Exclusive sister card, unlimited evolution

Possess skills:

Enlightenment: After taking it, the soul is sublimated, the card limit is +1, each person can only use it once

Introduction: Ah! Enlightenment!

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After picking up the card and checking it, the girl showed a satisfied expression on her face. She reached into her pocket and took out another card.

The card showed a world of ice and snow, with a blurry little figure sitting motionless in the snow, looking no different from dead.

But if you shake the card slightly, you can see that the figure's chest is still rising and falling.

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【Ice Heart Forging】

Grade: Silver (cannot be upgraded)

Level: 2 stars (cannot be upgraded)

Possess skills:

Frost Forging: The user's mind is trapped in an icy illusion, requiring them to remain there for 24 hours without passing out. This skill increases the card limit by 1. Each user can only use this skill once.

Introduction: Temper your will with extreme cold. Card masters with weak bodies should never do this in reality, or you will die.

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After putting away the Ice Heart Forging, Lu Yan was about to go upstairs to increase his strength. As he was about to enter the door, he remembered something he was worried about and leaned back:

"Well, Sister Jiang, about me provoking the Wang family..."

"Don't worry, I'm your elder sister and landlord, and I'm also your umbrella. Now that you've moved in, you're mine."

Jiang Jiu interrupted him, raised his eyes and looked at Lu Yan seriously:

"I still say the same thing. As long as you're in the city, no one can use insidious means to deal with you. I will handle everything. What you need to do is to become stronger as soon as possible and then help me with some things in the card domain."

"You have to trust me, okay?"

Lu Yan nodded silently. The reason why he asked this question again was mainly because he didn't know much about Jiang Jiu's "status", and the girl didn't have any aura of a strong person.

You have to know that he once met the clan leader, his great-grandfather, from afar. That powerful man was extremely imposing and exuded an extremely sharp aura.

Compared to him, Jiang Jiu doesn't have much deterrent power either in terms of appearance or aura.

Running back to his room, Lu Yan summoned Lamia and Daisy to protect him. He first took out a Bodhi leaf, summoned it, and put it in his mouth to chew for a while.

The swallowing action caused some of the sweet leaves to directly transform into energy, flowing into Lu Yan's stomach, and then rushing to various parts of the body. The destination was naturally the three important acupoints between the eyebrows, the heart, and the lower abdomen.

Chapter 40 Surveillance

Energy surged into his soul, and a feeling similar to that of promotion enveloped Lu Yan. He shivered involuntarily and breathed a sigh of relief.

He pulled out the soul card and took a look at it, then picked up the [Ice Heart Forging] card on the table, asked Lamia to bring a blanket and sit on the ground, and then put it into the soul.

After activating the training card, the scene in front of him changed instantly, the temperature plummeted to below zero, and the vague connection with Lamia and Daisy disappeared.

What came into view was an ice field. He sat upright on the ice field without any cushion under his butt, and came into close contact with the snow.

The physical attributes that had been improved disappeared at this moment, and he returned to his previous state before the card enhancement.

"A test of will, huh?"

His teeth chattered slightly, and Lu Yan, feeling the cold, widened his eyes, letting the coldness envelop him, feeling as if his whole body was melting into the glacier.

The cold turned into warmth. This is the situation that people who died of freezing will experience before they die. Although Lu Yan's body was numb and he could not feel any pain, he was extremely awake at this moment. He did not make any other movements and forced his eyelids to stay open when he was about to close them.

After 23 hours, he was completely covered by the blizzard, with only white snowflakes in front of him. Lu Yan didn't even know whether he had fainted or was still awake.

In the last hour, the burning sensation brought by the cold began to gradually disappear, the gloomy and snowy sky slowly turned into clear skies, and the surrounding snow-capped mountains gradually melted.

The ice field disappeared, and the ice and snow on Lu Yan's body turned into snow water and flowed down. No matter how you looked at his body, it seemed as if it had never been hurt. The cracking and tingling that he felt were all fake.

Plants emerged from the soil and appeared in front of Lu Yan. He stared at a flower blooming in front of him, and the entire illusion was completely shattered!

