Chapter 2: Fantasy Cards
The brother and sister live on the 100th floor of this residential building, just on the middle floor of this high-rise building.
This is a federally allocated housing, and it's spacious for two people, but it's a little crowded if they live for a family of four, but fortunately, Qingyin's parents are not at home all year round because of work, but they just call them regularly for the living expenses of the two siblings, so life is quite comfortable.
Because her sister is a rare talent who has awakened her talent, her tuition fee was reduced by the federal public college, which greatly eased the burden on this ordinary family, so that Qingyin could study the more expensive professional discipline of card-making basic department.
Opening the door, Qianyin pulled Qingyin into the neat and clean living room, put down the backpack and pressed Qingyin on the sofa, stretched out a soft little hand and put it on his forehead, and asked with concern:
"Brother, are you more comfortable today?"
Qingyin shook her head with a smile, put the little girl aside and sat down around her little waist, and said with an energetic look: "It's okay, I've been cured after a day of rest, it's estimated that it's just a small problem, aren't I okay now?" You don't have to worry about it. ”
After listening to this, Qianyin put his mind at ease, leaned on his shoulder, and pouted coquettishly: "It's okay, you know brother, your face was so pale this morning that it almost scared me." ”
Qingyin's heart was warm, patted her little head lovingly, gently arranged her hair, and comforted with a smile: "I just didn't sleep well because I had some insomnia last night, so I was uncomfortable, what is there to worry about, you are still making a fuss about taking me to the hospital in the morning." ”
"Hmph, people are worried about you, you actually say that, my brother hates it the most!"
"Okay, okay, it's my mistake, my family's shallow sound is the best, don't be angry, my brother will buy you candy to eat."
"What! When you're a three-year-old child, you know how to bully me, hum~"
"Hehe, I can't help but be funny, my family's shallow sound is really cute as always~"
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"Eh! Don't pinch your ······, don't pinch your ears, don't ······, can't I be wrong? Don't pinch, I'll tickle you if you pinch again. ”
"You dare!"
"See if I dare!"
"Ah~, don't, hate it~"
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The brother and sister fought for a while, Qingyin remembered what was going on, sat up straight, pulled the little girl up, and asked while tidying up her messy collar: "By the way, Qianyin, how are your recent studies?" Is there any progress? ”
Asain nodded obediently and replied, "Well, people have been working hard, recently I participated in this semester's competition, became the third oldest, and got the one-star defensive card rewarded by the academy." ”
"Oh?" Qingyin's eyes lit up, not because of her outstanding results, after all, he knew that his sister had always been the best batch of top students in the academy, and her talent was extremely high, and she had received an unknown number of rewards in the years she had become an apprentice of the imperial card master, even if it was a one-star fantasy card with a price of tens of thousands, she had also received several of them, and she was already accustomed to these Qingyin, so she was really not too surprised.
He just thought of a question that he could use to solve his puzzles.
Of course, before that, he had to take it one step at a time.
"Well, Asain, I remember it's the first time you've got a defensive card, so take it out and show me."
For his brother's request, Qianyin has never refused, so he responded obediently, opened the backpack on the coffee table, took out a delicate metal box and handed it to Qingyin.
Qingyin took it with a solemn face and slowly opened the box.
It's not like he's never seen fantasy cards, but this is the first time he's been exposed to this kind of magical thing since soul fusion, and it's inevitable that he's a little excited.
The rectangular flat metal box is cushioned with a layer of black foam, and a beautiful card the size of a playing card with a slightly longer length is laid flat in it, and the afterglow of dusk shines on the card through the living room window, faintly reflecting the luster of the color, and the angular card surface seems to contain some strange power.
Qingyin couldn't help but reach out and take out the card and put it in front of his eyes to observe it carefully.
The material of the card is not gold or wood, not paper or plastic, the feel is slightly heavy and textured, and the back is a structure of countless twists and turns of silver lines intertwined like a circuit board, which is extremely complex, and it is dazzling to just take a few more looks.
Of course, Qingyin, who has learned the basics of card making, knows that the structure of the back texture is attached to the base card itself, which is the job of the card maker, in fact, the back texture of the one-star card is already the simplest of all cards, and the texture on the back of the three-level base card he is learning now is much more complex than these.
There was nothing to look at on the back, so he flipped the card over, and the square frame at the top of the front, which took up three-fifths of the card, was used to draw the fantasy pattern, where a few delicate ice crystals were floating.
Below are several rectangular frames of various sizes, labeled from top to bottom with the card's name, star rating, type, and description.
It is worth mentioning that the introductory box at the bottom is blank in the eyes of normal people, and only after concentrating on it will some symbolic inscriptions appear, and these inscriptions do not represent any meaning from the image.
These are fantasy inscriptions, and only those who have embodied talents can get feedback when they see the inscriptions, which means that only those who have awakened the embodied talents can understand these inscriptions, and you can't translate and decipher what these words express through the inscriptions themselves.
Just like now, Qingyin stared at the introduction box for a while, and then rows of strange inscriptions appeared in the originally blank space in his eyes, which read: Consume 100 points of spiritual power to form four suspended ice crystals around the body, which can resist four physical damage of less than 100 points or no more than 300 points of energy damage at a time, and cannot resist soul damage.
Well, that's it.
Well?
Wait, something seems wrong?
I can actually read fantasy inscriptions!
The excited look on Qingyin's face suddenly froze, he rubbed his eyes in disbelief, checked the cards in his hand repeatedly, and found that this was indeed not an illusion, and realized in his heart a possibility that made him feel turbulent and could not be calmed down.
His hands trembled and pinched the cards, and he raised his head to look at his sister with some trembling, and asked in disbelief: "Shallow... Qianyin, did your teacher say that as long as you can understand the inscriptions on fantasy cards, it means that you have the talent to become an innate card master? ”
Qianyin nodded a little puzzled, she always felt that her brother's current state was a little wrong, it couldn't be a headache again, right?
She asked a little worriedly, "Brother, are you okay?" ”
Qingyin took a deep breath, calmed down his somewhat radical mood, and said with a smile: "I'm fine, I've never been better!" ”