translator: Oyen editor: Ciel
The opening ceremony of the first professional league was scheduled for January 30th. Xiao Han and Qin Mo didn’t want to run back and forth, so they decided to stay in Beijing for the next two days.
After returning to the hotel, they studied the schedule carefully. “Xiao Mo, if you take part in all these events, it will be very hard on you,” Xiao Han pointed out. “How about you not participate in the three players competition?”
Qin Mo frowned. “For the three person challenge arena, the alliance has set a requirement for the teams. Each team can only send two groups at most. Qingyue is an auxiliary, while Li Muran is a healer, so neither of them can go to the challenge arena. If I don’t go, we won’t be able to send two groups.”
“Then, we’ll just send one team.” Xiao Han tapped on the column showing the points earned from each event in the competition schedule. In the first half of the year, they could earn points just from reaching the top 32 in the individual challenge, and also the top 16 for the partner competition. For the KOF three-player challenge arena, they could only gain points if they entered the top 8. The fewer the number of groups they sent, the higher the requirements for getting points.
“We will only get points if we enter the top eight in KOF single elimination competition. All ten teams will definitely send out groups with very strong strength. Instead of splitting our players into two groups, we might as well sign up only one team and try our best to win the championship.” Xiao Han analyzed. “The champion can earn 12 points for their team.”
Thinking about it carefully, Qin Mo felt Xiao Han’s statement was also reasonable. Aside from the auxiliary Zhu Qingyue and the healer Li Muran, the rest of Mojue, especially Shen He and Liu Hong, were all very suitable for fighting in the challenge arena. Pei Yu’s interference was more useful in the team battle then in single PK, while He Beiguang was also more inclined to team defense. If they split Mojue into two groups, allowing Xiao Pei and Xiao He to fight in the arena, they might not be able to beat the full output teams of their opponents. If the grouping situation was not good, they might not even be able to reach the top eight. However, according to Xiao Han, putting the powerful single output players together in the arena could ensure they could enter the top four, or even win the championship.
Seeing Qin Mo think about it seriously, Xiao Han smiled, and wrapped his arms around Qin Mo’s shoulders. “Let me lead the three-player challenge arena. I’ll take Shen He and Liu Hong with me, just use that month to rest with the team. I’ll also analyze the players’ characteristics and lineup patterns of other teams, and think about possible ways to deal with them. You are the captain and your energy is limited. If you take part in all the events, you will have a hard time in the later stages.”
Despite Xiao Han saying so much, Qin Mo was very clear in his heart that Xiao Han was actually worried about the state of his hands.
The league’s schedule was very tight, with the various events all packed together. Qin Mo’s hands had been injured before, if he participated in all the events, he would be very tired.
Xiao Han’s careful consideration made Qin Mo feel especially warm. That’s right, there wasn’t any need to try to be brave in front of him. Thinking of this, Qin Mo nodded. “Alright, since you will lead the team, I won’t participate in the three-player challenge arena. I will stay in the club and rest from March to April, studying tactics for the team battle.”
“Rest assured, I will lead the team to the finals.” Xiao Han replied happily.
Of course, Qin Mo had confidence in Xiao Han, and this event could be completely handed over to him. As for the other individual events, Qin Mo thought about it for a few moments, before adding, “I can participate in the small events, individual events and partner events in the first half of the year.”
“Of course.” Xiao Han agreed. “The individual competition is relatively easy, and we can team up for the double competition.”
“Each team can send out four groups at most in the double competition. Should Mojue send out four groups?” Qin Mo asked.
“It should be no problem.” Xiao Han replied. “Let Xiao He team up with Muran. Liu Hong can go with He Beiguang, while Pei Yu accompanies Qingyue, what do you think?”
Qin Mo happened to have the same idea, and immediately agreed. “Right, with this arrangement, each team will have a chance of winning. We can try to earn more points this way.”
Shen He’s cooldown reduction matched Li Muran’s agility based healer. Liu Hong was a violent output; with He Beiguang’s protection in the front row, Liu Hong could play more stably. Zhu Qingyue was a god-level assistant, and Xiao Pei had a strong interference ability, so they could slow down the pace and find opportunities to kill their opponents.
***
After agreeing on the player arrangement for the year’s schedule, Qin Mo sent a message to Liu Xiang, asking her about the team members’ conditions.
