BXBX NOVEL Chapter 182 - 0182: Card (Three additional requests for subscription)
Chapter 182 - 0182: Card (Three additional requests for subscription)
The mahogany dining table was covered with a pristine white tablecloth, in the center stood a lit silver candelabrum.
The light from the candelabrum blended with that of the chandelier on the ceiling, adding some dreamlike atmosphere to an otherwise dim environment.
The cook and the maids kept serving lavish dishes, their mouthwatering aroma filled and overflowed in the air.
“Here, to friendship!”
Sitting at the main seat, Billy looked at Su Lu at the other end of the table, and raised his glass to toast.
“To friendship!”
Without a shred of guilt towards the extravagant tycoon, Su Lu drained the fine white wine in the glass.
As Su Lu was cutting a grilled steak, someone walked into the living room, dressed impeccably and looking like a secretary.
“Young master.”
He looked at Billy, giving a slight bow with a hint of arrogance, seemingly out of courtesy.
“Ron, this is my secretary—Ian! You can instruct him if you need anything. Ian is very competent!”
Billy laughed.
‘Is this… the Transcendent bodyguard sent by the Dollyf family?’
Su Lu glanced at him thoughtfully: ‘A [Apprentice], quite good actually.’
The caster profession is naturally a little rarer than the physical side. The fact that the Dollyf family sent an [Apprentice] to protect Billy is rather high-profile.
After all, Billy is not exactly the core of any family. Besides, after the disaster, Nia City has become very ‘clean’!
No matter whether it was a cultist or a demon worshipper, none could stay there.
An Apprentice would suffice for general danger.
“Mr. Ian, we are going to trouble you!”
Su Lu raised his wine glass as a gesture, a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
“Not at all! Serving you two is my honor!”
Ian was somewhat confused, thinking that this person didn’t seem to be among Billy’s friends.
But he didn’t say anything, only planned to investigate further later.
After all, he is not Su Lu, he doesn’t have any mental realm detection method, and naturally, he wouldn’t detect anything unusual about Su Lu.
When night fell.
In the mansion’s most luxurious guest room.
Su Lu, wearing a loose robe after a bath that washed away the fatigue of long journeying, arrived at the desk.
He opened his suitcase and took out envelopes of extraordinary materials, placing them on the desk.
“The train didn’t provide a suitable environment at all to perform my mystic studies… Now, I can finally begin!”
Su Lu first took out a bundle of dried wormwood, anticipation in his eyes.
The real power of the [Odd Technician] is still in the ‘Trick Cards’!
As for the Seal cards, that is his ultimate weapon and can’t be used for regular combat, moreover, that appearance might be wanted now.
“Trick Cards… The main ingredient is wormwood, the auxiliary ingredients are monkshood stems, thyme, rose essential oil…”
Recalling the production process, Su Lu took out various extraordinary materials and equipment.
All these were his gains in the Charles black market.
Honestly, he was kind of reluctant to leave such a large Transcendent trading market.
If he was to collect the materials to manufacture the cards here, he didn’t know how long it would be delayed.
“Let’s start, firstly… Spiritual Fire!”
Once everything was ready, Su Lu took a deep breath, lit the flame filled with spirituality, and started to process the materials one by one.
About fifteen minutes later…
He held a ‘funnel’, carefully pouring the yellow pulp inside into the mould which had been prepared earlier.
Sizzle!
The next moment, as the pulp was poured into the mold, a large amount of white smoke began to rise.
In the mold, a light yellow card emerged.
It was about the size of a poker card, blank on the front, and a vortex on the back.
This was the seal array of the [Odd Technician] that Su Lu had pre-engraved.
“Done!”
He wiped his sweat, picked up the card with some joy, and slightly infused it with inspiration.
Crack! …Crack!
The next moment, the patterns on the card lit up and then interrupted in succession, like a broken electrical appliance, flickering a series of sparks.
Whoosh!
Then, it automatically burned, turning into ashes.
“Failed…”
Su Lu sighed, “Although the overall process is correct, there was still a mistake in the micro-manipulation!”
After that, his several experiments did not yield satisfactory results. The difficulty of making trick cards was somewhat beyond his expectations. “If even paper cards are like this. one can imagine the difficulty of silver metal
cards… ”
Su Lu gave a bitter smile, suddenly understanding that no Transcendent profession was easy.
To acquire strong combat power, to win glory, one must silently endure hardships and efforts, and also bear the bitter fruits of failure!
“According to my current crafting ability, the success rate of the card is only about one in five, which is too low! If it’s a matter of technique, then…” Su Lu took a deep breath, “Upgrade magical item creation!”
[Expending 150 experience points… magical item creation level has been upgraded to LV2!]
At the moment after the skill increased, Su Lu, with his hand on his forehead, recalled the actions he made when producing the card just now, and found several minor mistakes.
If he were to try again, he was confident that he could increase the success rate by ten to twenty percent!
“This is not enough!”
After some thought, he continued to upgrade the skill level:
[Expending 300 experience points… magical item creation level has been upgraded to LV3!]
Having integrated strange knowledge, Su Lu felt his hands become exceptionally nimble. The movements he made when creating magical items now had an artistic sense of proficiency and fluency.
“The current success rate should be 50%! Indeed, the later it gets, the harder it is to improve!”
“However, I can gamble on the qualitative change at skill LV4!”
Su Lu gritted his teeth, “Continue upgrading!”
[Expending 600 experience points… magical item creation level has been upgraded to LV4!]
[Magical item creation level has been upgraded to LV4, receiving the exclusive bonus – Skilled Craftsman’s Heart!]
[Skilled Craftsman’s Heart- You have become an outstanding magical item craftsman. When creating a low-level Transcendent tool, the success rate increases by an additional 10%!]
“Hmm… this bonus seems pretty good, it’s just a pity that it consumes too much experience points…”
Su Lu took a deep breath and calmed down the discomfort in his body.
These were normal phenomena brought on by the skill upgrade.
The next moment, he picked up the magical materials again.
At this moment, he seemed to have become the master of this area. The handling of various materials was immaculate, and even the speed was significantly faster.
By the time he awakened from this wonderful state, he was astonished to find that all the wormwood had been processed, and he now had a stack of light yellow trick cards in his hand.
“The success rate… is about 80%, right?”
Su Lu thought about it and felt that this was the limit for a while.
After all, making trick cards was different from his previous few attempts. The previous refining mostly utilized the unique properties of the materials, and the actual operation requirements were not high.
But to make cards involves the sedimentation and transformation of various mysterious powers, and the difficulty skyrocketed..