But then he thought again, no, Amber only said he was "reborn."
Rebirth ≠ Transmigration
Amber might have thought the original host was reborn; but in reality, Lin Chen, a soul from another world, had taken his place.
So he was overthinking it, scared by Amber's dying words, damn it!
Worrying about these things was useless; only by striving to improve himself could he ward off all evil.
Looking back at the tragic scene, the grapevines were still lush and vigorous, but the person who planted them was dead.
Amber's painstakingly managed Joy Bar, Blood Brew Wine Cellar, and this vast plantation were all that remained, a mess.
"Time to clean up the battlefield."
The victor had the right to plunder everything.
Lin Chen muttered hatefully:
"Fought desperately all night, even killed gods, I'm exhausted. I should at least get something back for my trouble."
He suddenly froze, "Wait, why aren't I tired at all!"
This protracted and fierce battle should have nearly depleted Lin Chen's spiritual power, but at this moment, he not only felt no fatigue but was full of Blood Essence and overflowing with spiritual power.
It was the blessing and tempering effect of the Door Gods that hadn't dissipated yet!
Lin Chen stretched his muscles and bones, smiling, "Then it's perfect."
Now, he had plenty of strength to clear out this entire wine cellar!
Although Amber had passed on the most important divine artifacts
the other remnants were still very rich.
For example, the defeated bodies were all fuel.
First were those Maenads of the God of Wine, all dead from exhaustion;
These were fanatical followers who worshipped joy and brutality, and had harmed many Card Masters.
So Lin Chen felt no guilt and immediately sealed their corpses into a green-grade material card, [Maenad of the God of Wine · Maenads].
Lin Chen flicked the card face and said, "He who kills shall be killed... Now it's your turn to be supplies."
Strangely, even the Maenads could become materials, but Amber's lost soul body had no spirituality at all and gradually dissipated.
Lin Chen frowned and stopped paying attention to it.
Next was this century-old wine cellar, its spirituality deep and heavy. If the right craftsmanship were applied, it could continuously produce Spirit Wine!
It was like a hen that laid golden eggs.
Then there was the bar on the first floor, which had undergone the baptism of many joyous feasts of the Cult of the God of Wine; its "joy" attribute was extremely strong.
And the VIP hall on the second floor, the stronger the lingering smell of blood from the sacrificed Card Masters, the richer the spiritual energy!
Even this plantation was constantly nurtured by the "Harvest" power of the God of Wine Staff;
it was full of life, the land fertile. Even if he moved it home to grow vegetables, he'd be stuffed!
These were all "sacred grounds" that were both evil and spiritual!
But he couldn't possibly move all of it.
A mountain of gold before him, yet he couldn't possess it.
Lin Chen fretted, "I have to at least scrape off some oil and water before I leave!"
Suddenly, he realized that since he couldn't move these mountains of gold and sacred grounds, why not refine them into a card and take them away?
That is, a Venue Building Card!
Venue Building Cards were a very special type of card;
as the name suggests, they could materialize a building or a venue.
But this type of card was very rare in the Card Master world, not due to a lack of materials, but because it was too difficult to make!
The first point, spiritual power consumption was like a flood!
Building cards occupied vast areas and were enormous. An ordinary Card Master wouldn't have enough spiritual power even to make a thatched hut, let alone more advanced structures.
So came the second difficulty—manpower limitations!
Without three or four Card Masters, it was impossible to support the immense spiritual power consumption;
and because venue cards covered a wide area, their creation relied on dispersed "Field Resonance."
It required finding multiple Spiritual Space Anchor Points and simultaneously outputting spiritual power, with precise coordination to avoid spiritual power chaos.
Finally, the blank cards capable of encapsulating venue buildings had to be custom-made, extra-large, expanded models.
The impossibly difficult production conditions, coupled with the expensive custom blank cards;
led to ordinary Card Masters not bothering to make Venue Building Cards, which was why Lin Chen had subconsciously forgotten about their existence.
But Lin Chen was no ordinary Card Master; he had just undergone the tempering of his natal bond God Card, his sea of consciousness was vast, and his spiritual platform was stable, equivalent to three people!
