Chapter 372 The Glory of the Pendulum Bridge!
Wenren Ge was related to the new summoning method, and everyone present quickly realized this.
Lin Yunqing didn't need to say much. Cheng Mingye and Zhao Yang also quickly thought of what Yu Cang had said before. He also got it by chance from somewhere else, so they all had guesses about Wen Renge's arrival.
The three of them showed an interested look in their eyes, and came over tacitly.
"Forehead……"
In the laboratory, when three card makers approach you with shining eyes, that feeling... at least at this moment, Wen Ren Ge just felt a little uneasy.
What a strong sense of oppression!
Especially the middle-aged card maker, his face looked very unfamiliar, but the aura he exuded was ridiculously strong!
Just by standing in front of him, Wen Renge had the illusion that he had been placed on the dissection table, with an open mind and a big imagination!
"Excuse me..."
"Hello, President Wenren." Lin Yunqing said, "I heard from my senior that you would be coming this afternoon - he is still busy, so please come with me first."
“…Okay.” Wen Ren Ge swallowed and agreed reluctantly.
There's no way that there's any danger to your life coming to Yu Cang's laboratory, right?
Although he is happy to contribute to the advancement of card making, sacrificing his life is not what he wants to do!
Wen Ren Ge sat on the chair with a nervous mood. Beside him, Lie Tianshi also sat sideways in the air, with his face slightly lowered and his body facing towards Wen Ren Ge.
What made him feel a little relieved was that after he sat down, the middle-aged man shifted his gaze to the Stern Angel and stopped looking at him... This relieved a lot of the pressure in his heart.
Cheng Mingye looked at Lie Tianshi with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Although this guy looks like a summoned beast, after careful perception... it seems not to be.
In my perception, it is more like a spell card?
But how could that be? I have never seen such a spell card before.
After thinking silently for a moment, Cheng Mingye still didn't understand the essence of this soul card.
Apart from this, he also didn't quite understand the meaning of this strange humanoid.
This thing is floating around me, and it seems to be unable to do anything... Even as a spell card, it can only provide very little effect... Can this really be called a new summoning method?
On the side, after Lin Yunqing asked Wen Renge to sit down, he saved the file in the computer and then closed it. Then he opened the data software and began to collect some simple information about the Fierce Angel.
Although she couldn't understand the use of this Fierce Angel now, she was not in a hurry. After all, she would get the answer after her senior came out... She just needed to do her job well.
Zhao Yang now completely focused his attention on the Fierce Angel. There were stars twinkling in his eyes, and he had obviously used his Starry Sky Vision.
Although judging from the current situation, he did not think that this Fierce Angel was qualified to become a new summoning method, but since it was something that Yu Cang personally acknowledged, he still had to observe it carefully.
At the same time, he also hoped to understand the function of this summoning method before Yu Cang explained it.
Although he no longer has much desire to compare himself with Yu Cang, he still hopes that when he communicates with Yu Cang in the future, he will adopt an attitude of discussion rather than asking for advice.
But unfortunately, there was only one pendulum, and he obviously couldn't figure out what it was for.
According to Yu Cang, the new summoning method must have its own resource operation method... Where does this resource operate?
Difficult to understand.
At this time, Cheng Mingye had already come forward.
After simply observing it for a moment, he already knew that he couldn't figure out the meaning of this thing just by looking at it.
He was not as motivated as Zhao Yang and had to figure it out on his own, so he chose to ask.
"Hello, junior." Cheng Mingye narrowed his eyes with a smile on his face. "I heard from my nephew Yu Cang that this is a new summoning method? Excuse me, are you the one who discovered this summoning method?"
He was also a student of Gloria University back then, so there was nothing wrong with calling him "junior".
Although Wen Ren Ge in front of him did not look like a card maker, it was reasonable for him to discover a new summoning method during the battle - Cheng Mingye thought so.
Hearing this, Wen Renge was obviously stunned, and then quickly shook his head: "No, no, this summoning method was discovered by Yu Cang, I just happened to be there by chance."
"Oh?" Cheng Mingye raised his eyebrows, "But Yu Cang didn't tell me that."
Hearing this, Zhao Yang and Lin Yunqing couldn't help but put down what they were doing and listened attentively.
Wen Renge shook his head: "That's just Yu Cang being modest... You see, this Seraph, which Yu Cang calls the 'inner side' of the Soul Card, is essentially something called a Perpetual Spell Card. Yu Cang proposed and perfected this concept a long time ago. At that time, he was already gradually revealing this summoning method.
