translator: Oyen editor: Ciel
The random map for the tiebreaker game was the common obstacle map Stone Forest. Whisper sent a black umbrella, a white umbrella and Wei Guanghua’s lineup, while Mojue sent He Beiguang, Liu Hong and Pei Yu. To Qin Mo’s surprise, Wei Guanghua no longer played the main output role in this three-person formation, instead resisting the damage in the front row like a tank, occasionally taking the chance to throw out some single-target attack skills. Lu Boyu continued to run interference with his black umbrella arrays in the back row, while Luo Yuan was responsible for weakening designated opponents and increasing their attack power.
This lineup originally seemed not to have any special characteristics, but its effect was surprisingly good.
Seeing this, Qin Mo couldn’t help commenting. “The key is Wei Guanghua. He used different equipment in the first and third game.”
Xiao Han had also discovered this. “I remember him wearing purely attack equipment in the first game. However, in this third game, he wore defensive equipment but attack weapons.”
Qin Mo nodded. “He can change his playstyle according to the needs of the lineup. When the team needs output, his output ability is equal to that of many first-class players. When the team needs defense, his blood can be stacked up to around 100,000 as a defensive swordsman—— this player is even more terrible than we first assumed.”
“He’s not Whisper’s captain or vice-captain,” Xiao Han pondered, rubbing his chin. “Is he the legendary city hermit?”
“Luo Yuan should have discovered his talent, and handed over command of the team,” Qin Mo replied.
Hearing this, Zhu Qingyue couldn’t help interjecting. “No wonder. When I met my senior brother last week in Xi’an, he said that Whisper’s playstyle had changed.”
“Whisper’s results in the first half of the year were not outstanding,” Qin Mo acknowledged. “It seems like they will give it everything they have in the second half of the year.”
“Luo Yuan put aside his obsession and let Wei Guanghua lead, which is a very wise decision.” Xiao Han replied straightforwardly, glancing at Qin Mo. “Xiao Mo, what do you think? How does Wei Guanghua’s consciousness compare to Sang Jun’s and Nie Yuzhu’s?”
Qin Mo thought about it for a few moments. I haven’t officially fought him yet, and I don’t know much about him. However, to be able to adjust his equipment and playstyle according to the team’s lineup, perhaps in the entire Peerless Jianghu league, only he is capable of it.”
This sentence was, in itself, already a very high evaluation of Wei Guanghua’s skills.
The player with the strongest ability to change his personal playstyle. If Whisper was a container, then regardless of whether this container was round, square, or cone, Wei Guanghua could immediately adapt to best fit this container. Qin Mo admired such an ability.
In the third round, Mojue’s three players were finally defeated by Wei Guanghua’s single-target attack—— Liu Hong was also caught off guard. Wei Guanghua had constantly been defending in the early stages. However, he was equipped with an attack-boosting weapon. At a critical moment, Pei Yu was killed, and a gap was created in their lineup.
Liu Hong returned to the bench, her expression full of regret. “I fell into his trap.”
“It’s okay,” Qin Mo replied calmly, “The results are still acceptable.”
Many audience members were gloating. “Mojue finally lost a game, 1:2, they’ll have 2 points deducted?”
“Frost Moon gained 4 points with another 2:0 today, so Mojue will fall to third place. As god Mo’s fan, I’m a little happy!”
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***
After the competition, Qin Mo asked Liu Xiang to take the team members out for dinner, while he and Xiao Han would go visit their masters.
Upon arriving at the restaurant, both of them saw Li Cangyu carefully reading through the menu, while Ling Xuefeng took the initiative to pour him a glass of water.
After flipping through the menu, Li Cangyu was happy. “The restaurant you chose has my favorite sweet and sour fish, and the dishes are mainly sweet, but I remember that Xiao Han likes to eat spicy food?”
“Qin Mo likes to eat sweets.” Ling Xuefeng replied faintly.
