Mythical Card Maker: Starting with the Mountain Spirit

Chapter 97 Spirit Nourishing Pool

After finishing their lunch, Lin Mo and the others headed straight for the location of the Spirit Nourishing Pool, guided by the map.

Fang Chuchu and her friends originally planned to visit the Scripture Pavilion first to gather some ideas and prepare for the card creation process.

But upon hearing that Lin Mo was going to the Spirit Nourishing Pool, they all changed their minds.

After all, the Scripture Pavilion can be visited at any time, but the Spirit Nourishing Pool is a rare sight.

The Spirit Nourishing Pool in Yudu Tianfu is open once every three months, and each session lasts for three days.

To get a close look at the Spirit Nourishing Pool, you either need to be qualified to enter yourself, or be led in by someone who is qualified.

About thirty minutes later, Lin Mo and his group walked through flower-lined paths and arrived at a magnificent, star-studded hall.

The main hall is about three zhang high, with nine jade pillars that require an adult to encircle.

Each jade pillar is inlaid with hexagonal gemstones, radiating a soft glow.

And what was surrounded by the jade pillars was none other than the Spirit Nourishing Pool.

The Spirit Nourishing Pool is perfectly circular, with a diameter of about nine zhang (approximately 33 meters). The pool walls are carved from a single piece of white jade, covered with intricate patterns.

The pool water was a translucent pale gold, with tiny silver bubbles constantly rising to the surface and then bursting open.

It came, emanating a misty fog, like a dream.

At this moment, many students were already sitting upright beside the Spirit Nourishing Pool, each with their eyes closed in deep thought.

In front of them, cards of various colors floated up and down in a pool of pale gold water.

At the entrance of the main hall, an elderly man with gray hair and beard, dressed in gray clothes, was lying on a rattan chair, taking a leisurely nap.

He had no spiritual energy fluctuations around him and looked just like an ordinary old gatekeeper, nothing special.

"Is this the Spirit Nourishing Pool?"

Fang Chuchu's beautiful eyes kept gazing at the pool of golden water, her pretty face full of curiosity.

Yang Xue'er nodded and said with a smile, "Sister Chuchu, this is the Spirit Nourishing Pool."

The pale golden pool water was actually made from a blend of various rare and precious ingredients; it wasn't naturally like that.

It is said that it was originally a natural spiritual spring, which was later transformed by the powerful card maker of the academy, and thus became the Spirit Nourishing Pool that can nourish cards today.

Therefore, it also has another name, called the Spirit-Forging Holy Spring.

Of course, only the Star Mist Pool is open at the moment!

"Star Mist Pool?"

Fang Chuchu looked puzzled and looked at Yang Xueer with some confusion.

The latter smiled slightly and explained, "The Spirit Nourishing Pool is just a general term. Based on the color of the pool water, the concentration of spiritual energy, and the strength of the nurturing effect, it is divided into three levels, from bottom to top: Star Mist Pool, Moon Essence Pool, and Sun Pool."

The Star Mist Pool is light gold in color and is mostly prepared for first and second-year students. It is suitable for cards below the Silver level.

The Moonlit Pool is silver-gray in color and is mostly open to third and fourth-year students. It is suitable for gold-level cards.

As for the top-tier Sun Pool, it can only be used by Academy Instructors and Vice Deans, and is suitable for cards of Morning Star rank and above.

The higher the level, the longer the interval between openings. The Moon Pool opens once a year, while the top-level Sun Pool opens every few years.

Therefore, the most common type of pool within the Spirit Nourishing Pool is the Star Mist Pool.

Upon hearing this, Fang Chuchu looked enlightened.

This was the first time she had ever heard that the Spirit Nourishing Pool was also divided into different levels.

"I'll head over now!"

Lin Mo waved to the group, his gaze fixed on the surging starlight in the pool, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes.

"Go ahead and see how it goes."

Fang Chuchu smiled and said, "If the results are good, then we'll need to hurry up and earn more performance points. The entrance fee for the Spirit Nourishing Pool isn't cheap; it costs several thousand per visit!"

Lin Mo nodded and walked straight toward the dozing old man.

As soon as he approached, the old man opened his eyes, sized him up, and then said calmly, "Token!"

Lin Mo immediately handed over the access token he had prepared in advance.

