Chapter 66: 066 A-Level new Yunxia civilization card, Jade Rabbit Pestle Medicine!_1
She knew how to avoid the Thunder Tribulation.
The first Thunder Tribulation was just minor trouble, but for these people, it was a devastating thunder calamity. That was why she had thought to go to a deserted place, as the tribulation would only strike her and might—just possibly—affect some public buildings.
But she had never imagined someone would actually use an SSR Card to resist it directly.
They must have realized that something was off with the thunder after seeing the first bolt strike a person.
After the Nine Heavenly Thunders ended, the sky instantly returned to the calm of night.
The huge butterfly, worthy of its SSR Rank strength, had barely held together against the Nine Heavenly Thunders. Though on the verge of dissipating, it was still stubbornly retracted by someone.
Of course, this was because Wen Jiang’s current level wasn’t high enough. In the future, if one were to use an SSR Card to withstand Heavenly Thunders, that would be tantamount to courting death.
Wen Jiang looked in the direction where the Butterfly Card Spirit had disappeared, sighed inwardly, and turned to walk home.
She had to find out which family owned that Butterfly Card; she had never seen one like it before.
Helping her with the Thunder Tribulation, damn it, this is a major karmic debt. If I don’t repay it, I’ll never be able to leave this place.
At the same time, the person who had summoned the Butterfly Card was now pale-faced.
Resisting the Nine Heavenly Thunders had brought the Card to the brink of collapse, and even she found it difficult to bear.
"Hua Zhuo, why did you have to do this?"
In the quiet courtyard, a man fiddling with Buddha Beads appeared, smiling at the woman in the wheelchair. "Someone in the Imperial City would have taken action. Your Card should have been saved to protect the Jimo Family."
The woman in the wheelchair glanced at him with a pale face, turned her head away, and appeared unwilling to answer.
The man spoke of his own accord, "Cang Xing Die is the Jimo Family’s last trump card. Jimo Xiao left it to you before his death to protect the Jimo Family’s last sliver of hope. Why bother? If I remember correctly, you only have two Cang Xing Dies. The former Family Head of the Jimo Family is dead, so no one in the world can restore Cang Xing Die."
A hint of annoyance flickered across the woman’s brow. "This has nothing to do with you, Song Ji!"
"Nothing to do with me?"
Song Ji suddenly teleported in front of the woman, looking down at her, his eyes filled with Buddha-like compassion. "Hua Zhuo, when you left the Song Family, left Ah Zhi, and devoted everything to the Jimo Family, even when your legs were broken, did you have no regrets?"
In this world, Card Spirits were magical; even broken legs could be fixed with a Card Spirit.
But legs injured by another Spirit Card Master could not.
Back then, Hua Zhuo had been severely injured, and all healing Cards were useless against her wounds.
Nor did anyone know that she was supposed to be Yunxia’s sixth rising star.
The sixth UR-Level Spirit Card Master.
Unfortunately, after the accident involving her legs, all of that vanished.
"Get lost! Song Ji, just get the hell out of here!" Hua Zhuo gripped the armrests of her wheelchair, coughing heavily twice in her agitation.
Seeing her agitated state, a deep and unfathomable darkness flitted across Song Ji’s eyes. The hand turning the Buddha Beads slowed, and he ultimately refrained from provoking her further.
"Believe it or not, Hua Zhuo, since you left, I have devoted myself to Buddhism. I pray to Buddha every day, hoping that one day you will be able to stand up again."
"Get out!" Her words only aggravated Hua Zhuo more. "My legs were broken because of you! You ruined me, Song Ji! Don’t feign kindness. You know how black your heart truly is! It was because I had the potential to become a UR-Level Spirit Card Master that you personally crushed my hopes, refusing to let me surpass you! Don’t come here and disgust me now!"
Looking at Hua Zhuo’s reddened eyes, Song Ji’s smile gradually faded.
After a long while, he let out a faint smile again, his eyes brimming with even deeper pity. "So, this is how you see me."
Having said that, his figure gradually vanished from the spot.
Hua Zhuo’s breathing became labored. She sensed the Cang Xing Die Card in her mind was on the verge of disintegration, and confusion filled her eyes.
It wasn’t actually her intention to intervene; rather, the Cang Xing Die had sensed something in that instant, emerged on its own, and transformed into its Card Spirit form.
She had no choice but to brace herself and take the remaining eight Heavenly Thunders.
It was as if the Cang Xing Die was trying to protect something.
The Cang Xing Die was the lifelong pride of the first Jimo Family Head. Due to its extreme rarity and the difficulty in its creation, its existence was kept secret. It was passed down as the Jimo Family’s ultimate hidden trump card.
This Card... no one could repair it anymore.
Li Huijun once said that there was a vast difference even among SSR Cards. Some SSR Cards carry the consciousness of their maker and develop intelligence.
Just like Bi Fang and Bai Ze, guardians of Yunxia, possessing their own lives and wisdom.
The Cang Xing Die, however, had never shown any signs of activity since the moment she inherited it.
Hua Zhuo raised her hand, gazed at the quiet night sky in the distance, and murmured, "So, what exactly are you protecting?"
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Indeed, the anomaly in Imperial City blew up on the trending searches. Wen Jiang looked through them all but saw no connection between the Butterfly Card and any particular family.
This Butterfly Card... it has never appeared in the World Championships before.
"It looks quite pretty," Wen Jiang remarked while searching for information with the System. "It’s not something just anyone could make. It seems to be a unique Defense Card, very powerful."
This was high praise coming from her; for a Butterfly Card to withstand eight Heavenly Thunders without disintegrating was quite intriguing.
Zero Egg, frantically analyzing the information, said, "I’ve found a bunch of miscellaneous butterfly cards, but none this strong. Analysts say butterflies are too niche; it’s practically impossible for an SSR Rank one to exist. Who knows which of the Nobility has this Card stashed away? Speaking of which, why are you looking for the Butterfly Card’s owner? Did you get an idea to forge one yourself?"
Wen Jiang: "..."
How was she to explain to Zero Egg that this involved a karmic debt?
Zero Egg was still clueless. "The lightning today was indeed bizarre, Host. The first bolt even struck you! Your luck is terrible. Should we go visit a temple to pray?"
Wen Jiang: "..."
Seeing that there really wasn’t much information, Wen Jiang had no choice but to set the matter aside for now.
After all, if the owner of the Butterfly Card appeared, she’d likely have a premonition. The karmic debt was already incurred, so she might as well let it be. There was no rush to repay it immediately.
She guessed the Butterfly Card had suffered considerable damage. Repairing SSR Cards was particularly troublesome, and she currently lacked the ability to do so. It was a good excuse to delay things.
She looked at the Jade Rabbit pestle Medicine Card she had just created, her eyes narrowing. She had already decided on her next card. With the Jade Rabbit created, the next A-Rank Card would naturally be Changer.
But first, she went to the official government website for Spirit Card Masters, registered her ID anonymously, and chose to upload the Jade Rabbit pestle Medicine Card along with its background story.
Soon, this Jade Rabbit pestle Medicine Card, an A-Rank Card, would appear in the new card database for the public to see.
After she completed all of this, Wen Jiang finally heard a DING in her mind again.
[DING. Congratulations! You have successfully created one Heritage Card imbued with Yunxia Civilization, named ’Jade Rabbit Pestle Medicine’. Current progress: 1/10]