Chapter 144: The Secret of the Training Center

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

  Su Dong said, "Don't worry about this, it's a good thing that supply can't meet demand, this is called scarcity marketing. Making another one or two thousand sets of Ling Nu won't be a problem. The key is that the arrowheads take too much time to make, and my time is very valuable. After all, I came here to learn, not to do business. I need to find a balance between making money and learning."

  Huang Buren was taken aback for a moment, but as a businessman, not making money when you can is just foolish. Su Dong, however, would never let such things interfere with his cultivation, after all, true strength is the foundation of everything.

  Su Dong spent an hour every night making two hundred arrows, which wouldn't interfere with his cultivation. He was always accumulating spiritual energy without consuming it, which wasn't a good thing either. It could be considered as practicing the Ice Casting Technique.

  If Su Dong were to spend more than two hours making money, it would interfere with his cultivation progress. So Su Dong's consideration was very different from Huang Bu Ren's. Money had to be made, and it had to be made comfortably, he would never abandon his own cultivation for the sake of making money.

  Besides, Su Dong also had a spiritual field that required him to spend an hour every day taking care of it. Su Dong's time was not abundant.

  "It seems I'm really not cut out for this warrior business, with so many Ling Crystals, my eyes as a bystander are already red, yet you talk about it like it's nothing." Little fatty Huang Yun said with a sigh.

  ……

  In the late afternoon, Su Dong went to see his spiritual field as usual. Unexpectedly, Gong Zibai and Old Cow were both there, surrounding the black wood fern that Su Dong had planted, pointing and discussing.

  Su Dong arrived at the Wudang Academy a month ago. This black tree fern was also planted for a month, and in such a short period of time, a large tree sprouted from the ground, which made many people in the academy feel surprised.

  Perhaps it was the black wood fern that attracted most people's attention, and Su Dong's formation method was ignored. Everyone thought that this piece of spiritual field was so full of spiritual energy because of this strange black wood fern.

  Gong Zibai saw Su Dong and excitedly greeted him, calling him over to say: "This spiritual field you've managed is quite good, and this black wood fern is extremely rare. I just measured it a moment ago, and in just one month's time, the height of the black wood fern has already exceeded seven meters - it's absolutely a miracle!"

  Su Dong smiled wryly and said, "This spiritual field isn't well taken care of by me. Originally, I also planted some spiritual grains and spiritual medicine, but since this black wood fern sprouted, all the spiritual grains and spiritual medicine withered and died, not even a blade of grass was left."

  The old cow was taken aback, "So overbearing!? Could it be that this black wood fern has spiritual energy? Not allowing any other plants to grow on its territory?"

  Gong Zibai furrowed his brow and said, "The mutated spiritual medicine must have spirituality. It's very likely that the black wood fern needs a lot of nutrients and spiritual energy to grow. Other plants can't compete with it, so they withered away. In short, this big guy can grow seven meters in just one month, its future is boundless."

  Everyone was amazed and admired the giant black wood fern, this is the second time the black wood fern has been planted, at the current growth rate, breaking through 100 meters is probably not a problem, a 100-meter-tall spiritual medicine, how many fruits can it produce? Su Dong's heart was full of expectation.

  "This black wood fern is strange, in the north border there are no plants that can survive the winter. This big guy has gone through a winter to mature, now it's probably still early for it to bloom and bear fruit." Su Dong said calmly.

  Su Dong and Gong Zijian, the old cow was hot, now even the old cow is looking at Su Dong with new eyes, gave Su Dong a discount card for the training center, can be discounted to 70% off, and also claimed that if Su Dong needs it, he can also point out martial arts things.

  Three people were chatting and laughing, discussing where to go for a drink tonight, when Shuijing quietly appeared from somewhere else.

  "Hello Uncle Wang, hello Uncle Niu." Shuijing said politely. As for the despicable Su Dong, she didn't even bother to acknowledge him.

  "You're quite bold, aren't you? You've got these two wrapped around your finger. Do you think that with them backing you up, I won't be able to do anything to you?" Shuijing whispered in Su Dong's ear.

  Su Dong said calmly: "No, I absolutely never thought of that, because even without these two, you still can't do anything to me."

  "You!" Water Mirror's anger ignited, and she punched Su Dong in the waist with a fist.

  There were old cows, and the water mirror naturally didn't dare to take heavy action. But then Su Dong crouched down, beads of sweat the size of beans appearing on his forehead, as if he had endured great suffering. He said: "Lowering one's head doesn't see it, raising one's head sees it, no need to take such heavy action?"

  Lao Niu and Gong Zibai heard the sound, rushed to help Su Dong. Lao Niu's temper was straightforward, glaring with anger: "Shui Jing! How can you secretly harm people?! If you continue to be so reckless, I'll settle accounts with your father!"

  The old cow's nose isn't a nose, its eyes aren't eyes, it let out a loud bellow, startling the water buffalo so much that it hastily hid its hooves and turned to leave, its whole body trembling with rage.

  Gong Zi Bai's eyes were sharp, and he knew Su Dong was pretending, so he smiled and said: "Everyone has left, you don't have to pretend anymore. I've been wondering, why do you and Shui Jing act like enemies? You're also a man, can't you give in a bit?"

  Su Dong said disbelievingly: "Just because she's a girl so I should give in to her? What kind of logic is that? Why?"

