After finishing the morning class, Lin You went straight to his tutor Lin. On the way, he took out his mobile phone and logged into the official website of Jiangcheng University.
This official website cannot be entered whenever you want. Outsiders can only see a simple login interface. If you want to enter, you have to enter the student's unique password. The password is equivalent to a personal number. The number was known when Lin You bound the duel disk, and it is also used to enter the redemption mall.
After entering the official website, Lin You quickly found the official Rising Star List. Next to this list, there was also a Duel List, but Lin You was temporarily unable to query it because he did not have the authority.
If you want to check, you have to wait until he enters the third grade.
Of course, there is also a simple and crude way to quickly query, which is to type it in.
As for how to get there?
It’s simple. Once you reach the top of the Rising Star List, you can apply to transfer to the list.
If you really have that ability, privileges will come easily.
Without thinking that far, Lin You directly checked the Rising Star List.
The list says there are only 50 people on it, but in fact it refers to the number of places with prizes, and the long list has been expanded to 200 people.
Although there are no prizes for the remaining 150 places, being on the list may be a symbol of strength. There are 1,000 first- and second-year students in Jiangcheng University. Being among the top 200 of these 1,000 may not seem like a big deal at first glance, but don’t forget, this is Jiangcheng University!
A truly first-class university!
Being at the top of such a prestigious university has more practical significance than meets the eye.
I quickly scanned the list, and as I had imagined, since the school had just started, the 200 people on the Rising Star List were all sophomores, and this information was marked next to their names.
In addition to grade levels, the "recent battle situation" is also specifically noted, using winning and losing streaks to illustrate.
The person who currently ranks first on the list is a sophomore named Chen Yi, whose recent record is a streak of 14 consecutive victories.
Even if you reach the top of the rankings, there is still a chance of winning streaks, as long as someone challenges you.
But not everyone is qualified to challenge. The challenge rules are specially formulated. Only the top ten on the list are eligible to challenge the first place.
In other cases, the challenge is limited to thirty people, and you can only play low or high positions.
Otherwise, who knows how many people would come to join in the fun, just to experience the strength of No. 1 firsthand. Chen Yi is afraid that he will be in a lot of trouble.
After all, the challenger does not need to pay anything, and the challenged person must accept the challenge unless there are special circumstances.
Of course, there is also a restriction on challenge days. Every week, the challenge can only be launched on Sunday, four days a month, and the challenge is for the same object. Once the challenge fails, you cannot continue the challenge that month.
"Sunday..."
Lin You thought about it. Today is the 21st, Monday, and this week’s challenge day is on the 27th.
Yes, he has already had some ideas about the Rising Star List, but he doesn't know how valuable the list is.
It is naturally impossible to hope to be in the top 50 now, but Lin You is not in a hurry. He has just enrolled in school, so he will test the waters first.
While watching and thinking, Lin You unknowingly entered the mentor forest.
…
Black Source Courtyard.
Inside the laboratory.
When Lin You arrived, Heiyuan was lying on a rocking chair that had been brought from somewhere, drinking coffee leisurely.
As expected of Hei Yuan, who usually dresses very fashionably and looks extremely young at the age of 53, his favorite drinks are also different from those of Zheng Xian's group of elderly mentors. The other elderly mentors prefer to drink tea, which is elegant!
"Coming?"
Seeing Lin You coming in, Hei Yuan took a sip and slowly put down the coffee cup in his hand.
"teacher."
Lin You also greeted him with a smile, and then asked, "What are you learning today?"
"Reiatsu."
Hei Yuan answered simply. Seeing Lin You's surprise, he added, "There's nothing to be surprised about. This is due to your extraordinary starting point. Your current spiritual power is comparable to mine... ahem, mine when I first awakened. You've successfully entered the realm, and you're only 200 points away from the 'normal' level."
500 points of spiritual power is considered an ordinary-level psychic!
When Hei Yuan thought that Lin You had just awakened his spirit and was about to reach this level, he couldn't help but feel a little jealous. But when he thought that such a genius was his student, he felt a lot more relieved.
No matter what, we can't waste such a good seedling.
