Ling Xiao held his breath, a drop of sweat slid down his forehead and was about to fall on his chin.
At this moment, she didn't even bother wiping off the sweat, all her attention was on her right hand. There was a slender tube-shaped transparent pen held there, filled with half a piece of light silver liquid, which shone with tiny rays of light.
The pen tip was in the shape of an inverted triangle, sharp as a blade, with a thin empty tube in the center. As she moved the pen tip, light silver liquid continued to flow out, leaving a thick curve on the carrier.
This curve joins the first stroke point to form a closed shape.
All the pale silver lines lit up at the moment he finished writing, and the entire carrier was enveloped in a hazy and thin layer of golden light. After a few seconds, the light dissipated, and the card lay quietly on the table.
The uneven surface of the carrier turned into a smooth plane, and the back of the card changed from the original dark brown of the carrier to gray.
Success!
Ling Xiao held the guide pen and stood up excitedly, knocking over the chair he was sitting on.
Five hours of continuous intense concentration exhausted her mental energy, and her brain felt a twinge of pain. At the moment of relaxation, overwhelming fatigue hit her. Ling Xiao shook her body, held on to the corner of the table, and stabilized her body. .
She took out a primary recovery potion from her bag, took a few deep breaths to calm her agitated mood, and pushed the needle steadily into the vein.
After a few minutes, the recovery agent took effect, and the sore body gradually regained its strength, and even the stinging pain in his head began to subside.
Ling Xiao lifted up his chair and looked at the freshly baked cards over and over again.
This is the first card she made after coming to Kalan.
Not necessarily a card.
It doesn't come with any special effects.
And Ling Xiao was not an aborigine of Kalan Star.
Her hometown is from a distant earth.
A month ago, Ling Xiao was caught up in an earthquake at home. Before he could escape from the house, he was hit in the head by a falling ceiling. When he opened his eyes again, he came to the unfamiliar Kalan planet.
This is a magical world where technology is advanced and cards are equally prosperous.
Six hundred years ago, a large number of extraordinary creatures suddenly appeared on Kalan Star. They possess all kinds of strange special abilities. Although powerful weapons can cause damage to extraordinary creatures, ordinary people cannot possess them.
The speed of elimination was far less than the speed of reproduction and spread. When the number of extraordinary creatures reached its peak, a woman named "Geya" claimed to have been inspired by the gods. She used the skin of extraordinary creatures as a carrier and the blood of extraordinary creatures as a card. Mo, produced the first card and successfully summoned a virtual extraordinary creature, completely starting the card battle trend on the Kalan planet.
Over the next six hundred years, Kalan Planet's research on cards became more and more in-depth, and four major categories were derived: soul cards, hero cards, weapon cards, and witch cards. Card entertainment, business, education, guilds and other related industries also Growing mature.
The original owner was a freshman at Alton Capital School, possessing B-level mental power and studying at the Card Master Academy.
Because of her poor family, she did not dare to do practical work. She spent most of her time in the library except during class time. She hoped to lay a solid theoretical foundation, improve the success rate of card making, and reduce the loss of materials.
But the more books she read, the more afraid she became of failure, and she hesitated to take action.
At the end of the first year, the college issued an ultimatum:
If she cannot hand over a card that can embody a physical object after the start of her second year, she will be expelled from the Card Master Academy.
The original owner cannot be fired.
The Ling family is a knight family, and his father is of low power and can only earn a living by working as a guard for the baron.
The original owner was well-behaved and sensible, and often brought meals to her father. By chance, she was noticed by the Baron. If she hadn't detected B-level mental power and had the hope of becoming a card master, she would not be in school but at the Baron's home.
In order for her to escape from the clutches of the devil and have another life, her parents sold their valuable belongings, but they still could not afford the expensive tuition at Cardmaster Academy.
In the end, they had to borrow three hundred thousand cards from the baron.
If the original owner cannot graduate, he must marry the baron.
As for the Baron, he himself is even older than Ling Xiao's father.
Becoming a card master is the only way out for the original owner.
Once strong expectations cannot be turned into motivation, they will become desperate pressure.
In addition, the card production failed many times and all the materials on hand were exhausted. Under collapse, the original owner chose to commit suicide.
