Mythical Card Maker: Starting with the Mountain Spirit

Chapter 33 Past Events, Knowledge Cards

The next day.

A ray of golden light suddenly leaped over the horizon in the east, illuminating the world in an instant.

Lin Mo woke up from his sleep, circulated his meditation technique for two cycles, and then got out of bed to wash up.

After having breakfast, he summoned the Soul Boat and headed straight for Yang Suqiu's residence.

Yang Suqiu lives in the teachers' building behind the Wushan City Card Making College, which is only a few dozen kilometers away from the Ping'an Community where Lin Mo lives.

In the past, it would have taken much more effort.

However, with the Wraith Boat, the travel speed became much faster.

A dozen minutes later, Lin Mo arrived at the foot of the teachers' building.

He carefully stored the vengeful spirit boat away, informed the dormitory supervisor, and then took the elevator to the third floor.

The teachers' building has a layout of two households per floor, and Yang Suqiu lives in the right-hand household.

Lin Mo arrived at the door and knocked gently.

"Come in."

A lazy yet magnetic female voice came from inside the house, and Lin Mo responded by pushing open the door.

Today, Yang Suqiu was wearing a loose white loungewear outfit, her hair was wet and had a faint fragrance, indicating that she had just taken a shower.

"Good morning, Teacher Yang."

Lin Mo greeted him.

"Have a seat. Help yourself to whatever you'd like to drink. It's not like it's your first time here, so don't be so formal."

Yang Suqiu pointed to the sofa, then walked to the table, picked up the hairdryer, and started drying her hair.

Seeing this, Lin Mo didn't stand on ceremony. He poured himself a glass of water and sat down to wait quietly.

A short while later, Yang Suqiu dried her hair and sat down opposite Lin Mo.

She poured herself a cup of coffee first, then looked up and asked, "Want some?"

"No need, thank you."

Lin Mo shook his head.

Yang Suqiu took a sip of coffee before speaking, "I shouldn't have told you about the field card beforehand. You'll naturally be taught about these things after you finish your district exams and enter the academy."

But considering you're Lin Wan's younger brother, I still feel it's necessary to tell you beforehand.

"Teacher, do you know my sister?"

Lin Mo keenly grasped the information in Yang Suqiu's words and couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, your sister is my father's student, so in a sense, she's practically my junior sister."

"student?"

Lin Mo became increasingly confused.

In his memory, the two shouldn't have had much interaction.

Teacher Yang's father is quite famous in Wushan City. He is not only one of the few Morning Star card makers, but also a teacher at Yudu Tianfu, one of the four major universities.

Your sister probably hasn't told you about her past.

Seeing the question on Lin Mo's face, Yang Suqiu smiled and explained, "Your sister has a very high talent for card making. At the age of sixteen, she made a perfect purple source card and was exceptionally admitted to Yudu Tianfu, one of the four great universities."

However, for some unknown reason, his mind was damaged, making it impossible for him to continue making cards. This led him to drop out of the Imperial Capital Academy and later become a Battle Card Master.

"So that's how it is."

Lin Mo looked enlightened, but his doubts only deepened.

Why is there no information about his sister's past in the original owner's memories?

Suppressing his doubts, Lin Mo looked at Yang Suqiu, waiting for her to continue.

"I don't know much about your sister's disappearance either."

All she knew was that none of the card makers who had worked with her on the project had returned.

Of course, not returning doesn't necessarily mean they've died; they could very well be trapped...

As she spoke, Yang Suqiu's voice grew softer and softer, clearly indicating that she herself felt her own account lacked credibility.

"Teacher, you don't need to comfort me."

Lin Mo paused, then said, "And just as you said, maybe my sister and the others are just trapped by something. I believe she's not dead yet."

"Well, it's good that you can think positively about it."

Yang Suqiu breathed a sigh of relief, then stood up and took out a blue card from the drawer behind her, handing it over. "This contains the precautions and specific steps for making the field card, as well as some of my production tips. Take it back and read it carefully."

"Teacher, thank you so much!"

Lin Mo took the knowledge card handed to him by Yang Suqiu, a look of joy on his face.

"Don't mention it, you can actually be considered my junior brother."

Yang Suqiu smiled and added, "By the way, you can keep this card to yourself; there's no need to share it with others. It might have a negative impact..."

Lin Mo nodded, chatted with Yang Suqiu for a few more minutes, and then said goodbye and left Teacher Yang's house.

As soon as Lin Mo stepped out of the teachers' building, he sent a message to Qian Duoduo: "I've finished my business here and I'm heading to the south gate of the college now."

The other party replied instantly: "I'm at the South Gate, waiting for you!"

Lin Mo replied with an OK emoji and then walked towards the south gate of the academy.

"here!"

As soon as Lin Mo arrived at the South Gate Square, he saw a blond-haired boy waving enthusiastically at him.

Lin Mo immediately walked towards him.

"You're here pretty early."

"Actually, I just arrived too."

"Qian Duoduo, by the way, where's the goods? Hurry up and bring them out so I can't wait."

Lin Mo smiled, took out the five material cards from his pocket, and handed them over.

"It's actually a blue-quality [Undying Alloy Fang]!"

Did you get this from the 3266 fissure?

I remember this material has a pretty low drop rate; it usually only drops from monsters of the Fiendish rarity or higher… Did you kill a Fiendish rarity?

Qian Duoduo looked completely surprised.

Lin Mo chuckled inwardly, thinking, "If I told you I'd also killed a Gluttonous Species, you'd probably be even more shocked."

He thought about it with a hint of wicked amusement, then nodded: "You guessed right, this alloy tusk fell from a ferocious boar-like creature."

"Awesome!"

Qian Duoduo gave him a thumbs up and immediately transferred 162,000 star coins to him, then said with some emotion,

"I'm currently working on a mech-themed card, but I'm finding it really difficult to create mech cards. I have absolutely no idea how to build a narrative for it... Do you have any suggestions?"

Lin Mo pondered for a moment, then said, "You can try making machines or cars move, transforming them into Transformers or robots. In short, give full play to your imagination."

"Autobots? That's a good idea!"

Qian Duoduo's eyes lit up, and her face lit up with joy. "If we really succeed, I'll definitely thank you properly!"

After saying that, Qian Duoduo waved to Lin Mo, turned around and left.

Judging from his expression, he was already eager to go back and verify his own thoughts.

Lin Mo shook his head and turned to head back home.

Back home, Lin Mo immediately immersed his mental energy into the knowledge card, and a flood of complex information rushed into his mind.

Half an hour later, he had a clear understanding in his eyes.

The creation of so-called field cards is actually similar to that of holy spirit cards. The difference lies in the fact that when constructing a narrative, it is necessary to clearly define what events have occurred, what residual will remains, and what rules and characteristics exist.

The "narrative construction" of the field card is more like "map setting" than "character background".

In addition, the third part also features a different design for the card patterns.

The patterns on the field cards resemble array diagrams composed of maps and runes.

It is necessary to mark terrain undulations, energy flow nodes, regular patterns, etc.

You even need to draw the "center anchor point" and "boundary".

Very complicated.

This step cannot have the slightest mistake, otherwise all previous efforts will be in vain.

Therefore, the field card requires a very high level of basic skills from the card maker.