Chapter 80: Two Explosions!

Why did such a talent, a great Card Forger material only have a Grade D inner focus? If Yu Jinli was at Grade B, Master Kameng believed it was possible for him to become a Grade A Card Forger through efforts. However, it was nonsense for a person with Grade D inner focus to become a Grade A Card Forger. Kameng sighed quietly. After seeing the energy card, Master Kameng didn’t tell him how to channel the energy. Instead, he asked: “What’s the characteristic of double color flower?” “Double color flower with one petal white, one black, the white one resists temptation from the enemy, the black one tempts the enemy,” answered Yu Jinli instinctively. “What about trefoil?” continued Master Kameng. Yu Jinli: “Trefoil upgrades one’s combat effectiveness.” Master Kameng: “Fantasy flower?” Yu Jinli: “Fantasy flower...” He answered about ten questions of super plants well. A smile appeared on Master Kameng’s face. “It seems you’ve read the book I gave you yesterday.” It was rare to see Master Kameng praise anyone, which struck the assistants dumb. They felt they were slowly numbing inside. It drove one hopping mad to compare oneself with the luckier persons. “Yes, I’ve finished it,” said Yu Jinli happily. He was a good koi fish. He finished every task teacher gave him. “Don’t be complacent even if you’ve memorized it all. It’s only part of the lowest grade energy cards. Only after you are skillful in making Grade F energy cards can you continue to learn how to make Grade E ones. Besides, you haven’t made a Grade F energy card successfully by now which meant you aren’t a Card Forger yet.” As usual, Master Kameng was sharp-tongued. If it was someone else, he must have been beaten down by the master’s remark. Perhaps he wasn’t even willing to learn from Master Kameng anymore, which was common. However, either born insensitive or not caring at all, Yu Jinli answered happily: “I’ll work hard on these super plant energy cards.” Master Kameng’s expression softened a bit. With Yu Jinli’s energy card in his hand, he said: “Follow me.” “Yes, master,” replied Yu Jinli immediately as he followed Master Kameng upstairs, once again missed the shock on the assistants’ faces. “Gosh, he is going upstairs,” said Liu Qi with disbelief. He couldn’t help but pinching his companion. “Why do you pinch me?” His companion asked a bit angrily. “So, this isn’t a dream. The master does bring him to the second floor. Why is he so lucky? Why doesn’t the master give me lessons? I’ve been here for half a year and have never been to the second floor,” said Liu Qi with envy. “Well, I’ve been here for a year and haven’t been there,” said another person, frustrated. The second floor was where Master Kameng worked. Usually, nobody was allowed there. Everyone worked on the first floor or in the yard. Now Master Kameng had taken someone upstairs with him. Everyone knew what Yu Jinli was going to do upstairs, so they were very jealous of him. “Enough. Little chestnut has memorized Collection of First-grade Super Plants over night. Have you? He has practiced drawing heart-shaped herb over night. Have you?” Ah Lee spoke suddenly. His word shut everyone else up. Ah Lee was right. Although Yu Jinli had only been here for two days, he had worked harder than them. They who had been here for half a year or a year hadn’t memorized all the content of Collection of First-grade Super Plants. Nor could they draw super plants skillfully. They weren’t in a position to envy him. With equal opportunities, it depended on oneself to seize it. Right now, on the second floor, Yu Jinli followed Master Kameng obediently without looking around, which made Master Kameng happy. In his studio, Master Kameng put the Grade F energy card Yu Jinli made on the desk and gave him an empty energy card as he said: “Draw heart-shaped herb on this card.” A bit confused with the empty energy card, Yu Jinli said: “Master, I don’t know how to channel energy yet.” “You don’t need to. Do what you did last time,” said Master Kameng. He wanted to see if Yu Jinli really painted the heart-shaped herb by himself. If he found anyone who was opportunistic, he wouldn’t let that end well. “All right.” Without much thought, Yu Jinli started with the empty card as the master bid. Having known the shape of heart-shaped herb by heart, Yu Jinli finished drawing on the energy card at one go, only that the picture on this card was as dim as the previous one. Master Kameng watched Yu Jinli with surprise as he finished drawing. It was beautifully done in a short spell. “How do you feel when you are drawing?” asked Master Kameng. “Smooth,” said Yu Jinli honestly. He didn’t have any difficulty and drew it outright. Without a word, Master Kameng passed Yu Jinli another empty energy card then said: “Extend you inner focus to this card.” Yu Jinli did as the master bid and extended his spirit consciousness to it. Though in the test he was confirmed to have inner focus, Yu Jinli still didn’t know what it was so he used spirit consciousness instead