BXBX NOVEL Chapter 189 - I Hope Everyone Will Focus on My Ability and Not My Looks
In the shop.
Lu Ming and Xiaobai stared at each other and then at the newly changed vocation. Henceforth, the two of them would have a hidden vocation.
Lu Ming browsed the information.
Well...
There were only him and Xiaobai in the entire industry!
This vocation would be under the Card Creators Association. It could be understood as a product of sudden genetic mutation of the Card Creators Association. Anyway, it was very unique! But on the surface, Card Creator and Sword Card Master were no longer associated. To become a Sword Card Master, one would have to cultivate and learn independently!
To a certain extent, it protected the definition of the Card Creator vocation!
Do you wish to become someone like Lu Ming?
Go and become a Sword Card Master!
Do you want to become someone like Xiaobai?
Go and become a Sword Card Master!
Ding!
His wristband was vibrating.
Lu Ming took a glance. It was a message from the president — “Remember to post some experience and materials on becoming a Sword Card Master in the discussion forums and let others admire them.
What did it mean?
Lu Ming felt ridiculous. He then accessed the cultivator discussion forum and was shocked to discover an additional panel. It was actually quite active inside!
“I heard that this is about becoming a Sword Card Master?”
“Upvote.”
“Wow, there’s actually no one... It seems like this is a hidden vocation.”
“I’ve seen the matches. Super dashing!”
“Lu Ming is very good looking. Xiaobai is very pretty too. I wonder if there is any requirement for looks for this vocation...”
Some audience and cultivators were bumping the thread.
Lu Ming was speechless.
Oh.
He glanced at the administrator name list in the top right-hand corner.
Moderator: Lu Ming
Vice moderator: Jiang Yuebai
Lu Ming was between laughter and tears.
He closed the forum and logged into his vocation account. He was pleasantly surprised to discover that he was not only the moderator of the Sword Card Master panel but also the president of the Sword Card Master Association.
Right.
It was not a branch but its own association.
This was because there were only two people in the entire industry!
Therefore, to prevent others from misunderstanding the Card Creator profession, those judges and seniors actually created a new vocation from scratch. As a result, he had established a new sect without knowing what it was all about...
What else could he say?
This was crazy!
The School Championship Competition.
At the administrative center of the competition venue.
The judges looked at the new data published on the web satisfactorily.
The popularity of Sword Card Master had exploded!
At this moment, all the craze on Card Creator and Combat Card Creator had shifted to Sword Card Master and people were extremely curious about this new vocation!
After all...
This was a vocation that many people had never heard of!
However...
No one suspected that this vocation was new, because there were many vocations that they had never heard of... They just took it that Lu Ming and inherited the legacy of a particular senior.
The Card Creator vocation had also maintained its original purity.
Without Lu Ming fooling around, this vocation lost a large number of combat lovers while maintaining its popularity at the same time.
Now, people’s attention was all on Sword Card Master!
Of course.
The creation of a new vocation was not that simple.
It was with the help of numerous friends of the chair of the judging panel, the dean of The First Academy as well as the joint effort of many teachers that they finally completed the new vocation evaluation!
Putting aside the various hard work and effort, just the outcome alone... made them feel that it was worth it!
“Let them mess around as they wish.”
The chair of the judging panel waved his hand.
Be it top ten, top three or the champion, as long as you’re capable, you can take them all! Don’t stand on ceremony!
This was not the first time that The First Academy had been thrashed. There were countless seniors in the past and most recently Lu Yan who had done that. On the other hand, this would increase the fame of the School Championship Competition!
It was fine as long as there was no misunderstanding about any vocation.
Other aspects... did not matter.
“Chair.”
The assistant walked towards him. “Are we going to keep up with the publicity?”
“Yes!”
The chair of the judging panel said in a deep voice, “You can discuss this with the marketing team. We don’t have any more worries at our end. Let them do whatever they want!”
“Understood.”
The assistant understood his meaning.
The rest of the judges also heaved sighs of relief.
Tonight...
They could finally have a good sleep!
