Chapter 154: Eighteen Consecutive Wins!

  Into the night.

  The head of the casting department asked, "Is the only great casting master Hai alone in the office, staring at Su Dong's solution to the problem?"

  The number was too much, Su Dong used 14 hours to complete several thousand questions, so that the casting system had to study whether Su Dong's results were correct, and stayed up all night.

  He let out a sigh, and Hai took out a box of dan medicine from the drawer, put two pieces in his mouth to chew on. This was a simple stimulating dan medicine that didn't even have a level, but it was quite helpful for all-night work, making one full of energy.

  Silently and stealthily, a black-haired old man floated into the office through an open window like a ghost, gently landing on the ground, holding in his hand a Su Dong-made Chaos Fury to admire.

  "Teacher, you've arrived." Hai hurriedly stood up and respectfully said upon seeing the old man.

  The weather was quite hot in the south, but this old man with black hair wore a thick cloak, and his head was covered more than half, so others could only see his mouth, not his face.

  The old man nodded slightly and said, "Don't worry about it, you're staying up late again? This is not good for your body."

  The sea does not refuse water: "Disciples are foolish, only diligent can make up for clumsiness."

  The old man laughed and put the Su Dong's Chaotic Fury back in its original place, saying: "Being able to achieve what you have today is already the limit of your potential. There's no need to continue suffering like this. Have you thoroughly researched that little brat's crafted spiritual crossbow?"

  Hai shook his head with a wry smile: "Teacher, don't mention understanding, I simply can't comprehend this spiritual bow. The limits of metal have actually been dug up by Su Dong. To say nothing of the others, just this Shattered Arrow is something I fundamentally cannot create, and these answers, many of which I also don't understand. It seems he's using a completely different system from what I've learned."

  Enough to make the proud Casting Master say such words, it's clear that Su Dong's Ice Casting technique has brought Hai Wu Bei a great deal of trouble.

  The old man moved a chair and sat down beside the sea, saying lightly: "Firstly, Su Dong and you are not from the same system. His casting technique has been lost in the divine realm and throughout the continent. You don't understand Su Dong's thoughts, which is normal, so there's no need to blame yourself."

  "Secondly, these answers are all correct, the wrong ones are here, I have picked them out for you."

  The old man threw a stack of Su Dongpo's poems on the table, only a dozen or so.

  The sea was taken aback and exclaimed: "Out of several thousand questions, you only got twelve wrong?"

  The old man smiled and said: "Yes, as a beginner, Su Dong's standard is already shocking, and these twelve wrong questions are not in the technique, but in Su Dong's heart."

  "What's wrong?" Hai asked without hesitation.

  The old man said, "This kid is addicted to pursuing the limit. Take this deep excavation system used for construction workers as an example. Assuming it's made with Su Dong's original material ratio, it will break after less than three uses. The effect is extraordinary, but its durability is too poor. A set of deep excavation systems should be used at least dozens or even hundreds of times without breaking, and that's barely considered qualified."

  The old man laughed with joy, saying: "As a result, Su Dong made this kind of tool into a killing spirit soldier. It seems that in his mind, he only sought to kill with one blow, and it would be best if the enemy was killed and the spirit soldier collapsed after one blow. In order to pursue the ultimate performance, he simply didn't care about anything."

  The sea didn't wrinkle its brow, curiously saying: "Teacher, are you praising Su Dong?"

  The old man was taken aback, and then said with some embarrassment: "Indeed, it's quite likable. Among my students, most of them have your kind of personality, studying hard, working hard, being a bit dull, not knowing how to be flexible. From the good side, you are first-rate in taking care of family and protecting the house. I can entrust everything to you with peace of mind."

  "But from another perspective, suppose one day you leave the Wudang and go to the Divine Realm or even venture into the Devil Realm, I'm afraid you'll be eaten alive without even leaving any residue behind. You lack schemes and plots, lack necessary means, and your heart isn't ruthless enough."

  "The only one who is ruthless enough is probably Water Margin's Li Kui, unfortunately, he used his ruthlessness in the wrong place."

  The old man finished speaking and rubbed his head with a bitter smile. Hai nodded in agreement, "Teacher's criticism is not unfounded, indeed too conservative."

  The old man shook his head and said, "You see, it's your personality. Whatever I say, you listen to it, whether what I say is right or wrong, you don't dare to refute."

  The sea didn't frown and said: "But why would one refute their own master? The kindness of a teacher who imparts skills is greater than the heavens."

  The old man smiled and said, "Shuǐ Dàozi is the leader of the inquiring path, and when you think about it, he's also Sū Dōng's mentor. Look at how he does things - as soon as he finds out Shuǐ Dàozi is being unfair, he immediately confronts him, no matter if it means going against the entire inquiring path. What's the reason for this?"

  The sea shook his head and said, "I'm not sure, probably because he grew up in the north and doesn't understand the importance of respecting teachers."

  The old man sighed and said, "Respect the teacher and respect the Tao. Should we respect nature or not? This is just pedantry."

  Hai thought for a moment and said: "Teacher, are you implying that Director Shui did something wrong this time?"

  The elder said in a low voice, "We indeed do not lean towards either the gods or demons, nor do we interact with the descendants of the gods and demons. Although this has been our creed since ancient times, it cannot remain unchanged forever."

