My Squirtle Is So Cute

After a round of haggling.

"I'm a regular customer, and you still won't give me a bigger discount, Old Chen?"

"What are you talking about, kid? Go take a look outside. Who else would sell you premium Holy Griffin Feathers for 900,000?"

The corner of Uncle Chen's mouth twitched as he stared at Gu Xin with an unfriendly look.

"And I'm taking Great Xia currency. To be able to buy magic materials like this, you really ought to thank me, you know!"

"Fine, fine." Gu Xin naturally understood that as well, and knew Uncle Chen was genuinely doing him a favor.

"How many do you want?"

"I'll take all ten."

Gu Xin closed the treasure box again. There were ten Holy Griffin Feathers inside in total. For top-grade materials like these, the more the better, naturally.

But they really were expensive!

In the blink of an eye, nine million was gone, flowing away like water.

Though if he could use these feathers to make one top-grade card, he would earn his money back, the key was that card-making did not have a one-hundred-percent success rate.

It was true that Gu Xin had never blown up a furnace, but he had failed plenty of times.

"Tsk~ Looks like you really came into a fortune."

Uncle Chen glanced at Gu Xin in surprise and could not help clicking his tongue.

Just a few hours ago, he could still clearly remember how Gu Xin had been tempted but too strapped for cash.

"I'm a card maker, at least. Sell a few cards and I've got money."

"Then congratulations on your first sale. And this—two portions of [Pufferfish Venom], one hundred thousand."

After that, Uncle Chen took out another two boxes of extracted [Pufferfish Venom]. Compared to the previous [Blue-Ringed Octopus Venom], it was more toxic, so naturally it was more expensive too.

"Uncle Chen, do you have any other good stuff here?" Gu Xin handed his bank card to Uncle Chen and asked in passing.

"What attribute of materials do you want?"

Uncle Chen held a cigarette in his mouth, exuding the air of a big brother.

"Do you still have [Eye of Darkness]?"

"Dark-attribute materials like [Eye of Darkness] are pretty rare. It's not like you don't know—we basically don't have Abyss secret realms down here in the south."

Uncle Chen shook his head. [Eye of Darkness] was actually the eye of a third-rank Abyss monster, the Deadland Violent Insect.

Within Great Xia, Abyss secret realms were basically all in the north, and were rarely seen in the south, so [Eye of Darkness] was very rare in the southern market.

"But I did receive the corpse of a Soul-Devouring Insect. Do you want it?"

"Soul-Devouring Insect?"

"Yeah. Ninety percent intact."

Hearing Uncle Chen's words, Gu Xin thought for a second.

"I want it!"

The Soul-Devouring Insect was also a dark-attribute Abyss monster. Its grade was second-rank, and it was said to come from the [Death Swamp] secret realm.

"That'll be three hundred thousand, thank you." Uncle Chen smiled wickedly.

"No, bro, are you kidding me? You dare sell a bug corpse for three hundred thousand? Why don't you just rob me?"

Gu Xin instantly "exploded."

"Take it or leave it. A distant relative of mine mailed this to me. If you don't want it, go look around the other shops in Yin City and see if you can still find a Soul-Devouring Insect corpse that's ninety percent intact."

"Two hundred thousand at most."

"Kid Gu Xin, that's not how you bargain..."

The two began a new round of verbal sparring.

Heart of Bright Lake Villa District was a well-known wealthy residential area in Yin City. Those who lived here were basically either rich or powerful.

At that moment, Yin Xue was sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed. Blue magic power turned into chains of light, connecting with the card floating in front of her.

Beside Yin Xue, a black-haired girl sat with one leg crossed over the other, playing on her phone. Her fair, smooth calves swayed back and forth, extremely eye-catching.

"Whew~ The binding's done."

After quite a while, Yin Xue withdrew her magic power and held the card, a smile appearing on her pretty face.

Magic cards were not plug-and-play items. If one wanted to use the effect of a magic card, one first had to establish a magical connection with it.

Otherwise, there was no way to activate the magic card.

This was also why Gu Xin had previously felt at ease letting Yin Xue handle [Wither] and the others. He truly was not afraid of Yin Xue suddenly turning hostile.

Besides, even if Yin Xue turned hostile and wanted to snatch the cards, he still had a trump card. Student Gu Xin, who came from Blue Star, deeply understood the principle that to forge iron, one must be strong oneself.

Clearly, though, Yin Xue was still very well-mannered.

"Are you done connecting with it? Xue-baby, hurry up and summon it so we can see."

The black-haired girl, Tang Yueyue, immediately urged her on when she heard that. She was very interested in Yin Xue's new summoning card.

"Mm." Yin Xue held the [Squirtle] card between two fingers, and blue magic continuously poured into it.

A complex, mysterious magic array appeared in front of her.

"Come out, Squirtle!"

A small blue turtle appeared from the summoning array, slowly opened its eyes, and gazed around blankly yet innocently.

It was a turtle-type magical creature, not very large. Its skin was pale blue, its build was fairly small, and its tail was wavy.

The most eye-catching part was its head. Its big, clear eyes were very pretty, its round head looked oddly funny, and that smooth bald scalp made people want to rub it a couple of times.

"Squir?"

Squirtle raised one short little claw and scratched its bald head, letting out a crisp cry.

"Wow! So cute!"

Tang Yueyue's eyes instantly lit up. She quite liked adorable creatures like this.

And it really was so cute!

Yin Xue was also pleasantly surprised. She hadn't expected the summoned Squirtle to be even more lovable than the illustration on the card.

"Squir? Squirtle~"

Squirtle looked up at Tang Yueyue twice, then seemed to sense a familiar aura and immediately turned to look at Yin Xue.

Then the little thing moved its short legs and trotted to Yin Xue's feet, hugging her calf and letting out a coquettish cry, like a little pet begging to be petted.

Ngh!!!

Yin Xue immediately sucked in a breath. This little guy seemed a little too humanlike! But...

So adorable!! She liked it so much!

"Squirtle, you're so cute."

Yin Xue couldn't help picking the little guy up, subconsciously speaking in a gentle tone.

"Squirtle~!"

Squirtle blinked its big watery eyes, then seemed to understand that Yin Xue was praising it. Its eyes instantly narrowed into slits, and it revealed a humanlike happy expression.

Its two short little hands waved up and down with joy, looking so comical that it made people unable to hold back their laughter.

"Aaaah! It's actually smiling, Xue-baby! Does it know you're praising it? Oh my god!"

Tang Yueyue's eyes widened, and she couldn't help covering her mouth as she cried out in surprise.

Logically speaking, as a first-tier blue card, [Squirtle] shouldn't have had such high intelligence.

"Squirtle, can you understand what I'm saying?"

Yin Xue was extremely pleasantly surprised.

"Squirtle~" Squirtle still answered with its crisp cry, even nodding its head.

"Wuu..."

Yin Xue was overwhelmed by cuteness, overjoyed beyond measure.

She decided that even if she became a top-tier card master in the future, she would never abandon Squirtle.

It really was too cute! Even if it only served as a mascot and pet, that would be completely fine.

"Xue-baby, Xue-baby, let me hold Squirtle too."

Tang Yueyue was incredibly envious. Girls always had little resistance toward creatures that were both cute and smart.

"Wait a bit. Squirtle's pretty attached to me."

"Let me pet it, come on. Don't be so stingy!"

"Don't be so impatient, hehe~ My little turtle's bald head feels so nice."

"Squirtle~ Squirtle~"