Who said this card is outrageous?

From the moment he crushed the wine glass that night, the matter could no longer be easily dismissed.

It must be admitted that since the destruction of the Tianyuan Giant Shield that Ma Qiyun relied on, the coldness and warmth of human relationships he has experienced in the past six months have tempered his character, and he will no longer act rashly in anything.

However, we will not be short of any of the necessary preparations, and we will not be in a hurry to wait for the right opportunity.

Zhang Che did not intend to get involved; it was Ma Qiyun's own family matter, and outsiders interfering would only muddy the waters.

Moreover, the most important thing right now is to solve the problem with Ma Lingfeng.

Although Zhang Che broke through the mental suppression that had been held back for many years, whether the mental sea that had been suppressed for so long had left any hidden damage, and whether its subsequent development would be affected, all of these can only be determined through professional diagnosis and long-term observation.

This concerns the child's future, and no parent can afford to be careless about it.

With the connections Ma Qiyun had built up, he shouldn't be unable to handle such a small matter, so Zhang Che didn't need to worry about his family.

During this free time, Zhang Che not only explored the rift and searched for suitable teammates, but also kept inquiring about information that might help Ahri advance her card level.

But the results were not ideal.

This is not surprising. After all, how easy would it be to break the rules set by the card-making master, that superhuman being from hundreds of years ago?

Even in a major city like Nanzhao City, which ranks among the top in the entire Federation, all Zhang Che could find were some legendary stories of the success of his ancestors.

Very few of the things are truly useful.

Left with no other choice, Zhang Che had to rely on his own efforts and try to plan a possible promotion path for Ali himself.

Since we can't find a ready-made solution, we should break down the methods from existing experience.

After all, she had experience in independently improving card quality before, and Zhang Che felt that he could learn from her experience, which might be useful.

Zhang Che spent several days mentally deducing the direction and roughly figured out a path: start with the core attributes of the cards.

In that case, his next step is to collect some extraordinary materials with spatial attributes. At the same time, to avoid an imbalance in card attributes, he also needs to prepare some fire and spirit attribute materials as a buffer for neutralization and balance.

Of the latter two materials, Zhang Che had no shortage of fire-attribute materials.

I collected a lot of good items during my previous trip to the Flame Dragon Rift, and the quality of them was quite good.

If all else fails, those two fifth-tier extraordinary spiritual plants can be used, or you can exchange them for more suitable materials in the market.

However, extraordinary materials with spiritual attributes are a bit harder to obtain.

The materials he had previously used for the Heart-Eating Demon had been exhausted during his journey. Although he had tried to replenish them during this time, due to the extreme rarity of spiritual attribute materials, he could only acquire materials at the lower level of the extraordinary realm with his current financial resources.

As for materials at the mid-level extraordinary level, those are beyond his reach.

Actually, this is already considered good. No matter how rare extraordinary materials with spiritual attributes are, at least they can be bought on the regular market.

Especially in cities like Nanzhao City, which are close to many rift entrances, there is a large volume of trade and frequent circulation of various materials. As long as you are willing to pay, not to mention fourth-tier spirit attribute materials, even fifth-tier or sixth-tier materials can be found if you wait patiently for a while.

The focus is on materials with exceptional spatial properties.

That thing is truly priceless; ordinary people can hardly even see it on the market, let alone buy it.

Occasionally, some scraps with spatial attributes may appear in ordinary fissures, but they are of poor quality and contain very little material. They are barely enough to make the lowest-level spatial storage cards, and are absolutely unsuitable for carrying out operations such as upgrading purple cards to orange cards.

The reason why the hollow fissure in Binhai City was rated as a level three resource fissure was precisely because it could stably produce spatial attribute materials.

The fact that the coastal city hall cherishes even a level 3 resource-type fissure like a treasure speaks volumes about how rare such a thing is.

……

Nanzhao City truly lives up to its reputation as the city with the most fissures in the entire southwestern province. In addition to numerous ordinary fissures, including two level-7 fissures, it also has a considerable number of resource-type fissures.

