Who told him to make the cards!

Ancient and modern structures can be compatible with each other.

Moreover, this card seems to be even better than the previous pieces.

This was beyond Chen Zhi's expectations.

The structure is still the same, only the drawing method has changed, and some simplified characters have been converted to traditional characters. How could this increase the power of the cards for no reason?

It increased by approximately 3%.

This number is very small, and the laws that a Tier 1 white card can bear are also very limited. In actual combat, there is almost no difference between 100% and 103%.

However, card makers who are sensitive to energy and work on making and replacing cards year-round can still detect it.

Don't tell him that ancient structures are unconditionally superior to modern structures.

Chen Zhike didn't agree with this reasoning.

Although that's what Old Man Meng said, the simplified structure will have omissions in the expression of legal principles.

But Chen Zhi didn't notice.

At least I didn't sense it from these six basic structures.

Old Man Meng probably wouldn't lie to him; it's just that Chen Zhi is rather "stubborn."

In his view, card making is not a true/false question, but a problem-solving question.

Therefore, having a correct conclusion or answer is not enough; there must also be reasons and processes to explain or prove it. Only then will the final result be more reliable and truly help him to better understand ancient structures.

So Chen Zhi made a few more chess piece cards.

He deliberately wrote more slowly, allowing ample time to observe and experience the differences between ancient and modern structures.

But there's still no clue.

"Alright, let's leave it at that for now."

Chen Zhi rubbed his temples.

He plans to put this issue aside for the time being.

After all, it doesn't affect card production much.

For him now, what might help him pass the tidal node review at Qinggong Academy is clearly more important.

This was his biggest takeaway tonight.

That statement was absolutely correct.

An old house where a treasure.

Even a casual draft written by Old Man Meng could provide him with immense inspiration.

To this, Chen Zhi could only say:

"Thanks, Lao Meng, for the structure!"

But the surprises didn't end there.

The next morning.

It was just past dawn.

When Chen Zhi left Guanyu and returned to the shop, as he opened his eyes and stretched, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the shelves in the shop, which were filled with many old things.

Dirty porcelain, broken jade plates, cracked cards, and oddly shaped stones.

The objects themselves are not the focus; the focus is on the patterns and inscriptions engraved on them.

Chen Zhi actually saw a few traces of ancient structure in it.

He immediately threw off the blanket, got off the chair, and went closer to take a closer look.

Just then, the door to the inner room was also pushed open.

Zhou Keke came out wearing her pajamas and slippers.

She hadn't even fully opened her eyelids yet, rubbing her eyes, a few stray strands of hair falling across her forehead, her cheeks flushed, looking sleepy.

The figures walking past her seemed to bring her to her senses a little more.

"...Brother Chen?"

Why are you up so early?

"Still not asleep?"

"I'm used to waking up early."

Chen Zhi answered casually, then pointed to the shelf and asked the girl, "What are these?"

“Some small antiques,” Zhou Keke said as she walked over.

A refreshing milky aroma wafted into Chen Zhi's nose.

The girl stood beside him, yawning, and said, "Most of them are collected from customers... Brother Chen, are you interested in them?"

“I’m interested in the patterns on them,” Chen Zhi said. “Could they be related to ancient structures?”

"Huh, Brother Chen also knows about ancient structures?"

"Wait for me, I'll go open the door..."

"Hey, why is the door open?"

Chen Zhi: "..."

The door has never been closed.

He chuckled and said, "Are you still half asleep?"

"..."

Yes.

Zhou Keke didn't fall asleep until 1 a.m., and then got up again at 6 a.m., only getting five hours of sleep.

She was used to getting up and opening the door at this time, and for a moment she forgot that there had been an extra person in the house since yesterday.

She walked into the store in a daze, her eyes completely drawn to Chen Zhi, and she didn't notice that the store door was open.

But now she is fully awake.

Chen Zhi's teasing made her brain instantly activate, and her cheeks became even redder.

"Why don't you go back to sleep for a while?" Chen Zhi said.

"No!" Zhou Keke suppressed her slight embarrassment and said with her hands on her hips, "I order you to forget how silly I just looked!"

Chen Zhi suppressed a laugh and played along, feigning confusion: "Did you just do something?"

Zhou Keke giggled: "No."

"I was just about to introduce our family's antiques to Brother Chen."

"Okay, you say."

Chen Zhi cupped his hands in greeting: "I am all ears."

Zhou Keke also straightened her face and said very seriously, "These things in our family are quite extraordinary."

"Legend has it that cards existed at the very beginning of the world, before humankind was even born."

"Back then, our planet was barren and chaotic, with raging storms, upside-down clouds, and volcanoes that were erupting one second could freeze into ice the next."

"There are no people, no animals, and no plants."

"There was nothing there, only invisible cards in the sky."

"Later scholars called this period the Source Card Era."

Chen Zhi, puzzled but impressed, asked, "What does the Source Card Era have to do with these antiques?"

"Are these all products of the Source Card era?"

"Does it have any special effects?"

Zhou Keke: "Wait a minute, I'm still making this up."

Chen Zhi: "?"

Zhou Keke burst out laughing and clung to Chen Zhi's arm affectionately.

"Oh dear, I guess I'm really not good at telling stories to deceive people, Brother Chen, don't be angry."

"Actually, these small antiques are nothing special; their main purpose is for collection."

"The patterns and text on them evolved from ancient structures, serving both aesthetic purposes and as class markers of that period."

"For example, this one."

As the girl spoke, she casually picked up a porcelain bottle that looked like it had just been unearthed.

"Its firing process is very backward, and its advantages and disadvantages are very obvious."

"It's ugly and strange, and it's no surprise that it's a product of the eve of the third legal revolution."

"The bonfire-like pattern on the bottle matches perfectly; it was the crest of a prince's family at the time."