My Card Beast Taming Game

Spiritual artifacts are a scarce resource. Although the Divine Capital Academy has a profound foundation, it cannot grant applications casually. The students of the school team must demonstrate their value.

Based on past experience, as long as the applicant has the corresponding spirit weapon and performs well in sparring and the autumn tournament, the success rate of the application is almost 100%.

Only three out of six teams can be selected, making the competition extremely fierce.

However, two of them are almost a done deal.

For teams without magical artifacts, their only real opponents are the other three teams.

It was noon.

Zhou Chen and the Chow Chow didn't even return to the Bai Ze Palace; they just found a spot in the arena to wait for their takeout.

The meeting time is 1 p.m.

Cao Shoushan gave them a short break, but it wasn't short either. After playing three games in a row in the morning, many of them were quite tired and wanted to go to a quiet room to relax.

Therefore, almost all the students on the school team left the arena, leaving only the two of them.

"Quiet room..."

Zhou Chen chewed on the spiritual materials, something that was standard in the three major academies and even many card master academies, but a rare prize in the club.

After all, such places that can eliminate negative emotions and enhance meditation efficiency are very expensive.

Without the supply from the entire nation, even the Card Master Academy cannot operate for an extended period on its own, let alone for all students.

Even graduate students mostly practice meditation in quiet rooms.

Environments like the Bai Ze Palace and the Xie Zhi Palace are generally only for advanced card masters and special-grade card masters.

The one-horned Chow Chow exclaimed, "Oh! Here it comes!"

A strongman flew over carrying a food box, quickly approached them upon seeing them, put down the takeout inside, and left—quite professional.

The Chow Chow opened the food box and said, "Eat quickly, Haisheng and the others will be here soon. You two agreed to practice your swordsmanship, didn't you?"

"Ah."

Zhou Chen put down the bitter dried mushrooms and embraced the delicious food, instantly finding great comfort in his heart.

Unfortunately, happy times are always short-lived.

He ate his fill in no time, finishing all the food in his lunchbox.

Just then, Haisheng led a person in, who turned out to be Xuanshan.

"Hengzhen! Come quick!"

He beckoned.

Without hesitation, Zhou Chen jumped down from the audience and greeted the two, "Coach, Senior Xuanshan."

"..."

Xuanshan looked at him with a complicated expression, bowed and said, "Hengzhen...Grandmaster Uncle."

Chapter 197: From the Same Source

Hyunsan has been feeling particularly frustrated these past two months.

First, he was brutally beaten by his junior, losing face as the seventeenth-ranked student in the Zhuxia region; second, he was punished by the Wenxing Parrot, and it's estimated that he'll have to run 5,000 kilometers until next year.

Fortunately, there was no time limit, which allowed him to postpone it until he met the graduate students.

But the most speechless thing is that right now, he has to respectfully call a junior student who is underage "Grandmaster Uncle".

He had no choice; his master, Haisheng, had ordered him to do it.

That's really something.

How can there be a newcomer with such a high seniority?

"Senior, you don't need to be so polite. Just call me Hengzhen or Zhou Chen." Zhou Chen quickly waved his hand.

As for Hyunsan, although the provocative words his opponent uttered during the fight were annoying, he completely forgot about them after the match ended.

Hai Sheng patted Xuan Shan on the shoulder and said, "Xuan Shan is the disciple I plan to take in. It is said that this guy is very talkative when he fights you. I hope you don't take it to heart. It's not directed at anyone. It's just his bad habit."

Zhou Chen nodded to indicate that she understood, but then thought to herself, shouldn't the list of graduate students not be finalized until next year?

Has Hyunsan been acquired by Haisheng so quickly?

While he was thinking, Haisheng took out several wooden swords from the bag on Xuanshan's back and said, "It's getting late, let's get started as soon as possible. Xuanshan, you go practice on the side."

"It's Master."

Hyunsan ran away with a wooden sword in the style of a horse-slaying sword.

Hai Sheng handed Zhou Chen a handful of martial arts techniques and said, "There's an old saying about martial arts: 'If you don't practice for a day, you'll miss out on ten days of practice; if you don't practice for ten days, you'll become lax in everything.' If Hengzhen wants to improve in this area, he should set aside at least half an hour to practice every day."

He paused, then said, "Let me see what kind of swordsmanship you've learned."

"Row."

Zhou Chen was not intimidated. He wielded the swords with both hands as usual, and his most proficient move was the hidden blade technique he had learned first. His skillful posture made Hai Sheng, who was watching from the side, nod slightly.

After demonstrating all the sword techniques he had learned, Haisheng said, "Very good. It's clear that your former martial arts coach was a master swordsman. Was he a card master?"

"No."

Zhou Chen shook his head.

Zhao Shiping is nearly forty years old, and his spiritual power still shows no signs of awakening.

He will most likely spend his entire life as an ordinary person.

Hai Sheng said with great regret, "It's not true. What a pity. Compared to many mediocre people, someone with such talent and ability is more qualified to become a card master."

That's a lot...

Something doesn't sound right.

Zhou Chen didn't respond, but asked instead, "What do you think of my swordsmanship?"

"Unbearable to look at."

Hai Sheng answered bluntly: "You're green and inexperienced. Your observation skills are quite good, which allows you to fully unleash your moves when fighting your opponent. But once you're without an opponent, the crudeness of your swordsmanship is exposed."

Zhou Chen: "..."

The one-horned Chow Chow remained silent, only winking and making faces at him.

There's an old saying: "A month for a stick, a year for a knife, a lifetime for a spear," which illustrates the difficulty of mastering and becoming proficient with these three weapons.