  "In the past, the gods were united and did both good and evil deeds. After such a long time has passed, there have been divisions among the war gods, and it's not possible to treat them all with rejection. Zuo Jinlian was the ancestor of the Zuo family, and her death had left the Zuo family resentful for a long time, leading to their decline. However, the Zuo family still managed to move forward from their loss without choosing revenge or deep-seated hatred. In some sense, Zuo Fan has already jumped out of the shadow of being a descendant of the gods."

  "As for Su Dong, his family's Wind God Su Qun is still alive, but Su Qun is one of the few sober ones among the war gods and doesn't like to get involved in those disputes. Simply categorizing them as one of the many gods is too simplistic. Moreover, Su Dong grew up in the North Territory and doesn't have any aura of a god's descendant on him, which can be seen from his actions."

  "At first, I was determined to set the tone, to refuse as many divine descendants as possible from asking about the way, especially those with outstanding potential. Let them go to the four academies and let the four academies think they are the strongest in the world. We don't need fame, what we need is to preserve ourselves and our secrets."

  "Shuǐdàozi was harsh on Sū Dōng and Zuǒ Fàng, the reason being that they were both descendants of the Shén tribe, possessing great potential. This wasn't wrong in itself, but I've been thinking a lot lately - times have changed, should we still continue to reject the Shén tribe's descendants? Should we still keep our secrets tightly guarded?"

  The sea was taken aback by the old man's words, and he heard a hint of hesitation in his tone, as if the teacher wanted to change the low-key and reserved approach that had been adopted by the Academy for thousands of years.

  The old man saw the unrest of Hai Buwei and smiled, saying: "I haven't figured out this problem yet, you don't have to worry about it. As for Su Dong and Zuo Fang, let them continue to make trouble. I also want to see what kind of tricks they can come up with. Shui Daozi's severe suppression of the two of them has actually fulfilled my wish."

  The old man stood up and was about to leave, but before he did, he said in a low voice: "The answer is correct, give them the reward. I reckon these two young men are probably short of money right now."

  ……

  Early in the morning, Su Dong rubbed his somewhat tired eyes and stood by the window to breathe in some fresh air.

  Soon, Zuo Fang knocked on Su Dong's dormitory door. He looked relaxed and didn't seem to be under pressure from having to fight six opponents in a row today.

  Su Dong smiled slightly and pointed at a brand new Ling Jia on the table, saying: "It's for you, I just finished it, and it took me quite some effort."

  He stood still for a moment, walked over and stared at the suit of Ling armor, and asked in doubt: "My kung fu is different from others, with condensation as the main focus. This suit of battle armor won't affect my control over spiritual power, will it?"

  "Absolutely not," Su Dong smiled. "Your technique, in simple terms, is to condense your spiritual energy to the extreme, break through first, enter the enemy's body and then release it. So I made some adjustments to this set of Ling Jia, which won't interfere with your technique release."

  He nodded slightly and picked up the Ling Jia set, saying, "In that case, thank you. Let's go have breakfast together."

  Su Dong shook his head and said, "I'm not going, I have a lot of heavy work ahead of me, today it's all up to you."

  "Don't worry, I can handle it."

  Su Dong said: "Tomorrow may still be just you alone."

  He paused for a moment, then burst out laughing and said: "You're smarter than me, I'll listen to you!"

  ……

  After yesterday's hype from Zuo Fang and Su Dong, the Martial Arts Center was packed with too many spectators early on, and the venue was overcrowded, with people spilling out of the doors.

  Everyone wants to see how Su Dong, who was extremely arrogant yesterday, can take on three at once. To know that there are still ten games left, and if Su Dong wins all of them one against three, he will have defeated thirty warriors in a row!

  This is the main match, everyone's level is not bad, winning six games in one day, and fighting continuously for five days without rest, it's simply unimaginable!

  As the game was about to start, people still hadn't seen Su Dong's shadow, wondering if he was all talk and no action, saying one thing but doing another, and when it was time to really take the field, he didn't dare come.

  Just as everyone was in doubt, Zuo Fang, a man, arrived at the martial arts center. Nobody expected that the one who boasted about taking on three people would be Su Dong, but the one who actually went on stage was Zuo Fang!

  So what did Su Dong go and do?

  The scoreboard showed the scores of one hundred and ninety-nine participating teams, with a yellow card marked "119" and this class ranking last in the college. As for the team that the three Ning brothers were on, since all three of them had died, it was no longer hung up.

  Minus thirty-four points, Su Dong's score was so dazzling that it was probably the first time in college history that someone scored negative points in a martial arts competition.

  Su Dong's first day after making a tough statement, Zuo put out a battle, winning six games in a row, completing a feat of one against three! The score also changed from minus thirty-four to minus sixteen.

  The next day, Zuo Fang continued to start and won six more games in a row, reaching a score of 2-0, but Zuo Fang suffered a minor injury.

  On the third day, Zuo Fang continued to play alone with injuries and won six more games. Zuo Fang was injured again!

  18 consecutive wins!

  Within three days, Su Dong and Zuo Fang's team rose from the last place to thirty-fifth! From minus thirty-four points, they caught up to plus twenty points!

  The left-handed strongman is still sending shivers down people's spines, but what everyone wants to know is: where is Su Dong, the one who made those bold claims in the first place?!