Zhang Che had done his homework. There were more than twenty registered resource-type fissures in the entire Nanzhao City area, of which three could produce materials with extraordinary spatial attributes—two level three and one level six.

The two level-three rifts were of little use to Zhang Che, so the level-six resource-type rift naturally became the only target.

He currently possesses a level 5 hunting jade token and a level 6 hunting jade token. Logically, as long as Zhang Che takes the initiative to apply, he should be able to easily obtain the qualification to enter the rift.

The problem is that this level of rare fissure is being watched by countless eyes.

There are only a few spots available each year, and the line of people waiting can stretch for more than ten blocks from the guild entrance.

If Zhang Che had followed the normal procedures, who knows when it would have been his turn.

Back then, when we went to the Sky Rift from Binhai City, we only found an opportunity because everyone's attention was diverted by the Murloc Catastrophe.

There are now more extraordinary individuals and forces in Nanzhao City. If you only have a hunting jade token, it will be very difficult to compete with those who have connections in the local area.

With no other option, Zhang Che could only try to find connections to resolve the matter himself.

The first person he thought of was Luo Shulian.

As the vice president of the Adventurers' Guild and a fifth-tier transcendent being, the connections and resources he holds are clearly on a much higher level than those of an ordinary outsider adventurer.

After meeting at the Adventurers' Guild that night, Zhang Che received several card-making requests from her as promised, mostly for fourth and fifth-tier cards.

The former is easy to say. With Zhang Che's skill in creating fourth-tier purple cards, these fourth-tier cards, which are only of blue quality at most, are basically easy to make.

Even if it's a card he's never seen before, Zhang Che can figure it out in a few days, and the success rate of card making can generally be maintained at around 60-70%.

Fifth-tier cards and fourth-tier cards are both at the mid-level extraordinary level, so there is no essential difference in their crafting techniques. The only limitation for Zhang Che is that, having only recently advanced to the fifth tier, his mental strength is insufficient to support his long-term research into the crafting of fifth-tier cards.

Chapter 339 Competition

Ultimately, the two most difficult tasks that Luo Shulian gave him were delayed.

To complete this completely, aside from Zhang Che's own necessary time, it will take at least another two or three months.

……

In the Adventurers' Guild's vice president's office, Luo Shulian sat quietly across the table, listening to Zhang Che finish reporting on the card-making progress for this stage.

The calm expression on her face perfectly concealed her true thoughts, leaving no clue to what was going on.

The same applies to Chang Cheh.

But in reality, Luo Shulian was already shocked by Zhang Che's work efficiency—she had originally set a timeframe of about two months for just the fourth-tier parts of those commissions.

This is the standard assessment given by the senior card makers in the guild.

As for the fifth-tier ones, she didn't expect to see results in a short time. According to industry practice, it takes at least three months, and it's not surprising if a complicated formula takes a year or two.

But what about Zhang Che? He finished all the fourth-tier parts in a month and a half, and the quality was no lower than expected.

Although he had only just begun working on the fifth level, he had already grasped some of the basics and even produced a finished product for her.

Even though it's only a green-quality card, it's still an astonishing achievement.

Moreover, he explicitly stated in his report that the remaining two Tier 5 Blue Cards should be completed within two or three months.

This speed would be considered top-notch in any card-making workshop in Nanzhao City.

It can only be said that Zhang Che underestimated just how extraordinary his awakened "anchoring" trait really was.

With a complete formula, and if you're lucky, it's entirely possible to reduce the normal research time to half or even a third of what it would normally take.

Then, when it's time for normal card production, it can also help improve the success rate.

It is a unique talent that becomes more apparent the more you study it.

Zhang Che wouldn't dare say he was that strong, but he definitely possessed the qualities best suited to his own abilities.

……

The mission progress report was quickly completed, and Zhang Che received the second phase of payment as promised.