since he had drawn with it and summoned a super beast successfully, which made him think he might be able to use his spirit consciousness in place of inner focus. “Feel the energy in it with your inner focus,” instructed Master Kameng. At first, he had accepted Yu Jinli because of Jiang Family. Now he really wanted to teach this talented kid. The space inside the energy card was filled with energy, which Yu Jinli realized as soon as his spirit consciousness entered it. However, it was his first time touching it. With the greatest of care, he extended his spirit consciousness and touched the energy. Unexpectedly, in an instant, there was a loud bang and the empty energy card blew up. As the one nearest to the card, he suffered the blow and ended up with cornrows. Master Kameng: ... Apparently, he didn’t expect a sudden explosion which caught him unawares. “What did you do? I asked you to touch it, not to activate it!” shouted Master Kameng angrily. A bit frustrated, Yu Jinli argued in a small voice: “I simply touched it and nothing else.” He did just touch it softly. How would he know there would be an explosion? “If you didn’t activate it, why did it blow up? Did it blow up by itself just to frame you?” said Master Kameng without mercy. Inner focus wouldn’t cause explosion if it simply touched the energy inside an energy card but it would easily bring about explosion when activating it with the tiniest carelessness, which led Master Kameng to think Yu Jinli did activate it. Pitiably, Yu Jinli didn’t know that. Besides, Master Kameng wouldn’t know that Yu Jinli was using spirit consciousness instead of inner focus. Thus, a misunderstanding occurred. Trying to control his hot temper, Master Kameng threw Yu Jinli another empty energy card and said: “If you activate it again, don’t come here anymore.” “Yes, master,” replied Yu Jinli in grievance. He didn’t activate the energy at all. This time, he extended his spirit consciousness to the energy card more carefully. When he saw the glowing energy, he was a bit intimidated, not by another explosion but by a master who might get angry because of another explosion. However, he had to finish what the master asked, more careful this time. To his horror, the energy card exploded again when his spirit consciousness touched the energy. That brought him nearly to tears. His pitiable look and his blackened face would let anyone think he was unfairly treated. Master Kameng was about to vent out his anger and choked on Yu Jinli’s looks. “You think you are poor? How dare you? You are the one who made two explosions.” As sharp as ever, Master Kameng sounded gentler than usual but still annoyed. This boy was clearly gifted at drawing. Why was he so stupid when it came to guiding the energy? Though most Card Forgers failed at the step of guiding energy, not many beginners who touched the energy with inner focus were able to cause two continuous explosions at a time. He had to give Yu Jinli credit for being “talented” in that aspect. “Come. Watch how I use inner focus,” said Master Kameng finally, without a choice. Not daring to object, Yu Jinli walked to the master. Then he saw a white string came out of Master Kameng’s head and connected the energy card. That string which connected Master Kameng’s head and the energy card must be inner focus. Curious about inner focus, Yu Jinli extended his spirit consciousness quietly to find out what it was. If he could learn what inner focus was, he might be able to avoid explosions when he touched the energy inside the energy card. Carefully, he extended his spirit consciousness to Master Kameng’s inner focus. However, the moment they touched, the inner focus withdrew quickly and Master Kameng opened his eyes and turned to Yu Jinli’s direction sharply. Yu Jinli was so frightened that he didn’t even dare to breathe, afraid what he did just now was found out. With a tight frown, Master Kameng looked severe. He still had the feeling when his inner focus was touched. The only person in this room except him was Yu Jinli, a boy who couldn’t control his inner focus. No way that Yu Jinli had touched his inner focus. In the Federation, inner focus was vital for Card Forgers. Normally, a person wouldn’t touch another person’s inner focus with his own, nor the other way around, since permanent damage might occur with the slightest carelessness. There was a case of attack with inner focus between enemy Card Forgers, which was a tragedy. After that, touching others’ inner focus with one’s own was banned. Therefore, when Master Kameng felt that touch, he withdrew his inner focus at once in order to protect himself. “You’ve just had inner focus recently. Don’t use it as you like. Don’t touch others’ inner focus with it, nor let others’ touch yours, unless you don’t want to be a Card Forger anymore.” Master Kameng told him seriously. He thought Yu Jinli wasn’t good at controlling his inner focus, which was why he touched his inner focus unintentionally. “I see.” Yu Jinli nodded hurriedly as he answered.