“I’m now looking forward to this young lad’s ‘tortures’.”
That female judge stretched her waist.
“True.”
The judges were delighted to watch on. “After all, they’re so fair... Ah, I’m referring to that Xiaobai. With her and Lu Ming around, they can help us increase the popularity!”
Without any more worries, the judges calmed down very soon.
Let them do as they wish!
It was even better that they clinched the championship!
As long as they played within the rules, they would not interfere.
Very soon...
The School Championship Competition ‘Live’ broadcast officially commenced!
It was broadcast after a delay of three hours and formally open to everyone. Everyone could watch the School Championship Competition this year through various media platforms.
The first match.
Everyone was already stunned!
They saw the cautious Feng Lin team!
They saw Feng Lin’s powerful combat strategy!
Of course, they also saw that young lady hopping around with a little schoolbag...
They also saw...
The heap of cards in the little schoolbag!
Oh.
To hell with it!
In this round of matches, Lu Ming, who shot to fame earlier, did not make that many moves. He was ‘having fun’ on the competition ground for a while and the fight ended.
That young lady...
Almost everyone’s gaze landed on Xiaobai!
Twelve years old!
Card Creator!
Two-star!
These were enough to cause a sensation.
It was only when people noticed her vocation — Sword Card Master.
“Eh?”
“Isn’t she a Card Creator?”
The audience was confused.
Those cards and casting styles, wasn’t she a Card Creator?
Nevertheless, at the moment after the first match ended, the School Championship Competition specially introduced the vocation ‘Sword Card Creator’ as well as its various prerequisites to everyone!
Everyone was extremely shocked!
Swordsmanship talent, card creating talent, top-notch resources...
At this moment.
Sword Card Master had also become a Krypton gold cultivator profession in true sense!
Everyone was talking about it.
Nevertheless, as the Card Creator vocation still existed, the influence on the audience was not as much as the past few occasions. Everything was headed in a good direction...
“How can one become a Sword Card Master?”
“Is there a strategy?”
“A-ahhhh, I want to be a fan of the team at the crossroads! Xiaobai is so cute!”
“Brother Lu Ming is also very dashing. I’m almost crying. Sob...”
“Don’t be like that. He isn’t happy. If I were Lu Ming, I’d hope that everyone would pay attention to my ability and not my looks...”
“How far do you think the crossroads team can go?”
“I reckon that they can enter the top thirty!”
Everyone was talking about it.
Because the Feng Lin College was very powerful, people had noticed the crossroads team. Even opponents began to assess the strength of both sides.
Lu Ming, Liu Yuan, Xia Yu...
Everyone’s ability had been analyzed by countless appraisers.
Would we win if we face this team?
How to win?
W-wait.
The team from the crossroads had truly entered the public eye for the first time. Everyone also looked forward to watching another match by them...
However...
No one would have thought that something would happen there.
Three days later.
Just before the start of second match between the top hundred and when the college at the crossroad was at the peak of its popularity, Lu Ming, as the representative cum team leader of the college at the crossroad, announced a piece of news that shocked everyone — “The college at the crossroad is forced to withdraw from the competition as it will be shut down soon...”
Shut down?!
Forced to withdraw from the competition?!
What the hell was this?
Everyone was dumbstruck.
The School Championship Competition had been held for umpteen times and this was the first time that they heard of a school being forced to withdraw from the match due to its closure...
Actually, it was true when you think about it.
If the college was gone, on what basis could they participate in the School Championship Competition?!
However...
Why were they closing down?
This was a top hundred team!
Regardless of the actual strength of the school, since it successfully nurtured super-geniuses such as Lu Ming and Xiaobai, it had already proven the value of its existence!
Even amongst the key colleges, how many of them could successfully nurture this kind of person?
Even without them...
Xia Yu, Liu Yuan, Zhang Xiaopang!
These three were enough to prove the meaningful existence of the college at the crossroad!
There were tens of thousands of colleges. Why did you shut down one that is already in the top hundred or even top dozen instead of other schools?