"And... a few days ago, when I first summoned this 'Inner Side', it was also under Yu Cang's guidance... Although it was due to other things at the time, as soon as I summoned this thing, Yu Cang blurted out the name of the new summoning method. I think it was called... Pendulum?
"Obviously, Yu Cang has already chosen the name, and they're just waiting for actual results. I think it's very likely that Yu Cang incorporated some experimental ideas when guiding me, which is why I happened to summon this thing."
This is also the process that Wen Ren Ge has been sorting out in the past two days. He feels that it is almost certain!
Although thinking about it this way, Yu Cang might have treated himself as a guinea pig in the experiment, but there was nothing to blame Yu Cang. After all, the other person was helping him at that time, and the state of separation between his instincts and talents was indeed very suitable for studying the inside and outside of this soul card, so it was nothing.
He thought it was nothing, but as soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Mingye and Zhao Yang fell silent.
Cheng Mingye turned his head to look at Zhao Yang and found that the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. Finally, he sighed.
The gap... is even bigger.
Zhao Yang could see that Wen Ren Ge's thoughts were completely sincere and he had no intention of lying. This should be the actual situation at the time.
But this situation, combined with Yu Cang's words, led him to a terrifying fact - Yu Cang no longer cared about the results of the new summoning method.
It would be best if it was created by one's own hands, but was it accidentally created by someone else? Ah, that's not bad, then give it a chance to show up.
Even some old and famous professors may not have this kind of mentality!
He is completely above all mortals... But it is understandable. Yu Cang had already obtained the highest honor of Yan Country, the Yan Emperor Medal, a long time ago. As for the rest of the honors, he didn't need to take the initiative to ask for them. The association would rush to send them to him one by one. At this time, the new summoning method was indeed insignificant.
On the other hand, Zhao Yang is still struggling with his so-called "genius" and "arrogance"... The gap is truly comprehensive and terrifying.
How could there be such an extraordinary person like Yu Cang in this world!
I don’t know whether it is lucky or unfortunate to be born in the same era as him.
"Tsk." Cheng Mingye didn't know what to say.
Although he has been in the treatment bureau, he has been collecting information related to Yu Cang, so he knows everything Yu Cang has done. He is even confident that people around Yu Cang may not understand Yu Cang as well as he does.
But when he really walked out of the treatment center and saw the real Yu Cang... he still found that he had underestimated his nephew.
Both his talent and his broad mind are not what a young man should have. Even he himself admires him a little.
If only they were still alive, I'm sure their expressions would be very interesting when they see Yu Cang now.
He had never seen the expressions of those two monsters when they were broken.
Thinking of this, he said again: "Then what is this continuous spell card?"
"It's a new type of spell card that the boss discovered," Lin Yunqing explained. "Permanent spell cards don't take up any mental pressure. You only need to lower the corresponding soul energy limit to maintain them. This is a significant improvement for pure spell flow."
"Oh?" Cheng Mingye's expression changed. "Maintain it forever? No side effects?"
"Yes, it can take as long as you want—the production process for continuous spell cards is quite complicated, so the relevant papers haven't been published yet."
This is true. It is too troublesome to make a permanent card. To change an ordinary spell into a permanent one means changing all its rhythms from top to bottom. Not only is this process labor-intensive, but the theoretical system involved is also quite complicated.
Although there is now a simple production method that is sufficient to produce a considerable number of perpetuities, this system is still too crude and is far from being truly summarized into a paper.
Ren Zheng’s ability to create that perpetual card is just an example. In fact, there are still many problems.
Cheng Mingye: "Too good to know that there is such a soul card..."
As a half-card banner, he knew very well how useful this kind of soul card was. After all, he encountered quite a lot of emergencies. It would be very convenient if he could always have permanent spells to protect himself.
If this thing can be promoted in the treatment center, the annual casualty rate will probably drop a lot.
It means that when Cang arrived at the detention center, he had to learn this sustainability from him.
Cheng Mingye made a secret decision.
Seeing Cheng Mingye was silent, Lin Yunqing turned around and asked, "What then? What are the characteristics of this summoning method?"
"That... I don't know." Wen Renge scratched his head. "Yu Cang said that this thing needs to be summoned in pairs to be effective, but the first time I summoned the Fierce Angel it was by accident. After that, Yu Cang guided me for a long time, but I still couldn't summon the second one."
"Oh, I see." Lin Yunqing turned his head calmly.
Although her expression remained unchanged, Wen Renge sensed disgust in it for some reason.
Wenren Ge: ...
"Then tell me, how was this Fierce Angel summoned?"
