In another world, Lu Mingfei is learning card making.

Redwood, river mud, a piece of bamboo—Lu Mingfei placed a portion of paste aside and took a deep breath.

Regarding this question of magical affinity, he hadn't yet learned how to use magic arrays to select the relevant properties from ordinary materials; therefore, he could only choose materials that better suited the symbol from the beginning—

Therefore, another question arises:

"This combination can indeed reliably produce green-oriented magical spirits, but the question is, what use are they? Doesn't putting them in the deck just pollute the card pool?"

Lu Mingfei fell into deep thought, but then he placed a blank magic card in front of him, picked up his brush and ink, and engraved a diagram on it.

"We still have to refine the polluted card pool. At worst, we can use pot spirits to refine it later and then break the card. Let's solve the current problem first."

As the magic flowed and the magic circle materialized, the materials he had prepared fell into the alchemy array and immediately shattered, transforming into the foundation of the elves. However, as the alchemy gradually came to an end, Lu Mingfei slowly narrowed his eyes.

Something's wrong. The magic array is still operating, but the materials are being processed much slower than expected...

Could it be that we misunderstood these materials? Or is there something wrong with the materials themselves?

After a moment's thought, Lu Mingfei leaned out and spat a mouthful of saliva into the center of the alchemy array.

Humans are magical creatures; almost every part of their body can be used as material.

This is why, in rituals against demons, "blood sacrifice" is arguably the most common answer.

"Saliva contains far less magic power than blood, so it's difficult to use it alone to create any magical spirits—but in this situation, using saliva to neutralize the differences in the materials is just right."

The magic power is low, so it won't affect the overall properties of the materials; it comes from magical creatures, which are rated very high compared to ordinary materials, so it can effectively adjust the main body of the materials, making the crafting process smoother.

"Okay, it's taking shape now, let me take a look..."

【Magical Spirit: Dragon Shrimp Slime】

[Type: Magical Creature/Molluskine/Dragon Derivative]

[Quality: Excellent (Blue)]

[Level: LV1]

【characteristic:

Mineralized Tarragon: This unit uses strong acid to digest materials it ingests. The undigested portion accumulates and forms tarragon ore through a magical reaction. Tarragon ore is a special ore that requires a special furnace of at least adamantite/titanium grade to be melted and reforged into ingots.

Blasphemous Energy: This unit contains the energy of [Blasphemy God, Providence], an ancient deity who sought purification through annihilation. Any attempt to dismantle or manipulate this unit will provoke the deity's retaliation.

[PS: These slimes, infused with blasphemous energy, yearn to see their suffering incinerated along with the world. However, for the deceased goddess, imposing her will entirely upon these simple creatures is a considerable challenge. —Monster Encyclopedia]

The tarragon slime was a brown, slimy creature. Green, slanted branches emerged from its interior. Lu Mingfei touched its surface and successfully peeled off a large chunk of its hard, brown 'outer skin'—

Artillery Mine

[Type: Material/Ore]

[Quality: Purple Legend]

[Some call it 'petrified bark,' but it's essentially a material formed from the combined energy of a fallen deity and silt. Of course, due to the breadth and depth of this energy's influence, it has transcended the realm of the deceased deity, leaving only the appearance of a simple mineral.]

[PS: Those who dedicate themselves to her are all of weak will, yet she reigns here as one of the most powerful gods. —Utawarerumono—Blasphemy, Providence]

Those who dedicate themselves to her are all weak-willed... Does this mean that this deity may not be good at 'preaching'?

Lu Mingfei tossed the tarragon ore in his hand, seemingly lost in thought.

After shedding its hard outer layer, the tarragon slime, already as soft as mud, became even softer, holding it in one's hand feeling like holding a handful of water—it even truly did 'flow' downwards like water, enveloping Lu Mingfei's palm—

"Huh? Wait a minute?"

Feeling the tingling sensation spreading throughout his hand, Lu Mingfei immediately perked up and pressed his face close to the slime. However, due to its deep brown color, Lu Mingfei couldn't see any changes happening to his hand inside it.

So he decisively pulled out one hand, glanced at it, but couldn't see anything.

The time frame was probably too short to produce any truly visible changes.

"Let's wait a bit and see what the comparison is... Hmm, three green-tongued spirit cards should be enough to create a field card, right?"

With one hand inside the Dragon Slime, Lu Mingfei began preparing for tomorrow's arena card crafting.

Although this new summon has the qualifier "blasphemy" on the web interface, it looks much like a regular magical spirit on the magic card:

Tarragon Slime

【✪】【50/50/500】

[Race: Dragon] [Attribute: Nature]

[Ultimate Move: Mineralization, Self-Destruction]

[Mineralize: If this unit kills a unit, it summons a Mineralized Residue on the field, which is treated as a [counter]]

(Counter: A special unit that provides special effects for critical hits or spells, or provides attack/defense/special effect bonuses to magical spirits. When the counter is destroyed, the special effect/bonus disappears.)

[Self-Destruct: A desperate measure. Deals damage to surrounding units equal to the sum of the mana of that unit and its counter.]

(Death Scheme: Cannot be activated on its own; it activates automatically when the unit dies.)

"It seems there's no problem... It should be usable as a simple 'green-leaning' spirit card, right?" After a moment's thought, Lu Mingfei made his next decision:

Just leave it alone!

—Anyway, it's just an attempt at refining. If it doesn't work this time, we can just try again in a week.

Thinking this, and feeling that the hand inside the dragon sage slime was almost completely normal, Lu Mingfei lowered his raised hand and pulled it out—

"Wow, that's amazing?"

Compared to the hand that had only been soaked in slime for a short time, this hand looked a whole shade whiter—and it wasn't just 'whiter,' the fine hairs on the back of the hand, the dirt between the fingers, and the dead skin on the entire palm were all cleaned up by the tarragon slime in such a short period of time.

"If it's this powerful on just one hand—what would happen if you cleaned the whole body?"

After a moment's hesitation, Lu Mingfei smeared the tarragon slime on his face.

It wasn't that he was particularly vain, but he suddenly thought of something:

As a [Horse-Traveler], his primary attribute will definitely be Charisma. But what exactly is Charisma? Does it really mean that the more beautiful a person is, the higher the value?