Lucky Fish 80

 

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.

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