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nChapter 72: I Think We Can Salvage It

nTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

nIn Qing Ming City.

nAt night.

nLu Ming had returned to the shop.

nIt was an impromptu decision to go on the expedition. If not for Brother Cat who had made the request, he would never risk his life to go to such a place, especially since it was the place of a four-star cultivator who was living in seclusion!

nIs it okay to steal?

nRude!

nLu Ming shot a look of hatred at the the black cat, before he put the Charging Card aside properly.

nOf course.

nThis was not the point!

nAlthough the four-star cultivator was very scary, he had the black cat to protect him as well as the Swordsman Card. Lu Ming was not worried at all, after all, he did not need to engage in real battle!

nHe was felt fear and trepidation because of the World of Darkness and Shadows!

nThat place…

nWhat the hell was going on?

nHow was it formed?

nEveryone had turned into strange shadows.

nCould it be an illusion?

nWhy was there such a large illusion?

nWhy was it that real human beings could go there?

nHe had no idea.

nOh, of course, perhaps other people could not pass as well. He was able to do that due to the black cat’s ability to go from reality to illusion.

nThe black cat pressed its paws on his forehead and there seemed to be a flashing paw mark on his forehead.

nThat feeling…

nLu Ming touched his forehead.

nWell…

nCould it be that it was due to the small paw mark and hence he was able to go to the World of Darkness and Shadows?

nThat was the only explanation that Lu Ming could think of.

nIt was a pity…

nThe black cat was sleeping and no one could give him an explanation.

nThe mysterious World of Darkness and Shadows was an eye-opener for him. All kinds of evil and killing products were on sale, there was an established assassin organization system…

nWhat he saw might be only a small part of it!

nPeople were treated as dirt!

nLu Ming felt a chill inside his heart.

nIt turned out that…

nPeople’s lives were that worthless!

nWhat if someone ordered people to kill him?

nLu Ming dared not think further.

nThis world was even more dangerous than he imagined!

nOh, right, Jiang Feng!

nLu Ming was suddenly reminded of his comrade Jiang Feng who was being hunted countless times. He was after all Xiaobai’s father. He wondered how he was doing now.

nHe would not even answer phone calls…

nThings must be a little tricky now.

nLu Ming felt that he should ask after him. After all, if anything happened to the principal, he would have to think of other ways to get the money for his textbooks…

nAt the thought of this…

nLu Ming gave a phone call to Jiang Feng.

n“Is anything the matter?”

nJiang Feng sounded calm and collected like before.

n“I heard from Teacher An that you have not been going to school for days.”

nLu Ming had already thought of how to broach the topic.

n“Oh. I am enjoying the hot spring in the suburbs.”

nJiang Feng was unaffected.

nHe was indeed a legend!

nLu Ming was full of emotions.

nLook at him, he was being hunted down yet he could be so nonchalant about it.

nWho could be able to do that?

nHowever…

nRight then, there was someone who was calling for a number on the other end of the phone. “Would customer number 325 please…”

nWait a minute!

nWas he really enjoying the hot spring?!

nLu Ming was rendered speechless.

n“Why didn’t you answer Xiaobai’s phone calls?”

nLu Ming felt puzzled.

n“What do you think?”

nJiang Feng was exasperated. “A shameless person kept asking my daughter everyday for the money for his textbooks…”

nLu Ming felt embarrassed.

nThe principal had misunderstood him.

n“Rest assured that I am not here to ask for the money for the textbooks.” Lu Ming hurried to assure him. “I bought testing equipment a few days ago for Xiaobai’s cultivating test…”

nRing!

nRing!

nIt turned into a busy signal on the other end of the phone.

n“Tsk tsk.”

nLu Ming shook his head. “Parents nowadays… aren’t prepared to fork out some money. In that case how can their children win at the starting line and surpass others?”

nHowever…

nHe felt at ease now that he knew that Jiang Feng was alright.

nXiaobai was still very young.

nHe was merely her teacher. He had no wish to look after her like her father in the future…

nThat would be asking too much of him!

nThe sky gradually turned dark.

nLu Ming thought about it and closed the door, before he took out the only thing that he had from his expedition—the mysterious Charging Card!

nWhat was an Energy Card?

nIn general, it was the basic requirement for each level!

nFor example—

nOne-star Energy Card would have 100 points of energy.

nTo people in the one-star stage and with an upper limit of one thousand points of energy, a one-star Energy Card was the most suitable card. One could charge it anytime and it was convenient to use. There would be no energy leak.

nIt was the same for two-star and three-star.

nThe Energy Card for a specific stage represented the basic requirement for that stage.

nAs for the Charging Card…

nIt was something special.

nIn general it would far exceed the Energy Card of the same stage.

