Who said this card is outrageous?

It was a tough decision...

No wonder!

He stared at the two cards for a while, then suddenly laughed.

Zhang Che is no longer the same person who just awakened his innate wisdom. With his mental power limit skyrocketing, he is now capable of attempting to fuse more cards.

So this time, my choice is: I want them all!

Having made up his mind, Zhang Che stacked the four cards together and began to fuse them.

This was his first attempt at fusing four cards, and he was somewhat unsure of himself, but the die was cast.

The process of fusing four cards is much more difficult than that of three, and the mental energy consumption is more than double that of the previous process!

Fortunately, he was well-prepared, and soon a brand new card appeared in front of him.

The card depicts a small, orange-yellow reptile that walks upright, with a disproportionately large head and short but sturdy limbs.

Her big, round eyes shone with a cleverness, and her mouth was slightly open, as if she might breathe fire at any moment.

Card Name: Agumon (Fire)

Type: Summoning Card

Level: Tier 2

Grade: Blue

Skills: Small flames, sharp fangs and claws

Talent: Mark of Courage

(Note: Summon your courage!)

Zhang Che stared at the familiar little guy on the card, and his lips twitched slightly.

This time it's Digimon? That's quite a complete selection.

Chapter 33 Card Maker Assessment (Part 1)

However, to be fair, Agumon is actually quite suitable for Fu Xing as a warrior.

Heaven is on the left, the warrior is on the right. A warrior without courage is destined not to go far on this path.

In the following days, Zhang Che continued to spend most of his time in the studio making cards.

During his break, he saw more and more news reports about the activities of the near-shore fishmen.

Incidents of merfolk attacking ships are frequent, and there are also increasing cases of adventurers being attacked by merfolk while hunting.

The city hall issued an official document stating that it attached great importance to this matter; the Adventurers' Guild also issued a large number of missions to clear out the near-shore fish population, while repeatedly reminding adventurers not to go out alone.

During this time, Fu Xing would occasionally come to deliver card recipes and materials, and chat about the situations he encountered while patrolling the Acropolis.

“Those fishmen are very strange.” He once sat in the living room chatting with Zhang Che, his expression quite solemn. “They cooperated well, advancing and retreating with measured steps, unlike before when they would rush in all at once. It felt like someone was directing them.”

Zhang Che didn't speak, but listened quietly.

"By the way, Yu Renjia was recently conscripted by the city guards." Fu Xing changed the subject, his tone tinged with schadenfreude. "You never see him all day. I heard he's working like a dog."

“By the way,” he suddenly leaned close to Zhang Che with a gossipy look on his face, “I heard from the classmate who went on patrol with him that day that the kid is now getting very close to a beautiful female officer in the city guards. They spend all their time together and he’s probably having a great time with her.”

Zhang Che raised an eyebrow upon hearing this: "There's such a good thing? Old Yu really hit the jackpot."

“Who says otherwise?” Fu Xing chuckled strangely.

Of course, neither of them took these words seriously and just laughed it off.

……

Zhang Che, who had been making cards all along, did not forget to go to the Adventurers' Guild to participate in the card maker assessment.

He should have gone much earlier, but he couldn't resist the surge in his mental strength recently, so he had to stay at home and sort things out by making cards.

Besides the fact that Zhang Che had basically regained control of his mental power, another important reason for going to the assessment this time was that Su Wanqing had been unable to obtain the recipe for a third-tier shark-type summoning card.

She said she had inquired around the school and asked her tutor to ask several familiar card makers, but to no avail.

"Why don't you try the Adventurers' Guild?" Su Wanqing suggested to Zhang Che over the phone.

The Adventurers' Guild was already here when Binhai City was first established, and it has been around for over a hundred years. Its heritage is far superior to that of Binhai University, which has been established for less than forty years.

The guild likely has the recipe Zhang Che needs; it just depends on whether he can get it.

Therefore, in order to attract enough attention from the Adventurers' Guild, Zhang Che had no choice but to abandon his original plan and prepare to directly attempt the assessment for a third-tier card maker.

Furthermore, skipping a level has another advantage: the assessment questions for Tier 3 card makers will not be limited to public version cards.

Zhang Che only has a few Tier 3 public version cards in his card-making manual. It would be too unfair to him to only test public version cards.

In this way, of the three Tier 3 cards he needs to make during the assessment process, only one needs to be a public version, while the remaining two can be made with his own recipe, or even be original cards.

The quality requirements are relatively uniform, with at least two white and one green color, and all materials are provided by the Adventurers' Guild.

This problem was easy to solve. When Su Wanqing heard that he was going to take the third-tier exam, she immediately got eight third-tier white card recipes.

White cards are positioned as low-end products, so there's no such thing as a useless card; the general requirement is that they just need to be usable.

……

More than a week has passed since Zhang Che agreed to conduct the card maker assessment, and during this time, Zhou Meng has had a rather difficult time.

The story begins on the day he and Shen Yan returned empty-handed:

At the time, Fang Yuanshan, the vice president of the Adventurers' Guild, specifically inquired about this matter, since each card-making manual was an important asset of the guild and must not be allowed to fall into the wrong hands!

Zhou Meng told the truth and reported Zhang Che's situation in detail. In order to make up for his previous underestimation of Zhang Che, he said a few more nice words and assured him that Zhang Che would soon come to participate in the second-level card maker assessment.

