Li Pu's silence, on the contrary, made Li Fan realize his own faux pas.

Click.

He returned to the sofa and lit a cigarette.

The words "out of print" made him re-evaluate the card [Five-Headed Mushroom].

Thinking carefully, he realized he seemed to have underestimated the card's function.

Previously, the reason he rated it as a C-grade was due to a subconscious assumption.

Most people, when making judgments, probably make the same mistake.

Which is presuming mushroom-type cards are weak.

But in fact, only those who have left the territories of the Federation and ventured into other continents have witnessed those monstrously powerful mythical beasts.

Fortunately, Li Fan had once left the Federation.

Though he hadn't encountered any mushroom beasts, he knew powerful mushrooms existed.

Beep beep beep...

Operating on the tablet, Li Fan quickly brought up the currently known mushroom card bonds.

Apart from some minor branches, [Mushroom Union] was the most striking one.

[Mushroom Union (8)]: All mushroom cards: Defense +1, Health +1, and during this turning over phase, an additional mushroom card can be turned over.

Paired with the third skill of [Five-Headed Mushroom], his expression instantly changed.

[Consider Five Heads]: Required turn-over number for mushroom card bonds is reduced by 5 during this game session.

Li Fan immediately thought of a type of card: the Leader card.

Leader cards typically have high strength, and even have penalty skills.

For example, its Attack + Defense = 20, but its actual card face value is only worth 15.

The greatest feature of a Leader card is that it requires a turn-over condition.

Only when the turn-over conditions are met can it be flipped.

There are many types of turn-over conditions, here are two common ones:

1. X number of similar cards have been flipped.

2. Consumes two flipping turns to be flipped.

[Mushroom Union] can perfectly resolve these two problems.

That is to say, if there is a very strong mushroom card or mushroom leader card in the deck, the value of [Five-Headed Mushroom] will significantly increase.

With that understanding, Li Fan made a decision.

"Take back your card."

As he spoke, he drew out [Five-Headed Mushroom] and tossed it back.

"?"

Li Pu caught the card, expressing confusion.

"The value of this card has far exceeded your wage."

Then, he began to explain.

"You probably don't know the value of out-of-print cards."

"As I estimate, it could sell for 20,000 to 30,000 Crystal Coins."

"Such a large price fluctuation is because it's difficult to appraise the value of out-of-print cards in terms of collection."

"Unfortunately, mushroom cards are generally rated low, otherwise, it could certainly sell for a higher price."

Hearing this, Li Pu thought the teacher was quite sincere.

However, he was unsatisfied.

"There's no need, teacher; it's already a done deal, so you can't merely focus on the card's price."

Saying this, [Five-Headed Mushroom] was thrown back again.

Li Pu felt that if he adhered to the spirit of the contract, behaving this way was more in keeping with the rules.

Moreover, thinking about it from another angle, couldn't he just create a [Five-Headed Mushroom] card every day with fusion and have an average daily income of 20,000 Crystal Coins?

As a future wealthy man, why would he care about a mere [Five-Headed Mushroom] card?

"Alright."

Li Fan caught the card, gave Li Pu a deep look, and didn't refuse further.

Actually, estimating is one thing; selling it is another.

Currently, within the Federation's card circle, mushroom cards are unanimously rated low.

Only card players who genuinely possess high-strength mushroom cards would want this card.

"You've got some good luck, kid."

He stored all the cards back into his deck, then opened a storage space, seemingly intending to find something.

"Two-headed mushrooms and three-headed mushrooms are such common cards, yet you didn't collect them."

"But you managed to get an out-of-print [Five... wait!"

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Li Fan.

Simultaneously, his hand stopped exploring the storage space and withdrew.

Among these cards, there were no two-headed or three-headed mushrooms, but there was an extra [Five-Headed Mushroom], meaning...

"What's your cube card talent exactly?"

He felt he had found the key to the issue.

"Here."

Li Pu switched his panel to a visible mode and displayed [Card Creation].

At the first instant the panel appeared, Li Fan intently read it.

After finishing, he fell silent.

Thinking it over again, there was hidden astonishment in his eyes.

"This talent of yours... is quite ridiculous."

Finally, Li Fan gave this evaluation.

The fusion type talent, he was aware of it.

Indeed, this type of talent was not unique to Li Pu alone.

However, this kind of talent is quite rare; he had only heard of a few top card players having it.

The key point is that Li Pu's [Card Creation] is a rarity among rarities.

From what Li Fan knows of fusion-type talents, they all have conditional limitations.

For instance, they target only specific types of cards, or have requirements regarding the card's own quality, and some fusion talents even have a failure rate.

Compared to the above, Li Pu's cross-type fusion cube card talent with a 100% success rate undoubtedly counts as a rarity.

However, just like other fusion talents, Li Pu's [Card Creation] has a flaw.

Or, it might not be a flaw at all.

Even if your fusion talent is top-notch, the most critical factor determining the product is still the material cards.

The strength of the fusion cards depends entirely on the material cards used.

At that time, with a dozen mushroom cards at hand, Li Pu used the preview of [Card Creation] to scrutinize the permutations, and only [Five-Headed Mushroom] was satisfactory; the others weren't worth mentioning.

So in reality, as a seasoned insider, Li Fan understood far better than this novice the value of [Card Creation].

"Do you have any plans later?"

So after mulling it over, Li Fan asked Li Pu.

"I plan to visit Breaking Formation Hall and Fury Hall, then head to the Southern Forest to collect cards."

Li Pu had his itinerary for the day planned out.

Of course, besides collecting cards, collecting relevant materials wasn't necessary to mention.

"Alright then, so there's nothing urgent."

"You should stay here and rest for a bit; I'll be back later."

"Help yourself to anything in the fridge if you want to eat or drink."

Unexpectedly, Li Fan had something to attend to.

"Alright, teacher."

Li Pu didn't understand his intention but could only nod.

Then Li Fan stepped out of the apartment, took a deep breath.

His eyes suddenly gleamed.

"Never thought my chance to turn things around was right before me."

Whoosh!

With that, he activated [Sprint], turning into a residual shadow heading to the trading post.

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