Afterwards, Ling Xiao from another world was resurrected.
She is an orphan.
Her parents died in a car accident when she was six years old. Ling Xiao was raised by her grandmother who came from an art troupe. She fell in love with painting and calligraphy and later became a freelance painter. It was hard to get my own house, but I died within a few days of enjoying it.
It would be a lie to say that I am not miserable or depressed.
But she suffered many setbacks since childhood and is tougher and more open-minded than her peers.
So what if everything is lost? At least she's alive.
After regaining his strength, Ling Xiao used his identity as a student at Alton Capital School to borrow a 200,000 student loan from a bank.
Although two hundred thousand yuan is a lot, it is enough for one year's tuition or material fees.
Ling Xiao had no intention of borrowing money to pay for tuition.
If you can't make a materialized card, you will be asked to quit even after paying the tuition.
She took out a loan to buy materials.
To train a real card master, you need at least 3 million.
Among them, tuition fees accounted for 1 million.
A card master who can be trained with only 2 million in material fees must be the lowest level card master.
The Card Master is called the Humanoid Money Shredder for a reason.
The higher the level, the more expensive the wasted materials are.
Although Ling Xiao inherited the memory of the original owner and suddenly had a lot of card-related knowledge, the feel of the hand needs to be felt by oneself.
She can't use other people's experience.
Two hundred thousand card coins were exchanged for a steady stream of materials. I stayed in the quiet room for more than twelve hours every day, took an injection when I exhausted my mental energy, read books to regain my physical strength, and then devoted myself to practice.
After scrapping more than sixty materials, Ling Xiao finally made the card in his hand.
For a newbie who has never been exposed to cards, this scrap rate is already terrifyingly low.
Most apprentices have to go through a period of training before they can create embodied cards without any special abilities after scrapping hundreds of materials.
It is precisely because of this that the original owner committed suicide in despair after failing more than thirty times.
The road ahead was long and she could not see the end.
Generally speaking, high success rate means high mental strength.
But B-level mental power is really not that high for a card master.
Ling Xiao can only attribute it to twenty years of painting experience.
Concentrated recovery agents are expensive, costing thousands of calories each, but the effects are amazing.
In less than half an hour, Ling Xiao was plunged into the world of cards again.
Another hour later, the new card was also shrouded in hazy golden light.
She did it again!
It seems that the first card was not an accident.
Ling Xiao mobilized the remaining mental power and introduced two cards along his arm. The lines gradually lit up. The cards in his hand disappeared and were replaced by two silver daggers.
It feels real to the touch and has a hard texture, no different from a real dagger.
Ling Xiao stroked the blade with a smile on his face.
Finally no need to worry about getting fired.
but……
It's time for her to start worrying about tuition fees.
Ling Xiao opened the Zhi Nao and took a look at the balance. Not long ago, there were a bunch of zeros in the account, but now there were less than 30,000 card coins left.
Earning 200,000 yuan a month, even if Ling Xiao was a well-known senior painter in his previous life, he would not be able to do it without a big order, let alone in this life.
She is just a sixteen-year-old card master apprentice.
Ling Xiao used his mental power to control the dagger to float in the air, hovering for a while and colliding with each other, thinking deeply about ways to make money.
work to earn a living? No, it’s too late, it’s only a few thousand a month.
Card? She only knows the most basic materialized cards, not even weapon cards. She only sells them for one thousand card coins, and after deducting the cost of purchasing the carrier, she only makes a profit of one to two hundred.
If she works from morning to night, 11 or 2 pictures a day, she can earn 60,000 to 70,000 yuan a month.
Although it is far less than 200,000, it at least gives me a clue.
Ling Xiao was so eager to make money that he forgot that for most card master apprentices, how many cards they could make in a day did not mean how many cards they had made.
The level of profit depends on the success rate of card production.
Ling Xiao glanced at the time on the wall.
I spent more than 8 hours in the quiet room today.
The quiet room has a complete set of basic card inks, primary guide pens, and solutions and tools for making carriers. If you spend money to buy them, it will cost tens of thousands of card coins, but for card artist students, they have 6 hours of work every day. Free time.