"Exerting spiritual pressure on cards is a required skill for mediums and a core competency. The only difference is the degree of skill. You now have the resources to attempt to apply spiritual pressure to the 'experimental card.'"
Hei Yuan was very confident, but Lin You was curious and asked, "Teacher, do experimental cards refer to one-star magic and trap cards?"
He still remembered what Heiyuan had said that day: the best experimental material for a novice psychic was a one-star card.
But at this moment, Hei Yuan shook his head and said with a smile: "It hasn't come to that yet."
He suddenly remembered what he had said before and added, "If you want to apply spiritual pressure to real magic and trap cards, it's best to wait until your spiritual power reaches 500. You have the capital to try now, but the failure rate is too high, which will easily affect your confidence. Besides, it's really unnecessary. In contrast, experimental cards are a material used exclusively by us mediums. They are levelless and we make them ourselves."
"Can a psychic also create cards like a card maker?"
Lin You was surprised again.
"no."
Hei Yuan denied it, "Every profession has its specializations. Although the card-making skills of most card makers seem crude to me, even low-level cards can't be created with pure soul power. They require mana and the use of materials. Learning is still a long way to go. Of course, for a powerful psychic like me, switching careers to become a card maker is no problem. It just takes some time to learn and understand, but the difficulty is far less than that of a psychic."
Is this true or false?
Can a psychic change careers so easily?
Doesn't that mean that a powerful psychic includes a 'card maker', and vice versa?
He always felt that the teacher was fooling him, but fortunately, Lin You was not dwelling on these things now, but focusing on what he could see.
"Okay, that's about it."
Hei Yuan didn't say much and naturally changed the subject, "Now I will tell you how to apply spiritual pressure to the card."
After saying this, the duel gloves in his hand flashed.
Heiyuan uses duel gloves, not because there are no duel disks available, but because gloves are more convenient and suitable for the laboratory.
Soon, a card appeared in his hand. From the outside, the card looked no different from an ordinary card, but there was no information engraved on the surface of the card. It was blank.
This blank card is what Heiyuan calls the experimental card.
"To apply spiritual pressure to a card, the first thing to do is to transform it into pure soul power."
As Heiyuan explained, he released his own magic power and signaled with his eyes. Lin You immediately did as he was told, and a faint blue magic power appeared in his hands.
But Lin You was still confused about how to complete the transformation.
"Don't worry, just release your spiritual power naturally."
Hei Yuan quickly said, "This is not a difficult task for you. Anyone with a certain level of talent can easily accomplish this. The truly difficult part is outlining the 'spiritual pattern'."
It all clicked, and Lin You began to release spiritual power. Unlike before, the spiritual power did not appear directly, but he could feel that the magic power in his hands was quietly surging.
This is transformation!
A minute later, the magic power in Heiyuan's hand had changed from dark blue to transparent, which was a very pure soul power, but there was no obvious movement on Lin You's side.
"That's normal."
Before Lin You could even raise any doubts, Hei Yuan explained, "The speed of transformation is related to the amount of spiritual power. The greater the spiritual power, the faster the transformation. Every bit of spiritual power is like a part of your body. They possess their own unique wisdom and can urge the magic power to transform faster. The more people urge it, the more active the magic power will transform."
Even someone as powerful as Black Source took a full minute to complete the transformation, but it was indeed not easy.
But in fact, this is just a big switch, like the main switch. It does take a long time to turn on the main switch, but once it is turned on, there is no need to make a second switch.
Closing the 'main switch' is effortless, just gather all your soul power.
…
Five minutes later.
The magic power in Lin You's hands finally turned into a transparent one. This was the pure power of the soul. Feeling the soul power in his hands, he couldn't help but feel refreshed as if his body and mind were cleansed.
"Then there will be trouble."
Heiyuan's expression became focused. He handed the experimental card in his hand to Lin You, and took out another one himself.
Lin You took the experimental card with his free hand, but his eyes subconsciously looked towards a certain place in the laboratory.
That was the test bench. Lin You still remembered that Hei Yuan had used the grooves there when he was outlining the spiritual patterns.
