My Card Beast Taming Game

The Star-Questioning Parrot, having regained its composure, said, "Then the attack power of your card is actually on par with, and even slightly suppresses, that of the Ink-Swept Crocodile General. The Ink-Swept Crocodile General's attack power is already among the top in the Silver Rank!"

Zhou Chen didn't respond, but instead asked, "Is it okay to let them all go running?"

"What does it matter? I'm in charge here while Chongxuan is away!"

"Asking Star Parrot," the parrot said proudly.

The unicorn chuckled and said, "Your senior brother Chongxuan is known as one of the two stars of the Wanfa Sect along with Fatian. He is the most promising person to be promoted to the Emerald rank in recent years. What's more, he also serves as the head coach of the school team."

It turns out to be the head teacher.

Zhou Chen nodded.

The head teacher is on par with the vice dean of a branch school, equivalent to a level four professional title.

Chapter 182: The Name of a Calamity

Did you go for a run today?

This message has appeared in the pinned posts of the Shen Du Yuan forum at some point.

This was all because on Saturday morning, nearly four hundred students from the entire school were forced to participate in an event called "I Want to Run 100 Kilometers".

Its origin is the spirit-seeking parrot of the head coach of the sports academy's school team.

Even the dean wouldn't interfere with its decision, even if such corporal punishment could hinder the student's mental development.

Everyone knows that no one who gets punished by the star-chasing parrot is innocent.

This made many students who didn't go to join the fun or didn't have time to go feel especially fortunate.

Damn it!

Zhou Chen is a jinx!

Even the "fierce goddess" Lu Qingning was implicated by him!

For students of Shen Du Academy, giving nicknames is a form of entertainment, much like how gamers often give their favorite characters catchy nicknames.

Therefore, Zhou Chen successfully earned the special title of "Disaster Star," which stands in stark contrast to his extraordinary luck.

Now, along with the Star-Seeking Parrot, it has become a fearsome sight for ghosts.

Because his challenge is still ongoing.

Although Su Xuanzhen went for a run, the tablet was left behind, becoming a tool for him to find his next opponent.

Everyone who was chosen looked as if they had suffered a terrible misfortune, yet they had no way to refuse.

The Star Parrot, who has the veto power over school team spots, is watching closely!

They could only fight Zhou Chen with extreme caution, making sure they didn't make any small mistakes.

This time, no ordinary student dared to challenge him.

No one even dared to approach and watch the battle.

On one hand, he defeated Hyunyama, and his strength was recognized by the entire school. Ordinary students would never think that they had a chance to defeat such a rookie monster.

On the other hand, knowing that one is bound to lose but still going to take on the challenge is clearly a sign of being overly eager to run.

Everyone is very busy. They only come out to have fun on weekends to relax. Usually, they are either cultivating in their quiet rooms or dormitories, or fighting against others or forming groups to go to secret realms to make money.

Who would have thought that such a thing would happen when I finally get to relax?

What? Running can be relaxing?

While it's true that you can run, aren't playing games, eating, and surfing the internet for gossip all much better? Aren't they all a hundred times better than running!

But there's nothing you can do if you get caught.

Even the student council members next door who didn't join in the fun got caught up in it—who can blame them when they're in the sports department, publicity department, and discipline inspection department?

President Li Feijin made no comment on this.

She wasn't at the Divine Capital Academy; she had returned to the Li family to prepare for her intermediate-level advancement and had no intention of giving Lu Qingning a chance to challenge her at the same level.

Lu Qingning wasn't upset about this at all; in fact, she was happy to see it happen.

She didn't aspire to achieve great things in her first year; she just wanted to be the strongest junior in the entire school.

She has now eliminated Wenren Shiyue, and the remaining four will also be put on the agenda.

In conclusion, Zhou Chen's targeted hunting mission continues.

The students in the competition area were evacuating urgently. Apart from the students who were participating in the selection process, almost everyone else had run away. There was no one left who could hope to be favored by the teachers or spirit beasts.

The outdoor area was unusually empty.

Zhou Chen strolled along the road as if he were in a park, while the parrot was furious, "One or two of them! They're all spineless! The quality of the students in recent years at Shen Du Academy is worrying!"

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noon.

Zhou Chen returned to the Bai Ze Palace.

He felt that the challenge should be coming to an end.

Unaware of what was happening outside, Duomu Baigao asked with a smile, "How is it? Have you found any like-minded friends?"

“My friend doesn’t know, but he got a lot of people to go running.”

The one-horned Chow Chow chuckled.

Zhou Chen squatted down and rubbed its chubby face. "How can you blame me? It was clearly Teacher Xing who did it. I'm not even an accomplice."

Du Mu Bai Gao's smile remained calm as he said, "It seems you've had a very interesting morning."

"almost."

Zhou Chen gave a vague answer.

But he actually found it quite interesting, much more interesting than the fixed routine of attending classes and running dungeons every day.

But after having fun, you still have to learn what you need to learn.

He sat down next to the statue of Bai Ze, took out his notebook and continued reading. After more than half an hour, he went out to practice the three-card array.

The following Sunday, Zhou Chen went to the competition area in the morning as usual to act as a "ghost-fearing" character, but unfortunately Su Xuanzhen and Xing Keji were not there, as they were busy running.

During the break, I asked the star parrot, "With such good stamina, have you ever considered participating in another event?"

The National Youth Games have three events, and each student can participate in a maximum of two. Zhou Chen has currently decided to participate in the team competition.

He shook his head and said, "Compared to the other events in the Youth Championship, I actually prefer to participate in the Array Domain Competition..."

