Chapter 017: Star Coins

“Black?”
Chen Xiao was somewhat surprised. He picked up the crystal card and examined it closely. The surface of the card was covered with lines that resembled flowing water, representing Chen Xiao’s supernatural attribute—water.
However, Mo Changli didn’t seem to mention what this black crystal card meant.
Chen Xiao could only look at Mo Changli with curiosity, holding up the black card in his hand.
Mo Changli was also stunned when he saw the black card in Chen Xiao’s hand. According to the records in the world of supernatural abilities, black supernatural crystal cards had never appeared before. This black card of Chen Xiao was likely the first of its kind in recorded history.
“Could it be that my potential is so high that it created a black card that surpasses even the purple card?” Chen Xiao mused.
“Supernatural cards that surpass purple cards have indeed appeared in the world of supernatural abilities. But they aren’t black—they’re golden or silver,” Mo Changli said, rolling his eyes. “But why do I feel that your card is different from ours?”
“Nonsense,” Chen Xiao replied, also rolling his eyes. “It’s just different in color.”
“No,” Mo Changli said, taking the card from Chen Xiao’s hand. “It’s because your card seems to have no supernatural energy fluctuations at all. Are you really a supernatural being?”
“Uh…” Chen Xiao was stunned. “What do you mean?”
“I mean, your card’s rank is probably even lower than that of a white crystal card. It holds the record for the lowest potential in the history of supernatural abilities,” Mo Changli said after hesitating for a moment.
Hearing Mo Changli’s words, Chen Xiao was momentarily stunned before thinking of a possibility. He wasn’t actually a supernatural being. His source of power came from the Main God Entity in his chest, and his blood contained no supernatural potential at all.
But despite this, he didn’t explain it. Instead, he simply nodded helplessly and said, “If it’s the lowest, then so be it. I once had a dream—even if I couldn’t be remembered for eternity, I wanted to be infamous for thousands of years. It seems I’ve achieved that dream.”
He smiled self-mockingly as he spoke.
Mo Changli thought for a moment and understood what he meant. With this black card that had almost no supernatural energy fluctuations, indicating a potential close to zero, Chen Xiao could still make a significant impact in the history of supernatural abilities.
Mo Changli patted Chen Xiao’s shoulder sympathetically and comforted him, “The rank of a supernatural card doesn’t mean much. Back in the day, the greatest expert in the world of supernatural abilities, the ninth-tier sorcerer Damangxius, could only form a white crystal card. Don’t be discouraged.”
“Mm,” Chen Xiao nodded. In truth, he was just acting for show. After all, with a Main God Entity and a Main God Space, why worry about not growing stronger?
Mo Changli gathered a bit of mental energy and scanned Chen Xiao’s card before saying, “Although your card’s rank is low, it’s still a normal supernatural card. Its supernatural space is still intact.”
“Supernatural space?” Chen Xiao was surprised.
“Mm. A supernatural card has two main functions. One is to open the door to the world of supernatural abilities, and the other is this supernatural space, which is used to store star coins,” Mo Changli explained.

“Star coins? What are those?” Chen Xiao couldn’t help but curse Lin Tianchi in his heart—this guy had missed so many useful pieces of information from him.
In fact, it wasn’t Lin Tianchi’s fault. After all, the distance from the outskirts to Renhe Star Restaurant was only short. And during that journey, Chen Xiao spent most of the time practicing the ability guidance technique Lin Tianchi had given him. How could he have time to explain everything about the world of abilities?
“Star coins are the currency that circulates in the world of abilities. They are made from energy crystals from that world and are extremely beneficial for ability users to cultivate.” As he spoke, Mo Changli took out his purple crystal card and touched Chen Xiao’s card.
“I’ll give you a hundred star coins first for you to use,” Mo Changli said, returning Chen Xiao’s card.
“Just a hundred? How stingy,” Chen Xiao said. He also tried to use his mental power to explore his card and found a three-meter-square space inside, filled with purple crystals the size of dollar coins—these must be the so-called star coins.
Mo Changli almost choked on his spit. After all, a hundred star coins was already a huge fortune in the world of abilities. New members of the Ability Association could only receive up to ten star coins per month as subsidies.
Apart from members of the major ability families, the most direct way for other ability users to obtain star coins was by making contributions to the association and exchanging them for points.
This time, Mo Changli was willing to give Chen Xiao a hundred star coins freely because of his unique black card—something that might never be seen again in history. It could be considered a contribution to the history of the world of abilities.
“Alright, your ability card is now ready. It’s time to teach you the guidance technique,” Mo Changli said. His face twitched slightly, but he didn’t argue further with Chen Xiao.
Mo Changli took Chen Xiao to another room—completely different from the previous one. This room was enormous, about the size of a football field, with rows of bookshelves neatly arranged inside.
Looking at all those books, Chen Xiao swallowed hard and asked, “Do I really have to read all of these?”
“Can you even keep up?” Mo Changli smirked. “These are all the books related to sorcerers from the North China Ability Association headquarters. Although your ability potential is low, your mental power is ten times that of an ordinary person. You should be able to become a sorcerer. And your physical strength seems extremely strong too. Could you be a legendary dual-ability user?”
Chen Xiao just smirked without giving further explanations. If he were really a dual-ability user, perhaps Lin Tianchi’s guidance technique would also work on him.
“Alright, go ahead and search here slowly. When you find it, just call out. I have other things to do, so I’m leaving first.” With a faint smile, Mo Changli left.
“This…”
Chen Xiao was stunned. How many books could fit in a room the size of a football field? Probably over a hundred thousand! Searching for the guidance technique among all these books was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Obviously, this was Mo Changli’s deliberate revenge—he didn’t even clarify where the Guiding Art was located.
Chen Xiao checked his phone; it was 9 p.m. He had left not long after the banquet started, so only about half an hour had passed.
“That Mo Changli… I really don’t know what he’s thinking.”
Chen Xiao sighed helplessly. Now, once again, he was alone, and his thoughts turned to Qin Mengyao.
“Maybe she just thinks I’m an ordinary person, that’s why she deliberately keeps her distance from me?”
Chen Xiao shook his head and sighed again. His mind was in chaos for a moment.
“Never mind. I should focus on finding the Guiding Art first and unlocking my own supernatural potential.”
With a grim expression, Chen Xiao began searching through the shelves, which had no markings at all.
“Introduction to Thunder-based Curses?” Chen Xiao casually flipped open a book.