"Dedicate your limited spare time and put your energy into the endless world of Cube Cards."

"Make your small contribution to the development of Cube Cards."

"Resolve to conquer those deities and bring back more knowledge for the federation."

"Are you willing to become a card player?"

As Li Fan went on, his tone grew more solemn.

Li Pu: "Teacher Li..."

Li Fan: "I'm here."

Li Pu: "Then, what should I do?"

Li Fan: "Help me farm cards."

Li Pu: "..."

If it weren't for knowing he couldn't beat Teacher Li, Li Pu would have kicked him in the face already.

He just made everything sound so grandiose and sacred, and the result was he wanted him to be a laborer?

Even though Cube Cards didn't interest him, he still knew a thing or two.

Cube Cards are actually an additional function attached to the Summoner panel.

You have to activate it to become a Cube Card player.

Cube Card players will receive a corresponding card after defeating a monster.

What's important to note is a monster drops only one card, usually to the player who contributed most to the battle.

The card of a monster is unrelated to its level.

For instance, whether the Red Mushroom is LV1 or LV10, the card is identical.

But a Red Mushroom with 0 transformation and one with 1 transformation have different cards because its species is considered upgraded after transformation.

And each player can only hold one identical card at a time.

When Li Fan said "farming cards," he meant having Li Pu help kill monsters and then hand over the cards.

Since turning into a card comes with relative balance revisions, it's quite possible that a monster A is much stronger than monster B in reality, yet less useful as a card than monster B.

In more specific terms, the monster cards dropping on the east, north, and west sides outside school aren't necessarily stronger than those from the southern forest.

"Sorry, Teacher Li Fan."

"I don't have that kind of free time."

The change from Teacher Li to Teacher Li Fan indicated Li Pu's intent to distance himself.

"..."

Li Fan's face turned a bit grim due to such a straightforward refusal.

He lost all his card decks in that crucial match in the Imperial City.

So he had to start over, collecting cards one by one.

And he hoped this process would be concealed enough not to alert his rivals in the Imperial City.

Once his ambition to return to the card circles of Imperial City became exposed, there would definitely be obstacles.

Actually, Li Fan considered this crippled newcomer a good candidate.

Since he's his student and has the ability to act alone in the southern forest.

He could absolutely complete the card collection task well.

Who would have thought he'd be rejected by such a reputable little card king from Imperial City Seven-Star Street.

"Are you sure you don't want to reconsider?"

"As long as you can meet my targets, I'll pay you this amount weekly."

Li Fan raised two fingers: "2000 Crystal Coins."

"Teacher Li."

This statement surprisingly changed Li Pu's address back.

"We are teacher and student, there shouldn't be such dirty money relations mixed in."

"I was already very willing to serve you."

Saying this, he already grasped Li Fan's hands: "By the way, can the wages be paid in advance?"

2000 Crystal Coins isn't a small amount for him.

It can solve many problems.

If he got this 2000 Crystal Coins, he could truly pay back Wu Guinan.

Yeah, this time sincerely, no delays.

"..."

Li Fan was silent for a few seconds, genuinely taken aback.

From the cold like Frost's rejection earlier to the fiery enthusiasm now, the contrast was indeed shocking.

But he now clearly understood, this student lacked money.

You're short on money, I'm short on cards.

Perfect, deal accomplished.

Li Fan even thought he, as the lender, could negotiate a bit with the borrower.

"Advance payment, well, it's not impossible."

He stroked his chin, deliberately darting his gaze around before settling on Li Pu: "How much do you want in advance?"

"500,000."

Spotting the play, Li Pu didn't hesitate.

He is exactly 500,000 short of his goal of 500,000 now.

"......"

If it weren't for his strong will, Li Fan would've spat out a mouthful of blue blood.

He suddenly realized, he probably couldn't negotiate terms.

This guy is nuts.

How do you negotiate with a lunatic?

He even dared to ask, at 2000 Crystal Coins per week, gathering 500,000 would require...

It would require...

Well, all in all, a lot of weeks, taking years as a unit.

With so much time, not only could one complete the entire southern forest, but even the entire province where West Capital is located could be finished.

Let alone his Crystal Coins were already gambled away, even if he had this money, he wouldn't give it.

"Let's do this, I'll give you 10,000."

"Just get me all the varieties of monster cards from the southern forest."

"Of course, if you find monsters that are too strong, you can notify me to come over."

"Remember, safety first."

Li Fan finally compromised.

10,000 Crystal Coins, which equates to five weeks' time.

According to his estimate, as long as he doesn't slack off, he should be able to gather cards from all varieties in the southern forest.

"Teacher Li, could you be this rich?"

This generosity made Li Pu look up with admiration.

"You probably don't know, the alliance issues Crystal Coin subsidies monthly to encourage card players to hone their skills."

Li Fan puffed his chest, a bit proudly: "At my level as a card player, I get nearly 50,000 Crystal Coins a month."

He said, shaking five fingers.

The next second, he felt his wrist grabbed again.

"Teacher, I want to learn card playing!"

Ever since arriving at West Capital, Li Pu had never been so sincere.

He couldn't imagine card playing could earn such a high salary; he'd never heard of it before!

"Uh, you help me collect all the cards first."

Li Fan shook gently, freeing himself.

But at the same time, he was a bit puzzled inside.

This guy is sure he's a newbie?

A bit strong, isn't he!

"Teacher is right."

Li Pu nodded, changing his address yet again.

This time, "teacher" was spoken with warmth and respect.

But anyway, take money for the job.

Since he's taken someone else's money, he has to do the job well.

The prerequisite is, he gets the money.

He looked genuinely toward Li Fan, silently cupping his hands together, extending them to him.

"Oh come on, let me first check the goods."

Li Fan felt that his skin was definitely not this thick when he was his age.

Now it seemed his intention was to first personally verify Li Pu's skills.

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