302: 【Bagua Furnace】 and 【Snow Mastiff Armor】! (asking for monthly ticket)

“Want to try?”

Shi Zhuan scoffed, “Don’t forget we’re both Mech Card Masters, and you’ve never beaten me, not once, since we were kids!”

“Even the martial arts test ended with you losing to me.”

“So what? What was in the past is in the past; what is now is now. Just tell me, do you dare or not!”

Zhan Youqing also became annoyed, frowning as she retorted directly.

“What’s there not to dare?”

Shi Zhuan spread his hands, an expression of disdain on his face, “I told you, you didn’t want to go to Da Xia Academy with me back then; you insisted on secretly going to the Martial Arts Academy.”

“If we were both at Da Xia Academy now, would you be worrying about your mech?”

“Wouldn’t it be better if we each chose one of the Five-Colored Floating Pagoda Heavy Armor?”

“Look, after you went to the Martial Arts Academy, did the Martial Arts Academy have any powerful mechs for you to choose from?”

“Shut up, alright!”

Zhan Youqing growled, “Stop dilly-dallying. If you don’t dare, just say you don’t dare. Why all the nonsense!”

“What is there for me not to dare? You don’t actually think a trash mech made by Jiang Yuan can compete with my Pale Floating Pagoda, do you?”

Seeing Zhan Youqing like this, Shi Zhuan also got angry, “You’re still defending that Jiang Yuan guy? He’s led you into a pit!”

“That’s not for you to decide.”

Zhan Youqing gave Shi Zhuan a cold glance, then turned and left.

“Jiang Yuan, I want that gold-element armor set!”

She had barely walked two steps when Zhan Youqing pulled out her phone and sent Jiang Yuan a voice message.

Then, she turned her head to look at Shi Zhuan, “I believe in Jiang Yuan. I believe the armor Jiang Yuan makes will definitely be stronger than the Pale Floating Pagoda!”

“We’ll battle using armor of the same attack type!”

After Zhan Youqing finished speaking, she turned and left without hesitation.

Although at the moment the words left her mouth, she regretted it a little.

After all, to face the Pale Floating Pagoda, the earth-element armor set would obviously be better.

Its flexibility combined with explosive power could easily defeat the Pale Floating Pagoda.

Of course, only if the mech Jiang Yuan made was truly capable of rivaling the Five-Colored Floating Pagoda Heavy Armor, as he claimed.

But now that the words were out, it was too late to regret it.

She could only pray that Jiang Yuan’s words weren’t exaggerated.

Gold-element mechs excel in attack. Even if it couldn’t defeat the Pale Floating Pagoda, it should at least be able to hold out for a while.

It just depended on whether she could seize the moment when the Pale Floating Pagoda attacked to defeat him in one fell swoop.

Zhan Youqing sighed, then her eyes became firm again, and she chased after Mu Qianshan ahead.

“Hmm?”

At Jiang Yuan’s home, hearing his phone ring, Jiang Yuan took out his phone to see who had sent him a message.

“Zhan Youqing?”

Jiang Yuan was a bit puzzled, not understanding why Zhan Youqing sent a voice message instead of text.

In this society, very few people send voice messages anymore.

After all, most messages are short sentences or paragraphs, and text allows people to understand the meaning more quickly.

Voice messages, on the other hand, waste more time.

That’s why Jiang Yuan was curious why Zhan Youqing sent a voice message.

“Jiang Yuan, I want that gold-element armor set!”

“She sounds furious.”

As soon as Jiang Yuan tapped on the voice message, Zhan Youqing’s voice came through the phone.

Supreme Lord Lao, who was studying the Nezha Fire Tipped Spear card nearby, suddenly spoke up.

“Hmm, she does sound quite angry.”

Jiang Yuan nodded, replied with an “Okay” to Zhan Youqing, and then sent the materials to Mu Qianshan again.

“Laojun, should we look at the alchemy matter first?”

After sending the message, Jiang Yuan saw Supreme Lord Lao still looking at the Fire Tipped Spear card and asked cautiously.

“Don’t be like that. Just treat me the same way you treat Nezha and them.”

Supreme Lord Lao waved his hand, smiling at Jiang Yuan, looking to be in a very good mood.

“As for alchemy and such, no matter what, we have to wait until the Bagua Furnace is made.”

“Alchemy? Whatever, it’s easy.”

After Supreme Lord Lao finished speaking, he continued to look at the wind-fire wheels card.

“Hmm, the skill design for this is quite good, but it’s not a universal magic treasure after all.”

Listening to Laojun’s muttering, Jiang Yuan scratched his head, a bit bewildered.

