Wei Chen's trash talk was simple, direct, and crude, making young people like Sun Xiang jump with anger, but Tao Xuan and Xiao Shiqin didn't react much. But Ye Xiu's sudden interjection was quite heart-wrenching; even Xiao Shiqin sweated a little after hearing it.

"At least, Team Excellent Era has to be able to encounter us."

It sounded like a reasonable statement, but the problem was, with a champion-level team like Excellent Era participating in the Challenger League, would they really stumble and be eliminated by a sightseeing group of random players? Ye Xiu's words directly implied that Tao Xuan shouldn't think too highly of himself. But in the Challenger League, there was nothing wrong with Excellent Era feeling good about themselves. Their strength was simply too overwhelming for the Challenger League.

No one knew what Tao Xuan thought after hearing this, but he obviously detected the sarcasm in the words and immediately replied, "Hehe, why does it sound like we should be saying that to you? How's your preparation for the Challenger League going? Are these the members of your team?"

"Understood."

Xiao Shiqin finally understood everything.

Anyone could see that Ye Qiu and Excellent Era had conflicts. It was clear that their separation wasn't as harmonious as his and Thunder. After announcing his retirement, Ye Qiu apparently began preparing to form his own team, ready to return to the pro league. Ironically, Excellent Era declined so much last season that they were directly relegated, and the two sides ultimately became competitors in the Challenger League.

Then the purpose of Tao Xuan bringing them here was clear.

For the opponent, it could be seen as a demonstration, putting psychological pressure on them. For the newly arrived Xiao Shiqin, it was to tell him that this Challenger League would not be easy, with such an opponent lying in wait, so he shouldn't relax.

"Yes, I can't relax."

How could Xiao Shiqin dare to underestimate this all-rounder, the former great god? When he started learning Glory and fell in love with it, it was when Ye Qiu led Team Excellent Era to sweep the league. When he officially became a professional player, it was when Excellent Era completed their three-peat, and Ye Qiu was at his peak.

Ye Qiu's influence on their generation of players was extremely profound. How many players grew up learning Ye Qiu's techniques and awareness? Underestimate Ye Qiu? Perhaps the newer generation of players like Sun Xiang would, but Xiao Shiqin and his generation wouldn't dare to have such thoughts.

"The opponent is Ye Qiu..."

Xiao Shiqin now understood that the boss had told him the question. He wasn't a gossipy person and didn't have much interest in learning about the grievances between Ye Qiu and Excellent Era. As an opponent, Ye Qiu was far from unfamiliar to him. He watched Ye Qiu's matches grow up, and after becoming a professional player, he would face this great god every year. In the past, he would pore over tactics to find ways to defeat Excellent Era, but now, he had become a member of Excellent Era, and the first opponent standing before him was actually Ye Qiu, who originally symbolized Team Excellent Era. In any case, this battle could only be won, not lost. There was no retreat in the Challenger League.

"What exactly do you want?" Seeing Tao Xuan's smug look, Chen Guo felt that she also needed to assert her presence.

"It's nothing," Tao Xuan smiled. "I'm just bringing our captain and vice-captain to visit their senior and see if there's anything they can learn."

"Learn?" Tang Rou was a little excited. "A spar?"

"Hmm?" Tao Xuan was a little surprised, assessing the beautiful woman. He was just saying that! He hadn't planned on bringing two All-Stars to cause trouble today. They didn't even bring their account cards!

"Who wants to go first?" Tang Rou was already eager to try.

"Aren't we all going together?" Bao Zi asked.

"Wouldn't that be bad?" Tang Rou hesitated.

Sun Xiang almost couldn't help but go up, but Xiao Shiqin was still more composed and took the lead to say, "There's no need for a spar, right? We'll always meet in matches later. We're mainly here to say hello to our senior."

"That's right," Tao Xuan said cheerfully, not minding Xiao Shiqin overstepping his bounds and setting the tone for their visit. The current Team Excellent Era needed someone with such assertiveness and decision-making ability. Although Sun Xiang was still the captain and Xiao Shiqin was the vice-captain, Tao Xuan believed that the true controller of the team would be Xiao Shiqin.

In fact, Sun Xiang, this young man, didn't have much desire to control the entire team, which was what a captain should do, but he was still very proud and happy with the identity of captain. So Tao Xuan didn't replace the captain to create more trouble. Xiao Shiqin's position as vice-captain was enough to control the entire team, and Tao Xuan believed that this experienced player would understand his intentions and handle everything well.

Just like now, Xiao Shiqin's response satisfied him greatly. As for Sun Xiang's eagerness to try, he could only sigh: "Young! Still young." Such a battle of wills was meaningless to them. What were Sun Xiang and Xiao Shiqin's identities? Competing with these guys that Ye Qiu picked up from who knows where, winning was to be expected. But if they lost, it would be a great loss of face and would boost the morale and confidence of their opponents.

Sun Xiang obviously hadn't thought about this calculation. When he saw someone challenging him, he just wanted to beat them down, nothing more.

