Chapter 241 Tiny Herb

"Tiny Herb!" Tao Xuan's expression sank. The name alone was enough for them to take seriously.

Tiny Herb had a somewhat high start and low finish in the eighth season. They were the champions of the seventh season and entered the new season with the highest hopes of winning the championship. Initially, they did not disappoint their supporters, leading the regular season all the way. Unfortunately, this good situation only lasted for half a season. In the latter half of the season, they were surpassed by Blue Rain and Samsara, and entered the playoffs as the third seed in the regular season.

However, the regular season ranking did not determine the ownership of the championship. Having reached the playoffs, no one wanted to be left behind. As the defending champion, there were many who favored Tiny Herb. Unfortunately, Tiny Herb, who successfully entered the final four, eventually fell at the feet of Samsara, becoming a touchstone for the championship. Samsara's consecutive victories over Tiny Herb and Blue Rain, these top-tier teams, made their championship this season seem all the more significant.

"Tiny Herb? What's the background of this Qiao Yifan?" Tao Xuan turned to Xiao Shiqin and asked.

"This..." Xiao Shiqin was a little embarrassed. Qiao Yifan was too transparent, a player who had never officially played, so how could there be any information to show outsiders? Xiao Shiqin could only say what little information he knew: "He has never played in a formal match, so the information is unknown. As far as I know, his class should be Assassin, but the only time he appeared in public was at the All-Star Weekend's Rookie Challenge, and he used a Ghostblade to challenge Li Xuan, and the result..."

The result was, of course, disastrous. But Xiao Shiqin was indeed a decent person. Even though Qiao Yifan was not in front of them, he was thinking of suitable words to avoid making others look too bad.

However, speaking of the All-Star Weekend, Tao Xuan himself had some impression. After all, it was an annual event.

That Ghostblade who lost to Li Xuan? Tao Xuan didn't remember the name of the young man at all. From this, it could be confirmed that the young man's performance was not eye-catching at all. How many people would remember a loser?

But from Xiao Shiqin's words, Tao Xuan still captured an important piece of information: this Qiao Yifan's official class in the team should be Assassin, but he played Ghostblade in the challenge match. Could it be that he was hiding his true strength, just messing around in the Rookie Challenge?

Tao Xuan stood up a little uneasily, paced around the room, and even walked to the door, opened it, and looked outside, but did not see the group of people return. If they were preparing to bring that Qiao Yifan over here, they should have come up long ago. Was it that far from downstairs to here? It seemed they weren't planning on letting us see him?

"Let's go." Thinking like this, Tao Xuan quickly made up his mind. Just like how they barged in directly, he decided to barge in again to see what these guys were up to.

"Hey? Are the three of you leaving? Aren't you waiting for our boss to come back? Have another drink of water?" Seeing that the three were leaving, Xiao Li hurriedly greeted them again.

"No need to be polite, we have something to do." Tao Xuan wouldn't get angry with a small internet cafe employee, and after a polite response, he and the other two walked out of the training room together. After leaving the door, the three of them quickly put on a pair of sunglasses and walked quickly and cautiously.

Tao Xuan was fine, but Sun Xiang and Xiao Shiqin were a bit like lambs entering a tiger's den when they came to a place like an internet cafe. If they didn't cover up a bit, they would soon be snatched away by fans like wolves and tigers.

Happy Internet Cafe, this is the place...

Qiao Yifan came directly to the door, but he had contacted Ye Xiu beforehand, otherwise, he wouldn't know this place. After learning that he would not be kept by Tiny Herb and had not received invitations from other clubs, Qiao Yifan finally made up his mind to seek refuge with this senior who had helped him a lot, even if it was as an apprentice. Coming from a championship team, even if he had some pride and self-esteem when he was first selected by Tiny Herb, after this year, he had already been worn down to nothing.

Ye Xiu, of course, did not refuse his request and also told Qiao Yifan about their plan. Qiao Yifan was happy to accept after hearing it. To have the opportunity to become a professional player again while learning and improving was the best thing possible.

Qiao Yifan, who was waiting at the front desk of Happy Internet Cafe, was still a little nervous, but soon, he heard a lot of footsteps coming from the stairwell of the internet cafe where he had asked someone to deliver the message. It seemed that many people were coming down.

"Are they the seniors?" Qiao Yifan thought to himself, his eyes already paying attention to that side. Soon he saw one, two, three, four, five, five people walking down in a row, coming straight towards him. Qiao Yifan recognized Ye Qiu among them at a glance.

"Senior." Qiao Yifan hurriedly took the initiative to step forward and greeted him respectfully.

"Haha, kid, not bad, very polite!" As a result, a hand stretched out from the side and patted him heavily on the shoulder. It came from the suspected middle-aged man with a beard next to Senior Ye Qiu. Qiao Yifan was shocked. Did he recognize the wrong person? That shouldn't be.

