OBS Chapter 46 Breakthrough, Advanced Black Iron Card Maker
Chapter 46 Breakthrough, Advanced Black Iron Card Maker
Lin Mo's mental strength has already reached the upper-level Black Iron realm, but his spiritual power cultivation is still at the middle-level Black Iron realm.
The "Basic Breathing Method" taught at the Wushan City Card Making Academy is advantageous because it is balanced, gentle, and less prone to errors.
Suitable for beginners to build a foundation.
But for him now, he's already finding it hard to keep up.
After all, in addition to daily meditation, the feedback power gained from making cards can also improve the mental power level of the card maker.
One moved at a snail's pace, while the other had an accelerator.
As time goes by, the gap naturally widens.
To change this situation, you need to quickly upgrade your card maker level and unlock new card-making slots.
Switching to a more advanced breathing technique is now imperative.
Having made up his mind, Lin Mo immediately entered the words "knowledge card" into the search bar of the Wushan City Card Making Association's official website.
As soon as he pressed Enter, the page refreshed.
Lines of related search results appeared instantly.
Lin Mo filtered the results again, and the page refreshed once more.
Soon, only knowledge cards related to "breathing techniques" remained.
Lin Mo scanned the cards as he walked, feeling overwhelmed by the sheer variety of them.
There are green-quality "Changchun Breathing Technique", blue-quality "Tidal Cycle Technique", and purple-quality "Mysterious Turtle Guarding the Essence Technique"...
Prices range from tens of thousands to millions of Star Coins.
Their effects also vary; some specialize in rapid recovery, some focus on tempering the meridians, and others can provide additional benefits under specific conditions.
Lin Mo scrolled down the list one by one, his gaze sweeping back and forth among the various breathing techniques.
His needs are very clear.
The cultivation speed must be fast.
Of course, it would be even better if it came with some additional passive effects.
About ten minutes later, Lin Mo's gaze suddenly fell on the cover of a purple card.
This card looked very familiar; it was the "Earth Vein Breathing Technique" he had seen in the association's sales area when he was verifying the card maker.
It is a knowledge card of purple quality.
The card depicts a figure sitting cross-legged, with the outline of layered mountains beneath him.
Strands of earthy yellow energy continuously surged from the earth's veins, flowing down the figure's legs and into his dantian.
The description below the card also reads:
This breathing technique uses the earth as its vein, drawing upon the earth's spiritual energy to refine the body. When the feet touch the ground, the cultivation speed increases, and the body's spiritual power can be slowly restored.
Priced at 88 Star Coins.
For a purple-quality breathing technique, this price is a bit high.
However, the effect was indeed quite good.
In particular, the passive ability that slowly restores spiritual power is very effective in actual combat.
Lin Mo was quite envious at the time, but he was short of money and couldn't afford it.
Now he is a completely different person, possessing a fortune of millions, and naturally no longer has such concerns.
Immediately move the mouse to the purchase page, ready to place an order.
At that moment, the page suddenly refreshed.
Lin Mo was surprised to find that a new card had silently appeared next to him.
It's also a purple card, but unlike typical purple cards, it doesn't have the bright violet hue.
The color of this card is more like a deep, almost blackish purple, as if it can draw your gaze in.
The card features an exquisite star map, with the Big Dipper arranged in the handle of a bright star called Ziwei.
Seven stars shimmered with a faint golden light, their edges edged with slowly flowing, cloud-like patterns.
Dreamy and mysterious.
Lin Mo's gaze fell on the card's name, and his pupils contracted slightly.
"Purple Cloud Breathing Technique", purple quality, priced at 100 million Star Coins.
"100 million star coins, that's so expensive?"
The price immediately caught Lin Mo's attention. He subconsciously moved his mouse and clicked to view the card's detailed description.
"This breathing technique was created by a high-level card maker after observing the movement of the Purple Star River for ten years."
It draws in the energy of the heavens, which flows like a rushing river, covering a thousand miles in a day.
Unlike the one-cycle breathing method of ordinary breathing techniques, it adopts a unique three-cycle microcosmic circulation mode.
Each time a complete three-cycle cycle is completed, the spiritual power growth rate will temporarily increase by 50%, lasting for one hour.
Once mastered, a cycle can be completed within fifteen minutes.
Just seeing this made Lin Mo's heart pound.
A typical purple-quality breathing technique might increase one's spiritual energy by 30%, which would be considered good.
This Purple Cloud Breathing Technique can actually reach 50%, which is almost twice that of ordinary breathing techniques.
Although it's only temporary, it's already far superior to other breathing techniques of the same quality.
However, what truly made Lin Mo's breath catch in his throat was the following passage:
"During daily practice at midnight, one can resonate with the Ziwei star and the Big Dipper, drawing stellar power into the body."
