Daily life of a teacher in the martial arts department

I'm in a bad mood, but I still have to play my cards.

The owner knew him by now – he came every single day, and each time he'd stay for hours. He'd come in the morning and play until lunchtime, come in the afternoon and play until dinnertime, and after dinner he'd play until night. There were only three such hardcore card players in the entire board game shop, including him.

—That is, the boss himself, Ying Qin Guan, and Jiu Yi.

"Still alone?"

"Yes."

"The dean is waiting for you at the usual place. Go ahead."

Ying Qin Guan skillfully swiped his school card, walked in, turned a corner, and pushed open the door. Inside, Jiu Yi was idly shuffling cards.

As expected of an NPC that refreshes regularly!

"What's wrong? You've been looking so gloomy these past few days."

As Ying Qin walked in, Jiu Yi smiled and spoke up—this guy believed that happiness in the world was of equal value; knowing that others were unhappy made him happy, so seeing others unhappy made him happy.

"What else could it be..." Nephalem had told Ying Qin Guan, and Jiu also knew his identity, so he didn't hide it anymore and said with dissatisfaction, "My gender is no longer safe!"

"Oh, it's nothing, it's just being gender-modified. It's not like you'll lose a piece of flesh. Countless people want to be gender-modified but don't even have the right to. Besides, it's not like you're really being gender-modified, it's just getting a new skin."

Although Jiu Yi enjoyed deriving pleasure from the suffering of others, he had learned from the Nephalem that Ying Qin Guan was petty, vengeful, and stubborn, and especially liked to launch a consciousness slash at people for no reason. So he didn't dare to mock him too much and just said a few words before getting to the point.

"Nobody here? Shall we play a couple of 1v1 rounds first?"

"Okay... come on."

这个世界的1v1规则是6选4上3——当然私底下玩不在意这么多，有时候打神仙局抽20选10上3，那么只要不是特别非，武将的质量都会高上许多。

For example, in this game, Ying Qin Guan drew the greatest general of all time, the God of War.

Actually, looking back from now, the God of War's strength may not be as strong as people imagine. In the eyes of most professional martial artists, Ying Qin Guan's strength definitely surpasses that of the God of War, and by a significant margin.

But the God of War's identity is too special. In the hearts of martial artists... no, it should be said that the God of War holds an extremely special and lofty position. He is the pioneer of martial arts, the first true superhuman in the world, and no amount of praise is too much.

So... his general card, to put it nicely, is called the greatest general of all time; to put it bluntly, it's called the greatest cunning general of all time.

—Of course, this refers to gods? Gods of War. Initially, there was no concept of divine generals. In order to quickly attract attention, Time and Space Kill randomly released the top heroes from various eras at the beginning. As a result, some hero cards with far less fame and strength were stronger than the great heroes, which was definitely not right. So later, a series of prefixes such as 'god', 'limit break', 'true', and 'ultimate' came about.

Ying Qin Guan looked at the card.

The card is pure white, with an empty background. The man, whose face is obscured, is facing away from the infinite light source. Because he is facing away from the light source, all his facial features are shrouded in shadow, giving him an endless sense of mystery.

【God? Fighting God】

Era: Age of Gods

Stamina: 9

[Primal Warrior]: The user is considered the source of all damage.

[Peerless Martial Arts]:

Anyone who wants to respond to their own card needs to perform a matching move, and can only respond after the matching move is successful.

When anyone uses a card that requires their own response, they need to perform a matching exercise. The card will only take effect after the matching exercise is successful.

【Destiny is in My Hands】: Gain all cards that match points and make judgments.

【Invincible】: All of your own strategy cards that can target multiple targets are considered invincible.

—This is mainly to prevent an alien invasion and Wanfa Qiming from directly stealing seven cards.

【Exterminate All】: Except for yourself, no general in a dying state can recover health. Once a general is near death, they will die instantly.

【Battle God's Stance】: Gain one "Battle God" mark for each instance of damage dealt.

