Chapter 185: The Rotating Dragon's Reflection

Seeing the Sword Saint's attitude, Yu Cang's eyes fluctuated slightly.

He just felt that he, the most senior "employee", seemed a little lonely.

"Okay, I respect your decision." Now didn't seem like the time to ask about someone's past, so Yu Cang changed the subject: "By the way, how did you end up in the Starry Sky Vision? And... you have a complete Rhythmic Body? Are you also a scholar?"

The Sword Saint shook his head. "I'm not a scholar, just a warrior. I entered the World of Knowledge by chance. Learning here helped me improve my swordsmanship, so I refined my Rhythmic Body."

Yu Cang nodded: "So that's how it is."

Good heavens... If Feng himself is considered a "just a warrior", then there are probably no scholars in this world.

Although the most important process in condensing a rhythmic body is to clarify oneself, it also requires a lot of knowledge accumulation... It does not count for people like Yu Cang who are born with it.

Since Feng has a complete rhythmic body, it means that he has definitely worked hard in his studies. But even so, he still regards himself as a warrior, which means that this identity far exceeds that of a "scholar" in his heart.

As he said, even if he was learning, it was only to improve his swordsmanship.

Feng continued, "As for why I'm here... it's kind of accidental. Just now, a passage suddenly opened between the world of consciousness and the chaos beyond. To be honest, I couldn't help but feel nostalgic, so I went to the world of consciousness to take a look—but I didn't expect that with just one glance, I'd be discovered."

Yu Cang was a little confused: "But, shouldn't I have sealed that passage?"

"It's just a seal, not disappearance. This seal was set by the Summoner. With the connection between me and the Summoner, I can pass through the sealed passage."

"Is that so..." Yu Cang frowned slightly.

This is a hidden danger.

Feng can pass through the sealed channel through the connection with himself. Does that mean that if there is a being far stronger than himself, it can also directly tear open the seal and enter the realm of consciousness?

The sealed passage is right at my doorstep, so I have to be careful.

Feng seemed to see Yu Cang's concerns, so he said, "Don't worry, Summoner. Your seal is perfect. If there is a being that can open the seal from the Chaos Beyond, then the power they possess is enough to open doors in the Chaos Beyond at will. Whether this seal exists or not is no longer important."

Yu Cang: "..."

Not comforted at all.

In any case, there shouldn't be any problems in the short term, so Yu Cang can only feel relieved for the time being.

I was careless when I faced that insect.

I shouldn't have attempted such powerful knowledge.

Alas, things have come to this point. There is no point in saying more. Let’s work hard to become stronger.

"Then can you stay here forever?"

"Theoretically, yes," Feng said. "To be honest, without my true name, I can't connect with the real world. If I hadn't seen the passage you opened, I wouldn't have known you were qualified to enter the world of consciousness. Now that I know, it's easy for me to enter the world of consciousness with the help of my connection with you."

"Then how about you stay in the World of Consciousness? I created a bubble world nearby. There are some people in it. If you're bored, you can chat with them. I think they'd also like to learn something from you."

Hearing this, Feng's eyes trembled slightly, and he seemed to be a little moved, but he quickly restrained this emotion.

"No, I don't like crowds."

"Ah... okay." Yu Cang said helplessly, "Then what do you need? No matter what it is, you can ask for it, and I will do my best to help you realize it. You responded to my call, so you wouldn't ask for nothing, right?"

He could feel that as Feng's summoner, if he wanted to force Feng to do something, Feng would have no way to refuse.

However, after all, there is neither a real name nor a contractual relationship between him and Feng, nor any other connection, so if Feng really wants to leave, Yu Cang has no way to stop him.

In other words, once Feng responded to his call, it would be equivalent to temporarily becoming his servant. Yu Cang could feel that Feng was very proud in his heart. If such a person did not need anything, why would he come here?

But Feng just shook his head slightly: "I just felt itchy occasionally, and happened to meet a qualified summoner, so I came here. Just let me fight, you don't need to provide me with anything else."

"...But if you hadn't shown up today, I wouldn't even know you existed. I wouldn't even know if I'd ever need that Immortal Warrior again."

"Then just consider it bad luck."

Looking at Feng who looked like he had no desires or demands, Yu Cang felt a bit of a headache.