Seeing that Liu Xiang had already booked a flight to Beijing on the 29th, Qin Mo felt relieved.
On the afternoon of the 29th, team leader Liu Xiang, brought all the members of Mojue to Beijing to meet up with the captain and vice captain. Qin Mo asked the team members to gather in their rooms, before sending them the players’ manual and schedule.
Looking at the tightly-packed event schedule, Shen He felt dizzy. “So many events! I can’t even remember the rules…”
“In fact, it’s not too hard to understand,” Pei Yu pointed out. “There are five events in total– individual, pairs, KOF challenge arena, three-players small group, and five-players large group.”
“We can get a point just by entering the top 32 in the individual competition?” He Beiguang was surprised. “Although it’s just one point, in the later rounds, a point will be deducted if we lose the match. Even if it’s small, mosquito meat is still meat!”
Liu Hong chuckled. “Xiao He is right, we still need to save more points in the early stages, and accumulate points little by little.”
Qin Mo nodded calmly. “As such, besides Qingyue and Muran, we will all participate in the individual competition. Even if it’s just one point, the main purpose is to hone your skills, and adapt to the competition environment.”
Everyone nodded in agreement.
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“What about our arrangements for the other events?” Zhu Qingyue asked.
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Shen He scratched his head. “Other teams may also have many groups in the partner challenge. It seems that the competition is very stiff!”
Since Mojue could send out 4 groups, other teams could also send out at least 2 to 3 groups. In addition, there were likely to be many experts in the partner competition, such as Wind Colour’s double summoners, Frost Moon’s double whips, Whisper’s double umbrellas, Interlude’s guqin and flute ensemble, etc. It would not be easy to reach the top 16 among dozens of groups. Qin Mo also didn’t ask all four groups in the Mojue team to get points, simply trying their best was already good enough.
“Don’t put so much pressure on yourself,” Qin Mo reminded. “We just need to try to get as many points as possible from the small events in the first half of the year. It doesn’t matter if you can’t get them all. The key is in the second half of the team events, where our points will be deducted if we lose. We will try our best to ensure a winning rate in the league matches in the second half of the year, so that we can have an advantage in the final ranking.”
In fact, these small events scheduled by the alliance were more like welfare events. Each event had prize money, and the players who participated also could get many rewards. The major events in the second half of the year were, in fact, the key to the team ranking. Even if the team gained many points in the first half of the year, they would be deducted after losing several league matches in the second half of the year. The overall ranking depended heavily on the overall strength of the team.
After discussing the event arrangements, Liu Xiang brought the team members to a pre-booked dining hall for dinner, after which everyone went back to their rooms to rest.
***
At 7:00pm in the evening, the league sent a message to the various team leaders, asking them to go downstairs to collect the tickets.
Liu Xiang happened to meet Chu Jianxin, Huaxia’s Dynasty team captain downstairs. Chu Jianxin had been accompanying his team leader to collect the tickets.
Seeing Liu Xiang, Chu Jianxin was stunned. “Is it sister Xiang?”
Liu Xiang chuckled slightly. “Hello to you too, Xiao Chu.”
When Chu Jianxin had just started his career, Liu Xiang was already a well-known, world-class milk god in the circle, who had also just retired last season. He didn’t expect to meet such a great god in the hotel!
Chu Jianxin was puzzled. “Is sister Xiang in Beijing for a trip?”
Liu Xiang winked at him. “I came to get the tickets.”
Astonished, Chu Jianxin couldn’t help but to stare. “The tickets for Peerless Jianghu’s opening ceremony?!”
“En,” Liu Xiang nodded.
Chu Jianxin was thrown into confusion. “Don’t tell me– are you also participating in the Peerless Jianghu professional league?”
“No,” Liu Xiang chuckled. “I’m not qualified to be a player with my current level. I’m just a small team leader.” Right at this moment, it happened to be her turn to collect the tickets. “Hello, which team’s leader are you? Please sign on the check-in form,” the alliance’s staff member politely requested.
Walking forward, Liu Xiang signed her on the ‘Mojue team’ column.
Everyone: “……”
OMG! How could Mojue team have such a popular person as their team leader?
Many team leaders in the vicinity were shocked. A little girl from another team also ran over, blushing. “Sister Xiang, I’m your fan, can I have your autograph?”
