Chapter 141: Strong Crossbow!

  After eating something, Su Dong and Huang Bu Ren came to the trading center of Xun Dao Academy. This place not only serves as the academy's sole intermediary for transactions but also undertakes the function of releasing external tasks.

  Su Dong took a stroll around the task center, where most of the tasks were posted by the academy, but some were also posted by students themselves, such as asking someone to tailor-make a set of spiritual armor or seeking to purchase certain medicinal pellets.

  Many people are standing in the trading center, looking for a job that is not tiring and makes money quickly. It seems that warriors are the majority, after all, on the path of cultivation, warriors are the most extravagant with their spending, each and every one of them is poor to the point of being destitute.

  Su Dong found one that was somewhat interesting among countless trading posts and stood there watching.

  "Is this a casting requirement? Are you still a casting director?" Huang Bu Ren looked at the content of the post and asked in surprise.

  "Can't I?" Su Dong retorted.

  Huang Bu Ren shook his head, staring at Su Dong and said: "It's not that it can't be done, but it's too easy! Being a warrior is a money-losing job, while casting is a lucrative profession! No wonder you have a nonchalant attitude, turns out you have a dual career!"

  Su Dong's profession is actually more than double, apart from being a warrior and a caster, he also knows some spiritual farming skills, not to mention that he himself is a Qimen successor, an array master, with four major skills.

  This post was released by the Lingwu Sect, saying that the Lingwu Sect took on the task of clearing a sea area of sea beasts. However, most warriors are not good at swimming, and even if they can swim, it is difficult for them to compete with those creatures that have grown up in the ocean. Their speed is no match for the sea beasts, let alone their agility.

  From taking on this task until now, three batches of warriors have gone to clean up the sea beasts, but the result is that the sea beasts in that area are still rampant, and they are killed less quickly than they breed.

  Then the Lingwu school wants to recruit a new spiritual soldier, which can strike at sea monsters above the sea surface, so as to prevent warriors from being killed by groups of sea beasts in the sea and improve the efficiency of clearing sea beasts.

  "This task is not bad." Su Dong said to himself with narrowed eyes.

  "With a merchant's eye, this is a big order. The total demand exceeds 1,000 sets. Even if you only get one White Spirit Crystal per Lingbing, the total number will still be an astonishing 1,000 White Spirit Crystals."

  "Although I don't understand casting, the hardest part of mass production is always the first batch. Once the first batch of weapons is completed and the skills are mastered, large-scale production can be carried out, and the manufacturing speed will also become faster and faster."

  "This is what we businessmen often call 'moving quantity', the bigger the quantity, the greater the total profit will be. And if your product is unique and can't be imitated by others, you can also hoard it and sell it at a higher price."

  Huang Buren analyzed with a serious expression, Su Dong smiled and patted Huang Buren's shoulder, saying: "Alright, indeed has the talent of a merchant, what you said is not wrong, as long as the quantity is sufficient, the profit will also be substantial. If this spiritual soldier can be used in other tasks, it can be mass-produced, sold slowly, and from a long-term perspective, it's much better than those one-time-use items."

  Huang Bu Ren said with a pleased expression: "Right, right, if this weapon is useful, other warriors won't be able to help but buy one for self-defense. The Wudang Sect has tens of thousands of warriors, and if each person gives you a White Spirit Crystal, that's tens of thousands of gains!"

  Su Dong returned to his dormitory and began studying this spirit soldier that could attack sea beasts.

  The design of a new-style sword starts from the drawing, Su Dong first designs the shape of the Lingbing, then creates a sample, observes its effect in practice, and if the effect meets the requirements, he can hand over the sample to the Lingwu system and wait for their order.

  "This is simple, design a spirit crossbow, use metal wire as the string to increase the thrust of the spirit soldiers, and design the arrow shaft into a streamlined shape to reduce friction in the water, one shot one hit." Xiang Yu said beside Su Dong.

  Su Dong thought for a moment, then shook his head slightly: "It won't work. Sea beasts are often enormous in size. Do you still remember that black python we encountered? How big was it? If we follow your design, the Ling Nu's speed will undoubtedly increase, but it can only make a small hole in the sea beast's body. For such a large sea beast, making a hole in its body is not fatal at all, unless it hits the heart directly."

