Xie Mingzhe sent a message to Tang Muzhou, with a clear tone: "Hehehe, I didn't expect you to be so smart that you actually deduced from my words. Did the master tell you all?"

Tang Muzhou said angrily: "Yes, Fat Uncle Junior Brother!"

Xie Mingzhe: "..."

It was a bit weird to be called by him, so Xie Mingzhe could only say seriously: "First of all, if we meet in the future, I didn't lie to you on purpose, and I didn't expect that Lin Shen would accept me as his apprentice."

Tang Muzhou was silent for a moment, and in a bad mood, he accepted the fact that he had an extra junior brother, and his tone calmed down: "I wanted to accept you as an apprentice at the time, but you refused me because you were unwilling to join the Fenghua Club. Now that my master accepted you himself, you are lucky. Follow him and don't let him down."

Xie Mingzhe became serious: "Don't worry, I will study hard."

He paused, and couldn't help asking curiously, "Did Tang Shen feel very disgusted with a fat uncle as his junior brother?"

Tang Muzhou was amused by him and said warmly: "No. Since I mentioned that I wanted to accept you as an apprentice, I admire your talent very much. Competition is not a world that depends on the face, but on the strength. No matter what you look like, as long as you can prove yourself on the field, you will be recognized."

Xie Mingzhe was just a joke, but he didn't expect that what Tang Muzhou said was quite philosophical. After this period of contact, he could feel that Tang Muzhou was a very generous person, promoting the dead card to change the status quo of the league and increasing the variability of tactics. Tang Muzhou looked longer than many young players. He really liked this game and has been working hard for what he loved.

Such a master is worthy of respect.

Xie Mingzhe felt that he was really lucky. He recognized Chen Qianlin as his master, and had the senior brother Tang Muzhou, Chen Xiao, and four friends who worked hard to manage the guild.

He will definitely speed up his pace and strive to reach the height of Tang Muzhou one day.

Tang Muzhou immediately asked: "I can tell you how to crack your deck. But I think it's better to just tell you the actual experience yourself. The dark card mode of your deck is not easy to play in the expert level, and you will understand it soon."

Xie Mingzhe said: "Yeah, I'll go to the actual combat myself." It's boring to get something for nothing, and he also wants to summarize it himself.

After finishing the conversation with Tang Muzhou, Xie Mingzhe found that Chi Qing sent him a private chat: "Xiao Xie, that Ke Xiaoke said he is your fan. He just joined the guild. His specific strength and background need to be examined. I assigned a few people to let him take him to the arena. If he performs well, he will give him a position in a few days and let him be responsible for the competition."

Xie Mingzhe remembered the clever boy who liked ghost cards and said, "My Ching can do the guild affairs, but the vice president should not be easily promoted to manage senior authority like the vice president. There are many examples of the big guild being disbanded by undercover agents. This person always says that he is my fan, but he can't believe it all."

Chi Qing said: "Don't worry, I'll stare."

***

That night, Xie Mingzhe did not go to the arena anymore, but returned to his personal space to review the previous game videos and summarize his experience from the perspective of God. Tang Muzhou said that his deck has four methods of cracking. He studied it carefully and came up with a few.

This deck's open card mode is particularly powerful, but the dark card mode is actually easy to target and is not perfect enough.

Most players in the low-level ranks use fast combat, and rarely encounter slow-paced earth and water decks in the late stage. But he believes that he will encounter the star card expert rank that has improved generally at a relatively high level.

What he has to do next is to go to the arena to be abused a few times, look at the advantages of other decks, and then analyze his own shortcomings.

Xie Mingzhe summarized the gains of the whole day and got off the line at twelve o'clock.

Chen Xiao was sitting on the recliner and thoughtful. When Xie Mingzhe went upstairs, he happened to meet Chen Xiao's dazed gaze. Both of them were stunned. Chen Xiao quickly adjusted his expression and asked with a smile: "How is the battle today?"

Xie Mingzhe said: "It's very tiring to win 30 games in a row to play junior experts."

Chen Xiao gave a thumbs up: "It is rare for you to win 30 games in a row to reach experts directly. If you have such a talent, you will definitely get good results when you try to play in the Masters."

Xie Mingzhe asked curiously: "Brother Chen, if you go to play now, you will not only win thirty games in a row, right?"

Chen Xiao said: "You can't compete with me. I played with my brother for a long time and briefly worked as a professional player for a season." He paused for two seconds and suddenly changed the topic and said: "By the way, Xiao Xie, can you do me a favor?"

Xie Mingzhe was puzzled: "What's the busy thing?"

Chen Xiao felt embarrassed when he touched his nose. He coughed lightly after a while and whispered: "Three days later it will be my brother's birthday. I want to celebrate his birthday well for him, but because of the misunderstanding between us brothers... there is such a little misunderstanding, if I go alone, he may not be too happy..."

