Full-time martial arts

Chapter 14 Card Making
Inside Xiaxuan Guild, the air pressure was shrouded, and most of the people were in an extremely bad mood.

The Red Lotus Guild took actions again and again, first poaching people on a large scale, and then began to compete for important sources of customers, clearly trying to drive Xia Xuan Guild to a dead end.

"Teacher, according to the consistent style of the Red Lotus Guild's development on other planets, if we don't think of a way, I'm afraid we will really be crushed by them in the end."

Zhang Mao was full of worry. He had heard about the fate of some local guilds from other planets after the Red Lotus Guild settled in. All of them closed down.

"I understand this matter. The old president has already left Xia Xuancheng, presumably he is asking for help. During this period, we only need to fulfill our duties and not be easily defeated."

Huang Anting cheered up, and reprimanded his companions who gathered together for their lack of interest.

"Okay, what should I do? Don't let people think that Xia Xuan's guild is really going to collapse!"

Under his consolation, the crowd dispersed and went about their original business.

"Huh? Who is this boy?"

Only then did Huang Anting notice Qi Feng who had been following Zhang Mao.

"He is a student of my martial arts academy, and he came to participate in the soul planting master assessment. But if you don't think about it right now, teacher, let's wait another day."

Zhang Mao replied hesitantly.

"Oh? Come to participate in the assessment?"

Huang Anting's face brightened, and he looked at Qi Feng squarely.

At this juncture, instead of going to the Honglian Guild to seek refuge, it is very strange to come to him instead.

Seeing that he had finally attracted people's attention, Qi Feng stood with his hands behind his back, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said something unexpected.

"Can you tell me about the child from Yuwen's family that you just mentioned?"

When Huang Anting heard this, he couldn't help but froze. "What do you ask for this?"

"It's just a curiosity. A lot of research has shown that martial spirits and human bodies interact with each other. For example, people with animal martial spirits tend to have better physical fitness than ordinary people."

"The pupil-type martial spirits passed down from generation to generation, and congenitally blind people appear in the blood of the descendants. This is like a dragon giving birth to a mouse. It is very rare."

Qi Feng said casually.

Hearing his remarks, Huang Anting looked at him more squarely.

At this age, it is rare to have such an in-depth understanding of Wuhun.

Seeing that the teacher was interested in Qi Feng, Zhang Mao hurriedly leaned into his ear and told him about the other party that he knew.

"Oh? This boy has helped you so much?"

Huang Anting heard about the accident on the spacecraft, and couldn't help but smile when he saw Qi Feng.

It seems to be a workable material.

"I can't tell you what you want to know. It belongs to the client's privacy. And you are at the age when you are laying the foundation of soul planting. It is not good to dig out some strange things."

Huang Anting was quite friendly, but his appearance clearly only regarded Qi Feng as a junior, and he didn't want to talk about it.

Qi Feng frowned, only then did he realize that he was just an ordinary boy, and the other party was the vice president of a large guild, so how could he be willing to share these secrets with him?
Unless, he can show any talent that makes the other party feel amazing.

"I see. Where is the assessment?"

Qi Feng simply changed the subject of his words.

Huang Anting was stunned again, this young man is quite interesting.

"follow me."

He took the lead to lead the way, with Qi Feng and Zhang Mao following behind.

In the secluded card making room, all kinds of basic materials and tools are readily available, and in the corner next to it is placed about a hundred catties of melting crystals.

Melting crystal, this is a strange ore that has changed the entire course of human history and civilization. It is because of its appearance that the Wuhun civilization has never been brighter than ever.

25000 years ago, human beings never imagined that such a small ore would bring unparalleled productivity. Today, this kind of ore is mined on a large scale in all major star fields and can be seen everywhere.

"You must know the rules of the assessment, right? You can bring your own materials and tools, or you can borrow the ones from here. As long as you can successfully produce any kind of Tier [-] Martial Soul Card within two hours, you will be considered as passing the assessment. I will be registered in my Xiaxuan Guild and officially become a first-level soul planter."

"Of course, there must be expenses in the card making process. If you bring your own materials and tools, there is no charge, but if you use the materials here, if the card making fails, you have to pay according to the market price."

Huang Anting introduced the rules.

"Then what if the card making is successful?"

Qi Feng looked at everything in the house.

"According to the normal rules, even if the card production is successful, although the material fee can be discounted, it still has to be collected. But since you have done a great favor to my disciple earlier, if you can successfully produce the card, the Martial Soul Card will be given to you. You won’t be charged for the materials.”

Huang Anting replied, as expected of the vice president of a large guild, quite generous.

"Is this true?"

Qi Feng's eyes lit up when he heard that.

"of course."

Huang Anting answered firmly, there were no particularly precious materials in this card making room, even if Qi Feng made a few more cards, it didn't matter.

"It's a word."

Qi Feng smiled when he heard this, and immediately took action.

After a whole hundred years, he finally had the opportunity to come into contact with the soul planting that fascinated him again!
The process of a soul planter making a martial soul card can be divided into four steps in total, which are making a card model, engraving a spirit pattern, sealing the martial soul, and transforming the martial soul.

