translator: Oyen editor: Ciel
By dinnertime, the official page of Peerless Jianghu was updated with a list of the fourteen champions of the all-sects challenge arena——
Hanhua Sword sect longsword flow Ink Mark (Mojue), short sword flow Unparalleled Gentleman (Sword Song); Yongye City dagger flow Thousand Miles Ice (Mojue), iron claw flow Hero At The Horizon (Huaxia Dynasty); Luoying Valley guqin flow Morning Breeze Lingering Moon (Interlude), flute flow Eternal Lamp (Interlude); Kuangdao Gate broadsword flow Merging Sky And Sea (Huaxia Dynasty), double sword flow Beautiful Country (Without Fire); Xuanbing Palace long whip flow Three Thousand Miles of River (Frost Moon), double ring flow Deep In The Bamboo Grove (Without Fire); Zhuge Family mechanism flow Ordinary Person (Wind Colour), bone fan flow Yellow River Flows Seawards (Frost Moon); Tingyu Tower black umbrella flow Rain Without Umbrella (Whisper); Fangcao Hall poison master High Tower Lock (National Grace).
——The above winners are requested to provide their personal information at the designated interface as soon as possible. Our officials will arrange for all contestants to receive the awards and visit the headquarters in Beijing next Wednesday.
The published list immediately triggered a heated discussion among the players of Peerless Jianghu, as well as attracted the attention of all the major teams.
……
At the same time, Wind Colour club training room.
After watching the live broadcast of the afternoon matches, Zhou Xuewei had already guessed whom Thousand Miles Ice was, but she wasn’t willing to take the initiative to say it. Instead, it was Yuan Xi who kept whispering, “This Thousand Miles Ice is actually quite strong. I thought he was just a new teammate that god Mo recruited. I didn’t think he could actually win the dagger flow championship.”
Ignoring him, Zhou Xuewei continued looking at the released list of champions. However, Qiu Zongping answered. “Gentle Kill from Huaxia club, the one who lost the final match with Thousand Miles Ice. Is he Wen Hua?”
Yuan Xi touched his chin thoughtfully. “There are many long-distance players in Huaxia, but there are only so many assassins. Why don’t you go and ask Lin Yao?”
Qiu Zongping shook his head. “You better not ask, otherwise it will make things difficult for Lin Yao.”
Yuan Xi hadn’t thought so far ahead, however, Qiu Zongping’s words really were reasonable, and he dismissed the idea of asking Lin Yao. “If this person really is Wen Hua, then the player who defeated him would definitely be more powerful. Where did god Mo find such a powerful teammate?”
Qiu Zongping chuckled. “I’m afraid that it wasn’t god Mo who found him, but rather that god Mo was found by him.”
Yuan Xi didn’t understand, and shot Qiu Zongping a doubtful look. “What do you mean? Wasn’t Mojue team founded by god Mo?”
Qiu Zongping had no hope for this guy’s IQ, and simply replied with, “If my guess is correct, Thousand Miles Ice should probably be Xiao Han.”
Yuan Xi: “………………”
Fortunately, Yuan Xi wasn’t drinking, otherwise he would have spat the water out and washed the computer like Lin Yao.
Back in the game, Thousand Miles Ice had told him, “If I were to reveal my identity, it would scare you to death.” Yuan Xi had replied with a quick “Say it, we’ll see who scares whom to death!” But now—— he really was scared!
How could Thousand Miles Ice be Xiao Han? Wasn’t being Canglan’s captain enough for him? Why did he have to run to Mojue to be the vice-captain?
If Thousand Miles Ice really was Xiao Han, didn’t it mean that god Mo went to the Dragon Song club?
A thought suddenly hit Yuan Xi, causing his face to flush, before rapidly paling. In order to investigate the husband and wife’s small accounts, not only did he go undercover, but also asked the Wind Colour guild’s president to send elites to attack the two people in the game. If Thousand Miles Ice really was god Han, then the two small accounts Longing For Your Heart and We’ll Never Be Apart were god Han’s and god Mo’s. With the pair of them teaming up, not to mention sending five experts, even ten would be completely destroyed by the duo!
