Sword Card Master a.s.sociation.

When Lu Ming rushed to the spirit body department anxiously, he saw a chaos. The Original Cards were glowing madly and releasing energy in the cla.s.sroom!

Whoos.h.!.+

Whoos.h.!.+

Colorful radiances dazzled.

"What is happening?"

Lu Ming was dumbstruck.

"The Sword Card Master a.s.sociation only has a few Original Cards. How did you guys get into a brawl?!

"And…

"Where is Xiaobai?"

"Senior Sister is carrying out some experiments. Only Xiao-Xiaobai is here teaching the cla.s.s."

Li Haoran sighed.

"A—alright."

Lu Ming looked into the cla.s.sroom. Xiao-Xiaobai could barely control them…

Ah, do these Original Cards want to go to heaven?!

"Quiet!"

Lu Ming hollered furiously as soon as he entered the cla.s.sroom.

Shus.h.!.+

There was a sudden silence.

As spirit bodies possessed spiritual consciousness, they were aware that Lu Ming was the president of this a.s.sociation! He would be able to reign over their masters!

"Stand properly!

"Stand side by side in a row!"

Lu Ming said coldly.

Shus.h.!.+

The Original Cards formed a neat and tidy row.

Xiao-Xiaoshé, who was glowing in green, the crystal clear Original Card: Xiao-Xiaobai, the marquee lights Original Card: Xiao-Xiaojian and Zhao Yunshan's Xiao-Xiaohou.

The four Original Cards were s.h.i.+ning with different kinds of lights.

"What the h.e.l.l is going on?" Lu Ming asked coldly.

"Humph!"

All the Original Cards turned their heads arrogantly.

He turned around and glanced at Li Haoran. "Do we have the surveillance camera?"

"Let me take a look."

Li Haoran went over and turned on the surveillance camera. He replayed the video and then saw a shocking scene…

Initially…

Xiao-Xiaobai was teaching in the front.

The Xiao-Xiaojian trio were listening to the cla.s.s.

Afterward…

Seemingly concerned about everyone's progress, Xiao-Xiaobai switched on the screen and video called Xiao-Xiaolei, who was currently accompanying Yan Suqi in a match faraway…

This was true.

Xiao-Xiaobai was teaching online!

It actually taught via video chat. Lu Ming felt very grateful.

Look!

This is the most professional Original Card!

Such momentum did not last for long. Perhaps because Xiao-Xiaolei was far from the physical cla.s.s, it was obviously much naughtier than before. It mischievously sent emoticons.

Of course.

Everyone ignored it, until it sent a certain emoticon to Xiao-Xiaobai.

Xiao-Xiaolei: "Σu0026amp;gt;―(〃°ω°〃)♡→"

Afterward…

The Original Cards exploded with furore!

Whoos.h.!.+

Whoos.h.!.+

Colorful radiances dazzled.

"Scoundrels!

"Are you fit to set your sights on Xiao-Xiaobai?!"

"Xiao-Xiaobai is mine!"

The Original Cards transmitted their thoughts furiously. Afterward, they realized that Xiao-Xiaolei could not hear them. They thus sent death threats to it without any reservation.

Xiao-Xiaoshé: "( ́-ω・)▄[┻┳══━一"

Xiao-Xiaohou, "(▼へ▼メ)"

Xiao-Xiaojian: "(*・ω・)✄╰ひ╯"

Afterward…

The three Original Cards finally discovered that the rest of the Original Cards also had a thing for Xiao-Xiaobai. They flew into a rage and got into a brawl on the spot. It was a chaotic scene.

Lu Ming was speechless.

Li Haoran was silent.

d.a.m.n!

You guys can even fight because of this?

As for Xiao-Xiaobai…

The situation had occurred because of it. If it were to intervene, it would be adding fuel to the fire. As a result, there was this large-scale brawl between the Original Cards!

"This is atrocious!"

Lu Ming sighed.

Li Haoran thought so too.

When Senior Sister Xiaobai was around, these cards were always abiding and obedient. When Senior Sister was not around, they actually became that smug?!

"You, come here!"

Lu Ming took Xiao-Xiaojian away.

Xiao-Xiaojian moved towards him reluctantly.

"How old are you?"

Lu Ming glanced at it.

You're an ancient sword spirit, alright?!

Where is your shame?

Where is your dignity?

"They had designs on my Xiao-Xiaobai. That is certainly not allowed!"

Xiao-Xiaojian said arrogantly.

Whoos.h.!.+

Whoos.h.!.+

The Original Cards glowed furiously!

Scoundrel!

On what grounds does Xiao-Xiaobai belong to you?!

"Shut up, all of you!"

Lu Ming said angrily.

These guys…

Xiao-Xiaobai was too sensible and obedient.

