Card Making: My Card Game Starts with the White Dragon

Zhou Hao glanced at his battle-damaged dormitory and lost the desire to continue testing the strength of the "Gourd Brothers".

After all, even the fruit knives and the like in the dormitory couldn't break through his defenses, let alone the "Gourd Brothers".

For the next few days, Zhou Hao basically went back and forth between the dormitory and the cafeteria, and his days were very peaceful.

Besides training his mental strength, he spends his days familiarizing himself with [Ao ​​Lie, the Third Prince of the Jade Dragon of the West Sea] and [the Golden Calabash Brothers], as well as practicing the skills he has mastered.

Half a month has passed in this way, which has been quite fulfilling, but figuring things out on my own is ultimately too inefficient.

Zhou Hao's long-awaited "skill card" has been unable to be produced because he doesn't know how to depict the spiritual circuitry on the back of the card.

A "skill card" is a one-time card created by a card maker who has mastered a skill and imprints that skill onto a blank card.

Before Zhou Hao created [West Sea Jade Dragon Third Prince Ao Lie], the [Bubble Technique] cards he found in the drawer were skill cards.

Since skill cards can be used without mental energy, they have a very wide audience.

Making and selling skill cards is one of the most common ways for ordinary card makers to make money.

Zhou Hao purchased materials for "Gourd Brothers" and repaid the 50 yuan mortgage he owed the bank. He now has about 40 yuan left.

40 sounds like a lot, but it's nothing to card makers who spend six figures on a single piece of material.

Zhou Hao also intended to make money by creating skill cards for the [Water Repelling Technique] and [Divine Power: Indestructible Vajra].

However, according to national regulations, one must complete the junior card maker certification before learning the spiritual circuit drawing of the [Skill Card].

If you don't understand how to depict the mental circuits when drawing the card back, the card cannot be formed, and naturally, there's no point in talking about [skill cards].

Zhou Hao felt his money slipping away every day; he was just one junior card maker certification away from achieving it.

Certification as a junior card maker is very simple; you only need to make one card and go to the Card Maker Association for certification.

In other words, after the start of the school year, anyone who successfully enrolls will be a junior card maker; the only difference is one procedure.

The problem lies in this procedure. Because of the sea monster invasion, Zhou Hao is currently confined to the East Campus and cannot go to the Card Master Association at all.

Fortunately, all of this is about to end, and today is the first day of school for the card-making high school.

Moreover, according to Zhao Lei, this year's situation is special.

Staff from the Cardholders Association will come to the school to provide one-stop service.

Students can complete their basic card maker certification without leaving the school.

……

Nine o'clock in the morning, East Campus, Flag-raising Square.

A sea of ​​people, colorful flags fluttering, and a red banner reading "Shanhai City 2026 Card-Making High School Opening Ceremony" stood out prominently.

On the podium, the seats for the president of the Shanhai City Card Makers Association and the principal of Shanhai City Card Making High School were vacant.

The other positions, such as Minister of Scientific Research and Commander of the Navy, are all full.

In the square, the students sat listlessly below the stage, listening to the leaders speak, occasionally trying to lighten the mood.

When the last leader on the stage finally finished speaking, the students below the stage immediately became noisy.

"Brother Hao! Make your move! It's time to wow everyone!"

Hearing Zhao Lei's shouts from not far away, Zhou Hao wanted to cover his face: "I didn't realize this guy was such a conspicuous jerk when we first met."

Of course, there was more than one such eye-catching bag; students who knew each other often called out to each other and joked around.

Zhou Hao knew that for many students, this might be the closest they would ever get to becoming a card maker in their lives.

Because next up is the highlight of the opening ceremony, which is also the hottest topic in Shanhai City every year at this time—the entrance card test.

The card-making trainees present here are not yet considered students of Shanhai City Card-Making High School; they are merely pre-selected students.

To formally enroll, you must go to the nearby Card Master Gymnasium for a professional card test.

The entrance card test posed no difficulty for students who produced their cards correctly.

This step only involves recording the card's name, card type, and measuring its five dimensions.

Finally, the card data is reported to the Card Masters Association, which is a way of officially registering the cards.

However, this step is a real hurdle for those who are unable to successfully make cards on their own.

Students without cards are guaranteed to fail, but every year there are always some students with connections...

Those who try to get away with using evil tricks or secret techniques are the main targets of the entrance card test.

Of course, from a positive perspective, the entrance card test can also reflect a card's potential.

Social media often focuses on highlighting the best-performing cards to grab attention.

As a result, every year after the entrance card test, a few more "Future Stars of Shanhai City" are selected.

It has allowed news media to generate a lot of traffic, and it has also given ordinary people more topics to talk about after dinner.

Zhou Hao is able to maintain a calm attitude towards this.

From the moment he decided to make the cards, he knew that this journey would inevitably be accompanied by countless attention, praise, slander, and even abuse.

A person who isn't envied is mediocre; he holds the treasure trove of Chinese mythology in his hands.

To reach the pinnacle of card making, one cannot act like a rat in the gutter.

Furthermore, this world is still within the overarching narrative of humanity's struggle against monsters from the Old World.

Card makers are a common asset to all humanity, and every country spares no effort in protecting them.

Therefore, Zhou Hao believes that he is capable of appropriately displaying his talents and making rapid progress.

After all, people who are timid and hesitant will miss out on a lot of resources.

Thinking about it that way, Zhao Lei's shout just now wasn't wrong.

Zhou Hao is truly going to amaze everyone today.

……

Soon, the students, organized by their instructors, arrived at a huge venue and began to line up.

A staff member dressed in a Card Masters Association uniform held up a list and said:

"Next, I will start calling roll. Once your name is called, go inside and follow the staff."

"Handsome Pan!!"

"Zhang Wei!!"

……

The card test was conducted quickly, and the first student came out in no time.

He was dejected, his eyes darting around, and a staff member came out with him.

"Pan Shuai!! After testing, the cards provided by the student are summoning-type [skill cards]."

"This was not made by me, therefore I do not have the qualifications for a junior card maker certification..."

For a moment, the sounds of cameras clicking, laughing, and insults mingled together.

The boy named Pan Shuai also slunk into the crowd and hurriedly left with a middle-aged couple.

"Wow, what a rich guy! His summoning skill cards are almost worth an apartment in the city center, and he's just wasting his money like that."

"But this Zhang Wei is alright, green quality, and he even has a B in his five-dimensional value?"

While complaining to Zhou Hao, Zhao Lei was also checking the updated card information on the official website on his phone.

Suddenly, the voice reading the list rang out again:

"Ma Ling'er!!"

"Zhou Hao!!"

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