Chen Mu immediately gathered a great pile of the materials he needed. Beside the fat man, Xi Ping looked pained. No wonder-even among the materials here, those Chen Mu had selected were treasures.
Having decided to show what he could do, Chen Mu had no intention of holding back. He planned to make one of the most powerful cards currently within his abilities-the Folded Swallow Wave Card. He had spent a long time studying its production methods and procedures, learning them by heart. Previously, however, he had never had enough materials, and with most of his attention devoted to the Tail-Shedding Shuttle Card, his enthusiasm for the Folded Swallow Wave Card had naturally been limited.
Now that he needed to demonstrate his abilities, the Folded Swallow Wave Card was naturally the best choice. He had always had great confidence in anything that appeared within the Mysterious Card. The materials here were comprehensive: all the most crucial ingredients for the Folded Swallow Wave Card were available, and he could find substitutes for the few that were missing.
Every card structure required different materials, and one unavoidable task for a Card Crafter was finding substitutes for them.
Each type of card had more than one structure. Even for the simplest One-Star Energy Card, Chen Mu had discovered twelve different structures.
In a Card Crafter's eyes, card structures were highly flexible. All the ingredient formulas currently known had been researched and compiled by their predecessors. Every card, especially the advanced ones, often required dozens or even hundreds of materials. Following those formulas to the letter was far too difficult, so Card Crafters had devised a solution-finding substitutes.
There were many books on the subject, including the commonly available "Table of Material Properties" and "Materials Handbook." The Six Great Academies generally had their own