When Xiaobai was away or busy with experiments, Xiao-Xiaobai did not want to resort to physical means as it was afraid of affecting Xiaobai.

These guys thus became quite brazen.

Whoos.h.!.+

Whoos.h.!.+

The Original Cards were still glowing.

They had just calmed down but flew into a rage again because of Xiao-Xiaojian's 'my Xiao-Xiaobai'! Lu Ming had no choice but to end the lesson earlier and inform their respective 'parents' to bring them home.

…

After returning to his own room.

"When did Xiao-Xiaobai become yours?"

Lu Ming stared at Xiao-Xiaojian skeptically.

"Why not?"

Xiao-Xiaojian looked proud. "I watched Xiao-Xiaobai grow up!"

Lu Ming was speechless.

These words…

Though they were not wrong…

"What were you doing earlier?

"When these Original Cards were not around the last time, I didn't see you treating Xiao-Xiaobai that well?

"Now that everyone, Xiao-Xiaolei, Xiao-Xiaoshé, Xiao-Xiaohou, has gathered at the Sword Card Master a.s.sociation… When all the spirit bodies are here for cla.s.ses, you suddenly become this enthusiastic about it?!"

"Well…"

Xiao-Xiaojian felt somewhat embarra.s.sed. "Xiao-Xiaobai was not fully grown in the past~"

Lu Ming turned sullen.

Aren't you wretched?!

And…

Xiao-Xiaobai is an Original Card. Are you able to tell if it has gone through p.u.b.erty?!

"You don't understand."

Xiao-Xiaojian felt smug. "Only spirit bodies understand this!"

Lu Ming was silent.

Forget it.

He would let them be.

Lu Ming rubbed his head.

He could not be bothered with these messy affairs now. Right now, the most important thing was preparing for the The First Academy's on-campus job fair and graduation season!

Lu Ming was very serious.

In the past, the hard work of the Sword Card Master a.s.sociation was fun. The on-campus job fair was also fun. However, he had to do his best to prepare now!

More disciples meant greater talents!

The on-campus job fair… was a rare event!

If The First Academy did not make a mistake in its advertis.e.m.e.nts, there would be many geniuses in this year's graduation season! The Sword Card Master a.s.sociation could not miss this opportunity!

If they could recruit twenty… No, just ten…

He would be able to complete most of the plan to improve his talent!

Lu Ming was very tempted.

"Are you sure?"

Xiao-Xiaojian was very skeptical.

It was not worried about the number of recruits. The problem was… With Lu Ming's garbage talent, would it even work if he were to bring in thirty geniuses?

If he were to drag down thirty geniuses, the entire a.s.sociation would be done for!

Lu Ming looked sullen.

d.a.m.n!

Will you die if you don't speak?!

Bam!

Lu Ming familiarly shoved Xiao-Xiaojian into the card bag. He then looked for his disciples to review and discuss his problem — How to attract students to join the a.s.sociation?

At the meeting.

The disciples began a heated discussion.

"Master, we lack some core competencies," Li Haoran said earnestly.

Since they wanted to attract talents, they would have to advertise?

How were they going to advertise?

Even the Airbender a.s.sociation had the gimmick of 'controlling all forms of gases'. This was despite the fact that this was not possible yet…

What about the Sword Card Master a.s.sociation?

"Replacing the sword with the Original Card?"

Zhao Yunshan suggested.

"It's not domineering enough."

Li Haoran shook his head. "The Swordsmen will overs.h.i.+ne us."

Those who fancied Sword Auras would naturally be more inclined to the Swordsman vocation. If they were to use 'replacing the sword with the Original Card', most probably, the majority of students would opt to join the Swordsman a.s.sociation?

Hence…

Everyone was thinking deeply.

"What about the birth of the card spirit?"

Li Haoran suddenly said.

The greatest advantage of a Sword Card Master was the spirit body!

For other vocations, the birth of spirit bodies would only occur for one-in-million geniuses. Furthermore, they had to go through various kinds of rare encounters before getting the chance to birth a spirit body!

What about the Sword Card Master?

Everyone could do that!

Putting aside Senior Sister Xiaobai's secret formula for the birth of a spirit body, they could definitely a.s.sist every Sword Card Master with this with the Awakening Medicine!

This was also a huge advantage.

"This can be considered."

Lu Ming agreed. "However, it's not domineering enough!"

The birth of a card spirit…

But, afterward?

As a new vocation, why would people choose them if they did not have enough differentiating factors?

Well…

In that case…

Lu Ming's heart stirred slightly.

Shus.h.!.+

Shus.h.!.+

He opened the screen and began to write rapidly.

