My Card Girl's Infinite Evolution

"I'll enhance the cards I plan to sell first to boost their value," Luo Sheng decided. Enhancing a Bronze 3-star card by one star could triple its selling price, and low-grade materials were sufficient for the enhancement.

For instance, for cards like Ox-Head and Horse-Face, Luo Sheng found a suitable material card, Ghost Essence, on the Card Marketplace. It was a simple Bronze 1-star card priced at only 1,000 yuan.

For the two Bronze 3-star Little Snow Spirit cards, he needed a Bronze 2-star material card called Heart of Ice Water. After enhancement, these cards would upgrade to Bronze 4-stars with improved quality, jumping from ordinary to excellent.

Spending 20,000 yuan, Luo Sheng enhanced all the Bronze 3-star cards to 4-stars, significantly increasing their value.

However, the drawback was that lower-level cards provided him with less Mystic Energy. Enhancing eight cards only improved his Mental Jade by 4%, bringing it to 28%.

Luo Sheng realized that entering the Card World to enhance cards was more beneficial. Cards of higher rank or those surpassing the card master's level yielded much more Mystic Energy.

After spending half a day enhancing the Bronze 3-star cards and repairing Wang Ke'ai's cards (outside of Card World), Luo Sheng sent her a message:

"Your cards are ready."

She replied quickly:

"Wait there. I'm coming over now."

Five minutes later, Luo Sheng opened his apartment door to find the petite Wang Ke'ai standing there.

"Hand them over, quickly!"

"Here." Luo Sheng handed her the repaired and enhanced cards and some material cards.

Wang Ke'ai inspected her beloved cards and smiled. However, upon looking at Luo Sheng, her face quickly turned serious.

"Hmph! Here, take this as your payment."

Pouting her rosy lips, she handed Luo Sheng a card before turning to leave without a second glance.

"This little lady is still nice, despite my slip of the tongue," Luo Sheng sighed, silently apologizing to her. He then examined the card—a Bronze 6-star Field Card:

[ [Frozen Wasteland]

Level: Bronze 6-star

Type: Field

Effect:

Creates a vast frozen area with snowstorm effects. Enhances all allied ice-element cards' base stats, while reducing enemy units' agility and defense due to the cold.

Skills:Ice Haven: A haven for ice creatures, offering slow healing.

Prismatic Confusion: Uses ice crystal prisms to refract light, disorienting enemies.

Fire Suppression: Effectively suppresses fire attributes.

Description: A sleeping ice maiden resides in this realm. One day, she may awaken and freeze the entire world.

"What a great card!" Luo Sheng exclaimed.]

This card far surpassed his current Bronze 2-star [Black Mist]. Moreover, it synergized perfectly with his strategy. For example, deploying two Little Snow Spirits in this field would amplify their combat effectiveness. It also complemented Bai Moxue, who could use the prisms for stealth and ambush or evade counterattacks.

Luo Sheng decided against selling the enhanced Little Snow Spirits.

He then headed to the Card Tower, where a black-haired, elegant saleswoman greeted him respectfully:

"Honorable Card Master, the total value of your cards is 230,000 yuan: 40,000 each for the five Ox-Head and Horse-Face cards, and 30,000 for the Island Leech Phantom. Additionally, as this is your first sale to Card Alliance, you'll receive a bonus of 20,000 yuan in card purchase vouchers. Shall we proceed?"

Luo Sheng was pleased with the valuation, especially since Card Alliance typically bought cards at 20% below market price. Enhancing the cards had clearly increased their value.

"Sell them," Luo Sheng confirmed.

"Understood," the saleswoman replied, carefully packaging the cards and transferring 230,000 yuan to his account. Luo Sheng now had a total of 265,000 yuan, along with 20,000 yuan in vouchers.

This starkly contrasted with his pre-Card Master days, when saving for a single Matchstick Girl card felt impossible. Now, he'd earned a fortune in a matter of days.

Although tempted to sell his Reaper Intern (Bronze 5-star, valued over 70,000 yuan), Luo Sheng decided to keep it for the upcoming duel.

"I'd like to purchase some cards," Luo Sheng said.

The saleswoman handed him a tablet and explained:

"Our marketplace is holding a special Double 11 sale with discounts and bundled coupon offers. Spend 200,000 yuan and save 20,000; spend 400,000 and save 60,000; spend 800,000 and save 140,000. Do check it out!"

Luo Sheng's jaw dropped. He realized he could exploit these discounts to resell cards for a profit.

"This, I'm good at!" he thought, reaching for his phone.

Scanning his contacts, Luo Sheng hesitated before calling Wang Ke'ai.

"Hello? What do you want now?" she answered coolly.

"I'm sorry about earlier. I misspoke. Let me make it up to you."

"Fine. What is it?"

Luo Sheng cautiously brought up the discount sale and suggested splitting an order.

"…You idiot!" she scolded. "Did you even check the card prices?"

Startled, Luo Sheng inspected the marketplace more closely. A Bronze 4-star card originally priced at 40,000 yuan was listed at 60,000 yuan, with a discounted price of 50,000 yuan after applying the offer. Buying four cards would hit the 200,000-yuan threshold, but the actual cost was higher than market value.

"Damn! I'm the Sheep they're shearing!" Luo Sheng cursed under his breath.

"See? You're hopeless!" Wang Ke'ai laughed mockingly.

Embarrassed, Luo Sheng changed the subject:

"…You wet your pants once."

"…You jerk! I'm done talking to you!" She hung up angrily but soon messaged him:

[Card Alliance VIP Internal Discount Coupon: Spend 400,000, save 200,000 without conditions.]

Clearly, she had connections.

Luo Sheng smugly forwarded the coupon to the stunned saleswoman.

(End of Chapter)