Chapter 517: The Ancient Story of Freedom

Duan Ji raised his right hand and made a stop gesture: "Okay, everyone, let's stop introducing ourselves for a moment. Let me add a few words. Generally speaking, when a card maker makes a normal card for the first time, the quality of the card is divided into four levels: white one-star, green one-star, two-star, and blue one-star. Do you know how many people can make a blue one-star card when they make a card for the first time?"

Someone in the crowd whispered, “2%.”

Duan Ji is increasingly optimistic about these kids: "Almost the same, but 2% is the data from ten years ago. The proportion has dropped in recent years, to 1.9%. Come on, everyone, give a round of applause to Shen Juan. Applauding others is also a must-learn lesson. Of course, Shen Juan, you can take this opportunity to learn how to accept applause from others, okay?"

Shen Juan was in a good mood and said a sincere "yes".

Then applause broke out.

Yuan Xikai applauded him reluctantly.

After these ten people finished introducing themselves, Shen Juan roughly understood why Yuan Xikai dared to stand up first: because only two of these ten people made normal cards, and the others made defective cards.

"Shen Juan, Yuan Xikai, you two stay here. The rest of you go back to the lecture hall, we'll see you again."

Shen Juan watched those people walk out of the office, and in a trance, he felt that they were not walking out of a small office, but the stage of history. At the same time, he stayed in the office, just like staying on the stage of history.

Duan Ji took out two blank cards from his pocket:
"You young people have ideas, creativity and vigor, so you will definitely prefer to use blank cards to make cards. The association also highly recommends using blank cards to make cards."

"However, the number of blank cards is limited. Our world does not have the ore to make blank cards. It is fraught with danger to transport ore from the demon world, the devil world, and the alien world."

"So, in most cases, making cards with materials is the daily routine of most card makers. Each of you takes one of these two blank cards. It is your reward for successfully making a card."

The two walked forward and took the blank card.

Shen Juan thought that maybe he could make another extremely powerful card. What's the next card? Also from the Hurricane Soul series? Or should he keep a low profile and change direction? For example, [Ten Thousand Tons of Power Boiling Sheep]?
Yuan Xikai was full of worries. In order to create [Li Tang Jiedushi Gu Dingzhen], he had relied on a lot of external forces. Would he need to rely on external forces again next time he made a card?

Yuan Xikai accidentally saw Shen Juan looking relaxed and calm, and suddenly a nameless anger rose in his heart.

Duan Ji noticed the difference in the two people's expressions, and he had already guessed about their thoughts: "Which of you two has studied material card making? You don't need to go into too much detail, just give a general idea."

Both Shen Juan and Yuan Xikai had studied it, but this time Yuan Xikai didn't dare to take the lead again. However, he also didn't want to applaud others again, so he was in a dilemma.

Shen Juan was not at all confused. He answered naturally, "Although the materials used to make the cards may be exactly the same, the quality and effect of the cards made will be very different due to the different stories written into them."

Duan Ji personally applauded him: "Not bad. This is an ability that only belongs to our human race. The monsters, demons, and aliens cannot do it because there are too many people in the human race who have ideas. This is both a disadvantage and an advantage. You should discard the dross and retain the essence: the materials are limited, but the stories are unlimited."

Yuan Xikai is still struggling.

Shen Juan had already caught up with Duan Ji's train of thought. He looked into Duan Ji's eyes and said firmly, "History is limited, but the future is unlimited."

[The wish has been fulfilled, and a copy opportunity has been obtained]

[Because the host is a first-level card maker, he can only copy cards of blue quality or below]

Shen Juan couldn't help but widen his eyes: Answering questions is also considered fulfilling wishes? This system is really cruel! I like it when geese pass by and their feathers are plucked, and beasts leave their skins when they leave!

What followed was an interface of hundreds and thousands of green cards.

Shen Juan was confused for a moment, but he quickly made a wise decision.

[Paper Man of the Alien Record], a green two-star summoning card.

[Card Introduction]: Ordinary paper figures can only live for three years, but the boy in front of him has actually lived for ten years. This is the most successful paper figure, and he can still live. Seeing this, Shen Juan's face became particularly serious: What is the relationship between the Record of the Aliens and the Alien Race?
Business was important, so Shen Juan put aside his doubts for the time being and copied the paper man's first active skill.

[Ten Years on a Paper]: The card maker can consume the Force and become immune to wind, sun, rain, pain, hunger, and fatigue to a certain extent. This skill may cause irreversible damage to the body, so use it with caution.

Watching Shen Juan and Duan Ji chatting and laughing, Yuan Xikai's IQ was occupied by something inexplicable, and he did something very irrational: "Shen Juan, I want to challenge you."

The corners of Shen Juan's mouth curved into a beautiful arc. He blew a breath gently and said seriously: "Then I'd better obey your command."

Duan Ji also wanted to see Shen Juan's true skills, so he did not stop the duel between the two, but only suggested that they change the location of the duel to the playground.

The three of them walked onto the playground. As Duan Ji announced the start of the game, Shen Juan and Yuan Xikai, who were about twenty meters apart, took out summoning cards.

"Ye Feng."

"Gu Dingzhen."

One side stood "alone" on the ground, and the other side rode a white horse and held a flag.

Gu Dingzhen rolled up the flag, used the flagpole as a spear, and charged towards Ye Feng.

Ye Feng snapped his fingers casually, and a white hurricane several meters high was instantly released.

The explosive tornado hit Gu Dingzhen, causing a critical hit.

Gu Dingzhen and his horse disappeared like smoke in the storm.

Yuan Xikai's eyes twitched, his lips turned pale, and his face was bloodless. Gu Dingzhen was actually... killed instantly? This shouldn't be the case! The physical strength of a green two-star and a blue one-star is 500 and 1000 respectively, which is twice the difference, but it's not to the point where they can't use any moves!

Duan Ji also saw that the damage of this attack was too high. In a battle between summoning cards, either they don't use skills and fight back and forth like humans, or they use skills and calculate the damage like playing a game.

Duan Ji guessed that White Hurricane should be an active skill of the card, with a damage-increasing effect!

Shen Juan felt that his force value limit had increased. An increase of 25 points was equivalent to half of the experience gained when making a green two-star card. Fighting was the best way to practice, but unfortunately, the experience gained through this method was limited.

Yuan Xikai was unwilling to admit defeat, but the result of the disastrous defeat had already happened, so he gritted his teeth and admitted the fact: "I lost."

Shen Juan did not add insult to injury. He said calmly, "Victory and defeat are common in the military."

Duan Ji gave Shen Juan a thumbs up and said, "I happen to have a blue two-star summoning card in my hand. Do you want to fight it? If you win, I will give you this card."

As he spoke, Duan Ji took out the [Alien Record Puppet]. He had been fighting in the alien tribe's territory in recent days, and most of the green cards, blue cards, purple cards, and orange cards in his hands were related to aliens.

Shen Juan smiled and said, "It's worth a try."

Duan Ji threw the card into the air: "You have already used an active skill once. Usually a blue summoning card has only one active skill, which can only be used once a day. To be fair, I will not manipulate the card to use skills anymore."

As soon as Duan Ji finished speaking, a khaki puppet about two meters tall jumped out from the card.

The puppet's limbs are extremely thin, its head is extremely round, and its body is extremely square, making it look like it was crudely made.

(End of this chapter)