Chapter 80

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Chapter 80: Disguised Mental Power

"I understand." Yu Jin Li nodded hurriedly.

Although Yu Jin Li only came into contact with Master Kamon’s

mental power for but a small moment, he was able to captured the essence of

this power.

There were indeed many similarities between mental power and

his divine consciousness. However, his divine consciousness is much stronger

and more stable than mental power.

It’s possible that his divine consciousness is actually too

strong, so when it touches those energy clusters in the energy card, it causes

the energy to riot and explode.

If Yu Jin Li still wants to continue to learn how to make

energy cards, then he can't directly use his divine consciousness, otherwise,

the energy cards will only explode and never be completed.

"Mental power is a special kind of energy that we have

after awakening. It is precisely because of this energy that we can become card

craftsmen and produced cards for ability users to use in battle." Kamon is

no longer anxious. He begins teaching Yu Jin Li how to channel energy, and more

importantly, how to control that energy, otherwise the card will explode at the

slightest touch.

What Yu Jin Li needs the most right now is the understanding

and control of mental power, which coincides with Master Kamon's explanation, so

he is very happy.

While listening to Master Kamon explanation, Yu Jin Li tried

to divide a small part of his spiritual power into little strands for use.

Master Kamon is worthy of being an A-level card craftsman.

He has a thorough understanding of mental power, and, although he usually

speaks very viciously, his explanation is very vivid and easy to understand.

Under the guidance of an expert, Yu Jin Li slowly took the

small threads of spiritual power and disguised it as mental power. The

disguised power felt pretty much the same as the one used by Master Kamon.

"Do you understand everything?" Master Kamon asked

again, uneasy.

"Yes, I understand, master, can I try it once?" Yu

Jin Li looked at Master Kamon expectantly.

Master Kamon, himself, had always prefer to teach young minds.

However, every time a child sees his expression, they will be scared away by

him, so he never has the opportunity to teach a child.

Yu Jin Li was not very old, and he belongs to the delicate

and lovely type. He was similar to Kamon's own grandsons, and when Kamon looked

at them one by one, his heart uncontrollably softens.

Kamon subconsciously ignored the two energy cards that had

just been blown up, and handed Yu Jin Li a third blank energy card.

This time, Yu Jin Li first separated a trace of divine

consciousness and disguised it as mental power, then carefully insert it into

the energy card, and, after taking a deep breath, slightly probed the energy clusters

in the card.

As soon as he touched the energy clusters, Yu Jin Li quickly

withdrew his ‘mental power’, and then immediately used his full spiritual power

to make a transparent protective shield to avoid being blown up a second time.

However, after waiting for a few seconds, he found that the

energy card in his hand did not explode, and he was a little surprised.

"Master, I succeeded. The energy card did not explode.

There really was no explosion." Yu Jin Li excitedly said to Master Kamon,

and then reached out to touch the energy clusters again, and there really was

no explosion.

"Well, you did a good job this time." Master Kamon

praised reservedly.

Being able to digest the knowledge he taught in such a short

period of time, and to quickly apply them to improve upon the previous

mistakes, Kamon have to say that he was not wrong about this child's talent.

"Using mental power to touch the energy clusters is

only the most basic step. The next step is the real challenge. You need to use mental

power to guide those energies into your drawing. When guiding the energy, you

must remember to stabilize the speed, otherwise, going too fast or too slow may

cause the production to fail." Master Kamon carefully guided, and then

asked Yu Jin Li to watch his demonstration first.

Master Kamon is an A-level craftsman, and his success rate in

making F-level energy cards is 100%.

The F-level energy card that Kamon personally demonstrated

also featured the heart-shaped grass. Yu Jin Li could see that this was much

smoother than the one he had practiced, so he used it as an example.

This is the first time that Yu Jin Li sees a card craftsman

make an energy card on the spot. His previous exercises were all based on

online videos and through his own exploration.

Master Kamon controls his mental power and evenly guides the

energy into the heart-shaped grass as he draws. The strength and thickness of

each stroke is the same, being exceptionally pleasing to the eyes, leaving Yu Jin

Li dumbfounded.

About ten minutes later, the F-level heart-shaped grass

energy card was completed.

The original dim heart-shaped grass glowed to life at the

moment of completion. Radiant energy flows in the lines of the heart-shaped

grass, like human blood flowing through veins.

After witnessing the production of energy card with his own

eyes, Yu Jin Li became even more excited and more fond of the craftsman profession.

"Master Kamon is so amazing." Yu Jin Li praised

without hesitation.

Kamon, however, doesn't seem to think this is anything worthy

of praise. As an A-level craftsman, if he can't even complete a lowest-level

energy card with 100% success rate, then he doesn't need to be called a master,

and he can directly forget about retirement.

"Since you are already proficient in drawing this

heart-shaped grass, then try to make it into an energy card." Master Kamon

said so lightly, but if you look closely, you can see a trace of eagerness in

his eyes.

Generally speaking, beginners have to go through at least

one year of practicing on an energy board before they can touch a real energy

card and begin crafting.

