Elemental Card King.

Chapter 123 Another Fateful Encounter, Dramatic Changes and Unrest
Everything was successfully completed.

Su Chen's unexpected trip yielded a very fruitful result.

Not only did I get my hands on the new version of the Primordial Elemental Law, but I also finally solved a major problem that had been weighing on my mind.

A lie repeated hundreds of thousands of times, coupled with official encouragement, almost shook his resolve.

at the moment.

He finally understood the cause and effect.

Whatever the external factor 'X' mentioned by the Celestial School may be, it cast a lingering shadow over the entire prosperous era, and the First Consul and the Parliament chose to remain silent about it.

Those in power prioritize the greater good, unaware of the countless sacrifices made for individual families.

"Why do you look so preoccupied?" Teacher He Yun remarked.

"nothing."

Su Chen shook his head and said, "Let's go back to Qingyun Province."

No matter how history changes, the foundation for survival ultimately lies in one's own strength.

Besides, he is too weak right now.

If it weren't for his own talent and aptitude, that legendary card player might not have been able to answer his question.

strength.

He needs greater strength.

If you can't even win the first championship in the national competition, and you lose an important resource, your chances of becoming a legend will decrease. So what right do you have to complain and vent your dissatisfaction in the future?
A person speaks softly!
Time is of the essence; he needs to hurry.

Not long after the private jet took off from Xiadu International Airport, Su Chen began his cultivation in the meditation cabin.

What triggered this? Teacher He Yun was puzzled. She also learned that the other party had even canceled his trip back to Donghua City and had specifically asked her if the provincial association's meditation room could be open on rest days.

Generally speaking, that's not possible.

After all, staff members also have holidays.

Faced with the request of the top provincial team member, Vice President Li naturally made things easy for him, randomly selecting an unlucky employee to help with extra work.

of course.

Su Chen was responsible for arranging his own accommodation and meals during his vacation.

After all, the accounts need to be used for official purposes, so we can't make things too difficult for the accountant.

But that doesn't constitute a problem.

Accommodation is simple; Su Chen's family home is in the provincial capital.

If the cafeteria is closed, ordering takeout is enough.

From then on, Su Chen practiced the Sun Observation Technique alone in the meditation room, while Xiao Ling continued to spar with the training robots in the battle room.

Last time it complained that the bulky and clumsy creature wasn't agile enough, but this time it directly confronted the four-star mechanical warrior known for its agility and speed.

Without the aid of a spirit to control, a three-star purple card level spirit can only fight alone, and the various weapons on the weapon rack also provide a good supplement to its combat power.

But less than a day after they "sneaked out," the rest of the provincial team learned of the news from their instructor.

Luan Dehai: "???"

Zhu Wan'er: "???"

Duan Yingxue: "???"

Even Xia He, who never replies to group messages, sent three question marks.

Su Chen, what's wrong with you?

Even though it's a holiday, they still won't let us off the hook?
"Be wary of people sneaking in and competing internally; I don't recommend anyone follow suit," Gao Mingxuan protested. However, this was just a smokescreen; he bought a plane ticket that very day.

It was supposed to be a six-day mini-holiday.

However, starting from the third day, more than half of them successfully returned to the provincial association.

staff member:"???"

One unlucky employee was clearly not enough, and several employees on leave were called back.

On the fourth day, everyone except Feng Xingqin and two members of the overseas travel group returned.

tonight.

Moon stars are rare.

Yan Ruxin, the head of the Qingyun Provincial Association, suddenly looked towards the brightly lit closed training room.

"If I remember correctly, it's a holiday now, right? Is this year's provincial team playing this hard?"

President Yan, who had just returned from an extraterrestrial dimension, even glanced at the time; it was already 9:30 PM.

"Yes, this team is quite strong, especially the number one player, Su Chen," said a slender female secretary.

"That looks good. It was worth sending a 'Starry River Card Back' after all," President Yan said with a smile.

Logically speaking, if she hadn't interfered, this year's provincial champion wouldn't have received the card back reward at all.

In fact, the food and accommodation benefits for this provincial team are far better than in the past.

"It's a pity that all three of the participants in this year's Grand Inheritance failed to pass the test," the female secretary sighed. She realized that the president was paying more and more attention to the development of the talent pool, and recently even began to test the strength of the provincial association's core members, and started to carry out intense internal competitions.

It is worth mentioning that in today's world order, the military is perhaps the most important armed force.

However, no one dares to underestimate the overall strength of the Card Masters Association.

This official agency only possesses some basic administrative functions and is completely unable to interfere in local political, economic, and social public affairs, let alone have law enforcement powers.

