Playing cards, I am your ancestor!-Chapter 376: Black Tortoise Told Me to Give It to You
Wen Jiang greatly admired this Sheng Hongying.
Because she liked those who were daring.
She was pondering whether Sa Ang saw herself as a savior.
And whether Sheng Hongying, without further involvement with her, could be fully trusted.
She muttered to herself, "It seems necessary to understand Sheng Hongying’s family background."
To her shame, apart from the obvious identities of the twins, she lacked attention to each of her teammates.
She knew that Sheng Hongying and Du Zhaiyue were famous, but that was the extent of it.
Because, in essence, she barely cared for others, due to a deep-seated indifference towards the world.
After all, having truly lived for thousands of years, the death of her family completely severed her emotional ties to the world.
The longer she lived, the more she saw, and the easier it was to feel ’disconnected’ from the world’s existence.
Essentially, cultivation was indeed a very brutal affair.
Wen Jiang wasn’t even sure if she would eventually lose her humanity in the future.
So she asked Zero Egg to retrieve Sheng Hongying’s family background information.
Sheng Hongying, who had served Mount Flower for many years, had her personal information thoroughly dug up by fans.
Unexpectedly, Sheng Hongying was not born into any wealthy family, just in the Imperial City.
Her parents were simply ordinary people, yet gave birth to Sheng Hongying, the Spirit Card Master.
For years, Sheng Hongying kept a sufficiently low profile, protecting her parents well, hardly letting them appear in public.
Besides competitions, Sheng Hongying’s daily activities were incredibly monotonous.
Apart from training, it was just training, and over the years, not a trace of irrelevant news had appeared.
She neither bore grudges nor communicated much with people.
But from her interactions with Sheng Hongying, she seemed bold, even reckless.
Gabriel’s card was something she took at will, unafraid of any incidents.
This was inconsistent with her low profile.
Doing so was probably to prevent her family from attracting negative attention, protecting those around her.
After all, as a star player, she knew the amount of criticism she had to face.
Back then, when she was ostracized by her four teammates, she said nothing, yet it caused a huge stir.
Furthermore, from her ability to grasp so much gossip, she even knew about Isaac’s affairs.
She was definitely not as ’low-key’ as she appeared.
After Wen Jiang finished reading, Zero Egg clicked its tongue: [It’s simply a miracle, I’ve rarely seen a human as purely devoid of desires as her.]
After all, star players are of all sorts, and there are not a few who swell with pride after gaining fame and wealth.
Zero Egg even dared to tease Wen Jiang: [Even you bought a luxury car with your first earnings when you arrived.]
Wen Jiang: "..."
Wen Jiang chuckled softly: "She doesn’t lack desires, it’s just that the stakes aren’t big enough yet."
And now, Wen Jiang could provide her with this stake.
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Just as the matter of the Mountain Ghosts was being discussed, news started breaking out online.
Several executives behind the Mountain Ghosts were fired, and the Duan Family backing Duan Yuleng was also undergoing processing gradually.
Although Yunxia tried to keep it tightly contained, involving the nobility, some news still leaked out.
For a moment, rumors spread like wildfire.
Some said that what was behind the Mountain Ghosts was a treasonous affair.
The Mountain Ghosts definitely didn’t want the matter to blow up, or how would the association function afterward?
Problematic issues can be dealt with, but if the association has issues, it would be doomed.
Tan Heming even gave Wen Jiang a call with an outrageous matter: "Yin Tianxiao recently gathered Teacher Gong and a few others for a meeting, asking me to summon the Black Tortoise Card. He wanted to make sure the Black Tortoise was indeed still with me; he may have heard something about Ricardo’s spiritual power deprivation incident, and he’s suspicious that my Black Tortoise Card has been taken by someone."
"Though Teacher Gong managed to brush it off, I still can’t summon the Black Tortoise."
Even as calm as Tan Heming was, he found it hard to remain composed regarding the Black Tortoise.
Teacher Gong trusts him, but would other Spirit Card Masters?
Wen Jiang frowned slightly, then sneered: "There’s something wrong with Yin Tianxiao’s mind. Your situation and Ricardo’s are not comparable, are they?"
Wen Jiang remembered how she had provoked Yin Tianxiao last time.
Is he starting to suspect something, acting like a cornered dog biting randomly?
But if he’s connected to Yu Jian, he should know exactly why Tan Heming lost his spiritual power.
Is he unable to sit still with so many things happening?
Wen Jiang immediately decided that Yin Tianxiao could not be left alone.
While she couldn’t move against the Heaven’s Mandate System, dealing with Yin Tianxiao shouldn’t be impossible.
However, with him in the Imperial City, what reason could be given to lure him out?
Tan Heming, even at such a moment, kept part of his reason: "But what he says is the truth; even though I got involved with the Mountain Ghosts matter, chose to retaliate against Ming Fuzhi and Duan Yuleng, I still can’t summon the Black Tortoise. Over time, the other teachers will begin to worry, and even if he doesn’t bring it up later, I’ll still have to face it."
Wen Jiang: "Why can’t you summon the Black Tortoise Card? Did you have any response when you tried to summon it?"
Tan Heming chuckled bitterly: "No, I even tried communicating, but it won’t respond to me."
Wen Jiang was surprised: "Have you discussed this with Teacher Gong?"
"Yes, but there’s no problem on Teacher Gong’s side, the Black Tortoise just won’t respond to me."
Wen Jiang was puzzled.
Finally, she could only think of one thing: "After you reported the Mountain Ghosts, have you seen Duan Yuleng and Ming Fuzhi again?"
Tan Heming paused a moment, then said, "No, they were taken by the Empire for investigation, I haven’t had the chance to see them."
"Find a way to see them again," Wen Jiang said: "I’m not clear about the Black Tortoise’s behavior, but it must belong to justice; as this matter started because of Duan Yuleng and Ming Fuzhi, you should go find them again."
Tan Heming: "To ask them directly about this matter?"
Wen Jiang said: "That should be it."
Tan Heming seemed a bit troubled: "With the Empire’s internal investigation, I don’t have permission to enter."
Wen Jiang sighed: "Then you’ll have to tell the Empire, it’s for the Black Tortoise. If worst comes to worst, ask Teacher Gong for help."
"..."
Tan Heming was also left helpless.
It seemed the best option now was to take a chance.
After all, at this point, all one could do was grasp at straws.
However, Wen Jiang only asked Tan Heming to try it on a whim, not expecting that Tan Heming would provide results by that night.
"You were right, after seeing them, the Black Tortoise actually responded."
Wen Jiang was surprised: "Well, that’s quite good, it seems you guessed correctly."
Tan Heming murmured: "It’s not just because of that; I felt the Black Tortoise extracted something from within them. It’s not a card, the Black Tortoise wants me to give it to you."
Wen Jiang: "..."
She was momentarily speechless: "Are you sure it wants you to give it to me?"
"I’m not sure how to explain, it’s more like a general response it gave me."