At this point, the rate of spiritual power growth will increase by another fifty percent.
The two combined are equivalent to doubling the performance.
But that's not the scariest part.
Lin Mo's gaze fell on the last paragraph of the introduction, his eyes widened instantly, and his hand on the mouse trembled slightly.
Those below the Gold Realm can practice this breathing technique without any bottlenecks.
Once the minor mastery level is reached, the breathing technique can automatically operate at a low speed during non-active cultivation states such as sleep, card making, and combat, continuously accumulating spiritual power.
The effect is 10% of that achieved through active cultivation.
No bottlenecks!
Automatic operation!
These words struck Lin Mo's heart like a series of heavy blows.
What does this mean?
This means that he will not encounter any obstacles before breaking through from his current rank to Gold.
As long as you accumulate enough spiritual energy, you can naturally complete the advancement.
This also means that he cultivates 24 hours a day, and even when he is sleeping, fighting, or making cards, his spiritual power is slowly increasing.
You might not see a difference in a day or two, but what about a month or two?
What about one or two years?
This is practically like having a cheat code.
Who is selling such a powerful breathing technique?
Lin Mo took a deep breath, suppressing his excitement.
Recall the situation carefully.
He was 100% certain that this breathing technique had suddenly appeared on the shelves while he was browsing.
"Who cares? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! If someone else buys it, he'll be devastated!"
Lin Mo shook his head, no longer hesitating, and quickly tapped the buy button.
A confirmation dialog box immediately pops up on the screen:
[Confirm purchase of this knowledge card? We have detected that you are a valued member of the association and enjoy a 10% discount. The payment is only 900,000 Star Coins.]
confirm.
Payment successful!
Your order has been processed and is being delivered by your personal owl messenger. It is expected to arrive within 10 minutes.
Seeing the payment success notification pop up on the screen, Lin Mo leaned back in his chair and let out a long breath.
It's good that you bought it!
Although this price is relatively high for a purple-quality breathing technique,
However, it is much cheaper than other meditation methods of the same quality.
Upon thinking of meditation, Lin Mo casually selected some knowledge cards related to meditation.
As expected, even the cheapest purple-quality meditation technique costs over 110 million star coins.
With a few special effects added, the price jumps straight to over 150 million.
He checked his account balance and found that after deducting the 90 yuan spent on the knowledge card, he still had 200 million yuan left.
This amount of money seems like a lot, but actually buying it...
That's enough for him to buy a knowledge card containing a purple-quality meditation technique.
After a moment's thought, Lin Mo ultimately decided against purchasing the meditation method.
He planned to use all his limited funds wisely.
The shop is now doing well, and positive word-of-mouth from the first batch of customers is spreading. So, we're taking advantage of this momentum to expand the business.
Develop more cards to recoup funds and build up strength.
After all, the district exam is in just over a week.
Having enough Star Coins on hand will allow you to calmly deal with various unexpected situations.
Having made up his mind, Lin Mo reopened the material procurement page.
I exchanged all the Star Coins in my account for card-making materials.
This time he purchased a wider variety of items in larger quantities.
It covers all types.
Half an hour later, Lin Mo had spent all two million star coins in his account.
Looking at the less than five-figure balance in his account, Lin Mo remained completely calm.
Because the money spent brings real combat power and several times the wealth in return.
……
Not long after, the sound of flapping wings came from outside the window.
Lin Mo pushed open the window, and a jet-black owl messenger perched on the windowsill, its round amber eyes staring at him for a few seconds.
After confirming that it was the buyer, it used its beak to pick up the material card from the storage compartment.
Lin Mo checked it over to confirm that everything was correct, and then signed for it.
The owl messenger let out a low coo, flapped its wings, and disappeared into the horizon in the blink of an eye.
Lin Mo closed the window and dumped all the material cards onto the table.
Cards of various colors were instantly piled up on the table.
The knowledge card that glowed with a deep purple light was the most eye-catching.
He picked up the card and felt its cool touch.
The star map above shimmered with a faint halo under the light, and the positions of the seven stars seemed to be slowly shifting.
It looks incredibly high-class.
Instead of rushing to make the cards, Lin Mo sat cross-legged on the bed and placed the knowledge card between his eyebrows.
With a thought, he probed into it with his spiritual power.
In an instant, a flood of information rushed into my mind.
It clearly includes the meridian pathways of breathing techniques, methods for circulating spiritual energy, cultivation mantras, key points of the three-cycle cycle, precautions for each realm, and breakthroughs in some special realms.
The amount of information far exceeds what was taught in the "Basic Breathing Techniques" at school.
