My Card Girl's Infinite Evolution

A bronze card fell into Luo Sheng's broad palm.

Luo Sheng grabbed the card, feeling its warmth radiating through his fingertips. It was a fully starred bronze card.

[ [Azure Luan Zither Girl - Dongfang Muqing]

Level: Bronze 10 stars

Type: Divine Beast - Character

Skills:

Silent Spirit's Guide: Plays a tune targeting an enemy unit, with a 25% chance to reduce their damage output by 20% for 50 seconds.

Moonlit Tide: Plays notes that restore the health of all allied units within a 30-meter radius for 3 minutes.

Brightening Dark Night: Dongfang Muqing enters a red state, boosting the effectiveness of her performance by 20% for 30 minutes.

Ambush on All Sides: Plays "Ambush on All Sides," increasing allies' attack power and health by 19% for 5 minutes.

Gathering Spirit Resonance: Enhances allied units with a basic buff of 3%~15%.

Zither Puppet: Controls puppets using music to defend herself in battle.

Azure Feather Wood Shift: Opens an Azure Feather portal up to three times daily.

Melodious Unity: Plays a melody that restores 12%~56% of the cardholder's mental energy within one minute, limited to once daily.

Overview: "I don't want to be the Cowherd and Weaver Girl!"]

"This upgrade is amazing," Luo Sheng murmured as he examined the card, discovering its impressive enhancements.

For instance, Dongfang Muqing's healing effect had been significantly strengthened, both in potency and duration, extending her support during battles.

Her newfound ability to control puppets for self-defense greatly increased her survivability on the battlefield. Moreover, she now provided all-around buffs.

The [Dongfang Muqing] card was essentially both a buff card and an effect card, without wasting opportunities to stack either. It was a surprising bonus.

"I completed three upgrade options, and I didn't expect such great success. The card has evolved from 'Performance Maiden' to 'Azure Luan Zither Girl.'"

Luo Sheng rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

The efficiency of upgrades largely depended on how many options could be completed. If he managed to finish five or six upgrades at once, the card's improvement would undergo a qualitative transformation, leading to evolution.

Another one-time-use card, [Heavenly Dao Oath], then fell onto the soft bed.

In Dongfang Muqing's world, strange rule-based cards like this could be acquired.

"If I keep swearing oaths in her world, I wonder if I'll get more of these," Luo Sheng speculated, though he worried it might annoy the Heavenly Dao.

The mysterious energy this time was quite generous, likely because of the card evolution. It pushed his mental jade's progress from 68% to 73%, a gain of 5%.

At this moment, Luo Sheng was a Bronze 8-star cardmaster. His mental jade's transformation made his mental energy both more abundant and purer than before.

Even using the Silver 2-star card now required little effort, allowing for longer durations.

Using a detector, he tested [Dongfang Muqing]'s compatibility and found it had reached 87, indicating she possessed partial consciousness, no different from a real person.

"Should I try the [Rank Ascension] card to see what happens?" Luo Sheng wondered aloud.

He took out the [Rank Ascension] card, which he had drawn at the academy. He decided to use it on [Dongfang Muqing] since a failure wouldn't harm his primary battle cards. If successful, her buffs would be extraordinary.

Without hesitation, he activated the [Rank Ascension] card, which transformed into a silver light and merged with [Dongfang Muqing].

The card emitted a dazzling glow.

At that moment, Luo Sheng found himself dreaming of Dongfang Muqing's ancient celestial-demon world. The card's realm began to unfold within his mind.

Dongfang Muqing was playing her zither by a lake.

Her melody seemed to resonate with the heavens, and the brilliant Milky Way shimmered into view.

The starry river, adorned with countless specks of light, revealed a phantom mark of the Heavenly Dao in the inky black cosmos.

Sensing the cosmos, Dongfang Muqing sat cross-legged and meditated. After a night of communing with the universe, she broke through her limits.

The card world froze on her moment of deep emotion.

Luo Sheng examined the now-evolved [Dongfang Muqing] card.

Bronze Full Star → Silver 1 Star Skill Enhancements:

3. Brightening Dark Night: Effectiveness +20% → +25%.

5. Gathering Spirit Resonance: Buff +3%~15% → +8%~27%.

7. Azure Feather Wood Shift: Daily limit 3 → 4.

8. Melodious Unity: Restores 12%~56% mental energy → 20%~75%.

The mysterious energy provided another familiar boost, refining his mental jade further to 75%.

Even though the card had ascended a rank, the summoning cost remained manageable, allowing Luo Sheng to maintain it for about a month.

"Come forth, Dongfang Muqing!"

With a tap, he summoned the [Azure Luan Zither Girl].

Dongfang Muqing, dressed in elegant azure attire, appeared on the bed, hugging her knees. Her clear eyes sparkled like those of an innocent deer.

"Luo Sheng!"

She eagerly wrapped her arms around his neck upon seeing him.

Luo Sheng peeled her off. "Too tight."

Dongfang Muqing playfully stuck out her tongue and then surveyed her surroundings with a critical eye. "This place is too small. It's nothing compared to our courtyard. You're so poor!"

Luo Sheng was speechless.

"This is small?"

The bathroom had a spacious tub for three, a cozy study, a five-square-meter wardrobe, a small living room with a tea table and sofa, and a ten-meter floor-to-ceiling window with luxurious drapes.

Even 007 didn't live like this!

The large bed alone could fit four or five people comfortably. At over fifty square meters, this "ordinary" room cost over 20,000 yuan in monthly rent.

"How much bigger do you want?" Luo Sheng retorted.

"Fine, I'll make do with this room," Dongfang Muqing grumbled as she sprawled on the bed in a carefree "大" shape. Her delicate feet peeked from beneath her skirt, tinged with a soft pink hue.

She tilted her head curiously when she noticed Luo Sheng staring at her feet. "Do you think my feet are pretty?"

Luo Sheng feigned nonchalance. "I'm just checking if they're clean. If you dirty my bed, how am I supposed to sleep?"

"Wanna sniff them?" Dongfang Muqing teased, lifting her foot.

Luo Sheng batted it away and pretended to be disgusted. "Who'd want to sniff your feet? Gross!"

"You liar! You totally want to lick them! You're such a pervert~" Dongfang Muqing laughed boldly.

"You little brat!"

Luo Sheng wrapped her in a blanket, pinning her to the floor and giving her a light smack. Dongfang Muqing just laughed harder, clearly enjoying herself.

(End of Chapter)