Xie Mingzhe had already guessed what Brother Chen was going to say. Sure enough, Chen Xiao looked at Xie Mingzhe the next moment, with a sincere look: "My brother likes you, your little apprentice, so I want you to accompany me and take some time to celebrate his birthday together. When he is happy, he will persuade him to come back and live."

He advised him alone, afraid that Chen Qianlin would be disgusted. After all, he once hugged his brother and kissed him and confessed him after getting drunk. However, it would be different if Xiao Xie came forward, so he could find a way down... The room was tidy and he hoped that his brother would move in.

Xie Mingzhe said readily: "No problem. I should have gone to Master's birthday, but I don't know what he likes? I want to give him a good gift."

Chen Xiao smiled, his eyes glowing with a hint of gentleness: "He, he is not interested in anything else, he only likes various plants. In the past, I saved pocket money to buy plants for him every year on his birthday. In fact, there are a few pots of succulent plants on the flower stand in this room that I bought for him."

Xie Mingzhe was amused and crying: "He loves plants so much? Then is it still giving plants this year?"

Chen Xiao thought for a while and said, "I'm ready. Since you have learned art, why not give him a painting? What you painted by yourself will be more memorable."

Xie Mingzhe thought it made sense, so he nodded: "Well, then I'll look back and think about what to draw!"

When he returned to the bedroom, he thought about this. What should I draw? It is a bit strange to draw a tree as a birthday gift for people. Painting peonies is too gorgeous. Master should prefer more elegant flowers.

By the way, the four-piece set of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum!

This is the favorite thing that literati and poets used to be the most loved by this. Many people would hang a set of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemums in their study, called the "Four Gentlemen" among flowers. The cold plum blossoms blooming proudly in the snow symbolize the noble and unyielding ambition, the orchid in the valley symbolizes the elegance of fame and fortune, and the bamboo is a chic and humble gentleman, and the chrysanthemum symbolizes the hermit outside the world.

Does it feel that it is more consistent with the characteristics of the master?

Thinking of the idea, Xie Mingzhe drove out with Chen Xiao early the next morning. Chen Xiao first went to the botanical garden to get the bonsai I had ordered long ago. A small pine tree with its curved trunks very unique shape. The green pine needles exuded a soft luster under the light.

This basin actually costs 100,000 crystal coins.

Xie Mingzhe was a little confused. Are pine trees so expensive? In the Earth era, this kind of bonsai that was about one meter high was only a few hundred yuan, and better varieties cost thousands, and one hundred thousand yuan was too exaggerated.

Probably a precious variety, it is difficult to find.

Not to mention the cultures in this world, the varieties of plants and animals are different from those of the Earth's era. Are there plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums in this world? When Xie Mingzhe thought of this, he immediately took out his brain to search for information online. Sure enough, there are quite a few varieties, and there are more than a dozen orchids alone. However, there are no such words as "Four Gentlemen" when combined with these four plants. It seems that the relevant culture has been lost.

He suddenly had a thought in his mind - isn't Brother Chen going to make a plant card next month? Can he do a set of plant linkages of the Four Gentlemen, or give these four plants new skills according to the characteristics of the Four Gentlemen?

In the future, let’s discuss with Brother Chen when Chen Xiao makes the plant card.

Xie Mingzhe was afraid that he would forget it, so he simply opened a memo in his mind, recorded the "event reminder", and then followed Brother Chen to the calligraphy and painting center, bought a stack of paper for painting and a complete set of brushes and paints.

He has been studying art since he was a child, and of course he has all these things, but unfortunately they are all the cheapest goods, and the pigments have a pungent smell. Now that he has money in his hand, of course, he has to use good materials, and the paintings he draws will be more beautiful than before.

Making cards in the game only requires mental power. For people like him who have an art foundation, drawing cards is very simple, but in reality, it is a bit difficult to draw. His fingers are not as clever as the original owner. He accidentally draws the wrong line and wastes several pieces of paper. He has to practice it well.

Fortunately, he had clear and complete memories, plus physical memories, and after practicing for an hour, he slowly came back.

Chi Qing and others were shocked when they saw him suddenly drawing flowers and plants. The fat man asked directly: "Xiao Xie, are you going to change your career to be a plant card?"

Xie Mingzhe explained: "It will be more sincere to draw a birthday gift for someone by hand."

Everyone was very curious, so Chen Xiao pulled a few people to the living room and briefly explained the matter of Chen Qianlin accepting Xiao Xie as his disciple, and greeted everyone in advance, saying that Chen Qianlin would move in to live together in a while.

Everyone was shocked, and they never expected that Chen Xiao's brother was the famous Chen Qianlin...