The # Shutting Down of a Top Hundred College Topic was becoming more and more popular...
It even surpassed the popularity of School Championship Competition once!
Interestingly...
The relative of a student from a certain powerful key college had some connections with the review team. This was also brought to the attention of the online community.
There were rumors about rigging or dark secrets...
Thereafter...
Some ‘classmate’, ‘cousin’, ‘childhood friend’ and various people associated with this particular student appeared and subtlely verified that the student’s family had connections with the review team and so forth.
Of course.
If one were to click on the profiles of these ‘students’, ‘cousins’...
One would discover that their homepage was selling various kinds of cosmetics, Illusion Cards, and some uncertified devices.
However...
No matter what.
Various kinds of tip-offs emerged.
In the end, they got to the review team.
Somewhere.
The review team felt a little confused when they received the news.
This so-called relative...
Seemingly, his deceased grandfather had certain degree of fame had passed by a certain hotel in a certain city when he was traveling many years ago, and the hotel boss took a photo with him as a memoir...
That was all.
Damn! There were even rumors of an illegitimate grandson!
Was this a joke?!
Also...
Lu Ming, these guys...
During the investigation, they were merely ordinary two-star!
Who the hell would have known that they would become like that... Each of them seemed to have consumed hormones and actually reached the level of the top hundred colleges...
To hell with it!
“What should we do?”
Everyone glanced at each other.
“Publish another announcement.”
One of the reviewers was extremely helpless. “Delay the time and review again next year. Give them one year to prepare. If this college still did not meet the requirements then...”
The college at the crossroads did not pass the review but the objective of a school was to nurture talents. The appearance of Lu Ming and the group had proven this point!
Therefore...
They allowed the college to continue for another year.
With the top hundred college title and such high exposure to the public, the college at the crossroads would definitely receive more resources. Under such circumstances, if the college still failed to meet the mark next year, it would have to shut down!
“Understood,” the review team agreed unanimously.
In the end...
They made an announcement and this matter finally came to a close.
However...
Due to this incident, Lu Ming and the group had already missed the second round of matches. Everyone expressed their regrets.
“I had initially wanted to watch the Sword Card Master fighting?”
“Yes, I very much looked forward to the second match...”
“It is such a pity.”
“It’s not bad to be able to keep the college running.”
“You’re right.”
Reading the posts in the forum, Lu Ming quietly closed them.
What missed match...
Obviously, it was done on purpose!
He chose a time when they would miss the match to blow up this matter. This was because their popularity would be the highest just before the second match!
Everyone would have greater anticipation!
Withdrawing from the competition at that juncture could cause an impact and one that was huge enough!
They could not possibly request to withdraw from the competition after the match had ended and when they seemed like they were losing?
Well, he was not that dumb.
At this moment.
The matter of shutting down the college at the crossroads had come to a close.
The School Championship Competition was still very popular.
People were still paying attention to which underdog team would appear and which teams were stronger...
However...
These no longer had anything to do with Lu Ming.
He had saved the college and fulfilled his promise to Old Jiang. In the coming days, his priority was to increase his energy level to ten thousand points.
“Not fighting anymore?”
Xiaobai was somewhat disappointed.
She had only gone on stage once.
“Not fighting anymore.”
Lu Ming smiled and said, “A child shouldn’t be so violent. You should focus on cultivating. If anyone bullies us in the future, we’ll go and beat them up. That’s what’s so interesting about competitions.”
“Yes.”
Xiaobai nodded.
He was right.
She had only used half the cards and that guy had fallen.
“Good.”
Lu Ming touched her little head.
Well...
Now that he had peace of mind, the next step would be to cultivate.
Just as Lu Ming thought about it, his wristband suddenly vibrated. A message came.
This message...
Lu Ming was instantly stunned when he glanced at it.
“President, hello, I have already completed the first stage of cultivation for Sword Card Master. I have done both Sword Aura lines and lamination. What do I do next? I did not see related two-star materials. What should I do? Online waiting and quite anxious — Xiaoyan.