Angel said, "I'm definitely interested. It's just that I have no plans to spend money right now."
Lucia smiled faintly. "I'm in a good mood today, so I can give you a discount. As long as you buy Witch's Soup from Lucia's Workshop, I'll count it as double points. What do you think?"
In other words, Angel only needed to spend 4,999.5 magic crystals at Lucia's Workshop to obtain a Flash Diamond Card worth 9,999 magic crystals.
At first glance, it seemed Angel had come out ahead, but in reality, Angel was still the one spending the money.
Moreover, while Flash Diamond Cards were good, once someone obtained one, they also indirectly expanded the trade fair's pool of resources and connections. Thus, for Starlit Glory, issuing Flash Diamond Cards was a guaranteed profit. Especially when they handed a Flash Diamond Card to "special talent," such as alchemy masters—so long as those people came to the Starlit Glory trade fair, even if they did nothing, admirers would swarm in at their reputation. If they went a step further and let even a little of their alchemical work circulate, it would not only earn the fair prestige, but also open up more markets. The benefits were countless.
Thus, as long as Starlit Glory confirmed that a certain alchemy master could pass the "Faction Identification Field," they would not even require them to spend anything before respectfully offering up a Flash Diamond Card with both hands.
If Angel truly wanted a Flash Diamond Card for free, all he had to do was reveal his identity. Lucia would absolutely rush to give him one.
However, Angel was currently concealing his identity, so naturally Lucia would not give him one for free.
But Lucia also knew perfectly well that giving a Flash Diamond Card to