Chapter 6 Win the Championship First
"You want to go to Duel Academy?"

Director Takeuchi was stunned.

That being said, it seems that it is indeed almost time for Duel Academy to start recruiting students.

The Duel Academy is like a holy place for the younger generation of duelists. It is full of top students, and almost all graduates are destined to be elites. Moreover, under the operation of Kaiba Seto, no matter if it is the son of a world-class chaebol or the second generation of an official with a powerful family, anyone who does not have talent will be out of the question, no matter how rich and powerful his family is.

Who is Seto Kaiba?

The most capable duelist in the world today, driving the world's strongest duel spirit "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", which is comparable to the three mythical gods of the past. It is rumored that he is even developing technology to travel through dimensions and time, trying to use technology to open the door to the underworld to play cards with the long-sleeping nameless pharaoh.
Not only is he the richest man in the world, but he is also a strong man who stands at the peak of both the extraordinary and technological sides. After Yugi Muto was banned, he is recognized as the world's number one duelist.

And he doesn't recognize anything else but card skills.

So if Kaiba Seto said that there would be no backdoors and that only strength would be considered, then it really was only based on strength. No matter how powerful or prominent someone was, if they wanted to enter his school, they had to take the exam and there was absolutely no room for manipulation.

He also values ​​strength and elite education, which can be seen from the strict hierarchy in the Duel Academy in GX and the contempt of the teachers and students for the poor students.

Many Duel Gyms offer subsidies for students to apply for Duel Academy. Once they are successfully admitted, they will undoubtedly become high-quality alumni in the future, and will also have a good publicity effect on the Gym.

Master Takeuchi's dojo also offers this subsidy, but the number of places is limited each year.

And considering that You Xuan has already defeated the entire gym, including his master, in the past three days, he should naturally be within the qualification range.

If the application is approved, the students will not only receive tuition subsidies, but also receive a card deck fund from the gym. The gym owner will personally provide one-on-one guidance to help students purchase new cards and optimize their decks.
Of course, in You Xuan's case, the guidance step is obviously unnecessary; he just needs to pay the money.

"and many more."

Just as Master Takeuchi agreed, he suddenly thought of something.

"What's your Duelist level?"

".one star."

Owner: “.”

Honestly speaking, even though he saw it with his own eyes, he still found it hard to understand how a one-star student could suddenly make such rapid progress.

However, after personally witnessing You Xuan's current duel strength, he also felt that You Xuan had a great chance of making it ashore this time.

"But one star doesn't meet the registration threshold."

"I know." You Xuan nodded, "So I'm going to go to the arena tomorrow and try it out, and get in as soon as possible."

"Well, there's only one month left until the entrance exam, so time is a bit tight." Master Takeuchi thought for a moment, "It would be much more convenient if we could get a place in the open competition."

If you get a ranking in a public competition, you can be promoted to a high star level in one go, without having to slowly gain points one by one like in an ordinary arena. You can also gain experience in major competitions, which is also beneficial for your future career as a duelist.

"How about this." Master Takeuchi looked at Sato Koji, "I remember Koji was preparing to participate in this year's Yuehua Cup competition?

Although the registration window seems to have been closed, I have a friend among the organizers, so it won't be a problem to squeeze one more person into the preliminary round. The registration fee will also be paid by the gym, what do you think?"

This year, Koji was the only one in the gym who reached three stars, so he was the only one who was originally scheduled to apply for the Duel Academy. He participated in the Moonlight Cup to gain more experience before entering school, and it would be even better if he could get a ranking.

"Thank you very much, Master." You Xuan said.

Sato Koji, who was standing by, couldn't help but gasp when he heard this.

This guy wants to participate in the competition too?
What if I meet him again on the field?
As soon as he imagined that scene, he suddenly felt a chill and felt uncomfortable all over.

But then he thought again, with so many contestants, the chances of getting a spot were slim. Or rather, when he got to the competition, he would have the chance to see more duelists who didn't know what was going on, like himself, being brought to a rage by his junior brother's duel.
When he thought of that scene, he couldn't help but smile.

The smile gradually changed.

Sure enough, dueling still brings joy.

It just depends on who is happy.

The first rays of sunlight in the morning are like soft lines of poetry, like a layer of golden gauze covering the peaceful world. The darkness of the night is dispelled, replaced by a fresh and bright morning, and the air is filled with the faint morning fragrance and the fragrance of flowers.

At 6:20 in the morning, You Xuan woke up lazily from his comfortable bed. The sunlight shone through the gauze-like curtains, casting mottled light and shadows on the white sheets and soft bedding.

He went to bed late last night, and his sleep quality was not very good. He had a lot of dreams. He only vaguely remembered that he saw the Black and White Impermanence in his dream. The two men first said sinisterly that his fate had ended and it was time to die, but then they opened the duel plate on the left and right and took out two decks of cards, saying that as long as he won the duel, he could extend his life.
"Why do I have such a dream?" You Xuan rubbed his temple. It seems that he has slowly begun to understand the basic thinking of this card-playing worldview, that is, there is nothing that cannot be solved by playing cards.

It only took You Xuan five minutes to shake off his sleepiness, jump out of bed, quickly change clothes and wash up, and start a new day of study.

You will never be able to imagine how terrifying a self-disciplined poker player can be.