Even people with high levels of mental power and good talent

need to practice for at least half a year before they can learn to proficiently

control their power.

Contrarily, Yu Jin Li had only been exposed to these things

in just a few days. However, he did not know the situation of other craftsmen

in the world, and thought that everyone was similar to him. As a result, he

started drawing on real energy cards without any pressure.

Kamon didn't know why, but he had a strange confidence in Yu

Jin Li that even he couldn't explain to himself. He always felt that the child

in front of him could give him a big surprise.

However, in order to prevent Yu Jin Li from ruining his

studio, he threw the child into another room on the second floor, farthest from

his studio, and temporarily using it as Yu Jin Li's practice room.

Yu Jin Li is still very happy and grateful to have a

dedicated practice room of his own.

He brought out all the blank energy cards that Jiang Mo Sheng

had purchased beforehand to get more practice.

Yu Jin Li did not immediately begin to draw, but first condenses

his ‘mental power’ to make it more stable, lest the drawing process failed due

to instability. Since this power is merely disguised threads of divine

consciousness, it is more difficult to control than the power of ordinary

craftsman.

Yu Jin Li really likes the profession of card craftsman, so

even in the face of difficulties, he will work hard to overcome all obstacles,

and become as powerful as Master Kamon.

Yu Jin Li spent the entire morning strengthening his mental

power. Now, his mental power is a lot thicker than when he first started, and it

has stabilized a lot. He can finally start to try making energy card.

Yu Jin Li took out a blank energy card, and carefully pours

his mental power into it. He tentatively touched those energy clusters, and, after

making sure that there was no explosion, began to try guiding the energies to

move correspondingly to his movement.

Still, the energies are not so easily controlled. The

principles at which they move are all very irregular, making it difficult to steer

them in any certain direction, and even more difficult to move them in a uniform

speed.

Fortunately, Yu Jin Li had studied the art of talisman under

his Master1

for several years. Due to the talisman’s strict requirement in consistent line

thickness and a uniform application of force, Yu Jin Li had long exceled at

controlling his strength. 2

In talisman crafting, the production process demands

absolute control over the speed of the drawing hand and the speed of the

engraving spiritual power. Similarly, in the production of energy card, the

control over mental power and skills in guiding the energy clusters are key.

Aside from these, there is little difference between the two.

Yu Jin Li focused all of his attention on the control of his

mental power3,

and drew the flower pattern without distraction. Lines, flowing with radiant

energy, began appearing on the energy card. If someone were here at this

moment, their jaws would have already dropped to the ground.

To be able to integrate such powerful energy into the

drawing lines, especially for a first-timer, could be consider one of the best

talents in the entire Federation.

Nevertheless, it was still Yu Jin Li’s first time after all,

and, while not noticing, he accidentally injected a little bit more mental

power than necessary. The originally well-behaved energy clusters began to

riot, and, in a blink of an eye, the half-completed energy card was totally

scrapped.

Yu Jin Li was not discouraged, and put the scrapped energy

card aside. He then took out a new blank card to continue practicing.

Uneven breaths will lead to uneven exertion of force and the

energy card is scrapped. If the mental power is too weak, then energy card is

scrapped. If the guided energy went even a tiny bit wrong, then the energy card

is scrapped. Scrap! Scrap! Scrap!

From the second floor, explosions sounded one after another,

and the people working in the courtyard downstairs couldn't help but pay

attention.

"Is he trying to draw with energy cards?" Liu

Qi asked incredulously.

"No? He has only been here for two days, hasn't he? How

could the master allow him to draw with real cards at this time?" Zhao

Ming also couldn’t believe it.

"But this kind of explosion sound is obviously caused

by the failure in crafting, and the energy card exploded. This kid is too

courageous. He dared to draw the energy card in the master's room. What if he

accidentally damage something that cannot be replace? No, I have to report this

to the master."

Liu Qi's eyes flashed with jealousy, and he threw down the

tools in his hand and ran into the house. It was too late by the time Ali

wanted to stop him.

"The master is on the second floor. If Little Chestnut tried

crafting energy cards without his permission, how could the master not know? Liu

Qi is really impulsive." Ali was a little worried about Liu Qi.

"He is just jealous of the newcomer. He has been here

for half a year, and the master has only instructed him but a few times. And

yet, the master actually personally leads Yu Jin Li to the second floor after just

two days." Zhao Ming said indifferently.

As a matter of fact, Liu Qi is not the only one who was mentally

shaken, though everyone else is just better at covering it up.

"Oh... I hope nothing bad will happen." Ali

couldn't help sighing.

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T/N:

1)

Yu Jin Li’s real master (shifu)

2)

Yes, it’s “a uniform”. The

rule is placing ‘an’ before a vowel sound.

Therefore, because uniform is pronounced with a "d/y"

sound (/ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/), which is not a vowel sound, it takes an ‘a’ before it.

3)

From now on, the text will start to mention

YJL’s mental power. Remember, YJL actually don’t have mental power. His

so-called ‘mental power’ is actually just his divine consciousness split into

thin threads and disguised.

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Lyrus: Here's another chapter. Thanks for reading.