As if seeing what Lu Chenxing was thinking, Zhan Wushuang burst out laughing, “Don’t you worry, Shadow One doesn’t have a habit of peeking at you peeing. To him, the shadow is like a door, and behind the shadow is a world only he can enter.”
“You have a trace of his aura left on you. If you encounter a life-threatening danger, he will naturally appear.”
“As for your parents’ matter, I will ask a friend to help inquire about it. I will notify you as soon as there is news. For now, just focus on your cultivation.”
No matter what kind of martial artist Zhan Wushuang was, the fact that he could sit in the position of City Lord meant that he was not entirely a reckless man.
Just now, using the topic of the Church of the Myriad Gods, Lu Chenxing brought up his parents’ matter, which was clearly an attempt to get him to help inquire about it, and he couldn’t refuse.
This kid is a shrewd one!
However, Zhan Wushuang didn’t dislike it. He looked at Lu Chenxing’s retreating figure, turning his head back every three steps, and couldn’t help but smile. Talented yet not arrogant, knowing when to advance and retreat without being presumptuous. Although he didn’t know what his talent was, just based on his unique knowledge system, he would likely achieve something in the future.
To prevent others from treating him like a fool or exposing Shadow One’s existence, Lu Chenxing resisted the urge to look back at his shadow when he stepped out of the hospital, but knowing there was someone inside made it hard not to care.
Soon, he arrived at the entrance of Super Martial Card Shop. It seemed to be dismissal time, and everyone was discussing the same thing in small groups.
“Did you see that? The Mayor’s secretary has a really good figure! If I were the Mayor, tsk tsk tsk~ I wouldn’t even dare to imagine!”
“So the point isn’t that Liang Shouji, that idiot, got arrested? You were just looking at the Mayor’s secretary, right?”
“What do you mean ‘I’ looked? Didn’t you look?”
“Liang Shouji must have embezzled a lot these past few years, right? Many of our cultivation resources were withheld by him for various reasons. It’s a good thing he’s arrested now!”
“...”
Listening to the passersby discussing Liang Shouji’s arrest, Lu Chenxing let out a long sigh of relief, his eyes sparkling. He was no longer like before he awakened, only capable of silent resistance. Now, he had his own abilities and connections!
“A gentleman’s revenge is not too late in ten years; a petty man’s revenge is from morning till night!”
...
Three days passed in a flash. During these three days, the Card Maker Association operated at full capacity. All Card Makers worked non-stop, frantically producing “Probing Technique” and “Dispelling Technique” cards.
In a city with tens of millions of people, there were nearly a hundred thousand Card Makers alone! Coupled with the participation of high-level Card Makers, in three days, the influenza virus had vanished without a trace from Loshen City!
Just as quickly as the virus spread, it disappeared just as rapidly!
People wearing masks were no longer seen on the streets, and Card Shops in the market had also stocked up on “Probing Technique” and “Healing Technique” cards.
After all, these two types of cards were genuinely effective for treating illnesses. Although they could only treat some first and second-tier ailments, they were still very popular.
Inside the Super Martial Card Shop, Lu Chenxing sat idly, making Bombardment Art cards. He already had forty-one Bombardment Art cards in his hand!
The reason he made so many cards in three days was that after Liang Shouji was arrested, his sense of crisis diminished significantly, so he spent his time cultivating and making cards.
However, three days passed, and his shop remained deserted, with no customers. So, he made four cards in the morning, cultivated to restore his state through visualization at noon, made another four cards in the afternoon, and cultivated again at night...
During this period, he also found a way to restore his magic power!
This was a special technique involving some mathematical logic and time magic, but simply put, it calculated the remaining magic power in Lu Chenxing’s body as “1,” and every second, this technique would duplicate a “1,” with the recovery amount equal to his current maximum magic power.
However, this technique had two problems. The first was a very long cooldown time, usable only once every 24 hours.
The second problem was that this “1” was calculated based on his remaining magic power. This meant that the more magic power he had remaining, the faster it would recover; the less he had remaining, the slower it would recover.
However, Lu Chenxing was still very satisfied. After all, having an extra tube of blue out of thin air meant he could do more things. He named this technique “Backup Energy 1.0.”
Thus, he could make twelve cards a day, thirty-six in three days. Adding the four he made after returning from the Card Maker Association and the one he kept, it totaled exactly forty-one.
“Sigh, when will President Long bring the military personnel? I’ve been waiting forever~” Lu Chenxing sighed after finishing the four cards for the morning, but he also knew this couldn’t be rushed. So, he packed up, ready to go eat.
Through card making, his mental strength became increasingly resilient and stronger. At this point, his mental strength had already reached the late first-tier, only his magic power was a little short. After he finished eating and cultivated with a crystal core, he should be able to break through.
Just as he was packing up, there was a sudden knock on the door, and a soft female voice asked, “Excuse me, is anyone here?”
The Card Shop had not had any customers since it opened, so the sudden arrival of someone made Lu Chenxing stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and said, “Yes, come in!”
Then, a girl in a white dress walked in. Under her nearly shoulder-length short hair, a cute face was looking around the shop.
“May I help you?” Lu Chenxing looked at his first customer, a slight smile unconsciously appearing on his face, as this was indeed a process from zero to one.
The girl looked at the pale-faced Lu Chenxing and asked hesitantly, “It says outside that custom terrain cards are available. Is that true?”
Custom card making was generally a service only offered by particularly powerful Card Shops. She didn’t expect to see it in a Card Shop within her university.
“Yes, that’s right. We can also customize some functional cards, but only first-tier ones.” Lu Chenxing said with a smile, not explaining why only first-tier ones could be customized. Anyway, for now, there were only first-tier ones, so it was a matter of whether she wanted them or not!
The girl in the pink skirt thought for a moment and said, “Then, if possible, I Hope to customize a terrain card, water attribute, the kind with rain. Can you do that?”
“Yes.” Lu Chenxing wrote down the girl’s information in his notebook while asking, “What kind of rain do you want? Misty rain of Jiangnan? Drizzling rain? Or a torrential downpour?”
“A torrential downpour, I guess.”
“Oh, do you want to add lightning?”
“Huh?” The girl in the pink skirt was a bit stunned. This was her first time getting a custom card, was the degree of freedom really this great?
“I said, do you want to add lightning?” Lu Chenxing looked up and repeated what he had just said.
“Add... if I add it, will it cost extra?” The girl in the pink skirt touched her wallet, asking with some heartache.
“We haven’t talked about the price yet. I will quote you based on your needs, and if you think it’s too expensive, you can change it.”