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

Chapter 57 Moving into Nanwen Village

Shopkeeper Huang never imagined that plants could have intelligence like humans, and that they could even transform into human form.

Seeing his shocked expression, Xie Yuwei continued, "In another world, a tree can also become a divine tree, and it can even support an entire world."

Manager Huang stared blankly at these brochures.

After finishing the story of the tree spirit, Xie Yuwei began writing the story of the earth god.

“In another world, there are some cultural traditions where the Earth God is a relatively low-ranking deity among the Taoist gods.”

Shopkeeper Huang was surprised; was the Earth God really a deity?

Can Sister Wei depict deities on cards?
Xie Yuwei spoke to Manager Huang while writing:

"The local earth god is mainly responsible for protecting local peace and is the guardian deity of a specific area. He is responsible for blessing the local residents with safety, abundant harvests, and prosperous commerce."

Xie Yuwei glanced at Manager Huang and wrote down what she had never said to the villagers:

"In that world, after people die, they go to the underworld. The local earth god is also the administrative god of the underworld, in charge of the household registration of the dead in the village."

Xie Yuwei wrote down everything related to the Earth God and handed it to Manager Huang.

After reading the legend of the Earth God, Manager Huang felt that he had glimpsed the tip of the iceberg of a mythological system.

His breathing became rapid. If they could understand the cultural heritage of this world, could they create mythical cards?

Their Vast Continent has always used beast-shaped cards, isn't it because they lack mythological heritage? Don't they have imagination?
Manager Huang carefully treasured the book that Xie Yuwei had written.

After Xie Yuwei wrote down the story of the tree spirit and the earth god, she said to Manager Huang:
"Among my thousand cards, there are one hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Tree Demons and one hundred Earth Gods. I hope Uncle Huang can use them where they are most needed, instead of letting them be monopolized by some powerful families."

Her cards were designed for the human race; she didn't want them to become a tool for some powerful families to amass wealth.

Manager Huang executed this very well.

All the cards crafted by Jie Yuwei are sold to those who need them.

That's why the powerful families in Tiansheng City are trying every means to find Xie Yuwei.

However, the card makers at the Card Hall do not have such a rule.

These aristocratic families were able to avoid a major counterattack only because they obtained copies of the cards made by the card makers at the Card Hall.

"Don't worry, Sister Wei, I know your intention. The cards you sell to your uncle are all sold at low prices to those who need them," Manager Huang assured him.

Xie Yuwei could sense Manager Huang's goodwill towards her, which is why she handed over her cards to him without reservation.

After discussing the ancient tree spirit and the earth god, the two began trading the cards that Jie Yuwei had copied.

Of the thousand cards, Xie Yuwei copied thirty constant temperature cards, each worth one hundred taels; twenty dust-avoidance cards, each worth one hundred taels; and fifty basic Golden Bell Cover cards, each worth five thousand taels.

Intermediate cards: Golden Bell Shield, Fire Cloud Sparrow, Illusion Butterfly, Sky Horned Ant, Nine-Colored Bee. One hundred copies of each card were made, each worth ten thousand taels.

Advanced cards: Crimson Moon Demon, Poison Dragon General, Cat Demon, Golden Bell Shield. One hundred copies of each card were made, each worth 100,000 taels.

The cards "Ten Thousand Year Tree Demon" and "Land God" are very special. Jie Yuwei copied one hundred copies of each card and traded one hundred thousand spirit coins for each card.

In this transaction, Xie Yuwei received 20,452,550 spirit coins, making her a wealthy person.

Xie Yuwei was very satisfied with the spirit coins in the spirit card. After thinking for a moment, she took out the Luban card and gave it to Manager Huang.

She said to Manager Huang, "This card is for you. I hope you will use it well. He is our elder, so please don't enslave him." Manager Huang was puzzled.

When he activated the card, a living Lu Ban stood before him...

Manager Huang no longer knew how to express his feelings with an expression.

Is this a person?

Can people become cards?
When he received the feedback from the card, he suddenly became impatient to get his hands on Lu Ban.

"Sister Wei, you'll surprise your uncle."

Given Lu Ban's skill, he wouldn't treat Lu Ban as a mere laborer to be enslaved; he would respect him greatly.

Xie Yuwei also hoped that Lu Ban could bring about a major reform to the civil engineering of this world, which is why she decided to entrust him to Uncle Huang.

Shopkeeper Huang carefully put away the Luban Card and gave Xie Yuwei some top-quality cardstock. The two agreed to make another transaction, and only then did Xie Yuwei leave Qi Pawnshop and return to Nanwen Village.

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Xie Yuwei returned to Nanwen Village in high spirits. When she entered the village, she was surprised to find Tie Shanhe and the young master there as well.

Seeing them gave Xie Yuwei a bad feeling.

When Xie Cheng, who was entertaining Tie Shanhe and Ming Zihui, saw Xie Yuwei, he eagerly introduced her to her:
“Sister Wei, this is Young Master Ming, a friend of the county magistrate. He wants to settle in our village and is currently choosing a site to build a house.”

Xie Yuwei twitched her lips, walked over to Xie Cheng, and whispered to him, "You agreed to him settling down in our village? Land in our village is very valuable."

With the protection of the ancient tree spirit and the earth god, who wouldn't want to be a villager of Nanwen Village?

Helplessly, Xie Cheng said to Xie Yuwei, "There's nothing I can do. The county magistrate is putting pressure on me from above, so I have no choice but to agree."

Xie Yuwei looked at Ming Zihui and the others speechlessly. She had a feeling that they were coming for her.

Thinking of the men in black who tried to assassinate him, he probably wanted to move into Nanwen Village and have the ancient tree demon protect him.

Standing next to Ming Zihui, Tie Shanhe also saw Jie Yuwei. Remembering that the Ten-Thousand-Year Tree Demon and the Earth God were Jie Yuwei's cards, he walked over to her and said:
“Niece, we meet again.”

Xie Yuwei twitched her lips; she didn't want to see them.

Tie Shanhe secretly wanted Xie Yuwei to protect Ming Zihui, so he revealed Ming Zihui's identity to her.
“Niece, we chose to stay in Nanwen Village because we valued the protective abilities of the ancient tree spirit and the earth god.”

"Uncle Tie also hopes that if you have the ability, you can protect Young Master Ming a little."

"Young Master Ming, he is a hero of our human race. He guarded the Heavenly Fortress for ten years and was the God of War of the Spirit Kingdom. However, because his Qi Sea was damaged, some people thought he was useless and wanted to get rid of him..."

Xie Yuwei raised an eyebrow in surprise, not expecting that the young master to have such a background.
Ten years of guarding the Heavenly Fortress!
Xie Yuwei had seen the map that Manager Huang had given her; Tianlei was the human race's defensive line against the magical beasts.

Because of the existence of the Heavenly Fortress, the magical beasts were unable to cross the human race's defenses and invade human territory.

If he guarded the Heavenly Fortress for ten years, he would indeed have made a great contribution to the human race.

"The ancient tree spirit and the earth god will protect the villagers of Nanwen Village. Now that he has become a member of Nanwen Village, the tree spirit and the earth god will also protect him."

After saying that, Xie Yuwei turned and left.

(End of this chapter)