After finishing the new cards of the "Water Margin" series, Xie Mingzhe took a few days off to sort out the Nirvana deck and the next card-making ideas. He has already made a lot of character cards, and some materials can be kept for the start of individual and double competitions to make targeted cards based on the decks of other clubs. He wants to put another thing on the agenda first - adding a new card category for the immortal race.

When he first made the cards of Taiyi Zhenren and Taishang Laojun, since there was no "immortal" category in the official card library, and he did not want to classify these mythical characters into the "god cards" created by the Temple of the Gods, he temporarily set these cards to "human" in terms of the card category to facilitate the review of the database.

At that time, he had an idea. When he became famous enough and strong enough, and the cards he designed could attract the attention of the official, he might be able to apply to the official to add the "Xian" category to the deck.

The cards in the Star Card World are highly open and free, providing Xie Mingzhe with fertile soil to fully display his skills. He is confident that he can create a new "immortal race" category.

It's not that he is arrogant. Many new schools of thought were created by some players before. For example, Gui Sirui added the horror-style "Ghost Cards", Liu Jingxu created the "Demon Clan" with the ability to change into two forms, and no one made "Insect" cards before Pei Jingshan. When the Temple of the Gods did not make mythological cards such as "Lucifer" and "Michael", there was no category of "God Cards" in the deck.

Xie Mingzhe always felt that it was inappropriate to classify cards such as Taishang Laojun and Guanyin, the Goddess of Childbirth, together with Lucifer and Michael as "god cards". There is a big difference between Western gods and Eastern immortals. He wanted to add a new category of "immortals" to the mythological and legendary characters he created.

The Star Card Library has been expanding, and the official has an encouraging attitude towards this. However, adding a new category is not as simple as making one or two cards. Xie Mingzhe didn't know much about the review rules, so he sent a video to consult Tang Muzhou: "Brother, if I want to add a new card category, how can I apply to the official? What conditions need to be met?"

Xie Mingzhe has a flexible mindset when making cards. He has already made a lot of character cards, ghost cards, and some monster cards. Tang Muzhou never expected that he would be so creative and even add new categories?

Looking at Xie Mingzhe's serious look in the video, Tang Muzhou knew he was not joking, and asked curiously, "Haven't you always been making character cards, joker cards, and monster cards? Why did you suddenly think of adding a new category? Are these three categories of cards not satisfying you?"

Xie Mingzhe nodded and said, "Well, I want to add a new category called 'Fairy Clan'. Although their appearance is not much different from humans, they can fly in the sky and have all kinds of powerful spell skills. It doesn't seem appropriate to design them as humans. I have many more cards of this type to make, so I want to apply for a new category."

Soaring in the clouds and driving through the mist, a "fairy" flying around?

Tang Muzhou thought this idea was quite interesting.

He has always been 100% supportive of Ah Zhe's career. Seeing someone he likes working so hard, he certainly wouldn't pour cold water on him. He gently encouraged him, "Your idea is indeed worth a try. To apply for a new card category, you need to submit an application form with sufficient reasons to the official. But the prerequisite is that the number of cards of the new category you make must reach more than 30."

"30?" Xie Mingzhe counted the immortal cards he had made in his mind. The number of cards including Laozi, Taiyi Zhenren, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Queen Mother, Fuxi, Shennong, etc. was far from 30. But it didn't matter. China had a civilization of 5,000 years, and there were countless immortals. It was not difficult for him to collect 30 cards to create a new category.

Thinking of this, Xie Mingzhe's eyes lit up and he immediately replied, "I understand. As long as we make 30 cards with common characteristics and pass the official database review, and give sufficient reasons, we can create a new category, right?"

"Yes." Tang Muzhou raised his lips slightly and explained patiently, "The official regulations are to prevent some designers from making four or five cards at random and then applying to add new categories, which would mess up the classification of cards. 30 cards is the most basic requirement. When Ling Jingtang created the weapon deck and Gui Sirui created the joker deck, they both met this requirement."

"Yeah, they are really good." Xie Mingzhe has great respect for the strength of these players. As a latecomer, he can learn a lot of experience from their predecessors.

"Wait a moment, I'll get you an application form for reference." Tang Muzhou said as he quickly sent a message to Pei Jingshan: "Xiao Pei, send me the application form you applied to the official to add the Insect Deck."

"What do you need the application form for?" Pei Jingshan was very confused, but he soon figured out the reason, "Is it for Xie Mingzhe?"

"Well, this guy in my family has a very big imagination. The character cards can no longer satisfy him, so he wants to create a new category of cards." Tang Muzhou's tone was filled with obvious pride of "the person I like is really amazing."

"..." Pei Jingshan didn't know what to say. The character cards couldn't satisfy Xie Mingzhe? They were actually going to create a new category? He didn't know how the players from the major clubs would react when this news was made public. Anyway, he just felt a headache, a huge headache!