His body trembled, and he supported himself on the floor with both hands. Lu Yan couldn't stop gasping for breath and looked around. He grabbed the arm of Lamia, who was standing beside him with a concerned expression. The loneliness and coldness quickly disappeared from his heart.

"Oh my god, that's too real. I wonder if most cards that increase soul limit are like this?"

After returning to normal, he couldn't help but press his temples. His mind was clearer than ever before, and his thinking speed also increased a lot.

"Lamiya, how much time has passed?"

"It's been 20 minutes. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine now, I even feel more energetic."

With Lamia's help, he stood up and sat back on the sofa. The soul card showed that the card limit had reached 8 points, allowing him to continue equipping more cards.

Choosing which cards is what he needs to do next. Lu Yan shook his head excitedly. Although his body and soul are at their peak, he still decided to have a good sleep first.

The spiritual training in the ice illusion was really unforgettable. He was still frightened and needed to have a good rest, forget those illusions, or put them deep in his mind.

"By the way, Lamia," Lu Yan, lying on the bed with his eyes closed, gave Servant Zero a task, "Can you monitor the Wang family's communications while ensuring your own safety?"

"can."

"Then I'll leave it to you. Monitor the Wang family's communications."

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While he was assigning tasks to Lamia, a conversation targeting Lu Yan was indeed taking place in the heart of the Wang family manor.

"Lu Yan is still alive? Have you found out his strength?"

The middle-aged man in a suit turned around and looked at the two royal card masters who had obtained the Bodhi leaf. They shook their heads.

"Dad, we've asked many card masters who saw him take action. All the guys killed by that dead leftover were quickly dealt with by him. If we estimate him as high as possible, he might be as strong as us."

"He's growing up so fast. Could it be that he really has a crush on that girl?"

The man frowned, and his two sons looked at each other. One of them asked, "Dad, so why didn't we suddenly send assassins to take care of him in the city?"

"He's connected to the authorities and is currently living with the eldest daughter of the Jiang family. We can't touch him casually."

"What? The Jiang family you're talking about is the one in Yandu," another voice rose, his face full of panic, "Could it be that the Jiang family has taken a fancy to us? Then we..."

"Don't panic. I heard she was exiled here and has no power. Otherwise, your great-grandfather would have taken his men and run away long ago. How could it have dragged on until now?"

Waving his hands to signal his two sons to be quiet, the man continued to explain to them:

"What I meant by a mutual attraction was that the young lady was planning to recruit Lu Yan as a worker. She had already come to the Wang family and told us about it.

She has no control over what happens in Kayu, and she won't interfere, but if something goes wrong in the city, she doesn't mind taking action herself."

"So we can wait for Lu Yan to go to Kayu? But it seems that she either doesn't take Lu Yan very seriously, or she is also restricted in Hujiang City."

The man in the suit agreed with his son's opinion and gave them instructions:

"Anyway, don't worry about Lu Yan's affairs. Someone will take care of him. All you have to do is win the family competition and improve yourself as much as possible before that. Do you understand?"

"Don't worry, Dad. We each took two Bodhi leaves back. One to hand in and one for ourselves. Both our contribution and strength will be greatly improved. Besides, Wang Xi is dead, and there is no one left to compete with us for second or third place."

The two of them responded and asked how Lu Yan would be dealt with, but their father evaded the question, obviously not wanting them to know the details.

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He opened his eyes and sat up from the bed. With the careful service of the mechanical maid, he took care of all the affairs of getting up. While drinking the century egg porridge, Lu Yan asked Lamia to hand over the communication records of the Wang family yesterday to him after screening them.

He was mainly worried that the Wang family would hire another powerful killer to target him. If he knew who the killer was, he could prepare earlier.

"If there's nothing else today, I'll leave it to you tomorrow."

Lu Yan touched Lamia's hair and continued to check on her.

After the mechanical girl's screening, there were only about a few hundred messages and hundreds of communication records left, all of which were messages left by the powerful members of the Wang family last night.

