In another world, Lu Mingfei is learning card making.

Of course, despite saying that, Lu Mingfei did not actually have the ability to forge high-level magic cards.

—Based on the curriculum of St. Mary's Academy, if magic cards are classified by energy level, they can actually be divided into three levels:

Energy levels one through three constitute the first level. For magical spirits of this level, the instructor will recommend summoning them directly.

Even students who are not good at summoning can summon a level 3 spirit in about two or three minutes, which is considered to be instantaneous.

Energy levels four to six constitute the second tier. Summoning magical spirits of this level directly is not recommended.

The time commitment is one issue, but another is that, for the human body, spending four or more spells at once is actually quite dangerous and could potentially cause other damage.

Starting from level seven, there is no upper limit; that is, level three. At this level, magical spirits must be summoned through rituals, fusion, or other means, even in actual combat, rather than by risking one's life.

It's not just about summoning; from the very beginning of card making, the summoner needs to calculate carefully, and every step even requires rituals to help correct it.

This is why the club is mostly filled with third and fourth graders. Because starting in fifth and sixth grade, students face a rather serious topic:

Should you focus intently on crafting a high-level card and continue your research on this path? Or should you quickly learn some alchemy knowledge related to your profession and prepare for your career after entering society?

This part of the knowledge was something Lu Mingfei heard from Percy. Of course, her intention wasn't to put any psychological pressure on Lu Mingfei, but rather to help explain the difficulty of crafting high-energy cards:

Even scholars who have studied magic for four or six years will hesitate in this regard.

"So it's best not to set my sights too high." Lu Mingfei sat in the chair of his alchemy array and spoke eloquently to Luo Tianyi. "I plan to first see what can be achieved using your method at the fourth to sixth energy levels."

Luo Tianyi's eyes swept over Lu Mingfei as she asked, "What kind of spirit card do you want to create? Could you tell me its story?"

"Of course." Lu Mingfei instantly perked up, paused for a moment, and began to speak:

"This is the story of a dragon that broke away from the herd..."

……

It is said that there was a fire dragon from the west. Because people in the west coveted the blood and bones of dragons, and he became sworn brothers with an eastern dragon and married another eastern dragon, he left the west and settled in the kingdom of the eastern dragons.

In the dragon kingdom, all races can thrive freely, but they all revere the dragon as their master. This western dragon, upon his arrival, resided in the city of his sworn brother.

His wife gave birth to a child here, which strengthened his resolve to protect the place. Until one day, an evil vengeful spirit attacked the city, and the fire dragon risked his life to slay the evil spirit, losing his own life in the process.

It is true that the evil spirit was slain, but what makes it an evil spirit is its ability to seize other people's bodies and prolong its own life. After the death of this body, the evil spirit instructed its minions to kidnap the dragon's child, hoping to raise him and then seize his body.

Days passed, and the dragon's child grew into a man. Then one day, the evil spirit summoned him and said:

My child, you are a descendant of the Western Dragon, and should be the leader of the Western kingdoms. Your father brought you to the East, intending for you to spend a wonderful childhood there, but the Eastern Dragon, intending to conquer the Western kingdoms, killed your father.

He entrusted you to me before he died. I raised you to adulthood, and I hope that you can wield this sword and avenge your father.

The dragon's child then took the sword inhabited by the evil spirit and went to the city of the Eastern Dragon. He caused a great disturbance, hoping to kill his "father's killer," but he failed and was even captured by the Eastern Dragon and imprisoned.

……

"And then?" Luo Tianyi urged for more updates. "What happened after they were taken to the prison? What became of those Eastern dragons?"

Lu Mingfei shrugged helplessly, "And then there's the fact that I haven't decided yet."

What he just said was something he had brainstormed and created while reading martial arts novels. He originally planned to deepen the theme and add details when he got old and had nothing else to do.

His energy is completely consumed by going to school and attending classes on weekdays, so he doesn't have the energy to write these things.

—Wait a minute, but if we follow Luo Tianyi's path, we'll really have to put some effort into writing these in the future.

"No, we absolutely can't let people work this hard." Lu Mingfei immediately shook his head in objection. "This is an experiment and a trial, so once I've said it, I've said it..."

"From now on, unless I'm crafting cards of energy level seven or higher, I will never make this much stuff again!"

Is this thing tiring?

Luo Tianyi tilted her head, looking puzzled—aren't these the things that just pop into your head while you're listening to the lecture?

It's just repeating the same thing, what's so tiring about it?

However, now that even the massive alchemy array on the ground was ready, Luo Tianyi stopped mentioning her story-making experience to avoid affecting Lu Mingfei's card-refining state.

Carved patterns, imbued with magic, placed materials—

The magic card shone brightly, causing the magic circle beneath its feet to also glow brilliantly. His blood, which served as the material, floated in the air, resembling a unique, vivid ruby.

At this moment, Lu Mingfei had no time to observe the movements around him; he simply closed his eyes and tried his best to recall the story he had told.

However, the deeper one thinks about it, the more obvious the flaws in the story become. Even these few lines of text, upon careful examination, reveal numerous errors and omissions:

Where were the dragon's father's sworn brothers during the siege? Why didn't they come to protect the still-young dragon?

Even though the young fire dragon is already a descendant of the fire dragons, why doesn't the Fire Dragon Kingdom come to snatch him from the evil spirit? Just who is that evil spirit? Could it be that the desire for dragon blood and dragon bones is suppressed by the fear of evil spirits?

There were countless examples like this. Before he uttered them aloud, he hadn't thought much of it, but now, after studying it while refining the cards…

"Sigh..." Lu Mingfei sighed, opened his eyes, and saw the elf card that was now shining brightly.

Since things have come to this point, let's first see what characteristics this card will have.