【Wrath of the God of War】: Discard twelve God of War tokens, discard four cards from all players, and deal one point of damage to each of them in turn. Restore three points of health to yourself. Afterwards, lose 【Wrath of the God of War】 and gain 【King of the Age of Gods】.

[King of the Gods]: Discard twelve War God Marks, restore three health points, randomly draw two Gods generals, and randomly gain one skill from each of them.

Nine health points and eight skills, the most cunning one in the world!

Many people who don't play Time Wars often are drawn to this general by the incredibly cool-sounding skill names listed after his name. But actually... the most outrageous skills of "God of War" are "Peerless Martial Arts" and "Destiny is Mine".

In short, it was outright robbery.

It's fucking outright robbery.

If you remove the "flawless" skill, then it's truly reached the pinnacle of cunning. But the hot company ultimately toned it down a bit and didn't go that far.

Even so, the God of War is the strongest general in history, even without his last four skills, his strength is still ridiculously high. He's just a little afraid of those armored monsters...

Puzzle (×)

Outright robbery?

Ying Qin was overjoyed and immediately defeated the God of War. This general was so fun that he could play him for a whole day and forget about his own Jill.

Even if the sky falls today, he still has to enjoy himself to the fullest!

He randomly selected a few other generals... The moment he flipped through the list, he noticed a slight change in Jiu Yi's expression, and the muscles in his legs tensed up... He wanted to run away.

In a 1v1 battle against a general like the God of War, several would die, unless it was a god-like mathematician with an incredibly lucky draw like Issodar—the one with the "ultimate formula for unification"—who could barely put up a fight.

What does this "heavenly hand" mean? It means starting with all the trick cards, drawing all the cards from the God of War's hand, and then continuously drawing trick cards, controlling the supply lines.

The theory that a mathematician with a perfect starting hand is invincible has always existed, and its counterpart is the "Ring of Truth" which states that "a perfect starting hand can instantly kill any squishy character."

But clearly, Jiu did not have such luck.

Despite the various foreshadowing elements at Ying Qin Pass, he still managed to defeat three opponents single-handedly by relying on the unreasonable strength of his generals, leaving Jiu Yi with a face as smug as Mu Nan Dong's.

"You stupid general, you son of a bitch, you stupid company, if you can't make a general, then don't try to make one. Who the hell designed this kind of hellish skill that takes away both cards in a duel? Why doesn't he just die?!"

After losing all three of his generals, Ying Qin Guan still had a full health and 7 cards. In chess, this would be a complete wipeout; in MOBA, it would be zero kills, zero dragons, and zero towers—the most miserable way to lose. Jiu Yi lost so badly that he was really anxious and furiously berated the designers of the "Gou Card" (a card game).

"No way!" Ying Qin Guan exclaimed, "The designer must have had a deeper meaning in doing this. No one thinks they know more about games than the designer!"

"Fuck you! This stuff isn't even allowed in official competitions! What are you pretending for!" Jiu Yi couldn't take it anymore. Ying Qin Guan's taunt made his anger explode. He immediately rolled up his sleeves, ready to fight Ying Qin Guan. But when Ying Qin Guan glanced over, he immediately obediently sat back down and started shuffling the cards.

"I can't beat them, so it's okay."

Chapter Five Opening

Ying Qin Guan was a person with little initiative and a short attention span.

On a whim, he commissioned the Yorozuya to create a drawing of himself, hoping to curb the trend of gender-bending. He took it seriously for the first few days. Although it didn't have any real effect, at least he was thinking about it and even went to the Yorozuya. But in the following days, he became lazy, feeling that there was no use in being anxious and that he might as well devote himself to playing cards.

Fortunately, although Shenxin has a foul mouth towards clients, beats up her own boss, criticizes clients' needs, and secretly adds zeros to the bill, she is indeed a good artist.

Before we knew it, it was Wednesday night.

The students of the Imperial Academy rushed to the theater... Ying Qin Guan, who had been playing cards until he was delirious, walked out of the board game store and suddenly remembered... Damn it, his execution day had arrived, and Yorozuya hadn't submitted its manuscript yet!

