Chapter 263: 263 Money Tree_1
Seeing that she didn’t reply, Wen Jiang didn’t press further.
She said, "I’ve made a set of cards designed to form a deck with the Mechanical Angel."
Karin’s pupils constricted.
She didn’t believe Wen Jiang could have completed it in such a short time. So, were these the cards Helena hadn’t shown?
Karin gazed at Helena; if she had somewhat underestimated her before, now she regarded her with greater caution.
She stood straight and faced Wen Jiang. "Let me see."
Wen Jiang transferred the newly made card set to Karin.
It was similar in style to the Mechanical Angel. The Mechanical Angel was clearly a machine angel, its gender indiscernible; however, the four new cards surprisingly included male and female angels, and even two elves.
Their distinctly pointed ears were a hallmark, and they were beautiful characters rarely seen in the Xi Zhou market.
Humanoid card sets in Xi Zhou, aside from some angels, were mostly wild, vividly expressing the beauty of the flesh. Helena’s mechanical-style humanoid card set, on the other hand, possessed a captivating, subtle, and restrained beauty that was hard to look away from.
The appearance of these Card Spirits was breathtaking.
Without even looking at their strength, Karin could already tell that the card set Helena had made could at least ignite the current Xi Zhou market.
Though they were B-Level, the style was far too distinctive.
Karin couldn’t hide her admiration. "How did you create these?"
In the Xi Zhou and North Continent markets, humanoid card sets were difficult to create.
Recently, they had started to become popular in Yunxia, but that was due to the revolution brought by a miraculous Card Maker.
Currently, many people were inquiring about this Card Maker from Yunxia.
Of course, in Ceylon City, the impact wasn’t as significant yet; Helena’s card sets had a more direct and astonishing effect.
So much so that Karin found it very hard to associate Helena with that Spirit Card Master from Yunxia; this wasn’t enough to make anyone connect the two.
Karin could only think of Helena as a genius. An out-and-out Card Maker genius. Perhaps her brother’s disappearance wasn’t so simple.
Karin suddenly took an interest in Helena’s affairs.
Wen Jiang was very composed and didn’t answer Karin’s question, but simply said, "Is this card set enough to be sold in Ceylon City for a while?"
"This isn’t just for a short while," Karin’s lips curved into a mysterious smile. "Helena, this month’s sales champion has to be you. I believe the Blood Emperor will definitely... I really wasn’t wrong about you."
In Ceylon City, the higher one’s profile, the more disadvantageous it was. Helena must be eager to find news about her brother, which is why she revealed her true skill so quickly. It’s strange... Helena’s card set clearly couldn’t have been made just now. With her high talent in Card Making, and based on the information I’ve gathered, there wasn’t a Card Maker with such a distinctive style in the Xi Zhou market. She seems to have appeared out of nowhere.
This thought abruptly flashed through Karin’s mind, but she didn’t dwell on it, continuing with a smile, "I will sell this card set quickly. Will you continue to sponsor Sa Ang?"
Wen Jiang nodded. "Yes."
"Sa Ang is quite talented," Karin commented. "And he has guts."
Even when Mech King’s men blatantly tried to sabotage him, Sa Ang hadn’t backed down.
Of course, previously his value wasn’t high enough. But now that Helena had become an obvious cash cow, Karin didn’t mind doing Wen Jiang a favor. "I’ll go and have a word with Mech King. We don’t encourage malicious competition between Card Makers of the Sixth Division. Mech King has violated the rules."
This was obviously bullshit. If Wen Jiang hadn’t offered enough bargaining chips, Karin wouldn’t have batted an eye even if Sa Ang had been truly killed by Mech King’s men.
In Ceylon City, kindness and compassion were utterly nonexistent.
All that existed was the cruel and bloody law of the jungle: the strong prey on the weak.
Wen Jiang glanced at Karin and said perfunctorily, "Then, thank you."
Karin: "..."
No wonder she has such a temper. Geniuses, after all. Understandable.
Just as Wen Jiang was about to leave, Karin suddenly said, "Plague..."
Wen Jiang turned around. "What?"
She looked as if she thought Karin still had something more to say.
Karin looked closely at Helena’s calm face but couldn’t see any tell-tale signs; her eyes did indeed hold a trace of impatient anticipation.
Karin smiled. "It’s nothing."
Wen Jiang turned and left.
Karin’s smile gradually faded. She could smooth things over with Mech King, but Plague’s disappearance was truly baffling. When Spirit Card Masters acted, they left traces of spiritual power that were easily detectable. Helena’s move to help Sa Ang was too obvious. Mech King had approached Karin, fuming about it, and Karin had put a stop to his complaints, but she’d also sent people to investigate what happened in Sa Ang’s brother’s hospital room. They had indeed sensed the spiritual power fluctuations of a B-Level Spirit Card Master summoning a Card Spirit. But... how could a B-Level like Sa Ang make a B-Level like Plague vanish without a trace? They had searched all of Ceylon City’s surveillance footage and found no sign of Plague. Karin had considered requesting permission from her superiors to activate Ceylon City’s core surveillance system, but Plague was just a B-Level Spirit Card Master; it wasn’t worth such a major effort. After much thought, Karin decided to drop the matter. Ultimately, Mech King had started the trouble himself, only to find he’d kicked an iron plate in Helena. Perhaps she wasn’t an iron plate before, but she certainly was now. Karin wouldn’t allow anything to happen to her cash cow; this was also a prime opportunity to make a strong impression on the Blood Emperor.
After leaving the Sixth Division, Zero Egg reported its recent observations, "I think that woman probably isn’t in Ceylon City right now."
They had been in Ceylon City for a while. Even if they couldn’t overtly review the surveillance, based on Zero Egg’s observations over this period, they hadn’t sensed the presence of the Heaven’s Mandate System. It was highly probable that Yu Jian had not yet returned to Ceylon City.
For Wen Jiang, this was actually a good opportunity. If Yu Jian returned and found Wen Jiang causing trouble in her den, her expression would be quite a spectacle.
Oh wait, no, with her intelligence, she probably wouldn’t even guess it was me causing trouble.
After all, everyone else thought Wen Jiang was still in Imperial City, training hard for the next A-Level competition.
Not many people knew that Wen Jiang had already left the A-Level group and wasn’t in Imperial City anymore.
Wen Jiang raised her hand to look at her wrist and lowered her gaze. "It’s even better if she’s not here."
Recently, she had been strolling around Ceylon City in her free time. Apart from some places she couldn’t go, no one tried to stop her, and she had more or less figured out the layout of Ceylon City.
As a transit city, Ceylon City wasn’t where most illegal transactions took place. Instead, they occurred via routes leading into the surrounding deep mountains and old forests.
Beyond Ceylon City, the other areas of the Ceylon Cemetery were terrifyingly desolate.