Who told him to make the cards!

They didn't even send bed sheets and duvet covers.

He had to pay for it himself.

"Come on, I'll take you to a great card dealership."

Wu Hui must have visited Qingshan District many times beforehand.

He knows the roads here very well.

This once made Zhou Keke frown.

I thought to myself, "You've already done all the work of welcoming new students, what am I supposed to do?"

Zhou Keke is unhappy.

Wu Hui led Chen Zhi out of the school gate.

After leaving the college street and turning a corner, you arrive at a magnificent cardholder shop next door.

It's like a boutique for luxury watches.

"Saint Qingyuan"

A river pattern is engraved below the store name.

Chen Zhi was very familiar with this logo.

It came from a state-owned enterprise.

"This is Vatican property?"

Chen Zhi confirmed with Wu Hui.

"Good eye."

"To be precise, it is a joint venture between the Papacy and the Blue Palace Academy."

Wu Hui explained, "The products from Shengqingyuan are guaranteed in terms of quality and after-sales service. They are a bit expensive, but that's in line with the status of students from Qinggong Academy!"

The three of them entered the store.

The female shop assistant came up to us with a sweet smile.

"Good afternoon, welcome to Shengqingyuan."

"You go ahead with your work, we'll take a look ourselves first."

Wu Hui said.

"Okay, please let me know if you need anything."

Chen Zhi remained silent.

He was afraid the goods here were too expensive for him to afford, so he first went to the display case on the side to take a look.

Then I breathed a sigh of relief.

It's alright, not too expensive.

The pens in the glass cabinet were all beautiful and varied.

The manufacturers are mainly three large enterprises, divided into seven tiers.

One is the "Hengliu" series, which was developed by Qinggong Academy but mass-produced by Baita Group.

Its features are stability and no elemental bias, with a price range of 899-1899 for the tower.

Secondly, there are the tuning pens such as "Red Glow" and "Water Blue" manufactured by Chilu Heavy Industry.

It features three adjustable ink flow levels, which can provide a slight magical guidance effect when creating corresponding elemental cards, increasing the success rate of card makers by about 1%. It is priced at 3888-8888 towers.

Thirdly, the Qinggong Academy's self-developed and self-produced "Synesthesia" pen is priced at 12800.

The pen tip is embedded with a small piece of blue crystal, which can recognize most commonly used legal structures, and a small section of the pattern can be pre-recorded before the card is made.

When the card maker's pen strokes do not match expectations, a "brake pad"-like device will pop out from the inside of the pen tip to increase resistance, thus alerting the card maker to a possible mistake.

The fourth level is "concealing the edge".

Both the pen body and the nib are specially treated to be used with card inks that have high fusible activity.

Priced at 18600 towers, it is generally only available to card makers of level four or higher.

There's no need to look at the rest.

Prices range from 3 to 30, which is ridiculously expensive, and you still can't use them.

What about "phases," "seven balances," "falling voids," and so on...

Card production should be grounded in reality!

Why bother with all this fancy stuff?

Chen Zhi snorted softly and skipped over the question.

At the same time, it was difficult to tear my gaze away from these high-end card-making pens.

"I've made my choice." Wu Hui called over a shop assistant and pointed to a dark red tuning pen in the glass case, saying, "I'll take this one."

The shop assistant quickly packaged the pen.

It was placed in a very exquisite wooden box.

"And you?" he asked Chen Zhi.

"I just need constant current," Chen Zhi said.

Wu Hui was surprised by Chen Zhi's choice.

"I heard about your assessment," he said. "With such talent, why don't you buy a better one?"

Zhou Keke pouted and didn't say anything.

She had been secretly observing Chen Zhi.

Chen Zhi clearly lingered longer in front of the "Synesthesia" series of rhythmic pens.

She also likes this collection; every style is beautiful.

But the calligraphy brush is too expensive.

12800 towers, even if you sold her, you still couldn't afford it.

This is just the price of the pen.

The better the card-making pen, the more regularly it needs maintenance and replacement of the pen tip and refill.

This is another considerable expense.

This shows how expensive the job of a card maker is.

Zhou Keke and Chen Zhi haven't known each other for very long, so even if she had the money to buy the pen as a gift, Chen Zhi probably wouldn't accept it.

If only I had met Chen Zhi a few years later...

Chen Zhigang wanted to say that it was unnecessary.

A familiar voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"He's right, Hengliu is indeed not worthy of your talent."

An elderly man dressed simply walked into the store.

Chen Zhi was taken aback.

Isn't this Shen Qinglian's old servant?

Is he also at Qinggong Academy?

"Her Highness said you might come to Saint Green Garden, and she was right."

The old servant said with a smile.

He took a box out of his storage card and handed it to Chen Zhi.

"Take it."

"This is……"

"Open it and take a look."

Chen's license was issued.

The scene of the old servant killing hundreds of guards in the mining area while taking a walk was still vivid in his mind, and he felt a sense of awe for this old man.

The box was just an ordinary wooden box.

Compared to Shengqingyuan's gift box, it's like comparing heaven and earth.

But the things inside are anything but ordinary.

When Chen Zhi opened it, he was almost blinded by the light.

It was a pen.

It is completely transparent and has a texture like glass.

It has ridges like a kaleidoscope.