Lin Feng

Biodata

Power Progression

• Grand Card Master remains a goal, not a confirmed achievement: Lin Feng promises to pursue the breakthrough within seven days and subsequently cultivates in earnest; he is still described as preparing to make the push in Chapter 50 43 44 50.

Background / History

Lin Feng was once regarded as the most talented mercenary in his corps. He fought alongside Ruilian and Lei De, gaining extensive battlefield experience. His signature achievements included killing a Lava Tiger with a single slash and risking his life against bandits to obtain the Facing-the-Wind Single Saber Slash Skill Card 11 17 25 50.

When Lin Qi was nine, he persuaded Lin Feng to leave mercenary work and invest the family’s savings in a small secondhand shop. Lin Feng could not read the account books and followed his son’s instructions, but the change proved lucrative: the shop earned more in a month than he had previously earned in half a year as a mercenary 1.

Neighbors attributed Lin Feng’s stalled cultivation to raising Lin Qi. Lin Qi later concluded that his father was neither injured nor untalented—comfortable shop life had simply allowed him to stop pushing himself. With business largely handled through Lin Qi’s methods, Lin Feng spent his leisure time drinking tea in a rocking chair and playing chess 11 30.

Appearance

• Before renewed cultivation: Has a beer belly, bleary eyes, and a generally unkempt appearance 32.
• After receiving upgraded equipment: The Magic-Resistance Breastplate broadens his silhouette, while his bearing becomes upright and sharp, markedly different from his earlier appearance 32.
• As a supposed card maker: Buys a fancy outfit for fifty Ka’en and adopts solemn expressions and theatrical gestures to support his new reputation 17 22.

Personality

Lin Feng is openly affectionate and fiercely protective of Lin Qi. After his son awakens an apparently useless bone card, he offers reassurance rather than criticism and spends ten thousand Ka’en on a Wind Chime Cat to support his cultivation. He later entrusts Lin Qi with ninety thousand Ka’en, insisting that getting stronger matters more than preserving the money 4 12.

Despite being the parent, Lin Feng usually accepts Lin Qi’s judgment. He recognizes his own limitations in business and follows his son’s plans, including postponing revenge against Lei De until his cards improve. This reversal prompts neighbors to joke that he has raised a “living father” rather than a son 1 12 24.

His easygoing habits coexist with a dangerous temper when his family is threatened. He repeatedly fights Lei De over insults to Lin Qi and attacks a guard attempting to arrest his son. Nevertheless, Ruilian emphasizes that Lin Feng’s earlier victories over Lei De were deliberately nonlethal 11 37.

Lin Feng is also lecherous and comically indiscreet. He copies a prayer posture to look up a woman’s skirt at the Furnace Church, openly stares at Fiona during visits to the Ten Thousand Cards Pavilion, and later steals glances at her while pretending to concentrate on cultivation 1 28 50.

Abilities & Skills

Saber Combat

Lin Feng relies on close-range saber fighting backed by years of mercenary experience 11.

• Maintains a tight defense against Lei De’s spear attacks despite being a star lower in cultivation 11.
• Uses familiarity with Lei De’s fighting style to anticipate his movements; the two formerly trained and fought together 11.
• Killed a Lava Tiger with his signature saber technique 11.
• After his Natal Card advances, releases a flaming wind blade that splits a boulder and leaves its cut surfaces scorched 36.

Saber Skill Cards

• Wind-Chasing Triple Slash attributes: Penetration +30; wind speed compatibility +50% 25.

Shopkeeping and Medicine Preparation

• Makes blood-clotting medicine and packages coagulation ointment for sale 8 15.
• Cooks family meals, including a spread of six dishes and a soup 12.
• Is locally known for his bargaining method, the “three cuts,” beginning negotiations by reducing the asking price by a third 11.
• Can maintain the shop using Lin Qi’s established methods, but lacks his son’s ability to devise business strategy 12.

Practical Card Knowledge

• Explains cultivation costs, advancement materials, and the dangers of hunting powerful Card Beasts 39.
• Warns Lin Qi that some tamed Card Beasts can attack their owners and urges him to conceal his unusual Beast Taming Card production 19.
• Has limited knowledge of Natal Card advancement: he initially copies the plant-based materials used for his former captain’s Human-Faced Vine, despite wielding a wind-attribute Implement Card 35.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Wind-Breaking Saber — Original wind-attribute Implement Natal Card and primary weapon 3 35.
• Blazing Wind Saber — Advanced Natal Card with a longer, wider blade, flame-lined edge, and patterns resembling burning wind. Can burn blood from its surface 36 38.
• Magic-Resistance Breastplate — Three-star armor supplied by Lin Qi to strengthen his defense 31 32.
• Boots of Stealth — Three-star footwear supplied as part of his improved combat loadout 31 32.
• Exploding Fireball Magic Card — Two-star ranged option provided by Lin Qi for emergencies 19 31.
• Source Crystals — Holds nine when Lin Qi requests help replenishing his Source Power; Lin Qi subsequently promises ten more for his father’s cultivation 43.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Supporting Lin Qi’s Awakening

Lin Feng accompanies Lin Qi to the Furnace Church and angrily confronts Lei De when he mocks the boy’s bone Natal Card. He ultimately restrains himself and shields Lin Qi through the crowd on their way out. At home, he offers business as an alternative future while also buying the Wind Chime Cat and recounting the example of a flower-card user who became a Card Mastery Grandmaster 1 3 4.

