"Uh..."
Zhan Youqing pondered for a moment before raising her head, her eyes brimming with laughter as she looked at Jiang Yuan.
"You decide, but this Snow Mastiff Armor is for Heavy Equipment warriors. For the second one, choose something with higher speed."
"Either the Wood Attribute Wind Eagle or the Earth Attribute Earth Tiger would work."
"Alright, no problem!"
Jiang Yuan nodded and turned to glance at the stage.
After their little interlude, the competition for the top fifty in the first arena had officially started.
But Jiang Yuan now had "serious cash" in hand!
He no longer had the desire to continue watching and after greeting Zhan Youqing and Huang Huanqing, he was ready to leave.
Mu Qianshan was nowhere to be found again, but he had just taken a call, possibly discussing the matter of the last Xuanyuan Purple Pill.
"Is the Snow Mastiff Armor really that strong?"
After Jiang Yuan left, Huang Huanqing hesitated before asking Zhan Youqing.
"Of course, it is!"
Zhan Youqing proudly puffed up her chest: "You know my strength. Even operating the Five-Colored Floating Armor, I am most likely still inferior to Shi Zhuan."
"After all, I was defeated by him in the same Mecha before coming to the Academy."
"But now, with the Snow Mastiff Armor at my disposal, I can easily say that I've comfortably defeated that guy!"
Zhan Youqing got very excited talking about this.
It made sense; anyone would be unhappy being constantly outdone by Shi Zhuan.
Especially someone with as strong a competitive desire as her.
"Oh, I see."
Huang Huanqing nodded, but Zhan Youqing seemed to have read Huang Huanqing's thoughts and leaned in closer to his ear, whispering persuasively.
"Let me tell you, he is the kind of Card Maker who truly has his own ideas."
"Both you and I have seen plenty of Card Makers, but how many have you seen with the ingenuity of his card making?"
"Now that his price is not very high, it's better to act quickly. With this improvement in card quality as a basis, future enhancements will be much easier."
"Moreover, the cards he makes, both in terms of quality and strength, are very impressive."
"Just as you think, after the Mechanical Crow leaves you, are you confident you can find another more suitable Card Maker to create a replacement for your Mechanical Crow?"
"It's impossible, for Summoning Cards of this type, other than Jiang Yuan, there is only his teacher."
"And after the Mechanical Crow leaves, would you easily accept another crow-type Guardian Beast?"
After Zhan Youqing finished speaking, Huang Huanqing fell into silence.
Asking himself whether what Zhan Youqing said was right?
It was very right.
But the problem was, he still couldn't make up his mind.
Because the Mechanical Crow was still here!
Huang Huanqing gently caressed the cold metal in his pocket and let out a soft sigh.
Seeing this, Zhan Youqing could only helplessly shake her head.
She understood Huang Huanqing's thoughts, so she knew it was something Huang Huanqing had to overcome on his own.
After all, the Mechanical Crow had been with Huang Huanqing since childhood.
"Old Master, how's it going, did you find the problem?"
"Yep."
The Old Master nodded, looking at the Blue Quality Card in his hands, then said to Jiang Yuan.
"If we go by this world's rules of card making, it seems your card making mindset is flawed."
"Card making mindset?"
Jiang Yuan was puzzled: "What's wrong with my card making mindset? Isn't this just modeled on the Seven Treasures Linglong Tower?"
"Right, you could say that's not incorrect."
The Old Master nodded: "When you started making this card, you wanted it to be a Defense Type card, correct?"
"Yes."
"But why did you then add materials meant for offense afterwards? At that point, you were already thinking about giving this treasure some offensive capabilities."
"Yeah!"
Hearing the Old Master explain, Jiang Yuan suddenly understood.
"So you mean, as long as I make the card according to my intentions and don't bother about its original model?"
"That's correct."
The Old Master smiled, stroking his beard and nodding: "However, even though you've realized this, the card's fundamental tone has already been set, and it can't be changed back to purely Defense Equipment anymore."
"What a pity."
Jiang Yuan sighed. If he hadn't modeled it on the Seven Treasures Linglong Tower originally, but continued to create it based on his version of Linglong Tower, he might now have a Linglong Tower that could withstand attacks from the same Realm Red Quality Cards.
Alas, the Old Master's advice came just too late.
If only he had known sooner.
But it was also his own fault; when he upgraded the Linglong Tower card, he wanted to add some offensive power.
The weak him did have some obsession with offensive capabilities.
This obsession ended up costing him a piece of reliable Defense Equipment.
"Right, there's also this."
Jiang Yuan said, pulling out another Purple Quality Card.
"Heh, this one was created based on the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, sort of as another piece of equipment to protect myself after the failure of the Linglong Tower."
"This card?"
The Old Master handed the Blue Quality Card back to Jiang Yuan and took the Purple Quality Card from Jiang Yuan's hands.