Beyond 6 hours, 100 cards will be charged per hour.
Over eight hours is 300 card coins.
Ling Xiao twitched the corner of his mouth.
For card masters, money is just a numerical symbol.
Many ordinary people only earn more than one hundred cards a day, but she spent three hundred in one go.
Not counting the primary recovery agent just now.
Ling Xiao did not dare to continue counting, and hurriedly packed up the things on the table, put back what should be put on the shelves, took away what should be taken away, and quickly left the quiet room.
Half an hour later, she was standing at the place where she usually buys materials.
"Boss Yan, do you accept weapon cards?" Ling Xiao leaned on the counter, holding two gray-white cards in his hand, tapping his lips.
Weapon cards are not weapon cards.
The former is still an ordinary weapon, but the latter has extraordinary abilities.
After a while, the sound of urgent footsteps came from upstairs, and a round, fat head poked out of the utility room, "What? It's Xiaoling. Wait for me for a few minutes, and I'll take the one that just arrived." I’ll come as soon as the goods are sorted.”
Ling Xiao looked around at the shop idly. It was a square space of fifty or sixty square meters. Each wall was equipped with a wide range of tools and materials. Doubao boxes of varying lengths and heights were scattered on the walls, exuding a kind of atmosphere. A strange smell of supernatural beings and artifacts mixed together.
The entire ceiling trembled slightly under Boss Yan's running. As soon as he reached the first floor, he took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the sweat beads rolling down his big head, and opened an instrument on the edge of the counter. .
The virtual image suddenly appeared in the open space in front of Ling Xiao.
This is Kalan's "TV". It has already broken away from the limitations of the screen and can be placed anywhere, anytime. It is the same as the imaging technology of Zhi Nao.
"What did you just say? I'm sorry, Xiao Ling, today is the duel between the 'Undead' and 'Kasura'. I have been waiting for several days, and my mind gets a little confused when I get excited. Hey, wait for me a little longer." Boss Yan wiped the sweat with his left hand and operated the brain with his right hand. After a while, a pleasant electronic female voice came out——
"The bet was successful, 'Immortal' 10,000 card coins."
"Boss Yan, what are you doing?" Ling Xiao was a little dazed.
This was the first time she saw Boss Yan acting like this.
Boss Yan chuckled, "I can tell at a glance that you don't usually pay attention to the live broadcast of the arena. 'Immortal' and 'Kasura' are both popular players in the past two months, and their fighting styles are very different." As he said that, he sighed. .
"Actually, I don't like 'Undead' that much, but I really hate 'Kasura'. He enjoys destroying other people's cards. Since he appeared in the arena, he has destroyed more than 30 cards. . You know how important cards are to card repairmen. If they lose their cards, some card repairers will even fall into despair. He did it on purpose!"
Boss Yan rubbed his stubby fingers nervously, "I hope 'Immortal' can teach 'Kasura' a lesson. Losing money is not a big deal. If 'Kasura' wins this battle, he will get one million card coins." Rewards. It’s live broadcast across the country again, and it simply encourages others to maliciously destroy their cards.”
The fighting arena is the world of card masters. The original owner is a card master apprentice and doesn't pay attention at all.
Ling Xiao was busy practicing card making again and didn't understand it.
She became interested and moved a stool to sit next to Boss Yan.
"What do you want to buy today?"
"I sell cards, how much does this cost?"
Boss Yan took the card and touched it, and realized that it was made of iron-horned rhinoceros skin. There was nothing special about the card, and it was the cheapest and most common dagger. The whole card was very ordinary.
"one thousand."
This is the lowest price for a materialized card.
The one-horned rhinoceros skin alone costs 800 cal coins, and including other losses, the cost is close to 900.
Even if Ling Xiao used tools from the school's quiet room, he would only be able to make a profit of two hundred.
She lay on the counter with some sluggishness and asked feebly: "Which card will be more expensive?"
Ling Xiao looks a lot like Boss Yan’s little daughter, and his personality is very pleasing to him. His patience with Ling Xiao is much better than that of other customers. After thinking for a while, he said patiently : "A card whose attributes of a certain type far exceed those of the same type."