"I know that." Wen Renge paused and said, "People are divided into talents and instincts. These are the inner and outer sides of a person. Soul cards also have an inner and outer side. This Fierce Angel separates the two sides and summons the inner side alone."
Cheng Mingye raised his eyebrows slightly: "There are two sides...but a person's inside and outside are one. Let's not talk about whether the soul card has an inside and outside. Even if it does, wouldn't the one summoned like this just be a defective one? What use would it have?"
Just like this Fierce Angel, after Wen Renge's brief explanation, he has now discovered that if this soul card is integrated inside and out, it should be an eighth-level summoned beast, but if you take out the inner side alone, it is just an ordinary rare spell card. The difference is too big.
“Uh…” Wen Ren Ge scratched his head.
Cheng Mingye's words now sounded as if he was scolding him.
You know, he was always in this "defective" state, completely abandoning his instincts.
Although his extremely high talent allowed him to gain powerful strength, he was ultimately unable to defeat strong enemies. Neither Yu Cang nor Duan Feng was someone he could defeat at that time.
Now he has gotten out of that state, but he doesn't know about Cheng Mingye's problem.
At this time, the door of the room next to him was pushed open and Yu Cang walked out.
"Of course it is useful." He smiled, "Cheng Mingye, do you still remember what the key to becoming a card maker is?"
Cheng Mingye raised his brows slightly: "I still prefer you to call me Uncle Cheng, or you can call me Teacher in advance."
Yu Cang: "..."
Seeing him like this, Cheng Mingye laughed and said, "Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore... Of course, it's to learn the Zhoutian Resonance Method. People awaken their Soul Energy Well at the age of seventeen, but it can be earlier too. Zhao Yang is an example. With the Soul Energy Well, one can resonate and sense the rhythm of all things. For a card maker, what you see is what you get."
"That's right." Yu Cang nodded. "Then, what's the key to resonance?"
Hearing this, Cheng Mingye's eyes seemed to flash with thought. He paused for a moment before saying, "The key lies in...instinct?"
"Indeed, in essence, the Resonance Method is also something that relies heavily on instinct. Feeling everything with one's heart has always been something that all Resonance Methods value."
Cheng Mingye turned his head and looked at Lie Tianshi, and said uncertainly: "So... you mean to say that this 'inner side' is also the 'instinct' of this soul card, so it can resonate with it?"
Isn't this a bit outrageous?
No matter how I think about it, it seems a little off... Putting aside the question of how a Soul Card could have such instincts, a Soul Card is essentially a ball of rhythm, a dead object. Unless a nature spirit inhabits it, even if it has the ability to resonate, it's meaningless!
"Of course." Yu Cang walked into the room. "Soul Cards naturally have instincts—you all probably all remember that Soul Cards have a 'background story,' right?"
"...That's true." Zhao Yang was stunned. "But isn't that something only middle school boys would watch?"
"Hmph, don't underestimate the power of bonds."
"Ah?" The four people's expressions changed to varying degrees.
If someone else said this, they would definitely curse him in their hearts as a middle school student, but when it came from Yu Cang's mouth, they still had to think carefully.
"Okay, enough joking." Yu Cang waved his hand, "It has nothing to do with the bond. However, the background story does make sense.
"Like this Fiery Angel, in the backstory, he descended with a miracle, descending into the bodies of devout practitioners to become a powerful guardian against evil. He's someone who should have been at God's side. His instincts are naturally 'attack and protect,' and as the inner being, his effects are naturally related to that."
The Fierce Angel inside will grant the summoned beasts without Fierce Breath the Fierce Breath, giving the weak the power to protect themselves. This is the instinct of the Fierce Angel.
"You mean..." Cheng Mingye frowned slightly, "The Summoning Soul Card will condense its own instincts based on its own 'background story'?"
"That's right."
"Seems reasonable... so what effect would this have?"
"Of course it's the 'resonance' I mentioned earlier!" Yu Cang said, "However, I'm not talking about the resonance with the rhythm, but the resonance with the soul card, or in other words - the resonance with the other end of the 'pendulum'!"
"What's the meaning?"
"Then let me demonstrate it for you." Yu Cang rubbed his wrist and suddenly took out two soul cards.
It is the "Pious One" and the "Fiery Angel"!
"I can finally use my own body." Yu Cang closed his eyes gently.
After communicating for the past few days, he has figured out how Wen Renge summoned the inner face.
It was normal that Wen Renge could not summon the second inner side, but he was different - he was a card maker and had a natural deep perception of the soul card itself. Coupled with his fusion of will and imperial heart, he could more easily explore the deepest part of the soul card.
