A bone?

Soon, flashes of light appeared one after another.

Without exception, the cards awakened were all white tool cards. Some awakened sickles, others scissors, and still others stone hammers.

In this small frontier city, those were all considered decent Natal Cards.

After awakening a card, one could go home and cultivate for a while to become a One-Star Card Apprentice and open a Card Slot Space, allowing the use of one Secondary Card.

If one could obtain a good Secondary Card, it was often more useful than a Natal Card.

"Son, don't be nervous. I believe you'll awaken a good card," Lin Feng said from beside him, his voice reassuring.

Lin Qi took a deep breath and forced himself to look calm.

"Nervous? I, Lin Qi, don't even know what that means!"

"Son, you're holding the wrong person's hand. I'm over here."

Lin Qi stiffly turned his head and discovered that he was holding the hand of a middle-aged man he didn't know. The man was looking at him with a smile.

No matter how thick-skinned he was, Lin Qi was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

"There it is! There it is!"

Just then, a clamor of startled cries suddenly came from the front.

"It's green! Someone awakened a green Natal Card!"

Lin Qi and Lin Feng immediately looked up. On the awakening platform, a girl in a pink dress was excitedly holding a card that glowed green, her face full of an incredulous smile.

Lin Qi hurriedly pressed his palms together and prayed under his breath.

"God of Source Cards, bless me. Since you gave me, Lin Qi, a new life, at least give me some perks! I don't need a purple card. A blue or even a green one would do!"

But the awakenings that followed disappointed everyone once again.

Apart from the girl's green card, everyone else awakened either a white card or a colorless one.

Colorless Natal Cards were also known as trash cards.

They were usually things like a pebble, a flower, or a twig. These cards had no special abilities and no potential for advancement, making them practically useless.

Watching the dejected people who had awakened trash cards, Lin Qi felt his heart beat faster and faster.

Finally, it was his turn.

He had just stepped onto the platform when people below began to murmur.

"Isn't that Lin Qi? Stone Iron City's young genius!"

"It really is!"

"Word is Lin Qi could walk after just a few months and speak fluently at one year old. He's blessed by the gods!"

"He should be able to awaken a green-grade Natal Card, right?"

Someone nearby said, "Too small?"

"What do you mean, too small? Lin Qi's already fifteen. He's not little anymore."

"I mean you're thinking too small! Someone blessed by the gods like him should awaken at least a rare blue-grade Natal Card!"

Hearing the discussion around him, Lin Qi, who had been nervous, found himself surprisingly calm.

He looked up at the amethyst on the platform and thought, I'm Lin Qi, living my life over again. According to the transmigrator's script, my Natal Card is bound to be extraordinary!

He took a deep breath, strode up to the amethyst, and gently pressed his palm against it.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

The amethyst lay quietly in the center of the platform without the slightest movement.

"Child, don't be nervous. You've already finished awakening. You can take your hand away now."

"Huh?"

Lin Qi abruptly looked up, his face blank.

"It's over? But where's my light? Why wasn't there any light? Everyone else had light!"

"Uh..."

The church bishop patiently said, "Look carefully into the depths of your consciousness. Is there a card there?"

Lin Qi hurriedly closed his eyes, focused his mind, and searched the depths of his consciousness.

Sure enough, another card had appeared beside his original one.

He turned his hand over, and a card appeared in it.

"It's out! Lin Qi's Natal Card is out!"

Someone below shouted, and everyone's eyes focused on the card in Lin Qi's hand.

"Quick, see what kind of card it is! Is it green or blue?"

"I bet it's a green card! It might even be a rare blue card!"

Staring at the card in his hand, Lin Qi's eyes widened in shock.

"Wh-what the hell is this?"

The card was grayish white all over, with an ordinary-looking bone depicted on it. It didn't give off the slightest glimmer of light, making it look like a discarded card.

"A ghost card?"

The bishop was also taken aback. Then he stepped forward and examined the card carefully.

"Child, that's not a ghost. It's just a bone."

"..."

Lin Qi stiffly raised his head. "Well, thanks for telling me it's not a ghost."

As soon as he finished speaking, people below couldn't help bursting into laughter.

"Hahaha, a bone! Our genius actually awakened a bone."

"Does a bone even count as a Natal Card?"

"Of course it does! Why wouldn't it? Bones can be fed to canine Card Beasts. Maybe Lin Qi's Natal Card can give Card Beasts something to gnaw on."

"Ahahaha..."

The laughter in the church grew louder and louder, and many people doubled over.

To them, watching a genius make a fool of himself was far more entertaining than watching an ordinary person awaken a trash card.

"What are you laughing at?! Shut your damn mouths, all of you!"

Lin Feng could no longer contain himself. He abruptly raised his hand, and a card glowing green appeared in it. The instant he infused it with Source Power, an imposing greatsword materialized out of thin air and struck the ground heavily with a dull thud.

"Let's see who dares laugh!"

The aura of a Four-Star Card Master spread instantly, bearing down like an invisible weight and cutting off the laughter below.

Everyone instinctively lowered their heads, not daring to look at the platform again.

But just then, a discordant voice rang out.

"Lin Feng, stop throwing your weight around. At least your Natal Card is the Wind-Breaking Saber. How come your son only awakened a bone? Could it be... he isn't really your son?"

A tall man spoke with his arms folded, a mocking look on his face.

"Exactly! The difference is way too big. I don't think Lin Qi is blessed by the gods at all. Those rumors from before were all lies!" someone nearby chimed in.

"Lei De, why does a stinking piece of dog shit like you have to show up everywhere?!"

Lin Feng's face flushed red with anger, and the veins bulged on the hand gripping his saber hilt. He wanted nothing more than to rush over and slash Lei De right then and there.

But just as he was about to act, a hand suddenly grabbed his arm.

"Dad, now that the awakening's over, let's go home."

Lin Qi's voice was unusually calm. He looked at Lin Feng, his eyes showing neither anger nor disappointment.

"Son..."

Lin Feng looked at Lin Qi's calm face, then at the bishop on the platform. The bishop was frowning at them, clearly unwilling to let anyone cause trouble in the church.

He took a deep breath, forced down his anger, and glared fiercely at Lei De.

With that, he walked over to Lin Qi and positioned himself in front of him, clearing a path and shielding him as they walked down from the platform, through the crowd, and toward the church doors.