Chapter 53: The Card-Drawing Story - The Fifty-Third Day of Game Making.

Without hesitation, Donghuang Taiyi pulled his brother to open the Summoning Quest while the little bird that Dijun had released was still gathering information.

The page was filled with a huge, dense list of instructions for drawing cards, which was quite annoying. Donghuang Taiyi simply swiped his finger to skip it.

On the contrary, Di Jun seemed to be deep in thought, and opened the summoning interface again to look at each item one by one.

"Hmm, it's a rotating system, and there will be event pools later." Di Jun looked at the words "limited-time boost" and felt that there was something mysterious about them.

He immediately tried to stop Donghuang Taiyi, but his younger brother's hand speed was too fast. In just two lines, he had already discarded all of those dozens of draws.

On the blank page of the formation, write a few characters representing your Dao patterns, and the formation will quickly begin to rotate, then different colors will appear.

[True Fire of the Sun, one of the sources of fire attribute, and an upgrade material for fire attribute characters.]

Upon seeing this, Donghuang Taiyi fell silent. He held the card he had just drawn in his left hand, while his right hand gazed at the True Fire of the Sun that he was born with.

I smoked it, but it seems like I didn't.

Two flames originating from the sun swirled between his left and right hands, then suddenly merged together, becoming a single flame. Donghuang Taiyi absorbed it into his body and discovered that it had become a part of him.

The card marked "True Fire of the Sun" had turned black, clearly rendering it unusable.

Now I really didn't get anything, and there's no excuse left for a good omen.

In his emotional turmoil, Donghuang Taiyi unleashed a torrent of solar fire that scorched the sun once more. From the ground, the entire sun appeared to have swelled up.

"I want to see what else can come out!" Donghuang Taiyi said with a stern face, and opened the card draw again with a fierce look. His fingertips turned white, as if he wanted to puncture the card pool right now.

Di Jun grabbed Donghuang Taiyi's hand, stopping him from using up the remaining twenty draws.

"I just checked the forum. The so-called gacha system is all about fate and metaphysics." Di Jun looked at the mess on the Sun Star and quickly stopped this attempt to add fuel to the fire.

He opened the chat interface, which displayed Kong Xuan's new strategy guide.

"You and I are like the golden crows of the sun, and we draw cards on the sun star, so it's easier for us to draw fire cards. I thought it was just a strategy guide talking nonsense, but seeing how you draw cards, I know there's some truth to it."

Di Jun stared at the blazing flames engulfing Donghuang Taiyi with a mixture of emotions. What was originally a golden-red solar fire had turned purplish after consuming the solar fire from the gacha pool. Even as a golden crow, he felt the intense heat under his brother's flames.

To avoid the scandal of the sun being completely burned by the sun's true fire, Di Jun quickly devised a plan to cool down Donghuang Taiyi.

He could naturally control the true fire of the sun, but the true fire of the sun that Di Jun summoned was noticeably smaller than that of Donghuang Taiyi.

Di Jun comforted him, "It's much better than at the beginning, so it seems we didn't draw the wrong one."

But Donghuang Taiyi wouldn't listen: "I don't lack this one True Fire of the Sun. Now the primordial world I live in has been turned into a sea of ​​fire. I just want some water essence."

"It's alright. I saw in this guide that you're more likely to get good cards if you draw them in an environment with a strong aura of the corresponding attribute." Di Jun changed the subject.

"How about we stop smoking on the Sun Star and try it in the water?"

Di Jun patiently and skillfully tried to coax Donghuang Taiyi away from the sun.

This time, Donghuang Taiyi finally listened and opened the so-called card-drawing guide: "It does make sense. If you're going to draw cards, you should naturally look for them in the water."

He immediately opened the chat interface, wanting to find a suitable place to draw the remaining twenty draws.

As for why not draw it directly in the game space where Di Jun is located.

Donghuang Taiyi shook his head in disdain. After all, his elder brother was also a Golden Crow. Although he had achieved a balance of the five elements, his fire attribute was still far beyond the norm in the ordinary world.

Since he was going to engage in gacha pulls, he naturally wanted to go all out with the superstition. He wanted to find a world where the entire planet was water to pull cards, in order to neutralize his fiery temper.

At this moment, Donghuang Taiyi finally remembered the True Fire of the Sun that he had released, and saw many spiritual herbs and trees that were not nurtured by the sun turn to ashes in the fire.

“No need.” Di Jun shook his head. “These are tributes offered to me by the tribes of the land. There will be many more such trivial matters in the future.”

"But you need to control your temper better next time. If it weren't for the fact that it was just the two of us on the sun, there would definitely have been casualties." Fortunately, I had just released the bird that was gathering information, otherwise I would have had to rearrange things again.

He wouldn't have set a fire if there were other people around. Donghuang Taiyi muttered to himself, but his intuition prevented him from saying it to his brother.

He looked down and opened the trading interface, only to see that someone had already replied to the trading information he had posted before he set off.

[Kunpeng: My land is rich in the source of water. Fellow Daoist Donghuang, would you be willing to come here for a detailed discussion?] This was accompanied by a picture of an ocean.

Donghuang Taiyi's eyes lit up. He had seen this Kunpeng in Zixiao Palace before. His elder brother had also told him that it was a powerful cultivator who could transform into both a bird and a fish.

The primordial world created by such a great cultivator must contain abundant water essence. Perhaps now, one could even draw cards in the sea and obtain the water-attribute treasures they desire.

