After these days of card making and cultivation, Jiang Yuan was just one step away from Xuanxiao Period strength.
"Alright, let's go now."
Tong Yuchang nodded and then led Jiang Yuan toward the back of the villa area.
Tong Yuchang quickly brought Jiang Yuan to their destination.
Since they were all standard villas, there wasn't much difference, and it was not much different from where Jiang Yuan lived.
"Here we are. Let's go in."
Tong Yuchang spoke and then headed straight inside.
Soon, a girl came out of the house.
The girl didn't seem very old, with long black hair draped over her shoulders and a gentle smile on her face.
"This is Hu Qingwei, ranked fourth in the second-year student rankings."
Jiang Yuan nodded but didn't have any significant emotional fluctuations, after all, Shi Ji was much more beautiful than her.
After seeing Shi Ji so often, although she was also pretty, it was just a bit.
Hu Qingwei was somewhat surprised to see Jiang Yuan's calm demeanor and lack of any fluctuation in his eyes.
After all, she was considered to be quite beautiful even among everyone at the Academy.
And among second-year students, she was known for both strength and beauty.
And yet, Jiang Yuan merely gave her a calm look without any further response.
For someone who was often the center of attention, this felt quite strange.
But she didn't take it to heart and directly invited both of them into the house.
"Did Tong Yuchang tell you about my purpose?"
After entering the house, Hu Qingwei directly asked Jiang Yuan.
"He did, but he didn't tell me your requirements," Jiang Yuan responded, nodding calmly.
Hu Qingwei glanced at Tong Yuchang, and noticing his somewhat awkward smile, she quickly understood what Tong Yuchang was thinking.
The one ranked second was on very good terms with Tong Yuchang.
"It's like this, do you know who the top three rankers among our second-year students are?"
After rolling her eyes at Tong Yuchang, she asked Jiang Yuan.
"Um, I'm not quite clear about that."
Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and then shook his head. Ever since entering the Academy, he had immersed himself in his own world.
Card making, going to Grotto Heaven to improve Shi Ji's strength, completing tasks, and then back to card making.
Having no money from card making, he crazy made cards in an attempt to get the final payment from the military.
So when Hu Qingwei asked him about the top three among second-year students, he genuinely didn't know.
"Okay, so what is your request?"
After saying this, Jiang Yuan felt a bit embarrassed and quickly asked.
"Sigh."
Hu Qingwei let out a sigh, "Among the top three, the second and third place students both specialize in using flames, so I want a skill that can withstand flames."
"The third ranker is a Skill Card Master who is good at various Fire Element skill cards. The second ranker is a Transform Card Master whose specialty Transformation Card is the Demonic Flame Tiger."
Tong Yuchang added from the side.
"Oh, I see."
Jiang Yuan nodded, having a rough idea in his mind.
As expected, it would be one of the 72 minor skills from the 72 Transformations.
If it's about avoiding fire damage, both [Sitting on Flames] and [Boiling Stone] should work.
[Sitting on Flames] is to avoid the damage from flames, basically insulating from the fire.
While [Boiling Stone] disregards the damage from heat.
Theoretically, since flames cause burning damage through high temperature, [Boiling Stone] could also withstand flame damage.
Of course, there's also the Fire Element escape technique from the Five Elements.
Utilizing flames to activate the Escape Technique would allow one to ignore fire damage for a short time and even use the flames to break through to the opponent's side.
"What's your profession?"
Jiang Yuan asked Hu Qingwei.
He needed to consider Hu Qingwei's profession; if it's close combat like an assassin warrior, then the Five Elements Escape Technique would be suitable.
And if it's a Mage who attacks from a distance, then [Sitting on Flames] or [Boiling Stone] would be the choices.
However, Hu Qingwei's request also gave Jiang Yuan a reminder.
It's necessary to create those 72 useful minor skills of the 72 Transformations sooner rather than later.
Although there are some cards he still can't make at the moment.
After all, he had tried to make an Invisibility card.
But obviously, he failed.
The card quality wasn't enough.
The Invisibility card required at least a Purple Quality Card to contain it.
And there's another card called Expel God.
Jiang Yuan estimates that a Blue Quality Card might not even be able to hold this card.
After all, there's a difference between Expel God and Summoning Immortals.
One is commanding the immortals; the other is requesting the immortals.
From this alone, one can see the difference between the two cards.
But the Summoning Immortals card still has much potential for development.
Currently, the summoned immortal can only perform one attack or one assist.
Maybe after the card is upgraded, the summoned immortal could fight an entire battle until the enemy is defeated.
Speaking of enhancing card quality, maybe it's about time to upgrade the Linglong Tower?
Currently, Linglong Tower lacks attack skills, which is fine for covering oneself, but inconvenient when covering an opponent.
Also, need to make an Array Card that can restrict the opponent, to be used in conjunction with the Linglong Tower.
Thinking up to this point, Jiang Yuan couldn't help feeling a headache coming on.
"What's wrong? Is my request hard to fulfill?"
Seeing Jiang Yuan like this, Hu Qingwei asked, somewhat puzzled.
Tong Yuchang also looked at Jiang Yuan strangely; by rights, Jiang Yuan shouldn't find this level of request challenging.
For cards that can resist fire damage, there are Purple Quality Cards.
But these aren't what they can use at their current stage.
So Hu Qingwei wants a Blue Quality Card that she can use.
Of course, it has to be able to resist fire damage.
Money and such don't matter, as long as it meets her requirements.