In the dormitory, Xiaopang was lying on the bed with his limbs spread out, sleeping soundly.
Xie Mingzhe walked lightly to the bedside, opened the drawer and took out his laptop.
I didn't ask Chen Xiao about his brother Chen Qianlin in person because I was afraid that he would be embarrassed and not be able to speak up. Xie Mingzhe decided to check it out himself. He typed the three words "Chen Qianlin" into the search website, and tens of millions of search results appeared instantly. Xie Mingzhe was shocked - this traffic was comparable to the popular stars in the entertainment industry of the Earth era.
"Star Card Alliance's super popular player Chen Qianlin has taken Sanctuary to court over card copyright issues..."
"The Sanctuary officials came out to clarify that there is no contract conspiracy!"
"The copyright dispute between Chen Qianlin and the Sanctuary Club will be heard in court on December 25."
"Chen Qianlin lost the lawsuit, and the Sanctuary demanded that Chen Qianlin pay 80 million in breach of contract damages!"
"Summer All-Star Game ends, Chen Qianlin announces retirement."
"At the start of the fifth season of the professional league, 18-year-old rookie Tang Muzhou won 30 consecutive individual matches, breaking the record for the longest winning streak in an individual match. According to insiders, Tang Muzhou's real identity is Chen Qianlin's apprentice in the game!"
Seeing this message, Xie Mingzhe paused. He guessed that Chen Qianlin was related to Tang Muzhou, but he didn't expect that he was Tang Muzhou's master. So was the "Qianlin Restaurant" in the game opened by Chen Qianlin himself?
He continued to look down with doubt.
"Tang Muzhou has won more than 50 games in a row. Who can stop this talented youngster from winning so many games?"
"Is the unstoppable Tang Muzhou here to avenge his master Chen Qianlin?"
"Chen Qianlin's beloved disciple Tang Muzhou defeated veteran Tujia player Zheng Feng and advanced to the quarter-finals!"
"Tang Muzhou defeated the chief referee Nie Yuandao and entered the 1/2 finals!"
"Tang Muzhou defeated the gold master Ling Jingtang and entered the finals!"
"Tang Muzhou defeated the water representative Su Yang and won the fifth season individual championship, becoming the youngest champion in the history of the professional league!"
"Newcomer Tang Muzhou won the individual championship and publicly thanked his mentor for his training. Chen Qianlin did not show up at the award ceremony!"
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As Xie Mingzhe read these shocking news, he could almost imagine the huge wave that swept the alliance five years ago.
Tang Muzhou, a newcomer who just debuted, won 50 consecutive individual matches, defeated countless great players, and won the championship with an unstoppable momentum!
The season when Tang Muzhou made his debut happened to be the time when his master Chen Qianlin retired.
From various information in forums and news, it can be found that the Star Card Alliance has always had a saying called "the ancestor of the five systems."
As early as the first and second seasons, Star Card League had produced five very outstanding professional players, who laid the foundation for the five card decks of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth respectively - Ling Jingtang, the founder of the gold weapon deck, Nie Yuandao, the developer of the fire beast deck, Zheng Feng, the originator of the earth defense counterattack play, Su Yang of the water control flow, and Chen Qianlin, the founder of the wood plant deck.
These five people are also the "founders" of the Star Card League Professional League.
Without them, there wouldn't be so many colorful five-system schools that emerged later.
At that time, the popularity of these five great players was very high, and Chen Qianlin also had countless fans, so his lawsuit was a hot topic and almost shocked the entire professional league and the official Star Card Game. In the end, he lost the lawsuit, which caused an uproar. His fans collectively besieged the Sanctuary Club and paralyzed the Sanctuary website. Then Chen Qianlin's retirement completely changed the landscape of the league.
Due to this copyright dispute, all the league's clubs revised their player contracts. Many early masters such as Nie, Ling, Zheng, and Su took this as a warning and took the opportunity to separate the copyright of the original cards into their own hands. Several players changed jobs due to contract disputes, and the entire league was in turmoil. All major clubs began to pay attention to copyright issues, and future contracts became increasingly strict.
In the fifth season, the strongest player in the Star Card Alliance was Su Yang, the founder of the Water Element from the Liushuang City Club. In addition to Su Yang, Nie Yuandao, the Fire Element, Ling Jingtang, the Gold Element, and Zheng Feng, the Earth Element, were also very strong. In contrast, the Wood Element deck was generally sluggish, and with the retirement of Chen Qianlin, the founder of the Wood Element, there were only a handful of players in the entire alliance who used Wood Element decks. In the arena of the highest level of online games, sometimes you won't see a Wood Element deck even once in ten games.
It was under such circumstances that "wood-based cards were generally criticized", that Tang Muzhou suddenly appeared.
The 18-year-old sharp boy, with his original plant deck, made the entire league tremble with fear. Even veteran players like Nie Yuandao and Zheng Feng couldn't help but admire the talent of this young player.
The boy has a handsome face and smiles politely. At first glance, you can't feel any threat from him. However, once on the court, this boy plays very decisively and ruthlessly. The range of strangling and killing of the thousand-year-old sacred tree and the binding and chaining of various vines have also become a unique landscape on the court.