His enthusiasm for drawing cards, which had been suppressed by the True Fire of the Sun, suddenly surged again. He immediately bid farewell to Di Jun: "Brother, Kunpeng asked me to exchange for the Source of Water. I'll go and try drawing cards now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Donghuang Taiyi disappeared without a trace, leaving only Dijun's words of advice on the tip of his tongue, which he could not utter.

Di Jun could only shake his head helplessly. When would his younger brother ever change his impulsive nature?

Fortunately, Donghuang Taiyi is quite strong, so there's no need to worry about him being bullied outside. Let him be.

What's more important now is to build a palace on the sun, otherwise there won't be a place to house the leaders of the primordial world who come to submit and pay homage.

While the Jinwu brothers gave up halfway through their card-drawing session, the other Sanqing brothers seemed quite happy about it.

The main reason is that Tongtian used up his 100 consecutive draws long ago, but when he asked his acquaintances, they were all only drawing cards now, so he couldn't help but feel itchy.

So, without further ado, they made an appointment with Yuanshi to have Laozi draw cards, to see which of the three brothers had the best luck in drawing cards.

Laozi naturally didn't care and welcomed the two brothers to visit. Yuanshi, provoked by Tongtian, also agreed.

And so, Tongtian, who had no more chances to draw cards, leisurely arrived in Laozi's world under the guise of drawing cards.

They even did a live stream in their small group chat with the three of them.

[Tongtian: I'm about to draw cards in my eldest brother's world. I'll tell you what I get then.]

[Tongtian: I'm betting on not getting the desired item after 110 pulls. After all, the probability is only one in a thousand, and not everyone can get the golden item in 100 pulls like me.]

[Tongtian: Attached image.jpg]

Hongjun: ...

The ellipsis speaks volumes; nobody wants their gacha game to fail.

Even in Zixiao Palace, Hongjun was blasted out by Tongtian's face-to-face Saiou.

Tongtian urgently retracted a message.

[Tongtian: Haha, I've arrived in the world of my eldest brother. We'll talk about the gacha later.]

Tongtian disappeared from the group chat without a sound, leaving Hongjun to inquire about recharging and buying draws in the game's private window.

Tongtian was not lying; he had indeed just arrived in Laozi's world.

The world created by Lao Tzu is a rare balance of the five elements, almost exactly the same as the primordial world in reality, and has never been affected by the attributes of the five elements.

Tongtian searched all the way and found Laozi cultivating by a small pond. A fishing rod was stuck in front of him, and a fishing line was simply cast into the water, rippling in the wind.

Is this fishing? Tongtian sat next to him and thought it looked like it but didn't quite. After all, the rod was just an ordinary wooden stick, and there wasn't even a hook or bait on the line.

However, the pond was filled with fish and snake demons that had become spirits, and you could even see a small dragon.

Lao Tzu closed his eyes to rest, his eyes half-open, as if he were concentrating on his cultivation, or perhaps gazing at the fishing rod.

Tongtian stroked his chin, thinking, "How can you fish like this? I haven't fully practiced the fishing techniques that Fellow Daoist Yuanyi taught me before. Isn't now the perfect time to fish?"

Without hesitation, Tongtian took out a cultivation-enhancing pill unique to the game, crushed half of it and threw it into the pond to create a feeding area, then tied another pill to a silk thread and threw it out again.

As expected, the effect was remarkable. In no time, the wooden fishing rod was pulled by a tremendous force. Fortunately, Tongtian reacted quickly and grabbed the fishing rod. With a skillful pull, he not only saved the fishing rod but also pulled up a half-dragon several hundred meters long.

This half-dragon was very perceptive and immediately kowtowed, saying, "My lord, spare my life! I am only cultivating here and would never dare to pry into the opportunities of you gentlemen."

The other spirits in the pond were also startled by this sudden change. In an instant, some ran away and others hid, and the once clear water became murky.

Now that the one who was cultivating with his eyes closed is now gone, I can't cultivate and nourish my spirit either. He glanced at the panicked half-dragon and Tongtian, who was smugly editing the chat interface, and sighed slightly.

With a slight flick of his finger, he sent the dragon fish, along with the cultivation pill, into the water: "This is your opportunity, go now."

When the pond water was clear and the fish returned to their nests, Laozi cast his line again and said, "This opportunity is just that—an opportunity. Why bother them?"

"I'm just trying out some fishing techniques. Besides, if I get caught, I'll get a powerful cultivation-boosting pill. Isn't that a stroke of luck?" Tongtian raised his chin.

At this moment, the spirit beasts that had heard Tongtian's words rushed to bite the fishing rod. In no time, seven or eight fish, two or three turtles, and even two small snakes coiled around the rod on the short line, as if afraid that the great cultivator next to them would not catch them.

Now it was Laozi's turn to shake his head. He always fished according to his own will, seeking the Dao of tranquility and non-action. But now, with Tongtian's disturbance, it had gone against his original intention.

He put away his fishing rod and threw two pills into the pond, considering this their fate sealed.

Seeing that he couldn't witness his elder brother's excitement, Tongtian lazily leaned against a tree and browsed the chat forum posts.

This is a new and novel thing, and at first no one noticed it until someone named Kong Xuan posted a long message, after which others followed suit. However, there are only a few dozen posts so far, and they were all gone in a flash.

Tongtian yawned lazily and looked in the direction of the world entrance: "It's already this late, why hasn't Yuanshi arrived yet?"

He's still waiting to see the Primal Draw crash.

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Author's Note: Jinwu Brothers: Gacha pulls are influenced by the environment [heart emoji]

The Three Pure Ones: Before I start drawing cards, let me go fishing first [doge emoji]