The earliest Wuhun card was born to help people who don't have Wuhun to have Wuhun. Therefore, the most primitive material for planting a soul is Wuhun.

Martial souls for transplantation could only be obtained from human bodies at first, so the raw materials were very expensive at that time, which also led to a large-scale slave trade and wars, all just to obtain powerful martial souls.

It wasn't until the beast souls and desolate souls were discovered that they could become new martial souls that the situation changed and the price of martial soul cards dropped.

Today, after the continuous development of the soul planting technique, many low-grade martial arts cards don't even need beast souls, wild souls, or any human martial souls. They use the spirit pattern to draw the power of nature from the sky and the earth.

This type of spirit card is the cheapest and most widely used, usually wind, fire, water, light and other natural forces.

What Qi Feng can make right now is this type of Martial Soul Card.

In the card making room provided by Xiaxuan Guild, the materials are also prepared for this type of spirit card.

Qi Feng moved quickly, and first cut off a large piece of the molten crystal at the corner, which was square.

Seeing this, Huang Anting couldn't help frowning.

You can see the whole leopard at a glance. Small actions that are not worth mentioning in the eyes of others can reveal a lot of information in the eyes of experts.

The weight of the fused crystals that Qi Feng is currently using far exceeds the amount needed for a first-order martial soul card.

Is it because he has too little experience and underestimation, or does he feel that he needs to use more just in case?

Either way, it seems that he is very unfamiliar with this way.

"Didn't you say that he can adjust the spirit pattern in chaos?"

Huang Anting became suspicious.

According to what Zhang Mao said earlier, how can a person who can straighten out the chaotic wind-type martial soul cards not even be able to grasp the weight of the card model?

"That's right, this..."

Zhang Mao was speechless for a while, but actually he knew very little about Qi Feng.

While the two were confused, Qi Feng had already thrown the melting crystal into the cauldron for smelting.

The melting crystal melts quickly in the fire. This process is to make card molds. The steps are very simple, and an apprentice soul master can easily do it.

In this link, the only thing to pay attention to is the heat when the card mold is taken out.

Because in order to engrave the spirit pattern on the card mold, it is necessary to ensure that the card mold has the right hardness when it is formed, so that it can be better engraved.

This point depends on experience. Generally speaking, as long as you have more than ten experience in making card molds, you can handle them decently.

Huang Anting and Zhang Mao watched the large piece of molten crystal slowly liquefy in the cauldron furnace, and estimated the appropriate time to take it out.

The purity of the melted crystals and the temperature of the fire will all affect the extraction time.

The whiter the color of the fused crystal, the higher the purity. The fused crystal in this card making room is grayish white, which is the worst kind of fused crystal. Even so, it only takes about 10 minutes to take it out.

Calcining for 10 minutes, cooling for 3 minutes, and then starting to engrave spirit patterns, this is the most reasonable time.

Soon, 10 minutes passed.

Qi Feng looked at the cauldron silently, not intending to take any action.

Huang Anting, master and apprentice, watched quietly without urging them. After all, they are young people, so it is understandable that they are inexperienced.

However, another 3 minutes passed quickly. At this time, the melting crystal should have melted a little too much, but Qi Feng still didn't move.

Now Huang Anting couldn't help looking at Zhang Mao with embarrassment in his eyes. He couldn't even grasp such a simple step. If he said that this person knew how to make a martial arts card, who would believe it!
Seeing this, Zhang Mao's eyes showed anxiety, and he coughed a few times, wanting to remind Qi Feng to act.After all, it was recommended by him, and it would be too embarrassing if he failed in the level of making card models!

However, Qi Feng acted like a wooden man, indifferent to his winks, until half of the best time was reached, reaching 15 minutes, he took out the melting crystal and put it on the mould.

Huang Anting shook his head repeatedly when he saw this. From the two simple steps of cutting molten crystal and melting, Qi Feng's score for him was already failing.

When the melting crystal melts into a liquid, it is like glue. Qi Feng puts it on the rectangular mold, the liquid spreads out, and the shape of a card is slowly formed.

The best cooling time is 3 minutes, when the liquid gradually solidifies, the hardness is just right for engraving spirit patterns.

However, because Qi Feng has been calcined for more than half of the time, this rule does not apply now, and theoretically it should be cooled for a longer period of time.

"If you wait 5 minutes and start again at this time, then he is still passable."

Huang Anting thought about it.

However, things didn't develop as he imagined. The cooling time was only 1 minute, and the card model was not fully formed yet. Qi Feng had already quickly picked up the patterning pen next to him, his eyes shining like stars!
"Hey!"

Huang Anting couldn't bear to witness it immediately, the inside of the kung fu card was still liquid, Qi Feng's first stroke would immediately fail, and it was impossible to engrave the spirit pattern successfully!

Zhang Mao couldn't help turning his face away, Qi Feng's various behaviors were more amateurish than a soul planter apprentice!

(End of this chapter)