Folk Card Maker: Starting from Painted Skin

To be honest, if he hadn't become the district's top scorer today, Zhang Jingtian wouldn't have known that the original owner had so many distant relatives.

And these people had disappeared for so many years after the original owner's parents passed away.

But now, one by one, they were popping up, trying every possible way to get close to him.

"Zhang Jingtian, I even held you when you were little!"

"I had the best relationship with your mother back then!"

"Do you know, your dad and I were sworn brothers! Before you were even born, we promised a marriage between you and my daughter!"

"Brother Tian, no, Godfather, do you know that according to seniority, I should call you uncle. Why don't we skip a step and you become my dad? I'll take care of you in your old age!"

What Zhang Jingtian needed to face at this moment were the media reporters.

He originally thought that his high-end residential area would block these swarming reporters.

Unexpectedly, his residential area also put up banners, claiming that their place had good Feng Shui and produced a district's top scorer!

When Zhang Jingtian opened the door, he saw all kinds of cameras and microphones pointed at him.

And the reporters all had admiring smiles on their faces.

Zhang Jingtian felt a little uncomfortable.

He cleared his throat and said:

"You guys coordinate and prepare three questions. I won't answer any more than that."

Although the reporters felt that Zhang Jingtian's attitude was a bit arrogant, when they thought about his grades, they felt that this was his capital for being arrogant.

At the same time, Tang Youai and his current direct supervisor were sitting together drinking tea.

They had already known about Zhang Jingtian's results yesterday and had been excited about it.

"Does your Lanruo City have such good Feng Shui?" The bureau chief stroked his chin and asked curiously, "First there was Huai Yalin, and now there's Zhang Jingtian. Looks like I should have kept the house the developer gave me last time."

"This, it shouldn't be that exaggerated, Bureau Chief. Look at how many years we've been at the bottom. It's only now that we've managed to produce two geniuses. Maybe this is a case of things reaching their extreme and then reversing!"

Hearing this, the bureau chief immediately nodded and then showed a regretful expression:

"Yes, our Ninth District has been at the bottom for too long. Look at this year, many card academies have reduced our enrollment quotas. The problem is, we can't even protest!"

He sighed: "It can only be said that not having strength is the greatest sin."

Tang Youai comforted him: "But with Zhang Jingtian around, once he enters those two card academies and shines in the college league, our reputation will improve."

The bureau chief shook his head: "You're thinking too simply. Although the assessment content is different in each region, especially the practical combat, the dungeons are also different.

But under the same scoring standards, Zhang Jingtian's score is not the highest in the country. I know that at least five people are higher than him.

And you need to know that every year in the First and Second Districts, there will be top students who are recommended through special channels, as well as descendants of powerful families who don't even take the college entrance exam, and geniuses who choose to go to the Ministry of War for further study.

Among his peers, Zhang Jingtian is not the number one."

Tang Youai was stunned because his vision was only so big. In his world, the Ninth District was everything, so he thought Zhang Jingtian was too amazing.

But after hearing the bureau chief's words and realizing that Zhang Jingtian wasn't that outstanding in the whole country, he suddenly felt a bit depressed.

After all, Tang Youai had always regarded Zhang Jingtian as his confidant.

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At this moment, Zhang Jingtian finished answering the reporters' three questions.

The questions were very simple, asking him how he studied, asking him about his favorite school, and asking him about his future goals.

And Zhang Jingtian also replied with standard answers.

After the reporters dispersed, what Zhang Jingtian needed to do was choose.

Whether it was the Modu Card Academy or the Didu Card Academy.

Anyway, he was now the number one in the Ninth District, and he could go to these two card academies no matter what.

Unless something happened to him before reporting.

The Didu Card Academy is located in the capital of the First District, which is also the capital of the entire Dragon Country.

It is recognized as the strongest card academy in all aspects.

However, due to its geographical location, the Didu Card Academy has a strict hierarchy and is relatively rigid. Every year, many descendants of powerful families parachute into the card academy.

For a card maker like Zhang Jingtian with no background, he might not be so dazzling after going there.

The Modu Card Academy is located in Modu, the capital of the Second District.

Compared to the First District, the Second District is indeed inferior in all aspects, but the Second District is located on the coast, with a developed economy, and has exchanges with several neighboring countries. The overall atmosphere is also more open.

As for Modu, there has always been controversy over which is the most developed region in Dragon Country, Modu or Didu.

However, Modu and Didu are now recognized as the five super metropolises in the card-making world.

They are also the five safest places that the public believes, even if the Scourge Legion launches a full-scale attack.

The Modu Card Academy is like the city it is located in, more open and integrated.

Unlike Didu, where human card makers dominate, it is also globally recognized as the top card academy in human card research.

Modu involves all five races and develops in a balanced way. Here, no matter which race you are good at making cards for, you can find a corresponding mentor.

Moreover, the Modu Card Academy does not care about the students' background.

For Zhang Jingtian, he also had a concern, which was his own uniqueness.

He was definitely different from other card makers, whether it was the intelligence of his cards or his ability to unlock evolution in Gold rank, which was different from ordinary people.

This specialness seemed to be unnoticed in the Ninth District, but what about in Didu?

Almost all of Dragon Country's top card makers were in Didu.

Compared to that, Modu might be freer.

Although Zhang Jingtian felt that the existence that marked him should not be discovered.

"I want to go to Modu Card Academy."

After struggling for a day, Zhang Jingtian said to the principal of their experimental middle school who came to visit.

The principal smiled when he heard this: "Sure, you can go anyway."

"But they didn't come to compete for me?"

Zhang Jingtian was a little disappointed. He thought there would be a scene where the two card academies would fight each other to win him over.

"They competed, but not for you, but for the top scorer in the Second District this year. What's most surprising is that that person actually chose the Didu Card Academy. Now the people in Modu and the Second District all think she's a traitor."