Laojun…

Is this how he’s supposed to be?

Jiang Yuan was a little confused. Shouldn’t Supreme Lord Lao’s personality be that of a detached, indifferent, even cold individual?

Why is this Laojun a bit…

Hmm…

He didn’t know how to describe it.

It felt as if he had created a fake Supreme Lord Lao.

It just felt very unaccustomed.

It couldn’t be that he changed worlds, so he let himself go, could it?

How could that be!

Who is Supreme Lord Lao!

Letting himself go or anything like that just didn’t seem reliable at all.

Forget it, forget it.

Seeing Laojun looking very interested, Jiang Yuan could only shake his head helplessly.

After all, alchemy, just as Laojun said, might have become his instinct.

Even if the world changed and some materials changed, the medicinal properties were basically similar.

If this world could have a profession like pharmacists, then Supreme Lord Lao would definitely be able to become their patriarch.

Just like those who operate mechs should worship Lu Ban, it’s the same principle.

(Laughs)

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“So, the message Jiang Yuan just sent you was to have you buy those card-making materials, right?”

“That’s right.”

Mu Qianshan nodded and handed his phone to Zhan Youqing for a look.

Zhan Youqing’s eyes suddenly lit up when she saw the materials in the latest message.

Gold-element materials?

She figured these must be the materials for making her mech.

“I’ll go with you.”

Zhan Youqing narrowed her eyes and happily followed behind Mu Qianshan.

Mu Qianshan was a bit confused, why did she want to follow him?

However, he didn’t refuse.

And so, a bewildered Mu Qianshan, accompanied by an excited Zhan Youqing, quickly gathered all the materials Jiang Yuan needed.

“This…”

Zhan Youqing looked at Mu Qianshan in a daze, “So many materials, and we couldn’t find them for so many days. How did you find someone to get them?”

“What are you kidding? Do you think my supplier network is for nothing?”

Mu Qianshan chuckled proudly, “Basically, for merchants around the school, even around the four major academies, I have their contact information.”

“If there’s any material I need that’s not here, it’s just a phone call away, easily found.”

“…”

“Awesome!”

Zhan Youqing was silent for a moment, then gave a thumbs up.

She had heard before that some card-making materials were hard to find, but she hadn’t taken it seriously.

It wasn’t until today, after following Mu Qianshan around for a long time and still not finding nearly half of the materials, that she finally believed it.

But the problem was, just arriving at Jiang Yuan’s doorstep, that nearly half of the materials that hadn’t been found were now sitting right there.

This…

It’s reasonable, right?

After all, Mu Qianshan had someone deliver them.

“Alright, don’t dwell on this. Everyone has their own area of expertise.”

Mu Qianshan smiled and patted Zhan Youqing’s shoulder, then opened the door and entered Jiang Yuan’s home.

“This is?”

As soon as Mu Qianshan entered Jiang Yuan’s home, he saw Supreme Lord Lao, with his immortal demeanor, wearing a white Daoist robe, and a serene expression.

With just one glance from Supreme Lord Lao, Mu Qianshan instantly felt pressure.

“Oh, this is the Card Spirit I just created, Supreme Lord Lao. You can just call him Taishang or Laojun.”

Jiang Yuan said, then introduced Mu Qianshan to Laojun.

“This is my friend Mu Qianshan. If you need any materials, you can find him. He knows a lot of people.”

“This is Zhan Youqing. Uh, a client.”

Hearing Jiang Yuan introduce her like that, Zhan Youqing puffed out her cheeks. Although she wasn’t entirely happy, she still felt that what Jiang Yuan said was not wrong.

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, the three greeted each other, and then Mu Qianshan took out the materials he had just prepared.

“Laojun, why don’t you try making a Taiji - Eight Trigrams first?”

Jiang Yuan took out the material card for his Taiji - Eight Trigrams and explained his card-making idea to Laojun.

The rest was up to Laojun to perform.

“I see.”

Laojun nodded, took the material card in his hand, and began to craft.

Under the watchful eyes of Jiang Yuan and Mu Qianshan, in just a moment, a purple-quality material card, the Taiji - Eight Trigrams, appeared in Supreme Lord Lao’s hand.

“It’s really quite simple.”

After Supreme Lord Lao smiled, Jiang Yuan also felt relieved. He handed the remaining material cards to Laojun, then began making the Snow Mastiff Armor!

The two started crafting simultaneously. Compared to Laojun, who was still a bit rusty, Jiang Yuan’s speed was much faster.

Especially with the drawing and naming for the Snow Mastiff Armor, he could basically create it without much thought.

In just a moment, Jiang Yuan had materialized the blank card with the drawing and naming on it.