Liu Xiang also didn’t refuse, calmly signing her name on the notebook.
Chu Jianxin was astounded—— who would ask the team leader for their autograph? This was a first in the history of the esports circle!
He immediately took out his mobile phone, and shared the news with his master: “Master, I met Liu Xiang in the hotel today, she is actually Mojue’s team leader!”
“Really?!!!!!” Cheng Wei sent a row of exclamation marks.
Chu Jianxin replied: “Yes, their team leader is so popular, Mojue team is indeed wealthy and willful!”
Cheng Wei sent a row of shoulder-patting emoticons: “Good apprentice, don’t be afraid. The team leader is only a logistics manager, she can’t play in the competition. You should be glad that Xiang Xiang can’t go to the arena and add blood, hahaha!”
Chu Jianxin: “…”
What kind of thinking was this?! If their team leader was already this popular, it only proves that Mojue still has other strong cards up their sleeves, alright?!
Not bothering to message his insensitive and unreliable master any further, Chu Jianxin returned to his hotel room in shock.
***
In order to prevent any mistakes from forgetful players, Liu Xiang collected and kept all the tickets.
Before leaving Changsha, she repeatedly confirmed that all the team members had packed their uniforms. Liu Xiang also knocked on Qin Mo’s door to hand over his and Xiao Han’s uniform in person.
“When did you book the flight back?” Qin Mo asked.
“The flight is on the afternoon of the day after tomorrow. I estimate that the opening ceremony will end late, so everyone will come back to have a good rest first,” Liu Xiang replied, smiling.
She was really careful and reliable. Nodding, Qin Mo replied. “Sister Xiang has worked hard. Go back and rest early tonight, we will meet again tomorrow afternoon.”
The opening ceremony started on time at 7:00pm on January 30th. In the afternoon, Liu Xiang brought everyone out for an early dinner, then drove to the venue of the ceremony, checking tickets in advance to collect the players’ backstage passes.
The professional players would enter the stadium according to their teams later. For now, they could sit in the backstage lounge before the opening ceremony.
Mojue’s seats was arranged in the lounge’s third row, right next to Huaxia’s Dynasty team. After meeting Liu Xiang last night, Chu Jianxin was very curious about the rest of the team members. Thus, he immediately turned around to look at them once Liu Xiang walked in, only to be struck silly.
Sh*t! Wasn’t that Zhu Qingyue?
Rubbing his eyes, Chu Jianxin looked at the various team members again. The man in the simple black-and-white uniform of Mojue, with a gentle smile on his face—— wasn’t that Zhu Qingyue?
Standing up, Chu Jianxin took the initiative to greet him. “Hello, great god Qingyue!” Dynasty team’s Sang Jun and Lin Yao also stood up accordingly “Great god Qingyue, are you also a player?!” “You really aren’t giving us a way to live!”
“Hello.” Zhu Qingyue smiled bashfully.
At this moment, Wind Colour’s Sky team also arrived. Headed by Qiu Zongping, the team started to head for their seats, only for Yuan Xi’s jaw to drop at this surprising sight, to the point where one could perhaps even shove an egg in.
Qiu Zongping was obviously stunned, but as the captain, he maintained his demeanor, pretending to walk over calmly. “Sister Xiang, great god Qingyue, I really didn’t expect the both of you to make a comeback.”
Zhou Xuewei also came over to greet both gods, while Yuan Xi failed to pick his jaw off the ground, looking dull and stupid.
Qiu Zongping coughed pointedly, giving him a cursory glance. Only then did Yuan Xi regain his senses. “So– So many great gods…”
Miracle alliance Wind Colour’s vice-captain Qin Mo, Canglan’s captain Xiao Han, Pure Cleansing’s captain Zhu Qingyue, Red Fox’s captain Liu Xiang… Did they gather in Mojue to scare people to death?!
Many players who debuted later in Miracle didn’t recognise Liu Hong, but then, the teams from Wulin entered the lounge.
Seeing Liu Hong, the martial brother and sister, Chen Jiang and He Yue, exchanged glances.
Maintaining his demeanor, Chen Jiang walked over. “A-Hong, I didn’t expect you to go to Mojue after you left the National Grace club?”
He Yue laughed. “Sister Hong, are you transferring to Peerless Jianghu to develop?”