  "The underwater situation is complicated, and the warriors with crossbows may not be proficient in shooting techniques. If they can't shoot accurately, not only will they fail to kill the sea beast, but they will also provoke it. This design is too terrible."

  Hanyu was taken aback, furrowing his brow deeply, and muttered to himself: "According to you, it would be best if the Lingnu had explosive power, but other warriors aren't like you, possessing full-spectrum spiritual energy, making it difficult to produce an explosive effect."

  Su Dong turned the goose feather pen in his hand and said in a low voice, "Don't rush, think slowly, think of a spell that can penetrate seawater and cause great harm."

  Spiritual power is a mysterious force, usually dominated by penetration. Su Dong's spiritual power is mixed and many types of spiritual powers are intertwined, so he has rare explosive power. Other warriors are not the same, so Su Dong must let his spiritual soldiers have explosive damage on their own rather than relying on the user's output.

  In this way, Su Dong needs to work hard on the arrow shaft, such as increasing the arrowhead with a beveled edge, and opening a blood-letting gap on the arrow shaft itself.

  Su Dongxiang racked her brains and demonstrated many times on the drawing paper, but the effect was still not satisfactory. The ordinary design of the Lingpao could kill people without any problem, but when it came to killing a huge sea monster, it was far from enough.

  Suddenly, Su Dong's eyes flashed with inspiration as he recalled a missile from his past life that contained countless small explosive bodies inside. Upon landing, it would cover a vast area around it and create a chain explosion!

  For two days in a row, Su Dong stayed in his dormitory.

  The room was a bit messy, with all sorts of metal materials scattered on the ice-cast rooftop. It could be seen that Su Dong had put in a lot of thought into designing the Ling Nu, which possessed immense killing power underwater.

  "It's finally complete." Su Dong picked up a gigantic spiritual crossbow and muttered to himself.

  "Isn't this a bit too absurd? You've designed the spirit bow to be like a cannon! This thing is almost as tall as the person using it."

  Complaints can't be helped, Su Dong's design of this spirit crossbow is indeed too big, with a height of 1.5 meters, rough and exaggerated in shape, the arrow rod also reaches 1.2 meters, like a long spear, what's left of the spirit crossbow's original appearance? It's simply a siege engine! Blasting fortresses would be more suitable!

  Su Dong said, "To deal with the big guys, we need to use large-caliber spiritual weapons. Don't look at this thing's size, but the raw materials used are not high-end, and the cost is probably lower than ordinary spiritual crossbows. Mass production shouldn't be difficult either. Give me a night and I can make 100 sets."

  The corners of her mouth curled up into a slight arc, Su Dong said to Huan Yu: "Do you know where the most wonderful place is?"

  "Where?" asked Huan Yu curiously.

  Su Dongxiao smiled slyly: "This spirit crossbow uses disposable arrow branches, so it can't be recovered. After selling the crossbow, I can continue to sell arrows! Later, I'll sell the crossbow cheaply and the arrow branches will be very expensive. We'll make a fortune!"

  Xuan Yu slapped his forehead, Su Dong's idea was really treacherous. The Ling Nu would only sell at cost, then make a profit on the arrow shafts. Without the arrow shafts, the Ling Nu would be useless, so no matter how expensive they were, the warriors could only buy from Su Dong.

  "I find you more like a swindler than Huang Bu Ren!" Xiang Yu said loudly as he suddenly understood Su Dong's cunning.

  Su Dong took his newly designed Ling Nu out and was about to find a place to demonstrate it when he ran into one of Gong Zi Bai's students who came to look for Su Dong, saying that Old Man Gong wanted to see Su Dong.

  Su Dong didn't think much and followed the person to the meeting point, which was halfway up the mountain. There was a beautiful villa here, where some senior professors from the college lived, including Gong Zibai.

  In the courtyard there was a grape arbor. Apart from Gong Zi Bai, there was another old man that Su Dong didn't recognize, who was also advanced in years but had good bone structure, seemingly a martial artist.

  When he saw Su Dong, Gong Zibai smiled and beckoned him: "You little scamp, I didn't let anyone call you, but you don't know to come see me, an old man. Didn't we agree that you would chat with me without spending any money?"