However, because the association itself has gathered a lot of high-level and high-combat-power card masters, its status has gradually become transcendent. Its treatment is not to say that it is in the same league as T0, but it is definitely at the T1 level.

As a result, many talented combat card players flocked to the Card Players Association.

Not many people are willing to suffer in the wind and sun.

Few people want to go to the border regions to defend the country.

Not to mention.

In peacetime, military rank promotion is extremely difficult, and one has to compete with a bunch of descendants of meritorious officials for seniority, which is enough to make one feel hopeless about the future.

Duan Lianqing, a super academic achiever with remarkable combat skills, is perhaps a typical example. After graduation, she was directly assigned to the provincial association as a special-grade researcher.

"This provincial team is working so hard; if they encounter any difficulties, we will try our best to help them coordinate and resolve them," said Chairman Yan.

"Understood." The female secretary took out her notebook and wrote it down.

After one hour.

The last light in the provincial association's closed training room was finally turned off.

The moonlight, like a ribbon, spilled across the silent night sky.

Su Chen and Xia He, who left the association center, both boarded the same Line 3 Sky Train.

"I didn't expect you to be a local from Yundu too." Xia He's eyes sparkled, and under the neon lights outside the window, even her face shone with a radiant glow.

This was a new discovery for the two of them.

One was heading to Cloud Mist Villa, and the other was staying in the city center, two stations apart.

If it weren't for the intense competition during the short holiday, the two of them wouldn't have discovered that they each had a home in the provincial capital.

"Yes, I've lived here since I was a child." Su Chen looked at the beautiful skyline outside the window, which was shimmering with light, and couldn't help but show a hint of nostalgia.

"So you went to Yundu No. 6 Primary School?" Xia He asked.

Local primary schools are divided according to school districts, so the two of them will most likely attend the same school. "Mm." Su Chen nodded.

"It seems we're not meant to be; we've never been assigned to the same class." Xia He pursed her lips, a faint smile appearing on her flawless face, illuminated by the sunlight streaming through the window.

Su Chen smiled and shook his head. He really didn't have any impression of Xia He when he was in elementary school.

This is not surprising. Elementary school students generally don't pay attention to the handsome boys and beautiful girls in other classes. It's only after they enter junior high school and develop a sense of adolescence that they may start to focus on their personal image.

"What about junior high?" Xia He asked with great interest, her posture unconsciously leaning slightly towards Su Chen during the conversation.

At this moment, Su Chen, who was sitting side by side with Su Chen, could feel that the breath was getting closer and closer, and he could also clearly detect the elegant scent that seemed to be mixed with shampoo and perfume.

As the other person leaned to one side, their pure white, elegant knitted shirt revealed even more of their fair neck skin.

He also discovered that Xia He was more inquisitive than he had ever been at any time before.

"Junior high school." Su Chen shifted his attention, pondered for a moment, and then said, "I transferred schools in the second year of junior high. Some things happened at home, and I had to go to Donghua City to study."

"I see."

At this point, Xia He seemed to be deep in thought, and her strong thirst for knowledge came to an end.

After all, she remembered that when the boy in front of her bought souvenirs, he only considered his aunt's family. In all the months they had spent together, he seemed to have never contacted his parents at all.

For a while.

The young men and women, each with their own thoughts, fell silent.

Ding!
The train has arrived at the central city station platform.

When the disembarkation prompt sounded, Xia He didn't seem to react immediately.

Only after Su Chen reminded her did the incredibly tall and graceful young woman stand up.

"See you at eight tomorrow, don't sneak in any advance notice," she said, her words laced with a hint of teasing.

"I won't say who it is, but someone started this mess, and the entire winter break is completely ruined," Gao Mingxuan complained.

According to the original plan, the 25-day winter break, even with provincial team training in between, would still provide at least 10 days of vacation time with a balance of work and rest.

Now that the strongest member of the team, who is more powerful than you, is taking the lead in opening the book, those of you below him are even less able to feel at ease.

In particular, they heard that Su Chen not only trained himself, but also that his core demon spirits were training very diligently.

This made Gao Mingxuan so angry that he couldn't sleep.

His little dragon sleeps all day long.

But.

They don't necessarily spend all their time immersed in meditation rooms or training rooms.

The first day of February.

Early in the morning, the entire provincial team was gathered together to watch a live broadcast of a competition – the National College Student Card Game Practical Exchange Competition.

This is an open competition, so there's no need to worry about the risk of public opinion arising from minors participating in the fighting.

