Who says I can't become a Grand Master?

Chapter 53 [Battery No. 7] completed, loop breakthrough 70.

"Wow!"

Zhang Qingzhe was so frightened he almost screamed.

He composed himself and then realized that Xia Qiwei was applying a face mask.

"Professor, you scared me to death!"

Xia Qiwei, however, paid no attention and asked directly, "Stop with the useless talk, let me see that card from before!"

Zhang Qingzhe held up the No. 7 battery and carefully showed both sides.

On the other side of the screen, Xia Qiwei's eyes widened, and her facial expressions became increasingly exaggerated.

With a "rip," the face mask burst.

"Oh no, my face mask! This is youth essence extracted from unicorn bone marrow, it's very expensive!" she cried out.

"Professor, do witches need beauty treatments too?" Zhang Qingzhe asked, somewhat helplessly.

"What do you know! Your sister is fair-skinned and delicate, of course she doesn't need to worry about that. If I become ugly and can't get married, are you going to take responsibility?"

Zhang Qingzhe tilted his head, ignoring the conversation.

Xia Qiwei peeled off the face mask, rubbed her tight cheekbones, and stared at the screen with wide eyes again.

"Really? You only asked this afternoon, and you finished it this evening? Dean Zhou said you're a genius, I thought he was exaggerating."

"Genius...that's a bit of an exaggeration."

Zhang Qingzhe doesn't think he deserves that title. "I just have a steady hand."

A faint purple light flickered in Xia Qiwei's eyes.

"Isn't this what you call a genius? Hmm! No wonder he's my apprentice! I've truly done a good job teaching him. Let's hold the formal apprenticeship ceremony tomorrow."

"Professor, let's talk about this later," Zhang Qingzhe said, still declining.

This attitude is just like that of a scumbag who finds out his girlfriend is pregnant but keeps making excuses to delay.

"What are you waiting for? I won't hurt you," Xia Qiwei pressed, displeased.

Just as Zhang Qingzhe was wondering how to answer, the door was suddenly pulled open.

"Brother, who are you talking to on the phone in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"

My younger sister was wearing a bra-style nightgown and pearl-colored panties, and she stood in the doorway with her legs spread apart.

Xia Qiwei glanced at it, her eyes shining with excitement, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Is she your sister? She's quite pretty."

My younger sister looked over too.

"Brother, who is that? She has such delicate features... Is she a senior from your school?"

Zhang Qingzhe guessed with some helplessness—

Do you witches have some kind of secret pact?

Do they have to engage in mutual flattery upon meeting, trying to elevate each other's status?

"Have your sister apply to the [Energy Shaping School], I can get her a special admission spot. Remember! Make sure she applies under my name, don't let those old professors snatch it away."

Xia Qiwei took the opportunity to call GG, hoping to recruit another apprentice for herself.

"Okay, okay, we'll talk about it later."

Zhang Qingzhe was afraid that Xia Qiwei would expose their master-disciple relationship, so he quickly hung up the video call.

My younger sister took a few more steps closer and turned her warm, big eyes around.

"What did she mean by that last sentence? Could it be... that she's my brother's professor?"

Zhang Qingzhe suddenly felt the embarrassment of being caught red-handed by his wife while his cheating husband was talking to his mistress on the phone.

"...She's my professor. I just...asked her for some academic questions."

"Brother, didn't I tell you? Stay away from those 'Great Witches,' none of them are good people."

"No, Professor Xia is actually a very nice person..."

"Brother, how could you argue with your sister for an outsider?" The younger sister's eyes sparkled, and she was about to explode with temper.

Zhang Qingzhe quickly picked up the card labeled "Number 7 Battery":

"Look, this is what I just made under the professor's guidance."

The younger sister's anger was only halfway through when it was suddenly interrupted by this [battery card].

She opened her eyes wide in surprise and snatched the battery card.

After examining him carefully for a while, she looked at her brother in astonishment:

"Brother, what happened? Did you really do this?"

"Yes, that's what I just did."

"Being able to make a Level 3 AAA battery is enough to qualify you for the Junior Card Maker certification exam... This is usually something only a small number of graduates can pass after they graduate from university."

Seeing his sister's surprise, Zhang Qingzhe couldn't help but feel a little smug.

"That's right. Actually, the professor was quite surprised too, and even said that I might be a genius."

"He can certainly be considered a genius." The younger sister nodded gently, but more doubts welled up in her mind.

She looked at her brother carefully once again.

I feel like my brother has become a different person since he entered university.

Not only has he become more handsome, but he's also gentler towards her, and even his cooking has improved. Now he's even become a genius in card making...

What exactly is going on?

At this moment, my sister's mind was filled with question marks.

Zhang Qingzhe finally passed another hurdle.

After coaxing his sister for a few moments, he finally saw her out of the room.

Zhang Qingzhe breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down to continue making cards.

He quickly produced a dozen No. 7 batteries and fed them all to World.

The effect of the [No. 7 Battery] card is indeed much stronger than that of [No. 8] and [No. 9].

He quickly increased his number of [magic loops] to seventy.

However, the effect diminishes quickly.

If we continue feeding them, the cost will become too high.

Zhang Qingzhe stopped making cards and stretched his sore shoulders.

He instinctively wanted to throw a few punches at the air, but then suddenly remembered that it was too late.

If the punch makes a whooshing sound, the younger sister will definitely complain that her brother always "slaps" her in the middle of the night.

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The next day, the sun was already high in the sky on the playground.

The senior student who always runs here in the morning seems a bit down today.

The wind swept through the treetops.

But it couldn't dispel the disappointment in her eyes.

Usually at this time, that figure would be under the horizontal bar, but today it's empty.

With her companions urging her on, she reluctantly left the playground.

Seeing her absent-minded appearance, her companions secretly teased her.

The senior student kept her head down, not even having the strength to retort.

However, just as a pedestrian was crossing the intersection, a delicate figure quickly walked across from the other side.

"Good morning, senior."

Zhang Qingzhe gave a soft greeting.

Although they didn't even know each other's names, they often bumped into each other on the playground.

Besides, I've already drunk so much of their water, so it's necessary to be polite.

The senior student suddenly raised her head.

Upon seeing Zhang Qingzhe, she finally broke into a smile:

"Why didn't you come to your workout today?"

"I practiced making cards too late last night, and I almost missed it today," Zhang Qingzhe explained.

He was too tired from making cards yesterday, so it's understandable that he overslept.

The worst thing is my lazy sister; she wasn't tired at all last night.

But when I was about to be late, she was still fast asleep with her butt sticking up.

The senior student smiled warmly, her eyes curving into a gentle arc.

"Then you should take care of your health."

"Um!"