There is still a month until the entrance exam for Duel Academy, so it's time to start preparing a little.

He originally thought that the duel exam couldn't be that difficult. Wasn't it just the learning and application of K language?
For example, the distinction between whether a card effect is targeted or not, the order of chain settlement, high-end card timing teaching, etc.
None of the above.

There are no advanced and difficult-to-understand Yu-Gi-Oh rules for these real cards. The concept questions are just the basics of "Please explain what a Normal Magic Card, Equipment Magic Card, and Field Magic Card are", just like the questions asked by Chronos teacher in the GX anime.

Then there was the memorization of various card effects. In fact, You Xuan soon discovered that this part was unexpectedly difficult, because it was impossible for him to remember the classification and effects of a bunch of ancient cards that had not been used in the real card environment for 20 years. Not to mention that there were a lot of animation and comic cards in this world that had never been real cards.

He also quickly noticed that there were many differences between this place and the physical card environment 20 years ago. Many cards may not be physical cards until 20 years later, but they are here now.

Of course, it's not surprising when you think about it. Even the key card of the Xinyu deck in the hands of the tenth generation, "Miracle Contact", has been coveted by all kinds of hero players for many years after it appeared in the animation. It feels like I have waited a lifetime for the dog K to be made into a real card.
So it's natural that there are many cards here that didn't exist back then.

After reading the entire question bank, You Xuan felt that it was full of meaningless content, and the awareness and techniques that really involved the core of card skills were not mentioned at all.

This reminded him of an explanation of a second setting he had seen on the Internet in his previous life. For many movies and animations, reality is a higher dimension, and in the world of Yu-Gi-Oh, cards are the root of creation. Duels represent the most fundamental laws of this world, not just a card game like in reality.

So for people in the animation world, exploring the rules of duels is like doing cutting-edge research in reality, which is a search for truth. It is not that difficult to learn to play cards in the real dimension, but in the animation world, it requires high talent and a lot of effort to understand these.

You Xuan bought a set of supplementary books such as "Basics of Duel Theory" and "Duel Academy Real Question Bank", and spent most of the day doing questions. At the same time, he also took the time to learn about the field of card making.

The anime of Yu-Gi-Oh focuses on the stories of duelists, and only briefly mentions the card design part. We only know that it was Pegasus, known as the "Father of Duel Monsters", who first discovered the ancient Duel Monsters tablets in Egypt and made them into cards, which led to the modern Duel Monsters card system.

Later, the card production work was mainly issued by Becas's International Fantasy Company, but it was not completely dominated by one company. For example, Haima Company also printed a lot of cards, which were also circulated in the market.

Later on, there were players like Yugi Muto and Judai Yuki, who were all gifted with the ability to print cards on the spot according to the situation. Sometimes they would print themselves and their duel opponents directly into the cards, without any disguise.
Obviously, these privately printed cards can also be recognized by the system and duel rules and are not considered violations.

After all, Yu-Gi-Oh is a supernatural world, and playing cards is a manifestation of supernatural powers. So when some players with seafood hair and the character "Yu" (meaning "game") shout about friendship and bond in front of their opponents and print text on a whiteboard, it can even be said that they are applying the rules of this world, and it is a manifestation of supernatural power.

How can the Duel King thing be called cheating?

The God-drawn cards are all part of the duel, don't play them if you don't like it.

However, it is conceivable that in such a world, printing cards cannot be done at will. Even for the designers of Fantasy International, the newly designed cards should conform to the rules to some extent and cannot be done at will.

What You Xuan was curious about was what the threshold was for card making and what kind of cards would be recognized.

Assuming that all the cards in the real card pool in the previous life can be printed, then as a card maker, he must bring a bit of modern Yu-Gi-Oh storytelling shock to this world of cards that is too secular.
You Xuan also bought a series of reference books and teaching materials. He didn't really expect to learn it so easily, but just wanted to have a superficial understanding first.

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It is not surprising that card making is a very advanced subject in this world. Now many university laboratories and cutting-edge research institutes are specialized in scientific research and development related to Duel Monsters.

Even many old cards still have the potential for further development and design.

The most representative one is the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, which was developed by an independent research team led by Kaiba Seto himself. It is the world's top duel monster research team. It is rumored that they have developed various Blue-Eyes evolution forms such as "White Spirit Dragon", "Blue-Eyes Sub-White Dragon", "Blue-Eyes Double Explosion Dragon", etc.

There is also a king-like Chaos Warrior, which was just an eight-star, three thousand-attack blank monster when it was made from a slate in the early years. But now it has been developed into a "Chaos Warrior - Messenger of Creation", which is what real card guys call the "Big Creation". It is a rare super rare card in the world, and it is also a legendary powerful monster in the eyes of duelists.

"It would be great if I could learn how to make my own cards." You Xuan thought.

But it was just a thought for now. He remembered that in the first season of the anime, Hayato Maeda, who shared a dormitory with Judai Yuu, seemed to have joined the International Fantasy Club as a full-time card designer after graduating from the Duel Academy. Yu Xuan guessed that the academy might also have professional courses related to card making.

If you have the chance, you must go and learn more about it.

As for now, he set a new small goal.

Let’s go and win the Yuehua Cup first.

(End of this chapter)