It would have been fine if he hadn't noticed it before, but once he discovered this possibility, it would be easy to replicate it successfully.
Yu Cang opened his eyes and said, "I will set the pendulum scale for the Devout Cultivator and the Fiery Angel!"
Bang!
The two soul cards shattered one after another, turning into light and gathering on both sides of Cang!
On one side, there was a fiery angel with retracted white wings, wearing a white robe with gold edges, like a porcelain doll!
On the other side, there was a devout ascetic wearing rough ascetic clothes, with messy hair, but his face was no different from that of the Fierce Angel!
They seemed to be servants following closely behind Yu Cang. After appearing, they closed their eyes, lowered their heads, placed one hand on their chest, and floated quietly on both sides, only slightly bowing in the direction of Yu Cang.
"Pendulum Summon!"
A light flashed in Yu Cang's eyes. Behind him, the devout practitioner and the Fierce Angel opened their hands at the same time. Accompanied by bursts of sacred chanting, a giant roulette shadow seemed to rise behind Yu Cang, engraved with countless scales!
The scales elsewhere were blurred, only the section between the Devout and the Seraph was clearly visible. An ancient pendulum, seemingly made of bronze, passed between the two, leaving behind an arc that seemed to contain all colors.
Then, several shocking noises were heard as they landed in front of Cang, and the earth shook continuously!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
One sound followed another, and with every loud noise, a summoned beast would burst out from the arc, transforming into light and landing on the ground!
In front of them, Wen Renge and the other three held their breath until all the summoned beasts appeared. Cheng Mingye suddenly stood up, his face filled with shock. "How did you do that? How could you summon so many summoned beasts in an instant?"
Before my eyes! Three half-dragon headhunters and two half-dragon high priests stood there. Normally summoning such a lineup would require nearly five tubes of soul energy. How could so many be summoned in an instant?
"Of course—because that's the characteristic of the Pendulum." Yu Cang smiled. "As long as you set the 'Pendulum Scale' on both sides, you can directly summon the summoned beasts in the main deck that meet the summoning conditions—until the mental pressure is full!
"Of course, this is naturally subject to restrictions - that is the Pendulum Scale. Depending on the strength of the Soul Card's instincts, each Soul Card will have a Pendulum Scale, or what I call the 'Inner Star Rank'.
"When you summon the 'Inner Sides' of two Soul Cards simultaneously, their instincts will resonate with each other. If the resonance is successful, a 'Pendulum Bridge' will be built. The two ends of the Pendulum Bridge are the Inner Star Stages of the two Soul Cards, just like now—
"The inner star level of the Devout Cultivator is 4, and the inner star level of the Seraph is 5. So, on the Pendulum Bridge formed by these two Soul Cards, Soul Cards with an actual star level between 4 and 5 can pass through the Pendulum Bridge and directly descend into the world!"
The shock on Cheng Mingye's face still persisted: "Isn't this restriction the same as having no restrictions at all... Isn't it a bit too strict..."
"Of course not." Yu Cang shook his head. "Sustainable spell cards need to occupy the upper limit of the soul energy well, and the upper limit of the inner side is slightly higher than that of the sustainable spell cards. So in fact, to maintain two such inner sides, my soul energy limit has almost made it impossible for me to use normal soul cards.
"Not to mention, for Soul Card Masters, Pendulum Summoning has a certain cooldown period. Coupled with the current overwhelming mental pressure, I feel a little exhausted after completing a Pendulum Summoning."
Cheng Mingye listened carefully, his expression slightly softened: "So, this is a summoning method that triggers an explosive attack...?"
"Not really." Yu Cang shook his head. "Although I can't call up the main deck, I still have extra cards. With the help of extra cards, there is still room for maneuver. And... Zhao Yang, remember I said that the new summoning method must have a unique resource operation system?"
Zhao Yang: "Hmm..."
"The pendulum system is also unique," Yu Cang said. "Instincts don't die, they just go dormant temporarily. So... if you separate the inside and outside of a Soul Card, then it won't enter a death cooldown, but will go dormant directly after 'dying'—a Soul Card in this state can return to the field the next time a Pendulum is activated!"
"Like this..." Cheng Mingye chewed on the words from Yu Cang's mouth.
After a while, he continued, "You said that the key to building a pendulum bridge is mutual resonance. Are there any limitations?"
"Yes." Yu Cang nodded. "Soul Cards that are instinctively similar or completely opposite are more likely to resonate. In practice, this generally refers to Soul Cards with the same worldview... Of course, there are other ways to build a pendulum bridge, and we need to slowly discover this."
(End of this chapter)
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