Chapter 165: Wait, Let Me Put My Arms Akimbo
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
In Qing Ming City.
At the shop.
Lu Ming was researching on the web on how to write a declarative statement.
“Ah! Master, you’re going to write a declarative statement!”
Xiaobai was very curious.
Wow.
Master had been idling at the shop every day. She had almost forgotten that he was also a student.
“Yes.”
Lu Ming did not know whether to laugh or cry. “It’s not easy to write one.”
“Let me do it.”
Xiaobai was very happy. “I often write these.”
Lu Ming paused for a moment before glancing at Xiaobai. “You often write them?”
“Yes.”
Xiaobai nodded. “Those students are very dumb. They copy whatever I do. My teachers are afraid that they will feel despair about life. So, they often ask me to write declarative statements.”
“In Primary School?”
Lu Ming was surprised.
Were primary school students nowadays that mature and realistic?
“No, secondary school.”
Xiaobai shook her head.
Lu Ming was speechless.
Oh, he had forgotten that this girl was a genius.
Therefore, perhaps the then ten-year-old Xiaobai had to educate the group of fourteen or fifteen-year-old junior high school students: Your intellect is lower. Please don’t learn from me…
Tsk tsk.
Why was that scene so funny?
Wait a minute.
Lu Ming suddenly came to his senses. Oh, c.r.a.p. I seem to be part of the group who was educated…
“Forget it.”
Lu Ming suddenly lost his interest.
If he were to let Xiaobai write this, most probably, the entire statement would be about how suave her master was, his good looks, how formidable he was and so on… It would not be convincing at all, although these were facts.
“Well…”
Lu Ming pondered for a moment. He could let the dean find someone to write this.
After all…
He contacted Lu Ming only to seek his agreement. Hence, he contacted the dean.
“Okay.”
The dean agreed readily. He also felt that he should let a professional handle this matter. Coincidentally, there was someone in the school who specialized in this!
After half an hour, he returned Lu Ming’s call.
“It has been written. Do you want to take a look?” the dean asked.
“That fast?”
Lu Ming was shocked.
“They are professionals in such matters.”
The dean was very proud. The First Academy had elites from various major professions and they vanquished all kinds of core careers, even writing statements was not an exception.
Dee—
Download complete.
He opened the declarative statement.
Lu Ming merely took a glance and was astonished.
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h.e.l.lo everyone, I am Lu Ming, the Card Creator in the video. I believe everyone must be feeling very puzzled now as to whether a Card Creator is really that powerful?
There is a definite answer.
So, today, I will tell everyone how to become a Card Creator with a very strong combat ability.
First, foundation.
A one-star cultivator needs to pick up lamination.
This is the most basic condition. I won’t elaborate. You can research on your own or buy some copyrights. Actually, it is very simple to learn it.
Similar to the Sword Aura of Swordsman, in the past, my elder sister also learned Sword Aura when she was at a one-star level.
Of course.
Forget it if you’re already beyond three-stars. It will be too embarra.s.sing.
Everyone can give it a try.
Second, innovation.
This is even easier. You can casually think of an ability card that the Card Creators a.s.sociation doesn’t have. That will do.
I created both Fruit Ninja and Leviathan when I had spare time outside my cultivation, to earn some resources for myself. Of course, most importantly, to widen my creative mind.
Therefore, although this is very simple, you have to complete this too.
Third, Swordsman technique.
The most powerful attack is the Swordsman technique.
Although it is very hard to cultivate to be a Swordsman, as a Card Creator, you don’t need to cultivate. You just have to seal the cards. Hence, this is not difficult too.
Everyone can find some five-star Swordsmen and then seal some surmounting ability. That will do.
Of course.
It’s fine if you don’t have any such friends. You can purchase them at the shops.
I remember that a three-star surmounting Swordsman ability only cost ten million yuan. It’s still very worth it.
Interested ones can buy them.
Fourth…
Fifth…
…
Finally.
Thank you for your support.
Those who can achieve the above seven conditions, I will term them as “Combat Card Creator”.
This is the minimum prerequisite of this profession.
Over here, I hope everyone can also become a Combat Card Creator.
Yours truly.
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Was this really him?
Lu Ming was taken aback.
He was as exhausted as a dog when he studied lamination, okay?!
And innovation. In order to find a suitable card that also had a certain user addiction and influence like Fruit Ninja, all of his hair almost dropped.
