Chapter Eighty-Four First Spiritual Soldier

  Pursuing cutting-edge technology often means being demanding.

  Su Dong finally started to personally manipulate the ice-casting rooftop, but unfortunately, he only discovered that the difficulty of this technique was not strict, but rather pervertedly strict!

  The ice god's rooftop was surrounded by piles of discarded materials from Su Dong, the Ice Casting technique couldn't be completed and would cause metal mutations, the metal fragments on the ground could shatter like glass shards with just a pinch.

  You should know that these were originally metals! Special metals used to forge spiritual armor and spiritual weapons! Although the grade is not high, they are also exceptionally hard and have a good degree of toughness.

  The art of ice casting is due to the pursuit of extreme performance, and the result will also be very extreme. Either it becomes a strong soldier or it completely becomes garbage!

  The technique of Ice Forging will not, unlike other forging techniques on the continent, choose to compromise and weaken the performance of the spiritual weapons and armor in order to increase the success rate.

  There is no compromise on the altar of the Ice God! There are only two choices: complete success and complete failure!

  Rumble...

  The Ice God's rooftop emitted a dull roar, and that newly forged short sword twisted like a snake.

  Su Dong sighed and swept the broken blade to the ground with his hand. The short sword fell to the ground and instantly turned into powder.

  "Failed again." Su Dong shrugged and said, "I think I understand why the Ice God would store a mountain of raw materials in the warehouse. The consumption during the ice casting process is so severe."

  It was only the first day of practice, and Su Dong had already wasted a lot of raw materials. After sweeping several times, the ground was still covered with trash as high as a person.

  It's just that Bing Shen has the money, if he were to change to another craftsman, looking at Su Dong's crazy waste of raw materials, he would probably have fainted from heartache a long time ago.

  "Oh, waste is also necessary, anyway there's still a lot of raw materials left, so don't worry and just go ahead and waste them." Huan Yu said disapprovingly: "The current practice is for the sake of successfully using precious raw materials in the future. Don't even mention you, even Ice God-sama at his peak would occasionally make mistakes."

  "I remember one time, a friend of the Ice God brought over some rare Mokkan to ask for his help in forging a four-meter-long giant sword. In the end, it was all wasted by the Ice God himself, and the two even got into a fight because of it. They both ended up with bruises on their faces, it was really hilarious."

  Su Dong smiled and asked: "Is there such a thing? What happened later? Did the Ice God compensate his friend?"

  "What's there to compensate?" Huan Yu said: "The rule of the casting master, making weapons for others, if successful, charge three times the fee, if failed, it serves him right. The casting master's industry only makes money and doesn't know what it means to lose money! Do you think this Ice God Castle and so many valuable materials came from nowhere?"

  Su Dong smiled and nodded, a profession that only earns but never loses, was really to Su Dong's taste.

  "So, don't worry and spend boldly. The more you waste now, the more you'll be able to earn in the future!" said Huan Yu very seriously.

  ……

  Although the Ice Forge Castle has a mountain of raw materials and is not afraid of Su Dong's waste, it still makes Su Dong feel uncomfortable in his heart when he fails. After all, people are pursuing success, and no one likes to fail repeatedly.

  By the second day, Su Dong stopped working and returned to his room to rest and meditate.

  He was thinking about how to improve his work efficiency.

  Fantasy Rain did not urge Su Dong, after all, a casting master who does not think is not a good casting master, and liking to think is also the potential for success.

  "Where is the problem after all?" Su Dong muttered to himself with his eyes closed.

  Su Dong's spiritual power is the least likely to go wrong, although all spiritual powers have the power of tearing, some violence and madness, but Su Dong's full spiritual power is balanced, without any particular spiritual power being too much or too little.

  Su Dong thought carefully, combining the notes of Bing Shen, and deliberating on every minor detail.

  "Could it be because of feng shui?"

  In the eyes of Qimen, what is most valued is Feng Shui. The concealment of Bing Shen Fortress underground, with its upper layer sealed by thick ice and snow, can only be described as stable from a Qimen perspective, but not excellent Feng Shui, because it's too close to the earth's energy.

  People often think that getting in touch with the earth's energy is a good thing, but it's not necessarily so. If it's a auspicious place with good feng shui, then getting in touch with the earth's energy is fine. However, if it's an unlucky or ominous place, it's better to avoid it as much as possible.

  The layout of modern city houses is chaotic and there's basically no feng shui to speak of. In such an environment, it's best to live as high up as possible. Living in a basement is most likely to be affected by the earth's energy.

  If it's a top-floor luxury house, the feng shui impact will be much smaller. Why do high-rise buildings' top floors sell for the highest price? Isn't it because they are far away from the ground and no longer affected by the earth's energy, as long as you carefully arrange the layout of your home.

  The Ice Castle is mostly underground, this is no longer a matter of being affected by the earth's energy, but rather being surrounded by it.

  Feng shui has never been fixed, perhaps the location of Bing Shen Castle was good in the past, but now the extreme north is the territory of the Snow Demon, it's a demon land! Even the best feng shui will be affected.

