It was supposed to be a Mythic card set, but what the heck is this Warhammer 40k?

After leaving the restaurant, Lu Ya walked along the street and came to an inconspicuous alley.

At the end of the alley, there is a dilapidated little shop with an old sign hanging at the entrance.

Over time, the signboard's colors have faded completely, and only the four large characters on it can be barely discerned—Taoyuan Materials.

Although with the rise of online shopping, most card makers have become accustomed to purchasing the materials they need for making cards from various card platform websites.

But Lu Ya still prefers to buy things in physical stores.

Of course, this wasn't Lu Ya being nostalgic; it was purely because physical stores were cheaper!

More importantly, if you choose to buy materials online, you will have to wait several days to receive the materials you need.

Lu Ya urgently needs materials, so he naturally prioritizes offline physical stores.

This "Taoyuan Material" store is a place where Lu Ya often buys materials.

Lu Ya walked into the store and saw a lean middle-aged man engrossed in scrolling through his phone.

Lu Ya reached out and knocked on the glass: "Boss, I want to buy something."

The middle-aged man heard someone shouting and was about to look up and shout back, but when he saw Lu Ya, his face immediately fell: "What, it's you again, kid?"

Lu Ya raised an eyebrow: "What's wrong? You're not happy to see a regular customer?"

The middle-aged man curled his lip: "Forget it, I can't make money off you, what's there to be happy about?"

"Tell me, what materials do you want this time? I'm telling you in advance, no bargaining this time!"

Lu Ya's expression immediately turned strange. It seemed that his predecessor had negotiated with this boss quite a bit!

So Lu Ya waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I brought enough money this time."

Upon hearing Lu Ya's words, the boss was immediately surprised: "Oh, this isn't like you at all! Where did you make your fortune?"

Lu Ya glanced at the boss: "Boss, isn't it a bit unethical of you to ask about this?"

The boss was a smart man; he chuckled and said, "It was my fault for being so talkative."

"But then again, I just received a new batch of materials, and I haven't shown them to anyone yet. Take a look at these material cards and see which ones you need. Pick whatever you like!"

As he spoke, the boss took out a box filled with various types of material cards.

Lu Ya took out all the material cards and carefully examined each one.

Character-related materials: [Vampire] (Green), [Two-Legged Goat] (White), [Soldier] (Green), [Nine-Tailed Fox] (Green)...

Item materials: [Grave Digging Shovel] (Green), [Bone Umbrella] (Green), [Mask] (White), ...

After browsing through all the materials, Lu Ya began to ponder silently.

This time, Lu Ya does not intend to create cards like Astartes.

The reason is simple: firstly, none of these resource cards are particularly suitable for crafting Astartes.

Secondly, there is a probability of failure in card production.

Lu Ya couldn't guarantee that every time he made a card, he would be as lucky as when he made the first one, "The Lamenter," and succeed on the first try.

It was after considering these two points that Lu Ya chose to settle for second best and turned his attention to the Star Guardian Army!

On the one hand, compared to Astartes, the success rate of creating the Astral Army is definitely much higher.

On the other hand, among these material cards, there is a set of material cards that is particularly suitable for making soldiers of a famous astral legion, which makes Lu Ya quite interested.

However, Lu Ya did not show any unusual expression on his face, and remained as calm as before.

Then, without anyone noticing, the three material cards [Soldier], [Grave Shovel], and [Mask] were extracted.

He looked at the shop owner and asked, "Boss, what's the price of these three resource cards?"

The shopkeeper glanced at the material cards in Lu Ya's hand, then frowned. "Wait, bro, what kind of cards are you trying to make?"

In fact, after running a stock craft shop for so many years, the owner can almost guess what kind of cards a customer wants to make just by looking at the materials.

However, the boss couldn't guess what kind of cards Lu Ya wanted to make from the three material cards he selected.

Lu Ya didn't bother explaining to the boss: "Alright, boss, just tell me how much these three material cards are worth?"

After thinking for a moment, the shop owner waved his hand and said, "Since you're a regular customer, I'll give you a friendly price. Three thousand yuan for these three material cards, take them all with you."

Two green backgrounds and one white background; three thousand yuan is indeed not expensive.

Lu Ya nodded and said, "Okay, this price is fine."

At this point, Lu Ya paused, as if suddenly remembering something, and casually asked, "By the way, boss, what's the price of blue material cards now?"

Upon hearing Lu Ya's words, the previously uninterested shopkeeper immediately perked up: "What, you want to buy blue material cards?"

Lu Ya quickly waved his hand and said, "No, I was just asking casually."

This immediately silenced the boss: "Tch, I thought you'd suddenly become so generous."

"The price of blue resource cards is roughly between 10,000 and 30,000, depending on the type of resource card you buy."

After a moment's thought, Lu Ya replied, "Strange or eerie material cards."

The shopkeeper glanced at Lu Ya and said casually, "Then the price is probably a bit high. As you know, our Peach Blossom Village Secret Realm is the main source of strange-type material cards."

"If it were before, you could probably buy a strange-type material card for over 10,000 yuan, but now, with the Peach Blossom Village Secret Realm out of control, the source of these material cards has suddenly been cut off."

"The price is estimated to soar to over 20,000, and even then, there will be no market for it!"

Lu Ya nodded thoughtfully.

Lu Ya then took out the [Mourning Ghost] card and handed it to the shopkeeper, asking, "I happen to have a ghost-type material card here, only 20,000, are you interested?"

Lu Ya is currently focusing on Warhammer card crafting, so this [Mourning Ghost] isn't very useful to him.

So it's better to sell it while the price is high.

Lu Ya's action surprised the boss.

After regaining his senses, the boss was both angry and amused: "You little rascal, you're quite cunning! I was wondering why you suddenly asked about the price of the blue material card, turns out you were waiting for me here!"

Lu Ya shrugged: "Twenty thousand. Just tell me if you'll take it or not."

The shop owner didn't hesitate and readily agreed: "Twenty thousand, deal!"

After deducting the three thousand yuan spent on purchasing the three material cards [Soldier], [Grave Shovel], and [Mask], Lu Ya now has a total of seventeen thousand yuan in his pocket.

Lu Ya breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the bank card deposit notification pop up on his phone screen.

Now that he has the material cards, he needs to prepare to make cards.

And what he's going to create this time is the infamous Krieg Death Legion of the Astronomical Army!