Not to mention the last few points!
Lu Ming took a glance and dared not believe that he was the person that they were writing about. This declarative statement had vividly portrayed that fronting and complacent style in an inconspicuous manner!
Even he felt like putting his arms akimbo after reading it.
It was super amazing!
However…
Although the content was boastful, it could attract lots of beatings from others!!!
Even he felt like beating himself up after reading this statement!
He really deserved a beating.
“Humph!
It’s not truthful at all.”
Xiaobai pouted her lips.
“Xiaobai knows master best.”
Lu Ming rubbed Xiaobai’s head. Should he let Xiaobai write one?
“Of course.”
Xiaobai happily lifted her chest. “Master is much more brilliant than what they wrote. There is also Burial Mound Brother and the most formidable Full Moon!”
Master had gone through a lot of things.
Although the card spirit was a secret and they could not write about that, there were many other things to write about. There was also a very important point that they didn’t write. Master was very good-looking!
Snort!
The people from The First Academy were not good at writing at all.
Xiaobai pursed her lips.
Lu Ming was silent.
This was shocking!
Was this not enough?
What was he like in Xiaobai’s eyes?!
Lu Ming suddenly felt a little guilty.
Cough.
Fortunately, he did not let this girl write it.
“It’s okay.”
Lu Ming consoled Xiaobai. “It’s a small matter. Don’t need to take it to heart. Think about it, what if I am too brilliant and people come acknowledging me as their master. What to do then?”
Eh?
After pondering, Xiaobai thought so too.
“Oh, I won’t change it then.”
Xiaobai restrained her eagerness to try.
“Yes.”
Lu Ming heaved a sigh of relief.
Hence…
The dean invited someone to edit and beautify the format before posting it on the forums of The First Academy.
In the various discussion topics about whether a Card Creator was the most powerful profession, Lu Ming’s so-called declarative statement appeared at the top of the web frame.
Everyone went to take a glance.
Eh?
It was actually Lu Ming?
He actually issued a complete combat strategy of a Card Creator!
However, when everyone clicked and read it, their mood soured. Actually, when they read about lamination, the laymen could not really understand. However, when they saw Sword Aura…
Everyone understood.
It was as simple as the Sword Aura of a Swordsman?!
Wait a minute.
Wasn’t a Swordsman’s Sword Aura a prerequisite for a four-star level? When did it become the basic requirement of a one-star?
Also, toward the end of the statement, he created Fruit Ninja and Leviathan during his spare time??? When had it been that easy to create a brand new card?
Additionally, what was surmounting ability?
Was it edible?
Many people did not even possess advanced abilities, much less surmounting ability!
And that ten million yuan…
What a joke.
If they really had ten million yuan, did they still need to worry?
Many people felt annoyed when they read this. Especially the content at the end, why was it so antagonizing?
Sword Aura?
One-star?
Was that possible?
It must be fake!
Why was this person called Lu Ming full of bulls.h.i.+t?
Interesting?
Hence…
They investigated Lu Ming’s sister, Sword Aura and then saw how the then Lu Yan, a one-star cultivator, released the Sword Aura…
There was pin-drop silence.
Oh.
So, Lu Ming’s elder sister was really someone who cast Sword Aura when she was a one-star!
Lu Yan…
They seemed to have heard about her story…
Lu Ming…
They seemed to have heard about his story because of Fruit Ninja too…
Even if they had not, they would see some small news articles after searching the web. Of course, this was not the main point. The main point was… The content of this declarative statement was actually true?
One-star lamination!
Surmounting ability!
So, these were the standards of a Combat Card Creator?!
They could not afford to learn them! They could not afford to learn them!
On the day itself.
Half the applications for a career switch in The First Academy had been withdrawn.
The next day.
More applications had been withdrawn.
On the third day, the applications wanting to switch from a combat profession to Card Creator had almost disappeared without a trace…
They were not fools.
Initially, they were stunned as they did not understand this profession. After reading that shameless declarative statement of Lu Ming, everyone understood this profession better.
If they were to change a profession, their vocation core would be wasted and they had to cultivate from start again…
Who would do a career switch to an auxiliary profession?
As to that so-called special profession Combat Card Creator?
Was that a role that everyone could take on?
Do you have an elder sister with surmounting ability?
Do you have an elder sister who could use Sword Aura at the one-star level?
