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

Chen Mu handed over the list in his hand.

Lan Feng's heart rate started to race when she took the list and looked it over carefully. Trying to keep her excitement in check, she probed a little, "These are all high-grade materials! I'm afraid they can only be used by high-grade card masters. Is it possible that Mr. Chen is a high-grade card master?

Is it possible that this guy is really a fat cat?

No wonder Lan Feng was so agitated. The high-grade card masters in Eastern Shang-Wei City could be counted on one's fingers. And what's more, in the whole club, only the president had that designation. Even the director was only a mid-grade card master.

Point Sweeps