After a long while…

He let his disciples look at what he had written: "Cultivate automatically! Attack automatically! Deduce automatically! Aim automatically! a.s.sist automatically! This is a brand new vocation that you've never experienced before! Become unequaled amongst your peers! The most powerful in the area! With one card in hand, the world belongs to you! The Sword Card Master a.s.sociation is waiting for you!"

Li Haoran and the rest were wide-eyed and tongue-tied.

This introduction… was too arrogant?

"There is a mistake!"

Xiao-Xiaojian, who had been learning how to write, circled the word 'rand'.

Lu Ming coughed and rectified it.

"Will we be beaten up by others?"

Li Haoran was very doubtful.

"This is the effect that we want."

Lu Ming sighed. "As a brand new vocation, it is more frightening if no one cares about us! Therefore, we have to be more arrogant to attract other people's attention."

Oo…

Li Haoran seemed to be lost in his thoughts.

Well…

There was no need to worry that much. Attracting attention was the right thing to do.

Furthermore…

His master was not wrong!

Based on his understanding of the Sword Card Master vocation, the Sword Card Master could certainly be the strongest in the area and unrivaled in its cohort! Its combat powers were off the charts! What was there to be afraid of?!

They happily made a decision then!

Hence…

The Sword Card Master a.s.sociation's publicity slogan was finalized.

The next day.

When Li Haoran handed it in, the Human Resources Department checked with them many times before confirming that the Sword Card Master really dared to use such a slogan.

"This introduction…"

The staff member smiled bitterly.

New a.s.sociations partic.i.p.ated in the on-campus job fair every year. However, were they itching for a beating with such an introduction?

"What should we do?" his colleague asked.

Logically, they did not have the right to intervene if someone wanted to contravene the rules.

"Let them be."

The staff member sighed. "Oh, right. Distance the other a.s.sociations' display booths from them… Right, right, right. Our administrative booth has to be as far away from them as possible."

…

Hence…

The general arrangements for the on-campus job fair were mostly settled.

Although the Sword Card Master a.s.sociation could now partic.i.p.ate in the on-campus job fair, the a.s.sociation's abilities were ranked at the bottom among the list of partic.i.p.ating a.s.sociations!

The most powerful figure was merely a four-star.

It was impossible for anyone to look up to such a strength!

Therefore…

Prior to the event, they had to become more powerful!

At the very least, they had to be more powerful than the graduating students! Otherwise, if they were to recruit some six-star cultivators, wouldn't they have to treat them like bosses?!

At this point in time, there was only one and a half months until graduation season.

One and a half months…

Lu Ming had calculated the time. Based on Xiao-Xiaojian's current cultivation rate, they should be able to attain advanced four-star by then! This was extremely important for Lu Ming!

However…

It was still not enough!!!

Under normal circ.u.mstances, Lu Ming could only engage in combat with someone one who was one huge level + one small level above!

An intermediate four-star could challenge an advanced five-star!

An advanced four-star could challenge a peak five-star!

Afterward…

Nothing.

Six-star?

He could only turn the tables!

It was not a problem to turn the tables in life-and-death situations. However, it was impossible to do that if they wanted to let the other party join the Sword Card Master a.s.sociation!

If people were to lose in this way, they would not be convinced.

Therefore, after contemplating for a long time, Lu Ming felt that there was only one way to recruit disciples — Defeat the other party thoroughly and shatter their arrogance!

There were only two ways to go about doing this.

First, his combat ability had to be much stronger than that of his opponents.

Second, he had to trample the other party with techniques!

In fact…

Trampling the other party with techniques was the best way.

This was because the other party would then have such thoughts: "Ah, he's merely a five-star but he can already defeat me with Sword Card Master abilities. If I pick up these abilities, I will become more powerful?!"

This would attract students.

Therefore, they needed to have powerful and domineering techniques, core techniques that uniquely belonged to the Sword Card Master!

For example—

Moonblade!

This was the first technique of the Lunar Shadow legacy. After Lu Ming's modification, it had turned into the Z-shaped Lightning Slash through the use of the Original Card!

"Moonblade…"

Lu Ming pondered deeply.

The Lunar Shadow legacy was very unique.

All this time, he had never imparted to his disciples any abilities related to the Lunar Shadow legacy. This was despite the fact that he had long modified these abilities until they could no longer be recognized!

He was not that serious about the Sword Card Master a.s.sociation!

At the very least, this was the case initially!

But right now…

Due to certain reasons… The Sword Card Master a.s.sociation had already become a source of motivation for Lu Ming. Since that was the case…

As the master, he had to contribute something?

…

At this very moment…

Somewhere.

Zhao Yunshan was training fervently.

Xiao-Xiaohou was responsible for improving his energy. He could not rest. He had to strengthen his techniques constantly and strive to unleash his greatest powers!

