Master of Trading Star Card Game

Chapter 12 - The Second Original Card (Part 1)

Translator: Star River

Proofreader: Rhith

Observing boss Zhang's stall for a long while, Hong Zhu hadn't seen anybody coming to sell [Lin Daiyu] cards. However, the spies that she dispatched to search for [Lin Daiyu] cards in the black market reported to her privately, "Sister Hong Zhu, I have found five [Lin Daiyu] cards!" "Sister Hong Zhu, I have found three [Lin Daiyu] cards!"

Hong Zhu replied immediately, "Buy them all at once! Be careful not to reveal your identity. You can tell the stall owners that you're buying them to collect."

Keeping Hong Zhu's words in mind, the two swiftly bought all eight cards for the president.

Hiding behind the stall and waiting, a distraught Hong Zhu stared at the black market. The person that she was waiting for didn't appear after a long time.

According to sister Xue, there were ten [Lin Daiyu] cards on the market, among which eight cards had been bought by her subordinates, who were sent to scour the market for [Lin Daiyu] cards. Where were the remaining two cards? It didn't matter if they had been bought for collections, but what if they had been bought by clubs? Thinking about it, Hong Zhu felt increasingly worried. She stared sharply at the people walking around in the market, hoping to find the culprit at once.

However, instead of finding the culprit, she encountered one of her deadly enemies, Can Yang, the vice president of the Adjudication Club.

Both the Fenghua and the Adjudication clubs were among the top card clubs in the league, and their players were all super popular gurus.
There had been constant conflicts between the two clubs, so they had a tense relationship.

Can Yang stopped Hong Zhu when she turned around to leave, sneering, "Sister Hong, I haven't seen you for a long time. What have you been doing recently?"

"I'm buying some cards and materials in the market." Hong Zhu said distantly.

"Are you preparing for the new season?"

"Yes." Hong Zhu replied and left in a hurry.

This time, Can Yang let her go. Then he wandered around the black market.

If clubs wanted to buy cards of the highest grade, they would generally ask their merchants to buy some from the card specialty stores in the commercial street that had many ready-to-use cards of high stars. There was very little chance that cards of the highest grade would be sold in the black market, where most were low level cards of one-star to four-star that were sold for collections and worthless in battles. However, sometimes high-grade cards were sold in the black market and clubs would then track the creators, who were new and highly talented in creating cards.
Tang Muzhou, the chief card player of the Fenghua Club, rose by selling cards in the black market.

The era when Tang Muzhou's plant cards swept the black market came to an end many years ago, but experienced players still felt shocked when they recalled it. At that time, Tang Muzhou, a newbie in the game, had made a great number of plant cards that had 'Tang' as a LOGO and sold them on the black market. His cards were snapped up in an instant. Later, Tang Muzhou raked in millions depending solely on his talent in designing cards. He alone had renewed the popularity of the Wood cards, which had been in decline for a long time.

Both Xue Linxiang, a trump card player's agent, and Hong Zhu, the president of Fenghua club, were great figures led by Tang Muzhou in the online game.

Tang Muzhou's appearance had a strong impact on the fifth season. A large-scale shuffle took place in the game and many veteran players were eliminated. At the same time, many new players seized the opportunity and managed to rise. Since then, all kinds of cards formed a balance. A certain type of card would not be overwhelmingly dominant. Card players had their own characteristics, like a hundred flowers in bloom, which resulted in more exciting professional league matches.