“Yes, it’s good to be able to meet you in the arena in the future.” Liu Hong replied calmly.
He Yue. “……”
What the hell! Liu Hong had always been recognized as a god-level healer in the Wulin alliance. With her as a powerful healer, Mojue was indeed like a tiger that had grown wings.
Never had He Yue expected Liu Hong to switch from a healer to playing an output class. It was expected that she would be shocked for a second time, after meeting Liu Hong in the competition arena.
Players from the Without Fire team also walked in. Nie Yuzhu was calm, merely nodding a greeting to Liu Hong as he passed by, but the faces of his other team members were somewhat interesting to look at.
Li Junru and An Ling of the National Grace team were very calm when they met Liu Hong, because they had long since guessed that Liu Hong was ‘Three Waterdrop’ in the new district. However, they were still startled upon seeing Liu Xiang and Zhu Qingyue. This was especially so for An Ling, whose eyes were wide and round—— she couldn’t believe that sister Xiang had also run to Mojue.
Seeing the reaction of the Wulin players when they saw Liu Hong, the players from Miracle were surprised, and soon figured out Liu Hong’s identity after a little bit of gossip—— Liu Xiang’s sister, the vice captain of the Wulin National Beauty team, the handsome girl who simply left the National Grace Club after paying a 3 million penalty.
Similarly, the Wulin side also gossiped about the identities of Liu Xiang and Zhu Qingyue. The former was Red Fox’s first captain, a world-class milk god, and was now a small team leader, while the latter was the Pure Cleansing’s second captain, a world-class assistant and auxiliary…
So, Mojue team actually had a total of five great gods, including their team leader. Wasn’t this simply going against the sky?
The Whisper team arrived late, entering the lounge at 6:50pm. Seeing Zhu Qingyue, Luo Yuan was stunned, staring at Zhu Qingyue with a complex expression and not knowing what to say.
Zhu Qingyue smiled slightly and greeted him. “Senior brother.”
Everyone. “…”
Holy sh*t! Zhu Qingyue even had a senior brother? Whisper’s captain Luo Yuan was actually the great god Chu Yan’s apprentice?
No wonder the playing method of the double umbrella array was so strange. It turned out that it was formed under the guidance of an expert.
Luo Yuan frowned, somewhat unhappy. “I asked you to come to my team, but you didn’t agree, and instead went to Mojue?”
“I signed a contract with Mojue before even knowing that you had formed a team. I can’t simply breach the contract to join you.” Zhu Qingyue was a little embarrassed.
Luo Yuan also understood this, but there was still some confusion in his heart. “Does our Master know?”
“… He knows.” Zhu Qingyue replied.
“Then, he didn’t say anything?” Luo Yan wondered.
Zhu Qingyue blushed. “He said, he’ll let me do whatever I want, he will support me.”
Luo Yan was somewhat confused. Shouldn’t his master strongly object to Zhu Qingyue’s partnership with Twin Stars, and strongly urge him to join the Whisper team to form the strongest umbrella array? How dare he say that he supports Zhu Qingyue? What happened to his master’s brain circuits?
Seeing Luo Yan’s complicated expression, Qin Mo was sympathetic. He probably wasn’t aware that the junior brother in front of him had become their master’s other half, the poor guy.
A moment later, the Graceful Beauty team led by Xu Sizhe entered the lounge. Because no one from Graceful Beauty won the championship in the last challenge arena competition, Lin Shuangcheng’s WeChat private group had all the captains except Xu Sizhe. During the pre-match meeting two days ago, Xu Sizhe also remained alone, and had no contact with anyone. Most of the captains on the scene were unfamiliar with him.
Xu Sizhe’s personality was proud and conceited. Everyone waited for him to come and greet them voluntarily, but he didn’t take any action. He glanced at the rest of the room, before bringing his team to their assigned seats, with the ‘Laozi is too lazy to care about you’ attitude shown clearly on his face.
With him not taking the initiative to integrate into this circle, it was naturally impossible for other captains who were great gods to take the initiative to greet him, a new person who they had never met before.
Qin Mo felt somewhat amused. Xu Sizhe had made another serious mistake—— If you didn’t try to fit in, you would eventually be excluded from the circle.
