Card Making: My Card Game Starts with the White Dragon

Princess Xinhai, like a kitten that had smelled fish, lay on Zhou Hao, her nose twitching.

Warm, moist breath swept across Zhou Hao's face, neck, and collarbone, inch by inch downwards.

Zhou Hao felt ticklish from the smell and felt like he could barely control himself, so he quickly pushed Princess Xinhai away.

Zhou Hao straightened the collar and took out a neutral white T-shirt and shorts from the closet, then put them on Princess Xinhai.

"These are your clothes. Wear them for now. You can't come out naked anymore."

Princess Xinhai looked at her own clothes in a daze, then at Zhou Hao's clothes, as if she understood something.

"I understand, Master."

……

In the days that followed, until the end of the knockout stage, Zhou Hao did not watch any more matches.

He had been racking his brains over how to train Princess Xinhai.

After spending a few days together, Zhou Hao discovered that although this "Mirage Dragon Heart Sea Princess" lacked common sense, she had a strong learning ability.

After all, it was a card that was certified as having "higher intelligence". In just two days, Princess Xinhai not only mastered everyday language, but also learned how to use the Internet.

The internet accelerated Princess Xinhai's learning progress by leaps and bounds. She quickly mastered most of the basic knowledge and even developed her own aesthetic sense.

However, this aesthetic has been influenced by some anime series, and the princess has started to wear maid outfits, and her actions are increasingly resembling those of a maid.

Sure enough, as soon as he woke up in the early morning, Boss Zhou found something soft under his head.

Opening my eyes, I was greeted by a figure as pure and beautiful as a sea sprite.

Zhou Hao found himself basking in the sunlight, enjoying the lap pillow of this "Dragon Maid".

"Master, I sense that you are in a rather tense state, so I plan to use the ancient massage technique I learned yesterday to help you relax."

Breakfast has been bought; it's your favorite tofu pudding and fried dough stick combo. It's perfect to eat now. Would you like me to set it out for you?

"Princess Xinhai, what exactly have you been learning online?"

Boss Zhou now understands what a "gentle haven" is; it really does feel good.

He has basically let Princess Xinhai go out and about freely these past few days.

The main reason is that Zhou Hao discovered that Princess Xinhai does not consume any mental energy when she does not use her field card skills or characteristics.

Later, Zhou Hao and Ma Ling'er learned that the summoning cards bound to the [Soul Imprint] do not consume mental energy under normal circumstances, which is also one of the signature abilities of the [Soul Imprint].

Moreover, this is not even the most exaggerated ability of the [Soul Imprint]. Chairman Guo's [River God] even frequently fights against Chairman Guo in two different locations.

The River God seems to possess the ability to store spiritual energy, which makes many other card makers of the same king level extremely envious.

After getting up, Zhou Hao looked at the spotless room and couldn't help but feel a sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, a feeling of mixed emotions, including admiration and awe).

Unexpectedly, the otaku content creator from his previous life now has his own fairy godmother and dragon maid in this life.

"Thank you, Chairman Guo, for the [Soul Imprint]..."

After washing up and having his meal, Boss Zhou began to think about what to do that day.

If he remembers correctly, today is the last day of the knockout stage, which means Zhou Hao will start playing tomorrow.

Looking at Princess Xinhai of the Mirage Dragon who was clearing the table, Zhou Hao felt that there was no need to teach her anything more.

"Why not continue making cards?"

Without further ado, Zhou Hao remembered that Zhang Shan had told him that once the field card was made, the mental space would be greatly stabilized.

Even if you have mental fatigue, you can still get through this period by relying on your mental space when making cards. If the story is also solid, there will be no problem at all.

These past few days, I've been so focused on training [Mirage Dragon Heart Sea Princess] that I haven't had time to make cards. Now that that's done, it's time to continue.

His own dragon maid had already finished clearing the table and continued surfing the internet, while Zhou Hao took out the four material cards he had bought a few days ago.

【The Blood-Red Robe of the Copper Coin Taoist】(Green), 【The King of the Wild Gourd】(Blue), 【Iron Banana Leaf】(White), 【The Riverbank That Never Collapses】(Purple).

Zhou Hao planned to use these four material cards in combination with the [Orphan of the Xiang Clan of Great Chu] (purple) to create the eldest of the Calabash Brothers, the [Red Calabash Brother] who was incredibly strong and could change size at will.

It's worth mentioning that the "Never Collapsed Riverbank" (purple) material card is a scene material card.

Zhou Hao turned his attention to this scene material card because he couldn't find any monster material cards that could freely change size.

According to the information, the river embankment in this scene material card has a unique characteristic—it grows taller as the floodwaters rise.

Therefore, its packaged name is "The Riverbank That Never Collapses", but the card itself clearly depicts a small clump of mud.

At that moment, Zhou Hao immediately thought of a magical type of soil—the Breath Soil.

"Xirang" is a magical soil in ancient Chinese legends, which has the property of self-growing and expanding.

According to the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Yu the Great once used the Breath Soil to control floods. Guo Pu, in his commentary on the Classic of Seas Within, said, "The Breath Soil refers to soil that grows infinitely on its own, so it can stop floods."

These descriptions perfectly match the "Never Collapsed Riverbank" (purple) and fit the "size as desired" setting, which is why Zhou Hao took a liking to it at first sight.

Although this material card is only of purple quality and may not be the legendary "Breath Soil," it is highly likely to have some connection with this magical soil.

Using only elements from scene material cards to create summon cards is truly extravagant.

If Zhou Haoxue's credits from the competition hadn't already been received, he really wouldn't have been able to come up with this huge sum of over three million yuan.

Next, Zhou Hao arranged all the material cards and card-making tools one by one, focused his mind, and soon entered the familiar gray fog space again.

When Zhou Hao skillfully used his mental power to connect with the five material cards, he indeed saw restless material phantoms rushing towards him.

Zhou Hao even made a point of sensing the attack from the material phantom.

The valiant young man in purple robes punched Zhou Hao in the abdomen, but Zhou Hao did not take a step back; he only felt a brief moment of dizziness.

The blood-robed Taoist with a copper coin-covered face laughed maniacally, brandishing his copper coin sword and unleashing a series of copper coin phantoms at Zhou Hao. However, each phantom shattered upon impact with Zhou Hao, turning into ashes.

The massive dam continued to rise before suddenly collapsing and crashing down on Zhou Hao. Zhou Hao remained unfazed, showing no signs of distress.

In the spiritual realm, Zhou Hao is the only true god.

Even when all these material phantoms appeared together, he didn't feel anything; he felt absolutely no pain or discomfort.

"That's about it, the experience is over."

As he spoke, Zhou Hao's mind stirred, and the long scroll transformed into a curtain, completely isolating these material phantoms from the outside.

A giant brush emerged from the void, swiftly writing several large characters:

"【Calabash Brothers: Red Calabash Brother】"

In an instant, golden light burst forth, and a shout suddenly rang in Zhou Hao's mind:

"Big brother!!"

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