The King's Avatar: The Sword Immortal Returns

Chapter 125 Ye Xiu: I, in the name of Lao Mo, declare: !!
The next few days were a grueling schedule for Team Happy, with matches packed tightly together, but the team members persevered.
"Quick, quick, quick!!! Check the final results! What place did we get?"

Chen Guo excitedly rushed into the training room. The challenger's points data was already out. Chen Guo hadn't checked Happy Team's results yet, but she was certain they had made it into the top eight.
Because Chen Guo has already received an invitation from Glory's official team to participate in the final battle for the championship among the eight teams.
However, when Chen Guo rushed into the training room, she found Ye Xiu and Mo Qian sitting calmly in their seats, enjoying their hard-won rest time.
The matches these past few days have taken a toll on Ye Xiu and Mo Qian. They're both getting on in years, and the strain is starting to wear them down.

Of course, Ye Xiu and Mo Qian are already in relatively good condition. Don't you see that even the training maniac Tang Rou is still sleeping?

Team Happy doesn't have a first or second team. With the current depth of its roster, they can only field one complete team at most.

In yesterday's final match, both Baozi and Tang Rou were out of form, and the team only won thanks to Mo Qian's heroics. As for Ye Xiu, he had already pulled off a game-winning performance in the match before last, so he didn't lead the team this time. It would be a waste of resources to have both Ye Xiu and Mo Qian play in every match.

With two such phenomenal players, practically national treasures, wouldn't it be better to rotate them to maintain their form? Having both of them play would be a bit too much of a bully on the opponent, wouldn't it?

However, Tang Rou and Baozi didn't have much of a chance to rotate. Ye Xiu and Mo Qian both agreed to let these two extremely talented newcomers, Baozi and Tang Rou, play more often, meaning that these two basically didn't miss a single match.

The result is that I'm now bedridden. It's not because I'm injured or sick, it's just because I'm too tired and need a good night's sleep.
Since no one was coming to train, Ye Xiu and Mo Qian could finally take a proper rest, right? So the two of them were making tea and watching TV. It's worth mentioning that this TV series was recommended to Ye Xiu and Mo Qian by Su Mucheng. As for how Su Mucheng found out about it...
Needless to say, it's Chu Yunxiu! Yunxiu loves recommending melodramatic TV dramas to Su Mucheng. Ye Xiu and Mo Qian watched them and thought they were just for fun, but they thoroughly enjoyed them.
"Hey—Old Mo, when did Chu Yunxiu get such good taste? She always recommends such melodramatic dramas, doesn't she? This one looks actually pretty good—"

Before Mo Qian could answer, he caught a glimpse of Chen Guo out of the corner of his eye, and his heart tightened. He didn't reply to Ye Xiu.

Chen Guo slowly walked towards Ye Xiu. At first, Ye Xiu and Mo Qian couldn't hear Chen Guo's calls at all because they were wearing headphones, and noise-canceling ones at that. Without taking the headphones off, they couldn't hear anything.

Helpless, Mo Qian could only frantically try to signal to Ye Xiu with his eyes, but it was to no avail. Yes, Ye Xiu and Mo Qian could communicate with their eyes, but this ability was completely useless if their eyes didn't meet.

With no other option, Mo Qian could only take one last look in Ye Xiu's direction before quietly leaving after removing his headphones.

As for why, it was obviously because of Chen Guo's gesture to him—

After Mo Qian left, Chen Guo sat down next to Ye Xiu, watching him from Mo Qian's seat. Ye Xiu was eating sunflower seeds while looking at his computer, occasionally offering comments. However, Mo Qian couldn't actually hear Ye Xiu's comments; they both had the same headphones, so how could they hear each other? Mo Qian could only interpret Ye Xiu's words by lip reading.
"Hey, hey, hey—Old Mo, look at this guy, doesn't he look like the boss—" Ye Xiu suddenly turned his head to look in Mo Qian's direction, and the result, of course, was—"The boss!!!"

Ye Xiu was so startled that he fell off his gaming chair. The main reason was that Ye Xiu had just been saying that the character in the TV series resembled the boss in both personality and appearance, and when he turned around, he saw Chen Guo's face smiling at him.
"Boss... what brings you here...?"

Ye Xiu asked somewhat guiltily. It was obvious he had something to hide; otherwise, why would he be so hesitant? There was definitely something fishy going on!
Chen Guo's scheming frog had been itching to touch her belly.

"Tell me, were you just saying bad things about me, Ye Xiu?!"

Chen Guo looked at Ye Xiu like a judge from hell, with a fierce expression. Actually, her expression was quite cute. Chen Guo was just pretending to be fierce. Ye Xiu was the "national treasure" and captain of the team. Sometimes, Chen Guo couldn't bear to hit him.

"No...no, how could that be! Boss, you are clearly a gentle, beautiful, generous, and magnanimous young lady!"

Ye Xiu is a braggart who talks big without thinking, and lies just roll off his tongue. Mo Qian doesn't believe him anyway, since Ye Xiu often mentions the boss's "shrewish roar" to Mo Qian.

Chen Guo narrowed her eyes, asking with a hint of disbelief, "Really?"

"It's true, more real than pearls! I swear on Old Mo's reputation!" Ye Xiu was incredibly skilled at using Mo Qian's name; it was obvious this wasn't the first time he'd done it. Who knows how many wayward young men and women had been deceived by Ye Xiu's lies before?
Team Tiny Herb already has Qiao Yifan who's about to be poached by Ye Xiu. Ye Xiu has already negotiated everything with Wang Jiexi.
Qiao Yifan will join Team Happy after the Challenger League ends. Team Tiny Herb doesn't really need Qiao Yifan with his Ghostblade talent, so handing him over to Ye Xiu is actually the best choice. This is something Wang Jiexi knows. In Tiny Herb, Qiao Yifan might never be able to become a starting first-tier player.

Instead of wasting his youth at Tiny Herb, it would be better to let Qiao Yifan shine in Team Happy. There will always be someone who needs Qiao Yifan.

Qiao Yifan's talent for the Ghost Formation is something even Ye Xiu finds invaluable. Qiao Yifan's excellent strategic vision makes him perfectly suited for playing the Ghost Formation. The better a player's strategic vision, the more comfortable the Ghost Formation they unleash will be for their teammates.

(End of this chapter)