Bai Moxue's Request

Su Li welcomed Bai Moxue into his room.

He rented a one-bedroom apartment with a living room, and it was very clean.

The two stared at each other awkwardly, and the atmosphere was a little tense.

"Actually, I really wasn't trying to attract attention." Su Li decided to explain himself.

Some people with ulterior motives had demonized him, spinning all kinds of conspiracy theories. He did not know whether they were Wang Shiyu's people.

"I know. I overreacted." Bai Moxue also relented.

The two of them had basically reconciled.

She continued, "Su Li, are you really not planning to sell that card?"

Su Li nodded helplessly. "This card has accompanied me as I grew up. I'm attached to it, so I won't sell it."

Bai Moxue sighed softly, her voice ethereal. "All right.

Su Li, don't overthink it. Many conglomerates and factions arrange for people to gather information on talented Card Masters. I happened to read your file."

Su Li's heart tightened. This was what he feared most. His secret would overturn the Card Masters' worldview and absolutely could not be exposed.

"Oh? How do you evaluate me?" Su Li asked with a faint smile, appearing very calm.

Bai Moxue stared at him and slowly said, "You're a decent prospect as a Card Master, and your talent as an Enhancer is also quite good."

Su Li blinked. "That's all?"

Bai Moxue looked a little troubled, but she still told the truth. "Yes, that's all.

You must not underestimate the conglomerates. People can only become Card Masters after their brain domains fully develop at eighteen. It may seem as though everyone starts from the same line, but that isn't the case.

Some precious resources can nurture the brain domain in advance, which is equivalent to improving one's innate talent.

Once they advance to become Card Masters, those who were originally dull will become geniuses, while those who were already geniuses will become even more terrifying.

After becoming Card Masters, their cultivation will rise rapidly due to the long-term meditation they accumulated before turning eighteen. However, after condensing their spirit jade, their brain domains will still remain turbulent for some time.

Once everything is fully stabilized, the ranks of conglomerate Card Masters will rise even faster."

Hearing this, Su Li was instead relieved. If that was the case, the chances of his secret being exposed were much lower.

He had known nothing about these matters.

The teachers at Third High School had never mentioned them, and the Card Master Alliance had also blocked the information. There was nothing about it online, all to prevent it from affecting the mentality of civilian Card Masters.

Although he could easily have learned about it with a little effort, he had once been utterly ordinary, and his social standing had been far too low!

Bai Moxue continued, "Su Li, although you defeated me before, that matter will soon be forgotten.

Over the past few days, my strength has grown explosively again. You may not necessarily be my match now.

You've already been preliminarily judged to be a talented Card Master. I can make the decision to bring you into the Bai Family.

We have a complete talent cultivation plan, which would be very beneficial to your future.

Obtaining cards is very difficult for civilians. They desperately earn cards, but their spirit jade progress already falls behind, and they were disadvantaged in this regard to begin with.

If you join a conglomerate, you can obtain cards more easily and devote more energy to improving your spirit jade."

Su Li raised an eyebrow. "What would I have to give in return?"

Bai Moxue explained, "You would become a Card Master of the Bai Family faction. We share both glory and disgrace."

So he would become a conglomerate's lackey.

Su Li declined tactfully. "I don't have any plans like that for now."

He continued, "You didn't come to see me just to recruit me, did you?"

Bai Moxue nodded. She had expected this outcome.

"Can you let me see your fox card?" she asked.

Su Li nodded. The Su Xiaobai card had already been almost completely deciphered by the Card Masters of Third High School, so there was no need to hide it anymore.

Bai Moxue accepted Su Xiaobai, returned it to Su Li after checking its information, then took more than a dozen cards from her card case.

Su Li looked down, and his face twitched slightly.

More than a dozen bronze-colored cards covered the table, every single one a fox card.

Bai Moxue's face flushed slightly as she said softly, "I collected many fox cards and found quite a few Enhancers to enhance them, but all of them failed. None of them gained the Shapeshifting skill.

A skill like this generally only appears at the gold rank. Like King's Gaze, it is a skill with a somewhat legendary quality.

But it is very important to me. Although I am the daughter of the Bai Family's head, the allocation of certain rare resources must still follow the family's rules.

Obtaining an animal-type card with Shapeshifting is extremely important to my future development."

No wonder she had been willing to set aside her prejudice when the battle was at its fiercest.

Bai Moxue stared at Su Li. "Su Li, I am willing to pay a great price in exchange for this card. You have to believe in my sincerity."

Su Li refused again.

The silver-haired loli sighed. "Your file contains information about this card. Not long ago, it was still a white card, and you once brought it out during a wagered duel."

Now I could confirm that this was the White Card.

Your talent as an enhancer was truly astounding. You had actually strengthened a White Card to Bronze Rank Seven and even given birth to a skill with legendary qualities.

Su Li, whether it was luck or not, you once roamed through the dream fragments of this card. If your advice helps me, I will give you a generous reward."

Su Li was somewhat tempted. There was no need to doubt the generous reward Bai Moxue spoke of; skimming even a little from these young heirs and heiresses of financial conglomerates would be enough for him to live extravagantly for quite a while.

But he could not give a definite answer either. Shapeshifting was a skill Su Xiaobai had only obtained after unlocking her genetic lock.

How could one unlock a genetic lock?

That was a difficult question. Su Xiaobai's experience would be hard to replicate, and even if it could be replicated, Su Li was unwilling to deliberately create such a tragedy.

Perhaps Su Xiaobai could offer some advice? But that would require entering the card world.

The next time he entered the card world, it would inevitably advance the world's evolution.

Su Li had originally planned to go to the Forest of Blood first before strengthening Su Xiaobai.

Compared to the reward, this was something he could try. He gave a vague reply:

"I can give it a try, but I can't guarantee success. There is, in fact, an element of luck involved."

Delight appeared on Bai Moxue's face, but Su Li added:

"But it will have to wait for a while. Recently, I've been preparing to head to the Forest of Blood."

Bai Moxue's beautiful eyes widened slightly. She smiled. "Perhaps we can work together. I'm interested in that as well."

She was shaken inwardly. Su Li actually dared to prepare for the Forest of Blood? He should know that even Jiang Mingyue, ranked first on the leaderboard, had returned empty-handed, right?

Perhaps he had improved tremendously during this time as well?

Su Li neither confirmed nor denied it, but the two added each other as chat contacts.

With the business settled, the atmosphere became awkward again. Bai Moxue did not linger and returned to her own room next door.

Without another word, Su Li continued strengthening cards.

There were still three cards left unstrengthened.