"Hubby, are all of these your skill cards?"

Yun Zhenyue turned her head.

She asked Gu Yuan in utter shock.

"Mhm... they’re all pretty useless skills, but there are some minor ones among them that might be able to help you."

Gu Yuan nodded.

Seeing Yun Zhenyue hesitate, he asked,

"You don’t like them, or are you worried there’s a problem with them?"

"Umm~"

Yun Zhenyue hesitated for a moment before slowly explaining.

"Hubby... I don’t know what abilities these cards actually have."

Gu Yuan stroked his chin upon hearing this.

He was extremely familiar with these skills, so he hadn’t bothered with labels, just numbers.

Thinking of this,

Gu Yuan began rummaging through the drawer.

He randomly selected three skill cards he thought would be helpful to Yun Zhenyue.

A blood-red paper figure was printed on the first card.

"Honey, take a look at this one first."

"This skill is called Disaster-Blocking Paperman. As long as you personally make the paper figure, it can ward off one disaster."

Gu Yuan gently handed the card to Yun Zhenyue.

"Huh?"

"Isn’t that pretty powerful?"

Yun Zhenyue blinked.

Seeing her innocent and clueless expression, Gu Yuan chuckled. "It’s not as good as you think."

"This paper figure can only block minor harm for you, like tripping over or getting a small cut from a knife."

"And if you make one wrong fold, the paper figure will become a Calamity-Invoking Paperman and bring you bad luck. Plus, each paper figure is only valid for one hour after you make it."

’Is... is that all?’

’So many restrictions, just to block such a tiny disaster?’

’And you’ll bring disaster upon yourself if you’re not careful?’

Disgusted, Yun Zhenyue put the card back in the drawer. ’This thing really is useless!’

Seeing this,

Gu Yuan took out a second card.

A cute little lamb was drawn on this card.

"This card is called Scapegoat Lamb..."

Gu Yuan slowly began to explain.

Hearing this, Yun Zhenyue’s eyes widened as she guessed, "Don’t tell me this one can transfer a disaster to someone else?"

’That would be way too powerful!’

But Gu Yuan first nodded, then shook his head with a smile. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"To be precise, it copies the disaster."

"After using this skill, you can randomly pick an unlucky soul to suffer the disaster simultaneously with you."

"In other words, you can take someone down with you before you die."

Yun Zhenyue: "???"

’What’s the use of that?’

’This skill is completely useless!’

’No wonder he said they were useless. It can’t save your life, it can’t predict risks... unless you have some kind of resurrection skill to combo with it!’

Little did she know,

these two were actually some of the better ones.

Before Gu Yuan could introduce the third card,

"Then hubby, what about these two?"

Her scalp tingling with unease, Yun Zhenyue was curious about the first two cards she had seen earlier.

One was dark gold, depicting an upside-down eye, while the other was jet-black, outlining a pierced human figure!

Seeing this, Gu Yuan slowly explained.

The upside-down eye was called Yin Pupil. It allowed one to sync with the inner emotions of anomalies.

Although you could sense an anomaly’s emotions and make judgments in advance, you would also be affected. Moreover, it was a passive skill, automatically syncing with all anomalies within a ten-meter radius!

Bloodlust, murderous intent, violence, mania, depression...

From the moment you opened your eyes to the moment you closed them, your mind would be flooded with all sorts of negative emotions!

Having this ability could drive a person insane!

And the jet-black figure was called Death Split.

In a near-death state, the user’s body would split off a new individual, like a cicada shedding its shell. The new individual would possess the original’s exact same memories and abilities.

As for the original body?

It would definitely be dead!

It’s similar to the Theseus’ Ship paradox. The new person has the same memories, emotions, and senses. To outsiders, it might seem like nothing has changed, but the real you died the moment you used the skill.

...

As they heard Gu Yuan explain the abilities of these skill cards one by one,

the audience in the Dragon Country was dumbfounded.

If you called these skills powerful, they came with a huge pile of debuffs!

But could you call them weak?

In specific situations, they were actually quite useful!

It really proved what Gu Yuan had said—they were useless!

[There are hundreds of these, are they all this kind of skill card?]

[HISS~ Where did Boss Gu Yuan even get these skill cards? They all look good but are totally impractical!]

[That Death Split skill is a bit terrifying. The thought of a person who is exactly the same as me gives me chills.]

[Scapegoat Lamb is somewhat useful. You could use it on death row inmates to eliminate some anomalies.]

[Out of these hundreds of skill cards, is there not a single useful one?]

...

「Meanwhile.」

The foreign viewers were about to burst out laughing!

They had been so nervous just now when they heard this pile of cards were all skill cards!

Most of them had drawn a blank, terrified!

Gu Yuan actually possessed so many skill cards!

Although they didn’t know how he got them, if he gave them to the Dragon Country, the Dragon Country would instantly become a superpower!

But after hearing about the skills’ abilities, they breathed a sigh of relief.

[I thought they were something special, but they’re just a pile of garbage skill cards. I wouldn’t take them even if you gave them to me!]

[LMAO, I’m dying. A moment ago he was some "chairman," and now he’s trying to fool people with a pile of trash.]

[He definitely stole these cards from that Illusion Death Card Shop, but it turns out they’re all just the trash they didn’t want.]

[Some people just love collecting scrap. A whole drawer of junk.]

[We of the Great Cold Country will be merciful. How about we buy them from you for a thousand Cold Yuan a piece? We’ll treat it as collecting scrap.]

...

「Finally.」

Yun Zhenyue stared at the massive pile of useless skill cards.

She sighed helplessly.

She really had no idea which one to choose.

’No wonder he said it was all stuff he didn’t want!’

’He really wasn’t lying.’

"Hm?"

Just then,

Yun Zhenyue spotted a rather cute-looking skill card.

On it were drawn two small, blood-red hearts.

A cluster of spider lilies pierced through the hearts, linking them together.

The card was numbered 0520.

"Hubby, what’s this card for?" Yun Zhenyue asked curiously.

"This card..."

Gu Yuan thought for a moment before recalling its use, realizing it was very suitable for Yun Zhenyue.

"It’s called the Love Contract."

"As long as the two people in love reach a certain level of affection, they can borrow each other’s power."

At this, Yun Zhenyue’s beautiful eyes sparkled with delight.

She had always thought Gu Yuan was powerful, incredibly powerful!

’If I could borrow Gu Yuan’s power, wouldn’t I be invincible on any mission?’

"However... you can only borrow 1% of the power, and there’s a one-year cooldown after each use."

"Are you sure you want this card?"

Gu Yuan chuckled, holding the card.

With his power as the supreme Ghost Emperor,

forget 1%—even 0.1% or 0.01% would be enough for Yun Zhenyue to sweep away all opposition!

She could crush Evil Stars and dominate Great Evils!

This skill card, which would be utterly useless to anyone else,

was, unexpectedly, a perfect fit for Yun Zhenyue.

’Of course,’

’she would need my permission before she could borrow my power.’

’As long as Yun Zhenyue holds back a little, it shouldn’t expose my identity.’

"I—"

Yun Zhenyue’s heart pounded. She believed her husband was the strongest.

She had never doubted a single word Gu Yuan said!

Not even when he claimed a single drop of his blood was worth one hundred million ghost coins!

Yun Zhenyue believed him without a shadow of a doubt!

’It’s just...’

she often sensed that Gu Yuan seemed to have other secrets.

’By using his power, I should be able to understand him better, to get closer to his heart.’

Yun Zhenyue nodded at once and said seriously, "I want this skill card!"