Even Li Ying, who had never applied herself to her studies and loved nothing more than sleeping and indulging herself, had noticed that the atmosphere at the Imperial Academy had been strange lately.
For the past few days, Lin Xue and Qian Yuya had almost stopped acting with her. They were always being mysterious, and she had no idea what they were planning. As for Kui Nianruo, she was an old top student. When she wasn't in class, she was studying in the White Box, and she had no time to fool around with Li Ying.
Having been cruelly abandoned by her best friends, Li Ying suddenly realized that nothing in this world would stay by your side forever. Even your shadow would be absent on cloudy days.
But money would never abandon you. Even if you spent it, it would merely accompany you in another form—Li Ying wholeheartedly agreed with this famous saying from the Youth Newspaper.
Recently, she had been watching the newly opened Steam Merchant Guild closely. On the morning the Peerless Ranking had just been released, Li Ying had skipped class because she had overslept. When she came out to eat breakfast, she happened to encounter the ranking's release—and even saw someone pull an epic card on the spot.
She had immediately recognized the card's collectible value and decisively bought it for two Gold Coins. She then traveled between two Peerless Ranking retailers in Flame Capital, spending more than a dozen Gold Coins in total to buy six epic cards. That very afternoon, she sold one and instantly recouped her investment.
She then hoarded the rest for three or four days before selling them off one by one, earning more than six times her original investment. In the end, she kept one for herself—although the Steam