The Card Apprentice
Chapter 335

Squandering a Fortune

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After the two went off to work, Chen Mu began pondering on his own how to find more sources of profit. He suddenly remembered the purple glimmer ore Brenton had mentioned that day. Although he still had no idea what it actually was, judging by Brenton's tone, it seemed quite valuable.

The thought immediately lifted his spirits. He had pitifully few valuable things on hand now. Some things might seem valuable, but only to an individual. Measured against the needs of an entire team, their value was far too small.

Take combat suits, for example. A decent suit cost three hundred thousand. Chen Mu had more than three hundred combat personnel under him, which brought the total to nearly a hundred million. And the combat suits they had bought were merely ordinary goods on the Huahua District market.

Yet suits of that quality were simply unavailable on the Common District market. They could only be found in certain black markets, where they sold for as much as six or seven hundred thousand.

That showed the advantages of the Huahua District. There were countless fine goods here: combat suits, Wrist Devices, combat boots, card machinery, and all manner of other things. The sight made Chen Mu and the others green with envy, but those steep prices were more than most people could bear.

Chen Mu was beginning to understand why Jiao Si had remarked on the high prices in the Huahua District that day. A team of over three hundred was a monster that devoured money like mad.

He intended to set card making aside for a while. They had come to Snow Silk Worm Valley precisely to conceal their whereabouts. Trading on the reputation of the Digital Series Cards would certainly bring in a decent income, but it would also

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