49: The director's commission

The Man-Eating Flower was taken down?

Xiu Qingshan finally reacted.

“Well, I’d like to see who did it.”

Switching to the monitoring panel, he began to retrieve the footage.

It should be noted that, in principle, their Monster Training Ground does not accommodate Platinum-ranked individuals.

Because the cost of raising Three-Star Demons corresponding to Platinum and the technical difficulty are both higher than Two-Star Demons, but Durian City does not have such a great demand.

Or to put it more directly, there are not many Platinum Card Players in Durian City, not enough to form a market.

So, from a cost perspective, they only raise Two-Star Demons and only accommodate up to the Gold rank.

The neighboring Li Card Hall and Star Card Hall are also like this.

This means that the person who took down the Man-Eating Flower must be a Gold 5 or higher Gold Card Player.

But Xiu Qingshan, as the one who personally captured the Man-Eating Flower, knew that this thing was not so easy to deal with.

Whether it was a Gold 5 or higher Card Player, the limit was just a 4+1 card deck.

It was really not easy to defeat the Man-Eating Flower.

So he was a little curious and a little heartbroken, wondering who it was, and how they managed to take this thing down.

Why was he heartbroken?

Because this Man-Eating Flower was a demon he specifically traveled thousands of miles to catch to guard this place.

As a self-sufficient municipal branch, Show Card Hall's foundation in the city was relatively shallow.

Li Card Hall and Star Card Hall were in better situations, so these two Card Halls raised more Two-Star LV5 Demons in their training fields.

Their funds were not so abundant, and they couldn't afford to raise so many.

Yet Xiu Qingshan did not want to lose to those two Card Halls, so he changed his strategy to win by quality.

You may have many LV5 Demons, but are they as strong as the one in our Card Hall?

This move actually proved somewhat effective, attracting many Card Players to their Monster Training Ground.

With a few clicks of the mouse, Xiu Qingshan had already pulled up the monitoring footage.

“Wait a minute, why is it this kid again?”

When he saw Shi Li’s back, he was a little surprised.

Could it be that this kid had advanced to Gold 5?

If that were truly the case, Xiu Qingshan felt it would be quite reasonable.

But immediately after, he saw that Shi Li had only laid out 3+1 card slots in front of him.

And the deck Shi Li took out only had 4 cards.

“Hmm? A new Characteristic card?!”

When he clearly saw the face of the first Character Card, Xiu Qingshan was stunned.

“Hahahahaha!”

Immediately, he let out a hearty laugh.

The secretary outside was puzzled: What happy event could have made the usually stern Card Hall Master laugh like this?

Although Xiu Qingshan did not know the details of the Dragon Burial Ancient Tomb.

But for Shi Li to be able to pull out a new Unique Character Card at this time, and such an excellent Unique Character Card at that.

The answer was already without suspense.

This kid has something!

He was absolutely certain now.

To successfully clear it twice with only 1 unique Token Card, if you said it was luck, no one would believe it.

It could only be explained by Talent.

A very small number of exceptionally gifted Card Players possess what is called an excellent Talent.

Talent is something that might be invisible and intangible.

In simple terms, it means they “possess” special item cards within them that can provide special functions.

For example, some people are exceptionally skilled at card crafting, some have a higher drop rate when defeating demons than others, and some are particularly perceptive when clearing simulated missions.

The most common Talent is actually those Card Players who have achieved multi-system resonance.

It’s so common that people don’t consider multi-system resonance a specific Talent.

There are also some people whose Talent effects are smaller or lower, not easily noticeable, or don't yield high returns.

Xiu Qingshan believed that Shi Li’s Talent must be of the very rare simulated mission type.

And it was the top-tier kind.

Otherwise, these two unique Token Card incidents could not be explained.

“I didn’t expect to actually unearth such a Talent.”

He knew that if his speculation was true, then Shi Li would inevitably become a target of competition for various major forces.

Soon, Shi Li in the footage completed the battle.

Xiu Qingshan looked at the screen, falling into deep thought.

After a while, he had a plan.

“However, some things still need to be done gradually.

For a child from his background, if too many resources are suddenly poured in.

Holding a bunch of good cards, his mentality will inevitably change.

The experience of taking one step at a time during the novice period is more conducive to growth and will instead become valuable experience and lessons for the future.

What’s more, I think his current growth rate is quite good, not slow at all.”

For the purpose of protection and further observation, Xiu Qingshan decided that for now, only he should know about this matter.

He would continue to treat Shi Li as before.

There was no need for excessive special treatment, to avoid attracting attention.

“Since that’s the case, I have an idea…”

Thinking of this, he called Director Hou.

Director Hou had just started work not long ago, and after receiving the call, he drove to the training field in the suburbs.

“The Dry Domain Man-Eating Flower seems to have been eliminated, and now the Card Hall Master is asking me to pick someone up at the training field.

Could it be that Shi Li took that thing down?”

Director Hou had high authority in the internal system and also saw that alert message.

However, he had not linked this matter to Shi Li before.

After all, he had also watched a battle a few days ago and knew that Shi Li was only Gold 4.

And according to his understanding, even if Shi Li had advanced to Gold 5, he shouldn't have been able to defeat that Man-Eating Flower.

So Director Hou switched the vehicle to autonomous driving mode, then entered the internal system to retrieve the monitoring footage.

“Hmm?”

As a result, when he looked, he found that the relevant surveillance video was locked.

It should be known that only a handful of people in the Show Card Hall in this city had higher authority than him.

Combining all the factors, the Card Hall Master was the most suspected of tampering with it.

“No way, could it be…”

The more he thought about it, the more incredible it seemed, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt it must be Shi Li.

So, with such emotions, Director Hou finally picked up Shi Li.

However, since the surveillance was locked, it indicated that the Card Hall Master did not want people to know, so he wisely did not ask.

More than half an hour later, Shi Li arrived at Xiu Qingshan’s office.

“You rascal, do you know how much effort I put into that demon?”

As soon as Director Hou closed the door, Xiu Qingshan showed a wry smile.

Shi Li could vaguely feel that the Card Hall Master’s attitude seemed to have changed a little.

It wasn't that the Card Hall Master was not good to him before, but now he seemed even more cordial.

“Sorry, I didn’t know that was the Card Hall Master’s treasure.”

“It’s not quite a treasure, haha.”

Now, Xiu Qingshan looked at the young man in front of him, and the more he looked, the more satisfied he became.

He had even considered that the Man-Eating Flower would be taken down by Shi Li, but he absolutely did not expect it to be so soon.

However, this turned out to be a good thing.

“Now, I have a glorious mission to entrust to you.”

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