He also went undercover in front of the two people, which was really the greatest joke in the world…
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Qiu Zongping was the most powerful undercover agent who uncovered the identity of Ink Mark. The couple in the Netcom district called each other ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ on their small accounts without any psychological barrier. If they really were Twin Stars, then all of this could easily be explained. After all, they had been training together every day since they were 17 years old, and undoubtedly had a strong relationship. Thinking of Qin Mo calling Xiao Han ‘husband’ in the game, Qiu Zongping’s lips could not help but twitch.
After a short pause, he added, “From today’s matches, among the expert assassins of the Miracle league, the best match for Thousand Miles Ice’s style of play is undoubtedly Xiao Han.”
Zhou Xuewei admired captain Qiu’s meticulous reasoning, and nodded. “I agree. Thousand Miles Ice should be Xiao Han.”
Listening to their analysis, Yuan Xi could only stare in horror, jaw open so wide that an entire egg could fit inside. Taking pity on him, Zhou Xuewei patted him on the shoulder. “Come back to your senses.”
“Oh!” Closing his mouth, Yuan Xi scratched his head in a depressed manner. “If Mojue team consists of these two great gods, Han and Mo, won’t they be a difficult opponent in the future?”
Qiu Zongping was much calmer, returning Yuan Xi a question. “Are you already afraid? The league hasn’t even started.”
Yuan Xi could not stand being provoked, and growled. “I’m not afraid!”
Qiu Zongping chuckled. “Then come on, let’s play normally.”
Despite his brave words, Qiu Zongping was no less terrified than Yuan Xi, but as the captain, he could not let it show. After a moment, Qiu Zongping sent a private message to Qin Mo in the game: “God Mo, are you going to Beijing next week?”
Ink Mark: “En, I’ll be there on Friday night.”
Ordinary Person: “The assassin who won, your husband- will he come too?”
Ink Mark: “…”
Qin Mo was really impressed by this Qiu Zongping. Had he been undercover to witness Qin Mo calling Xiao Han ‘husband’? Can he not mention this black history?
Looking at the ellipses that Qin Mo sent, Qiu Zongping smiled. “I have guessed god Ice’s identity. Is he god Han?”
Qin Mo had long since expected Xiao Han’s vest would be stripped off after the championship finals. After all, Xiao Han’s assassin style of play was too unique. As long as the captains of the other teams knew of him, it would not be difficult to suspect that Xiao Han was Thousand Miles Ice. Since Qiu Zongping came to ask, Qin Mo would not hide it. “That’s right, he’ll be going to Beijing too.”
Qiu Zongping sighed. If the Twin Stars teamed up, wouldn’t they be giving the other teams no chance to survive? Back then, their masters had swept the world’s Miracle teams together. Now, they were obviously trying to sweep Peerless Jianghu.
***
On Qin Mo’s side, people were asking about the identity of Thousand Miles Ice; on Xiao Han’s side, people were asking about the identity of Ink Mark.
A private message suddenly appeared on his WeChat——
Chu Jianxin: “@Xiao Han god Han didn’t go out on vacation this year? Your Weibo hasn’t been updated for a long time [smile].”
Xiao Han replied casually: “No, I’ve been busy lately.”
Chu Jianxin: “What are you busy with? Would it happen to be Peerless Jianghu?”
This Chu Jianxin played a front-row paladin in Miracle, and made his debut a year after Xiao Han. Later on, he took over as vice-captain of Huaxia in the Miracle team. Since he bothered to ask Xiao Han this question, it meant that he had also come to Peerless Jianghu. In fact, the ID named ‘Merging Sky and Sea’ who won the Kuangdao Gate’s broadsword championship was from Huaxia’s guild; it seemed that that person was Chu Jianxin. Chu Jianxin was about the same age as Xiao Han, and his playing style was calm and efficient. During his previous tenure as vice captain, he was the most reliable front row player of the team. Now, he was personally leading Huaxia’s team to enter Peerless Jianghu. With his personal strength and tactical consciousness, the overall level of this new team was definitely not poor.
A straightforward person does not resort to insinuations. Since the other party revealed his identity, Xiao Han did not bother to hide. “Yes, are you also busy with this?”
