7: Chapter 7 [Nagatoshi]'s homework and [Warrior]!!

"These, these, and these—I want them all."

Old Wang looked at Sun Po in surprise and asked with a trembling voice:

"Little Sun, you're a good kid, and Uncle Wang won't trick you. These items are all unsequenced materials that have been sitting unsold for years.

If you try to use them to make cards, failure is a minor issue; I'm afraid your life might be in danger."

Sun Po said with confidence:

"It's fine, Uncle Wang. I know what I'm doing."

Seeing this, Old Wang didn't try to persuade him further.

In the end, Sun Po acquired three large crates of materials for a bundled price of two million.

Of course, the money was borrowed from his beautiful and generous homeroom teacher.

"Beep! Payment completed."

Yang Xinyue looked at her depleted account balance on her phone and said heartbrokenly:

"I can't take this. After the Gaokao is over, you have to come with me to the secret realm to work manual labor, or I'm going to die poor."

Sun Po chuckled:

"I'll be there whenever you call! No words can express my gratitude!! Once I win the championship, I'll definitely get you a job as a counselor at the university."

"Pfft, nice pie in the sky~"

...

As soon as they returned to the courtyard, Sun Po couldn't wait to summon his [Changyou].

Three large crates of materials stacked neatly in the courtyard made quite a grand sight.

These materials all had low spirituality responses, but they were very cost-effective in terms of quality.

It was worth mentioning that two whole crates were book materials. Nothing else—mainly, his monkey loved to learn.

One crate contained other miscellaneous materials; after all, his [mod loading system] relied on materials to function.

The more materials he gathered, the more things he could potentially get.

Even if he couldn't use them now, there was no guarantee he wouldn't need them someday.

"[Changyou]!! Manifest!"

The [Changyou], who had been cooped up in the spiritual space for a while, still retained its dog-like habits.

The moment it came out, it pounced on Sun Po and licked his face all over.

"Ah, okay, okay, you had this habit back when you were a [Spirit Monkey]. Come on, kiddo, look at these."

As he spoke, he opened the two large crates of book materials and said:

"Kiddo, look, these are the extracurricular study materials Dad bought for you.

You're smart, so go wild and study hard!!"

The [Changyou]'s expression instantly changed. Holding its head, baring its teeth and grimacing, it was about to run away.

But as it turned around, it bumped headfirst into the newly summoned [Yang Wulang].

[Yang Wulang] rubbed his large bald head, looking utterly bewildered:

"Is the wine here?"

Yang Xinyue announced strictly:

"Wulang, starting today, you will be its study companion and study together with [Changyou]!"

[Yang Wulang] felt like he was going crazy.

He had just finished Yang Xinyue's cultural class with [Changyou] this morning, and his head was still pounding.

...

However, Sun Po was determined to give his kid a good push.

After all, he could only rely on rolling around to scrape by.

But his kid was a genius who learned the [Wulang Eight Trigrams Staff] in just one afternoon!

"Look, what you need to learn first is this one,

'Minor Cloud and Rain Art'. Although practicing it can only summon a light rain to irrigate crops,

it will definitely double the efficiency of your [Water Control] skill."

The [Changyou] actually seemed interested in this one, already picking it up and curiously flipping through it.

Sun Po excitedly pulled out another book to introduce:

"And this one, but Dad doesn't recognize the characters on it either. It seems to be something from the Bald Eagle Federation.

Something called 'Key Points and Precautions for Summoning Water Element'. No worries, Dad will buy you a foreign language dictionary."

The [Changyou] showed little interest in this one, even preparing to bite into it with its mouth.

Sun Po was completely immersed in the joy of sharing knowledge.

"The rest of these are martial arts manuals,

like 'Bodhidharma Staff Technique', 'Three Points Return to Origin Qi', and 'Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms'.

You can just flip through them casually; consider them extracurricular reading."

...

Two hours later, Sun Po pretended not to see the [Changyou]'s completely despondent monkey face,

and quickly went back into his room.

Buying this batch of book materials was also an experiment of his.

If the [Changyou] could still master these ancient texts as quickly as it had mastered the [Wulang Eight Trigrams Staff],

even if it couldn't master them in an afternoon, a day, three days, or a week would still be a profit.

After all, [Wulang Eight Trigrams Staff] could count as a MOD, so there was no reason [Minor Cloud and Rain Art] couldn't count as well.

