Card: I Rebuild Five Thousand Years of Chinese Civilization in Another World

Chapter 3 Box
After running for half an hour with Xie Yuwei, Jie Bei saw the town's barrier in the distance.

The town's boundary was dozens of times larger than that of the village, encompassing all the land belonging to the town.

Xie Yuwei marveled once again at the wonders of this world.

In order to avoid exposing herself, Xie Yuwei decided to act alone.

She said to Jie Bei, "Uncle Bei, are you busy?"

Jie Bei had just returned from town; even if something had happened, he had already taken care of it.

Hearing Xie Yuwei's words, how could he not understand? Sister Wei was trying to get rid of him.

Considering her situation, he could understand her wariness.

Anyway, she'll be safe once she enters the barrier.

As for other matters, there's plenty of time. He'll talk to her properly once she's let her guard down.

"I'm free for the moment and don't want to wander around town. You can go ahead and do what you need to do. I'll wait for you at the town gate, and we'll go back together in a bit."

Xie Yuwei is not a child. The kindness Xie Bei showed her was not only because they were from the same village, but also because of something else.

However, now is not the time to pursue this matter. She needs to find a doctor as soon as possible and take him back to treat her sister.

If a card spirit master like Jie Bei were to escort them on the road, the doctor and she would be much safer.

"Then I'll trouble Uncle Bei to wait for me at the town gate for half an hour. I'll go find the doctor and come back." After saying that, Xie Yuwei ran into the barrier and entered the town gate.

The original owner of this body often came to town to shop with her father, so she was quite familiar with the town.

The only way to get rid of the wolf fangs on his body is to seek out his father's old friends.

Xie Yuwei arrived at Qi Pawnshop in town and went straight inside.

"Uncle Huang!" Xie Yuwei called out.

The manager of Qi Pawnshop was surprised to see Xie Yuwei. He came out and welcomed her into the inner room, asking with concern, "Why are you alone? Where is your father?"

Seeing that his expression didn't seem fake, Xie Yuwei knew that he didn't know her father had been missing for two years.

She said sadly, "My father hasn't been home for two years."

Manager Huang was speechless.

He suddenly realized something and said to Xie Yuwei, "So, it was intentional that he left something with me two years ago."

Xie Yuwei looked at Manager Huang in surprise. Could it be that her father had made some arrangements before he disappeared?
Manager Huang said to Xie Yuwei, "Wait for me a moment."

After saying that, he went into the inner room and rummaged around for a while, then took out a box from a cabinet.

He handed the box to Xie Yuwei and said, "This should be something for you."

Xie Yuwei looked at the box, which had a card sealed on top, with a black spider printed on it.

Shopkeeper Huang, fearing that Xie Yuwei wouldn't understand, explained to her, "This is the Kinship Spider, a mid-level card. Although it has no combat power, it can be used as a lock. It will only release the taboo when it senses the bloodline of its master's closest relatives."

He had previously thought this was a treasure that Jieyan had stored with him, but now it seemed that it was something he had arranged afterward.

He had made preparations for his disappearance long ago.

Unfortunately, it took two years for the box to reach his daughter.

Xie Yuwei took the box with mixed feelings.

If the original owner had obtained this box earlier, would she not have died?

After her parents disappeared, she never had a chance to come to town. The road outside the barrier cut off her connection with the outside world.

The moment the box was handed to Xie Yuwei, the sealed spider on it reacted immediately. It seemed to come alive and retracted the spider legs that had been binding the box into the card.

The cards were restored to their original card form.

Without the spider's restraint, the box can be opened easily.

Before opening the box, Xie Yuwei glanced at Manager Huang.

Shopkeeper Huang was surprised by Xie Yuwei's vigilance and remarked on how quickly children grow up without their parents' protection. He gentlemanly turned away, allowing Xie Yuwei to examine the box.

Xie Yuwei opened the box with anticipation and saw a stack of silver notes on top of it.

One bill is worth one thousand taels, two bills are worth five hundred taels, three bills are worth one hundred taels, ten bills are worth fifty taels...

Below the banknote were twenty cards.

The original owner recognized all these cards; most were beginner-level cards, with only two intermediate-level cards: the Mystic Water Serpent and the Blue-Eyed Ox.

After examining the cards, Jie Yuwei was somewhat worried. Among the twenty cards, there was not a Black Snake card available on the market. How could she show the Black Snake card to Jie Bei after returning to the village?
Should we go and buy it?
Inside the box, beneath twenty cards lay a thick stack of documents. Jie Yuwei glanced at them briefly; they were her mother's procedures and methods for making the cards.

These things were the wealth left to them by the original owner's parents.

Before they disappeared, they had already considered the consequences of not being able to return.

It's a pity the box arrived too late.

The original owner of this body has died deep in the mountains.

Suppressing her regret, Xie Yuwei closed the box.

With this money, she no longer needed to exchange for the wolf fang.

When Manager Huang heard the sound of the box being closed, he knew that Xie Yuwei had finished examining it, and he slowly turned around.

Without asking what was in the box, he said to Xie Yuwei, "Your father and I are good friends. If you need any help, just come to me. I will definitely help you if I can."

Jie Yuwei didn't sense his malice and directly asked him about the Black Serpent Card.

Shopkeeper Huang was somewhat surprised: "You want to buy the Black Snake Cards?"

He said sincerely, "The Black Serpent Card can only teleport, and it costs one thousand taels on the market. This card is not very useful to you, so I do not recommend that you buy it."

Jie Yuwei was speechless for a moment. A very ordinary card with only teleportation ability was actually selling for a thousand taels?
The original owner's mother was a card maker. Would she be short of money?
Why is this family living in such a destitute state?

She has no income now, and she finally got a sum of money. She can't bear to spend a thousand taels on a useless card.

As for Jie Bei, we can only try to fool him.

"I was just asking; I don't intend to buy it," Xie Yuwei said awkwardly.

Manager Huang nodded, gave Xie Yuwei a deep look, and kindly reminded her, "Judging from your appearance, you should have awakened the talent of a Card Spirit Master."

"I don't need to look to guess what's in the box. Cards are a powerful asset for card spirit masters. In a place like Zhoushan Town, not every card spirit master has cards."

He pointed to the box Xie Yuwei was holding and said, "A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime!"

Xie Yuwei was startled, realizing that Manager Huang was implying something.

Even a useless snake card can sell for a thousand taels of silver. Although most of the cards in the box are basic, they are all very practical and extremely powerful in combat.

Thinking back, she only revealed the Black Serpent Card to Jie Bei, and Jie Bei's gaze towards her changed...

(End of this chapter)