Lin Mo closed his eyes, processing the information in his mind.
A full hour passed before he slowly opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing across them.
The entire breathing technique had been memorized.
Lin Mo immediately adjusted his breathing, guiding the spiritual energy in his dantian to flow slowly along the Ren and Du meridians according to the principles of breathing techniques.
As soon as the energy pathway was activated, a noticeable pulling force surged from the dantian, and the speed at which spiritual energy flowed was at least 30% faster than before.
And it's still accelerating.
"Is this the breathing technique for purple-quality cultivators?"
Lin Mo suppressed his inner joy and calmed his mind.
Continue the cycle for the second and third time...
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For the next three days, Lin Mo devoted almost all his time to cultivation and card making.
When cultivation gets tiring, card making becomes necessary; when card making gets tiring, cultivation resumes, and so on in a never-ending cycle.
Over the course of three days, Lin Mo's spiritual power cultivation level rose steadily at a visible rate.
Finally, on the evening of the third day,
Lin Mo suddenly felt a strange vibration coming from deep within his dantian.
Immediately afterwards, the spiritual energy throughout his body seemed to be summoned, rushing towards his dantian.
It gushed out in the next instant, completing a spontaneous cycle along the meridians.
An invisible shackle suddenly broke free from his body.
He finally reached the level of a high-ranking Black Iron Card Maker.
Lin Mo slowly opened his eyes, feeling the surging power within his body, and couldn't help but clench his fist.
After stretching my muscles, I neatly stacked the last batch of finished cards on the counter and counted them.
The results over the past three days have been quite remarkable.
A total of six blue source cards and nineteen classic cards were produced.
All the materials have been almost completely used up.
Looking at the twenty-five cards neatly stacked on the counter, Lin Mo nodded in satisfaction.
You don't need to worry about money for a short period of time.
I glanced at the time; the moon was already high in the sky.
Lin Mo no longer suppressed his sleepiness, quickly washed up, and went to bed.
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The next day,
Nine o'clock in the morning.
Lin Mo woke up from her sleep, quickly washed up,
He immediately walked to the shop door, grabbed the handle of the roller shutter door, and pushed it up forcefully, ready to go out for breakfast.
However, the next moment, he froze on the spot.
"What's going on?"
Lin Mo was completely bewildered.
A huge crowd had gathered outside the shop, stretching from the entrance all the way to the street.
The long, dark line stretched for several meters.
"The door's open! The door's open!"
"The boss finally came out!"
"Don't push, don't push, those at the back of the line!"
"Don't push me away, who's touching my butt?"
……
Almost the instant the door opened, the crowd stirred.
The people in front pushed and shoved forward, while those behind stood on tiptoe and craned their necks to peer inside.
What Lin Mo didn't know was that during the three days he was in seclusion cultivating card-making skills,
Those who had previously bought cards from him posted videos of him battling the Aberration online.
Can you believe that a blue card with a Black Iron 5-star rating can kill a vicious monster of the same level?
These videos instantly caused a huge uproar in the card master community.
Especially those three battle card masters who purchased the blue source cards were incredibly powerful.
The three of them together managed to kill a Gluttonous Beast with a Black Iron 3-star rating.
Although it's only a Black Iron 3-star, it's a genuine Gluttonous type!
It is far beyond the reach of other vicious species of the same level.
The video of the three blue cards teaming up to fight the Gluttonous Species quickly went viral and was widely shared throughout the card master community in Fog Mountain City.
In just two days, the number of views exceeded 500,000.
The comment section below exploded into chaos.
"This is a blue card? Who has such a powerful blue card?"
"Does this feel like it's not even in the same league as the cards I have?"
"Does any kind older brother know where they bought their cards?"
"I know, it seems to be a shop called Card House on Cuixia Street. My friend has a card there. Although it's not as good as the ones in the video, it's still much better than other cards of the same level. The card maker is definitely a genius."
"Card House, right? Got it, I'll go stake it out tomorrow."
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With the addition of local news reports in Wushan City, Lin Mo's shop became incredibly popular.
That's why Lin Mo saw this scene when he opened the door this morning.
"Having too many customers is also a problem!"
Lin Mo sighed, steadied himself, and immediately raised his voice:
Please queue in an orderly manner and do not crowd.
Today, our store will be offering six original cards and nineteen classic cards, limited to one per person.
The moment the words left his mouth, the crowd fell silent for half a second.
Immediately afterwards, a lively clamor erupted.
The crowd surged in.
The people at the front of the line all pulled out their phones and opened their payment codes.
Their movements were perfectly synchronized, as if they had rehearsed.
"Boss, I want that source card that looks like a rooster!"
"Hurry up, what are you dawdling about?"
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