Why do the students from the Array Domain Academy not participate in the Array Domain Competition and instead spend all their time in the Arena?

Naihe asked the Star Parrot, "You probably won't reach the level for Array Domain this year. You've only just started learning, right? This skill requires a lot of time and experience for a card master to accumulate."

"Ok."

Zhou Chen nodded. As he gradually began to learn about array domains, he discovered that, like card masters improving their mental strength, the speed at which one could master it depended heavily on talent and time.

Currently, he is playing on the easy difficulty level and is still in the learning stage, so his talent level has not yet been fully demonstrated.

The star-studded parrot continued, "Are you really not going to reconsider? You can skip the individual competition, but what about the team competition?"

The team and individual competitions are team-based matches where five card masters take turns playing against five other card masters, with the winner determined by the highest score.

The confirmed starters for the team and individual competitions are Jin Siye, Li Feijin, and Xuanshan, while Lu Qingning and Zhou Chen are also under consideration for the school team.

Originally, Jin Siye stopped participating in team competitions after switching to individual competitions. Now that he has been promoted to intermediate level, the school will inevitably hope that he will give them a boost.

That's why he gave up the position of captain of the school team; he was simply too busy.

Zhou Chen asked, "Is the competition for the spots in the individual competition very fierce?"

"Of course, the individual competition is a crucial indicator for determining the strongest young card master in China and even globally. With only five spots available for each school, who wouldn't want one?"

The Chow Chow licked its lips. "It's not a complete championship if you don't win the individual competition."

Zhou Chen nodded.

Lu Qingning has basically secured her place in both the individual and team individual competitions, so she can't help herself in the team competition.

He's not interested in the individual competition right now; it's clearly something only intermediate-level card masters can compete for. He'll wait until he advances to intermediate level next year.

The list of names needs to be finalized in advance, but he couldn't be sure which month he would be promoted. His intuition told Zhou Chen that the experience points required for Lv.25 and beyond would be the same as those for Lv.15, a significant increase.

For both team and individual competitions, you could consider participating.

After playing for the past two days, Zhou Chen realized that he actually quite enjoys competitive matches.

Why can't I settle the payment?

He felt that if battles could be settled, he would definitely fall in love with competitive battles and level up faster.

"I'm well rested."

Zhou Chen stood up and walked toward his next target.

In a short time.

The atmosphere in the competition area was tense.

Chapter 183: The Spirit of the Three Schools (37/121)

One hundred kilometers seems like a long distance.

In fact, for a novice card player, running around in their spare time for a maximum of one week is enough.

Like Lu Qingning, she and Han Baobao were probably among the first to finish the run, finishing on Monday afternoon.

She is self-disciplined and has a habit of exercising, just to ensure that her body develops as fully as possible.

"Ultimately, things like reaction time and endurance are all related to physical fitness. Appropriate exercise can also help with the absorption of spiritual materials, allowing the body to reach its peak."

Lu Qingning has said something similar more than once: "Many card masters, while exploring the potential of spirit cards, often forget that they also have something to explore themselves, which is why their advancement is so difficult."

Although there is no scientific evidence to suggest that exercise is related to promotion, Lu Qingning always believed that a card master who was too weak could not go very far.

Zhou Chen once complained that this was a typical case of the brain being controlled by muscles.

Then he got punched by Lu Qingning.

She solemnly declared that the mainstream societal view of prioritizing the spirit over the body is wrong. 99.99% of card masters cannot escape the constraints of the body, and this unhealthy trend is entirely caused by the world's clumsy pursuit of high-level card masters.

Indeed, even the strongest card master is extremely vulnerable when facing spirit cards and spirit beasts.

But that's precisely why it's even more important to have a strong physique, so that you can have a better chance of survival when you can only face monsters with your bare hands.

Unfortunately, people tend to rely more on spiritual materials to enhance their physical strength, obtain the power of the Nine Dragons through medicine, and then use their precious time to meditate or find some amusement for themselves.

Lu Qingning couldn't interfere with others, so she could only encourage those around her to exercise together. Mei Xian and Han Baobao were among the beneficiaries.

Like in the Hungry Wolf Secret Realm, Zheng Chao was always exhausted as night approached, but Mei Xian was able to concentrate on driving back to the outpost after a day of logistics work.

This is the most direct manifestation.

While the overall school spirit of Shendu Academy is free and does not forcibly interfere with most students' plans for the future, it also frequently promotes and encourages students to exercise through the sports department of the student union.

Chongxuan, the head coach of the school team, has strict requirements on the physical fitness of the team members.

Therefore, on the Shen Du Academy forum, apart from the slightly humorous pinned post, students joked more about being physically punished than complained, indicating that they now understood what it felt like to be a member of the school team.

Even without supervision, no one slacks off.

Some even went so far as to compare running speeds—

Even though your spirit card is very strong, you can't outrun me, believe it or not?

In addition, the student council demonstrated remarkable cohesion during this incident, often marching in neat formations, led by three ministers, following a pre-planned route.

When Zhou Chen occasionally passed by from above, he almost thought he was still half asleep and had traveled back to the running formation during the long break between classes in his previous life.

"It's semi-military management, they learned it from Tiandu Academy."

The unicorn chow chow seemed unfazed, saying, "Of the three great courtyards, the Tiandu Courtyard is particularly fond of this kind of thing."

The three major academies in China each have their own distinct styles.

Tiandu College has a militaristic style, with common positions such as class teacher, counselor, and class monitor. It has serious requirements for students in all aspects, and any unsatisfactory behavior will result in the deduction of students' resources and credits, and restrictions on their original powers.