I'm not afraid that you want everything, I'm just afraid that you don't want anything!

He actually wanted to find an opportunity to get closer to Feng. After all, he would be his future comrade-in-arms. How could it be right for comrades-in-arms not to know each other well?

Moreover, if possible, he would also be willing to try to help Feng resolve his emotional issues.

But since Feng still doesn't want to do this, Yu Cang doesn't want to force him.

So I could only say, "Okay. If you change your mind later, you can always come to me. I can give you your real name, or help you make a body that can last a long time."

"...Thank you for your kindness, Summoner." Feng nodded gently, "However—the bodies you have created so far are still too weak. Please forgive me for refusing to stay in such a medium for a long time."

"Uh..." Yu Cang's body stiffened.

These are such hurtful words.

But looking at Feng's expression, he was probably just stating a fact without any extra emotion mixed in.

"Okay, but don't worry, I will make a soul card that can unleash your full strength as soon as possible."

"I'm looking forward to it."

…

After finishing the conversation with Feng, Yu Cang withdrew from the Starry Sky Vision.

When he turned around, he saw Ye Lai lying next to his hand. He couldn't help but move forward and rub his little head with his big hands.

Ye Lai was not annoyed. Feeling Yu Cang's breath, the lines of her expression suddenly softened a lot. Her little tail wrapped around Yu Cang's wrist and rubbed it gently to show her intimacy.

Yu Cang's mood suddenly became comfortable.

Ah, my own nightclub is still the cutest!

That Sword Saint has such a bad personality!

"By the way, Ye Lai." Yu Cang suddenly asked, "Can you still enter other soul cards now?"

Ye Lai turned to Yu Cang and said, "Entering other soul cards... It's not impossible, but there are many restrictions."

"For example."

"The Soul Card system is somewhat unique. I only figured it out a few days ago. Basically, if I'm used as a material for a Higher Summon, or a Fusion or Synchro Summon, I can use it as a body. As for other things—if you create a card with the same name 'Yokoi', I can enter it, too. That's all I have for now—after all, I'm not as flexible as the Weeping Maiden."

"So that's how it is." Yu Cang nodded in understanding. "Then if I hadn't given you your real name, would you have been more flexible?"

Ye Lai was silent for a moment, then said, "That's true in theory—but now that we've seen the light, who would be willing to continue living in darkness?"

Having said this, Ye Lai shrank his body towards Yu Cang's palm and said, "I can't do it, so I admire the sword master named Feng."

"You know him?"

"You just thought of my real name."

"I see."

"I am very happy to have another comrade-in-arms. It may take some time before I can truly fight alongside him, but I believe in you, my Lord."

"Haha, maybe."

Yu Cang and Ye Lai played for a while, then returned to the table and started working.

He held the immortal warrior in his hand and fell into thought.

Well... although Feng's personality is a little unpleasant, since he is my subordinate and comrade-in-arms, I must be responsible for him.

Originally, the Undead Warrior card was specially made for the Yingcao deck. It can play the greatest role in the Yingcao deck, and Yu Cang has no intention of using it in his own deck.

But now it seems that this card also needs to be added to the deck construction.

Although this card is neither Dragonborn nor has anything to do with dragon scales, it doesn’t matter. With the entry recorder, you can always find the most suitable modification method.

Feng said that as long as it is a similar soul card, he can appear in it, but he did not say what the standards are for this similar soul card.

According to the results of his communication with Ye Lai just now, since the Jedi Knight can do it, then the Gray Dragonborn should be able to do it as well. But since the Gray Dragonborn has not been possessed by Feng, it means that it is not possible.

But for some reason, Yu Cang always had a feeling that it wasn't that Feng couldn't come through the gray-white dragonborn... he just didn't want to. Maybe he thought the gray-white dragonborn was too weak, or... too ugly.

This suspicion is unfounded, but Yu Cang feels that this is very likely the truth of the matter!

This may be the summoner's innate understanding of his subordinates.

Thinking of this, he tried to implant the [Dragon Scale], but failed.

Yu Cang's eyes scanned the entry library up and down, thought for a moment, and decided to close it for the time being.

Well... For now, I should first think of a way to add the Undead Warrior to my deck construction, and then find a way to implant the attributes and upgrade it.

