[Magic Cylinder] and [Wither]

Gu Xin took out two cards he considered rather proud masterpieces and placed them on the table.

"See if either of them catches your eye."

Gu Xin was very confident. He felt no one could refuse his cards!

Yin Xue blinked her big eyes and looked at the card on the far left.

The card art showed two brightly colored cylinders, one upright and one inverted. It looked a little incomprehensible, yet impressive.

Generally speaking, a card's effect was connected to its artwork, but Yin Xue truly could not figure out these two patterned cylinders.

But the moment Yin Xue saw the card effect below, her eyes went wide.

[Magic Cylinder]

[Category: Magic Card]

[Quality: Two-star Purple Card]

[Attribute: None]

[Effect: When an opponent uses a magic attack, this card can absorb the opponent's attack and counterattack by sending the magic back.]

[(Note: Reflect! Reflect!! Reflect it back!!)]

What... what was this?!!

Yin Xue was stunned. It absorbed the opponent's magic attack, then reflected it?

To be honest, the effect description of this [Magic Cylinder] was not long, but this was outright the bane of magic.

What did "negate and reflect" mean?

Yin Xue did not even dare imagine what kind of spectacular expression the opponent would have after chanting a spell for ages and releasing magic, only for it to be directly negated and reflected back!

This card was really...

Amazing!!

Little stars lit up in Yin Xue's eyes. She liked this very much!

But this was only the first card. Yin Xue suppressed her excitement and looked at the second card.

[Wither]

[Category: Magic Card]

[Rank: Two-star Gold Card]

[Attribute: Darkness]

[Effect: Released on a designated target, causing the target to suffer a dark curse and age for a short period of time.]

[(Note: Soft! Weak! Powerless!)]

A gold card!!

This was a gold card, a golden legend!

Yin Xue was not an inexperienced girl, but cards at the golden legend level truly were extremely rare and precious.

Although this was only a two-star gold card, it was still a gold card.

As long as it was a gold card, its effect was absolutely astonishing! However...

Age for a short period of time?

A question mark rose over Yin Xue's adorable head. She did not quite understand what this "age" meant.

"Boss, what does the aging on this [Wither] card mean?"

Yin Xue was a good child. She knew to ask when she did not understand.

"It means exactly what it says. [Wither] can bestow the power of aging onto a target and make them enter an 'aged' state," Gu Xin explained.

"All things age, and once someone falls into 'aging,' they'll find it hard to move an inch. Whether fighting or moving, they'll only make people laugh."

Seeing that Yin Xue still seemed to half understand, Gu Xin gave a simple analogy.

"For example, Miss Yin, you're very young right now. Even if you ran a thousand meters, you'd be able to endure it. But once [Wither] is applied, the curse of 'aging' will make your body seem as if it has entered an elderly state."

"Forget running a thousand meters—even walking ten meters would become incredibly difficult. It would be like a delicate flower in full bloom withering and fading into a ruined blossom."

After thinking for a moment, Gu Xin added, "Of course, [Wither]'s effect isn't that exaggerated. Although it will make the opponent 'age,' it won't go so far as to make them completely lose the ability to resist."

Yin Xue suddenly understood.

"Isn't that way too strong?!"

Once she fully understood, Yin Xue was deeply shaken. No wonder it was a gold card. This effect was simply heaven-defying!

Didn't this mean that once Wither was applied, the opponent would become meat on the chopping block, ready to be slaughtered at will?

And this effect was practically tied to "time"...

"Boss, did you make this card?" Yin Xue could not help asking Gu Xin.

"How could I take something out and sell it if I wasn't the one who made it?" Gu Xin said, speechless.

"...You're amazing!" Yin Xue was a little embarrassed, but she was still full of admiration.

Judging from these two cards, this shop owner, who looked no more than two years older than her, should be a second-rank card maker.

But the quality of these cards was absurdly high!

"Looks like you're quite fond of both of these cards, Miss Yin?"

"Yes! I like them very much. Please sell both of these cards to me, boss!"

Little stars seemed to sparkle in Yin Xue's eyes. She dared to pat her rather well-developed chest and guarantee it.

Once she got these two cards, she would absolutely cut down anyone who got in her way at school, gods or Buddhas alike!

"I can sell them to you, but Miss Yin, you should know that these two cards won't come cheap."

Gu Xin sized up the girl in front of him. From the looks of it, her family circumstances should be pretty good.

To Gu Xin, what did a card maker make cards for? Mainly for his own sense of satisfaction.

But secondarily, wasn't it to sell them for money? Making cards cost money, and the price of materials was right there in plain sight.

And Gu Xin was now already out of money...

How hateful. He had transmigrated, yet he still had to worry about cash.

So if he could sell Magic Cylinder and Wither, that would naturally be the best possible outcome.

"Please rest assured, boss. My parents dote on me quite a bit, and... my family is rather well-off."

As she spoke of this, Yin Xue straightened her back slightly and revealed a reserved, subtle little smile.

Her entire body was giving off one signal: this young lady had money!

"Well now, that makes things easy. As expected, from the first glance, I felt that Miss Yin was not only very beautiful, but also had an outstanding bearing."

Gu Xin smiled in satisfaction.

"You flatter me, boss." Yin Xue pursed her lips, her pretty brows and eyes curving slightly. She was quite happy.

Though she had heard this kind of praise countless times since she was young.

It depended on who was saying it, after all.

In Yin Xue's eyes, to be a two-star card maker at such a young age, and one who could even make gold cards—he was way too strong!

"On the market, two-star purple magic cards fluctuate between 800,000 and 1.2 million. Magic Cylinder's effect is very powerful, so I'm willing to pay 1.4 million to buy it."

"As for Wither, gold cards have always had a price but no supply. I remember a one-star gold card was auctioned for 5.5 million last year. I'm willing to pay nearly three times that price for Wither—15 million. Boss, what do you think?"

Yin Xue pondered for a moment, then discussed it with Gu Xin.

Her hesitant tone made it clear that Yin Xue was not very good at negotiating prices. This was already the price she had estimated in her heart to be very reasonable.

"Miss Yin is very generous." Gu Xin's eyes lit up, and he gave Yin Xue a thumbs-up. This was a real rich lady.

He almost wanted to say, "Rich lady, hungry, food."

Magic Cylinder's price was very reasonable, already higher than the market price, but the price Yin Xue offered for Wither was genuinely very high.

Although Wither's effect was heaven-defying, it had the same issue as Heart Change. After all, it was only a two-star card.

How to put it?

It was just like equipment in a game. At low levels, it was a divine weapon that swept through everything, but once your level got higher later, it would become of little use.

Still, the customer was the one who named the price, and to be fair, Wither's effect was truly far too heaven-defying.

Seeing Gu Xin agree so readily, Yin Xue also let out a sigh of relief.

"Oh right, boss, do you have any summon cards here?" Then Yin Xue asked Gu Xin expectantly.

Compared to magic cards, for card masters, summon cards were the most important.

"Yes, sis! I do!"

Gu Xin's eyes lit up, and he immediately slapped down his freshly made card in front of this young miss.

"This Squirtle was just made. The card's still warm!"

Although it was merely a "failed card" without a poison effect, Gu Xin felt that Squirtle was still a pretty decent card.