16: Purple Flame Snake Spear!

"You're welcome."

After the two arrived at the mall, thanks to Mu Qianshan, Jiang Yuan didn't need to purchase anything; Mu Qianshan just had to make a phone call and the materials would be delivered.

However, because he was making a Skill Card, the materials were somewhat different from those he used for weapon cards.

Aside from the seven-story tower, all other materials were replaced with a smaller quantity of material cards.

For example, for Vajra Rock Iron, when Jiang Yuan made a weapon card, he needed one material card's worth of Vajra Rock Iron, which was about five catties.

But for making a single-use Skill Card, he didn't need that much.

One material card could produce five three-minute single-use Skill Cards [Linglong Pagoda].

As for the five-minute version, it would require two-fifths of a material card, which is about two catties.

This is what is needed for single-use Skill Card production.

For Skill Cards, less is needed than for weapon cards, but not by much.

However, the duration of Skill Cards is much longer, increasing from three to five minutes to the current fifteen minutes.

After receiving the materials, Jiang Yuan did not rush to create the order's cards; instead, he first made a Skill Card.

The Skill Card was for Mu Qianshan; after returning home tonight, he still needed to ask Mu Qianshan to test whether the [Linglong Pagoda] could withstand an attack from a purple-quality card.

"How much?"

A moment later, Jiang Yuan emerged from the Card Creation room; after handing the card in his hand to Mu Qianshan, Mu Qianshan asked Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan's eyes widened: "Are we still talking about money?"

"Indeed."

Mu Qianshan nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Jiang Yuan with a smile: "Anyway, you borrowed some money yesterday, so let's just call it even?"

"Alright, actually, I even made a profit."

Jiang Yuan also laughed; it was true, the money borrowed yesterday was used to make a weapon card, but today he only repaid it with a Skill Card to settle the debt, so he indeed made a profit.

"Alright, no more talk, I'm going home to test it first; you can continue looking for any cards you want to buy in the mall, you're a rich man now."

Mu Qianshan said, preparing to leave; he was eager to know how good the [Linglong Pagoda]'s defense truly was.

"Don't worry, I'll keep the business within the family; I'll definitely spend it at your family's mall."

"Ha, you rascal."

After Jiang Yuan smiled and waved his hand, Mu Qianshan left.

Jiang Yuan looked at the mall's directory map, pondered for a moment, and then walked without hesitation in one direction.

"How much is this?"

"Ten thousand each, white quality card."

"Can I see one?"

"Coming right up!"

Jiang Yuan did not choose to bargain, because this item was not very suitable for bargaining.

Material Card blind boxes are a form of gambling item.

Like the blind box Jiang Yuan just bought, the ten-thousand-yuan blind boxes are basically all white-quality cards.

You might get something good from it, or you might get something not worth the price.

But that's what a blind box is, a gambling item.

Of course, this blind box shop is also a relatively large chain store, and the items inside are guaranteed.

The guarantee of a blind box is, of course, its blindness.

Most of the blind boxes here contain material cards collected from scattered channels.

Plus items from the Backpack Cards of people who died unnatural deaths in the wild (unlucky), and some white cards that are not easy to sell, forming the blind boxes.

Of course, there are also blind box Backpack Cards, which are Backpack Cards whose owners cannot be found.

However, those come at a greater cost and are auctioned, just like the videos Jiang Yuan watched in his previous life, similar to foreign container auctions.

Of course, blind boxes are blind, but the items put into the blind boxes are not blind—everyone understands this.

However, the most important reason blind boxes can survive lies in the profession of Card Creator.

What is most important for a Card Creator?

It's inspiration!

The items opened from blind boxes are strange and varied, and can easily spark a Card Creator's inspiration.

This is also an important reason why card blind boxes have been able to develop.

Looking at a tray of about a hundred blind boxes in front of him, Jiang Yuan picked one at random without thinking.

However, after a moment of hesitation, Jiang Yuan picked up nine more.

"Ten then."

"Coming right up!"

After Jiang Yuan paid again, the shop owner also smiled happily.

"Sir, would you like to open them here or shall I find you a Card Creation room?"

"I'll open them right here."

Jiang Yuan said, opening a box.

The box was not large, after all, it only contained one card.

"Hmm, material card, low-grade scattered demon crystal."

Jiang Yuan's expression was calm as he looked at the material card in his hand.

If this material card were purchased normally, it would be around ten thousand; getting this one wasn't a profit, but it wasn't a loss either.

However, this mall belonged to Mu Qianshan's family, and the membership card Mu Qianshan gave him allowed a ten percent discount when buying material cards at the mall's material card shop.

Calculating that, this blind box resulted in a loss of one thousand.

Jiang Yuan shook his head, then opened all the remaining blind boxes.

Including the scattered demon crystal from before, there were a total of eight material cards, all of which were cards Jiang Yuan couldn't really use.

Calculating it, the eight material cards still resulted in some loss.

However, the remaining one Skill Card and one weapon card gave Jiang Yuan some profit.

The Skill Card was fine, but the important one was the weapon card.

[Mulberry Firewood Staff]!

In Jiang Yuan's opinion, this was perfectly prepared for Nezha's [Fire Tipped Spear]!

A staff-type weapon made of mulberry fire wood could perfectly serve as the spear shaft for the Fire Tipped Spear.

Not only were the attributes compatible, but a wooden spear shaft could also make the Fire Tipped Spear more agile and flexible.

Plus, the mulberry fire wood was extremely hard, so there was absolutely no problem!

However, whether this would work would still depend on Nezha's opinion.

It is well known that spears are divided into soft and hard, referring to the spear shaft.

Some spear shafts are soft and very agile, while others are hard and used for wide, sweeping movements.

As for what kind of spear shaft Nezha's Fire Tipped Spear uses, Jiang Yuan did not know.

He would ask Nezha after returning home.

The Skill Card was just a common [Flame Spell], used for cooking in the wild.

"Sir, would you like to continue?"

"No, this is enough."

Jiang Yuan waved his hand, saying it was better to gamble less and just buy what he needed.

However, when he had no ideas for making cards, he could come here to find inspiration.

After Jiang Yuan left, he walked towards the specialty store in the mall.

This was where the membership card Mu Qianshan gave him would be useful.

Inside, there were not only material cards, but also various weapon cards and Skill Cards.

Jiang Yuan came to look for suitable material cards to make the [Fire Tipped Spear].

Currently, the spearhead of the Fire Tipped Spear was the most important.

Among other things, it first had to be fire-elemental; even if it couldn't release flames, it needed to be a material that could resonate with Fire Energy.