Some of the abilities in the Luminous Grass series are somewhat niche, but don't quite mesh well with your deck. Natural Selection, Endless, and Rebirth are useful, but fully integrating them into your deck requires a lot of refinement.

He was not sure that he could completely transform himself successfully. If there was really no other way, he would have to get rid of all these abilities and start upgrading again from an ordinary Jedi.

…

There is no clue about the problem of the undead warrior for the time being, but fortunately Yu Cang is not very anxious. He decides to finish the tasks at hand first.

With the help of Starry Sky Vision, he could visually view all the patterns on a soul card. In addition, the Sacrificial Vortex Domain Dragon was produced by an entry recorder and did not have any encryption measures on it. So it didn't take long for him to easily learn all the rhythmic patterns on it.

"This pattern... is quite interesting."

Yu Cang glanced at the table, which was covered with the draft paper he had just used, and all of the draft paper was densely covered with patterns.

He picked up a piece of paper and looked at it carefully.

Simply analyzing an epic soul card does not require such an exaggerated process. The calculations he performed in the afternoon were all for the purpose of separating and extracting one of the lines - the line on the paper in front of him.

If his calculations were correct, this part of the pattern should be the reason why the Sacrifice Domain Dragon can use dragon scales as a fusion material.

"Not bad." Yu Cang nodded with satisfaction.

This pattern will be crucial for him to complete his additional card deck later.

"This is also done, so what's next..." Yu Cang stretched and took out a card from the table beside him.

The dragon's reflection in the mirror!

This soul card was what he had studied for a year in the imperial capital.

In fact, after discovering that his thinking about this soul card had deviated a little, Yu Cang collected a lot of related resonance stones. He already had a lot of ideas and inspirations in his mind, and all he needed was time to perfect them.

But I was really busy recently, and the major armament overhaul alone took up a lot of time. I also had a lot of soul cards to complete, which has caused it to be delayed until now.

Well... it's time to perfect this soul card. If I delay any longer, I might forget the inspiration in my mind.

Yu Cang turned on the computer and retrieved the data about this soul card. After thinking for a moment, he picked up the array writing pen.

…

Time flies.

An afternoon passed in the blink of an eye, and the trash can next to Yu Cang's desk was filled with a lot of discarded blank soul cards.

This time, he had to first change the overall framework of the soul card, the Reflection of the Dragon in the Mirror, from "space" to "time", which required a lot of effort. This aspect was not his forte, so Yu Cang could only work on it slowly.

For some reason, Yu Cang didn't want to use the entry recorder on this soul card, but relied solely on his own strength.

The writing brush suddenly stopped, Yu Cang frowned slightly and stopped writing.

Hmm... the general framework should have been modified, but how should we deal with the changing relationship between the light and dark attributes later...

Since no predecessors have studied this aspect, he can only rely on himself.

At this moment, he suddenly raised his head and found Lin Yunqing standing at the door.

Yu Cang's brows relaxed slightly, and he noticed that the sky outside the window had darkened.

"Are you having any trouble?" Lin Yunqing asked.

She noticed the trash can at Yu Cang's feet.

Although theoretically, this is a setback that a normal card maker is likely to encounter during the creative process, Lin Yunqing is not used to this normal scene after seeing Yu Cang casually create epic cards so often.

"Yeah," Yu Cang rubbed his brows, "There's a problem I haven't figured out yet."

"That's rare." Lin Yunqing smiled, a rare smile that showed a hint of concern. "I didn't expect there were questions that could stump you. Why don't you tell me? Maybe I can give you some inspiration."

"It's about the conversion of light and dark attributes under the relationship of time." Yu Cang did not hide it. "I think this method can be used to combine these two mutually exclusive attributes. In my opinion, this combination is definitely better than the light and shadow explosion in the imperial capital. However, I don't have any idea yet."

"Time constraints..." Lin Yunqing frowned and thought carefully.

The attributes of light and darkness are indeed not the focus of her research, but her resonating attribute is wood, and she occasionally dabbles in some knowledge about time and growth.

Although she didn't know much about this, Yu Cang finally needed help from others, so she certainly didn't want to miss this opportunity!

"Senior, please wait a moment. I remember reading a related niche paper a few years ago... I'll find it for you!"

After saying that, Lin Yunqing turned and left.

