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Chapter 120 Artificial Soul Cards (4K)

Although Ji Shi had forgotten, Shen Yi had no intention of keeping the other party's investment for himself.

He quickly took Kujuhime back to his dormitory.

At this time, Nangong Ai had already returned home ahead of time, accompanied by a couple.

Xiao Ai had told him about this; her father wanted to see her current living environment.

Shen Yi's gaze fell on Nangong Ai's father.

Xiao Ai's father is named Nangong Xukang. He is a miner and also a part-time warrior.

In casual conversations before, Xiao Ai had mentioned her father's experiences in the world of Soul Cards more than once.

Nangong Xukang and his coworkers excavate various treasures in the mines of the Soul Card World. When they encounter any injustices in the local area, they often lead their coworkers to stand up for the underdog.

There's definitely an element of exaggeration in this, but these kinds of things do actually exist in reality.

The capital of the Starry World is constantly eroding the various Soul Card Worlds, but the individuals of the Starry World are also sending their values ​​to other worlds.

Or rather, it is precisely because they encountered so much injustice in the Starry World that when they discovered they had the ability to change the other world, they would not hesitate to lend a helping hand to the natives of the other world who were suffering.

According to Vera's investigation, many Soul Card worlds eventually broke away from feudal or even tribal systems, and the workers of the past Starry World contributed a lot to this.

Even in the early days of the Soul Card world, wherever the people of the Starry World went, uprisings and rebellions would erupt. —However, like many stories in history, these tales rooted in the beauty of humanity often ended with less-than-happy conclusions.

The gains of resistance in many places were ultimately usurped by the capital of Starry World.

Either the kingdoms of the Soul Card world completely surrender to Star Capital, allowing Star Capital to suppress its own employees, causing the rebels to lose external support and be violently suppressed.

Either the local royal family refuses to sell out its interests and is overthrown by forces intentionally supported by Xingyao Capital, who then support the more pragmatic side of the resistance to defeat the innocent and naive side, thus gaining ultimate control in the same way.

Although the outcome wasn't ideal, the initial courage deserves recognition.

Nangong Xu Kang should be one of these people.

Compared to the well-preserved Madam Nangong, he looked much older, with many obvious scars from battles, in addition to being exposed to the wind and rain all day long.

Nangong Xu Kang's effect is actually quite good. Once per turn, he can choose three spell cards from different slots in his spell deck to reveal, then choose one to add to his hand and send the rest to the graveyard.

However, as a [Miner] follower, the spell cards he can search are limited to various mineral and treasure slots, making him much less versatile than his wife.

Nangong Xukang also noticed Shen Yi entering.

His eyes lit up, his gaze became scrutinizing, and the smile on his lips became meaningful.

When Xiao Ai noticed her father staring at Shen Yi like that, she blushed and kicked him.

Shen Yi looked at the family with some curiosity.

"You must be Xiao Ai's boss?" Nangong Xukang stood up and extended his hand to Shen Yi. "My name is Nangong Xukang, and I am Xiao Ai's father."

"Hello, hello," Shen Yi replied politely.

Vera, standing behind him, looked on alert.

She was all too familiar with the behavior of the Nangong couple just now.

This is clearly the reaction of someone who hears their daughter talking about their sweetheart and then turns around to see their sweetheart appear right in front of them!

No! We must be vigilant!

Shen Yi was quite generous and said to Xiao Ai, "Let's take your parents to see the Elf World later. I'll pay for it with the points."

As he spoke, Shen Yi looked at the Nangong couple and said, "Xiao Ai has a huge fan base there. You can also sing on stage sometime, Madam."

"Qingyin will be fine now, I won't go." Nangong Xukang shook his head and said, "I still need to go see the boss later. We dug up a lot of good stuff this time, and we need to send it to him for identification."

As he spoke, he seemed to remember something, and pulled a card from his pocket and handed it to Shen Yi.

This is not a card for duels, but a card encapsulated with special materials.

Shen Yi looked down and saw that it contained an oil lamp.

The main body of the oil lamp is carved with intricate and ornate patterns, exquisite, elegant and noble, and looks like a treasure of a great noble family.

Shen Yi had handled quite a few special materials during this period, and he could tell at a glance that this treasure was extraordinary.

