Miraculous Forger of the Collapse Chapter 26

The "teacher" in training cards produced from the same person inherited their memories, because only by understanding Chen Li's learning progress could they teach him better. So Jingliu's promise was not made without basis.

"Alright." Chen Li nodded.

"Think carefully about what you want. Remember, you only get one chance." As her words fell, Jingliu's figure completely dissipated.

Watching Jingliu vanish, Chen Li wondered whether she would curse him for dishonoring his teacher if he asked her to teach him the erhu while wearing an evening gown and black stockings.

Come to think of it... did Jingliu even know how to play the erhu?

The enormous sparring arena conjured by Jingliu gradually collapsed after she disappeared, and Chen Li returned to the initial space that reflected a cold moon in the sky, with night-blooming cereus dotting the ground—a place steeped in Jingliu's personal style.

After Chen Li completed this training session, the reward condensed according to his performance appeared as well.

The training space guaranteed that you would learn, because it would not let you leave if you failed to do so.

But the final training reward would be adjusted according to each person's specific training experience.

For example...

Ancient Mirror Without Waves: If the mirror-heart does not shatter, the mirror's master shall not perish. The martial skill tempered through a thousand deaths has granted you extreme resistance to death. So long as your state of mind remains unbroken, you can fight in perfect condition until your body is completely destroyed. In this state, you lose all fatal weaknesses and gain greatly increased resistance to instant-death and mental attacks.

"Battle Continuation? It doesn't really seem like it." Chen Li scratched his head at the description of this reward.

Put another way, the description meant that if his state of mind broke, this ability would not take effect.

"Who could have guessed that Jingliu, whose attacks burned her own blood, would end up teaching an ability focused on staying alive?"

Swordsmanship, no matter how beautifully it was described, was meant for killing.

This skill, no matter how sharply it was described, was meant for survival.

In short, it was all the world's fault. It definitely was not because Chen Li was afraid of death!

Absolutely not!

Chen Li merely wanted to continue miracles. What had he done wrong?

"Forget it. My swordsmanship has improved, and I've become harder to kill. It's a good thing either way. Hopefully, the next time I get Jingliu's Training card, I'll be able to roll Sword Intent training." Looking at the light door that appeared beside him after completing his training, Chen Li stepped through it.

Of course, Chen Li was even more hoping Jingliu might offer erhu lessons.

"Or... should I send Jingliu a message and have her start learning the erhu right now?"

Jingliu's Character Sheet, Guardian Is... Chen Li?

"Phew, I really worked hard." Chen Li lay on the sofa, holding a teacup as he sighed.

Although the pain of training gradually became unreal after leaving the training space, the training itself had been real, so he still felt a subtle sense of exhaustion.

It was like sleeping and having a very long dream. Even though his body had not moved, he still felt tired after waking up.

"Although Knight's Training card doesn't list a usage cooldown, it seems unsuitable for frequent use." Chen Li spoke slowly.

"Having learned my swordsmanship, as long as you practice diligently, you will have no trouble protecting yourself. There is no need to rush." Jingliu sat on the sofa opposite Chen Li.

That was right. Chen Li had summoned Jingliu again with Pale Justice, and they had even chatted for a while already.

Summoning a knight required undergoing one session of "Knight's Training" as payment, but neither Argenti nor Jingliu would make any excessive demands. Furthermore, what was summoned was only a projection and would not affect their normal activities. So why not summon them more often and obtain more Knight's Training cards?

However, because Chen Li had lent Tonghua the Curio he had crafted for Argenti, he felt somewhat embarrassed about summoning Argenti and could only summon Jingliu instead.

"Why have you summoned me here? I see no ferocious beasts or formidable foes in this place." After sitting for a while, Jingliu finally asked.

"I've already found a way to reach your world, so it won't be long before we meet in person. I summoned you to let you know."

Of course, Chen Li could not say that he had summoned Jingliu to farm cards, so he found himself a proper reason.

"..." Jingliu appeared thoughtful.

"Also, I've crafted more Curios, enough to prove their quality. Teacher Jingliu, how is the Constraint Bracelet working for you? Are you satisfied with it?" Chen Li asked Jingliu.

After Jingliu learned that Chen Li had studied her swordsmanship, she had not objected to being called teacher.

But neither had she acknowledged it.

"The Mara-Struck has indeed shown no signs of acting up. Is this the Curio you crafted to suppress it?" Jingliu raised her left hand and looked at the exquisite, slender golden bracelet around her wrist.

This time, Chen Li had summoned Jingliu in her complete state, so there was a possibility that the Mara-Struck could act up.

"Cough, cough. This can prove that I'm capable of crafting a Curio that suppresses the Mara-Struck, but it isn't suitable for you." Jingliu's words startled Chen Li into waving his hands repeatedly.

That was right, the bracelet also regarded the Mara-Struck as an "ability."

It was not that Chen Li was reluctant to part with the bracelet. Its effect was to restrain one of the wearer's abilities, then cause that ability to erupt even more intensely the next time it was used.

Jingliu already walked the edge of becoming Mara-Struck. If she wore this bracelet for a long time and continuously strengthened the next episode, then one day when she took it off, Jingliu would likely be beyond saving.

The reason Chen Li had put the bracelet on Jingliu now and let her try it was because she was only a projection at the moment.

"I look forward to the Curio you will craft for me."

"Unfortunately, this Pale Justice cannot summon pilots, so I really do need a Heroic Spirit attribute to create a Curio capable of summoning Baiheng," Chen Li continued.

"No problem. I'll keep an eye out for items of that kind." Jingliu nodded.

"And I have a suggestion. Teacher Jingliu, you could try learning the erhu. I hear music can help people relax."

"Really?"

"Would I lie to you?" Chen Li patted his chest in assurance.