Hai Sheng crossed his arms and said, "I won't teach you any sword techniques now. I just need you and Ling Ka to build a solid foundation—swipe your sword. The downward slash is the most commonly used and most powerful move in sword techniques. Practice slashing for half an hour every day."

Zhou Chen had no objection. One of his characteristics was that once he made a decision about something, he would completely trust the people who could help him in that matter.

He summoned the Black-feathered White Ape, stroked its drooping head, and then the two began to slash at each other together.

Hai Sheng watched silently from the sidelines, offering pointers whenever Zhou Chen's swordplay faltered.

During the conversation, he asked in a low voice, "Is this sword of the White Ape really not a magical weapon?"

"Have you ever seen a spirit artifact that has no physical form and can be summoned along with a spirit card?"

The unicorn chow retorted, "Even if it's a spirit treasure, only a king-level card master can gather it and the spirit card together. Does he look like a king-level card master?"

Hai Sheng: "The world is full of wonders, I have reservations."

"It's up to you. Whether it is or not is not important to the Wanfa Sect right now."

The Chow Chow yawned, lay on the ground licking its lips and teeth, and said, "Hengzhen's existence is the key to Elder Bai's promotion. If Elder Bai's promotion goes smoothly, our Divine Capital Academy can be stable for at least thirty years."

Hai Sheng agreed, saying, "The Divine Capital Academy does indeed need a new King-level Card Master to stabilize the situation; the Myriad Laws Sect has been dormant for too long."

The previous King-level Card Master of the Wanfa Sect appeared thirty years ago. At that time, the sect leader stepped down and took on the role of honorary vice dean and supreme elder of the Wanfa Sect.

Such is the style of the Divine Capital Academy: the new King-level Card Master becomes the sect leader and dean, while the previous one retires to the background.

This is why the Divine Capital Academy has ten vice deans, but only three, including Bai Shounian, are currently in office.

"The dean probably won't be back until the school team goes on another trip."

Hai Sheng sighed, "I hope I can stay longer this year. I really don't want to see the faces of those aristocratic families."

The unicorn chow chow glanced sideways: "Your thinking is unacceptable. Didn't the dean say that we can't push all the aristocratic families to the opposite side?"

Hai Sheng: "I know."

You know nothing.

The unicorn crow inwardly grumbled, "In all of China, no one can completely sever ties with aristocratic families, including sects."

Over hundreds of years of prosperity, these aristocratic families have spawned countless branches, and many top families possess extremely detailed family genealogies.

For example, the Li families that Zhou Chen knew were basically of the same origin as the Li family in the capital. They later separated for various reasons and went to other places to establish new families.

Having children is something that aristocratic families do most often. Even a top genius like Lu Qingning's father has more than a dozen children.

The vast population of the Chinese nation was largely related to aristocratic families.

Many ordinary people today, if you trace their lineage back three or four generations, are likely to be card masters. However, they failed to awaken as the next generation, which is why they gradually became marginalized members of their families or were driven out to fend for themselves.

Pure commoners are a rare sight.

Zhou Chen, for example, had no contact with so-called aristocratic families for more than ten years, but that did not prevent his mother from being born into the Li family of Shanghai.

Therefore, the sects and aristocratic families are never openly opposed. No matter how much they fight each other openly or covertly, they always appear amicable when they meet.

Moreover, people from other continents are eyeing us covetously.

Every few decades, the Chinese have to fight a war against foreign lands. The result of the last war was that the northern part of the Eastern Continent became a barren land. What will happen next?

No one knows.

In any case, the aristocratic families and sects will still have to work together at that time.

However, the Chow Chow could understand Hai Sheng's feelings. It often went on official business with Fa Tian, ​​providing array domains to various aristocratic families in exchange for huge rewards.

Having witnessed the true colors of some powerful families, it's hard for anyone who considers themselves human not to want to beat those guys up.

Fortunately, many of the younger generation from aristocratic families have been through the baptism of the three major card master academies and are not so disgusting anymore, but there are still quite a few who failed to enter the card master academies and are not very human.

Chapter 198: The Experience Gap (43/228)

The afternoon session continued with sparring.

Although the first day only saw repeated battles between a few teams, the vast majority of the school team members had already foreseen the future—

fight.

They fought non-stop.

From this moment on, they officially transformed from students into combat weapons.

Other students who are still in class may not understand this until after graduation when they go to work for associations in various places, but for the varsity team members, they have been exposed to it earlier than anyone else.

In the past, it was usually referred to as "semi-military management".

Therefore, such a life is destined to be dull and boring, especially when everyone finds that controlling spirit cards to fight with people is unlikely to bring significant benefits to improving their mental strength, and their sense of laziness will slowly increase.

Fortunately, they are students from the three major academies' sports teams. As long as they can persevere, they will definitely reap considerable rewards.

They played three more matches in a row.

Cao Shoushan then announced that today's practice session had come to an end, and many of the newcomers to the school team breathed a sigh of relief.

Following that, the three coaches called people forward one by one, asking them if they recognized their own shortcomings and what they thought were the directions they could work on.

It was Cao Shoushan who called Zhou Chen away, and he had only one assessment of him—

"You haven't fully explored the potential of the Black-feathered White Ape card yet. Keep working hard to improve it. A first-year student is still too inexperienced."

When Zhou Chen unleashed his Spirit Boiling Power, Cao Shoushan realized that the Black-feathered White Ape's potential was very high, far from being fully explored.

He continued, "This is a rare and excellent card; we should try to unleash its full potential."

"Ah."

Zhou Chen nodded.

In the Youth Championships, where the average player's career spans years, he has only been a card master for less than half a year, so he is indeed a bit too inexperienced.