Swoos.h.!.+

He replaced the sword with the Original Card again.

He cast powerful swordplays through the card. Although his prowess was extraordinary, it could not unleash the true and unique characteristics of those abilities!

This was because some of these characteristics were formed by the Sword Embryo!

Swordplay…

The Original Card…

This was already his limit.

He could not integrate swordplay and the Original Card completely due to his lack of talent!

He had a hunch that something was not in sync!

He was an ordinary man. Typically, only founding grandmasters had the capability to integrate the abilities belonging to two different systems. It was ultimately too difficult for him to do alone!

"True enough, I have overestimated myself."

Zhao Yunshan smiled bitterly.

Master did not look for him regarding the on-campus job fair.

However, he was well aware that it was because Master did not want to put pressure on him!

This was because the on-campus job fair would occur after graduation season!

To put it bluntly, as a disciple of the Sword Card Master, his performance at the graduation season would have a direct influence on the outcome of the on-campus job fair for the Sword Card Master a.s.sociation!

He did not want to be a burden to the Sword Card Master a.s.sociation!

However…

Click!

Zhao Yunshan clenched both his fists.

Swoos.h.!.+

A sword gleam emerged again.

Prowess: Peak five-star!

This was his current ultimate limit. According to his plan, he was definitely able to break through to five-star before the graduation season. His combat ability would also become six-star!

However…

So what?

Which partic.i.p.ant of the graduation season was not a six-star?!

He needed to be more powerful!

However…

He had reached a bottleneck in the integration of swordplay and the Original Card. What else could he do?

"Do I have to lose again this time?" Zhao Yunshan's voice was hoa.r.s.e.

However…

Just at this moment, his wristband vibrated.

Zhao Yunshan cast a numb glance at it and was suddenly stunned. As he stared at the message which popped up on the screen dazedly, his pupils widened immediately!

He discovered that this was an ability sent by Master. The content…

Sword Card Master technique: Z-shaped Lightning Slas.h.!.+

…

Bang!

Zhao Yunshan merely took a glance at it and his mind exploded.

It turned out that…

The Original Card could be used like that?

It turned out that swordplay could be modified like that?

It turned out that integration could be done via such a method?

…

That moment!

Zhao Yunshan was mesmerized.

His greatest problem of the integration of swordplay and the Original Card was resolved. He had never felt that clear-minded before. He was tempted to apply it on all the swordplays that he had learned before.

Ah…

They could also be cast in that way…

Shus.h.!.+

Shus.h.!.+

The Original Card was dancing in the air.

Under Zhao Yunshan's control, he cast all the swordplays that he had learned before through the Original Card repeatedly and then integrated them in the depths of his soul…

After a long while…

When he stopped, his surrounding aura had already solidified. On the Original Card, there was actually the faint s.h.i.+ne of a blade that could originally only be found on the Sword Embryo!

It could cause fear and reverence in others!

…

"Master…"

Zhao Yunshan's heart trembled.

It was only at this moment that he realized that Lu Ming was talented to this extent!

It was only at this moment that he sensed the warm feelings in his heart…

As an ordinary man who had spare cash, his father had once brought him to look for countless seven-star big shots but none of those seniors took a liking to him!

Their eyes were filled with contempt, shunning, and disregard when they looked at him!

Therefore, he was used to researching on his own.

Therefore, he had never troubled Lu Ming.

However…

He had been feeling vexed for many days. At his most difficult time and when he almost lost all of his hopes, this one swordplay ability sent by Lu Ming had solved all of his problems!

It was that simple!

Despite being a man and a burly one, he actually felt an urge to cry…

This was the first time that he felt this way…

Ah, it's really great to have such a master…

Yes.

I, Zhao Yunshan, am someone who has a master…

Yes.

Master helped me resolve problems that I couldn't resolve by myself…

Right then…

The arrogance in his heart was completely shattered.

…

Shus.h.!.+

Cold lights flashed.

The Original Card was dancing in the air.

An unprecedented drive emerged in Zhao Yunshan's eyes. He shouted from the depths of his heart, "Master! I won't disappoint you!"

This time, he had to graduate successfully!

It was for his sake!

It was also for his master's sake!

It was for the Sword Card Master a.s.sociation's sake!

…

It was very late at night.

Lu Ming had just gotten into bed.

Suddenly…

His wristband vibrated and he received a message. "Master, I am your disciple forever!!! — Zhao Yunshan."

Lu Ming glanced at the digital clock in the bedroom.

Midnight: 01:01

This timing…

Lu Ming fell silent for a long time. He suddenly felt super frantic. He hurriedly messaged his sister. "Sister, has Zhao Yunshan had any girlfriends before?"

Lu Yan was speechless.