Chu Jianxin sent a handshake emoticon. “What a coincidence, I didn’t expect god Han to be stationed in Peerless Jianghu also. Seems like I will continue to meet you in the future.”
Grinning, Xiao Han replied: “En, please give me a lot of wins [smiles]”
Chua Jianxin: “…”
Xiao Han had frustrated countless reporters with his trademark of bad Chinese. The phrase ‘Please go easy on me’ should be one that was familiar to him. Was he intentionally using it wrongly?
Smiling, Chu Jianxin replied, “For Ink Mark to have won the championship of the longsword flow, he definitely has to be an expert. I can’t guess his origins, will god Han reveal it?”
Xiao Han: “I can’t reveal it. I’m afraid you will die [panic][panic]”
In just a few short years after his return to China, Xiao Han had learned to use various emoticons to enrich his expressions online, and downloaded many of them. Chu Jianxin didn’t know where Xiao Han downloaded this frightening expression with a face with drooping eyes and a dropped jaw from. Unable to understand the meaning, Chu Jianxin decided to give up. “See you in Beijing, I’m waiting to be scared to death.”
Xiao Han smiled. “See you in Beijing.”
***
After the all-sects challenge arena was concluded, officials released videos of all the semi-final matches for everyone to study. The viewership rate of all videos with Ink Mark soared, with many players from Hanhua Sword sect stating that they would study the ‘Ink Mark flow’ hard. Some even gave suggestions to the officials, hoping that the fourteen winners could show their faces.
Unfortunately, the officials replied in the negative. Since the all-sects challenge arena was an online competition, no contestants had appeared at any point of the process, so it wasn’t good to ask people to show up for the final awards presentation. The more mysterious the origins of the players, the more intense the curiosity of the netizens. This was obviously to hang everyone’s appetite. Otherwise, when the professional league tournament officially started next year, there would be no surprise when it came to the reveal of the major team lineups.
Over the next two days, the Mojue guild had many new applications, most of which were obviously undercovers sent by other teams. Some of them were quite powerful, which indicated that perhaps great gods came to investigate in person. In fact, the biggest possibility was that the teams from Telecom district 2 and 3 came over as undercovers.
Qin Mo was clear about this in his heart, but he pretended not to know, and took his teammates to do qualifying matches as usual.
As he had previously mentioned, there was nothing to be afraid of, even if their opponents knew about the Mojue team. This was because the Mojue team had cultivation routes from all eight sects, allowing them to have countless configurations for team battles. Thus, they were not easily targeted.
Xiao Han and Qin Mo flew to Beijing on Tuesday evening. They would only be staying in Beijing for two days, so too much luggage was unnecessary. They brought only a suitcase stuffed with their clothes and essentials, and took a taxi to the airport.
The officials had already arranged hotel rooms for all the winners. Upon their arrival at Beijing airport, the two headed straight for their designated hotel.
Neither the visit or the award ceremony would be broadcast live, and the hotel’s address was not disclosed to the outside world. Xiao Han and Qin Mo waited near the hotel for a while; realising that there were no reporters, they breathed a sigh of relief, before walking into the hotel lobby side by side.
After checking in at the front desk, they went to their room for a short rest.
Xiao Han chose to shower first. After exiting the bathroom, he was about to dry his hair, when his mobile phone rang. It was a call from Chu Jianxin.
Before entering Peerless Jianghu, Xiao Han was the captain of Dragon Song Club’s Miracle team, and Chu Jianxin was the vice-captain of Huaxia’s Miracle team. They often met in competitions, and had a good personal relationship. Although Chu Jianxin started his career one year later than Xiao Han, they were actually of the same age. When Xiao Han led the team to Beijing, Chu Jianxin invited them to a meal.
Both of them were from Miracle League. They also had each other’s contact information. So, this call was probably to ask whether he had arrived at the hotel or not?
Thinking of this, Xiao Han immediately picked up the phone. “Hello, Jianxin.”
As expected, Chu Jianxin asked, “God Han, have you arrived at the hotel? Would you like to come down for a late night snack? I’ll treat you.”