Although no evaluation or trend testing has been conducted yet, Shen Yi is certain that the quality will be excellent.

"This card is for you. Thank you for accepting Xiao Ai," Nangong Xukang said sincerely.

After Pei Qingyin returned from Zhejiang last time, she praised Shen Yi highly, saying that Shen Yi was a very good boss and would definitely not mistreat Xiao Ai.

Afterwards, Xu Ran also sent over the video of Xiao Ai's duel.

Her transformation under the starry sky reminded Nangong Xukang of her mother.

If Xiao Ai is unhappy, she will not unlock a new form.

Since then, Nangong Xukang has been thinking about giving Shen Yi a gift to express his gratitude.

"Ah, taking care of Xiao Ai is what I should do," Shen Yi declined. "Besides, this is probably the cargo you were escorting; it wouldn't be right to just give it to me like this, would it?"

"It's alright, it's alright." Nangong Xukang grinned. "I split the profits with the Xu family. I was supposed to get a share of what was dug up anyway, and this card wasn't on the list."

As he spoke, Nangong Xukang winked at Shen Yi.

It seems that Xiao Ai's father is a bit more cunning than she thought.

Shen Yi wanted to continue making excuses, but at that moment Vera's voice appeared in his mind:

This oil lamp is a bit strange—I sense a familiar presence emanating from it.

Upon hearing Vera's words, Shen Yi was slightly taken aback. By the time he came to his senses, Nangong Xukang had already stuffed the card into Shen Yi's hand.

Seeing that he couldn't refuse, Shen Yi simply accepted it.

After that, Nangong Xukang went out and left, and would return in the evening to pick up Pei Qingyin. After that, they would go to the mine again.

Xiao Ai is clearly used to this kind of thing, so she cherishes the time she spends with her parents.

After her father left, she quickly took her mother to the fairy world.

She didn't ask Shen Yi for points to open the door; instead, she used her own salary.

Meanwhile, Jiji had almost finished looking at the sword spell cards that Shen Yi had made.

Her cheeks were flushed, and she looked very excited, even seeming to love the card in her hand.

Jiji was very satisfied with Shen Yi's two cards.

Adding it to your deck will definitely strengthen it considerably.

"I've been too busy lately, so I only printed two cards," Shen Yi said, sitting down opposite Jiu Shi Ji. "I'll give you the rest of the cards later."

"Huh? There are more?" Kujuhime asked, somewhat surprised. "I thought there were only two—"

"Of course," Shen Yi said matter-of-factly. "If I hadn't been so unlucky, I could have printed a few more copies."

Upon hearing this, Jiji quickly said, "No need! No need! The contract only lists three copies, one more copy is enough."

She knew how precious luck was to an individual, especially to a duelist like Shen Yi who had to compete and achieve results.

Shen Yi wanted to say something more, but Ji Jiu insisted on following the contract, otherwise Shen Yi would be considered to have breached the contract.

Seeing that Jiji was so firm, Shen Yi didn't know what to say.

"The contract we signed back then only required three copies to be printed?" Shen Yi said after realizing what had happened.

Kujuhime looked embarrassed.

Vera said softly, "This is a template contract online. Card makers usually order three cards at a time. This is because the deck will definitely need to be adjusted later, and ordering too many cards is not cost-effective."

Good heavens, a contract worth a total of five million, and they actually used a template contract, without even changing a single number.

Is this the legendary rich woman?

Shen Yi once again sensed the heroic spirit emanating from Ji Jiu Shi Ji.

However, this made Shen Yi wonder.

Ji Shi is not actually favored in the Ji family, yet she can be so generous as to take out five million to sponsor herself. So why does Pei Minghong, as the core member of the Pei family who controls the God Card, only have a little over six million points in his savings?

You can't exactly say that the Pei family is much poorer than the Ji family, can you?

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Why was the experiment stopped?

Pei Zheng frowned and looked at Pei Mingyi.

"Father, we don't have enough money in our account," Pei Mingyi said, bowing his head.

The destruction of Qizhou not only took away the vitality that the Lord of the Stars had finally managed to recover, but also destroyed most of the Pei family's assets.