"Alright, I'll give it a try. I learned the erhu before, but I haven't played it in a long time."

But Jingliu did not understand why it had to be an erhu.

"Since you're here for once, want to look around this other world?" Chen Li stood and invited Jingliu.

"Not interested."

"Protect me while we're at it."

That was the real point.

"...Fine."

"Let's go. Time to meet offline! Let's meet my dear gaming buddy."

When using the training cards, Chen Li had selected a time-flow ratio of 10,000:1.

The two training cards combined had only cost Chen Li two and a half years, equivalent to over twenty thousand hours. Yet only a little more than two hours had passed in reality, and it was not even lunchtime yet.

There was still plenty of time. Compared with forging Miraculous Items, Chen Li wanted to find out whether his gaming buddy really was Houraisan Kaguya.

If she really was Houraisan Kaguya, he might be able to find other ways to reach a true other world.

Besides, in that case, Chen Li also needed to be wary of causing trouble in another world, only for her to follow the internet cable to this world and beat him up.

So this was truly important.

"But before that... what is this?" Jingliu showed Chen Li a translucent data screen that had appeared before her for some reason.

"Holy sh—... a personal status panel?" Chen Li was utterly shocked when he saw it.

"Also, what does 'guardian' mean?"

"Huh? You have a guardian? Who is it?"

"You."

"???"

"Wangcai, be good and guard the house." Chen Li vigorously rubbed Wangcai's head.

"Alright, let's go. Oh, right—does your body feel strange in any way?" Chen Li turned to look at Jingliu behind him and asked with concern.

The Constraint Bracelet was now on Chen Li's wrist, while this "Jingliu" was still the "Jingliu" who had worn the Constraint Bracelet earlier. Chen Li had not summoned her again.

To summon the same person repeatedly, he first had to complete their "Knight's Training." Although that was not troublesome for Chen Li, who possessed the Gift of Abundance, he also wanted to test the effects of the guardian authority.

Though it was somewhat strange, Jingliu was like Tonghua—someone Chen Li had brought into this world. Therefore, it seemed perfectly reasonable for Chen Li to become her guardian...

Provided one ignored Jingliu's identity as a real projection.

"I feel... very good. There are no signs of losing control at all." Jingliu nodded.

"It looks like this guardian authority is quite effective." Chen Li was rather satisfied with the results of this test.

The Constraint Bracelet had suppressed Jingliu's Mara-Struck state for over ten minutes. The reason there had been no rebound was because of one experiment by Chen Li—or rather, one sentence—

"You are forbidden to participate..."

—"You're still a child. You are forbidden from becoming Mara-Struck!"

Thus, after Jingliu removed the Constraint Bracelet and discovered that she was unaffected by the Mara-Struck state, she actually showed a rare expression of, "That works too?"

Chen Li's Main World had truly given Jingliu a small shock to her worldview.

"Looks like the guardian in the Miraculous Forging Guide is slightly different from the guardian authority in this world." Chen Li flipped through the Miraculous Forging Guide.

The guardian authority in Chen Li's Main World was not nearly so convenient, because his parents had never told him things like, "You are forbidden from transmigrating."

After Jingliu had stayed in this world for fifteen minutes, the world recorded her information and generated a personal status panel. At the same time, Chen Li's Miraculous Forging Guide produced an additional page—Ward.

But Chen Li could not find Tonghua's name on that interface.

Moreover, the ward information viewable through the Miraculous Forging Guide was more extensive than Chen Li's original personal status panel.

Cloud Knight Sword Champion Jingliu: Lv0 (0/1)

Negative Status: Mara-Struck (Forbidden)

Class Traits: None

Affection: Friendly

Mental Disposition: Obsessive.

Suggestion: Please spend more time with the child and give her a happy childhood.

"???"

PS: The site maintenance on Ciweimao made it look like the website was about to shut down and run away. Pretty absurd. 1

I'll update two chapters first today. Tomorrow—tomorrow at midnight, I'll directly update five chapters as compensation! 2

Because the author really needs to try making a push for the click rankings! 3

Jingliu: You Brat, Are You Trying to Betray Your Master and Destroy Your Ancestors?

No matter who you were or how strong you had once been, your level became Lv. 0 after arriving in this world. Even Tonghua was no exception.

That was because traits were acquired based on a summary of your actions in this world, while level did not merely indicate whether you were powerful—it also represented whether you were fulfilling your duties in this world.

Only by fulfilling your duties in this world would the world grant you "rewards."

That was also why Chen Li's Main World had grown increasingly bizarre, with more and more demons and ghouls appearing, yet the world still remained basically stable.

"Why does this personal panel know that I was once the Cloud Knight Sword Champion? And... I was only the Cloud Knight Sword Champion once." Jingliu asked as she followed Chen Li out of the house.

"This personal panel is essentially an external manifestation of the soul. Appearances can change, but the information recorded within the soul cannot be altered. That's why its information is so accurate. As for why your class is Cloud Knight Sword Champion, perhaps the world only extracts your most representative identity?" Chen Li said.

Chen Li had only met two outsiders. How could he possibly have figured out any pattern?

"Roughly speaking, if Teacher Jingliu wants to raise your level, you could either teach people swordsmanship, lead troops into battle, or hunt down Abundance Fiends," Chen Li said.

"Not interested. This body is merely a projection. What would it matter if its level increased?" Jingliu lightly tapped the personal panel with her index finger, and it shattered and vanished at once.

The personal panel had not been damaged. It was merely a disappearance effect.

"But if you acquire traits or cause a change in your identity, the effects will be permanent," Chen Li reminded her.

"Are you sure those permanent effects will still work after you return to another world?" Jingliu shot Chen Li a glance.

"Fine. I'm not sure."