Fang Xiang

This is both a work of science fiction and an exploration of the meaning of life, love, literature and art. Brainpower is no longer the main ingredient for being human in this far distant future world.  Spirituality, physical balance, and diligence all come together as integrity for Chen Mu, the Card Apprentice.  The cards which Chen Mu masters in his own scrappy way, distill all the powers of the cosmos –  human and nonhuman –  into something that is not a book, not technology, and neither art nor magic, but is these and more.  Learn about these strange cards, which can embody everything you might imagine for the future of technology, but also a future beyond technology which promotes the best, and sometimes the worst, from mankind’s past.

The Card Apprentice

<p>With his simple and yet full life, making progress every day, that sort of happiness really made Chen Mu delirious.</p>

<p>Following the story as it developed step by step, the price for the "Legend of Master Shi" got higher and higher the more it was cooked. Copper had already stopped showing himself in public, and put out the card play on the open consignment market, from where its popularity would later spread. The shopkeepers and students would rush over in droves to the open consignment market to camp out when they got the news. They improved the safety factor by quite a bit that way, since it was nearly impossible to find any sellers in the consignment market. And what was most important was that the method of marketing could greatly increase the price. Neither Copper nor Chen Mu ever thought that they were making too much.</p>

Star Academy Centennial