Looking at the fat man's stunned look, Chen Xiao couldn't laugh and cry: "What? Do you think my brother has passed away?"

The fat man scratched his head: "After all, your sad look seems to be your brother already... Bah, I won't say anything, Lin Shen is still fine, Lin Shen will join our team, I can't believe it!"

Chi Yingying was also very excited: "I really didn't expect that the master Brother Chen was looking for was him. I was his loyal fan before."

Chi Qing said calmly: "Can he get used to living with so many of us?"

Chen Xiao raised his lips gently and said, "My brother is actually quite easy-going and has no airs at all. He is very easy to get along with. You don't have to be stressed. He comes to live in the master bedroom on the second floor. He prefers quietness. We usually move downstairs, so don't bother him."

Everyone nodded to show that they understood.

Upstairs, Xie Mingzhe was still concentrating on painting. He first made a few sketches and started writing when he was satisfied.

As a result, he drew for an afternoon and only completed 80% of the orchid picture. In reality, it was really difficult to draw, and it was much more difficult than using mental power in the game. He drew the line so that his fingers were about to cramp. Thinking that two days would be the master's birthday, Xie Mingzhe had to bite the bullet and continue painting.

The next day, Xie Mingzhe was not logged in to the game and was busy preparing gifts. Fortunately, he felt like painting and became more and more skillful after he came back. It was not until the early morning that he completed all four pictures of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum.

Chen Xiao looked at him seriously and felt very moved. This guy is not only smart, but also knows how to be grateful. Unlike some people, who say that the two brothers are good, but they are actually ungrateful. Xie Mingzhe is the kind of person who remembers it ten times in his heart as long as you treat him well. He has a simple mind.

Chen Xiao walked to Xie Mingzhe, patted his shoulder gently and said, "Your drawing is very beautiful, my brother will definitely like it. But why draw four pictures?"

Xie Mingzhe scratched his head and smiled: "There are four pieces in one set! Is it too late to frame them tomorrow morning?"

Chen Xiao said: "It's completely time to take you there in the morning."

***

The next morning, Chen Xiao and Xie Mingzhe came to the calligraphy and painting building together and found a store that specializes in mounting calligraphy and paintings to match the four paintings with elegant sandalwood borders. The four paintings side by side immediately became taller, and even Xie Mingzhe thought it was good.

Although the painter is still a little immature, this is already the best he can perform at the moment.

Chen Xiao was also very attentive to the gift. This ornamental pine tree is said to be quite precious and difficult to find. He bought it at the head of the botanical garden at a high price. He waited for half a year before waiting. It shows how much he attached to his brother's birthday.

The two of them ran to find Chen Qianlin excitedly with gifts.

At the same time, Chen Qianlin's door was knocked.

Chen Qianlin saw the other party’s smiling face from the screen and opened the door in surprise: “Why are you here?”

The person who came was Tang Muzhou, holding an exquisite gift box in his hand, and his voice was low and gentle: "Master's birthday, of course I will get it on such an important day." He handed the gift box to Chen Qianlin, "a gift to Master."

Chen Qianlin felt a little hot, took the gift box, looked at the handsome young man in front of him and said, "I didn't expect you to remember my birthday, and I almost forgot about it."

Tang Muzhou smiled: "I wrote a key memorandum on Master's birthday. I wanted to come here last year, but I happened to arrange the game and couldn't walk away. Fortunately, there was no game this year, so I asked for leave from the club."

Chen Qianlin took him to the living room and sat down, ordered the robot to pour water, turned around and sat on the sofa next to him, and asked, "Didn't you participate in the individual competition?"

Tang Muzhou said seriously: "I just won the championship last season, so it's not good to always compete with newcomers for trophys."

Chen Qianlin chuckled softly: "Why do you look like an old senior?"

Tang Muzhou said: "My apprentice has won the newcomer award, so I am also an old player in the league."

The master and apprentice looked at each other, feeling very emotional. Five years passed so quickly. Chen Qianlin had a disciple, and he was still an apprentice who had won the Best Newcomer Award. He was a little curious: "Is Chen An busy with the competition?"

Tang Muzhou said: "The little guy is very active and wants to go to the individual competition to win a trophy. But I guess he is quite proud. There are many experts participating in the competition this season. Although no veteran masters have signed up, Ye Zhu and Shanlan are very strong among the younger generation. However, I still encourage Xiao An to go for more experience. He is still too young."

Chen Qianlin didn't know what to say.

This apprentice was brought out by him. After five years of precipitation, Tang Muzhou is no longer the sharp young man who won 50 consecutive games in the individual competition. He is more restrained, more steady, and more at ease.

He is the chief card player of Fenghua Club. He revitalized the entire wood deck with his own strength. He also fully promoted the circulation of instant cards. Such an apprentice is enough to make Chen Qianlin proud.
To be continued...