Folk Card Maker: Starting from Painted Skin

Huai Yalin didn't press him further, knowing that every card creator had their own secrets, and Zhang Jingtian was no exception.

"But for you to be able to deal with a vicious cultist on your own is truly impressive."

"That's the Jade Lotus Gang we're talking about; their people are famous for being lunatics."

Zhang Jingtian didn't know much about the Jade Lotus Gang.

It should be said that the entire card-making world deliberately blocks channels for understanding these cults.

The intention is to avoid panic, but in reality, it also leaves many ordinary people defenseless.

All he knew was that the Jade Lotus Gang was one of the world's three recognized major cults.

The main purpose of these three cults is similar: they believe that humans are a tumor on this world and should be completely purified.

"Jade Lotus Gang, and this Qingyu Demon Statue you mentioned, what are they?"

When Zhang Jingtian saw the Qingyu Demon Statue card, he felt very strange. Why would a card be named Qingyu Demon Statue Tier 1? Could there be Tier 2 or Tier 3?

Huai Yalin smiled but didn't rush to tell Zhang Jingtian the answer. Instead, she took out her phone and took pictures of the scene.

"I'll confirm with the association first that I've completed the commission."

Hearing this, Zhang Jingtian's expression changed immediately.

"Wait, this, wasn't this done by me?"

"The reward for this commission…"

Zhang Jingtian hesitated.

He felt that the reward for this commission must be substantial.

However, the question was, would Huai Yalin give him the reward?

It would be easy for Huai Yalin to kill him, and he had no way to ask for the reward. He could only swallow his grievance.

However, Huai Yalin wasn't so heartless. She raised an eyebrow and immediately said:

"Indeed, without you, it would take me a little effort to handle it myself. In that case, I'll compensate you with two bottles of mental energy recovery potion!"

As she spoke, Huai Yalin gave Zhang Jingtian two bottles of potion.

"Oh, right, I'm Huai Yalin," the beauty smiled, "You should have heard of my name. If you choose Fengdu Card Academy, we should be classmates."

After that, Huai Yalin called the Public Security Bureau and, while waiting for them to arrive, began to explain the Jade Lotus Gang and Qingyu Demon Statue to Zhang Jingtian.

"People of the Jade Lotus Gang have one characteristic: a cyan lotus flower must be engraved on a certain part of their body.

However, this lotus flower isn't carved with a knife but with a special object. We once suspected it was an equipment card."

"People with the Qingyu mark have a telepathic way of communicating with their kind. So the people of the Jade Lotus Gang are particularly cunning, and it's difficult to wipe them out in one fell swoop."

"But the most insane thing about the Jade Lotus Gang is actually their heroic spirit card.

All the people of the Jade Lotus Gang will only have one heroic spirit card, which is the Qingyu Demon Statue."

Zhang Jingtian was completely stunned: "That's not right. I remember our school said that heroic spirit cards are unique, and it's impossible for them to be repeated."

"That's true. Although they are all uniformly called Qingyu Demon Statue, there are actually numbered differences. It can only be said that the Jade Lotus Gang had already thought of this setting when constructing the Qingyu Demon Statue."

"There is a connection between the Qingyu Demon Statues. When they appear at the same time, their strength will greatly increase. So, if you encounter a group of Jade Lotus Gang cultists, don't act rashly."

"And the upgrading of the Qingyu Demon Statue is the scariest thing. It requires the card creator to constantly feed it with human blood. So, every card creator of the Jade Lotus Gang has blood on their hands.

Low-level Jade Lotus Gang cultists will specifically abduct ordinary people and then keep them in captivity, bleeding them every day to feed the Qingyu Demon Statue. These people are called blood slaves.

And those of higher rank will keep card creators as blood slaves. So, when you see a Jade Lotus Gang cultist, killing them is definitely the right thing to do. None of them are innocent."

Hearing Huai Yalin's words, Zhang Jingtian regretted not hacking Bai Yang's body a few more times when he killed him.

This Jade Lotus Gang is simply too hateful!

"So, cleaning up cultists is everyone's responsibility. In the past few years, the cultists have been hiding. But recently, they have all started to become active."

Zhang Jingtian nodded: "Senior, do you have any plans next? Are you going straight back to school?"

"That's what it should be."

Huai Yalin said softly: "But since I'm here, I plan to take a walk around Xi Lake. This place is very abnormal."

Zhang Jingtian originally wanted to ask Huai Yalin to take him along, but Huai Yalin anticipated him:

"As for you, just prepare well for the college entrance examination! When you get to the Card Academy, there will be no shortage of commissions. By then, you'll probably find it troublesome."

Soon, Director Tang arrived with his men.

When he saw Zhang Jingtian was actually here, he was surprised.

No wonder this kid gave him a call.

So, he was also involved?

However, seeing him standing with Huai Yalin was still very surprising to Director Tang.

"Zhang Jingtian, why are you here?"

At this time, Zhang Jingtian immediately said loudly: "Because I personally solved this cultist!"

Huai Yalin didn't compete with Zhang Jingtian for credit. Apart from the association's reward, she didn't care about the rest.

And this was originally what Zhang Jingtian deserved.

"What?"

Tang Youai already trusted Zhang Jingtian very much, but hearing that he had killed a cultist alone, he still felt it was unbelievable.

"It's true."

Huai Yalin nodded: "He didn't lie. When I arrived, this cultist was already dead."

Tang Youai gasped. He himself couldn't guarantee that he could kill a cultist.

As a result, Zhang Jingtian actually did it. How many surprises does this kid still have that he doesn't know about?

"You kid… Alright, I will definitely reward you."

Director Tang smiled. Then, he looked at Huai Yalin with a serious expression:

"How did he appear in Lanruo City? Could it be that our Lanruo City has been infiltrated by the Jade Lotus Gang?"

This was what he was most worried about. When he first heard that a Jade Lotus Gang cultist had appeared in Lanruo City, Director Tang was almost scared out of his wits.

Their overall strength in Lanruo City couldn't withstand a Jade Lotus Gang's torment.

"No, he escaped from Fengdu."

Huai Yalin comforted: "However, it can't be ruled out that there may be other Jade Lotus Gang cultists hiding in Lanruo City."