Yu Cang smiled.

Hmm...it would be nice to have one more reference.

He turned around, picked up the copy of "Dawnbreaker: Night Comes" on the table, and stroked it gently.

Ye Lai...is also an existence that combines the attributes of light and darkness.

It's just a pity that Ye Lai's [Dawn] state was only displayed once in the snowy mountains, but at that time he was under too much mental pressure, and the situation was urgent, so he had no ability to resonate at all. Now he doesn't even have the impression of it.

It would be nice if I could see Ye Lai use [Dawn] once... However, this condition is a bit difficult. In previous battles, when Ye Lai was in a state below the legendary level, he had never entered the dawn state even if [Nightfall] was full.

Perhaps, this is an ability that can only be used by the legendary level.

Although he had figured out the rhythmic patterns of this soul card through the Starry Sky Vision, the quality of this soul card was fusion, which only served as a guide. The rhythmic patterns in it were only superficially understood and not deeply understood at all.

Therefore, he didn't know much about [Dawn].

"From darkness to dawn...darkness disappears, light comes, one grows while the other declines..." Yu Cang pondered silently.

Suddenly, Yu Cang raised his brows, and his eyes noticed another soul card at hand.

Immortal warrior.

Yu Cang slowly brought the Undead Warrior in front of him and looked at the first effect listed in its introduction, the most classic effect:

…

[Jedi]: After being summoned, the Jedi's vitality will continue to drain away, and he cannot be healed by any external power.

…

This is a very decisive effect.

As long as the Jedi exists, their lives will be irreversibly lost. Even after possessing the [Yingcao], this loss will not stop, but will be covered up by the recovery effect of the [Yingcao].

[Jedi] is a purely negative term with no positive benefits.

Yu Cang once tried to implant another [Attribute: Dark] into the Jedi Knight, but what he got was an ability called [Darkness]. This ability would greatly speed up the Jedi Knight [Jedi]'s blood loss rate and make him more vulnerable to light-attribute damage!

This illustrates one thing: the principle of [Jedi] is related to the dark attribute.

Darkness is passing away irrevocably, just like time.

So...what happens after death?

Yu Cang raised his brows.

He put Undead Warrior and Dawn Dragon: Night Comes together, looked at their cards, felt their rhythm, and suddenly, he seemed to have grasped some common points.

"Is it okay... like this?"

A flash of inspiration came to my mind.

Seems worth a try!

Do it when you think of it! Yu Cang didn't hesitate and took out a new blank soul card from the side, picked up the writing pen and began to write furiously!

Rhythmic textures continued to extend from the tip of the writing brush. Yu Cang wrote faster and faster, but his eyes became brighter and brighter.

At this time, Lin Yunqing returned to the house with a laptop computer, and her excitement could not be concealed in her calm eyes.

But when she saw Yu Cang had returned to work, she couldn't help but stop.

Lin Yunqing: “…”

With a silent sigh, she closed the computer in her hand.

All right.

Judging from the senior’s expression, it seems that the problem that has been bothering him has probably been successfully solved.

Really... I thought I could finally help the senior.

Opportunities are fleeting. Lin Yunqing knows that a genius like Yu Cang will not be confused and have no ideas too often, and the number of times he can help him is even smaller.

That might have been her only chance.

But...it's okay.

It’s not a loss to see the senior’s confused look.

Lin Yunqing smiled lightly, took the notebook and left the room, closing the door gently.

…

Boo~

Lin Yunqing came into the bubble space.

He circled around, and all around him were lights and figures behaving strangely.

The shapes of these lights and shadows are blurry, and one can only barely make out that they are roughly human, but what they are doing now may not be called human work.

I saw these lights and shadows scattered everywhere, some of them were rubbing their bodies frantically under the big tree, and the blurry bodies composed of lights and shadows wrapped up half of the tree trunk, and they were twitching, and I didn't know what they were doing.

Some of them were in front of a house that looked quite alien-looking. They relied on the fact that they were a ball of light and shadow, invisible and intangible, to go in and out of the cracks in the house, and from time to time they made a comfortable cry.

Behavior like this is everywhere here now.

It would be fine if I didn’t know, but once I knew that these lights and shadows were created by humans, the scene before my eyes became somewhat perverted.

Lin Yunqing sighed, but knew in his heart what they were doing.

