My Card Beast Taming Game

An unexpected phone call came in.

"Mother?"

Zhou Chen looked at the contact's name in his phone, hesitated for a few seconds, and then answered, "Hello?"

A familiar yet unfamiliar female voice came from across the room, "Xiao Chen, congratulations..."

"Thank you."

He paused. "Is there anything else?"

The other person fell silent for a moment, then continued, "I know you hate me, but I'm not taking you away for your own good."

"Yes, I understand."

Zhou Chen calmly replied, "Everyone has their own life, and everyone should live for themselves. I respect you."

“Xiao Chen…”

The person on the other end of the phone seemed to have a lot to say, yet couldn't quite bring themselves to say it, finally letting out a sigh, "Could you please accept the things I sent you?"

"No need, I don't need that now, thank you for your concern. Is there anything else?"

Zhou Chen repeated it again.

Seeing that the woman remained silent for a long time, he hung up the phone.

My parents divorced four years ago, and my mother has been missing ever since. All I know is that she sends things from all over the country every year.

But the family always refused to accept it, a habit that continued after my father and grandparents passed away.

Even before Zhou Chen awakened his inner wisdom, he had already let go of his resentment towards his mother.

He remembered that when his parents were arguing, he heard his mother loudly proclaiming her pursuits and dreams, hoping that his father would support her, but his father did not agree because he was afraid of something.

The final result was that the two divorced, and he was awarded to his father.

His mother didn't want him.

Zhou Chen harbored resentment for a long time, until his father passed away and his grandparents also passed away.

When he stood alone in front of the coffin, facing the empty funeral hall, his relatives treated him like a jinx and were unwilling to come to the funeral to help. Only his neighbors, Grandpa and Grandma Lu, Lu Qingning, his homeroom teacher, and some villagers came to mourn him. That's when he finally realized the truth.

So be it.

At that time, Zhou Chen didn't care about anything anymore and lived a muddled, solitary life.

Until the day my spiritual power awakens and I recall my past life memories.

"Life is so wonderful now."

He petted the cat with one hand, feeling its cotton-like softness and elasticity, as well as its wonderful, cloud-like texture, and then contentedly took a sip of his iced cola.

The Cloud Witch diligently licked her paws. She seemed to be a bit of a germaphobe, always cleaning herself up after each time her four paws touched the ground.

So cute!

Buzz!

The phone vibrated again.

Zhou Chen opened it listlessly, raising an eyebrow slightly. "Goodness! It's finally out!"

The people who replied to him were none other than Lu Qingning and Han Baobao. The two sisters had finally escaped the secret realm and sent him a message.

Lu Qingning: "Not bad, young man! You'll achieve immediate success and stand out from the crowd. I have high hopes for you!"

Zhou Chen: "Tears welling up, I actually got praised by Sister Lu (cat crying.jpg)"

Han Baobao: "Wow! Zhou Chen, you're amazing! I watched the replay, and you got two consecutive kills in a flash!"

Zhou Chen: "Sister Han, you flatter me. Thanks to you, I was able to compete smoothly until the very end..."

Since he won the competition and the Maple City Association wanted to promote it, Pan Yi's previous report naturally came to nothing.

He also learned from the association that the investigation by the whistleblower department was blocked as soon as it began because his name was on the event organizer's list, making him one of their own.

Han Baobao: "Don't say that. I didn't expect anyone to do such a dirty thing. Winning the championship is because you're good enough. Keep it up, Zhou Chen! Ningning and I are waiting for you at Shen Du Academy!"

She used to think that Zhou Chen would have a hard time keeping up with them, but now she doesn't think so anymore.

It might actually work!

Lu Qingning replied, "Next time you encounter someone like that, just call the club."

Zhou Chen: "Is that okay?"

Lu Qingning: "That membership card should be enough for them to settle things, unless it's a senior cardholder targeting you."

Zhou Chen: "Sister Lu... (touched cat.jpg)"

Lu Qingning: "Ugh~ You're a grown man, don't use emojis to act cute, okay? This is what I should be using."

Zhou Chen silently took a picture of the Cloud Witch and clicked send.

Lu Qingning: !

Lu Qingning: "Where did you get this cat? Chicken Bro will be bitten to death by it!"

Zhou Chen: "Your first concern was whether Chicken Bro would get bitten to death by the cat..."

He was a little speechless. He thought Lu Qingning would like such cute, long-haired animals, but she was more fond of roosters.

Lu Qingning: "Show me Chicken Bro! I want to see Chicken Bro."

Zhou Chen readily sent over a photo of Captain Changming.

The two chatted for a long time until the bell rang to start the dungeon, at which point he regretfully ended the chat and opened the game dungeon.

This thing, like going to work and going to school, has become a part of his life.

Furthermore, today is also the last day to reach Lv.20.

"I'm about to succeed, Daoist Master!"

Zhou Chen shouted and disappeared from the room.

at the same time.

Inside the Pan family compound in Fengcheng, Pan Yi stared intently at the person in front of him, "What did you say?"

"Young Master Yi, you have been placed under house arrest."

