Luo Sheng listened to the answer from the man known as Uncle Bai and was immediately speechless.
With a helpless tone, he said, "Why include something that you can't take out on the spot as part of the reward? I nearly risked my life for it."
Luo Sheng exaggerated a little. If he didn't, others might think saving people was too easy, and that would affect their willingness to give him a reward.
Xu Wenbai awkwardly smiled, "It's unavoidable. There was a bottle lost before, but don't worry, in five days, we'll definitely give it to you."
He could only give a verbal promise.
Luo Sheng nodded reluctantly. After all, you can run away from the monk, but not the temple.
However, Xu Yourong, who was sitting beside him, kept giving him strange looks during the transaction.
It seemed like she wanted to say something but didn't.
Afterwards, the butler sent them to the car, and they left the academy.
"Strange, does she think something's off with me?" Luo Sheng rubbed his head.
Especially when he saw Xu Yourong's meaningful glance as she left, it left him even more confused.
Just as he was planning to stop by the Card Master Tower to draw some cards, Zhao Haifeng called him directly.
"Sheng bro, you're amazing! I never thought you would save Xu Yourong and also get the world fragment!"
"Just luck," Luo Sheng scratched his nose, feeling a little embarrassed by the praise.
"I think your strength must be ranked first now."
"You're exaggerating," Luo Sheng chuckled. He hadn't even had a real match with Qin Jianxja yet.
Besides, he hadn't figured out Qin Jianxia's deck.
On the other hand, he was familiar with Xu Yourong and Wang Ke'ai's decks—one was a fast-paced assassin deck, and the other controlled ice and water spells.
As for Qin Jianjia, he had only seen a swordsman card, Holy Light, Sky Movement, and Frost Dragon, and nothing else.
"By the way, the academy's Card Master Pre-selection Combat Tournament is in twenty days," Zhao Haifeng suddenly said.
"Pre-selection Combat Tournament?"
Luo Sheng was stunned. He hadn't heard of this.
Zhao Haifeng explained, "It's an important selection tournament at the Second Academy, designed to pick powerful card masters for the upcoming year-end five-school joint exam. After all, last year's Second Academy only ranked third, losing to the Third Academy and almost getting surpassed by the Fourth Academy. That was embarrassing for the academy, so they organized this selection tournament. But the academy hasn't announced it publicly, to avoid people cheating or training specifically for it, which would affect the academy's judgment of card masters' combat abilities."
Luo Sheng was speechless.
No wonder he hadn't heard of it.
He was still curious, "How did you find out about it?"
"My uncle works at the Card Alliance. The academy applied to the alliance for an external rules expert and an otherworld builder to help set up the arena," Zhao Haifeng explained.
"That makes sense," Luo Sheng finally understood.
Zhao Haifeng continued, "You need to be careful. It's an open-point competition, meaning everyone is your enemy, including me. But more importantly, you need to watch out for the 'Anti-Door-Opening Society' inside the academy."
"Anti-Door-Opening Society?"
The question mark in Luo Sheng's mind remained, feeling like he was out of place and didn't know anything.
Zhao Haifeng explained, "It's the society that was established after that battle to defeat you. So I suspect you might get surrounded and beaten up during the competition."
"..."
Luo Sheng was completely speechless.
He then opened his phone's forum and saw that such a society really existed.
The blogger "WhiteGRed" was spewing nonsense:
[
"Fellow partners, don't be afraid! I already have the ability to restrain him. Look, this is his nemesis card, [Close Door]. I accidentally drew it, so justice is on our side!"
]
A bunch of followers were discussing this enthusiastically.
[
Zhu Yanshou: "On the road to defeating him, one of me has fallen, and there will be thousands more like me!"
Xueyao Ganyang: "Down with Sheng's family! For the goddess!"
Chenqing Zui: "Urah~!"
]
Then, someone posted a photo of Luo Sheng riding a motorcycle with Xu Yourong.
[
Shu player 9527: "What the hell!"
Anshanghun: "What the hell!"
Shigumohou: "My wife is gone, boohoo~!"
Liu Ji: "Wake up, you don't have a wife!"
Wudong Mian is not eating and is getting cold: "Sure enough, when the door opens, your goddess is sitting in someone else's car. The 'Door-Opening Master' really lives up to his name!"
]
"..."
Luo Sheng scanned the comments with frustration.
What is all this nonsense? No wonder Zhao Haifeng warned him—this forum was full of monsters and weirdos.
He then ended the call and headed to the Card Master Tower to draw cards.
He now had three card draws left.
The same young card master looked at him strangely, "Back so soon for more cards?"
"Should I just do it myself?" Luo Sheng said.
After all, the card pool was almost like his second home.
The young card master agreed, and Luo Sheng skillfully inserted his Card Master ID, which showed "3" as the number of draws left.
Without hesitation, he stepped into the card pool, which looked like a spirit altar.
[ [Epoch Battle Suit]
Level: Bronze 8 Stars
Type: Armor
Effect:
① The superfluid combat suit born in 2077, not only provides super rebound damage to the wearer, it is heat-resistant and explosion-proof. The suit can also self-repair and change its form and color according to the wearer's needs.
② The suit provides 15% kinetic energy assistance, improving strength, agility, and damage.
③ The suit has many secret compartments, allowing the carrying of many small-sized weapons.
Overview: One of Dr. K's crazy creations from the technological era of 2077, a future military battle armor.]
Good card!
Luo Sheng's eyes lit up. This card was perfect for Alice.
After all, she was still using a regular combat suit, so he glanced at Alice's enhancement options, and sure enough, there was an enhancement available.
Luo Sheng continued to the next card.
[ [Tears of the Fairy]
Level: Bronze 7 Stars
Type: Material
Effect: Can be fused into a magical item to increase its grade and provide a boost.
Overview: Tears of a heavenly fairy, condensed into crystals, a rare forging material for magical items.]
Hmm...
Luo Sheng helplessly stared at the card.
He noticed that this card was under the "Performance Princess - Dongfang Muqing" enhancement list.
It could be considered acceptable.
The last one.
[ [Class Leap]
Level: Silver 1 Star
Type: Oracle
Effect: Unconditionally upgrades a Bronze 10-Star card by one star, turning it into a Silver card.
Overview: The will of the gods.]
Luo Sheng's eyes brightened. This card could safely help a card leap up a big tier.
After all, enhancing a full-star Bronze card to Silver through an enhancement master has a 20% failure chance. Most people wouldn't dare to take the risk, except for someone as confident as Qin Jianxia.
Before leaving, Luo Sheng found Wang Ke'ai and returned the borrowed Bronze 7-Star [Mental Recovery] card.
She even reminded him, "Don't forget my [Pure Water Spirit]."
Just as he left the academy, he received a message on his phone:
[[Card Alliance Bank]Xu Family Group transferred 5 million to your account ending in 1491 at 18:12 on July 15. Balance: 7.564 million.]
"Didn't expect them to be so fast."
Luo Sheng glanced at his account and the e-cash vouchers from Card Mansion on his phone.
He hopped onto his motorcycle and headed to the Card Master Tower.
His only thought now was 'buy cards, buy cards, buy cards.'
Then he'd go find his card wives
(End of Chapter)