Next was the fusion of material cards.

First was the purple-quality material card, the Golden Claw Mastiff King!

This was a type of beast that perfectly matched the Snow Mastiff Armor.

Next was the purple-quality card, the Gold Element Spirit Essence, which was the essence that would appear probabilistically after a Gold Element Spirit Race died.

Following that were the Luminous Silver and Thunderfall Gold, used to enhance attack and defense strength, both also purple-quality material cards.

Finally, there was the Sharp Gold Treasure, which provided attack power!

After the five materials were fused into the card, the card instantly glowed.

At the same time, Laojun, who was beside him, also opened his eyes and materialized a card.

As a purple light flashed on Jiang Yuan’s side and the card returned to its calm state, Laojun’s card also entered the judgment phase.

In just a moment, the card in Laojun’s hand also flashed with a purple light, then transformed into an ordinary S-grade purple-quality equipment card.

“Here, this is yours.”

Jiang Yuan just glanced at the Snow Mastiff Armor’s information, found no significant difference from his expectations, and then handed the card to Zhan Youqing.

“Um, I can pay for it.”

Seeing the card so close, Zhan Youqing hesitated instead.

After a moment of internal struggle, she finally spoke to Jiang Yuan.

“Even if it’s just a trial card, I should still pay for it.” Zhan Youqing’s gaze was firm as she spoke to Jiang Yuan.

“Don’t worry, there will be payment.”

Jiang Yuan placed the card in Zhan Youqing’s hand, “But not now. You can go try out the power of this card first.”

“Oh, and a reminder, the strength limit of this card is determined by your mental power. That means the higher your mental power, the stronger the armor’s stats will be, and the higher your combat power will be.”

“As for the combat style, you’ll know naturally once the armor combines.”

“Hmm, why don’t you come with me to try it out?”

After Zhan Youqing took the card, her eyes lit up as she looked at the information on it, then she looked up and said to Jiang Yuan.

“I’m busy.”

Jiang Yuan waved his hand, completely ignoring Zhan Youqing, and went directly to Laojun’s side, looking at the Bagua Furnace in front of him.

“So, can we do alchemy and artifact refining now?”

“Yes, do you want to do alchemy or artifact refining first?”

“You can refine artifacts too?”

“Of course, my Bagua Furnace is prepared for both alchemy and artifact refining.”

Laojun lifted his head slightly, speaking with a hint of pride.

“Then your artifact refining…”

“The success rate will be higher, but it will take a bit longer.”

“Hmm, and it can also add some special skills or abilities to already crafted equipment cards.”

Laojun said with a slight hint of pride, patting the Bagua Furnace in front of him.

“Pharmacist plus Equipment Master?”

Mu Qianshan was also surprised when he heard Supreme Lord Lao say this.

“Is this dual cultivation?”

“Hmm, although the term isn’t quite appropriate, that is indeed the meaning.” Supreme Lord Lao was silent for a moment, then nodded and said.

Jiang Yuan was also a bit excited; he hadn’t expected the Bagua Furnace to have such a use.

A pharmacist, as the name suggests, is a profession that creates elixirs.

However, due to the extremely powerful effects of elixirs made from heavenly material and earthly treasure essence, they cannot be consumed before one has undergone the Sixth Realm Shi Shen body reshaping.

As for the Equipment Master, it is also a special profession.

The full name should be Equipment Attribute Affix and Reshaping Master.

They can add special attributes and skills to equipment cards to enhance their strength.

However, there are also limitations; they can only enhance purple-quality cards or equipment cards of purple quality and above.

And during the enhancement process, there is a chance that the equipment card may be damaged.

“You don’t need to worry about equipment and such. This old Daoist has his own plans. Let’s talk about alchemy first. What kind of medicine do you want?”

“Hmm, for myasthenia. Medicine that can treat myasthenia.”

Jiang Yuan glanced at Zhan Youqing and Mu Qianshan, then, not caring, he directly spoke to Laojun.

“If possible, also medicine that can improve Star Power realm, and medicine that can break through bottlenecks.”

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, he saw Supreme Lord Lao size him up, then look at the heavenly material and earthly treasure displayed on the nearby table.

“myasthenia is a small matter, but what you mentioned later cannot be made with just these current materials.”

Supreme Lord Lao pointed to the heavenly material and earthly treasure on the nearby table, “There are only a few here that can improve Star Power cultivation, let alone heavenly material and earthly treasure that have the effect of breaking through bottlenecks.”

“I see.”

Jiang Yuan nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Laojun and smiled, “In that case, let’s first make the elixir that can treat my myasthenia.”