Although the Pei family quickly recovered some of its strength by exploiting the soul card worlds under its control, it was still far less prosperous than its peak.

Upon hearing this, Pei Zheng immediately showed a headache.

As the head of the family, he knew very well that it was especially important to maintain a certain level of decorum, particularly at times like these.

You can't let outsiders see your weakness.

They are wolves on land and sharks in the sea; they will pounce on you like madmen as soon as they see you bleeding.

When the avalanche occurs, the Pei family will be completely wiped out.

"Has the new cargo arrived?" Pei Zheng asked another question.

"They've already been delivered and processed."

"Sell off those unimportant assets," Pei Zheng decided. "Those assets that others can't tell belong to the Pei family. This experiment is in its final stage. The Gu family is only one step behind us. We must get ahead of them."

"Understood, Father."

Pei Mingyi nodded quickly.

He was well aware of the importance of this project to his family.

It's no exaggeration to say that if the Pei family wins this project, they will instantly return to the position of a first-class family.

After all, it can greatly reduce the cost for major companies to dominate the world of Soul Cards.

Since then, large companies no longer need to worry about losing control of their Soul Cards, nor do they need to invest a lot of resources in maintaining the loyalty of their Soul Card followers.

Artificial Soul Card.

What a wonderful existence.

If this project succeeds, they can open the door to the Soul Card world at will according to their own ideas. At that time, all they will need to sacrifice are some useless and desolate natural Soul Cards from the Soul Card world.

By extracting the Soul Card Heart from these natural Soul Cards and injecting it into the duelist's soul, and then providing a special anchor from the corresponding world, the duelist can be forcibly transformed into the Soul Card of that world.

Wonderful science and art.

The best part is that they never lack the raw materials for Soul Card Hearts.

Those desolate Soul Card worlds can no longer do without the resources of the Starry World. In order to continue trading with the Starry World, they will definitely elect new Soul Cards.

"And another thing," Pei Mingyi said to Pei Zheng after thinking for a moment, "We received news from the invitational tournament that the girl from the Ji family declined the invitation."

"That's normal." Pei Zheng wasn't surprised. "That Thirteen Princess is quite capable; she must have noticed our unusual behavior."

"Excuse my bluntness—isn't it a bit too forward to invite them so directly?" Pei Mingyi asked cautiously.

Pei Zheng chuckled and said, "That's exactly what we need to do—stir up the grass to alert the enemy. That way, Thirteen Princess's attention will be completely focused on that girl, won't it?"

"You mean—"

"Remember, our goal is very clear: the Ji family's God Card. No matter what means we use, our ultimate goal is to obtain that card first." Pei Zheng tapped the table.

"But the Hime family's God Card can currently only be controlled by girls from the Hime family—"

"Who says a girl from the Ji family has to be from the Ji family?"

Pei Mingyi was clearly confused by Pei Zheng's words.

Pei Zheng didn't intend to explain too much about this matter, but instead asked the other contestants.

"Are you sure that person is among these people?" Pei Zheng asked, looking at the list in his hand.

"Theoretically speaking, these people should be the strongest Level 1 duelists in Yuezhou," Pei Mingyi said.

Pei Zheng didn't pay attention to Level 1 duelists. After all, before Pei Minghong's accident, duelists of this level were simply not worth mentioning in his eyes.

If he had paid attention, he would probably have noticed that the list Pei Mingyi invited was remarkably similar to the top eight list of the Yuezhou Academy's internal competition.

In fact, this list was compiled by Pei Mingyi based on the top eight lists from previous Yuezhou Academy internal competitions.

"Okay, go ahead and do it," Pei Zheng said without looking up.

After Pei Mingyi left, Pei Zheng closed his eyes and pondered for a long time.

Do you think this method can bring back the Lord of the Stars?

A somber voice sounded behind him.

"How's your divination preparation going?" Pei Zheng knew who the other person was, and said without looking up.

"Heh, in the end, it still comes down to my divination."

Pei Zheng remained silent.

"Okay, okay, it's almost ready."

"Hehehe, by the way, do you want to hear something funny?"

"explain."

"That mining guy seems to be planning to create his own god as a God Card. Apparently, he's almost got the materials ready. Creating a god, huh? Isn't that awesome?"