Capture and Defeat

While restocking the shop, Lin Feng is captured by the Stone Iron Mountain bandits. Lin Qi secures Alicia’s assistance by promising Pink Fluorite, and Kala and Ruilian set out to retrieve him. Lin Feng returns without obvious injuries and claims that the bandit chief merely wanted him to join the stronghold 6 7.

Shortly afterward, Lei De provokes him into a market fight. Lei De’s new five-star strength and Frost Skill Card overwhelm him, leaving him wounded and partially frozen. Ruilian prevents a killing blow; Lin Feng then conceals the incident from Lin Qi 11 12.

The False Card-Maker Identity

Lin Feng initially doubts Lin Qi’s claim that he can make cards, but a fusion demonstration convinces him. To keep his son’s ability secret, he agrees to pose as the disciple of a reclusive master card maker who has trained privately for ten years 15 16.

• First staged demonstration: Lin Qi secretly fuses a Skeleton Warrior Card as Lin Feng pretends to craft it, convincing Ruilian 17.
• Public reputation: Lin Qi and Ruilian present him as a retired mercenary who studied card making to provide better weapons for his former comrades. Mercenary’s Sabers are offered to mercenaries at 190 Ka’en each 22.
• Blue-card sales: His sale of three-star blue Implement Cards attracts mercenary corps and the Ten Thousand Cards Pavilion. The pavilion orders three Phantom Longswords at fifty thousand Ka’en each to test his capabilities 27 28.
• Actual limitation: Lin Feng cannot make the cards himself; Lin Qi produces them through fusion 16 17.

Advancement and Oliver’s Death

After Lei De injures the Wind Chime Cat, Lin Qi persuades Lin Feng to delay retaliation and rebuild his combat loadout. The resulting blue cards help him reach Five-Star Card Master, and Lin Qi subsequently devises the advancement that transforms his Natal Card into the Blazing Wind Saber 24 25 32 36.

When Oliver attempts to arrest Lin Qi for alleged murders and demands the family’s cards and advancement materials, Lin Feng refuses and fights him. Lin Qi secretly poisons and entangles Oliver with the Eerie Vine Demon, allowing Lin Feng’s saber to pierce his chest. Lin Qi leaves the surviving guards available to support an account that Oliver ran into the blade 37 38.

Oliver’s death, followed by the authorities’ lack of public retaliation, strengthens the city’s belief that Lin Feng is a genuine card maker with powerful backing. Rather than driving customers away, the incident brings longer queues to Wonderful Tales 40.

Renewed Cultivation

Lin Qi eventually announces that he will confront Lei De and eliminate the Stone Iron Mountain bandits in seven days. Faced with the prospect of his son risking his life, Lin Feng abandons his relaxed attitude and vows to reach Grand Card Master and accompany him 43 44.

By Chapter 50, Fiona is attending him in the courtyard while he cultivates. Lin Qi interprets her attention as courtship connected to the supposed card-maker identity and chooses not to interrupt 50.

Relationships

• Lin Qi — Son and principal source of business strategy, upgraded cards, and advancement research. Lin Feng trusts his decisions and assumes the risks of the false card-maker identity to protect him 1 12 16 36.
• Ruilian — Former mercenary comrade, loyal friend, and partner in raising Lin Qi. Saves Lin Feng from Lei De and sincerely believes his staged card-making demonstration 11 17 50.
• Lei De — Former comrade turned persistent enemy. Their earlier fights ended with Lin Feng sparing him; after repeated attacks on the family, Lin Feng resolves to settle the feud permanently 11 39 50.
• Fiona — Head of Stone Iron City’s Ten Thousand Cards Pavilion. Suspects he is a card maker, seeks to recruit him, and later personally attends him during cultivation. A formal romantic relationship is not established 28 50.
• Oliver — Guard captain from the same village as Lin Feng. Attempts to seize the family’s resources and dies fighting Lin Feng with Lin Qi’s covert intervention 37 38.

Notable Quotes

“There are no useless Natal Cards in this world, only Card Masters who don't know how to bring out their cards' potential.” 4

“We can always earn more money. Nothing matters more than you getting stronger.” 12

“Let your dad bear this pressure! From now on, I, Lin Feng, am a master card maker's disciple!” 16