Hei Yuan clearly caught his gaze and said, "That's the 'Boosting Platform'. Spiritual patterns are drawn there, which has a certain strengthening effect on the finished material cards, but in return, the stability of the spiritual pressure release will be higher. You don't need to worry about it now."
Lin You nodded slightly. He was just suddenly curious and didn't think too much about it.
Seeing that he was concentrating, Hei Yuan continued, "Now, hold the card in one hand, don't hold it tight, just be casual. With the other hand, try to input your soul power into it and experience the feeling of spiritual pressure first."
"good."
Lin You, who had been eager to try it out for a long time, responded immediately and began to concentrate, but also carefully input the soul power in his hand into the card slowly.
Since it was his first time, Lin You simply treated his soul power as magic power. Having been training in magic power for a long time, his control over magic power was quite stable.
Soon, the transparent soul power began to slowly flow into the card held in the left hand.
The moment the soul power was injected, the card began to sway slightly like grass blown by the breeze.
"Don't worry about it."
Heiyuan suddenly spoke, and Lin You immediately gave up the idea of tightening his grip on the card, allowing the card in his hand to shake more vigorously. After a while, the card, which kept shaking more and more violently, finally lost control and fell to the ground in vain.
The application of spiritual pressure suddenly stopped.
Lin You was slightly dumbfounded and looked at Hei Yuan with some confusion.
How did it fall to the ground?
Lin You thought that Hei Yuan said 'don't worry' because the card in his hand could float in the air on its own after being infused with soul power, so that he wouldn't have to hold it with a slight distraction. But as a result, he didn't care and it just fell like that?
"It has nothing to do with whether you squeeze it tight or not."
Hei Yuan could probably guess some of Lin You's thoughts and said calmly, "The reason the card is shaking is that the soul power is not being injected smoothly. For a card of the First Star tier, stability is everything."
"Teacher, so, there was a problem with my initial injection?"
Lin You immediately realized the crux of the problem.
"good."
Hei Yuan's eyes shone with admiration. "It was shaky at first, simply because the input force was too strong, but it wasn't too unbalanced, so there was room for recovery. But later on, your rhythm became increasingly chaotic. Of course, that's understandable. For newcomers, even a stable start can still be difficult to continue smoothly, and a slight imbalance at the beginning is even more fatal."
"You don't have to worry, come again."
Heiyuan raised his hand and signaled Lin You to pick up the experimental cards on the ground.
Although experimental cards are weak and cannot be compared with star cards even if spiritual pressure is applied to them, they are not completely without advantages.
Its greatest advantage is its durability.
Since it has no special abilities, it can remain unharmed and be used again even when it is hit by chaotic spiritual pressure.
If it was a one-star magic card, it would have been destroyed on the spot after being destroyed by Lin You's spiritual pressure just now.
This saves training costs to a great extent.
It is not easy to be a psychic. Compared with a card maker, the cost of failure is much higher.
Therefore, psychics will not easily try some extreme operations. For example, a psychic master like Heiyuan has the ability to outline seven spiritual patterns and high-star cards, but the probability of failure is often more than 70%.
In this situation, stress is inevitable.
At this moment, Lin You, who had just experienced a failure, was not affected at all.
He is undoubtedly a very confident person, but he will not be too ambitious.
Self-confidence is also within the scope of self-confidence. Applying spiritual pressure to the cards is something you have just started with. If you can do it in one go, that is a myth.
Lin You quickly shifted his focus and began his second attempt.
This time, there is no need to convert the soul power from the beginning, so Lin You takes action directly.
Although the first attempt failed, he roughly felt the infusion of soul power. This process is controllable, and how much to inject is actually entirely up to himself.
Of course, for Lin You now, it is impossible to achieve absolute precision, there will be errors, but he can try to predict the errors and take them into account.
With this thought in mind, Lin You took action.
This time, the soul power was infused into the card at a slower and gentler pace.
The moment of injection, it shook!
It still shook, but the next moment, it became quiet again.
very good!
Lin You was certain in his heart that this was a good start.
He discovered one thing, this card was obviously very sensitive and couldn't stand too much teasing. Even though the previous actions had been very light, it still couldn't stand it.
Be more gentle!
With a light breath, Lin You reduced the intensity again and gently injected his soul power.
