With the [Conqueror of Demons – Xiao] synthesis recipe unlocked, a voice echoed again in Luya's mind.
[Ding, congratulations, Host, on obtaining your first synthesis recipe.]
[Card Furnace unlocked.]
Right then, the shop upgrade panel before Luya suddenly displayed a new function.
[Card Furnace]
⌈Shop Level: 3 (Not Upgradeable)⌋
╵Normal Duel Stages: 12
╵Area: 700 square meters
╵Daily Automatic Card Pack Generation: 2,000
╵Portable Duel Disk Inventory: 8
╵Card Furnace: 0 (Available for Purchase)
╵Other Products: 1,000 Yu-Gi-Oh! manga volumes
╵Available Mora: 22 million
Seeing the new Card Furnace option in the shop interface, Luya clicked purchase promptly.
With 2 million Mora deducted, a device resembling a magical furnace suddenly appeared near the counter.
The Card Furnace emitted a faint blue glow. Above it was a round opening, seemingly for inserting materials.
Near the base was a narrow slot—apparently where finished cards would emerge.
The [Conqueror of Demons – Xiao] synthesis recipe required: Ghostly Ember x3, Vayuda Turquoise Fragment x1...
Luya studied the recipe, pondering how to acquire these materials.
After a moment's thought, he recalled that when the recipe had first been unlocked, three spirits had appeared in the shop.
When those spirits were struck down by the spear of light, they left behind ashes.
"Those ashes must be the so-called Ghostly Embers."
So, Luya went to the spot where the three spirits had appeared and crouched to touch the ground.
The system voice rang out:
"Ding, congratulations on obtaining Ghostly Ember x60..."
Three spirits had yielded sixty Ghostly Embers, an average of twenty per spirit. That was enough to craft about seven [Conqueror of Demons – Xiao] cards.
The Ghostly Embers were secured.
However, Luya had no Vayuda Turquoise Fragments.
In the game, Vayuda Turquoise Fragments dropped from the Anemo Hypostasis.
But now, Luya was not merely in a game—this was the real Teyvat.
So perhaps Vayuda Turquoise Fragments could be purchased from the Feiyun Commerce Guild or from Jade Mystery.
The Feiyun Commerce Guild often imported and exported gems and rare materials, while Jade Mystery was the largest jade retailer in Liyue.
Unlike the Guild, which traded in finished gems, Jade Mystery sold raw ore.
Their business was gambling on uncut stones—"one cut to poverty, one cut to wealth, one cut and you live like the Qixing" was their motto.
Jade Mystery carried all sorts of jade, so perhaps Vayuda Turquoise Fragments could be bought there. But... at this hour, Jade Mystery would surely be closed.
So today, experimenting with the Card Furnace was impossible.
Conveniently, Xingqiu would be coming tomorrow to pick up his reserved card packs.
Luya could ask him to purchase a batch of Vayuda Turquoise Fragments from the Feiyun Commerce Guild.
If that failed, Luya planned to recruit Hu Tao and Xingqiu to help him farm the Anemo Hypostasis!
Then each of them could have a [Conqueror of Demons – Xiao].
But for now, that would have to wait until tomorrow.
He could only synthesize the card the next day...
With this new synthesis card to sell, Luya would have another stream of income!
He would wait to see the material costs before deciding the price for the [Conqueror of Demons – Xiao].
After unlocking the Card Furnace, Luya retrieved the system's reward of Yu-Gi-Oh! manga from the system space.
He skimmed the plot, which ended just before Yugi Mutou summoned the Dark Magician (Exodia) to defeat the Blue-Eyes White Dragon...
According to the system-given manga storyline, Yugi had drawn the four limbs of the Forbidden One, needing only the [Exodia the Forbidden One] card itself to summon the Dark Magician and claim victory!
[Exodia the Forbidden One] DARK│Spellcaster│1000 ATK / 1000 DEF
╵If this card and the "Right Leg of the Forbidden One," "Left Leg of the Forbidden One," "Right Arm of the Forbidden One," and "Left Arm of the Forbidden One" are all in your hand, you win the Duel.
This was a special win condition beyond reducing an opponent's Life Points to zero...
As long as those five cards—"Exodia the Forbidden One" and the four limbs—were all in your hand, you achieved victory!
Luya pondered how to explain this special victory condition to customers in the future.
Fortunately, the system had provided Yu-Gi-Oh! manga for circulation.
The manga could be sold so that even Liyue residents who hadn't visited the shop could learn about Yu-Gi-Oh!
Moreover, the shop's light screen could project the original episodes, giving visiting customers an understanding of different card effects and combos.
Luya took out about three hundred volumes and stacked them by the counter, ready to sell to customers tomorrow...
He set the price at 10,000 Mora each.
If they all sold out tomorrow, he could earn an extra 10 million Mora in revenue.
After finishing some cleaning, sweeping up the remaining Ghostly Embers, Luya used the shop remodeling function to slightly adjust the interior layout.
He moved the newly acquired Card Furnace to a more suitable location, making the shop's devices look neater. After completing these preparations, the continuous busyness left Luya exhausted, his body feeling drained.
He then returned to his bedroom and fell into a deep sleep, awaiting the arrival of a new business day. Tomorrow would bring a fresh start...
Night fell over Liyue.
The people of the harbor finished their day's work and headed home.
The streets grew quiet, with only faint lights flickering, as if guarding the peace of Liyue.
And in the darkness of Liyue, there was one who bore his karmic debt, enduring solitude to protect the land alone...
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