  Su Dongshi bowed and smiled, saying: "How dare this kid link you with that despicable thing? But anyway, being able to chat with you for a couple of sentences is worth gaining some experience, even if it costs me my life. You can ask for as much money as you want, I'll still come."

  A flattering eunuch burst out laughing and said to the old man beside him, "How about it? This kid isn't bad, is he?"

  The old man obviously didn't like Su Dong's attitude, and said in a low voice: "You're too slick, you're just too soft-hearted, a few nice words and you've been fooled."

  Gong Zibai disagreed and invited Su Dong to sit down. He also had someone bring over some freshly washed grapes that had been chilled in the well, their temperature just right.

  Through Gong Zibai's introduction, Su Dong had already known that the very serious old man beside him was called Niu Kun, also a professor of the college, but what subject he taught was not mentioned.

  After chatting casually for a few sentences, Gong Zibai took out a few pieces of calligraphy to show Su Dong and said: "What you said that day has been on my mind since I got back. Do you think my calligraphy is starting to have its own style now?"

  Su Dong flipped through two pages and smiled: "These characters are great."

  "What's good about it?" Niu Kun asked with a very dismissive tone.

  "They say that one's writing reflects their personality, and Palace Old Master has written down his persistence in being a good person. His words convey a sense of tenacity, I suppose when he was young, he was also persistent and unyielding, which is why he is who he is today."

  Gong Zibai slapped his thigh heavily and exclaimed excitedly: "You're absolutely right! When I was young, I sought knowledge everywhere, but people said I didn't have enough talent. I didn't believe it. As long as you're willing to work hard, can't you still achieve something?"

  "In those years I was hitting a brick wall everywhere, until finally entered the Wudang Academy, became a disciple of Master Qiu, if I had given up back then, probably there wouldn't be today's Gong Zi Bai."

  The old man became more and more excited as he spoke, and the old cow beside him couldn't help but stroke his chin, feeling that Su Dong's words were indeed reasonable.

  "What about this one?" Gong Zibai handed over another page.

  Su Dong was taken aback, and smiled as he said: "What a straightforward character, I'm afraid the person who wrote this is someone who has never done anything wrong in his life, and walks the path of righteousness."

  Gong Zibai stroked his beard, smiling as he gazed at the old cow beside him. The old cow glared back and said in a loud voice, "What are you looking at? I've never owed anyone anything in my life, nor have I ever done anything wrong! Don't you believe me?"

  Gong Zibai said: "I believe it, you should also believe it now? Su Dong's little friend has a bit of a slippery mouth, but he also has some real skills."

  The old cow was speechless, touched its own head, picked up a string of grapes and stuffed them into its mouth.

  Gong Zibai thought it was interesting and asked Su Dong: "What have you been busy with recently? I've gone to Lingtian several times, but I haven't seen you. The land has grown weeds."

  Su Dong said with some embarrassment: "Ling Tian's side is indeed a bit slack, recently busy designing a new type of weapon, just finished, you came to find him."

  At the mention of new-style firearms, Old Cow naturally perked up his ears, and Gong Zibai curiously asked: "Oh, you still have the skills of a casting master? That's interesting. What kind of new-style firearm is it? Bring it out and let us take a look."

  "That's embarrassing."

  Having said that, Su Dong's fingers probed into the Star Ring and pulled out a gigantic spiritual crossbow, black as coal, huge in size.

  Gong Zibai and Lao Niu were both stunned at the same time, frowning and saying: "What kind of thing are you creating!?"

  Ps: As for the update, at the beginning of the launch, everyone was bursting out, it's not that Xiaojiao didn't want to make progress, but this burst is really difficult for Jiu'er.

  Jiuer doesn't like to complain, but there are really a lot of household chores lately. My mom has been discharged from the hospital, and my grandfather is still in the hospital.

  Life is tough, most of Jiu Er's peers have gone to big cities for work, after all, there are few opportunities in small towns, many elderly people at home, but young people who can run errands are scarce, every time something happens at home, Jiu Er always has to take the lead.

  No matter how difficult it is, two chapters are updated every day without interruption so far. At the coding speed of Jiǔér, it can't be said that Jiǔér is not hardworking enough.

  Since I've written so much, I'll take the opportunity to ask for a monthly ticket. I hope brothers with monthly tickets will vote for Jiǔér (Nine), as it's about to be squeezed out of the rankings and the situation is critical.