But he didn't take it. Instead, he pushed it back onto the table, looked up at Luo Shulian, and revealed the real purpose of his trip: the level six rift that produces materials with extraordinary spatial attributes.

He wanted to understand its internal details, as well as the channels and methods for gaining access.

"You mean you want to go to the Void Rift?" Luo Shulian immediately looked troubled upon hearing this.

How could it be this place?

She leaned back in her chair, crossed her arms, looked at Zhang Che, and sighed helplessly: "That place is being watched by quite a few people. If I remember correctly, the queue should be full until the end of the year."

At this point, she unconsciously tapped the table twice, then continued, "Besides, resource-type rifts aren't something you can just enter by applying through the proper procedures; you need to..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Che had already reached into his pocket and pulled out a dark green jade token engraved with the emblem of the Adventurers' Guild, which he gently placed on the table in front of Luo Shulian.

Luo Shulian stopped speaking abruptly. Her gaze fell on the jade pendant, and she immediately reached out and picked it up, examining it over and over several times.

"A sixth-tier hunting jade token?!" She placed the token back on the table, then looked up at Zhang Che intently. "Where did you get this?"

Zhang Che did not hide anything and briefly talked about some things that happened to him in Qi'an City, but of course he did not dare to go into too much detail.

After listening, Luo Shulian remained silent for a few seconds, picked up the jade pendant and looked at it, before reluctantly handing it back to Zhang Che.

"The highest-level hunting jade token issued by the Adventurers' Guild headquarters, I really don't know where you found the connections." She sat up straight again, her tone returning to its businesslike manner, but there was still a hint of undisguised envy in her words, "Theoretically speaking, the holder of this jade token can enter any resource-type rift of level six or below belonging to the Adventurers' Guild in any city."

At this point, she spread her hands on the table and shook her head slightly: "It's a pity. If the Adventurers' Guild were in charge of the Void Rift, I could issue a pass for you to enter right now."

However, how could the Adventurers' Guild possibly handle such a high-end item as the Void Rift? Do they really think the City Guard (City Hall) and the University Alliance are just for show?

A level 6 resource-type rift capable of producing materials with extraordinary spatial properties is valuable enough to support a major power in any city.

Therefore, the situation in Nanzhao City is as follows: This level 6 resource-type rift is jointly controlled by three major forces, who share 90% of the admission quotas every year.

As for the remaining ten percent, it was reserved specifically for casual observers to silence public opinion.

This rule was written in black and white when the three parties signed the agreement, in order to prevent public discontent from arising from the monopoly of resources.

Furthermore, all three parties have strictly prohibited anyone who has obtained a spot from trading it, in order to prevent any disastrous consequences that no one wants to see—such as a major power acquiring the spots of casual players through private purchases and turning the Rift into its own backyard.

This is precisely why Zhang Che's sudden appearance made things very difficult for the Adventurers' Guild.

If Zhang Che is willing to wait, things will be easier to handle.

The Adventurers' Guild has a fixed number of slots each year. They just need to allocate one of next year's slots to him. Anyway, next year's issues can be arranged next year, and no one can say anything about it.

The problem now is that this year's quota has already been allocated. The list was finalized at the beginning of the year, and each one was decided after several rounds of internal discussions within the guild.

Each of the applicants is someone of considerable importance, and kicking any one out would offend people.

Although Luo Shulian holds the position of vice president, this matter is far from something she can decide on her own.

Even the leader of the Adventurers' Guild has to pay a considerable price to replace someone in the queue.

Rules are sometimes not very important, but at other times they can be very important.

So, Luo Shulian spread out a blank sheet of paper on the table and used a pen to explain the current complicated situation to Zhang Che, advising him to give up some unrealistic fantasies.

Finally, she closed her fingers, looked at Zhang Che, and softened her tone: "With your qualifications, if you can wait in line for six months to a year, I can try my best to help you get a spot next year. Theoretically, there shouldn't be any major problems."