Do you have an elder sister who could bring you to places of trials?
No.
If you don’t, then you have to endure.
It was to the extent that…
To calm the storm, in the forum of The First Academy with the poll on the strongest fighting vocation… The Card Creator, which initially topped the polls, had been changed to —
Combat Card Creator!
Thicker.
Darker.
Bold and long fonts that were extremely eye-catching.
At this moment.
The matter about the strongest vocation of the year finally came to a close with Lu Ming creating a new vocation from scratch.
At this very moment…
In the forums, after constant refinements, the requisites for switching career to a Combat Card Creator had eventually evolved from Lu Ming’s initial seven conditions to one condition —
To have a sister like Lu Yan.
…
In Qing Ming City.
Inside the shop.
“It’s so infuriating.”
Xiaobai was unhappy when she read the comments on the forums.
“Don’t you like Sister Lu Yan very much?”
Lu Ming was silent.
“But I like master even more,”
Xiaobai said seriously. She felt a little aggrieved. “Clearly, master achieved all these through hard work and efforts in cultivating…”
She did not like her master to be misunderstood by others.
Her master was super brilliant and not what they described him to be!
They were all bad guys.
“Um,” Lu Ming said softly, “It’s quite good that way too. Sister is not taking advantage of me either. Hmm… This is called protection.”
“Protection?”
Xiaobai was confused.
“Yes, protection.”
A trace of a smile emerged on Lu Ming’s face. “Before a young bird’s wing feathers are fully grown, someone will always stand in front of it to s.h.i.+eld it from dangers. This is called protection.”
“Oh.”
Xiaobai seemed to have understood a little.
Protection…
“Just like how master protects me?” Xiaobai muttered to herself.
“Of course.”
Lu Ming rubbed her little head. “Therefore, we have to work harder.”
“Yes.”
Xiaobai’s mood was suddenly lifted.
Protection…
She wanted to grow up faster so that she could protect her master in the future!
…
It was very late at night.
Lu Ming started reading after eating his dinner.
In a few days, he had already finished reading four-star teaching material!
He was making good progress!
At this learning rate, he felt that he would be able to create that big shot dressed in female clothing soon!
Also…
There was research on Standalone Cards.
Well…
Lu Ming pondered deeply for a moment.
“Xiaobai.
Do you understand what is a Standalone Card?”
Lu Ming suddenly asked.
“Not really.”
Xiaobai shook her head.
The information in the textbooks was mostly about cards with series!
The reason was that for cards with series, after studying the one-star lines, you will most probably need to use the same ability again when you study its subsequent two-star knowledge!
This would reduce the study time tremendously!
It was very practical.
Standalone Card?
It was usually a standalone ability!
Certainly, some of the abilities were quite good but they were too tedious to study. Hence, the textbooks would not carry information about these abilities without a series.
“You still have to know them.”
Lu Ming said seriously, “It’s certainly faster and more time-saving when you learn cards that have a series. However, you don’t need those cards at all. This is because your talent means that you won’t find it hard to learn any cards, regardless of their difficulty levels! Therefore, you can always learn how to create better cards!”
“Oh.”
After thinking, Xiaobai said, “I still have the full moon.”
She could study full moon for a long time.
Full moon did not travel in straight lines!
She read in the textbooks that the Swordsman’s Sword Aura could travel in straight lines. It was not the same as full moon which would twist and turn as if it was drunk?
She was not obedient at all!
“This child…”
Lu Ming smiled. “You can’t favor just one particular subject when you are studying. You have to learn Standalone Cards too. Even if you don’t create them, you have to understand how the Standalone Cards are used. In this way, you will be able to defend against and crack them in a fight. Understand?”
Lu Ming heaved continuous sighs. “This is what I have learned from the Lunar Shadow legacy.”
“Oh.”
Xiaobai seemed to have understood a little.
Nevertheless, since that was what master had experienced, it must be something very precious.
Master is so good to me!
“So…
Master specially bought you a book t.i.tled “The Complete Guide to Standalone Cards”…
Remember to seek reimburs.e.m.e.nts from your dad,” Lu Ming continued.
“Okay.”
Xiaobai nodded obediently.
She was very clear that she could only widen her knowledge by reading more.
“Good.”
Lu Ming felt very glad. He then hit the books again.
Hence…
The master-disciple pair began to read. And at the corner of the shop, a certain Original Card was diligently cultivating…