"Deck building is an art; if you don't move forward, you fall behind. Many classic decks from the past are no longer competitive, so it's essential to understand and keep up with the times," the instructor said.

"I heard that a super popular prodigy has emerged in this year's college student exchange competition," Luan Dehai exclaimed.

"No, Miss Jiang Ran won the Rookie of the Year award when she was a freshman two years ago, and she was the MVP of the winning team when she was a sophomore. With her personally leading the team this year, there is basically no doubt that they will sweep all the individual and team championships." Gao Mingxuan said as if reciting a familiar story, with a look of infatuation on his face.

As she said, when the knockout stage reached the semi-finals, Jiang Ran did indeed show an overwhelming advantage.

Jiang Ran possesses the top-tier talent 'Disorderly Fission', cultivates the first movement technique Eclipse Moon Technique, and in addition to her judo skills, she also has a superb and terrifying skill in throwing hidden weapons.

Its terror lies not only in the game itself, but also in what happens off the field.

Otherwise, she could cause all the energy to explode out of control in a short period of time, resulting in terrifying explosive damage.

"You know how the military evaluates her: she alone is worth the firepower of an entire division." Gao Mingxuan said with great pride, sharing in the glory of being a die-hard fan.

"What's it to you? Look at how arrogant you are." Luan Dehai was speechless. He didn't expect this hot-blooded, immature teenager to be into idol worship.

Soon.

After watching a match that was so easy to beat, everyone was rather disheartened; the champion was a foregone conclusion.

What made it even more boring for them was that the instructors also asked everyone to submit a review of the competition by Thursday, and to discuss how to deal with the top 16 players in the university exchange competition based on their own deck construction in a simulated battle.

On February 2nd, Su Chen and Xia He met at a breakfast stall in the old town for a meal, and then it was another boring day of cultivation.

On February 3rd, let's meet again to rediscover the taste memories of our childhood; a crazy culinary adventure.

On February 4th, Su Chen's post-viewing article was repeatedly reviewed by many of her mentors.

Besides the almost unanimous use of 'elemental counters', the opponent also mentioned their simulated deck building for the next 70-10 cards. Depending on the opponent, the simulated deck building was different and full of all sorts of whimsical ideas.

"This kid is really daring."

After everyone's astonishment, the article was also written by Duan Lianqing, a senior researcher, who was particularly interested in how Su Chen dealt with Jiang Ran's simulated countermeasures.

On February 5th, Wang Liyang, who had been missing for a long time, returned, having finished enjoying his vacation.

After being informed by Teacher He Yun that Su Chen had comprehended the new elemental method, he did not offer any opinions, but simply asked for a copy of Su Chen's post-match article.

"Interesting." Wang Liyang rarely showed a hint of interest after reading it.

February 10th, "Exploring the Flavors of Yunnan", a crazy training session.

February 11th, same as above.

February 12th, same as above.

On February 20th, Su Chen's mental strength reached 492, and the crucial meditation enhancement was scheduled for today.

The Gale Demon Seed and the corresponding synthesis materials were already prepared. As for this secret technique, it belonged to the public domain. On this day, he successfully added the Gale effect to Xiao Ling's wind attribute form.

Gale!

Its nature is more ferocious, with greater impact and cutting power; the sound is deafening, containing a subtle spiritual tremor effect.

Its overall destructive power is significantly stronger than that of a normal wind.

It's worth mentioning that Gale is unique to Wind Whisperers, and its main change is 'Wind Attribute Control', without possessing a universal effect across all attributes.

2 month 22 number.

Seeing that the price of the Holy Thunder Demon Seed had fallen to its lowest level in a year, he directly used the 5000 million credit limit of his personal platinum bank card and asked Teacher He Yun to help him place an order.

And it was on that very night.

Su Chen and Xia He headed to Yundu International Airport together and boarded a flight to Donghua City.

The next day.

It was the start of the second semester of senior year, and the winter break was over. For the provincial team members, this was their last provincial team training camp.

Just as everyone was joyfully celebrating their reunion, a strange restlessness arose in Su Chen's heart.

He has been unable to contact his cousin since the day before yesterday.

Of course, cross-dimensional communication is not 100% stable, and it is normal to be unable to contact each other for a while.

just
Upon learning of this external factor 'X', Su Chen couldn't help but become uneasy. As a result, he asked Teacher He Yun last night to use her connections to find out if something had happened in the Lingyun Plane.

To date, Ms. He Yun has not given any response.

This fact made him even more restless.

If something unexpected really happens, how should I, as a supporter, explain it to my aunt?

(End of this chapter)