—No, it seems I haven't been to the Yorozuya to pick up my goods, and the Yorozuya doesn't know where I am.

—No, I'm the client, how could such a prestigious client have a problem! It must be the Yorozuya's incompetence...

Ying Qin Guan shifted the blame without any qualms, then hesitated for a moment.

He hesitated about whether to go to the theater... If he went, he might have a stroke, but not going didn't feel right either. It was like a game where you can't reload; if you missed the part, some cutscenes would be unplayable forever.

He was in a strange state of mind at that moment, feeling both bad at the game and wanting to play.

"No, I have to go and see." After hesitating for a long time, Ying Qin Guan finally made a decision. "I, Ying, am an upright and honorable man. How can I just sit by and watch myself be effeminate!"

He mustered his courage, took a step, and then stopped.

The Yellow River is blocked by ice, and the Taihang Mountains are covered in snow.

Ying Qin Guan looked bewildered and dumbfounded.

"Speaking of which...where is the theater?"

-

Ying Qin Guan didn't ask for directions this time; he couldn't bring himself to do it. But he observed the flow of students around him and noticed that most of them were heading in the same direction. So he followed them and eventually actually arrived at the Imperial Academy's Grand Opera House.

At that moment, he felt like he was...

Sherlock Holmes

The Imperial Academy's theater was located in the center of the Arts Department, occupying a considerable space. Ying Qin Guan followed the flow of people up the steps... and then saw Yu Xie Tian at the theater entrance, arms crossed, leaning against the wall, one foot on the wall.

When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you; when Ying Qin Guan saw him, he also saw Ying Qin Guan.

Ying Qin Guan walked up the steps in a few steps and arrived in front of him.

Yu Xietian said, "I couldn't get in touch with you, and I went to your dorm but no one was there. I was thinking you might come here, so I'm taking a gamble and waiting here for a bit... Shenxin has already finished the painting and submitted it to Yequ's office the day before yesterday... According to the girl in the office, because Mu Nandong is participating in this event, using real names might get us flamed to death. So everyone is using pen names. Shenxin's pen name is 'Zhan Jue'. You can tell which painting is Shenxin's just by the pen name... That's about it."

Ying Qin Guan said apologetically, "You can come find me at the board game arcade in the future."

Yu Xietian immediately understood and said, "It seems you and the principal share the same hobby."

Low emotional intelligence: So you're also a fixed-refresh NPC?

High emotional intelligence: You and the principal share the same hobbies.

“Well then, I have other things to do, so I won’t watch any more.” Yu Xietian waved his hand and said, “If nothing unexpected happens, you will win the championship. With Shenxin’s level, it would be a bit unreasonable for him to bully a bunch of students. The day after the championship is confirmed, the bill will be sent to Anguo Division in your name. I hope there won’t be any problems on your end.”

Because he wasn't paying for it himself, Ying Qin Guan acted very confidently, not even asking how much it would cost, and waved his hand, saying, "Just send it!"

At that moment, Nephalem, far away in Anguo, sneezed again.

-

Ying Qin Guan walked into the theater.

Due to the presence of alchemy, the architectural style within the Royal Court changes frequently, and the theater is no exception.

The red and black chairs were arranged neatly from top to bottom, with a pitch-black dome above them. But if you looked closely, you would find some ancient patterns painted on it, as well as many lamps. At this moment, only about half of them were lit, and it was unknown what kind of strange light the other half would emit.

Ying Qin looked down and the layout of the theater reminded him of the Colosseum... albeit only half of it.

On the stage at the very bottom, a red curtain with gold trim blocked out everything behind the scenes.

The nocturne was incredibly popular, and the theater was almost full. Ying Qin Guan looked around but couldn't find a seat.

"Teacher! Over here!"

A somewhat familiar voice rang out, and Ying Qin Guan looked up in the direction of the voice... It was Fu Fei Han. Coincidentally, there was an empty seat next to him.

Ying Qin Guan didn't stand on ceremony. As soon as he saw there was a seat available, he hurriedly went over.