With the Door Gods as assistants, who are perfectly in sync, it's a natural-born card-making squad.
Timing, geographical advantage, popular support, and divine aid.
Now I have no choice but to give it a try!
Today, I must raid this entire Cult of the God of Wine!
Lin Chen immediately placed an order for a [Venue Blank Card], but saw the price—100,000!
His own balance was insufficient...
Unbelievable, this is just a blank card, it's just expanding the capacity, and it costs 100,000!
He suddenly remembered that Amber still owed him a deposit for two bottles of Spirit Wine, and he must get it back!
He rummaged through Amber's corpse and indeed found several savings cards.
These should belong to the card masters who were sacrificed earlier. They are their belongings, and Lin Chen didn't want to touch them. He would let the officials arrange for their return to the rightful owners later.
Lin Chen sneaked into Amber's office and finally found his deposit money, a full 80,000!
There was also some miscellaneous money, which should be the daily revenue of the bar. This shop really doesn't make much money; it's purely generating faith.
The deposit plus his remaining savings were just enough to buy a [Venue Blank Card].
The expedited order was immediately delivered to Lin Chen via the [Mecha Scout Bird].
What kind of building card should be made?
The answer was already obvious: revelry, a wine cellar, and plantations;
There is nothing more suitable than the "Happy Forest" from "Water Margin."
The "Happy Forest" in "Water Margin" was a large entertainment and leisure complex that integrated catering, hotels, and a red-light district.
The imagery of "happy" in the name matched the "joy" attribute of Amber's tavern.
Both places were entertainment venues for drinking and leisure, with highly overlapping symbolic attributes.
Why wouldn't it succeed?
As Lin Chen measured the venue's spirituality, he felt a strong presence of Blood Essence and a sense of delusion in the VIP lounge on the second floor.
This place had been used by Amber to sacrifice many card masters through feasting and Blood Sacrifice Rituals.
Lin Chen thought again, isn't this just a blatant black shop?!
And in "Water Margin," there is another very famous black shop!
It also used hallucinogens to daze guests, and then brewed their flesh and blood into blood food;
It was the "Cross Slope Human Meat Shop" run by Mother Yaksa Sun Erniang!
It was simply a replica of Amber's actions: one intoxicated for feasting, selling blood and flesh wine; the other serving drugged wine, selling steamed buns made of flesh and blood.
To make a card like this, all the elements correspond, and it can be seamlessly converted!
Moreover, the Happy Forest and the Cross Slope Human Meat Shop were in the same area in the original work, very close to each other.
It's better to sit in one place than to visit three, so let's combine the two venues into one!
The building design gradually became clear in Lin Chen's mind:
The most important front hall would be modeled after the Happy Forest, perfectly corresponding to Amber's joy tavern;
The backyard would transplant the Datura Flower Field from Cross Slope (the source of the hallucinogens), echoing the God of Wine's harvest plantation;
The most brilliant part, the private VIP reception room—it would be directly modeled after Sun Erniang's Skinning Workshop!
The card-making ideas and formulas were now very clear!
Then, let's start making the card:
Multiple Spiritual Space Anchor Points need to be found, and spiritual power needs to be outputted simultaneously.
This was no challenge for Lin Chen.
He found the place with the richest wine aroma in the wine cellar and stood at this core position himself;
Then he arranged for Qin Qiong to go to the VIP room on the second floor of the bar, which possessed strong elements of "joy," "lust," and "flesh and blood";
Yuchi Gong stood in the plantation with the most vigorous life.
Under Lin Chen's guidance, they collectively condensed their spiritual power, becoming three spatial anchor points;
Then Lin Chen raised the massive [Venue Blank Card], and the venue card projected a void model covering the three anchor points;
He began to visualize and draw spirits!
One was a den of indulgence on the road to Mengzhou, with lively toasting and feasting inside;
One was a burial ground under Cross Slope, with gruesome skinning and butchering in the kitchen!
Under Lin Chen and the others' feet, the spiritual land and wall plaster were extracted, transformed into the [Blank Venue Card];
Following Lin Chen's visualized images, they began to fill the void model, and a hotel was slowly constructed and completed
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