After winning the individual championship, Tang Muzhou accepted an interview. He smiled at the camera and spoke a long paragraph -
"The Thousand-Year Divine Tree card was made to express my gratitude to my mentor Chen Qianlin, so the word 'Qian' from his name was added to the card's name. But I am not here to avenge him. My master is a person who is indifferent to fame and fortune. Retirement is his own choice, and he would not want me to play with a revengeful mentality. I came to the league just because I like this arena. Winning the championship this season does not prove that I am the best. Many seniors have better awareness than me. I just have more luck. In the future, I will continue to enrich my deck and bring more exciting games to everyone."
"Master has decided to leave and no longer care about the Alliance. He has found a life that suits him better. Please don't bother him anymore. From now on, I will be in charge of the Wood Deck."
——Wood-type deck, I’m here.
Just a few simple words rekindled the confidence of all players who were disappointed with wood cards!
Tang Muzhou was only eighteen years old at that time, but he was able to say such words, which made countless senior masters couldn't help but admire him.
It was also from that day that Chen Qianlin completely withdrew from the stage of history, and the Wood Department had a more terrifying player, Tang Muzhou.
Tang Muzhou, who won the championship, did not sign with any club. He personally established the Fenghua Club with his agent Xue Linxiang and Fenghua Guild President Hong Cang, and added a supplementary agreement to the contract that "the copyright of all original cards with the [Tang] logo belongs to Tang Muzhou."
At that time, he was the only player in Fenghua. It was not until the sixth season that he recruited some like-minded companions who liked wood cards. Today, Fenghua Club can compete with veteran clubs such as Judgment and Liushuang City. This shows that in addition to his personal strength, Tang Muzhou's ability to lead a team is also first-class.
In the impression of fans, Tang Muzhou has always been a graceful and generous player. He is young but has a long-term vision. He not only supports the emergence of various new schools, but also first proposed the concept of instant death cards. His current status is comparable to that of senior predecessors such as Nie Shen, Zheng Feng, and Ling Jingtang. He also personally brought out a talented apprentice, Shen An.
But no matter how popular he is, Tang Muzhou never hides his gratitude to his mentor.
He even said: "In my heart, Master will always be the best professional athlete."
Since Tang Muzhou has thanked his master many times in public, the relationship between the two was thoroughly uncovered by reporters - it is said that Tang Muzhou was ignorant and sold many good cards at low prices on the black market. Later, when he became famous, he took the cards to the auction. After Chen Qianlin knew about it, he went to the auction and bought his vine card at a high price, took him as his apprentice, and taught him carefully. Tang Muzhou made rapid progress and quickly made a complete set of plant cards in a short period of time, becoming an outstanding professional player.
Unfortunately, Chen Qianlin never showed up again.
Perhaps the loss of the lawsuit was too much of a blow to him and he didn't want to stay in the league anymore; or maybe he was just tired of it.
Anyway, Xie Mingzhe flipped through dozens of pages of news, and the news about Chen Qianlin only stopped abruptly at the moment he retired.
No one knows where he went or what he is doing after retiring.
He disappeared like this for nearly five years.
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After reading these news, Xie Mingzhe couldn't calm down for a long time.
He did not have the chance to participate in the turmoil of the fifth season, but he could clearly feel Chen Qianlin's dejection and the unstoppable sharpness of the young Tang Muzhou from the texts and pictures left behind.
This master and disciple pair are legendary figures in the Star Card Alliance. I never thought that I would be related to both of them.
Xie Mingzhe finally understood why Tang Muzhou was so patient in teaching him, because his appearance was very similar to the history of Tang Muzhou's rise in the black market. Five years ago, the ignorant young Tang Muzhou was lucky enough to be taught by his mentor Chen Qianlin, so when he saw a talented novice like Xie Mingzhe, Tang Muzhou would help him, which was also a kind of commemoration of his mentor.
Xie Mingzhe originally thought that he and Tang Shen were just friends in the game and would never have any intersection in real life. He never expected that Chen Qianlin, the brother of Chen Xiao, the owner of his power leveling studio, was actually Tang Muzhou's master.
He happened to join Chen Xiao's power leveling studio, and happened to make the Daiyu Funeral Flower Card targeting Tang Muzhou. He sold cards on the black market and attracted the attention of the Fenghua Guild. The Daiyu Card at the auction was bought by Tang Muzhou at a high price. They met for the first time at Qianlin Restaurant...
Countless lines connect them together, ultimately pointing to the same destination - Chen Qianlin.
He became friends with Tang Muzhou in the game, and tomorrow, he will meet Tang Muzhou's master Chen Qianlin.
Maybe this is fate?
Tang Muzhou was already powerful enough, and Xie Mingzhe had no idea how powerful this master was. If Brother Chen could really convince the Forest God to accept him as his disciple, it would be a godsend for Xie Mingzhe.
He now had countless ideas, but what kind of card was a good battle card? What kind of deck could be used to play in high-level leagues? Without a lot of competition experience, it would take a long time for him, a novice, to figure it out on his own, and the cards he made might not even be useful.
If Master Lin was willing to guide him, it would make him more excited than winning the lottery.
Xie Mingzhe lay in bed with excitement and anticipation and had a good sleep.
Tomorrow, he must perform well in front of the great Chen Qianlin!
The author has something to say:
Too much preparation was done in the early stages, and many people guessed that Chen Xiao's brother was Tang Muzhou's master.
The top and bottom are not in the same club, but they will become loving brothers. You didn’t guess this, right? Hehehe:)