Xiao Shiqin obviously thought of it and immediately spoke up to stop him, limiting the activity to just chatting.

Seeing that there was no fight to be had, Tang Rou went back to her game with a lack of interest. She knew the purpose of the people who came, but it was clear that she didn't need to help, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

However, her attitude of not taking professional gods seriously was still noticeable. In fact, ever since they were relegated and it was confirmed that Ye Qiu would be their opponent in the Challenger League, Tao Xuan had been drumming in his heart.

He began to pay attention to Ye Qiu's intelligence. Many of his previous guesses were presented to him, such as many professional-level experts coming to help.

But these were just guesses after all, and Tao Xuan didn't want to get caught up in these guesses. Today, taking advantage of this opportunity, he simply came uninvited, to say hello and, incidentally, to feel out Ye Qiu's strength and see what kind of people he had on his side. What kind of origins did these so-called experts from various classes have? How could Ye Qiu have found so many Glory experts by chance? Wouldn't the talent networks of the major clubs be too incompetent?

As soon as he entered, he recognized Wei Chen, and then guessed the occupations of Tang Rou and Bao Zi by observing their game screens.

Battle Mage, Striker.

These two classes matched the information reported by the Excellent Dynasty guild. Tao Xuan felt that this trip was really worthwhile. He had grasped a lot about Ye Qiu's strength. However, seeing that there were as many as 12 computers in the training room, could it be... for a one-computer-per-person configuration? At this time of night, it was normal that people weren't staying here to train.

Thinking like this, Tao Xuan felt that his visit was a bit rushed. It was a holiday, and it was night, so what he saw here might not be the full picture of Ye Qiu's team! If he asked directly, it would be too obvious; people would say true things were false and false things were true. Currently, Ye Qiu's biggest advantage over them was probably Excellent Era's lack of knowledge about his newly formed team. As for their understanding of Excellent Era, with Ye Qiu around, it was probably more than any other professional team. Although the core was now Sun Xiang and Xiao Shiqin, Sun Xiang was using One Autumn Leaf, which Ye Qiu was very familiar with, and Xiao Shiqin was also not a stranger to him.

"I have to find a chance to probe again!"

These many thoughts, though complicated to say, were basically sorted out in Tao Xuan's mind in just a moment. He was about to say something else when suddenly the door of the training room was knocked again, and the small internet cafe employee stuck his head in again. "Boss, someone else is looking for you!"

"Who is it this time?" Chen Guo was not in a good mood. Excellent Era directly brought two All-Star players to demonstrate their strength, so how could she be happy?

"He said his name is Qiao Yifan," the small internet cafe employee said.

"Oh?" Chen Guo looked back at Ye Xiu. Ye Xiu immediately paid attention when he heard the name.

"Yifan is here already!" Ye Xiu said, walking towards the door.

"Who is it?" Bao Zi asked.

"One Inch Ash," Tang Rou knew.

"Oh, it's that kid! Let's go see." Bao Zi jumped up.

"Yeah." Tang Rou also got up.

"That kid's a bit interesting." Wei Chen was also very impressed with the Ghostblade One Inch Ash. As he spoke, he walked towards the door along with the others.

"Xiao Li, take care of the guests first." Ye Xiu instructed the three people in the room when he left the door, and then the five of them filed out, leaving Tao Xuan, Xiao Shiqin, and Sun Xiang alone in the training room, accompanied by the Internet cafe employee Xiao Li from Happy Internet Cafe.

Xiao Li was obviously very unfamiliar with this kind of hospitality, but unfortunately, he was abandoned by the five before he could say anything. Looking at the three people in front of him, he was a little at a loss, staring at them blankly. Finally, he squeezed out a sentence, "The three of you, would you like some water?"

"No need, thank you," Xiao Shiqin replied.

At this moment, even Tao Xuan was so angry that he couldn't speak. Disrespect! This was naked disrespect. The boss of Excellent Era, the captain and vice-captain, two All-Star professional players, were left in a dilapidated house, with a small Internet cafe employee to entertain them, while the owners all ran to greet a strange kid. Who was this person? More important than the three of them combined?

"Qiao Yifan... that name sounds a little familiar?" Xiao Shiqin muttered at this time.

"Is that so?" Tao Xuan was stunned. He also felt that this person should have a big background, but after searching hard in the circles he knew well, he couldn't remember such a name.

But Sun Xiang suddenly blurted out, "Isn't that the kid who lost to Li Xuan in the Rookie Challenge?" Sun Xiang also participated in the Rookie Challenge, and he was extremely depressed. This painful experience helped him deepen his impression, and he even remembered the unknown Qiao Yifan.

"Yes, it's him," Xiao Shiqin said. It wasn't just that he thought the name was familiar. If Qiao Yifan hadn't been so transparent, he would have remembered him long ago. "From Team Tiny Herb. Although he has never officially played in a match, he was indeed one of Team Tiny Herb's registered players last season."