Chapter 143 Supply and Demand

  Wei Ying had a good posture, and all of a sudden, a huge black shadow was rushing up from the surface of the sea. After several rounds of encirclement and suppression, the marine animals in this sea area were no longer afraid of humans, but instead often came to tease them, relying on their speed underwater and the natural protection of seawater.

  Wei Ying didn't think too much about it and opened the scope with a try-and-see attitude. This small mechanism actually doesn't have a big effect, but it's very novel, no one has ever seen it before, and the Lingpao looks very professional with this thing.

  Snap!

  Wei Ying activated the mechanism, and a 1.2-meter-long arrow shot out with a loud whoosh! With a hiss, it pierced into the surface of the sea!

  The force of this shot startled everyone, including Wei Ying himself. The bowstring, which had been tempered by the Ice Forging technique, was extremely strong and emitted a sharp sound when it sprang open, as if someone had used an electric saw to tear through the air.

  Rumble...

  Before people could see clearly, a loud noise came from under the water, followed by white waves rolling frantically towards the surface. The entire sea was boiling! The seawater was no longer blue, but blood-red!

  Soon, the huge sea beast's corpse floated up from under the water surface. It was hard to imagine that just one arrow could kill such a massive creature! This was an underwater attack! The arrow had to penetrate the seawater and apply its lethal force on the sea beast!

  Wū lā~

  Everyone from the Wudang Academy was boiling, staring at the super-large spiritual crossbow on Wei Ying's shoulder in surprise. The originally not-so-stunning exterior didn't seem to matter anymore, and the more they looked, the more pleasing it became.

  "What is this thing!?"

  "Ling Nu, its name is Chaos Fury." Wei Ying said, rubbing his head.

  "Where did it come from!? How much money!?"

  "This is not for sale, it's for rent. You can rent it at the transaction center in the college." Wei Ying explained.

  "Isn't it expensive!? How much is the rent per day?"

  "The rent isn't expensive, only one White Crystal per week. It's just the arrows that are pricey, five arrows for one White Crystal." Wei Ying continued to explain.

  "It's worth it! It's really worth it! Let's do it again and take a closer look, I didn't see it very clearly just now."

  ……

  The warriors were like discovering a new continent, the fourth batch of warriors returned to the college early and rented out all 100 sets of Su Dong's spiritual crossbows, and the spiritual arrows were sold out in an instant.

  By the time they returned to the seaside, there were no longer thirty people, but more than three hundred! Many of them had heard that there was a powerful new-style spirit crossbow and ran to watch the excitement.

  Ling Wu's natural strength was formidable. As a result, the sea beasts in this area were doomed to suffer a bloodbath. No matter how large the sea beast, as long as it was discovered, it would be killed. They even joined forces to take down a super sea beast weighing over 1,000 tons, using only six arrows to create six massive blood holes on its body.

  Overall, using Su Dong's spirit bow isn't very profitable, but it greatly increases efficiency. If there are enough arrows, a qualified warrior can kill over a hundred sea beasts in a day. After deducting the high cost of arrows, they can still make a big profit.

  Of course. There are also many people who try to use ordinary arrow rods to reduce cost expenditure, but unfortunately, the Su Dong's Ling Nu has added a locking system, making it difficult for ordinary arrow rods to be launched, and ordinary arrow rods do not have fragmentation functions either. Occasionally, when one is fired, the effect is also mediocre.

  For a time, using the Chaos Fury became a fashion in the academy. No matter what kind of combat mission, warriors all wanted to carry this big thing out. A big black lump on their back made them feel much more spirited.

  Su Dong had a mind like a shrewd merchant, and immediately raised the price to one White Spirit Crystal per day for rent. The arrows were even more expensive, at two White Spirit Crystals each, but even so, it couldn't stop those warriors who saw the Chaos Eye and turned green with envy.

  After all, the power of Chaos Fury is there, when encountering danger, shooting an arrow will scare the enemy to death.

  ……

  Years at home.

  Huǒ Shén Nián Hóng Yún frowned and arrived at his own workshop.

  In the realm of gods, those large families all supported the casting masters to meet their own people's demand for spiritual weapons and armor. The Year Hongyun Hall was no exception, with its magnificent war god.

  As soon as I arrived at the craftsman's place, I heard a loud noise outside, and then someone carried out several corpses.

  Nian Hongyun slightly furrowed his brow and asked his subordinates: "What's going on here?"

  "An accident occurred during the experiment, and the arrow suddenly exploded, killing several people."

  Nian Yunyun's son, Nian Yingtian, said, "Father, this new type of spiritual crossbow is strange. This isn't the first accident that has happened. It seems like the arrow's rigidity was adjusted to just right, and during experiments, as soon as we add a bit more force, it shatters."

  Nian Hongyun let out a sigh and walked into the workshop with a dark face.

  Found Master Liu An, this famous casting master in the divine realm was also a belly full of bitter water.

  "I've never seen such a strange arrow in my life, it's impossible to replicate! First of all, the material ratio is unclear, which is not a big deal, based on my years of experience, adjusting the properties to be roughly similar isn't very difficult. The key is this shattering property!"

  Liu An slammed his hand on the table and said, "You also understand, casting is simply imbuing spiritual energy into a weapon. This arrow, I don't know who made it, but if too much spiritual energy is added, it will immediately explode. If too little is added, it won't reach its full strength!"

  "You saw just now, it was going well with the inspection, but suddenly it shattered, countless metal fragments flew up and injured people, even I almost got hit!"