Hesitant, Qiao Yifan didn't know how to greet them, but then he heard the person he called senior speak: "Haha, this can also be considered your senior, Wei Chen, have you heard of him?"

Qiao Yifan had never heard of him.

If he was a Warlock class, or came from Blue Rain, and had learned about Blue Rain's history, he might have heard of Wei Chen, but with his current qualifications, he was like Sun Xiang, and was very unfamiliar with the name Wei Chen. However, Sun Xiang dared to ask arrogantly, "Who is that?" Qiao Yifan didn't have that kind of demeanor, and quickly asked Wei Chen, "Hello, Senior."

"Hahaha, good, good, promising, kid is promising!" Wei Chen patted Qiao Yifan heavily again, and didn't mind at all whether Qiao Yifan knew him or not.

"Steamed Bun, Soft Mist. You know them in the game, right?" Ye Xiu introduced Steamed Bun and Tang Rou to Qiao Yifan. Steamed Bun was all smiles, and Tang Rou wouldn't be rude in her interactions, giving Qiao Yifan a great impression.

"This is our boss." Finally, Ye Xiu solemnly introduced Chen Guo. As a result, Chen Guo was a little caught off guard by such seriousness, and in the end, she acted like a family elder: "You're here? The accommodation has been arranged. I'll have Old Wei and Steamed Bun take you over later."

"Okay, okay, thank you, thank you." Qiao Yifan quickly responded.

Then, while a group of people were getting to know him further, the sound of footsteps came from the stairs again. It was Tao Xuan and the other two who had become impatient and came downstairs. The three of them were wearing sunglasses like in the Matrix.

Although everyone recognized professional players, they were all from platforms like TV. Contacting them in reality required a process of identification, so sunglasses became a good disguise. But Qiao Yifan was different. Even if he was a "player on the sidelines," he still went on expeditions with the team. The people and things that Tiny Herb players came into contact with, he would basically experience as well. He had had direct contact with professional players, although not many times. But more importantly, these three were heading straight for their group, which gave Qiao Yifan plenty of time to look at them. He felt they looked a little familiar at first glance, began to recognize them at the second glance, and had already recognized them at the third glance. Then, he blurted out, "Senior Xiao Shiqin? Senior Sun Xiang? You... hello..."

Qiao Yifan was so polite! Sun Xiang, who had registered as a professional player only a year earlier than him, was addressed as a senior by him. After shouting out, he quickly and weakly greeted the two of them.

But although the greeting was weak, the previous shout was not too loud, but not too quiet either, attracting quite a few people within range. Several customers and players in the internet cafe looked up and glanced over here. Once there was such deliberate attention, and with Qiao Yifan's reminder, the disguise of sunglasses seemed vulnerable. Sun Xiang and Xiao Shiqin were quickly recognized by Glory fans.

"Damn, it's really Sun Xiang, it's really Xiao Shiqin!" Someone screamed, but even more people had already jumped up from their seats and rushed over. Such a big commotion immediately alarmed more people, like a brick thrown into a pond, the waves crashing and spreading throughout every corner of the internet cafe in an instant.

Not all customers in the internet cafe played Glory, and not all Glory players were fanatical star chasers. However, Happy Internet Cafe had existed since the beginning of the Glory online game and had been located diagonally opposite the Excellent Era Club since the establishment of the Glory Alliance. As a Glory fan and Excellent Era fan, the boss Chen Guo also paid attention to this aspect in her business management. Happy Internet Cafe could be said to be a gathering place for Glory and Excellent Era fanatics.

Sun Xiang and Xiao Shiqin were exposed here, and the enthusiasm they received was almost the same as the enthusiasm of the dedicated die-hard fans in Excellent Era's home stadium. A large number of customers left their seats and moved over to watch at high speed.

"Not good!"

It wasn't just Tao Xuan and the other two who were shouting this in their hearts. Ye Xiu and the others were also shouting! However, they were still at the front desk, close to the door, and quickly retreated. Tao Xuan and the other two realized that something was wrong, but it was already too late. Besides, the fans were rushing up to watch and didn't want to harm them. If they fled in panic and showed too much resistance, they were afraid of causing a bad influence. It was with such a short hesitation that the three of them were quickly surrounded. Before long, a pair of sunglasses flew out and was trampled on by two or four feet. One of the earpieces was gone, and it finally fell at Ye Xiu's feet.

"What a pity." Tang Rou picked up the sunglasses and looked at them. "They're Ray-Bans, and they're broken."

"If the glasses are broken, at least the person won't be broken, right?" Steamed Bun asked.

"Should we call security from Excellent Era across the street?" Ye Xiu pondered.

"I... I..." Qiao Yifan was a little nervous. He felt that he had caused trouble.

"I knew you would have great prospects!" Wei Chen said.

"With so much chaos, will someone take the opportunity to skip out on the bill?" Chen Guo was also a little worried!