Chapter 278 (2/2)

And as soon as he lifted he, he found that it had to be over ten thousand pounds . There were also many little grooves along the shaft .

Looking at those little grooves, Long Chen exclaimed, “Guo Ran, you really are a genius!”

“Boss, you know what those grooves are for?” Guo Ran was surprised .

“If my guess is right, these grooves should be to lessen the air resistance, allowing it to fly faster as well as letting it fly silently!”

The faster something moved through the air, the more drag and resistance it would meet, eventually causing a sonic boom . That was a law of physics .

But these little grooves were able to prevent that, allowing it to kill others silently . By the time anyone sensed it, it would already be too late .

“Boss really is boss . I had to research and experiment for a long time before figuring this out, but boss figured it out with just a glance,” said Guo Ran with wors.h.i.+p .

“Haha, let’s stop shamelessly boasting about each other . Let’s test it out . ”

The two of them left the monastery and found a small mountain . That was a stone mountain over forty meters tall .

“Let’s try it out . ” Long Chen aimed the crossbow at that mountain from five miles away .

With a light release of a lock, the arrow shot out like lightning . The instant that arrow shot out, Long Chen felt a huge backlash and he involuntarily stumbled back a dozen steps .

BOOM!

That small mountain exploded to pieces from that arrow, dust filling the air .

Long Chen and Guo Ran were dumbfounded . Even Guo Ran hadn’t expected this .

Although he had personally made it, he had never had the strength required to use it . Today was his first time seeing it in action .

That arrow hadn’t had any explosives in it . This explosion had been considered entirely due to the power of inertia behind that arrow . Just that inertia possessed the shocking power to break apart a small mountain .

And most frightening of all, while it had been flying through the air, there hadn’t been the slightest sound .

“A perfect sneak attack…”

Both Long Chen and Guo Ran looked at each other with a wicked light s.h.i.+ning in their eyes . They laughed; they had actually said the same thing at the same time .

With this kind of weapon, Guo Ran’s killing power would definitely be alarmingly high . However, after laughing for a moment, Guo Ran could no longer laugh . No matter how amazing it was, if he couldn’t use it, then it was useless .

Long Chen might be able to use it, but he preferred to face his opponents head-on, fighting on the frontlines . He would never have an opportunity to use this Voidbreaker Crossbow .

Long Chen patted Guo Ran on the shoulders . “Don’t worry, leave this to me . ”

“Really?”

“Aren’t you just wasting words? When have I ever tricked you?” asked Long Chen . “But there is one thing I have to make clear to you first . You have to keep your Dao-heart steady . If you can keep a steady Dao-heart, I can guarantee that you’ll advance without bottlenecks for your whole life . ”

“How is that possible?” Guo Ran was filled with disbelief .

Live a whole life without bottlenecks? Not even a G.o.d would necessarily be able to do that!

“As long as you can keep a steady Dao-heart, I can accomplish that,” said Long Chen solemnly .

“Boss, what is this Dao-heart?” asked Guo Ran .

“A ‘Dao-heart’ is a kind of a belief, a kind of conviction in your own truths that will never change .

“Each person’s beliefs are different . For example, you might believe in your inventions and creations, believing that you can use smarts to overcome any difficulties and become a revered crafting G.o.d .

“That will be your Dao-heart . As long as you can let your Dao-heart stay unrattled, I can use medicinal pills to constantly raise your cultivation base .

“However, once a problem occurs with your Dao-heart, once you start to feel lost or begin to doubt in your own choices, your cultivation base will forever stall,” warned Long Chen .

Each person’s Dao-heart was different . Some people believed in their inheritance, some people believed in their cultivation technique, some people believed in their bloodlines, and some people believed they were simply the geniuses of heaven .

No matter what kind of Dao-heart you had, it had to go through endless tempering . Many people ended up losing more and more confidence as they went through that tempering . In the end, they lost sight of what they were supposed to believe in .

Even people with extremely stable Dao-hearts were unable to keep them perfect forever . If they received a large enough impact, that would make it impossible for them to advance to become experts in the future .

As for Guo Ran, his Dao-heart would be extremely dangerous . Once his smarts failed and he lost sight of what he wanted from forging, he would lose his path and become lost .

That would be especially terrible for Guo Ran, as his foundation would have been built up by medicinal pills . He would never have a chance to choose a form a new Dao-heart if his old one was shattered .

“Boss, I’ll definitely succeed in becoming a crafting G.o.d . ” If Guo Ran didn’t succeed in this path, he would forever be lost . But Guo Ran was determined .

Long Chen nodded . Since he had made this choice, then Long Chen would go all-out to help him . As for how far Guo Ran could go, that would be up to him .

After all, Guo Ran’s latest invention, this crossbow, was something that even Long Chen admired . Guo Ran was definitely a genius . He could think of all sorts of crazy inventions .

The next day, Long Chen was looking for something to do when Elder Sun returned .