Hearing this, Xiao Han really felt that he was at the bottom of the food chain and had no human rights. When god Ling invited them to dinner, he would naturally give priority to his apprentice and cat god’s tastes; he, Xiao Han, was just here to be decoration. So what if he liked spicy food? Better not joke any more, just obediently follow QIn Mo and eat sweet things…
Hearing the conversation, Qin Mo opened the door and entered the private room. “Master, Cat God.”
Ling Xuefeng nodded. “Sit down.”
Tactfully, Xiao Han helped Qin Mo pull out his chair. After Qin Mo sat down, he also poured Qin Mo a glass of water. Naturally, his intentions were quite obvious. After glancing at Xiao Han, Ling Xuefeng proceeded to ignore him.
Li Cangyu handed them the menu. “I only ordered sweet and sour fish, you can add a few more dishes that you like.”
While Qin Mo looked at the menu, Ling Xuefeng turned to face Xiao Han. “Has the competition been stressful of late?”
“It’s not bad, there is only one competition a week.” Xiao Han replied respectfully.
“I checked the official website. Mojue seems to have lost just now?” Ling Xuefeng asked.
“En,” Xiao Han replied calmly. “We lost 1:2.“
Ling Xuefeng appreciated Xiao Han’s ability to keep calm, but his expression was still cold. “You’ve been sitting on the bench for so long; you seem quite idle?”
Xiao Han smiled. “Xiao Mo and I felt that we should let the newcomers practice and stabilise their conditions in the first half of the competition, so that their coordination will be smoother for the five-players competition.”
“It makes sense,” Li Cangyu praised. “Anyway, there isn’t much pressure to earn points now, and both you and Xiao Mo can take advantage of the opportunity to rest. The field can be left to the newcomers.” Here, Li Cangyu paused for a few moments. “By the way, speaking of the newcomers, I’ve watched several of Mojue’s games. Your team’s healer isn’t too bad, his name is… what was it again?”
“Does master mean Li Muran?” Xiao Han replied.
“Yes, that’s him.” Li Cangyu replied. “I think he has his own ideas. He doesn’t panic when he is besieged. He is a man of ability.”
“Master,” Xiao Han smiled. “I was just about to tell you that I have accepted him as an apprentice.”
Li Cangyu was very surprised. “You are an assassin, why do you want to accept a healer as an apprentice?”
“Xiao Mo is teaching him tactical awareness. We want to cultivate him as the next generation captain.” Xiao Han replied straightforwardly.
Touching his chin, Li Cangyu replied. “So, you accepted him as an apprentice and threw him to Xiao Mo?”
“En. Recently, I have been teaching Qin Mo’s apprentice, Shen He,” Xiao Han explained. “We plan on teaching each other’s apprentices. Back then, both you and god Ling were inseparable, and master also taught Xiao Mo before.”
Li Cangyu smiled. “That’s because Xiao Mo confronted me face to face and very arrogantly declared that he wanted to kill me in a single second. I couldn’t help but want to teach him.”
Qin Mo: “…”
—— Can you let me look at the menu in peace? Why must you bring up my black history from that year?
Qin Mo pretended to have heard nothing, and continued to look at the menu.
Every time Qin Mo visited his master, he would dress up neatly. Today was no exception, as he went back to the hotel after the game to shower and change into a brand-new shirt, before making sure his hair was neatly combed. Qin Mo’s fear of his master made Xiao Han speechless, but felt that this Qin Mo was closer to the Qin Mo back when they were young.
Ling Xuefeng glanced at his apprentice who had obviously dressed up nicely. “You’ve really decided on passing captaincy to Li Muran?”
Since his master had spoken, Qin Mo naturally couldn’t not reply. “I have this intention, yes. Li Muran is the newcomer with the sharpest insight and strongest view of the overall situation, and has an excellent understanding of tactics. In addition, his personality is calm and steady. When Xiao Han and I retire in the future, I hope that Muran can shoulder the responsibility of leading Mojue.”
Ling Xuefeng was silent for a few moments. “How much do you know about his background?”
“Background?” Qin Mo was stunned.
