Chapter 69 The Reasoning Behind

Xiao Ming had no time to think about who Qiao Yifan was. No matter how impressive his background was, it couldn't be more impressive than Su Mucheng, right? Xiao Ming could recite all of the All-Stars, and there wasn't anyone named Qiao Yifan.

How could Xiao Ming dare to go up and greet her! He carefully turned his gaze, wanting to see if he had missed any important figures in his hurry. When he turned around and his gaze fell on a beautiful woman, he paused slightly, but he felt a little closer to her!

Wasn't this Tang Rou? She was an acquaintance!

Meeting an acquaintance made Xiao Ming a little excited. He immediately opened up the topic and asked Chen Guo, who was beside him, "Oh! Is Little Tang playing now too?"

"Yeah, she's always had a lot of talent!" Chen Guo said.

"But wasn't she not very interested in Glory?" Xiao Ming said.

"If the opponents are too weak, she won't be interested," Chen Guo said.

"Among those characters just now?" Xiao Ming asked.

"Battle mage, Han Yanrou," Chen Guo said.

"I sweat…" Xiao Ming really was sweating. The match just now was arranged like it was in the pro scene, with three different strategies, but they lost all three of the individual matches, their team was wiped out in the team competition with their sixth player never even appearing. And the one who defeated all three of them in the individual matches was the battle mage Han Yanrou. Moreover, judging from the situation at the time, a one-versus-three wasn't even difficult. Even if two more went up, they probably would have been defeated.

"What do you think? My team's not bad, right?" Chen Guo said.

"Yeah, it's too good. It's not that much worse than professional standards!" Xiao Ming exclaimed. He might have been saying this sincerely, but unfortunately, his level wasn't high enough. After feeling like he had been easily defeated by the other side, he thought the other side must be at a particularly high professional level. It was just a pity that he had chosen a particularly bad reference point. Whether it was an elementary school student or a college student, they were both equally good at solving the question of what one plus one equals.

"Still think what I said earlier was a joke?" Chen Guo said.

"Of course not. Chen Jie, once you guys enter the professional circle, I'll be your number one fan," Xiao Ming said.

"Not supporting Excellent Era anymore?" Chen Guo laughed. Of course, she knew that Xiao Ming was also an Excellent Era fan. Otherwise, why would he have been so eager after discovering Lord Grim, and why would he have been so distraught after learning Ye Xiu's identity?

"Supporting, supporting everything," Xiao Ming said.

"But only one final winner can emerge from the Challenger League," Chen Guo said.

"Oh, that…" Xiao Ming was stunned. When Chen Guo said it as a joke, he remembered this, but now he had completely forgotten about it. For a moment, his face became awkward. Chen Guo was more familiar to him, but Excellent Era was the team he truly supported and liked. If he really had to compare, his feelings for Excellent Era were probably even deeper. But in that case, he couldn't support Chen Guo and the others. This was really difficult to deal with!

"How is it? Do you think we're annoying now and don't want to come to worship the great god anymore?" Chen Guo was still laughing. She had been a fan before, so she could imagine Xiao Ming's mood at this moment.

"How could that be!" Xiao Ming blurted out. Actually, in his mind, Great God Ye Qiu and Excellent Era were one entity. Supporting Great God Ye Qiu had always been equal to supporting Excellent Era, and supporting Excellent Era had always been equal to supporting Great God Ye Qiu as well. He had never thought that there would be a day when he would have to choose between the two. At this moment, Xiao Ming felt really uncomfortable. He even regretted why he had arranged this match today, and why he had learned that Ye Qiu was forming a team to participate in the Challenger League. Although he seemed to have heard some rumors, now, everything was truly happening before his eyes. This feeling was really not good!

Xiao Ming, who had originally been uneasy about meeting the great god, suddenly had courage at this moment. He stood up and suddenly said, "Great God, why did you form another team! If you want to make a comeback, wouldn't it be better to return to Excellent Era?"

Xiao Ming, who had always seemed a little restrained, suddenly burst out with such strong emotions, surprising everyone. The training room suddenly became quiet. Ye Xiu, however, remained calm as ever, and slowly shook his head, saying, "I also want to go back, but I want to go back to the Excellent Era of the past. The current Excellent Era has too many differences from what I think."

"Any conflicts can be communicated!"

"Some conflicts can't be communicated. One side has to make a change, but it's a pity that we're both people who stick to our principles," Ye Xiu said.

"But why must it be like this now? Why must both sides fight for that spot?" Xiao Ming was extremely depressed.

"This is the rule of the competition system. We just happened to run into it," Ye Xiu said.

