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nTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

nQing Ming City.

nA shop in the bustling city.

nLu Ming held the Card Creating Pen in his hands. He was drawing conscientiously.

nThere was a design plan in front of him—”One-star Energy Card Lines Creation Template”. This was the standard design plan for creating cards.

nThis was a Base Card.

nThirty-six strokes!

nEvery stroke was a basic line!

nAs long as he drew the lines according to the design plan, he would be able to create an Energy Card. This was the first card that all Card Creators had to learn, but it was also the only card that Lu Ming knew how to create.

nWhoosh!

nHe put the Card Creating Pen aside.

nLu Ming could clearly feel that the energy in his body slowly flowed into the card along with the tip of the pen, eventually turning into dark lines.

nIt turned out that…

n…This was the process of creating a card!

n“Such a familiar feeling…”

nLu Ming was deep in his thoughts.

nHe had a strange feeling.

nThe patterns on the back of the card seemed similar to the programming language.

nHe could not understand the principle behind them.

nHowever…

nIf he compared the cards to programs, everything seemed to be very clear.

nIn his previous life, he wrote complex programs using simple programming language and right now he used lines to draw cards.

n“An Energy Card is equivalent to a simple small program. It is like the small addition, subtraction, multiplication and division programs that programming beginners learn. It is very simple.

nTherefore, the lines are simple and very easy to draw! Lines. They are the core of creating a card. If I learn to draw the lines, I will have mastered the basics of creating a card. At least for me. Creating cards is equivalent to programming in the alternate world!”

nLu Ming was excited.

nThe feeling was really great.

nAfter integrating Little Lu Ming’s memory, he started out fairly steady. The Energy Card that he had drawn countless times gradually took shape in Lu Ming’s hands.

nVery soon…

nLu Ming drew the last stroke on the back of the blank card.

nBuzz——

nA touch of brilliance flashed.

nAll the lines surfaced at that moment. They became partly visible. The front of the card that used to be blank had a diamond spar pattern.

nThat was the Energy Stone.

nThe blank card had become a brand new Energy Card.

n“One-star Energy Card!”

nLu Ming was thrilled.

nAlthough Little Lu Ming had many memories of successfully creating cards, this was the first time that he had succeeded by himself. This feeling, after all, was still very magical.

nOf course.

nHe succeeded with the help of a design plan. What if he had not had a design plan?

nHe would then need the Original Card.

nThe Original Card could seal all sorts of abilities and turn them into a card. One could then draw according to the lines on the back of the Original Card, creating a new card!

nThis was the power of the Card Creator!

n“Original Card.”

nLu Ming raised his hand.

nWhoosh!

nLights flashed.

nA card appeared on his hand, It was a card that was full of energy.

nBuzz——

nLights shimmered.

nA crystal clear card rotated in front of him. There was a faint light on the card. It was sparkling. This was his Original Card, and this was the basis of the Card Creator!

nTheoretically.

nOne could make use of the Original Card to seal abilities.

nThen, the back of the card would show lines. As long as one drew according to the lines, one could create new cards and one would become very powerful. Unfortunately…

nLittle Lu Ming had zero use of the Original Card.

nThe reason was simple—his energy level was too low!

nThe minimum requirements of the Original Card sealing ability were that the energy contained in the Original Card must be higher than the energy that one wanted to seal. This was the only way to succeed!

nIf one tried to use an Original Card that contained an energy level of one hundred to seal an energy level of two hundred…

n…One would definitely die!

nThe energy level of Lu Ming’s Original Card was only at forty-eight points!

nAn Energy Card contained one hundred points. That was to say if Lu Ming did not have the design plan, he would not be able to create the Energy Card!

nHe only had a miserable forty-eight points of energy!

nFor every Energy Card that he created, he needed an Energy Stone to help him to create the card!

nTo put it bluntly, his work now was simple conversion. He was responsible for converting the Energy Stone into an Energy Card. That was all. His task was the most menial work. He was the top among the menial gang.

nThat was what he remembered.

nAt least from Lu Ming’s limited memory.

nOne time he asked a low-ranking classmate like him to cast a Fireball on him, while he tried to seal it. In the end, he had to lay in the sickbay for a month before he could get up.

nHe failed to seal the energy and the Fireball exploded on him.

nThe Fireball was one of the lowest skills, but it required fifty points of energy.

nHe was unable to seal it.

nIn simple terms, his capacity was not enough.

nIt was impossible to record a 8G romance action movie onto a 4G disc! He could purchase the design plan for the Fireball and make use of the Energy Stone to make up for the low energy level to draw…

nBut he could not afford it!

nOf course, the most important thing was that the Fireball was one of the most basic skills. There was an abundance of sealed cards. Any shop would have lots of Fireball cards.

nIt was useless to buy them!

nThere were at least ten shops that sold them on his street!

nEarning money?

nThere was simply no way of doing that.

nSo…

nThe pitiful Little Lu Ming decided to earn money through Energy Cards.

nHe could mass create Energy Cards. On the one hand, he could earn some meager money and on the other hand, he could increase his level. As his energy increased, he would be able to seal more abilities and create the cards to make money.

nIn fact, his decision made sense.

nIt was a pity…

nHe was unable to pay the interests of his debts.