“Go look it up and learn more about it,” Ling Xuefeng cautioned. “The position of team captain is not child’s play. Besides, you still have a few more years in your current state, and there is no rush to make a decision about the handover.”
Qin Mo nodded. “I understand, master.”
He knew that Ling Xuefeng said this out of concern for him. Mojue was the team he and Xiao Han had built together; if they couldn’t choose a good successor, it would likely be buried by the hands of the second-generation captain. Li Muran seemed to be a bit of a loner. Aside from speaking to Qin Mo about tactics, he was fairly silent, which was quite unlike other teenagers his age.
Ling Xuefeng never spoke randomly. For him to suddenly mention Li Muran’s background… could he have discovered something?
Qin Mo made a mental note of this matter, deciding to check Muran’s information after returning to the club.
While eating and chatting, Xiao Han expressed his concern about the situation of the National Grace club. “After we went to Nanjing to sign the contract, we went around the National Grace club and were surrounded by a group of little girls to ask for autographs,” Li Cangyu replied bluntly.
Imagining the scene, Xiao Han couldn’t help chuckling. “The club’s new owners are famous idols, they should be very happy, right?”
Li Cangyu sighed. “They were very happy. All of them have been bullied for too long, and they looked at us as if we were their saviours.” Recalling the grateful and excited eyes of those girls, Li Cangyu couldn’t help but feel distressed. “Everyone’s contracts were revised. Xu Lin was really unkind; the girls were treated very badly.”
“All she sees is money,” Ling Xuefeng added coldly. “The girls were just tools for her to make money with.”
“That’s right,” Li Cangyu continued. “We went through the accounts of the National Grace club and found that she earned tens of millions from Liu Xiang and Liu Hong’s advertising endorsements, but only gave them a few hundred thousand in the form of red envelopes.”
Looking at Qin Mo, Ling Xuefeng replied calmly. “Since we are now the owners of National Grace club, I will refund Liu Hong’s penalty from when she left the team. Xiao Mo, when you get back, tell her about this matter, and ask her and Liu Xiang to visit the club after the season is over. I will provide them appropriate compensation.”
“Then I will first thank master on behalf of A-Hong and sister Xiang.” Qin Mo replied.
“There’s no need for thanks,” Ling Xuefeng shook his head. “I need to slowly clean up the mess left by Xu Lin. Both Liu Hong and Liu Xiang were originally players from National Grace club, and this is what they deserve.”
***
After the dinner, Qin Mo and Xiao Han returned to the hotel and informed the sisters about what Ling Xuefeng had said. Contrary to expectations, Liu Hong simply replied, “There is no need to return the penalty fee. I left before my contract with National Grace expired, so it really was a breach of contract!”
“You don’t have to be polite.” Qin Mo explained. “Since my master is now the owner of the National Grace club, he wants to fix the relationship between the players who have left the team and the club. Besides, all your savings over the years have been used to pay the penalty. Furthermore, the original contract was unfair to you.”
Liu Hong wanted to insist, but Liu Xiang gently persuaded her not to. “A-Hong, since god Ling wants to modify the contracts of all the players, you don’t need to be too stubborn.”
“That’s right,” Qin Mo agreed. “Chief Xu couldn’t take away the club’s funds after leaving. This money is what you originally deserved.”
Liu Hong had no choice but to nod in agreement. “Fine then, I’ll visit god Ling with my sister after the competition. Ling Xuefeng really is a kind boss; not only does he allow active players to resign their contracts, even players who have terminated their contracts will be compensated!”
“He’s not like Xu Lin,” Liu Xiang smiled. “Xu Lin only has money in her eyes, but the last thing god Ling cares about is money.”
Because he cared more about the players’ personality and respected their ideas, he could cultivate an excellent apprentice like Qin Mo.
Liu Xiang had been extremely worried ever since the incident in National Grace, but now, she could finally let it go—— because she knew that under Ling Xuefeng and Li Cangyu, the girls in National Grace club would ascend like phoenixes, and complete the most beautiful transformation after being reborn from the fire.
Now I’m very curious about Li Muran‘s background…
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