[HOT: Click here for the live progress of the sixth Yunxia Bi Fang Cup competition between Mount Flower Association vs. Aurora Association]
[HOT: The preliminary selection for the 17th Spirit Card Master Star Conference is about to be held. Hurry and pick your favorite contestants in advance!]
[HOT: Recruitment list for Spirit Card Masters from various Spirit Card Master Associations of the Yunxia Empire. Click here for details.]
[Breaking: Sanctuary Empire Spirit Card Master Edmund McCready is soon to be engaged to Sanctuary Empire's Meredith Acton!]
[Breaking: In the 13th Spirit Card Master Professional Competition, our country's Mountain Ghost Association's star captain, Tan Heming, led the team to win third place!]
[Breaking: Master Card Creator Li Huijun of the Holy Beast Association has created a new SSR Card 'Kun,' a rumored brand-new dual-transformation battle card that will shake Spirit Card Master Associations worldwide!]
[Hot: Third place again in the professional competition! This time it's Mountain Ghost, last time it was Holy Beast. Will our Yunxia Empire ever see first place again in our lifetime?]
[Hot: A shallow discussion on the crazy behavior of Tan Heming's brain-dead fans from the Mountain Ghost Association.]
[Mountain Ghost fans are jumping around like maniacs just because they got third place. Was your precious Tan Heming still eating mud when Broken Heart Association won the championship all those years ago?]
[Our new Mountain Ghost Association can't compare to the old legends. Besides, Broken Heart won the championship twenty-five years ago, and that was the year Frost Moon Empire didn't have any new SSR Cards. Don't you have any idea of its actual value?]
[We true Mountain Ghost fans are very low-key. We'll just take our White Crane and stay out of this, thanks!]
[Are you crazy? How dare you say Broken Heart's championship back then had no real value?]
[It seems Teacher Li Huijun's new card hasn't officially appeared in competitions yet? Really looking forward to how the new card will bring about change.]
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What a lively forum, such a familiar fan culture.
So interesting!
Wen Jiang had always cultivated discreetly, seldom meddling in worldly affairs, yet she found such gossip just as intriguing.
Now that she had arrived in this new world and discovered she could participate, she felt quite excited.
However, looking at the competitions, she could discern some awkward realities.
Just as she had instantly perceived the predicament of Yunxia Empire's cards, in world competitions, Yunxia Empire often ranked last among the three great Empires. Of course, Spirit Card Masters from many smaller nations also participated, but the spotlight was invariably on these three major Empires.
And Yunxia, at the bottom, was naturally in an awkward position.
At this moment, Zero Egg also spoke up, "Hundreds of years ago, the Yunxia Empire of this world suffered a devastating blow and lost a vast amount of its inherited knowledge. Many in this generation have even forgotten basic history. Consequently, Yunxia Empire's cards have always been at a disadvantage due to the scarcity of powerful SSR Cards."
Wen Jiang tapped the desk. It was wise of me to set my level as B.
Because during the assessment, she discovered that the spiritual fluctuation of the cards was related to her own power.
If she had initially established herself as a UR-Rank Spirit Card Master before her power recovered, she wouldn't have been able to use or create SSR Cards.
To verify her hypothesis, Wen Jiang first purchased an ordinary B-Rank Card.
It was a human-sized cat card, appearing as a chubby Orange Cat—common and therefore inexpensive.
After receiving the card data from the website, Wen Jiang focused her consciousness and materialized the card.
Seconds later, on the card wall, a blue card depicting a charmingly naive Orange Cat miraculously appeared.
Wen Jiang opened her eyes.
Indeed, this is related to my strength.
She hadn't expended any of her mental energy to create the card, but the tiny bit of the world's vital energy she had just absorbed into her Remnant Soul was instantly drained.
Right now, she definitely couldn't use cards above B-Rank.
Establishing myself as B-Level shows how sharp and clever I am. Wen Jiang shamelessly praised herself.
Wen Jiang summoned the Orange Cat. The plump feline was much larger than an average cat, standing half as tall as Wen Jiang, large enough for her to embrace like a giant stuffed toy.
The Orange Cat let out a soft MEOW as it rubbed against Wen Jiang's thigh; its fur felt very soft too.
So this is a Card Spirit.
Wen Jiang bent down slightly and stroked the Orange Cat's head. It made a contented PURR.
A spirit pet created from the world's vital energy, while not comparable to the true spiritual pets of her original world, still possessed combat power.
But ultimately, it couldn't compare to the genuine article and was thus unable to cultivate or advance.
The System, after hearing Wen Jiang's comments, also felt a stir of excitement. As a System itself, it didn't dare ask Wen Jiang how far she intended to go, but it knew the previous 'abused female lead' template was useless. Currently, Wen Jiang had no fame and hadn't acquired a single Point.
It couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are your plans? Are you going to participate in competitions, create cards, or try to obtain powerful combat cards somehow?"
B-Level Spirit Card Masters could also have combat cards, but Wen Jiang didn't possess a single one at the moment.
This Orange Cat was clearly not designed for combat.
"No rush," Wen Jiang said. "First, we need to figure out a way to make some money."
That scoundrel Song Yingchen, upon discovering her absence, had personally come looking for her, only to find Wen Jiang had already vanished without a trace.
The System had blocked all of Song Yingchen's channels. Unless he conducted an exhaustive manual search, finding Wen Jiang through the information network was impossible. Currently, Song Yingchen lacked the resources to deploy such manpower.
He wasn't having a pleasant time with the Song Family either. A strong and exceptional elder sister, the designated successor, overshadowed him. The Song Family had only brought him back to improve their prospects in competitions.
Moreover, he and his sister were not even part of the same Spirit Card Master Association.
When the fifth call still didn't connect, Song Yingchen nearly crushed the phone in his hand.
He stood beneath the building where Wen Jiang had formerly resided. Gazing at the empty streets around him, his eyes concealed a somber darkness, but the taut, veined back of his hands betrayed his current volatile mood.
Song Yingchen was strikingly handsome, naturally drawing glances from passersby even when just standing by the roadside. His features seemed meticulously sculpted, and his white trench coat accentuated his elegance and nobility, making him look like a prince straight out of a fairy tale.
One would never guess that he had spent over ten years in the slums.
"Second Young Master," a subordinate whispered, "your competition is about to start, and the family doesn't want you to attract too much attention right now."
The Song Family was Nobility; appearing here was too conspicuous.
Song Yingchen could only suppress his surging frustration and ordered, "Keep searching. Don't stop until she's found!"
The subordinate quickly acknowledged.
She was so severely injured, yet she managed to leave the hospital. Song Yingchen found it hard to believe Wen Jiang had run away on her own. During that previous phone call, Wen Jiang's tone was completely different. Someone else must have had her phone. Not many people know about our special relationship. At this critical juncture, who could have taken her? If they intend to use her to threaten me... I won't allow that to happen.
Before getting into the car, he lowered his gaze, concealing his thoughts from others.
Ah Jiang, I will definitely find you. You will never escape my grasp in this lifetime.