"I'll look for it and send it to your email." Although it was a headache, Tang Muzhou took the initiative to ask him for the application form for reference, and Pei Jingshan didn't want to refuse out of stinginess. It was not a secret.

This was the second time that Tang Muzhou had asked him for an application form. The first time was when Xie Mingzhe was taking a leave of absence from school.

Tang Muzhou rarely asked for help from others since he was a child, but he asked his friends for help many times for Xie Mingzhe. Pei Jingshan was moved. It seemed that this friend was serious about Xie Mingzhe. However, he was more curious about what new card category Xie Mingzhe wanted to create. So he asked casually: "What category does he want to create? Can you tell us?"

"I'll ask him." Tang Muzhou turned around and asked Xie Mingzhe if he could tell Pei Jingshan. Xie Mingzhe said generously, "It's just a category. It's okay to tell Captain Pei. Anyway, I haven't finished the cards yet. I'm just preparing them now."

"Well, he said it was the Immortal Clan." Tang Muzhou replied to Pei Jingshan, "Tengyun Driving Mist, the kind that flies in the sky, has many spell-like skills, and is somewhat similar to the God Clan cards in the Temple of the Gods, but the painting style is too different, so he wants to create a new category."

"..." Pei Jingshan rubbed his temple vigorously. "If the people in the Temple of the Gods knew this news, their faces would turn green, right?"

"Don't tell anyone." Tang Muzhou warned, "Besides the people in Nirvana, the only ones who know about this are you and me."

"I understand." Pei Jingshan was not a talkative person. He just suddenly felt a little excited. What if Nirvana happened to face the Temple of the Gods in the first round of the playoffs? It would be a fight between "gods" and "immortals", which would definitely be exciting!

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Pei Jingshan's application form provided great help to Xie Mingzhe.

The writing skills of the top students from prestigious universities are quite good. The senior who graduated from the philosophy department has particularly clear ideas. He analyzes the characteristics of the insect card, the meaning of its existence, and the difference from other cards one by one, and lists all 30 similar cards that have been produced.

That was during the seventh season, when Pei Jingshan took a different approach and created so many weird insects. Meeting a player like Pei Jingshan, the condition of people with trypophobia would probably get worse.

Xie Mingzhe also found that in addition to meeting the basic requirement of 30 cards, adding new card types also requires clear explanation of the common characteristics of the cards of that type - for example, the common characteristics of ghost cards are that they are all undead, have no physical body, and have strong stealth capabilities; the common characteristics of monster cards are that they can transform; the characteristics of insect cards are that they are small in size, most of their original forms are insects, and they have the ability to split.

The official classification method of cards is a bit like the classification of xx phylum and xx category in biology - they are all divided according to the characteristics of animals and plants, which is quite reasonable.

What specific racial characteristics should be designed for the immortals?

Xie Mingzhe thought carefully for a moment and sorted out several common points:

First, the appearance of the immortals is similar to that of humans, but after becoming immortals, they will have an extremely long lifespan of tens of thousands of years, and will be free from disease and pain. Their appearance will not change at all over time, which is very different from humans. Secondly, the immortals have boundless magical powers, can ride clouds and mist, fly in the sky, and can perform various spells to control wind, rain, thunder and lightning. Therefore, they can attack at will from a distance or in close combat, without being restricted by the science of nature...

As for why they didn't classify it as a God Clan? Xie Mingzhe gave the reason that "the painting style and background story are very different, so we applied to create an independent category of Immortal Clan outside of the God Clan."

Xie Mingzhe followed Pei Jingshan's way of writing the application form and listed the reasons for adding new card types one by one.

After completing the initial application form, he continued to design new cards based on common characteristics.

Most of the alliance's card categories have distinct features. For example, the monsters can change shape at any time, and the ghost cards are all pale and scary, and you can tell what category they are just by looking at their appearance. He wants the "immortal cards" he makes to have very distinct features.

In order to distinguish them from humans, he planned to make fairy cards in the future with clouds and mist, full of fairy spirit. The fairy cards made before can also be modified to add mist, clouds, Buddha light and other elements that match the identity of "fairy", such as letting Guanyin Bodhisattva, Yue Lao and other fairies appear on the clouds, and the golden Buddha light behind the Tathagata Buddha.

Xie Mingzhe spent a few days revising all the fairy cards he had made before, and even added elements symbolizing the ancient creator gods Fuxi, Shennong, and Nuwa.

Simple image modification does not require manual review. The database determines that Xie Mingzhe is the original author, and these minor adjustments will be directly approved. Therefore, the official data analysts do not know that the troublesome Xie Mingzhe is brewing a bigger move.

After modifying the images of all the myth cards, Xie Mingzhe began to design new myth cards.

In the selection of materials, he first targeted the well-known series of myths and legends.

The Eight Immortals crossed the sea, each showing their magical powers.