Folk Card Maker: Starting from Painted Skin

Zhang Jingtian was still unaware of the terrible state of his teacher's mission.

Right now, after preparing all the necessary medicines, he headed to their meeting point.

That's right, it was near that public toilet.

Although the entire public toilet had been abandoned for many years, there was no strange smell.

However, when Zhang Jingtian saw the toilet sign, he still felt a strange sensation.

Especially when he thought about how these people, who were considered superior in the eyes of outsiders, the Card Creators, were all gathered outside a toilet, he couldn't help but want to laugh.

"Show me your identification."

From the shadows, a person with blue hair, looking like a delinquent youth, walked over.

Zhang Jingtian quickly presented his Card Creator Association certificate, and the other person smiled and nodded after comparing it.

"So young, still studying?"

The delinquent youth looked at Zhang Jingtian, shocked.

He was a social Card Creator, already thirty-five years old, and had only managed to reach Platinum rank with great difficulty.

Only he knew the hardships involved.

But Zhang Jingtian was not even 19 years old and was already a Platinum Card Creator, how could he not be affected?

Zhang Jingtian smiled, "You look pretty young too."

As he spoke, a man and a woman walked out, a seemingly ordinary couple.

However, since they were able to appear here, their strength must not be low.

Platinum Card Creators were considered overlords even in small cities.

"You should be the youngest person I've ever partnered with. Behave yourself when we go inside later, don't wander around. Even a Danger-level Secret Realm can be life-threatening."

Although Zhang Jingtian could detect a hint of disdain in the other person's tone,

he held back his anger because the other person was, after all, showing concern for him.

Secret Realms were not like Instances; without absolute strength, it was impossible to be a lone wolf.

Following that, several more Card Creators arrived one after another. They all looked like ordinary people, and you couldn't tell they were Card Creators at all.

Except for Zhang Jingtian, the others were all social Card Creators, and they all seemed to be keeping a low profile.

Once everyone had arrived, the delinquent youth, as the initiator of this activity, began to speak:

"Next, we will be going to the Secret Realm. This time, we have a newbie among us..."

At this point, everyone's eyes turned to Zhang Jingtian.

"However, I've inquired about this Secret Realm, it's not very difficult, and it rarely pulls people in, indicating that the monsters inside are not very active."

"As long as we listen to the commands and act together, there won't be any problems."

Zhang Jingtian hummed in agreement, then looked at the leader:

"I have a question."

The other person hummed and looked at Zhang Jingtian: "Speak."

"How will the gains inside the Secret Realm be distributed?"

Several people smiled, and the delinquent youth said:

"Anything that drops from the monsters you kill is yours. As for the final BOSS's rewards, we'll use an auction system. The money from the final bid will be split equally among everyone."

Zhang Jingtian nodded, it was similar to the games he used to play.

At this moment, a male Card Creator looked at Zhang Jingtian with a smile:

"You're lucky, meeting such a professional team on your first time. Just relax and get carried."

Zhang Jingtian looked at the delinquent youth and asked, "Aren't you all Platinum rank? How many times have you been to Secret Realms?"

The delinquent youth raised his eyebrows: "I had already been there when I was still Gold rank."

Zhang Jingtian was stunned: "Didn't they say that Gold rank is not allowed, and the minimum requirement is Platinum?"

The delinquent youth laughed loudly: "Ah, you bookworms are just so interesting. Indeed, the minimum requirement is Platinum, but that's all on the surface.

Card Creators like us, with ordinary backgrounds, can only seek wealth and danger. Have you forgotten that ordinary people get sucked in when they walk to the Secret Realm exit?"

This was because the former had failed to get into Card Academies and later became Card Creators through self-study and social institutions.

However, society's recognition of these Card Creators was not high. If they were competing for the same position with Card Creators from Card Academies, the latter would definitely be selected.

However, Zhang Jingtian had only heard about this conflict before, and he only truly saw it today.

Moreover, he also felt that the others here had a subtle hostility towards him,

after all, he was a genius student from the Magic City Card Academy, and it was indeed easy to be envied.

However, Zhang Jingtian was not afraid, because he was very confident in his own strength.

They quickly arrived at the Secret Realm entrance and jumped into it together.

Soon, they appeared in another world.

This was a small town.

It was just a European-style town, the townspeople had high noses and blue eyes, and were busy with their own affairs.

As for the era, it should be about the same as now.

Their appearance did not surprise the townspeople, they were still busy with their own affairs.

Zhang Jingtian leaned close to the delinquent youth's ear and whispered:

"What exactly is this Secret Realm? Another world? Are these people alive, or are they the Scourge?"

"They are not people, nor are they the Scourge." A girl said, "The Secret Realm is like a sealed fragment, it may have actually happened before, but we have forgotten it.

The people in the Secret Realm are like robots, living according to a program. Unless we completely clear them, they will repeat their lives.

In their eyes, we are like insignificant bugs in the program, and they don't care because we don't affect the normal operation.

The Scourge is like anti-virus software, and they will hunt us down once they find us."

Zhang Jingtian finally understood, and then followed everyone into the town.

In a conversation with a townsperson, Zhang Jingtian learned that this was a seaside town. However, recently a cursed fishing boat crashed into the harbor, and the townspeople were very afraid, worried about being implicated.

"The fishing boat might be the Scourge's lair." Zhang Jingtian quickly analyzed.

Subsequently, the group hurried to the harbor to take a look at the stranded fishing boat.