Tier-1 High-Grade materials and extremely valuable.

But since only Trace Amounts were needed, the cost was negligible.

Su Qing had spent Over Ten Spirit Crystals at the Hundred Treasures Pavilion to buy inch-long Spirit Spider Silk and a Fingernail-sized Quartz Crystal. Even after Deducting the failed attempts, those materials alone had yielded him Over Three Thousand Spider Doctors, standing by within his body at all times.

It was precisely because they had helped mend his body, which had previously been Tattered and Leaky, that his lifespan had risen from Over Fifty Years Old to Over Seventy Years Old.

"Unfortunately, neither the Wood Spirit Servants nor the Spider Doctors is suitable for sale. With how Worth the price these two Puppets are, if I sell them outside, either the Hundred Treasures Pavilion or the Cloud Mountain Sect might Forcefully Bind me and turn me into a Tool Person for Refining Puppets!"

In this Cultivation World where the strong preyed on the weak, Su Qing knew that the Tiger Skin of being a Cloud Mountain Sect Expelled Disciple could not protect too great an interest.

In comparison, although the Flesh Puppet business was a little shameful, at least no one would kidnap him over it.

"With my current Success rate for Refining Biomimetic puppets, successfully refining Over Thirty Demoness Puppets will consume at most forty or fifty sets of materials. I can refine some more Demonesses to sell in small quantities at the Market or supply to Tang Wanqing, while finding a chance to dispose of most of the remaining materials!"

One set of Demoness Puppet materials was worth Over Fifty Spirit Crystals.

Not counting the Storage Bag, he could Make money Over Ten Thousand Spirit Crystals from this deal on materials alone.

"One hundred thousand Spirit Crystals can be exchanged for one Lower grade Spirit Stone. I never expected my assets to be valued in Spirit Stones now. Who said Puppeteers don't Make money? I think we make even more than alchemists and artifact refiners!"

Among the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, Formation, Alchemy, Artifact Refining, Talismans were the four most esteemed arts. In comparison, the Dao of Puppetry was Easy to learn, hard to master, and its status was Slightly inferior.

Su Qing was quite dissatisfied with this. If Not For Cloud Mountain Sect's prejudice against Puppeteers, then as a Tier 1 Lower grade Puppeteer at the time, even if his cultivation had failed to meet the standard, he would at most have been demoted to an Outer Disciple. He should not have been Expelled from the sect.

"After all that calculating, cultivation is everything!"

Compared with how smoothly things were going for him in the Dao of Puppetry, the progress of his own magical power cultivation left him in Unbearable Suffering.

With Spirit Roots judged Unbearable to behold by the panel, it seemed perfectly normal for his cultivation progress to be Slow progress.

Since the path of a Dharma cultivator would not work, what about body cultivation? Big Muscle Man had been quite popular a few years ago.

That would not work either!

His Rotten Wood Physique was only That trace better than his Unbearable to behold Spirit Roots!

Su Qing had no good solution for this. He could only focus first on the path of a Puppeteer and see where it led. There might not be a road when the cart reached the mountain, but as long as he had enough Spirit Crystals, there would always be a way.

After eating and bathing under the care of the Wood Spirit Servants, it was already Hai Shi. With his magical power cultivation recently on the verge of breaking through a bottleneck, Su Qing did not hesitate. He took out a Yellow Pill from his robes and Stuff into his mouth.

He secretly cursed the Alchemy Master for being utterly heartless. A single Tier 1 Pill, and they dared to charge 120 Spirit Crystals for it—it was practically robbery.

But after the Pill entered his stomach and its Medicinal Power flowed through his Limbs and bones, as he gradually sank into cultivation, all other Distracting Thoughts vanished.

The next morning.

After Consecutively took three Yellow Bud Pills through the night and finally breaking through to the Fourth Layer of Qi Refining, becoming a Mid Qi Refining Stage cultivator, Su Qing Exhaled a long breath and ended This time cultivation.

"If I fail to reach Foundation Establishment by fifty, then the Great Dao is hopeless. I'm Twenty-four Years Old and only at the Fourth Layer of Qi Refining. Even if I cultivate by Taking pills, my future Dao Path doesn't look very promising!"

He shook his head and sighed.

After tidying up a little, he began the day's work with the assistance of the Wood Spirit Servants.

Cutting Wood, he assembled a Demoness Skeleton.

Cutting Beast Skin, he fitted it over the flesh-and-blood framework.

Then he mixed Talisman Water and began Drawing Biomimetic Runes.

Su Qing had long mastered this entire process so thoroughly that he could perform it like drifting clouds and flowing water.

In less than half an hour, a Demoness Puppet was Refining completed.

"After reaching the Fourth Layer of Qi Refining, my magical power is much more abundant. The number of Puppets I can refine in a day is more than thirty percent greater Compared to the past·····."

The more abundant his magical power, the more Puppets he could refine, and the grade of the Puppets he could craft would rise like the tide as well.

This made Su Qing feel that the three Yellow Bud Pills he had swallowed last night had been Worth the price.

"What are Over 300 Spirit Crystals? I earned them back in A Little Half Hour!"

Thinking of the price of Demoness Puppets, Su Qing's heart burned. His hands never stopped moving, and with the Wood Spirit Servants' assistance, he Consecutively refined six Puppets successfully before finally stopping. During that time, he had failed at only one Puppet. Such a Success rate would make any Puppeteer green with envy.

[Passion Puppet: Proficiency 153/200, Success rate: 76.5%)]

"At this rate, I can refine Over Twenty Demoness Puppets a day. Within three days, the Passion Puppet's Success rate can be filled up, and then I can unlock the Meditating Doll Blueprint. I wonder what Wonderful use this Puppet has."

At the dining table, the lunch prepared by the Wood Spirit Servants was Appetizing. Su Qing ate with contentment, and his mood could not help but brighten.

But that good mood lasted only a moment. Suddenly, the scene before his eyes warped and shifted, and Su Qing's Face changed drastically.