If it succeeded, it meant he could add MODs risk-free;

although the speed might be slower, it had the advantage of being safe.

Of course, with the Gaokao approaching, he couldn't slack off himself either.

He had to start making his second card.

Sun Po gently opened the card-making kit for [Warrior],

The spiritual response emitted from the box was far less intense than that of the [changyou remains].

But precisely because these were sequenced materials, even though none exceeded Green-grade,

their price was many times higher than the Purple-grade material [changyou remains].

Sun Po gently picked up the material list and the operating instruction sheet, reading them carefully.

"[Dried Devious Infant Umbilical Cord] x1, [tomb-guard beasts wings] x2, [broken red earthworm] x1? [Two-Headed Crow Blood] x5g?"

Although it was not his first time making a card, every time Sun Po was shocked by such magical combinations of materials.

"Between 12:37 and 12:45 at night, cover both eyes with [tomb-guard beasts wings], and wrap [broken red earthworm] around the ring finger of your left hand.

Orally consume the pre-ground [Dried Devious Infant Umbilical Cord] powder mixed with [Two-Headed Crow Blood]? Then follow spiritual intuition to outline and complete the card making?"

This was practically identical to certain evil methods or sorcery in Sun Po's memory,

and he couldn't help but complain:

"No wonder there are so few clear card-making sequences. This ritual really is bizarre enough."

Saying so, he set about preparing.

...

Soon, the hands on the clock pointed to 12:37.

Following the procedure, Sun Po first wrapped the [broken red earthworm], which was as thick as a hair tie, around his left ring finger,

then took a mouthful of that indescribably tasting mixture,

laid down on the bed, and covered his eyes with the [tomb-guard beasts wings].

Before long, Sun Po felt dizzy all over, floating within a grey mist.

It was as if his spirit was wandering through the void, with countless weird, noisy, and indistinct sounds echoing in his ears.

Not knowing how long he floated, Sun Po only felt dim specks of light floating out from the endless grey mist ahead.

The specks of light were generally greyish-white, continuously gathering, growing more numerous and brighter,

but Sun Po already felt his vision growing blurry.

Sun Po knew this was a sign that his spirituality had reached its limit. He didn't dare delay,

so he quickly forced himself to cheer up, endured the dizziness, and heightened his focus.

He imagined himself as a paintbrush, tracing over the now bright white specks of light.

Wherever he traced, the specks of light continually extinguished.

Until no more specks of light emerged in the grey mist space, Sun Po finally reached his limit and passed out completely.

The next day, when Sun Po woke up, it was already noon.

He hurriedly communicated with his spiritual space. Looking around, the ground of the spiritual space was already tinged with light green, and some green grass had actually grown out.

"I ranked up?"

Sun Po had learned in textbooks that when vegetation begins to grow in the spiritual space, it is a sign of advancing to a Novice Card Maker.

At the same time, the capacity of the spiritual space and the recovery and nurturing speed of cards would both increase.

"Not bad, my spiritual space finally has a bit of vitality."

In the space, a burly, shirtless man with a back like a tiger and a waist like a bear stood straight, his face expressionless.

Sun Po read the card information of the burly man.

Name: [Warrior]

Quality: [White 9-Star]

Type: [Human/Mortal Race]

Description: [A street acrobat strongman, physically robust, possessing some strength]

Trait: [Strong Life]

The Warrior has strong bones and tough sinews, possessing a higher maximum Health limit.

Skills:

[Power Slam]

The Warrior charges at the target, lifts them up, and slams them down forcefully.

[Flying Stone Lock]

The Warrior throws the stone lock in hand, dealing physical damage to the target with a chance to inflict stun.

It worked! A second card!

And looking at this quality, it seems to be a perfect card creation!!

No wonder he broke through Apprentice and became a Novice Card Maker in one go.

The spiritual energy returned from a perfect card creation was far greater than that from an ordinary card creation of the same tier.

At the same time, Sun Po couldn't help but sigh that expensive items indeed had their reasons for being expensive.

Compared to the [Spirit Monkey], which was also one of the "Starter Three", this [Warrior] even had an extra, highly practical "Trait."

Recalling the [Spirit Monkey]'s pathetic Grey 1-Star back then,

this [Warrior] could probably beat ten [Spirit Monkey]s without any pressure.

"Achoo!"

In the courtyard, the [Changyou], who was being frantically whipped by Yang Xinyue's pointer, suddenly sneezed.

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