Folk Card Maker: Starting from Painted Skin.

Chapter 2: Making cards requires several steps

After Zhang Jingtian analyzed his situation clearly, the most urgent thing he had to do was to have a card of his own.

There are four types of cards that card makers can create. The most common ones, which can summon various virtual characters to fight for you, are called Heroic Spirit Cards.

The second type is one-time spell cards, which are numerous in variety and highly functional.

Being able to create spell cards is the difference between ordinary card makers and elite card makers.

The third type is equipment cards that can be used by the card maker himself or for summoned heroes.

It is rarer, more expensive, can be used to make equipment cards, and is an exam item for card makers to advance to gold level.

The fourth type is the venue card, which is expensive and cannot be repaired if damaged.

This type of card is more commonly used in various team battles.

In addition, there is a special card that can only be produced in the secret realm, the skill card.

This type of card can be used by both card makers and heroic spirits, and after using it, they can automatically inherit the special abilities contained in the card.

It is extremely rare and has no market value on the black market.

Zhang Jingtian is not too ambitious. What he needs to do now is to have a card first so that he can become a reserve card maker.

Even those who are preparing to be card makers will have resources allocated to them in school.

If he can make blue quality cards, he can even jump directly into the best Panda class.

Yes, in the original body’s memory, the difference in treatment between the ordinary class and the panda class can be said to be a world of difference.

Just being able to receive free blank cards and runes every month is something that ordinary classes can only dream of.

Not to mention the gap in teaching staff.

Therefore, becoming a reserve card maker and entering the Panda Class is his biggest goal at the moment!
The next thing he had to do was to prepare the various materials for making the card.

Fortunately, the original body had solid basic skills and good mental strength, and reached the bronze level early on.

The reason why he didn't make his first card was because he couldn't think of a suitable story.

Zhang Jingtian leaned back in his chair and slowly closed his eyes.

He knew all the gods and monsters in the Classic of Mountains and Seas like the back of his hand, and the myths and legends he was familiar with in his childhood filled him with excitement.

But these are not things he can handle now.

Sometimes having too many inspirations in one’s head is not a good thing, as it can cause him to have difficulty making decisions.

On the table, neatly stacked were ten blank cards, the card drawing pens purchased by the school, and talismans that had been mixed with colors to make paint.

The most basic tools are available.

In addition to the story, you also need materials for production.

He turned on his computer and took a look at what materials were available, which could also provide him with inspiration.

The location automatically switched to Lanruo City where he was, and the material library in the same city was also more convenient to transport.

Accompanied by the sound of suona, Zhang Jingtian's eyes fell on the dazzling shopping interface.

Most of these materials come from card makers in this city, who put the materials they collect online in exchange for points.

Points are also the universal currency of this world.

However, after taking a look at the materials of this city, Zhang Jingtian couldn't help but shudder.

Those lifelike ghost cards made him worry that the evil ghosts in the cards would appear out of thin air.

There is not even a single bit of earthly material on the entire website!

Yes, the Lanruo City where he is actually has another name, called Lanruo New City.

The real old city is not called "shi", but "si" which means "temple".

However, the former Lanruo Temple has long been buried under the lake.

This is the largest and most dangerous Xihu Lake in their city. Lanruo Temple is a ghost town, and the most common things in Lanruo City now are various ghosts and spirits.

The most materials obtained by local card makers obviously come from this aspect.

However, after the initial fear passed, Zhang Jingtian calmed down.

Not to mention, these materials actually complement the various folk stories he is most familiar with.

[Starving Ghost] (green), [Unjustly Dead Person] (white), [Corpse Cat] (blue), [Evil Woman] (blue), [Red-Clothed Mummy] (white)...

This is the character material. Zhang Jingtian screened it and only selected materials below blue quality.

The next page is the item materials.

[Embroidered Shoes] (white), [Severed Hand] (blue), [Yellow Paper Wedding Dress] (green), [Intact Human Skin] (green), [Evil Paintbrush] (blue), [Gut-piercing Knife] (white)...

Apart from that, Zhang Jingtian has no chance of obtaining higher-end scene materials.

Not only is it expensive, but you also need to be certified by a formal card maker before you can buy it.

Zhang Jingtian looked at these materials, making various arrangements and combinations, while at the same time mobilizing the memories in his mind.

Finally, he came up with the answer he wanted.

[Evil Woman], [Complete Human Skin], [Evil Paintbrush].

These three seem to be able to be combined into an image in folklore, the Painted Skin Ghost.

It was a dark and terrifying evil ghost with a hideous face.

It sat in front of the mirror, picked up a paintbrush, and carefully copied on a piece of human skin.

A moment later, a portrait of a beautiful woman appeared on the human skin.

The evil ghost draped the human skin over herself, and when she turned around, she had turned into the woman in the painting.

This is the Painted Skin Ghost.

She is probably one of the most popular ghosts, and there are quite a lot of film and television dramas, games, and novels derived from her.

While her abilities vary widely depending on the adaptation, one thing is for sure: she's definitely quite impressive among goblins, and she likely even has a magical ability like Charm.

With such a broad mass base, the painted skin will definitely be successfully painted.

Moreover, her own positioning should be something that Zhang Jingtian can currently bear.

So Zhang Jingtian didn't hesitate any longer and directly added all three materials to the shopping cart.

When he came to the settlement page and saw that a total of 18 points were required, Zhang Jingtian almost fainted.

This is too expensive!
In this world, apart from the real card makers, ordinary people, prospective card makers and some low-level card makers with no talent do not live well.

Most of them are just trying to survive.

As for the original body that Zhang Jingtian traveled through, his father disappeared before he was born.

His mother was a card maker, but she died in a fight against the Scourge invasion three years ago.

All that was left to Zhang Jingtian was this old house and 20 yuan in savings.

Adding the compassionate money given to my mother by the Card Makers Association, the total is less than 50.

After deducting the tuition, living expenses and other expenses in recent years, there is still about 25 yuan left.

After buying these materials, Zhang Jingtian became penniless.

But he had no choice. If he wanted to change his fate, he had to become a card maker.

Therefore, he absolutely cannot save these 180,000 yuan!

Gritting his teeth, Zhang Jingtian clicked OK without hesitation.

Purchase successful!

(End of this chapter)