Shout! Tremble! Descend!

Since he had decided to do it, Gu Xin was not one to drag his feet. He began considering the combination of materials for this attempt.

"[Flying Dragon] will be the main material, and I'll add [Azure Eye] as well. No matter what, I can't repeat the mistake of [Heart Change]."

Gu Xin quickly settled on two materials. Even if he could not make a third-tier card, he could not let its star rating and quality be too low.

Gu Xin could not afford that kind of embarrassment.

"And then..."

Gu Xin pondered, his gaze constantly shifting across the cabinets lining his material wall. He already had a rough idea of what kind of card he wanted to make.

"I'll add [Light Element] too, then another [Holy Griffin Feather]."

This Flying Dragon was naturally attribute-less, something Gu Xin had confirmed with Huang Xiaoming. The [Light Element] was naturally intended to give the Flying Dragon a Light attribute.

He wanted to refine a Light-attribute Flying Dragon card.

However, since [Azure Eye] had originally belonged to the Formless Wind, and the Formless Wind was naturally a Wind-attribute elemental spirit—

Gu Xin ultimately added a [Holy Griffin Feather] as well. It was also Light-attribute, meant to prevent [Azure Eye] from stealing the spotlight.

But the Holy Griffin Feather was a fourth-tier material, so it needed a little "repair."

Gu Xin fiddled with the Holy Griffin Feather a little, lowering its quality somewhat.

"All right, let's begin."

[Flying Dragon] + [Light Element] + [Azure Eye] + [Holy Griffin Feather]. He placed all of the materials into the alchemy furnace.

Gu Xin held his hand over the furnace as magical power continuously poured into it.

Alchemy Furnace! Activate!

Beep beep beep!

As magical power surged in, the alchemy furnace began operating. Magical flames burned continuously within it, steadily refining the four materials.

The connection between his spiritual power and the furnace grew increasingly stable. Gu Xin could already "see" the materials gradually fusing together.

Next, Gu Xin began shaping the appearance of the card, his imagination running wild.

A silver-white Flying Dragon, azure eyes, sharp claws and fangs...

Time passed second by second, while Gu Xin kept his eyes closed and continued constructing the card.

For Gu Xin, refining cards was something deeply meaningful, because he truly loved this profession.

Refining the cards from his imagination and bringing them into this world filled Gu Xin with immense pride and joy.

So, succeed!

An hour and a half later.

"Ha..."

Gu Xin let out a long breath, unable to hide the faint weariness on his face.

Yet his eyes were exceptionally bright.

A card glowing with a faint purple light slid out from the card slot of the alchemy furnace.

"Hahahahaha! I knew it!"

Gu Xin picked up the card. Looking at the beautiful silver-white Flying Dragon depicted on it, he finally could not hold back his laughter.

He had made it! He had really made it!

[Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon]

[Category: Summon Card]

[Quality: Three-Star Purple]

[Attribute: Light]

[Racial Trait: Blue-Eyes Majesty]

[(Note: Shout! Tremble! Descend! Blue-Eyes White Dragon!)]

It was actually a three-star card!

Gu Xin looked at the three-star [Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon] with immense satisfaction. While he had added [Azure Eye] precisely to stabilize the card's quality—

The fact that [Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon] had turned out to be three-star purple still came as a huge surprise to Gu Xin.

It was already at the same level as [Baron Nashor]. He just did not know which was stronger in battle, [Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon] or [Baron Nashor].

Come to think of it, [Baron Nashor] had been a special, unexpected creation, and it was currently Gu Xin's only dual-attribute card.

After all, [Baron Nashor] possessed Void and Dark attributes.

But regardless of whether [Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon] could rival [Baron Nashor] in combat power, at three-star purple quality, [Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon] was definitely no weakling.

"Excellent! Today really is a good day."

Gu Xin put away [Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon], his mood exceptionally bright.

After crafting a [Bloodthirsty Hunter] in the morning and a [Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon] in the afternoon, Gu Xin truly felt that today was his lucky day.

After washing his hands, he left the laboratory.

"Yo, Da Gu, you finally decided to come out."

Wang Quan's flippant voice reached him at once.

Wang Quan was sitting on the sofa with one leg crossed over the other, staring at Gu Xin with a strange look in his eyes.

"You got here so quickly?"

Gu Xin looked at Wang Quan in surprise. He checked the time—it was only three thirty in the afternoon.

He had thought Wang Quan would play around until at least four or five before coming over.

"If anyone else had called me, I wouldn't have cared this much. You're the exception, Da Gu."

Wang Quan rolled his eyes and replied irritably.

"And you, kid. No wonder you never come whenever I invite you out to parties. So you've been hiding such a beautiful girl at home?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Xiangzi is a distant relative of mine. She only moved in with me because something happened to her family."

"Tsk. You might fool other people with that, but you're pulling this on your own brother?"

Wang Quan smacked his lips and replied disdainfully.

Whenever that blue-haired girl mentioned Gu Xin, her gaze was so sweet it practically dripped honey. Could she really be some distant relative??

Besides, he knew Gu Xin's family situation. Since when did he have relatives in Sakura Province?

"Think whatever you want. Xiangzi and I are completely innocent, so don't spout nonsense in front of her," Gu Xin warned Wang Quan.

"Relax, brother, I get it. I'm just happy my brother has finally figured things out."

Wang Quan chuckled, threw an arm around Gu Xin's shoulders, and winked at him.

"Get lost. Oh, right—Xiangzi has first-class magical talent, just like you. As her senior, shouldn't you write down some of your magical insights so she can avoid a few detours?"

Gu Xin was seeking benefits for the poster girl of his shop.

"Seriously?" Wang Quan froze, then glanced at the blue-haired girl sitting at the front desk in surprise.

"Why would I lie to you?"

"Damn, Da Gu, you really struck gold." Wang Quan was genuinely a little envious of his friend this time.

It would have been enough if the girl were that pretty, but her talent was top-notch too.

"Though her attributes are darkness and water magic, so she's still not as good as you."

"Hmph, of course not. I'm a magical genius that only comes along once in a century."

Wang Quan proudly lifted his chin and puffed out his chest. When it came to talent, he conceded to no one.

"Fine, since you asked, I'll organize my magical insights when I get back. But our magical attributes are different. My understanding of attributes probably won't be much help to her."

Wang Quan continued. It was not like he knew dark magic or water magic.

"It's fine. Xiangzi has only just started learning magic. She can take it slow."

"Then that's settled. Did you call your brother over just to show off your new employee?" Wang Quan motioned for Gu Xin to get to the point.

"Of course not. I got some information. There may be mermaids in a Sea World secret realm."

Gu Xin spoke seriously.

"I get it. You want to enter a secret realm, right?" Wang Quan understood. His brother had set his sights on mermaids.

But this was too unusual. Da Gu had always maintained that unless absolutely necessary, it was better to buy materials directly than risk his life gathering them himself. Yet now he was taking the initiative to ask Wang Quan to enter a secret realm.

Could it be...

Wang Quan suddenly had a rather uncertain thought. He looked at Gu Xin with an odd expression.

Could his brother actually be into non-humans?