After reading it all, Lu Yan really found something wrong. Wang Ji, who was mainly responsible for the financial affairs of the Wang family, dialed an unknown number, sent a text message, and transferred a sum of money.

Coincidentally, he was the father of the two Wang family members that Lu Yan met in the mountain range.

"Can you trace the whereabouts of this money?"

"Master, I can try, but my body might not be able to function properly."

"Just do your best and remember to protect yourself first."

With permission, Lamia put down everything she was doing and lay down on the sofa. She closed her eyes and entered the ocean of the Internet, constantly jumping around looking for clues.

Hard work pays off. She finally stood outside the dangerous [firewall] and turned away without hesitation.

Chapter 41 Here we go again! ?

"[Dark Web]? You're asking that... forget it."

After returning, Lamia told Lu Yan about her discovery. She followed Wang Ji's capital flow to a place called "Black Network".

The network defense was very tight, and there was no chance of survival if she went in. She simply retreated and only told Lu Yan the name of the URL.

Without trying to log into this strange website directly with his mobile phone or computer, Lu Yan went downstairs to ask Jiang Jiu, who obviously knew more than he did.

Originally, Jiang Jiu wanted to ask Lu Yan how he knew this place, but everyone has their own secrets, and she also remembered the mechanical maid next to Lu Yan, so she simply stopped investigating.

"The dark web is simply a place where clients do their dirty work."

Jiang Jiu rarely lay down on the old man's chair. Instead, he leaned against the office chair and slowly turned around, occasionally turning his head to explain to Lu Yan.

Hiring a killer, smuggling goods, theft and even slavery, all of these transactions carried out on the black network are shameful, and the main business is still killing people. As long as you give money to the black network, the black network can help you contact the killer.

Those bastards from the Wang family really want to attack me.

Lu Yan was shocked and asked about the killers in the black network: "They say most of the killers are combat card players?"

"That's about right, but there are also some that will have assassin-type summons attack you without them having to do anything themselves, and some that will have some auxiliary summons."

Picking up the strawberry milk on the table that was the same color as her hair, Jiang Jiu continued to turn the chair:

"You know, modern killers are not like those assassins in ancient times who were willing to risk their lives. They must protect their own lives. If they fail to kill you, they can only consider themselves unlucky and will not get any money."

"What kind of killer can I hire for 100 million?"

Lu Yan reported the amount that Lamia had investigated. One million seemed like nothing to him now. It was just 100 Soul Ashes. Of course, the premise was that he could sell the cards.

Jiang Jiu stopped spinning and held up two fingers: "If it's one million, the killer who came should be a top 100-star card master, with at least one silver card in his hand."

"I see. I'm fine now."

Knowing that the killer was so weak, Lu Yan's only fear of him was long-range sniping.

He would definitely not be afraid of a head-on battle, but if the killer attacked from a distance with a sniper rifle, Lu Yan might not be able to react.

The activation of the energy shield requires a delay, so you can only activate the starlight shield. If you can't activate both defenses, it's unclear whether you can withstand it with your current physical body.

Looking for some cards related to intuition, defense and counterattack?

Rubbing his fingers, Lu Yan sat on a chair in the store and took out his mobile phone to investigate. He took a fancy to a card area located in the shopping mall building. The monsters in it had a chance to drop the skill card [Danger Sense I].

As the name suggests, it allows the wearer to enhance their perception of danger, especially fatal damage.

"There's another card column. What should I add?"

Lu Yan muttered to himself, turned around and asked Jiang Jiu if he had any good cards. Unfortunately, as a small shop, there were really no cards in stock worth buying.

"Hmm... I'd better buy a Stoneskin spell to strengthen my defense."

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Stoneskin

Grade: Bronze

Rating: 4 stars

Possess skills:

Hardness: Strengthens the body's defenses, giving the skin the color and luster of stone.

Giant Strength: Slightly increases strength.

Introduction: A spell commonly used by mages. When they have only a little magic power left, they will cast stoneskin on themselves and use their staffs or fists to cast the spell themselves.