Every blade of grass, every brick and tile here is condensed by rhythm. It can be said that everything here is a low-profile version of the rhythmic body. These researchers have found that close contact with these things condensed by rhythm can help deepen their relationship with the starry sky vision, and can even help condense the rhythmic body!

If there can be some interaction, the effect will be even more explosive!

Lin Yunqing didn't know whether this statement was true or not, or whether it was reliable. Anyway, based on her experience, it had little effect.

Ahem... She only experienced it once and never did it again, really!

Lin Yunqing opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but seeing that the people in front of him didn't seem to be willing to pay attention to him, he closed his mouth.

She turned around and walked all the way to the Jieying Library.

"Principal," Lin Yunqing said, "it's time for dinner. How about we wait a while before getting busy?"

"Huh?" Ren Zheng turned around, his eyes still filled with excitement. "Have you eaten yet? Wait a minute, I'll be finishing this book soon..."

"Alright, Principal Ren, you're already quite old, be careful not to overwork yourself." Guan Qingrui came over. "The bubble world is right here, it's not going away... Let's go and have dinner first."

Ren Zheng hesitated for a long time, then sighed and put the book he was holding back on the shelf: "Okay...why don't you invite your students?"

Hu Jingzhi sighed: "Forget it... Looking at their appearance, I can't afford to lose face. I'll just ask Jieying to kick them out."

"OK."

…

As the last stroke was made, a ray of light flowed through the soul card in his hand. In the blink of an eye, a brand new soul card was formed.

Yu Cang was stunned, and suddenly felt a sense of unreality in his heart.

...successful?

After a moment of silence, Yu Cang picked up the soul card in his hand and looked at it carefully.

Soul Card Name: Rotating Dragon Reflection

Category: Spell Card

Quality: Rare

Attributes: Light/Dark

ability:

[Scales]: Activated only when a True Dragon Young is on the field, consumes all Dragon Scales to grow it. The growth rate is determined by the largest number of Dragon Scales. The True Dragon Young growing this way will gradually lose Health and gain: [Reflection] and [Dragon Shadow Becomes One].

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[Reflection]: Dragon scales with different attributes than the growth result will form a "reflection." This reflection is unaffected by other abilities and can continue to absorb dragon scales on the field. If enough dragon scales remain in the reflection when the True Dragon Young dies, the True Dragon Young will not enter its death cooldown, but will instead grow directly based on the reflection, granting the growth results of [Reflection] and [Dragon Shadow Becomes One]. While the reflection exists, the True Dragon Young is considered to have both light and dark attributes.

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[Dragon Shadow Becomes One]: If the number of scales on the reflection equals the original dragon's, the reflection is canceled, strengthening the True Dragon Cub's power and granting it the power of both the White Dragon and the Black Dragon for a limited time. After [Dragon Shadow Becomes One] ends, the True Dragon Cub enters a death cooldown.

…

Yu Cang looked at the soul card again and finally confirmed: It really worked!

For some reason, the moment he confirmed this result, Yu Cang felt as if a huge stone had fallen to the ground in his heart, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

The reflection of a rotating dragon.

Compared to the previous "Reflection of a Dragon in the Mirror", this soul card is undoubtedly stronger and more practical.

The previous soul card could only be used when the number of different-colored dragon scales on the field was equal. It had many restrictions and would not be successful.

However... Wu Chutai is quite knowledgeable about the properties of light and darkness. After he takes over his own experiment, he may be able to perfect the soul card, but - it doesn't matter. He will perfect this soul card with his own method.

Compared to that soul card, this card directly adds two abilities to the evolution result, and each ability is very powerful.

[Reflection] is the core of this soul card and the key to the rotation of light and darkness. With this ability, as long as Yu Cang pays attention to the operation of the deck resources, the young dragon will be immortal!

When the white dragon dies, it turns into a black dragon, and when the black dragon dies, it can turn into a white dragon again!

Light and darkness rotate endlessly!

Not to mention, when you can't win, you can directly activate [Dragon Shadow Becomes One] and summon a white dragon and a black dragon combined into one.

The black dragon's physical resistance plus the white dragon's magic resistance, not to mention the attack power, it is estimated that few people can beat this kind of existence just by standing there!

(End of this chapter)