Shen Yan also testified that Zhang Che was already capable of creating second-tier blue cards.

Hearing this, Fang Yuanshan's anger subsided considerably. After all, it was just a catalog for second-tier card makers. If a little modification could win the favor of an eighteen-year-old second-tier card maker, it wouldn't be a bad deal.

So he agreed to give Zhou Meng a chance, and they would discuss it further when Zhang Che came to assess him.

If he passes, everything will be fine; but if he fails, Zhou Meng can expect to be the one left in the mess.

However, what no one expected was that this wait would last for more than a week. During this time, Zhou Meng began to be questioned, and the questioning grew stronger with time. Today, someone even started attacking him in front of his face.

"Zhou Meng, where's that genius card maker you mentioned? Why hasn't he arrived yet?" The speaker was Liu Desheng, the deputy head of the General Affairs Department. He was in his forties, with his hair slicked back and a smile that looked completely fake.

His henchman, Wang Shun, quickly chimed in, "Yeah, Brother Zhou, we didn't get stood up, did we? Or is that kid just a conman who tricked you?"

Zhou Meng's face was ashen, but he couldn't utter a single word.

He is straightforward and always speaks his mind. He will speak out directly when he sees something he doesn't like, and he never cares about anyone's feelings.

This kind of personality inevitably offends some petty people who want to seek personal gain, and Liu Desheng is the most typical example of one of them.

However, Zhou Meng himself is strong enough, and he has friends like Shen Yan by his side, so he has been able to stay in the Adventurers' Guild peacefully until now.

Moreover, although Liu Desheng disliked him, he was afraid that if he really angered Zhou Meng, the other party might recklessly attack him, which would be a huge loss.

But this time it's different. Zhou Meng made a boast but couldn't deliver any results. Liu Desheng finally got hold of this weakness, so how could he let it go so easily?

"I knew it! A kid who just turned eighteen can make a second-tier blue card?" Liu Desheng's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for the people around him to hear. "There are a lot of people bragging these days, but only our great warrior Zhou is willing to believe it."

Wang Shun chuckled beside him, his mocking expression growing even stronger.

Zhou Meng clenched his fists, but ultimately did not lash out.

He chose to believe Chang Cheh.

Although I wasn't sure myself, the mental energy fluctuations I felt at Zhang Che's house that day didn't lie, nor did the blue light flowing on that [Six-Tailed Fox] card.

That kid definitely has real skills. The reason he hasn't come for the assessment yet is probably because something has delayed him.

Shen Yan stood aside, quietly watching all of this.

It wasn't that he didn't want to help, but he knew his good brother well enough to know that Zhou Meng didn't need anyone to speak up for him right now.

Facts speak louder than words. Even if he was wrong, he would only feel more guilty afterward, thinking that he had dragged others down.

Moreover, Shen Yan also had full confidence in Zhang Che. The mental energy fluctuations emanating from the other party that were comparable to his own during their last meeting were undeniable.

A card maker who possesses peak second-tier mental strength at the age of eighteen would never be content to stay at home and remain an unknown figure for the rest of his life.

Chapter 34 Card Maker Assessment (Part 2)

Zhang Che entered the Adventurers' Guild Hall amidst this chaotic atmosphere.

After pushing open the door, there weren't many people in the lobby. He glanced around and quickly spotted Zhou Meng standing next to the service desk.

However, his expression was not good. Two middle-aged men in adventurers' guild uniforms were standing in front of him. One of them was talking about something, with an unsettling smile on his lips.

Before Zhang Che could speak, Zhou Meng rushed over and grabbed Zhang Che's arm.

"Brother, why are you so late!" Zhou Meng's voice was both anxious and angry, but more than that, it was filled with relief.

He then lowered his voice, his expression tense: "So, are you confident you can pass the test?"

Zhang Che nodded quickly.

Before Zhou Meng could say anything, the sarcastic voice drifted over from behind: "Oh, so the brave warrior Zhou has been waiting for this little brat who's just come of age?"

Liu Desheng strolled over slowly, looking Zhang Che up and down with disdain in his eyes: "With this kind of cowardice, you still want to pass the assessment for a second-tier card maker?"

Several onlookers nearby wore similar expressions. Most of those who worked in the Adventurers' Guild were extraordinary individuals, varying in strength, but all possessed basic sensory abilities.

After carefully examining Zhang Che, they did not sense any obvious fluctuations in his mental energy.

Furthermore, Zhang Che's reluctance to come for the assessment for over a week only strengthened their judgment: this kid was just bluffing and actually had no ability to make second-tier cards; he could only fool Zhou Meng, that reckless fool.

However, not everyone thought so. A few smart people did not rush to conclusions, but instead quietly glanced at Shen Yan.

He went on the last mission with Zhou Meng. Even if that kid named Zhang Che could fool Zhou Meng, he definitely couldn't fool Shen Yan.

Unfortunately, Shen Yan's expression remained calm as always, revealing no emotion whatsoever.

But if someone could read the look in his eyes, they would discover that beneath that calm lay a turbulent undercurrent.

Just over a week ago, he could still sense the same level of mental energy fluctuations emanating from Zhang Che as he could, but now he couldn't detect them at all.

No, it's not that we can't detect it, but rather that the other party's spiritual power is too profound and too stable, like a silent mountain, seemingly calm on the surface, but actually so heavy that it inspires awe.