  "Master, you are the number one master craftsman of our family, it's better to let others do these dangerous things, in case something happens to you, I will feel guilty for the rest of my life."

  No matter in the Divine Realm or the Northern Territory, the Casting Masters are respected by all. As a Seventh-Order Grandmaster of Casting, even the Fire God of War would have to show him some respect.

  Lu An nodded and said, "Don't worry, I still know what's going on. To be honest, I really admire the person who made this arrow. They've adjusted the spiritual energy and metal hardness to the extreme, not a bit more or less. This kind of technique is probably something that only a few people in the entire divine realm can achieve."

  Nian Hongyun thought for a moment and asked: "So, does that mean it's really impossible to counterfeit?"

  "It's really tough." Liu An sighed, "We've got the materials down, but we can't replicate that master craftsman's spiritual energy intensity. I'm afraid even if we do manage to replicate it, its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced."

  Nian Hongyun listened to this and couldn't help but stroke his chin, staring blankly ahead. After all, Su Dong's casting technique was Bing Zhu, a method of repeatedly infusing spiritual energy onto the blade.

  Ordinary casting techniques only have one layer of spiritual power imbued in them. To reach the level of spiritual power that Su Dong has achieved with multiple layers of imbuing is simply an impossible task to accomplish.

  However, without increasing the intensity, there's no way to change the properties of gold. Su Dong used several spiritual power enhancements to make the metal both hard and brittle, which would explode upon impact, this is the key to the Chaos Fury.

  Nowadays, the Chaos Fury has spread throughout the entire Divine Realm, and countless people are planning to imitate it, but not a single one has succeeded.

  With gloomy faces, Yan Hongyun and Yan Ying Tian left the craftsman's place.

  "It seems the rumors are true, Su Dong must have learned from a master in the North, otherwise how could he be both a warrior and an expert in casting?" Yan Ying Tian asked curiously.

  "He's also good at formations!" Nian Hongyun said with a bad tone: "Look at the grandson of the Su family, and then look at you! How can I not be angry?!"

  Nian replied with a pale face, "Father, I think Su Qun that old fox is dragging his feet and not giving us a definite answer. It's clear he has an ace up his sleeve! Once he comes out of the Wudang Academy, I'm afraid we'll have a hard time dealing with him."

  Nian Hongyun didn't say anything. Lately, he said that he wanted to let Su Dong come out and have a life-or-death duel with his own grandson, but the Su family would always find excuses, saying things like "Su Dong grew up in the north from a young age and didn't receive orthodox education" or "Su Dong is still young and hasn't left any descendants for the Su family yet."

  It sounds like Su Dong is extremely fragile and would die with just one touch. But in fact, Su Dong is incredibly powerful! Far more so than Yan Hongyun had anticipated!

  A warrior, plus a formation master, a casting master, and I heard that he can also cultivate spiritual fields? He's almost an all-around expert!

  "I think it's better to let someone go to Wudang Academy as soon as possible, and get this matter over with." Yan Ying Tian said in a deep voice.

  Nian Hongyun stopped in his tracks. His eyes stared at his youngest son, furious: "You fool! Killing someone is easy, but what about after that?! Are we really going to go to war with the Su family for the sake of Floating Light?!"

  Nian replied with a scowl: "That Floating Light can't die in vain either!"

  Nian Hongyun puffed out his chest and took a step forward, saying: "This matter doesn't require your concern, I have my own plans!"

  ……

  Wudang Academy Cultivation Center.

  Su Dong is no longer short of money now, and he can finally come to the training center every day with peace of mind to cultivate and improve his spiritual power purity.

  In just one short month, Chaos Fury brought Su Dong nearly two thousand White Spirit Crystals in income. This was only the beginning, after all, Chaos Fury had only started to become popular in the second half of the month. Su Dong estimated that next month's earnings could break five thousand!

  Unfortunately, the training center has a rule that Su Dong can only rent up to room 4000 for training. The last 1000 rooms require special permission from the institute, so Su Dong did not have the opportunity to take a look at the mysterious room 5000.

  Since the 5000 yuan didn't work out, Su Dong chose the highest 4000 yuan one instead. After all, money comes easily to him, and he doesn't mind spending it.

  A strong spiritual power fluctuation was like someone beating a war drum beside Su Dong, Su Dong's blood and heart were all jumping with the beat of the drum.

  After a twelve-hour practice session, Su Dong had to attend the regular morning class, and he reluctantly left the training center.

  Xia Fang still slept soundly as usual, while Huang Bu Ren took out a small notebook and began to calculate in front of Su Dong.

  "I've calculated that there are nearly 50,000 warriors in the academy. It's impossible for all of them to need your Chaos Fury, and even if they do, they won't use it every day. So, the optimal stock should be around 1,500 sets."

  "Assuming you build 1,500 sets of Chaos Fury, the initial year will have a rental rate of 90%, plus the consumption of Ling arrows, and your expected annual income is 820,000 White Spirit Crystals, with an error of no more than 5%. In the second year, due to the heat passing, the income will decrease by a certain percentage, but it can still earn 700,000 White Spirit Crystals. From the third year on, it will stabilize at an annual income of 600,000." Little fatty Huang Bu Ren said seriously.

  Su Dong was taken aback and asked: "What's the point of telling me all this?"

  "Huang Bu Ren hastily said: 'Of course it's to make you produce more spiritual crossbows! They're in short supply!'"