"…" Xiao Ming was also speechless. He was stunned for a long time and didn't know what to say. The inevitable choice seemed like there was no situation where he would choose, and Xiao Ming believed that many fans would be as heartbroken as he was. Ye Qiu and Excellent Era would be opponents, and it would be in the Challenger League, a place of life and death.

Xiao Ming had only been thinking about worshiping the great god when he came up, and he hadn't thought of this at all. Now that he realized it, he immediately felt that he couldn't face it.

Chen Guo's expression was also different. From the beginning, she had been teasingly watching Xiao Ming's inability to digest the information, but now, she could completely understand the sadness in Xiao Ming's heart.

"Are you okay?" Chen Guo asked. Xiao Ming's blank look startled her a little.

"I… I'm okay… sigh…" Xiao Ming sighed heavily. The happy and uneasy mood he had when he first met the great god was completely gone.

"Think positive. The professional league has always been like this," Chen Guo comforted.

"I know. I just didn't expect it to happen to me. Everyone was waiting to see Hundred Blossom's jokes, but I didn't expect…" Xiao Ming sighed. Zhang Jiale of Hundred Blossom had made a comeback and joined Tyranny. Some fans cursed, some blessed, and some supported both sides, resulting in internal conflict.

But Zhang Jiale and Hundred Blossom were definitely not as intense as Ye Xiu and Excellent Era now.

The Challenger League was a fight to the death! Win, and return to the professional arena. Lose, and sink into the Challenger League for another year. A team that had sunk into the Challenger League for two consecutive years and was able to stand up again had never existed before!

Excellent Era was a powerhouse, but the more of a powerhouse they were, the less they could afford such decline. They were originally a team that competed for the championship, but now they were participating in the Challenger League every year. The fans couldn't stand it, and the professional players in the team couldn't stand it either! Sun Xiang, Xiao Shiqin, and these All-Star great gods were already commendable for giving it one year. If they came for another year, even the fans wouldn't be able to watch it anymore. A professional career didn't have many two-year periods.

"Is there no other way?" Xiao Ming asked, still not giving up.

"If there was, we wouldn't be like this, of course. Even from a practical point of view, who would want to have such a powerful Challenger League opponent as Excellent Era?" Chen Guo said.

"I know. Of course, I know everything. But does anyone understand our feelings?" Xiao Ming suddenly lost control again and shouted loudly.

"No one understands."

Unexpectedly, Ye Xiu suddenly said this bluntly at this time, and everyone looked at him in surprise.

"Frankly speaking, what we are fighting for is actually a very personal ideal. No one does this to please anyone. The ones pleasing you are just the league. I don't want you to misunderstand. We are of course very grateful and touched by your support and encouragement, but I still have to say ruthlessly: we are playing the game for you, that's a bit fake, at least for me, it's not at all," Ye Xiu said.

"You're wrong! If it weren't for our support, how would there be a professional scene, how would there be professional players!" Xiao Ming said.

"You're right, so I said that I'm very grateful and touched by your support. That's all sincere. But my game is not played for you. These are two different things," Ye Xiu said.

Xiao Ming was dumbfounded.

Ye Xiu was a great god who never showed his face, so there was no direct interview material. Since the beginning of time, no professional player had ever said such a thing. However, after listening to this speech, carefully thinking about it, Xiao Ming felt that there might be some truth in it.

Although fighting for victory for the fans was a slogan that many teams would shout, and they had seen many players moved by the fans' support, as Ye Xiu said, being moved and grateful were all sincere feelings. Professional players would work hard to play well and strive to achieve good results to repay the fans' support, but this was not the original intention for them to become professional players.

Because fans, no matter what, were something that would only come later. When a player started from obscurity, what were they fighting for at this time? For the fans' support? There were no fans at this time, so fighting for support would be a joke, right?

Perhaps you could say that it was to play well to attract fans, and then play for the fans. But this statement alone already made people feel like laughing.

Xiao Ming suddenly realized that he had just said that professional players had not thought about the fans, but in fact, it seemed that the fans did not understand the professional players more.

Zhang Jiale's decision to come back and join Tyranny was met with a lot of scolding, and there were very few voices of understanding and support.

Were the players not caring about their feelings, or were they not paying attention to the players' thoughts at all?

Xiao Ming couldn't say anymore, because he had a faint premonition: if he continued to argue, he might be persuaded instead. In fact, he just didn't want to see Ye Qiu and Excellent Era, this originally bound relationship that he supported together, suddenly needing each other to die, suddenly needing him to make a choice. Now it seemed that he already felt that this idea was a bit selfish, and he seemed to have never thought about what the other party was pursuing.

After another long silence, Xiao Ming calmed down and slowly said, "No matter what, I should still wish you well."

"Thank you," Chen Guo said, and the atmosphere at the moment was a bit serious.

"But, it will probably only be before you meet Excellent Era," Xiao Ming said.