  "Will Feng Shui affect the casting result?" Su Dong was taken aback and sat up from bed, muttering to himself.

  ……

  The upper layer of the Ice God's Castle.

  Su Dong carefully selected a room with good feng shui and also moved the Ice God's platform up here.

  Having arrived at this place, it is close to the ground, and the room will no longer be surrounded by the earth's energy. Su Dong used a magical instrument to set up a simple double-gate formation.

  Seven pieces of jade, four of which were left at home to set up a fixed array of the Four Gates Double Python, leaving only two pieces of child jade and one piece of mother jade that Su Dong could use. The killing tool, the skinning knife, could only be used to kill people and take their lives, making Su Dong feel that the tools were not enough.

  "What are you doing?" Huan Yu didn't understand Feng Shui arrays and asked suspiciously from the side.

  Su Dongdao said: "It doesn't matter, changing places can also change one's mood, and it might be beneficial for studying casting techniques."

  Huan Yu didn't say anything, anyway, the Zhong Bing God's castle was big enough, and let Su Dong toss about as he pleased.

  Standing beside the Ice God's rooftop, Su Dong felt the changes brought by the formation. Originally, when Su Dong had hidden the Mother Jade in his body, his spiritual power was fixed within him. Now it had dispersed and spread throughout the formation, where every part of it contained spirit.

  Finding it acceptable, Su Dong began making molds for casting.

  Because it was just practice, Su Dong only used the raw materials to hammer out a simple shape. The Ice God's tools were very complete, with mechanical presses for forging, large and small furnaces for melting multiple metals together, and various instruments for grinding.

  Using these devices, Su Dong quickly made a few short swords. Swords are the most commonly used weapons on the mainland and are also the easiest to make.

  He took out a short sword and placed it on the Ice God's platform, Su Dong pressed his hands on this crystal-like casting platform, infusing it with spiritual power.

  Suddenly, Su Dong felt a slight change. After setting up the Feng Shui formation, this entire area was filled with a thin layer of spiritual energy. When Su Dong infused his own spiritual energy into it, it was as if he had put his hand in water.

  Su Dong didn't pay much attention to this issue and according to the requirements of Bing Zhù Zhi Shù, he began to superimpose his spiritual power on this short sword.

  The process of a Casting Master imbuing spiritual power is quite wondrous and difficult to describe in words. First, one must concentrate their energy highly, then use mental strength to control the spiritual power.

  Part of the spiritual power needs to be directly infused into the blade, while another part is used to polish the exterior of the blade, so Su Dong has to use his one-heart-two-uses skill.

  In fact, the difference between ice system casting and other casting techniques is that the shape of the blade can be modified at any time during the casting process. However, Su Dong was a beginner with limited energy and did not plan to do so.

  As the casting work unfolded, Su Dong's eyes became increasingly brighter, and Huan Yu on the side also exclaimed in surprise: "The progress has exceeded 50%! This is a major breakthrough! Previously, you couldn't even complete 20% of it! Come on, strive to complete your first piece of work!"

  The casting process went exceptionally smoothly, which instead made Su Dong's heart filled with many distracting thoughts. He began to think about why it was like this? Where exactly had the change occurred?

  Boom!

  When this dagger reached a completion rate of fifty-five percent, the explosion still occurred, and a shockwave caused Su Dong's hair to float up.

  "Hmm, still didn't succeed, but this time the progress actually exceeded 50%, from which it can be seen that you are not far from success!"

  Su Dong's face was smiling, he had already understood why this time could achieve such a high completion degree, the reason lies in the Qimen Zhifa!

  Spiritual energy is intangible and releasing it into the air is like a flash of lightning, moving extremely quickly. This makes it very difficult for Su Dong to control it.

  But under the effect of Qimen Zhifa, a thin layer of spiritual energy appeared in the air, which was simply perfect resistance! The movement speed of spiritual energy slowed down by one-third compared to before, just like slow motion in movies.

  Don't underestimate this one-third reduction in speed, but it gave Su Dong a precious control!

  Hyorinmaru is an extreme casting technique that can't afford even the slightest mistake! However, in a slowed-down environment, Soi can more easily control the movement of her spiritual energy!

  After understanding this layer, Su Dong threw himself into his work with even greater passion.

  The art of ice casting is completely manual, and the difficulty is naturally top-notch. Su Dong doesn't look like a caster, but rather an artist, using his hands to polish the short sword on the Ice God's Heavenly Platform bit by bit.

  Xuan Yu stared at him intently from the side, not even daring to blink her eyes, fearing that if she blinked, it would affect Su Dong's work.

  From startup to pouring, from pouring to grinding, from grinding to final closure, all in one go!

  Snap!

  Su Dong's two hands simultaneously left the Ice God Platform, and the short sword on the platform emitted a dazzlingly bright light, as if a meteor streaked across in front of his eyes!

  Su Dong's first crafted spiritual soldier, complete!