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Outside the association, Lu Su stared blankly at the Flying Mount Driver's License in his hand.

The Card Master Association was remarkably efficient. He had thought he would have to go through quite a process, but they had issued his license as soon as he finished registering.

Lu Su walked toward the saddle shop beside the Card Master Association, intending to buy a saddle.

Since card masters often had all sorts of strange mounts, the saddle shop carried a comprehensive selection.

When the owner saw Lu Su summon Pidgeot, he looked it over before taking a bird saddle from the shelf.

"Try it on and see if it fits."

Lu Su took the saddle and placed it on Pidgeot. It was just the right size.

"This one will do." Lu Su nodded in satisfaction.

"Thank you for your patronage. Five thousand yuan." The saddle shop owner held up five fingers at Lu Su.

That expensive?

Lu Su was taken aback, but he had no intention of bargaining.

A shop that could open beside the association and charge such a price either had connections or truly sold quality goods.

After swiftly swiping his card, Lu Su took the saddle and prepared to leave.

"Hey, hey, young man." The saddle shop owner hurriedly stopped Lu Su. "What's the rush?"

He stepped forward and touched the saddle, which slowly transformed into a card.

Only then did Lu Su understand why it had been so expensive. It was an Item Card.

According to the original owner's memories, Item Cards could be gifted, while Creature Cards could not.

Taking the Item Card, Lu Su slowly absorbed it into his mind.

Bird Saddle

Level: Black Iron

Quality: Haku

The description could not have been any simpler. Outside the shop, Lu Su rubbed Pidgeot's head. "Let me experience what flying feels like."

With that, Lu Su mounted Pidgeot.

Pidgeot shot into the sky beneath the curious gazes of passersby.

Feeling the cold wind sweep across his face, Lu Su thought to himself, Not having a windshield really isn't ideal.

Still, although the riding experience was not great, Pidgeot's speed satisfied him. Its normal flying speed exceeded sixty kilometers per hour, more than enough for daily travel.

As a Black Iron Grade card, he could not ask for much more.

Riding in thunderstorms probably would not be very comfortable, though.

Late at night, inside a dark, damp undersea cave.

"Has the Shanghai City Card Master Association made any plans for dungeon exploration lately?" An elderly man with a hook nose and a sinister expression played with a balance scale in his hand.

Before him stood a middle-aged man in a black robe.

Hearing the Hook-nosed Elder's question, the middle-aged man hurriedly replied, "My lord, due to the unrest in the Demon's Nest, the Shanghai City Card Master Association has put all recent dungeon exploration plans on hold."

After a pause, the middle-aged man continued, "However, my lord, I have heard that several high schools in Shanghai City are organizing dungeon training for their students."

The Hook-nosed Elder let out a hoarse laugh. "Bai Yueming, Bai Yueming... let's see whether you can protect them this time."

"Plant a few pieces on the board."

The middle-aged man immediately answered, "Yes, my lord."

Amid piercing, frenzied laughter, one side of the balance scale in the Hook-nosed Elder's hand gradually took the form of money and treasures, while the other held scarlet cards.

Just as the two sides balanced, an inexplicable voice echoed from the void.

"Transaction complete."

Student days always passed swiftly. Before long, the day arrived for Lu Su and the others to head to the dungeon for practical training.

Before the buses, Song Qian delivered her final speech.

"This training session is an opportunity Principal Xie worked hard to secure for everyone. I hope you will all cherish it."

Ignoring Song Qian's lengthy speech, Lu Su quietly asked Jiang Nanxi, "Will it really be safe to send students like us directly into a dungeon?"

In Lu Su's view, the students of Shanghai City No. 1 High School's advanced class were all greenhouse flowers with no real combat experience.

Wasn't it risky to throw them straight into something this intense?

Jiang Nanxi kept her eyes on Song Qian as she quietly replied, "The dungeons that high school students like us can enter have long been fully controlled by the Card Master Association. They only contain Black Iron Grade monsters."

Lu Su nodded slightly. That made sense. Normally, a card master of the same level could handle several demons of the same level at once.

Of course, that was assuming they did not run into elite monsters.

After a pause, Jiang Nanxi continued, "Besides, these dungeons are basically covered by surveillance. Even if there really is danger, the association's card masters will provide rescue in time."

As the two spoke, Song Qian finally finished. "All right, students, board the buses."

The group climbed onto the buses one after another.

As the buses started moving, the scenery outside the windows rapidly receded.

Gradually, the towering buildings of Shanghai City vanished, replaced by dense stretches of woods.

This was Lu Su's first time leaving Shanghai City. According to the original owner's memories, the outskirts of cities were now mostly forest.

Over the years, the Daming Dynasty Court had attempted to expand the cities' boundaries, but with little success.

The main reason was that countless roaming demons still lurked in the mountains and forests, and new dungeons could emerge at any time.

Strangely enough, the more uninhabited a place was, the more likely it was to produce dungeons.

As a result, countless dungeons of every size were scattered across the oceans.

Apart from a few powerful individuals capable of ocean voyages, the overseas trade that should have existed had long since vanished entirely.

The bus gradually arrived before a steel complex.

A gun-toting soldier stopped the bus. "Restricted facility ahead. Unauthorized personnel, halt."

Song Qian got off the bus with the documents issued by the Card Master Association and went to speak with him.

Only after the guard repeatedly confirmed that the documents were valid did he send a message to the guard post behind him.

"No problem. Let them through!"

The bus slowly drove into the complex.

The leaders of the complex had been waiting for a long time.

"You must be the students from Shanghai City No. 1 High School arranged by Chairman Ma." The leader greeted Song Qian with a smile.

Song Qian smiled in return. "Yes. We'll be troubling you today."

The leader waved his hands repeatedly. How could he dare delay something Chairman Ma had personally ordered? "Not at all, not at all. We're all serving the dynasty."

Then he turned and instructed someone beside him, "Take these young students to the dungeon."

Seeing this, Song Qian turned to give the advanced class students one final reminder. "Go on, students. Be sure to stay safe."

Lu Su followed the others to an enormous plaza. At its center stood a spatial gate emitting silvery-white light.

The staff member leading them smiled as he introduced it. "This is your first time seeing a dungeon portal, isn't it? Please enter in order. We have card masters waiting inside the dungeon."

Upon hearing that, the advanced class students entered the spatial gate one after another.

Lu Su followed the crowd through the gate. His vision blurred, and he found himself at the foot of a mountain.

Two card masters in black uniforms stood before them.

The leader smiled at the advanced class students from Shanghai City No. 1 High School. "Welcome, students, to the Thousand-Legged dungeon."

"You may not be familiar with this dungeon. It is called Thousand-Legged because it once contained a powerful centipede-type demon. But don't worry, students. The association has cleared out all demons above Black Iron Grade."

"Once you have collected your communication devices, you may move around freely."