Who said this card is outrageous?

However, due to the appearance of the fish-men calamity, Binhai City had to abandon everything else and focus all its efforts on fighting them.

The war between the two sides frightened other extraordinary creatures into not daring to show themselves, and as a result, not only ice-type materials, but also other types of materials saw a significant reduction in production on the market.

While production has decreased, the ice element's effectiveness against water elements and its special attack against murlocs on land have led to a surge in demand, making ice materials even harder to obtain.

"Well, actually it's fine this way..." Zhang Che stroked the six-tailed fox's fluffy body, and his mood gradually relaxed.

……

After some time, Zhang Che suddenly heard a knock on the door and quickly got up to open it.

Standing outside the door was Su Wanqing.

“Miss Su? What brings you here today…” Zhang Che was about to ask her why she had time to come in person when he suddenly remembered that Fu Xing, who had always been responsible for delivering things, was seriously injured and hospitalized and couldn’t do the job.

Realizing his slip of the tongue, Zhang Che smiled apologetically and quickly stepped aside, saying, "Please come in, please come in."

"Sorry to bother you." Su Wanqing nodded and stepped inside.

Her gaze swept across the living room, from the empty walls to Liuwei on the sofa, and finally landed on the cup on the coffee table that hadn't been put away yet.

Liuwei tilted its head and glanced at Su Wanqing. Recognizing her as someone it seemed to know, it ignored her and continued to curl up on the sofa and lick its paws.

When they sat down, Zhang Che noticed that the water he had poured for Ruan Ruoshi was still on the coffee table, and the tissue she had used was next to the cup.

He quickly removed the cup from the kitchen, then found a clean glass and poured Su Wanqing a glass of water.

Liuwei stayed quietly on the sofa the whole time, until Zhang Che sat down again, then jumped into his arms.

"I don't have anything good at home, sorry for the neglect." Zhang Che said to himself, reminding himself that he must buy some tea and drinks to keep on hand later.

Although he doesn't drink himself, he still has to prepare it for the guests.

Su Wanqing picked up her water glass, took a sip, put it down, and looked at Zhang Che's face, a slight smile playing on her lips.

"That customer just now, I think she was a girl."

She noticed a faint lipstick mark on the cup that Zhang Che had replaced.

The atmosphere in Binhai City is not so open, and very few men would use such things.

“Miss Su is quite observant.” Zhang Che did not deny it, and casually explained, “She is a sheriff from the Public Security Bureau. She came to me this time to inquire about a clue in a case.”

As for the specifics, Zhang Che didn't elaborate, and Su Wanqing didn't ask further. Ultimately, the two were merely acquaintances, far from being close enough to share such matters.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Su Wanqing got down to business.

"The matter you asked me to inquire about yesterday has been resolved." She put down her water glass, took a file folder from her briefcase, and placed it on the coffee table, immediately attracting Zhang Che's attention.

Chapter 62 Breaking Through One's Limits

Zhang Che sat up straight: "What was the result?"

“My advisor said you can see the information about the Purple Card.” Su Wanqing’s tone was very calm, as if she were talking about something very ordinary. “But knowledge is definitely not free, and it’s not something I can just give to you casually.”

As she spoke, she opened the file bag, pulled out a few sheets of paper, and handed them to Zhang Che.

Zhang Che took it and saw that it was an employment contract.

"Assistant Dean?" He looked up, somewhat surprised, at Su Wanqing.

“Assistant Dean of the Card Masters College, Binhai University,” Su Wanqing explained. “My mentor said you can come to the college to work first. Not only can you openly learn how to make purple cards from her, but all kinds of benefits and treatment will also be provided as usual.”

The conditions offered by Professor Su Wanqing were truly generous.

Zhang Che placed the contract on the coffee table and remained silent for a while.

The information Su Wanqing brought was largely the same as what he had heard from Mo Yuncheng yesterday, the main difference being the lack of information about "uniqueness".

That makes sense, given Old Master Mo's tone at the time; this so-called "uniqueness" must have been a crucial element in the purple card production process. Su Wanqing's mentor naturally wouldn't reveal this before confirming Zhang Che's eligibility to learn.

"How is it?" Su Wanqing asked when she saw that he hadn't spoken yet.

Zhang Che looked up at her, his expression somewhat complicated: "Miss Su, there's something I need to tell you."

Su Wanqing frowned slightly: "What is it?"

Zhang Che took a deep breath and briefly recounted what happened at the Adventurers' Guild yesterday. Su Wanqing was stunned after listening to him.

She stared wide-eyed at Zhang Che, her mouth opening and closing as if to say, "How can he break his promise?" but then realized she didn't seem to have the right to say so.

After all, Zhang Che isn't a student at Binhai University, so it's entirely his freedom to choose where he wants to study. Besides, when they talked about this yesterday, it was still far from certain, so no one can criticize him for anything.

But Su Wanqing was still a little flustered. If she went back and told her mentor that things had gone wrong, she could already foresee being scolded mercilessly.

No, we can't go back like this!

Su Wanqing steeled her resolve, took out a formal letter of appointment as assistant dean from the file bag, stamped with the red seal of Binhai University's Card Teachers College, and bearing Xu Jing's handwritten signature.

Once Zhang Che signs his name on it, the employment relationship will take effect immediately.

This was given to her by Xu Jing before she set off today, with the aim of showing their sincerity as much as possible.

"Take this first." She placed the appointment letter on the coffee table and pushed it towards Zhang Che. "Even if you learn from that old man in the Adventurers' Guild, it won't prevent you from having a proper job, right?"