The middle-aged man said politely, "The master said that you are not allowed to leave home for the next six months, and your share will be halved during this period."

Pan Yi gritted his teeth and asked, "Has Lu Qingning come out?"

The middle-aged man turned and left without saying a word. He had only come to inform, not to seek Pan Yi's opinion, and had no obligation to answer any questions.

Pan Yi was so angry that he smashed everything in the room.

"Zhou Chen!!"

"Zhou Chen!!!"

On the other side, the middle-aged man returned to a lobby to report. The lobby was filled with smoke and a fragrant aroma that made one feel like they were floating on air.

He lowered his head and said meekly, "Master, I have already informed Young Master Yi."

The man in the high position grunted and said to the phone screen that was lit up beside him, "Secretary Zhang, is this enough?"

"That's enough. Yue Hui means a small punishment is sufficient. Thank you for your understanding, Patriarch Pan." A gentle male voice came from the phone.

The phone hangs up.

Pan Chong'an, the head of the Pan family, sneered, "What an arrogant and domineering Yue Yong! He doesn't take the Pan family seriously at all! He wants to secure his position as the president of both cities? Just wait and see!"

The Pan family was a key force in opposing the merger of the two cities.

The reason is that the clansmen who hold positions in the association are either too old to retire or too young to be of much use. After the merger, they will inevitably lose to the established families of Jincheng.

If it's just a demotion, that's fine, but if they're forced into retirement, it will inevitably deal a very serious blow to the Pan family.

Having money but no power, the Pan family was destined to be completely exploited.

Taking advantage of Zhou Chen being framed by Pan Yi, Yue Yong specifically instructed his secretary Zhang Yunfan to give him a warning.

And so this phone call took place.

What displeased Pan Chong'an was that, as the head of the Pan family, his secretary, Zhang Yunfan, didn't even visit him in person, but instead made a phone call!

How is this any different from issuing orders from a superior position?

Pan Chong'an narrowed his eyes and said something to the people below.

Chapter 85: Advancement to the Beginner Level

Monkey instance.

When Zhou Chen finished the settlement, the last bit of experience points on the progress bar was filled.

Ding~!

Above the game panel interface, a dazzling celebratory display and a Lv.20 notification popped up.

Before he could say anything more to Captain Changming and the others, it felt as if something had broken open between his brows, and a cool sensation rushed straight to his brain.

coming!

The energy surges to the top of the head!

Without hesitation, Zhou Chen quickly exited the dungeon and returned home, where he found the most relaxing position on his bed to meditate.

The most crucial point in concentrating the mind into qi is to imagine oneself as a cage and to create white mist within that cage, allowing the naturally overflowing spiritual energy to remain within the body.

If too much spiritual energy overflows, the attempt to condense the spirit into energy will fail.

Failure will cause the card master to fall into a period of weakness lasting up to two months, and even after two months, they may not be able to condense their spirit into qi again, depending on the right opportunity.

Although Chu Guangzong seemed to have been lingering at the beginner level for several years, he actually only experienced the sensation of qi rushing to the top of his head five times.

Two of them were cases of forcing growth by pulling up seedlings.

Having seen many failed cases online, Zhou Chen was initially nervous about the process of condensing qi into spirit, with rapid breathing and a racing heart. However, after finding the right posture and starting to meditate, his turbulent emotions gradually calmed down.

"hiss……"

"call……"

He was breathing evenly, and a faint light shone in the small room.

The smoke escaping from the air, as if shrouded in a large net, or as if time were flowing backward, kept seeping into Zhou Chen's brow and merging with his brain.

Both Captain Changming and the Cloud Mist Witch were watching him closely, but the White Ape King remained unmoved, his eyelids twitching slightly.

Time passed second by second.

Before long, the radiance emanating from Zhou Chen's body suddenly turned into a bright silvery-white, and then quickly dimmed.

He slowly opened his eyes. "It's a success."

The hallmark of concentrating one's mind into energy is the ability to feel a clear energy in the head, and the ability to use "spiritual fervor" anytime, anywhere without any trigger.

Starting today, his next goal is to spread the pure energy from his head to every corner of his body until his entire body is covered. Then he can try to advance from the beginner level to the intermediate level of mental energy liquefaction—that is, condensing energy into liquid.

Zhou Chen looked at himself in the mirror. His appearance seemed to have changed slightly, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what the changes were.

"I succeeded! I'm a junior card master now. I can go take the entrance exam for the Divine Capital Academy."

In seventy-four days, they covered a distance that others take years to travel.

Zhou Chen clenched his fist, but surprisingly, he didn't feel much surprise inside, only a sense of ease that came naturally.

Yes.

Becoming a junior card master is just the first step on the journey to becoming a card master; there is still a long way to go.

Zhou Chen looked at the other spirit cards in the room.

"Brothers and sisters! I've passed the beginner level!"

"Hey!"

The Long-Winged Captain reacted the fastest and most fiercely, flapping his wings and crashing into his chest, then slapping his shoulder with his golden feathers.

Next came the Cloud Witch, who gracefully slipped under someone's armpit with a cat-like gait.