CBD Spirit Ore Company

The repaired 2-Ring Thermostatic Card's effect is definitely not as good as a new one.

"But it's worth at least 15 gold dragons!" Duke put this 2-Ring Spirit Card into a small box by his bed, which also contained several refurbished spirit cards, all 1-Ring Spirit Cards, of course.

A new 2-Ring Thermostatic Card on the market sells for around 40 gold dragons. Selling a refurbished second-hand card for 15 gold dragons is perfectly fine.

"Chirp."

Little Dou perched on the edge of the fish tank, watching the Golden Belly Ink Carp swim back and forth inside.

Losing half its tail didn't hinder the spirit fish's swimming. Duke had also added some aquatic plants and stones to the fish tank, making it look full of life.

In the flowerpot nearby, spirit grass, the Earth Orchid, was growing. Its leaves had already curled up for the night.

"Come here, Little Dou!" Duke beckoned, and Little Dou immediately jumped onto his shoulder.

He walked out of the room, leaped lightly, hooked his hands onto the eaves, and used his back to push himself up, landing directly on the roof of the warehouse.

Sitting cross-legged on the roof, the Desert Eagle appeared in his right hand.

He looked inward at his Spirit Sea.

Xiao Yi's process table was exceptionally clear.

"Process One: Field Meditation, idle consumption 40% power..."

"Process Two: Desert Eagle 1.1 muzzle compensation version, research and development consumption 55% power. Current R&D progress 51.1%, time budget 12 days."

"Process Three: Chat Dialogue Program, reserving 5% power."

After advancing to Three-star Spiritual Apprentice, Xiao Yi's computational ability had improved. Duke quickly issued a command: "Xiao Yi, go idle on the Universal Blood Refining Method."

"Okay, it has been set for you as Process Three, Universal Blood Refining Method, idle consumption 35% power..."

"Chirp!"

With Xiao Yi idling on the Universal Blood Refining Method, Little Dou passively followed, absorbing the Spirituality from both their bodies on the warehouse roof under the night sky, circulating and strengthening Duke's fighting spirit.

Duke himself held the Desert Eagle, aiming at the tallest tower in the center of the town – Snakehead Tower.

At the top of the tower, there was a Bright Lamp.

The distance from the warehouse to Snakehead Tower was about seven hundred meters. Duke wanted to test if he could shoot the lamp with the Desert Eagle.

He aimed the sight, raising it slightly.

Puff!

He fired a shot, but the Bright Lamp showed no reaction.

Duke continued to adjust his aim and then pulled the trigger, firing shot after shot at the Bright Lamp.

However, after two hours of shooting until he was exhausted, the Bright Lamp remained brightly lit.

"Even if I was just guessing, I should have hit it once. Not a single hit means... the effective range of this Desert Eagle is not seven hundred meters."

A normal Desert Eagle pistol has an effective range of one to two hundred meters, and a maximum range of four to five hundred meters.

Although the Desert Eagle in Duke's hand was an Arcane Artifact, not a regular firearm, it was mutated from a regular firearm and retained many of its properties. Its maximum range likely remained the same, at most four to five hundred meters.

"In fact, this is just a magic staff shaped like a Desert Eagle?"

He put away the magic staff... put away the Desert Eagle pistol.

His body was depleted from cultivating fighting spirit. Duke ended his practice and returned to the house with Little Dou, taking out some spirit beast jerky to fill his stomach.

The stuffy room made it hard to sleep.

Duke took out the Thermostatic Card from the small box, deciding to splurge. He directly activated the Thermostatic Card and powered it with a Spirit Storage Card.

Instantly, the Thermostatic Card emitted a soft glow.

The 2-ring spell model was activated, and the room's temperature suddenly cooled. Little Dou on his shoulder, not understanding what was happening, quickly hid in Duke's pocket.

"It cools on the front and heats on the back. The faster the Spirit Energy supply, the better the cooling and heating effect..."

Duke quickly adjusted the cooling effect of the Thermostatic Card to around twenty degrees Celsius by controlling the Spirit Energy output from the Spirit Storage Card. It was neither too cold nor too hot, just right.

These civilian spirit cards were all user-friendly and convenient for ordinary people to use.

Lying on the bed, Duke contentedly watched the numbers on the Spirit Storage Card decrease. "It does consume quite a bit of Spirit Energy, but this speed is acceptable. It's only an extra twenty-odd silver dragons a month."

Duke, who was already somewhat wealthy, felt no pressure.

Time flew by, and August was almost over.

Although the official declaration of the Pioneer War had not yet been made, the changes in Snakehead Town indicated that the Pioneer War would arrive soon.

Construction on Third Vertical Street was in full swing. Houses were being demolished, land was being leveled, and isolation walls were being erected.

Almost every day, the western part of the town was filled with flying dust.

Little Sam's Card Shop on Second Vertical Street had to be swept three times a day – morning, noon, and evening – otherwise, a layer of dust would settle on the counters, tables, and the courtyard.

"In my alley, Fine Rain Lane, another mercenary group has rented a place. Several young people in leather armor go in and out all day. My elderly neighbor said they have shifty eyes..." Sally said worriedly while at work. "I'm really not at ease leaving Shawa and Shafu at home."

She was a widow, raising Shawa and Shafu alone.

Aunt Abby was warm-hearted and immediately said, "Why don't you send Shawa and Shafu to my place? They can keep my two grandsons company."

"Ah, won't that be too much trouble?"

"Oh, it's nothing, nothing. Just let them play in the yard with my grandsons, it won't take much effort."

"Then thank you, Sister Abby."

As they were chatting, several people dressed as mercenaries walked in together. Upon seeing Sally standing behind the counter, they leaned against it and teased, "The boss's wife is at the counter, where's the boss?"

"I'm not the boss, just an employee. Are you guys here to get cards repaired?"

"Not here to get cards repaired, we're here to see you."

"Heh." Sally didn't respond.

A mercenary who seemed to be the leader, with an accent from another region, said, "Less talk, Valet. Hurry up and get the damaged Arcane Cards out for repair, don't waste time."

"Understood, Captain!" Valet then gave up on teasing Sally.

The group of mercenaries were covered in dust, clearly just returning from an outdoor adventure. They brought out a total of eleven Arcane Cards of varying conditions for repair.

After the registration, the mercenaries left.

Sally breathed a sigh of relief and said to Aunt Abby, "These people are really annoying."

"Sigh, peaceful days are coming to an end. If I had the money, I'd move my family to Chen Jiao City," Aunt Abby sighed.

At this moment, Dutlan, who had returned from a delivery, brought news: "The CBD Spirit Ore Company has set up shop in our Snakehead Town. I saw they posted a job opening at Snakehead Tower. The first batch of workers to sign up can get priority to become official miners."

"CBD Spirit Ore Company? Dutlan, you want to be a miner?"

"I wouldn't go. Miners make good money, but it's so dangerous. I'm doing well at our card repair shop, I'm not going to risk my life."

Dutlan quickly shook his head.

He was about to finish his internship and become a full-time employee, earning 25 silver dragons a month. In a small place like Snakehead Town, that was considered a high salary.

It was safe and respectable, and not too tiring. Many people envied it.

The employees chatted for a bit and quickly forgot about the CBD Spirit Ore Company. To ordinary people, it was just a mining company.

However, Duke, who was attending a public class at the Spirit Society, had a different understanding.

"Spirit ore companies are different from mining companies. Only mineral deposits that produce High-energy Spirit Crystals can be called spirit ore... Emerald Sea Valley might not only have a Medium Spirit Spring, but also a symbiotic spirit ore deposit. There might be a struggle for this symbiotic spirit ore deposit."