Playing cards, I am your ancestor!-Chapter 304: Mountain Ghost Training Match 5_1

Card creators could often deduce or sense the primary purpose of others’ new cards just by looking at their faces.

Sheng Hongying also nodded in agreement. "I think so too."

The other three naturally agreed with their speculation.

This continued until Mountain Ghost revealed the card’s name.

When Wen Jiang saw the name Lady Meng Jiang, she emitted a soft, "Huh?"

Wasn’t there a historical prototype for Lady Meng Jiang?

"Lady Meng Jiang?" Perhaps because the name contained the character Jiang, Song Yi instantly looked at Wen Jiang. "Isn’t that the legendary story from Qin Shi Huang’s biographical records? The one where she wept down the Great Wall?"

And those biographical stories had been conceived by Wen Jiang and penned by Mount Flower.

The things Wen Jiang wrote had created an SSR Card for others?

This realization shocked Song Yi. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Could those legendary stories actually produce such high-ranking cards? Just how much wealth had Wen Jiang truly given to the public?

Instinctively, he considered what would happen if all these stories were controlled by the Nobility...

Even Sheng Hongying and the others cast subtle glances at Wen Jiang. They didn’t share Song Yi’s thoughts, but the creation of the Lady Meng Jiang card, especially when pitted against Wen Jiang, carried a hint of irony. It was as if Wen Jiang herself had handed over the very blade now pointed at her.

Seeing the varied expressions on Mount Flower’s members, Mountain Ghost and their team guessed something was amiss. After all, everyone had previously speculated that Wen Jiang had a close relationship with the card’s creator. Given her rapid advancement, it was highly likely she *was* the creator. A thought seemed to strike Duan Yuleng, and he chuckled. "It mustn’t feel good knowing something you created has become a weapon in someone else’s hands, right?"

Tan Heming glanced at Duan Yuleng, his voice flat. "If she were worried about that, why do you think she released them in the first place?"

This implied she wasn’t afraid at all; she likely had far more at her disposal.

Duan Yuleng was left speechless by Tan Heming’s retort. Since Tan Heming’s return, he hadn’t been overtly confrontational, yet his every word seemed to land like a subtle, sharp barb. Given that Tan Heming was a team-leader-level figure whose strength had now recovered, Duan Yuleng didn’t dare openly antagonize him and chose to remain silent.

Of course, Wen Jiang wasn’t afraid. Her eyes even lit up, and she couldn’t help but exclaim, "Mountain Ghost is really a good guild."

Her teammates exchanged bewildered glances. Were you just triggered by Lady Meng Jiang?

Wen Jiang hadn’t expected Mountain Ghost to give her such a huge surprise.

She had thought about creating historical figure cards before, but because historical figures also existed in this world and the world’s will wouldn’t recognize them as card material, she had eventually given up.

She had always centered her work on myths and legends—a realm of utmost importance, as it pertained to the five-thousand-year spiritual lineage of Yunxia. However, the existence of the Lady Meng Jiang card dispelled one of Wen Jiang’s uncertainties.

Lady Meng Jiang did have a historical prototype, with origins tracing back to the Spring and Autumn period; naturally, her name wasn’t originally Lady Meng Jiang. Through generations of oral traditions and written records by the Yunxia People, these accounts eventually evolved into the famous story of Lady Meng Jiang weeping down the Great Wall. This story inherently possessed a strong fantastical element—after all, what mortal could make a great wall crumble with mere tears?

Mountain Ghost creating this card now was indeed a huge, pleasant surprise for Wen Jiang.

It didn’t matter if she had a historical prototype. As long as it was touched by fantasy, it had the potential to become a card!

Although many historical figures in existing stories had fantastical elements, their historical presence was too concrete. Figures like Qin Shi Huang, for example, were too tangibly real and thus ill-suited for direct fantastical embellishment into cards of this nature.

The fact that Lady Meng Jiang could become an SSR Card further underscored one point: fame.

In Yunxia, the legend of Lady Meng Jiang was universally known, enjoying immense fame. The Bull Demon King from *Journey to the West*, a story Wen Jiang had adapted, might be widely recognized due to such tales’ popularity. However, figures like him weren’t as narratively central as Lady Meng Jiang was to her own legend. Lady Meng Jiang was the undisputed protagonist of her story, while Brother Monkey was the protagonist of *Journey to the West*.

Lady Meng Jiang might not possess the same power level as Sun Wukong, but her existence provided Wen Jiang with an unparalleled source of inspiration at this stage.

If Lady Meng Jiang could be created, then the Four Great Beauties, who all have fantastical elements, could possibly be created too, right? – Those whose beauty made fish sink and birds fall, shamed flowers, and eclipsed the moon.

Chang’e and Hou Yi also possessed considerable fame. Wen Jiang could have made them into SSR-strength cards, but at the time, her own power level was insufficient, and the design’s complexity had to meet specific requirements.

Now that she was S Rank, if figures of such legendary beauty—those said to make fish sink and birds fall—could be made into cards, then many other similar characters could potentially be created in new forms.

Thinking of this, Wen Jiang was overjoyed. Even before the training match began, she announced, "I have some ideas for new cards!"

Her teammates were incredulous. What? Are SSR Cards as common as cabbages by the roadside? Even if your mind is brimming with creativity, how could it be so easy to create them?

Of course, no one had the chance to ask right now, because the match was about to start.

Beyond those two new cards, Mountain Ghost had three familiar old cards: one offensive and two Control Cards.

Sheng Hongying raised an eyebrow. "Four protect one?"

If both new cards were either support or control, they would indeed be in a four-protect-one formation. It seemed Mountain Ghost intended this match to be a defining battle for their new player, Ming Fuzhi, a chance to establish his reputation.

As the match started, Wen Jiang did not make a move right away. She did summon the Lotus Flower, but only to apply a status effect, imposing a one-second hard control on a single enemy card. Yes, hard control for one second, and only on a single card—still, it was better than nothing.

However, she first controlled the opponent’s offensive card, allowing Sheng Hongying to place a marker on it. Then, she stopped moving.

It wasn’t that she was completely still; rather, she paid no mind to the new The God of Control Cards card, focusing instead on the Lady Meng Jiang card.

At that moment, Du Zhaiyue had unfurled the Map of Mountains and Rivers. The grand and magnificent scroll instantly spread across the sky. Once the card activated its ability, it fully deployed, and the Map of Mountains and Rivers quickly applied a supportive effect to all cards within its range. As long as they remained within its scope, allied cards would receive an offensive boost, and the opponent’s cards would have their defense lowered.

The Map of Mountains and Rivers was so vast that, within the confines of the arena, it was effectively unblockable and impossible to avoid.

Mountain Ghost naturally wouldn’t waste time trying to evade the Map of Mountains and Rivers’ range. Their control-focused player and Sheng Hongying made their moves almost simultaneously. The Mountain Ghost player directly unleashed the ability of The God of Control Cards.

SNAP.

A card radiating a pale golden light appeared on each of Mount Flower’s five colossal Card Spirits, adhering firmly to their surfaces.

Sheng Hongying frowned slightly. However, as battlefield veterans, they quickly deduced that an unavoidable, instantly deployed area-of-effect attack card must have some drawback; its initial power probably wasn’t very high.

Meanwhile, she also tagged the opposing Lady Meng Jiang with her Cloud River of Stars marker. She targeted Lady Meng Jiang because destroying a Card Spirit would take too long; their immediate goal was to force Lady Meng Jiang to use her abilities and reveal them.

After all, while the effects of known cards could be anticipated and countered, new cards were truly unpredictable.