Golden Lion Beast

Meanwhile...

Deep within a residential area of detached villas in the eastern suburbs of Rongcheng.

On the second floor of a three-story building, warm pink light shines through the windows.

The light pink curtains hung to the floor, a creamy white velvet blanket covered the bed, and a frosted glass lamp sat on the bedside table, its light as soft as if it had been washed with water.

Several stacks of copybooks were neatly piled on the desk, next to which sat an ice-blue card box, its lid half-open, revealing several cards gleaming coldly inside.

The bathroom door was pushed open, and a cloud of warm steam rushed out.

Ye Qingxue was wearing a loose white T-shirt and light gray lounge shorts, her bare feet on the wooden floor.

Her hair, freshly washed, hung wet over her shoulders, water still dripping from the ends, staining a small dark patch at the neckline of her T-shirt.

Her cheeks were flushed a light pink from the hot water, and she looked less aloof than usual, with more of the softness of an eighteen-year-old girl.

She walked to the desk, sat down, and picked up her phone.

The screen lit up, displaying several messages from Su Mu, along with screenshots of several B-grade cards.

Ye Qingxue opened the screenshots and looked at them one by one.

She switched to the shopping platform and logged into her father's account.

This account has full purchasing privileges, allowing direct ordering from almost any level, from F to B. She entered the number of the first card, and the search results quickly popped up.

The item is in stock, but it's marked with a gray line of text. "Inter-provincial transfer, estimated delivery in 2-3 days."

She checked the second and third cards, and the result was the same. None of the B-grade Demon King cards were in stock in Rongcheng's local warehouse. The nearest source was in a neighboring province, and logistics would take at least two or three days.

Ye Qingxue frowned.

Two or three days. Tomorrow is the college entrance exam. Su Mu needs these cards today, clearly to embed them into the dungeon before the exam and boost his combat power.

If you wait two or three days, the daylilies will be too cold.

She stared at the screen for a few seconds, the cursor hovering over Su Mu's chat box. Should she ask him?

I typed a few words on the screen, then deleted them. I typed again, then deleted again.

She bit her lower lip. If she asked directly, would Su Mu think she was subtly rejecting him?

It seemed she was unwilling to help and was deliberately using "out of stock" as an excuse.

Given Su Mu's personality, he most likely won't say anything, but will just reply with "Never mind then," and then figure out a solution himself.

But she didn't want to see that happen.

Ye Qingxue took a deep breath, placed her phone face down on the table, and reopened the platform's filtering page.

She began to analyze the characteristics of the cards Su Mu had sent, one by one.

The Green Lion Demon, Rank B, Beast, Power type, suitable for close-range suppression. The White Elephant Demon, Rank B, Beast, Defense type, excels at charging and blocking. The Golden-Winged Great Peng Demon, Rank B, Bird type, Speed type, possesses aerial advantage... The common points of these cards are... they are all "beasts", they all have the "demon" attribute tag, and they all have a clear counterpart within the Lion Camel Ridge system based on the Journey to the West.

Her fingers swiped rapidly across the screen, her eyes glued to each search result.

Some cards weren't high enough level, some didn't match the attributes, and some were suitable but took longer to arrive. She kept filtering, comparing, and eliminating, her profile under the desk lamp appearing somewhat pale from the blue light of the screen.

Her face, already tired from grinding through the game, looked even more haggard, and the dark circles under her eyes seemed to have deepened. But she didn't stop; instead, her fingers moved even faster across the screen.

Finally, when she turned to page thirty-something, a card made her stop.

[Name: Golden Lion Beast]

[Grade: A]

[Level: 1]

[Blood: 18000/18000]

[Attack: 1850]

[Defense: 920]

[Agility: 310]

[Combat Index: 28400]

[Skills: Golden Roar (Delivers a terrifying roar, dealing 1.5x damage to all enemies within range and reducing their attack power by 15% for 8 seconds), Lion King Charge (Charges forward, dealing 1.8x damage to all enemies in its path and knocking them back), Golden Mane Protection (Passive, reduces physical damage taken by 20%), Beast King Pressure (Passive, increases damage dealt to beast-like creatures by 25%)]

[Note: Golden Lion Beast, A-rank elite beast. In stock at our local warehouse in Rongcheng, expected delivery tomorrow. Compatible with various themes including fantasy, Western fantasy, and data-themed games.]

Local warehouse. Delivery tomorrow.

Ye Qingxue stared at the line of words, feeling a sense of relief. But then, her brows furrowed again.

Grade A card.

It's not that she doesn't have the authority.

If the father's number is unusable, he can still contact his grandfather.

Her grandfather's account allows him to buy A-level cards at will.

The key point is... embedding an A-grade card into a dungeon requires a full 500 Soul Power points.

Su Mu is currently level seventeen, and his maximum Soul Power is only a little over two hundred points.

Even if he buys this card, he won't be able to fit it in. Buying it would be a waste of money.

She leaned back in her chair, rubbing her temples in frustration.

But then I thought about those two cards in Su Mu's dungeon... Little Drill Wind is SSS-level, and White Bone Spirit is also SSS-level. Embedding an SSS-level card requires 5,000 Soul Power.

Su Mu level seventeen, where did he get so much Soul Power?

But he actually did it. This shows that Su Mu must have his own methods, some kind of way to bypass the limitations of Soul Power.

Ye Qingxue remained silent for a while before finally picking up her phone and opening her chat with Su Mu.

She typed a message: "Those B-grade cards you sent, we don't have them in stock here. It will take at least two or three days to get them from another province."

After sending it, she added a message: "But I found a Grade A one, it's in stock in the local warehouse, and it will arrive tomorrow. Do you want to take a look?"

Then she sent a screenshot of the Golden Lion Beast card information.

After sending the message, she placed her phone on the table and stared at the screen, waiting for a reply.