Chapter 72: I Think We Can Salvage It

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

In Qing Ming City.

At night.

Lu Ming had returned to the shop.

It 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!

Is it okay to steal?

Rude!

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

Of course.

This was not the point!

Although 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!

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

That place…

What the h.e.l.l was going on?

How was it formed?

Everyone had turned into strange shadows.

Could it be an illusion?

Why was there such a large illusion?

Why was it that real human beings could go there?

He had no idea.

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

The black cat pressed its paws on his forehead and there seemed to be a flas.h.i.+ng paw mark on his forehead.

That feeling…

Lu Ming touched his forehead.

Well…

Could 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?

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

It was a pity…

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

The 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 a.s.sa.s.sin organization system…

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

People were treated as dirt!

Lu Ming felt a chill inside his heart.

It turned out that…

People's lives were that worthless!

What if someone ordered people to kill him?

Lu Ming dared not think further.

This world was even more dangerous than he imagined!

Oh, right, Jiang Feng!

Lu 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.

He would not even answer phone calls…

Things must be a little tricky now.

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

At the thought of this…

Lu Ming gave a phone call to Jiang Feng.

"Is anything the matter?"

Jiang Feng sounded calm and collected like before.

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

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

"Oh. I am enjoying the hot spring in the suburbs."

Jiang Feng was unaffected.

He was indeed a legend!

Lu Ming was full of emotions.

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

Who could be able to do that?

However…

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

Wait a minute!

Was he really enjoying the hot spring?!

Lu Ming was rendered speechless.

"Why didn't you answer Xiaobai's phone calls?"

Lu Ming felt puzzled.

"What do you think?"

Jiang Feng was exasperated. "A shameless person kept asking my daughter everyday for the money for his textbooks…"

Lu Ming felt embarra.s.sed.

The princ.i.p.al had misunderstood him.

"Rest a.s.sured that I am not here to ask for the money for the textbooks." Lu Ming hurried to a.s.sure him. "I bought testing equipment a few days ago for Xiaobai's cultivating test…"

Ring!

Ring!

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

"Tsk tsk."

Lu 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 surpa.s.s others?"

However…

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

Xiaobai was still very young.

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

That would be asking too much of him!

The sky gradually turned dark.

Lu 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!

What was an Energy Card?

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

For example—

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

To 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.

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

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

As for the Charging Card…

It was something special.

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

For example—

Two-star Charging Card!

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

The 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.

However…

How much energy was this Charging Card charged with?

At the thought of this…

He inserted the card into the test equipment quietly.

Dee—

It was scanning the algorithm—

It had already found the a.s.sociated data and was a.n.a.lyzing it—

Card Name: Charging Card

Card Rating: four-star.

Energy 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)

"It was indeed four-star!"

Lu Ming's eyes lit up.

True enough.

He knew it.

The 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.

He did not bother to know its specific energy level!

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

Cultivation…

Lu Ming swept his gaze over the Original Card.

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

The 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.

It was very efficient!

This was a qualified Cultivation Card!

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

However…

The 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!

The energy requirement was too high!

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

It would be too foolis.h.!.+

It would be too heavy!

Although 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.

For example—

Superimpose another layer of Energy Card?

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

Lu Ming felt energized.

Energy Card!

This was the most standard structural lines of all time.

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

That was the best outcome.

"If I superimpose the card…"

Lu 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!

"Done!"

Lu Ming's heart was stirring.

If he superimposed one more layer…

He began to work on adding the third layer.

Bam!

The card cracked.

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

"Am I still too weak?"

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

This 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.

"This will do."

Lu Ming was satisfied.

He would work on studying this card!

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

Therefore…

He had to study this card!

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

It was true!

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

"I have to try to know."

Lu Ming began working on it.

The first layer, Burial Mound Card.

The second layer, Quicksand Card.

The 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.

Well…

In 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?

Swoos.h.!.+

The card was released.

The 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.

Lu Ming was speechless.

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

The first layer, Burial Mound Card.

The second layer, Excavation Card.

The 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.

Well…

There should not be any problem now?

Swoos.h.!.+

The card was released.

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

Lu Ming was speechless.

d.a.m.n!

Who told you to dig further down?!

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