  Gong Zibai felt both angry and amused, shaking his head slightly at Su Dong.

  They had agreed to go to Palace Old Man's house for dinner, on the way Su Dong asked Lao Niu: "Lao Niu, I have now saved up enough spiritual crystals to enter the 5000th cultivation room, but those people won't let me in. Can you please help me out and talk to them?"

  The old cow sternly said: "Compromise? Do I look like someone who can compromise?"

  Su Dong was taken aback and suddenly felt a little regretful. Lao Niu was too straightforward and strict, always following the rules. Su Dong thought that finding a back door would not be pleasant.

  "Hmph, if you were my student, you'd be punished for that remark!" Old Cow said with a glare.

  Gong Zi Bai said: "I've always been curious, those training rooms are usually empty most of the time, why do they still set up so many restrictions?"

  "This is all the rules left over from the creation period. Our training center has a big secret. Don't look at the numbering from one to five thousand, it doesn't seem special, but the last thousand training rooms, whether it's equipment or regulations, are completely different from the previous ones."

  "Jealousy is a harmful thing, with such a powerful cultivation system, which academy wouldn't be envious? So we can't let it be misused, those warriors with bad temperaments are not allowed to go! Those who don't meet the level requirements are also not allowed! I'd rather leave those training rooms empty."

  The old cow made the previous thousandth cultivation room sound so mysterious, making Su Dong even more curious, and asked: "Even if the college is strictly controlled, there must be an admission rule, how can I get in?"

  The old ox said in a low voice, "There is an opportunity right now. The New Year is just around the corner, and the annual college martial arts competition is about to begin. The top three can choose their own rewards, and if you can make it into the top three, you will be able to obtain the admission qualification for the last 1,000 training rooms."

  Su Dong couldn't help but laugh bitterly: "My Bull Master, what kind of joke are you playing? I'm in Class 119, and for this martial arts competition, I know each class has to send three people, but there are only two of us in my class, me and Zuo Fang! We can't even scrape together a third person."

  The old cow stared at Su Dong with a strange gaze and asked in a low voice: "Do you understand the left-handed?"

  This question made Su Dong stunned, he and Zuo Fang only had a nodding acquaintance, only knowing that this guy fell asleep in class every day, and as soon as the course ended, he disappeared without a trace.

  Now that Old Cow has said so, Su Dong suddenly realized that he really didn't understand Zuo Fang, and this guy was even quite mysterious.

  After dinner at Wang Zibai's home, Su Dong patted his bulging belly and went down the mountain.

  The bright moon is high in the sky, the temperature is cool and pleasant, Wang Zifu and Lao Niu sit down in the courtyard, drink tea and chat.

  Gong Zibai stroked his chin whiskers, curiously asking: "Old Niu, today doesn't seem like your style. You who usually don't give an inch actually secretly gave Su Dong a hint?"

  The old cow frowned, looking at the students coming and going below the mountain, and said in a low voice: "There's no way, Su Dong and Zuo Fang are both good seedlings. Do you know that Su Dong is the grandson of Fengshen Sugou?"

  "I didn't know before, but now I do, this kid has caused a big stir in the north." said Gong Zibai.

  The old cow smiled bitterly: "Actually, Zuo Fang and Su Dong are the same, they all caused trouble, and were sent to our college by their families to avoid disaster. They were arranged in the worst class, learning skills other than martial arts, all of which were personally arranged by Dean Shui."

  Gong Zibai was taken aback and exclaimed in surprise: "So it was Dean Shui who deliberately arranged this!?! Didn't Su Dong and Zuofang misunderstand Shuijing?"

  "It's a misunderstanding." Old Cow's eyes flashed with insight: "Principal Shui is fine in other ways, but he's too low-key. He wants to suppress Zuo Fang and Su Dong, but unfortunately, it's probably impossible to suppress them."

  ……

  Su Dong left the palace and didn't return to the dormitory, but instead walked along the path towards the depths of the mountain valley.

  "Where are we going?" asked Huan Yu curiously.

  "Go south and take another look." Su Dong said.

  "Haven't you seen it many times before? There's a barrier there, no one can get through." said Huan Yu, puzzled.

  The path runs from north to south, with the northernmost part being the entrance of the college, followed by the headquarters, dormitory area, and finally the training center.

  While the cultivation center is almost at the gathering point of this dragon vein to the south, there is a barrier that blocks it, which Su Dong has seen more than once.

  Soon, Su Dong arrived at the southernmost end of the college, standing on the waist of a mountain, and the lights of the training center were already far away from him.

  Su Dong stretched out his hand to the south, and immediately it was like hitting a wall and bouncing back. Then he said in a low voice, "Guess whether the last thousand training rooms will extend all the way into the boundary?"

  "From room 1 to 4000, the training rooms are all the same size. If the next thousand rooms are also of the same specifications, it's impossible to penetrate deep into the boundary unless the rooms behind are very large or spaced far apart."

  Su Dong nodded and said in a low voice, "Didn't Old Cow say today that the last thousand training rooms have different rules from before? So I'm guessing, the probability of entering and clearing the internal boundary is very high."

  The training center is built on the ground, but the training room is underground. This boundary is very mysterious, and no one knows what's inside. According to Qimen Fengshui, the boundary contains one of the most important nodes of the dragon vein, the Life Palace.