Xiao Han did actually feel a little hungry. Along with Qin Mo, he had sat on the plane the entire evening. They had reached the airport at 4:00pm, and had no time to eat dinner. In fact, it was currently only 8:00pm, which was just in time for a snack. Thinking of this, he placed his mobile phone down, and leaned over to Qin Mo’s side to ask, “Are you hungry? A friend wants to treat us to have a snack. If you are hungry, let’s go down together?”
Chu Jianxin was confused, hearing this gentle voice from the other end of the phone—— he was very clear that this mixed-blood Han had an eccentric character, and was silent most of the time. He had never heard Xiao Han speak to anyone with such a gentle tone, which could melt people’s hearts!
To his surprise, the answering voice was very cold: “Okay, I happen to be hungry too. Let’s go eat a little.”
“Give me a location,” Xiao Han picked up the phone. “I’ll come down with Ink Mark, and will introduce him to you.”
“I’m at the Chinese restaurant on the third floor of the hotel. I’m sitting by the window. you can see me when you come down,” Chu Jianxin replied.
***
Ten minutes later, Xiao Han and Qin Mo went to the designated Chinese restaurant on the third floor. The both of them were dressed nicely, and were walking side by side.
Almost immediately, Xiao Han spotted Chu Jianxin and Sang Jun in the private room. They looked happy, and seemed to be discussing something. Xiao Han quickly walked over to greet them with a smile. “Jianxin, Sang Jun, long time no see.”
They immediately stood up and turned to greet Xiao Han.
However, the moment they turned around, they saw a man standing next to Xiao Han.
Chu Jianxin’s eyes widened instantly, while Sang Jun’s jaw dropped, almost as if he had just seen a ghost.
Xiao Han was very happy, but pretended to be serious. “Come, let me introduce you. This is my family’s Ink Mark, his name is Qin Mo. Though, you should probably recognise him, right?”
Chu Jianxin: “…”
Sang Jun: “…”
At this moment, only ellipses could express their complicated mood.
XD my family’s Ink Mark! Oh, you’re playing your ignorance of Chinese to the fullest, aren’t you?
Thank you for the chapter!
Lmao, Xiao Han is using his bad chinese as excuse to called my family’s Ink Mark, I think he really want to introduce him like “This is my wife, Qin Mo” 👀
You’re welcome!!
Terus terus Zongping bilang suamimu dong. Ah ah ah ah guling-guling sambil cekikikan nggak jelas. Ah, ntar gimana reaksi CP dari interlude waktu tahu yang nyamar jadi suami istri itu bintang kembar? Misalkan penyamaran mereka dibuka, terus yang lain ngerjain mereka terus manggil suami istri pasti seru!
Kalau HanHan keluarga kami mah bangga, seneng semua nganggep dia ama MoMo suami istri. Tapi MoMo pasti malu-malu meong, itu juga sejarah hitam doi. Kalau di teks MoMo pasti cuma kasih elipsis XD
Yaa, kagetnya mereka lucu gitu sampe bisa masukin telor utuh ke mulut 🤣
Si zongping mah ga bakalan lupa saat Momo manggil Hanhan suaminya hahahahahaha, mereka jadi suami istri kayak uda disetujui sama player2 lain gitu 😏
Momo kan tipe yang tsundere2 gimana gitu, pasti malu-malu dong :p
“My family’s Ink Mark” 🥰
Thanks for the chapter!!
That’s the key point of this chapter lmao “My family’s Ink Mark” 😏
You’re welcome!!!
Hahaha its was like Xiao Han was introducing his wife to his friends.
Im excited for them to meet the other champions and see their shocked faces.
Thanks for the chapter!
He already mark Qin Mo as his wife, lmao 🤣
You will see it after this chapter :p
You’re welcome!!
I love the way he introduces Ink Mark so intimately. He’s totally a doting husband enjoying scaring people to death xD
Yes, he introduce Qin Mo as his family Ink Mark, and Qin Mo also didn’t bother to correct him ☺
Qin Mo, remembering Xiao Han calls him Xiao Mo: look I already took on his family’s name ^_^
(i know theyre probably spelled differently but let me dream ok)
he took his family’s name then, let’s keep this dream 😍
Thank you for the chapter!
This reveal is so satisfying lolllll