Be it the Wulin alliance or the Miracle alliance, although the great gods of each team fought to the death in the arena, they all maintained a good private relationship. Everyone had their own small groups to gossip in, and got along well with one another. Even if it were mortal enemies like Dragon Song’s Liu Chuan and Seven Star Grass’s Xiao Sijing, who would beat each other to the ground a hundred times in the arena, they could still celebrate together after the game and get drunk.
This kind of feeling could only be understood by people in the esports circle, because everyone worked hard for the same common goal, without deep hatred. They were opponents in the arena, but could make friends with one another after the match.
But Xu Sizhe obviously didn’t understand, and Qin Mo didn’t bother to mention any of this, instead continuing to look at the big screen.
It was now 6:59pm, and the first opening ceremony would about to begin.
With so many different mini competition categories it’s such an advantage that they have essentially 5 former captains that can lead the team for each arena. Even for the duos there is a captain and a newbie and then there are the twin stars that both have leadership experience and tacit understanding.
Yes, their line-up is really luxurious, consist of captain and vice-captain~
(^ワ^＝) the most affected one was Yuan Xi~ He‘s so cute! (つ•̀ᴥ•́)つ:･ﾟ✧ All of them will be shocked when they know that Liu Hong changed from being a god-level healer to an output class lol But they will only realize that she‘s strong when they are fighting against her! Will be fun to see their reaction~ (✿ ◕ᗜ◕)━♫.･｡ﾟPoor Luo Yan~ |人°з°| He don’t know that his junior brother and his master are dating! He will be so shocked if he ever finds it out! And Qin Mo who knows is sympathetic with him hahahaha Ahhh I really don’t like Xu Sizhe!!! (−− ＃ ) how can he just ignore them all!? Will his personality ever change or will he remain like this and never recognize his faults!? (..) Thank you for the chapter! 💕
ikr, Yuan Xi can’t hidden his emotion at all lol 🤣
that’s right, from healer to attacker, how fierce she is~
and Xu Sizhe, no hope for him!
Buahahaha mari kita nyalakan lilin untuk tim-tim lain. Ngakak XD
Udah tahu kalau mereka bakal kaget tapi baca langsung tetep aja bikin tambah ngakak apalagi reaksi Yuan Xi yang mati konyol. Baby satu ini bener-bener imut, dia terlalu polos XD
Poor Luo Yan, dia belum tau sekarang, ntar kalau dia tau QingYue jadi ‘istri’ tuannya sendiri pasti bakal lucu XD
Yuan Xi emang polos banget, lucu dia mah~ Yuan Xi baby~
Pasti bakal kaget banget, bwahaahahhaa
That Xu Sizhe is childish and needs a beating.
Thanks for the chapter!
He really needs beating!!
You’re welcome~
Ahahahhahaha, I was slightly disappointed not to see bigger reactions when they saw the big gods of Mojue, but then again everyone except for Xu Sizhe are great gods in their own aspects I s’pose~~ Hehe, poor Luo Yuan, don’t you know that when it comes to Qingyue, your Master’s poor brain circuits have long been fried~? Ah, by the way, the line, ” Chu Jianxin was thrown into confusion. “Don’t tell me– are you also participating in the Peerless Jianghu professional league?”” was repeated twice. Thank you for the chapter hehe
That’s right, Xu Sizhe is just a newcomer right? He is not worthy to be a captain..
Lol, poor Luo Yuan, his master and his junior brother already together but he doesn’t know~
Ah, thank you, I already fix that~
see this is where the arrogant one having a shifu to teach him manners would be handy.
and poor luo yuan, when it comes to zhu qingyue, your shifu’s brain circuits were fried long ago 😂
im glad everyone gets to be shocked by the mojue team!!! don’t worry, shen he and friends, your turn in the spotlight will come!!!! Thanks for the chapter
+1 he needs a shifu to teach him manners!
Lol, really… poor Luo Yuan~
Shen He and friends will have their own spotlight 😆
Thanks for the chapter(´∀｀)♡ (´∀｀)♡
You’re welcome ~~
xu sizhe’s team would surely not last long! i bet he wouldn’t be acknowledged by other team’s captains as well. he’s just too arrogant and proud, and not in a good way. i can’t wait to see him get abused by other great gods in the professional field, see if he can still hold his head high
HAHAHAHAH!! The scene that i wait for a long time has arrived!!! Let the world know what Mojue Team Made of!! Hahahahahah 😌😌😌