This request gave Liang Laixi a bit of a headache.
He actually hadn’t heard of an auction for such a thing. After all, he moved in entertainment circles, not card-making circles. Information about matters unrelated to his own trade was quite limited.
However, Liang Laixi couldn’t possibly say no to Chi Yun Su.
“No problem,” Liang Laixi, well-versed in telling people what they wanted to hear, readily agreed. He then smiled warmly at Chi Yun Su and said, “Master Fu, have you settled on a place to stay on Changhe Star? If not, I have a villa in Changning City where you can rest.”
Chi Yun Su nodded indifferently. “You arrange it. Before the auction starts, let me know if there’s anything you need me to do.” This implied she would exchange her services for the auction ticket.
“Don’t make me repair too many Cards. Repairing them on the starship gave me a headache,” Chi Yun Su added, slightly rationalizing her card repair abilities.
She wanted everyone to believe that repairing Cards wasn’t entirely without cost.
Whether Liang Laixi believed it or not, as long as other card makers heard that Chi Yun Su suffered headaches—possibly due to psychic energy damage—after repairing Cards, it would serve her purpose.
She didn’t know if this belated effort would be effective, but at least she had tried.
Chi Yun Su’s offer to work for Liang Laixi wasn’t out of a sudden pang of conscience or a commitment to fair trade principles.
She had always considered herself devoid of such things as a conscience.
She simply hoped to learn more about Changhe Star and card-making, then reasonably express her curiosity about Card Purification Technology.
The development brought about by card repair was an unexpected twist in Chi Yun Su’s plans, and in a way, it saved her a lot of trouble. But before this, she had certainly considered what she should do upon arriving on Changhe Star.
As a very young card maker, hearing about a forbidden card-making-related technology, it was entirely reasonable for someone with her strong curiosity to want to learn more and inquire about its origins.
She imagined others had encountered similar situations more than once.
The more something was forbidden, the more curiosity it aroused.
However, to reach a certain social stratum, Chi Yun Su, with her two-star level and lack of an official card maker title, certainly lacked the qualifications.
She needed something significant enough to draw attention and give herself sufficient weight.
Of course, what Chi Yun Su had initially envisioned wasn’t card repair—something she thought many card makers could do but was actually quite special and would directly label her.
This was very unfavorable for Chi Yun Su’s later plans to change her identity.
Moreover…
Lu Wei knew Chi Yun Su had been learning card repair back then, even though she hadn’t succeeded at the time.
What Chi Yun Su had in mind was the self-powered Card she had developed with the Inspector—something others could also learn, not exclusive to her, and something she could exchange or share benefits with others.
Of course, card repair wasn’t without its benefits for Chi Yun Su, such as ample card-making materials and money, as well as someone who could handle all the miscellaneous tasks she wasn’t good at.This was enough for Chi Yun Su. Now was the moment to straighten out this already skewed situation.
So in reality, Chi Yun Su telling Liang Laixi that he could ask her for anything was completely false. After landing on Changhe Star, Chi Yun Su didn’t plan to repair a single card.
Of course, Chi Yun Su wouldn’t directly bring this up with Liang Laixi.
She wanted Liang Laixi to take the initiative and bring it up himself.
As for how to make Liang Laixi bring it up, it was very simple—she just had to make it more beneficial for Liang Laixi if she didn’t repair cards.
Chi Yun Su recalled back at the Cleaning Company, when the Inspector was shocked to learn she repaired cards, he only gave her some pointers. Apart from encouraging her to keep working hard, he didn’t do anything extra. It was only when she brought out the energy card that he burst with enthusiasm and started researching frantically with her.
Back then, Chi Yun Su couldn’t understand the reason, but now, how could she not know?
Whether she could use something or not, the attitudes of these card makers were no different from people in other professions.
Chi Yun Su mentally criticized the Inspector, but her expression remained unchanged as she continued speaking to Liang Laixi, “Also, I’ll be making some Spirit Cards these days to earn money. Help me negotiate a reasonable price.”
Liang Laixi instantly understood.
Although he didn’t know what exactly this Spirit-Truth Treasure Flower was or how much it cost, his experience as a wealthy person fully told him that any card-making material that could appear at an auction was never cheap. At the very least, it would cost several million, and it wouldn’t be unusual for the price to reach tens or even hundreds of millions.
Since Chi Yun Su was setting up a stall on the starship, she must be in desperate need of money.
Card repair work required a lot of effort for little reward, and it didn’t earn as much as selling Spirit Cards. Selling Spirit Cards was definitely the best option.
Even a green Spirit Card was more expensive than the Purple Card in his possession.
However…
There was no such thing as a perfect situation in this world.
“Spirit Cards depend on compatibility. I’m afraid it won’t be easy to quickly find someone suitable who can use them,” Liang Laixi expressed rather tactfully.
To be precise, Spirit Cards weren’t something most people needed. If something could be solved with a cheap Fixed Card, there was no need to use an expensive Spirit Card. Moreover, the functions and effects of Spirit Cards were often bizarre and varied. Although the universe was vast and there would definitely be people who needed them, whether you could find the right buyer at the right time was another matter entirely.
That’s why most card makers nowadays focused on making Fixed Cards, while Spirit Cards were mostly only made to order.
“That’s not important,” Chi Yun Su said, sounding completely detached from worldly concerns. Liang Laixi couldn’t help but show a bitter smile. However, before he could continue advising this young person who hadn’t been beaten down by society, he heard Chi Yun Su continue, “I plan to make spatial pockets.”
“I can’t guarantee how big they’ll be, but…” Chi Yun Su looked at Liang Laixi with great confidence, a slight smile curling at the corner of her lips, “I guarantee that even people without psychic energy can use this spatial pocket.”
As mentioned before, not everyone in this world possessed psychic energy.
To be precise, most people in this world didn’t have psychic energy. According to official statistics, only twenty percent of the total population possessed psychic energy.
Liang Laixi was not among that fortunate twenty percent, and like him, many wealthy people weren’t part of it either.For them, a large spatial pocket that could be carried at all times but could only be used by others, and a small one that could be used by oneself, were entirely different concepts.
Liang Laixi held his breath, quickly realizing what this meant.
He instantly forgot about the card repair arrangements he had planned for Chi Yun Su on the Starship.
Repair cards, my foot!
Make me this legendary Spirit Card, the more the better.
But… does such a Card really exist?
“Could you show me the spatial pocket you mentioned?” Liang Laixi had already been treating Chi Yun Su with great respect, but now his tone was practically revering her as an ancestor.
Of course, Chi Yun Su wouldn’t speak without basis. Since she had told Liang Laixi that this spatial pocket could be used by people without psychic energy, she must have already made and confirmed it.
Well, it was modeled after ‘Guo Ruofan’s’ spatial pocket.
‘Guo Ruofan’ is such a good person!
Chi Yun Su cheered inwardly, while her hand reached into her backpack and pulled out a deep green pouch, about the size of a Card.
She casually tossed it into Liang Laixi’s hand, as if it were just a cheap trinket.
“Take it and play with it.”