nFor example—

nTwo-star Charging Card!

nIn general its energy level would be between a two-star Energy Card and a three-star Energy Card!

nThe price would vary according to the energy level. Basically, it was selling one’s energy for money! This was what Teacher An did back then.

nHowever…

nHow much energy was this Charging Card charged with?

nAt the thought of this…

nHe inserted the card into the test equipment quietly.

nDee—

nIt was scanning the algorithm—

nIt had already found the associated data and was analyzing it—

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nCard Name: Charging Card

nCard Rating: four-star.

nEnergy Level: ??? (Warning: This equipment is unable to test energy level higher than four-star. Please purchase a four-star expansion plug-in package to improve this module)

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n“It was indeed four-star!”

nLu Ming’s eyes lit up.

nTrue enough.

nHe knew it.

nThe card that a four-star big shot used would definitely be at least a four-star card! He did not really care that the equipment was unable to detect the exact energy level.

nHe did not bother to know its specific energy level!

nThe energy must be sufficient for him to cultivate for a long while!

nCultivation…

nLu Ming swept his gaze over the Original Card.

nHe had spent many days drawing quite a number of Burial Mound Cards.

nThe cultivation speed of this card was average like the Demolition Card. However, since it was a higher level card, the resources that were depleted were half of that of the Demolition Card.

nIt was very efficient!

nThis was a qualified Cultivation Card!

nIf he used it to cultivate, he would get twofold results with half the effort.

nHowever…

nThe Burial Mound Warrior was fairly powerful. Although it was not as good in being offensive, it had strong defense abilities! It was a pity that Lu Ming was not qualified to use it!

nThe energy requirement was too high!

nHe could not possibly carry bulky equipment around with him every time he was out.

nIt would be too foolish!

nIt would be too heavy!

nAlthough the Burial Mound Card needed three thousand points of energy, and was being reduced to an ordinary three-star card requirement, Lu Ming felt that there was still room for further reduction.

nFor example—

nSuperimpose another layer of Energy Card?

nIf the three thousand points Burial Mound Card was superimposed with an Energy Card, how many points of energy would be reduced?!

nLu Ming felt energized.

nEnergy Card!

nThis was the most standard structural lines of all time.

nLu Ming once tried to integrate seven one-star Energy Cards together to know the resulting lines, and it was a two-star Energy Card…

nThat was the best outcome.

n“If I superimpose the card…”

nLu Ming tried to superimpose the lines of a two-star Energy Card onto the Burial Mound Card, and the energy consumption reduced from three thousand points to two thousand points!

n“Done!”

nLu Ming’s heart was stirring.

nIf he superimposed one more layer…

nHe began to work on adding the third layer.

nBam!

nThe card cracked.

nGiven his abilities now, he was unable to handle the superimposition of two two-star Energy Cards.

n“Am I still too weak?”

nLu Ming studied for a long time and had no other choice but to give up.

nThis was by far the lowest energy consumption. As long as he worked hard, there would be no problem if he increased his energy level to two thousand points.

n“This will do.”

nLu Ming was satisfied.

nHe would work on studying this card!

nThis was the only card so far that Lu Ming could use during battle, and it was the most powerful card for now!

nTherefore…

nHe had to study this card!

nHe felt that there was still room for improvement for this card!

nIt was true!

nLook, although the Burial Mound Warrior could not move, perhaps he could do something about it after laminating the cards?

n“I have to try to know.”

nLu Ming began working on it.

nThe first layer, Burial Mound Card.

nThe second layer, Quicksand Card.

nThe Quicksand Card was a two-star card. It was used to seal the ground loosening ability of the Elementalist. It could be used to create a small area of quicksand.

nWell…

nIn Lu Ming’s opinion, perhaps if he applied the Quicksand Card to the Burial Mound Card and the ground became loosened, the Burial Mound Warriors would be able to dig themselves out?

nSwoosh!

nThe card was released.

nThe Burial Mound Warrior who used to be burly turned to be as soft as quicksand. It seemed like the inflatable doll that was on sale at the small shops, swaying and twisting in the wind.

nLu Ming was speechless.

nHe wanted the ground to be loosened, why was it that the warriors turned soft instead?

nThe first layer, Burial Mound Card.

nThe second layer, Excavation Card.

nThe Excavation Card was a two-star card. It was used to seal the ground excavation ability of the Elementalist. It could be used to excavate a small area of pits.

nWell…

nThere should not be any problem now?

nSwoosh!

nThe card was released.

nThe Burial Mound Warrior that could only move its upper body previously was only left with a head, a silly smile on its face.

nLu Ming was speechless.

nDamn!

nWho told you to dig further down?!

nIf you continued to dig further down, you would be burying yourself alive?!

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