n“Loan…”

nLu Ming stared at the countdown at the top right corner. “Fifteen days.”

nIf he did not repay the debts within fifteen days, he might really be forced to sing “Chrysanthemum Terrace” 1. Chrysanthemum Terrace is a famous Mandopop song sung by Jay Chou, that depicts melancholic and sorrowful feelings. As for contacting his parents and older sister…

nWell…

nForget it.

nIt would be worse if they found out the truth.

nLu Ming would never do it unless he was left with no choice.

n“One hundred thousand yuan.”

nLu Ming looked at the small account book on the table.

nThe shop was meant to dupe his elder sister. He only rented it for two months. In addition to the cards that he bought to keep up appearances, he spent a total of twenty thousand yuan.

nIf he worked hard, he should be able to pay his debts.

nHowever, the problem lay with the interest, particularly the loan’s interest. Hehe… when the debtors had come the previous time, the twenty thousand yuan that he owed them had snowballed into fifty thousand yuan.

nOh.

nWhen they came the next time, it might become one hundred thousand yuan.

n“This is troublesome.”

nLu Ming sighed.

nThe local tyrants were indeed vicious, particularly to Lu Ming who had no fighting prowess. It was not his first option to retaliate by force.

nAt least not for now.

nSo…

nHis biggest problem was finding out how he to come up with one hundred thousand yuan within fifteen days.

n“Earn money…”

n“Cards…”

nLu Ming was deep in thoughts.

nThe only skill that he had was creating cards. Furthermore, he only had the basic Energy Card. He was not qualified to deal with other cards.

nEven if he could use them, they were not worth much.

nOr perhaps…

nLu Ming scanned the shop.

nBack then he bought a lot of cards to keep up appearances and they had yet to be sold. Many of them were low-level Attack Cards. But he was not qualified to duplicate them.

nHe did not have enough energy.

nIn the end…

nLu Ming’s gaze rested on one of the cards.

n“Illusion Card…”

nThere was a sparkle in Lu Ming’s eyes.

nThere were all sorts of cards.

nSince the cards could seal all sorts of characteristics, therefore, theoretically, as long as the card could seal the energy, it could become another card!

nTherefore, one card could cover almost all vocations and all abilities!

nThe Illusion Card was the card that was created after sealing an illusion. The Illusion Card contained a fully built illusion!

nFor example…

nThe card in front of him.

nIt was a one-star Illusion Card. It could be used to create an illusion cage to trap the enemy. The authenticity was low and the stability was bad. This was one of the most basic Illusion Cards.

nThe energy level was sixty points.

nOne needed to have at least sixty points of energy level to duplicate this card.

nHe did not intend to duplicate this card. He did not have enough energy, and even if he duplicated the card, it was worthless! There was an abundance of such lowest-level cards.

nHe just thought of something.

nAccording to Little Lu Ming’s memory, the stability of the illusion was related to the energy. The more powerful the illusions were, the higher the energy they had and the higher the stability, and therefore the more powerful they would be.

nHowever…

nWhat if he did not have any energy?

nWhat if he could create a simple and basic illusion? If he only created some facilities that did not have any energy? The energy that would be needed would be so much lower!

nThis was basic knowledge and theory. In that case… What illusion could he create that did not require energy?

n“It’s worth a try.”

nLu Ming was deep in his thoughts.

nHe was not worried about finding an Illusionist. There were many illusions students from the technical college. Lu Ming felt that he could get one easily.

nAt the thought of this, Lu Ming took out his cell phone.

nThis world did not put much focus on the development of technology. But even so, due to the existence of energy, developments were still very advanced.

nIn general, the technology was much more advanced than in his previous life.

n“Zhang Xiaopang, I have a job for you. Do you want to take it or not?” Lu Ming asked.

nZhang Xiaopang was one of his classmates.

nLu Ming chose him for a simple reason. Out of all the Illusionists that he knew, this guy was the worst and the cheapest.

n“What job is it?” Zhang Xiaopang raised his voice by three octaves.

n“A simple illusion. You create it while I seal it. Eight hundred yuan.” Lu Ming continued.

n“Too low.” Zhang Xiaopang disagreed with the price. “The price is not enough to cover the energy consumed.”

n“Alright, forget it.” Lu Ming hung up the cell phone.

nThe cell phone rang one second later. Zhang Xiaopang’s voice could be heard over the phone. “Bro, where are you? I will come right over. You should reimburse me for the two yuan of transport fees.”

n“Scram!” Lu Ming did not treat him nicely.

nIf he gave in at this time, he would ask for a higher price.

n“I am at the shop.” Lu Ming replied brusquely.

nTo him, eight hundred yuan was extra income. After all, even if he was not paid for it, he should take it as a chance to cultivate.

nIn that case…

nHe should check whether his plans could work.

nLu Ming thought about it, taking out a pen and paper and began to draft out his thoughts.

nVery soon…

nZhang Xiaopang arrived panting heavily.

n“What illusions do you want? Super sister or Lolita? Queen series or air stewardess?”

nZhang Xiaopang seemed to know a lot about illusions.

nLu Ming: “??? What have you people from the illusions faculty been doing as part-time jobs?!!!”

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