Chapter 1726 Playing Cards

In front of Xia Li was a thick stack of cards.

The cards were placed delicately in the iron box, with one stack in each of the four corners and two cards stacked in the middle. Because the backs of the cards were facing Xia Li, she couldn't see the contents clearly. She could only see that the backs of the cards were exactly the same, full of geometric figures and various line patterns, a bit like the scene in a kaleidoscope.

"What is this?" Xia Li looked at Angel in confusion. Is this thing for magicians? How come she didn't know it at all?

Angel didn't explain, but motioned Xia Li to take it out and see it herself.

Xia Li hesitated for a moment, stretched out her hand to touch one of the cards, and the moment she touched it, the cards inside seemed to be activated, all flew out of the iron box, arranged regularly, and rotated around Xia Li.

Until then, Xia Li finally saw the contents of the card.

There were four different patterns, namely hearts, spades, diamonds and clubs, each with thirteen cards, and each card was marked with a common number and pattern. At this time, these cards were rotating around Xia Li at a uniform speed.

The only exception was that there were two cards in the box that did not move, quietly placed in the middle of the box. Even though the pattern on the back was the same as the other cards, it inexplicably made Xia Li feel a sense of solemnity that was different from the other four suits of cards.

Xia Li still didn't know what these cards were, but these cards made her vaguely feel close to them, and she always felt that they seemed to be very suitable for her.

On the other side, Graya looked at these cards, and a glimmer flashed in her eyes.

She always felt that she seemed to have seen these cards somewhere.

At this time, Xia Li did not see any clues on the known fifty-two cards, so she set her sights on the last two cards in the box.

When Xia Li's fingers picked up one of the cards, a strange laugh suddenly appeared.

Xia Li's fingertips trembled, and the card suddenly slid out, and then a burst of white mist suddenly burst out in the center of the card surface, and a clown in black and white, wearing a funny costume embroidered with four patterns, appeared in front of her in a strange posture.

At the moment when the clown appeared, everything around him went dark, as if he had come to a dark night without light.

Nothing could be seen, only the clown's weird and sharp laughter could be heard.

Before Xia Li knew what was happening, a hand suddenly reached out and took out the card floating in front of Xia Li.

When the hand touched the card, the clown that had jumped out of the card before returned to the card, and the darkness around him instantly faded away, returning to the bright world again.

Xia Li came back to her senses from her trance, and then she found that the person holding the card was Greya, who had been a spectator beside her.

Greya was holding the card that had jumped out of the black and white clown before, studying it with a frown.

"This card seems to have appeared in... the sleepless city?" Greya whispered softly, with a rare solemnity in her words.

The sleepless city? Xia Li hadn't reacted yet. Was it the sleepless city that had fallen in the Evernight Kingdom, or the sleepless city that was forced to leave the Evernight Kingdom and rebuild a new city?

Xia Li didn't understand what she meant, but Angel knew what Graya was talking about.

The Joker card, or the Joker card, from the Nightmare Realm.

"Have you seen this card?" Angel asked curiously. The Joker card was originally released by him accidentally in the Night Demon City of the Dark Demon Country. Later, it was said that it followed the Fox Harp Holder and the Frog Chanter to the Evernight Country, but Angel had never seen it in the Sleepless City.

Graya shook her head: "I haven't seen it, but the Candy House also has its own internal information channels. I know that similar cards have appeared in the Sleepless City... cards, but they seem to be much bigger than yours."

Graya looked at the Joker card carefully, but didn't see too many clues, so she handed the card back to Xia Li. Xia Li was still a little at a loss holding the card, looking at Angel in confusion, hoping to get the answer from him.

Since Angel had refined this deck of cards, there was no reason to keep it secret. He didn't keep it a secret and said directly: "This is a deck of playing cards."

What are playing cards? It was the first time that Xia Li heard of such a strange name. Although she had a vague sense of familiarity, would a magician really need such a prop? Also, what exactly is the purpose of this deck of cards?

Although Charlie did not ask these questions, her eyes said it all.

Angel thought for a moment: "In a very far place, although it is far away from the wizarding world, the profession of magician has also developed there. And playing cards are a kind of hand cards, or tool cards, for magicians."

"Magicians have developed a series of magic with playing cards, which are collectively called card magic."

Although it was the first time that Charlie heard of card magic, as a dedicated magician, looking at the playing cards surrounding her, these cards full of numbers, patterns and designs, and with implicit logical connections inside, in her opinion, maybe she could really develop a series of wonderful magic.

Angel: "I can show you a simple card magic."

That's what he said, but Angel didn't plan to do it himself. Instead, he tapped the table with his knuckles, and an illusion appeared around them.

This was a large theater full of upper-class atmosphere. On the stage stood a tall man in magician's clothes, and below the stage were a group of nobles dressed very gentlemanly. The air was filled with red wine and luxury.

A bright light hit the magician gentleman, attracting the attention of everyone present. He told a dirty joke that the common people didn't understand, but the nobles knew it all to warm up the atmosphere. When the atmosphere was almost right, he took out a deck of playing cards and continued to speak jargon while shuffling and cutting the cards.

Laymen were confused, but the more Xia Li watched, the brighter her eyes became, especially the magician's shuffling action that was obviously full of fancy but still very elegant, which made Xia Li couldn't help but imitate it with her bare hands.

Although this magician's conversation, temperament and behavior were not the same as Xia Li's, he had his own inner elegance. Especially the induction of actions, the confusion of words, and various hints, all made Xia Li understand that if this person was a real person, he would definitely be a very famous magic master.

The magician shuffled the cards and walked down from the stage.

The light above his head followed the magician all the time, making everyone's eyes move with him.

The magician came to one of the tables below the stage. This table had the best viewing position, and the people sitting there were dressed the most luxuriously. They were probably the most distinguished people in the entire theater.

The magician stopped in front of the people at this table, said a few polite words in a very humorous way, and then started to perform magic.