The old man took the token and examined it carefully. After confirming it was correct, he calmly instructed, "Go in. Take seat number seventy-eight. Simply place the card that needs nurturing into the pool. The nurturing time is one hour. Be careful not to exceed the time limit!"

"Only an hour!"

Lin Mo was speechless.

This took much shorter time than he had anticipated.

"An hour is a long time; it's enough for you to upgrade your cards!"

The old man glanced at him and chuckled.

Lin Moqian chuckled, said nothing more, and immediately stepped inside.

Before, he hadn't felt anything while standing outside, but upon entering, Lin Mo immediately felt an extremely rich energy rushing towards him, causing all the pores on his body to open up and a comfortable warmth to spread through his limbs, as if he were soaking in a hot spring, instantly dispelling all his fatigue.

"Such a dense spiritual energy fluctuation, much stronger than that of a Grade A card-making room."

Lin Mo carefully experienced it and let out a heartfelt sigh.

Yudu Tianfu truly lives up to its reputation as one of the four top universities; its foundation is far beyond what ordinary universities can match.

The fact that treasure troves like the Spirit Nourishing Pool and the Card Making Room are open directly to ordinary students demonstrates its extravagance.

Just as Lin Mo was sighing, many students who were sitting cross-legged around the Spirit Nourishing Pool opened their eyes and looked over. When they saw that Lin Mo was just a lower-level bronze card maker, many students frowned and a hint of surprise flashed in their eyes.

The fact that this person is a lower-level bronze card maker means that he is almost a freshman who has just joined the academy.

Among the new students, those who can afford to use the Spirit Nourishing Pool are extremely rare.

You should know that even for second-year students like them, it takes a long time to consider entering the Spirit Nourishing Pool.

However, people only glanced at it briefly and then paid no more attention. Such examples are rare, but they have happened before.

Lin Mo didn't pay much attention to the stares of the crowd. He walked over calmly and slowly searched along the white jade base by the pool.

He quickly found his seat, number seventy-eight, in the southwest corner of the main hall.

There are a total of one hundred white jade bases around the Spirit Nourishing Pool, which are about thirty centimeters higher than the bluestone ground.

These seats are reserved specifically for card makers, so that they can sit cross-legged, concentrate, and manipulate the cards to nurture them.

After a moment's thought, Lin Mo sat down cross-legged like the others, and with a thought, immediately summoned all the cards.

shhhhhh!

Eight streaks of light suddenly flew out, hovering in front of him, and transformed into eight cards of different colors.

Looking at the cards in front of him, Lin Mo felt a surge of excitement.

He was eager to try out the effects of the Spirit Nourishing Pool.

In the past, upgrading cards required countless battles, which was not only time-consuming and laborious but also somewhat dangerous.

Now that he has the blessing of this Spirit Nourishing Pool, he wants to see just how much change will occur.

Let's begin!

Lin Mo's eyes narrowed, and he lightly tapped his fingertip.

The card that was floating in front of him suddenly flew out as if controlled by his own arm and disappeared into the pale golden pool of water.

Almost the instant the eight cards disappeared into the Spirit Nourishing Pool, countless silvery-white bubbles surged from the bottom of the pool, then burst with a bang, turning into starlight-like mist that gurgled and flowed.

"This spiritual energy is incredibly powerful!"

Lin Mo's eyes shone brightly, and with a thought, his spiritual energy dissipated and entered the card in front of him.

The next instant, all eight cards simultaneously unleashed a vast suction force, drawing in the surrounding misty fog and faintly forming vortexes of spiritual energy.

The surrounding starlight was drawn in, forming a dazzling ribbon of light that continuously flowed into the card.

The hazy starlight above the pale golden pool of water was decreasing at a visible rate.

Correspondingly, the originally calm and tranquil pool water suddenly began to tremble violently!

Countless silver bubbles surged out from the bottom of the pool, like boiling water churning endlessly.

The moment the silver bubbles surfaced, they exploded with a roar, transforming into a misty haze that swept across the entire hall.

"What's going on?"

Many students were startled awake, staring blankly at the strange phenomenon in the Spirit Nourishing Pool, their eyes filled with shock.

"Such terrifying devouring power! What's the origin of this guy's cards? How did they cause such a commotion?"

"Is he really a freshman? He seems even more formidable than us!"