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's strength had started to come back little by little, though his whole body was still feeling pretty torn-up. Although the wounds on his body had started to close, there were still hundreds of big and small scary-looking tender red scars all over his body. Fortunately, the situation didn't seem too awful since most were very shallow apart from a few deep wounds, though they did make him look frightful. And even those deep wounds had started to close, thanks to the efficacy of the ointment from the demonic woman.

The scare just then at the creek had made him very nervous, and the five little thunderballs were now always circling merrily around his body. Dragging his feet, Chen Mu tumbled ahead one shuffling step at a time as he hurried toward the deep part of the jungle.

"He was just here." Cheng Ying and Bo Wen had arrived at the creek where Chen Mu had been washing off the traces of blood.

Good Character is Really Good