Her idea was simple: get Zhang Che to agree first, and once he officially joined the company and was under her mentor's control, if she still couldn't win him over, then it wouldn't be her problem anymore.

Zhang Che looked at the letter of appointment but did not immediately reach out to take it.

"I'll think about it," he said. "I'll give you an answer in a few days."

Su Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he didn't directly refuse. She stood up, put the file folder back into her bag, and nodded to Zhang Che: "Okay, then I'll wait for your news."

After saying that, she turned and walked out. Zhang Che didn't even have time to say "I'll see you out" before she had already reached the door.

She opened the door, said "No need to see me off" without turning her head, then closed the door, her footsteps fading into the distance.

Zhang Che stood in the living room, looking at the employment contract on the coffee table, and was momentarily dazed.

Zhang Che couldn't help but feel a little annoyed by all the trouble that had happened in what should have been a perfectly good morning.

He sat back on the sofa, and Liuwei immediately jumped onto his lap and rubbed its head against his hand.

"Meow—"

Zhang Che looked down at Liuwei and reached out to pat its head.

"Tell me, should I go or not?"

Liuwei tilted its head and blinked twice, clearly not understanding what he was saying.

Zhang Che smiled and didn't dwell on the matter any further. Following the principle of first come, first served, he planned to ask Old Master Mo for his opinion when he met him later.

After all, I'm currently learning under Mo Yuncheng, so I should at least inform my senior about this.

Even if you have to try to please both sides, you have to avoid offending anyone.

……

Fortunately, good news finally came in the afternoon. Wang Guofu called and said that they had acquired a lot of materials and asked Zhang Che to go and pick them up first.

Zhang Che hung up the phone, picked up Liuwei, changed into a coat, and went out.

When he arrived at the card shop, Wang Guofu did not disappoint him. There were three large boxes of materials, including second and third tier materials, mostly produced by fishmen, but also some other extraordinary materials.

"Uncle Wang, thank you." Zhang Che grinned from ear to ear.

"No need for thanks, we're father and son, don't be so polite." Wang Guofu waved his hand, but couldn't help asking, "What do you need so many materials for?"

"The Adventurers' Guild is going to make a large-scale purchase, so I'm preparing in advance." Zhang Che didn't hide anything and briefly mentioned the cleanup operation that Shen Yan had mentioned.

Anyway, this news should be announced in a few days.

After listening, Wang Guofu remained silent for a while, then sighed, "I don't know how long this war will last."

"It will all be over eventually, have faith in our city," Zhang Che comforted the other person, then hailed a car, loaded the three boxes of materials into the vehicle, and went home.

Shouldn't we get a spatial artifact?

With ample materials available this time, Zhang Che was able to fully unleash his potential.

In the following days, he tried to fuse some new cards.

To avoid being too sensational, Zhang Che will not use all the newly fused cards to complete the Adventurers' Guild's acquisition mission. Instead, he will mix in a considerable number of existing cards—of course, all of which are the kind that have real combat value, not the useless cards that were previously used as fusion materials.

For example, the public version cards already in the card album, such as [Sawtooth Shark], [Water Wall], [Needle Anemone], [Water Armor], and [Healing Water Ring], are all types that are suitable for underwater combat.

While these cards are not as powerful as the blue cards fused by Zhang Che, they can still play a significant role in specific underwater scenarios.

More importantly, the cost of a green card is low enough that more people can use it.

Then, during these few days, Zhang Che finally began to try making blue cards directly. However, in order to ensure the success rate, he tried to practice with first- and second-tier blue cards first.

The results were quite good; the success rate for first-tier blue cards reached 70%, and for second-tier blue cards it barely reached 50%.

Although it can't compare to the near 100% success rate of the green card, considering the difficulty of making the blue card itself, Zhang Che's result is quite good for his first attempt.

Chapter 63 [Alright, Squid], the powerful [Penetration] talent

The days passed by in such a fulfilling way.

Zhang Che's life became very regular. Every day he would make and fuse cards, and then spend some time studying the purple card refining array he had learned from Grandpa Mo.

To be fair, the difficulty of forging a magic array from a purple card is indeed extraordinary. Even the most basic sketching work made Zhang Che feel extremely miserable, as if he had returned to the miserable life of doing various experiments for his graduation thesis in his previous life.

Keep in mind that this is only a lower-level extraordinary purple card. As for the higher-level purple cards and even orange cards, according to the old man at the time, their production difficulty increased dramatically.

No wonder so many high-level card makers stumbled on this, ultimately leading to official restrictions on this knowledge.

During this period, Zhang Che did try to "skip class" and use the blue cards he made to fuse them, to see if he could bypass the learning of the purple card magic circle and directly make the finished product.

However, the result was not ideal.

Either the fused card remains a blue card, only with a slightly deeper purple hue in its patterns, still quite a distance from a true purple card; or although a purple card is successfully fused, like the previous "Predict the Future" card, its surface gradually deteriorates, eventually becoming completely unusable and leaving nothing behind.

Zhang Che carefully considered this question and ultimately came to a possible conclusion:

The white, green, and blue quality cards are not directly related to the purple and orange quality cards that follow. Instead, they represent two of the most outstanding individuals in the card-making profession. So even though there is some connection between them, they are not from the same system and have different underlying logic.

This is probably one of the reasons why when those card makers were learning to make cards of the first three tiers, at most they would just end up looking disheveled if they failed, but when making purple and orange cards, they could even lose their lives if they were not careful.

As for how to solve this problem, Zhang Che believes the answer will most likely lie in the purple card production method that needs to be learned later.

Once he learns the relevant theoretical knowledge, he should be able to find the key to fusing blue cards with purple cards.